Sweet Pea Stampers Are Having A DT Call

I meant to post this earlier in the week, but Blogger has failed me miserably! Sorry girls :(

I've recently had to step down from the DT as I just don't seem to have enough hours in the day at the moment. Sadly for various other reasons some of the other members of the DT have also left. I'm not giving up playing with my Sweet Peas forever though, hopefully when things are little less hectic for me, I'll be back with them for the odd guest appearance.

Anyway, the remaining girls are having a DT call for all you Sweet Pea fans. If you fancy applying just go here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Claire x

Oh what a nightmare!!! Fridge Magnet Box Frame Card.

Good morning everyone, I'm sorry that there was no post from me last week for the Delicious Doodles Challenge, but I had complete mare of a week and got so far behind with everything that I didn't have time to create anything! Also apologies to all you lovelies who I normally visit, I will be trying to catch up.

Anyway, enough of my moaning (well actually there's a bit more to come, but I'm sure that you'll see the funny side even if I didn't at the time!) lets move onto this weeks Polka Doodles Challenge which is Mother's Day. We have a fantastic prize on offer this week, so I do hope that you can join us. I'm not happy with my card/project this week, but it is entirely my own fault as you will see :/

As I previously said I was already having a horrid week and then things got really busy and all of a sudden it was Saturday night and yours truly hadn't made any Mother's Day cards :O I had a plan but that was about it! So I diligently set about creating both my Mum's and my MIL's cards (I decided to do the same design to save time, they never see each other so they'd not know).

I started with the decoupaged box frame magnet which went relatively smoothly. Whilst it was drying I made the card base and covered it with papers which is when it all started to go wrong!!! Firstly I forgot to add the ribbons under the papers, then part B of my plan was to cut an aperture in the front of the card so that a mini dimensional scene appeared. Yep you guessed it - with all the matting and layering the card was way too thick to go through my Big Shot. By this time it was nearly midnight and panic set in! I thought I know I'll remake the bases and re-print the papers - you guessed it no more card :(

I quickly scanned the Sugarplum Daisy CD for inspiration and found a quick and easy topper that almost exactly matched my little scene, so I quickly printed it and cut it out. Added a bit of my own colouring to finish and mounted it onto the card base, chucked some card candy on and voila done! Until hubby appeared and said it doesn't say Mum anywhere and my Mum will expect it to say that - aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!! So I grabbed the Big Shot and die cut some letters, popped them on and then added some Glossy Accents. I didn't even notice that image on the front faces in the opposite direction to that inside!! Still it doesn't matter hugely as I attached magnetic strips to both the card and the box so that it can removed and used on the fridge!

I've even managed to mess up my pictures of the cards - LOL. I've got a new computer and camera and took pictures of both the inside and outside of the cards, but have somehow or other managed to delete most of them!! Still I've learnt a lesson from this - make the cards that really matter well in advance of when you need them!! If you've got this far well done and thanks for feeling my pain!!!

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend.

Claire xxx

Materials -Sugarplum Daisy CD
Magnetic Tape - Docrafts
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Card Candy - Craftwork Cards
Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges:
Love to Create - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum - Mother's Day or Spring
Little Claire's - Spring
Totally Gorjuss - Spring
Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Paper Play - Spring Colours
Crafts & Me - Spring Colours
Little Darlings - Colours of Spring
My Mum's Craft Shop - Use a digi
Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes

Just a quickie.....

Just a flying visit from me tonight to let you know that Nikky Hall will be launching a new pick of the day from Letraset and her new Polkadoodles CD on Ideal World at 9pm. If you miss it then it will be repeated throughout the night and tomorrow on either Ideal World or Create & Craft.

I'll be back on Friday with a sorry tale!!! Lol

Claire xxx

Fancy a workshop with Jo Capper- Sandon

If you're in the SE and at a loose end on the 25th March, then why not treat yourself to one of my friend Jo's classes? As most of you will know, Jo writes regularly for Craft Stamper Magazine and also has her own range of stamps under the Stampotique label. As if that wasn't enough, she's also been running a series of workshops and has now decided to offer them on a Sunday as well. Spaces are very limited, so book asap to avoid disappointment. For full details, check out her workshop blog here.

Claire x

Polka Doodles Giveaway

Fancy winning a copy of the brand new Candy Doodles Collector's Edition??? Well to be in with a chance, pop over to Enfy's Blog - Going Buggy cos every single day this week she's going to be giving away a copy!! So what are you waiting for?? Go.....

Claire x

Upcycled Pin Board - Polka Doodles Challenge

Good morning, I'm hoping that this post has published as I've had to schedule it.


It's challenge week for team B over at Polka Doodles and this week we have some fabulous candy for you from our sponsor Marianne Design . The prize on offer is an adorable basket Craftable. Craftables are new from Marianne Design and offer more variety to your die-cutting with the additional embossing options and you can also decoupage layers if you're clever with them! There is also a lovely Boat themed Creatable die which is fantastic for using with men's cards and some scrummy flower ribbon. So I really hope that you're tempted to join us for this weeks challenge which is Make A Card Or A Gift For A Male.


I opted to make to a gift for my son's room using this old magnetic board that my daughter had thrown out.

As he has a vintage Union Flag and Rock'n' Roll theme running throughout his room, I thought I'd alter the noticeboard to match. So, I printed out some distressed Polkadot papers from the Pretty Tuff CD, cut them down, edged them with Distress Ink and arranged them on the board to represent the Union Flag. The off cuts were used to cover the magnetic buttons. I then printed the skull and crossbones and the letters from the word book template from the Candy Doodles Collectors Edition, cut them out, distressed them and attached them to board with silicone glue. I decided not to add a ribbon for hanging, instead I opted to hang the board using the holes that were left from removing the cord previously used to hang the board.

I'm hoping he's going to like it, but will have to wait and see as I want to give it to him later this month with a concert ticket attached to it.


I hope you all have a fab weekend, whatever you are doing.

Claire x

Materials:

Pretty Tuff CD

Candy Doodles The Collectors Edition

Old Magnetic Pin Board

Distress Ink - Tea Dye

I'd like to enter this project into the following challenges:
Anything Goes - Boyz to Men
Creative Craft Challenges - Boys will be boys
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Make It Monday - Anything goes
Smudgy Antics - Anything goes
Mark's Finest Papers - Recycle

Inky Angel - Delicious Doodles Challenge

Good morning, hope you're all well. I told you I'd be back to my normal sporadic posting and I haven't let you down!!! However, that may all change as I've been really busy crafting lately and have to loads to show you. Sadly most of it isn't for me and so has to remain under wraps until I get the go ahead to blog :(

Anyway, I can show you this weeks card for the Delicious Doodles challenge which is Inspired By A Song. My inspiration was taken from the band A Day To Remember - All I Want. I had loads of fun creating this card cos I got to play with my inks and loads of stamps and sprays :0)

I printed the image Fallen out twice - one as a mask and the other as my working image. Once I'd cut the mask out, I coloured the other image with Promarkers and Prismacolor Pencils. I then masked the image and created a background using Distress Inks and Glimmer Mist for a bit of depth and shimmer. Once it had dried, I used a selection of stamps to create a scene around the angel. I then removed the mask and added Glossy Accents to her boots and Stickles to her wings. I took another piece of card and inked it to match the green on the first card for the easel base. The sentiment is taken from the lyrics and computer generated and then printed onto Safamat. I've then stamped some oak leaves in Stazon and popped a couple of punched flowers to finish.

Materials:
Fallen - Delicious Doodles
Tree - Andy Skinner, Back to Nature
Grass - DoCrafts Fairy Stamps
Birds - Andy Skinner - Back to Nature and Martha Stewart - Halloween Holiday
Leaves - Matha Stewart - Peg Starter Kit
Distress Inks - Forest Moss, Bundled Sage, Pine Needles, Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Victorian Velvet, Chipped Sapphire
Promarkers
Prismacolor Pencils
Nellie Snellen Flower Punch
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Diamontes

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Sparkles Forum Challenges - Things with wings
Do You Stack Up - Things with wings
Flutter By Wednesday's - Open
The Paper Shelter - Fancy folds
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Land of Fantasy
Creative Mondays - Anything Goes
Creative Stamp Friends - Inspired by your fave song
Make It Monday - Anything goes
The Crazy Challenge - Anything goes
That Craft Place - Anything goes
Rogue Redhead - Stamped background