Tim holtz June tag

I made my Tim holtz tag today. Yes, that is good of me as I normal have to rush at the end of the month to squeeze it in. 

I just love it. As we all know we love Tim, he does use some bland colours but no, not today. He is in the spring mood. And so was I. 

I had his star stencil which I have not used yet so was happy to play around with it. I loved how it turned out. I did not have his butterfly stamp and die set but I do have a sizzix set to use instead.

I use this a lot as the butterflies are stunning and I am no good at cutting them out, so am happy to use the same dies in the set. 

I used a different stamp to his. And I could not bring myself to put cogs on the tag as Tim had done as I don't think it really fits on the tag, so I had recently made some quilling flowers so added them instead. I love the bow he made. Will have to remerber that one. I also added some bling to the butterfly bodies

I think its delightful

Happy crafting!

Disney Buzz card

My great nephew was 4 yesterday so made him this card. 

He loves Toy Story, so I used my Cricut and made this card for him with the Disney Toy Story cartridge. 

I used a plain white card layered blue and purple card stock and cut out the Buzz figure. I though this was going to be a quick card but it seemed to take forever to put together.

He absolutely loved this card so that made me happy. 

Happy crafting 

Tims May tag

I finished my tag in May, this was a close one. love how this tag turned out, I used all my favourite thing on here. 

I used all the things that meant a lot to me. I adore buttons and flowers so had to put them on here. Owls, of course. And Disney Mickey key, well, that was a given. I collect things with hearts on so added the bling heart. The lollypop speaks for itself. And found this little fairy door the other day and is was so cute I had to add it. This is my favourite tag so far. 

Here are all my tags this year so far. I put them on my cupboard door in my craft room.

Happy Crafting. 

Letter holder

I have not done some crating in a while. We have had some beautiful weather so we have been reinventing our back garden so most of my time has been on that. But I now need some crafting to bring me back to life, lol

My neighbour give me this letter holder as she did not want it anymore, it was a plain cream colour, so I had to change that. I have been collecting used postage stamps for a while just to use in my crafting, so thought it would looks nice down the side. I attached them with pva glue and then sealed them. I used decoupage paper on the front and used some on the inside which says 'I love you' (So cute). Finally added some flower lace to give it a bit of dimension.

And here it is in use, I think it looks so pretty. 

I fell a bit more human now I have done some crafting. 

Heart button canvas

Here is my latest creation.'

I had some old canvass in my bathroom that had seen better days, so was throwing them out. Then I had a brainwave, so decided to revamp them. So I painted one grey and, as my bathroom has an orange and white theme, I decidef to add a button heart. I just hot glued them in place. The other canvas I have planned to use my prima doll stamps. I'll be sure to show you all the end result.

Hope you have a nice weekend and happy crafting!

Easter basket

Look what I made for my girls for Easter. 

I made one for both my girls and they were both very happy with it. I just got a new basket with a liner. And placed a gift and some Easter goodies inside. 

Happy Easter!

New arrival

My nephew and niece had a new arrival on Friday. Harley was born weighing 9lb 6, the heavyweight. So I was busy buying baby clothes (I just love that), so I made them this card. 

I used my Marianne design dies. I love them, they're so cute, and I love the way you get the stamps and dies in the set. I coloured the baby image using my new water soluble wax pastels I found at Hobby Craft, and I must say I am in love with them 

I am going to play with them some more on my Prima Doll stamps soon.  

Happy crafting :)

Tim Holtz April's tag

This is my take on Tim's tag this month As usual I do not have all the supplies he has to hand, so we all have to make do with what we have. Most months I treat myself to what he uses in the tag, but, with just coming back off our holiday, and spending far too much in Disney, I had to make do. Overall I think I did a good job.

I used the Sizzix Moroccan card front die, I tried to cut the Grungeboard with it, but it wasn't working out, so just used some thin chipboard with distress inks on it. I used the die to cut out the mirror, which was a very thin sheet mirror-card, I had some glitter card, including that too. The cork would have been too thick to used with this thin die. I stamped the background as did not have his tissue tape. I also used my Martha Stewart pine punch, and the Stampin' Up flower die my friend had. So having her cut a few for me, this allowed me to play around with it. I added the little owl charm at the bottom, as I though he was cute. I really love how it turned out.

My Mothers Day gifts

Here is my Mother's Day gifts from my two beautiful and very thoughtful daughters. We just had a lazy day at home as we were still recovering from our hoilday so the girls made me a lovely roast dinner and I was allowed to craft for most of the day. I had a lovely day, thank you girls love you loads. 

Disneyland Paris

Home safe, had an amazing time. Took so many photos, can't wait to start my smash book!

TimsMarch Tag

I have finished Tims March tag

 

I decided to make two tags to show the different techniques you can get, but I must say that I like the first one much better. I used Tim's stamp set that I purchased as I love it and I thought I can get some use from it for making my Easter cards. I just used some wool that I had for the bottom edge. Also, I made my own bookplate as I did not have Tim's one. I did not have the tape that Tim used either, so I stamped onto some tissue paper cut it up into strip and glued it on , I really like how it turned out. March is done, onto Aprils!

Happy crafting!

My Mums Birthday card

I have finished my mums birthday card. I had made this card at my stampin up craft club quite a few weeks ago, and I just knew my mum would love it as she loves poppies. I just love the simplisity of the card. 

Also love using the lace with the ribbon on this card. I must do that more often as I think it just looks so nice. All I need to do now is get on and do Tims tag. 

Mother's Day card

I finished my mums' Mother's Day card 

This was a card that I had made at my craft club, a few months ago, it did not have a sentiment on it so just added the Mothers day in peel offs. 

I also added some more on the envelope  just because it makes it pretty. It will be going in a Jiffy bag with her present so I can put the address on there. 

It is my mums birthday the day after Mother's Day so she is going to get spoiled for a few days. 

Stampin up craft club

This is what I made at my Stampin Up craft club. 

We used the new tag punch to make the tags on the card, box and also to make the tag on the card. You have to open the ribbon to see inside the card, just love it. 

The new punch is definitely on my wish list. 

There was chocolate in a little bag in the box but as soon as I got home the chocolates where calling me, but of course I shared them. All the stamping was embossed with gold embossing powder I really liked this card as it was something different. 

Happy crafting. 

Mothers Day Card

Hi, I have finished one of my Mother,s day card.

 This card is for my mother in law as she likes all things craft like me.
Using a die-cut sheet that I have had a while, I added some stitching backing paper, cut out some buttons to place down the side and then made a little pocket to put some sewing embellishments in. I had some tape measure ribbon to finish it off.

 This is the inside of the card looks like.

On to some good news, I won a giveaway from Vintage Scraps. I have never won a giveaway before so was very happy. Thank you, Lesli, can't wait to get my goodies and start playing!

I now have my mums' mother's day card to make, and it is my mums' birthday the day after so I am going to be busy. Also at the end of March we are off to Disneyland Resort Paris for 5 days so need to get lots of things done before I go so am planning ahead.

Happy crafting!

Stamp storage

I always have so many stamps, and very limited space in my craft room, so I have to come up with ingenious storage ideas (Don't tell my husband that this makes it easier for me to buy more stuff). As part of Vintage Scrap's giveaway, I'm going to demonstrate how I organise my stamps.

I have a feature wall for all my wood mounted stamps, which my husband made especially. All my other stamps I have stored in small plastic baskets, each in their own category.

These I bought from the £1 shop, making the labels with the Stampin' Up label punch.

This makes it ideal for when I need something in particular, simply take down the box I need to my work station. The categories are: steampunk, whimsical, birds and garden, cute animals, smash book, words/letters/numbers and Christmas.

My Stampin' Up stamps live in the drawer, behind my work station.

All other non-mounted stamps (my favourite ones) are temporarily stuck on empty CD cases, numbered accordingly. Samples are then pre-stamped onto blank index cards and stored into the index box.

It's nice to flick through the cards, also helps as to what I already have.

I'd like to see what you have done for your storage.

Happy crafting!

Tickets

I have been playing around with my Tim Holtz ticket die over the weekend. And I totally had a blast! 

I have not used this in a long time, and it is a shame because you can get so many different results. 

From adding embellishments. 

To owls

To cute

To birds

To vintage

To my favourite puppies. 

See I told you I was having fun. 

I am going to use some on cards, my smash books and scrapbooks.

 Why don't you use something you have had a long time.

Craft Club

On a Thursday evening, I got to a craft club, hosted by my friend, Kathy. She is a Stampin' Up demonstrator. This is Thursday's project. I can't help that I love Stampin' Up products.

Painting chipboard photo frames, we added Designer series paper and Secret Garden stamps and framelits over the photo slot, covering it. At present, I am decorating my daughter's bedrooms. My youngest, Megan, is painting her walls in pastel colours, so this will be perfect on her room. She loves colour! We also made a matching bookmark, card and envelope. We were so busy, two hours of pure crafting (plus tea and cake). It's nice to go out and craft with like-minded people.

Happy crafting!

Postcard mini

Made this postcard mini, I saw it in a free flyer from a magazine and thought it looked cute.I already had the stamps suggested for this project so I just cut some tags out and just went along with it. 

Don't know what to use it for just yet, I have a box full of photos so it won't be long before it is full!

Happy crafting!

Valentines treats

Hi I have been making my daughter a few valentines treats.

I got some jelly teddy bears and placed them in a bag with a tag, A Bear hug on valentines, a little pocket with a lolly pop in and also I decorated a little plastic tub with some hearts and a bow. I added some heart sweets and chocolate. 

My eldest daughter does not have a boyfriend so did not want her to feel left out on the love. 

Happy crafting :) 

Valentines Card

Here is my husband Valentine's card,

I used Stampin' Up embossing folder, Sizzix postage heart die,

and some heart ribbon. I just cut out extra hearts and changed the details on the 

front on them all, and placed some Dimensional's on the back to pop them up. I am loving the ribbon I used, it has wire running thought the edge and just stays in place. Roll on Friday!

Happy crafting!

Tim Holtz February Tag

Hi, I finished February tag from Tim Holtz. I just love hearts I have loads of heart items dotted around my house. I was so excited about this tag but I didn't have the stencils I wanted, having to order them before I could start it, I also didn't have the stamp he used but I used some of his older ones. Another thing I didn't like or have was the strip along the bottom, so added a little bit of vintage flower lace instead to make it a bit more girly. Either way I am very happy with the way it turned out. I have never tried the chalk technique but I think I like it.

Happy crafting!