A ME mini album!

I finished another mini album this week and this time

I used very old photos of myself!

Look at that hair!!

On the front of the album I made a mini shaker then decorated

with some sticker words and flowers.

As you know, I am working my way through my stash

and one of the things I found was a box of beads.

So I used some for the side panel.

You can watch a quick walk through here.

You will even see me with the then Prime Minister at

my work place!!

My 5 minutes of fame lol.

Hole in one!

I had a male birthday card to make for a man who loves golf.

I pulled out some left over paper from a set called Country Club (SU)

and I also had a large embossing folder that had the same pattern

so did a piece of white in that. It is from CraftWell.

I layered up all my papers on green card then I cut

a circle of designer paper from the same pack.

This time it was a black and white scene image which

I coloured up with my markers.

I then stamped the golfer from the Club House bundle (SU),

coloured him up and die cut him.

The sentiment is from the same set and the SON came from

a stamp set called Family Party (SU).

I finished off the card by die cutting some tiny golf balls

and adding them to the corners.

I would like to enter this into

Dream Valley - anything goes

PINspirational - die cuts

Creative Inspiration - summer fun

Cut It Up - anything with dies

creative Crafting  Uncles - anything goes

Seaside Fun

Today I am sharing my second tag for my challenge theme

at the seaside over at

TAG TUESDAY.

I used a piece of dp for the background then stamped the girl

from a stamp set from Scrapberry's Best Friends set.

She has been coloured up with markers and cut out.

As she has a camera I wanted her to have something to look at

so stamped, coloured and cut the bird from a stamp set

from Whiff of Joy called Fun in the sun.

I backed it all onto some dp and finished it off with

some yellow ribbon and a staple.

I hope you get time to join us this week.

I would like to enter this into

The Outlawz - anything but a card option photography

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Make My Monday - on the beach

Simon Monday - tag it

Dream Valley - anything goes

Everybody Art - anything goes

Another wet day here but I'm sure I will find

something to do with my time!

Enjoy your day!!

Wedding Memories

Another album and another pack of paper used up!

This time I made an album of our courtship and wedding.

The photos were in another album but it had become a bit

mouldy and weather beaten so thought it could do with a new one.

The papers I used are from K & Company called Scrap to Go.

It had been used so the album looks a bit scrappy near the

last few papers lol but happy enough.

I decorated the front with some flowers and brads

and added a metal frame to the side which I might need

to add some metal effect enamel to fill that annoying gap showing!!

You can watch a quick run through here

I used various stamps throughout when needed but luckily

the pack had lots of pre printed quotes and sentiments.

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral option mood board

Kreativtanten Challenge - anything goes

Love those pretty papers - use papers option summertime

Make My Monday - something metallic

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - anything goes

Babysitting duties today again.

It's so cold here, even when we get a few minutes sunshine

so no coffee in the garden again!

I'm off to plunder in my paper box for my next project!

Enjoy your weekend!!

Birthday card

For this birthday card I decided to mix and match my

Stampin' Up! with Mo's Digital Pencil image and a Sheena

embossing board!

I embossed the main card front using the embossing board

then using a strip of leftover gingham paper for the centre,

I added some strips of pink card.

I then stamped and white embossed the flowers from a set called

Darling Details, onto some of the pink card and die cut them out.

I then did the same for the leaves onto green card and cut them out.

The digi stamp was printed, coloured with markers and cut to fit

to one side of my card and I finished with sentiment

and name top and bottom and some gems.

I would like to enter this into

Allsorts - summer or anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner - anything option use embossing folder

Try it on Tuesday - make it feminine

Dream Valley - hand coloured image

Unicorn challenge - flowers

Daisy Chain - for the girls

Pearly Sparkles - floral

Creations in Pink - mostly pink

Another wet day here so we ventured to Ikea at the other

side of Belfast.

Nice dry day inside and fed on meatballs and chips lol.

 

At the seaside!

It's my turn to choose the theme for the next two weeks at

TAG TUESDAY

and I want to see anything with a seaside theme.

For my first tag I have used a set called Circle Sayings.

I coloured the central image with my markers then

stamped cut, coloured and layered the little shells to decorate.

The sentiment was stamped above and I finish

with a knotted bow.

I did add some wink of stella but you couldn't 

catch it with my photo.

I would like to enter this into

The Paper Funday challenge - anything option summer/holidays

Cardz 4 Guyz - sunrise or sunset

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Aud Sentiments - alcohol inks and/or thinking of you + sentiment

Simply Create Too - life's a beach

Have a great day!

Summer in the garden

It's time for my midway post for

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme is anything goes option summer garden.

I hope you get time to join us as the prizes are definitely

worth it!!

For my card today I stamped the image and then used the matching

stencils from a set called Enduring Beauty, to add colour and depth.

I chopped the finished image in half and filled

the gap with a piece of white card which I stamped

using Lisa Horton Crafts stamp called Sending you Sunshine.

I matted it onto a piece of paper from Country Woods set

and finished with some enamel hearts.

It was still looking a bit bare so I stamped, punched

and coloured the butterflies and stuck in place.

I then added some enamel pearls to the flowers.

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral optional mood board

Crazy  is our fame - STENCILS - anything with a stencil option summer

We Love Stamping - focal sentiment/quote or anything goes

Triple B - birds, butterflies or blooms + optional mood board

Color Dare - choose 3 colours (blue, green, yellow)

Double Trouble - 3-2-1 3 layers, 2 embellishments (gems, butterflies)

1 image

Sparkles Monthly - use one or more butterflies

I have had a busy week as we had a visitor staying with us

so hope to catch up on my blogging today!!

Thanks so much for leaving your lovely comments.

Beautiful Balloons

I made this card for my nephew Brendan from his Granny.

He is turning 40 next month!!

I went with a fun fold celebration card using 

Beautiful Balloons stamps and die.

The fold is nothing exciting, just two creased, concertina folded

and a front added.

I used Country Woods papers as they have a nice manly feel.

I stamped and die cut lots of balloons and some stars for the top.

I used the Alphabest set for the numbers on the balloon.

Inside I stamped the sentiment on the left along with some candles

from a set called Approaching Perfection.

The sentiment on the right has been printed from my computer

and die cut with a rectangle die.

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect Time to Craft - August challenge

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

PINspirational - use die cuts

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Moments - patterned paper

Dressed to Impress

I had a card to make for my sister-in-law's birthday

next month so pulled out a retired set called

Dressed to Impress.

I stamped, die cut and then coloured all the elements

using markers.

I added a piece of scrap to one side, a strip of the green and

a piece of white which I cut with a spellbinders edge die

and slipped another piece of the green underneath.

I cut a bubble square from a set by Lisa Horton,

in green and a smaller one in white for my sentiment.

I used Biggest Wish stamp set in pink ink and added

some white dots when stamped.

All the die cut elements were arranged at the bottom

and I added her name too.

I finished the card off with a bow and some metallic pearls.

I would like to enter this into

Daisy Chain - for the girls

We love  Stamping - focal sentiment or quote/anything

Dream Valley - hand coloured image

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Passion for Markers - add a sentiment

I used markers

PINspirational - use die cuts

Everything has been die cut

Hope you have a lovely day!

Vintage vibes

It's the second week of Sandie's theme of

vintage/old over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This time I had a relaxing afternoon playing about with

inks, lace, handmade flowers and embossing.

I started off embossing the base then colouring it with

different colours of H2o's. I then added some hints of gold

using metallic rub ons.

Next I made some small flowers from white paper,

colouring them up using Twinkling H2o's in purples and blues

and when attached with a brad, I added some more of the gold

rub ons.

I cut a piece of lace, added the H2o's to it in blue

and stuck to the corner of my tag.

I then added my butterfly stickers and layered up

the flowers with some leaves.

I finished with some stamped sentiments and some pieces

of organza ribbon, coloured with the paints and heated

to make them shrink and curl.

I hope you come and join us. Pull out some old crafts stash

and scraps and have fun!!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - vintage/old

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Kreativtanten - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

We Love to Create - anything goes

Incy Wincy - steampunk/vintage or new baby/home/job

It is absolutely chucking it down here this morning so no walk!

I will just have to settle in to my craft room.

Enjoy your day!

Oh Christmas Tree!

A Christmas card, I know!!

I came across a card on Pinterest that I liked the look of.

There is a tutorial for it on Iced Images but I wanted to make

one just using a pre folded card base.

I cut the tree pieces to suit the height of my card,

ran it through the dotty embossing folder then cut it down in 1"

pieces, reducing the width for each slice.

I then cut at an angle on each piece to form the tree.

The base is just a rectangle cut in two and I embossed

it with lines on my embossing board.

I added some punched stars in silver to the top

and the sentiment was stamped onto a circle of the same paper

from a stamp set called Snowman Season (SU),

backed onto a die cut circle in silver.

The sentiment inside is from the same set

stamped in black ink.

Another one for my slowly growing pile!

I would like to enter this into

Dream Valley - Christmas in July

Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes option Christmas

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

The Holly and Ivy - anything Christmas

Merry Little Christmas - anything goes Christmas

I see I have another new follower! Always puts a smile on my face.

Welcome to my blog Karen!

One sheet mini album

My next paper pack had one full sheet of designer paper

along with one and a half sheets of matching card

and small scraps. It's not an SU pack but I think I got

it while I was doing some designing for 

Crafts 4 Eternity many years ago!!

So I searched the internet for a tutorial and found this one

at Curio By B-Spoke Designs showing me how to make

a mini album using one sheet of paper!

This little mini holds 30 photos but I probably over did it as usual.

You can put in less by using the pocket tags for journaling.

This book is full of photos of my husband Brian from the

age of 17 up. Great to get another 30 photos from

my photo box  nicely homed!

I used every bit of scrap there was to use by punching

small flowers and leaves from the papers, layering them up

and finished with some gems!

You can watch my walk through video here.

I would like to enter this into

Mini Album Mania - any mini album

Crafty  Calendar - anything goes

Kreativtanten - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - flowers optional mood board

Unicorn Challenge - flowers

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Days gone by

It's time for a new theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and this time it was the lovely Sandie's turn and she

has challenged us to go vintage/old.

I found a scrap of newsprint paper for my tag.

I stamped some text using Gorgeously Made stamp set.

I roughed up the edges of my tag then inked them

using early expresso ink. I then wrapped some lace around the tag.

Next I run my ink pad down a piece of card to get a plank look

and stuck it to my tag. The photo is of my Mum, Uncle and Aunt

and my older brother which I thought deserved a nice home.

I stuck it to one side of my plank card.

I stamped the word memories using Love This Moment stamp set

and stuck it on top of the photo.

I then added some butterflies punched in the matching

newsprint paper and added some colour with my markers.

I stamped some little squares to one side and a heart at the other side.

I then finished with some pearls and a little twine bow.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - vintage/old

Creative Crafting Uncles - mystical or vintage

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

A Place to start - anything goes option diamonds/gold/pearls

The Outlawz - no cards option use a photo

Car in garage today and we have thunder and lightening due

this afternoon so got our walk in early.

Enjoy your day!

In the garden

Our new challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

for August is anything goes option summer in the garden.

We have some prizes up for grabs too!!

For my card I went with a stamp set from AALL & Create

and a fun fold on the inside which joins the front to the back.

I also used a couple of other stamp sets from SU called

Sweet ice-cream, Approaching Perfection and Country Flowers.

The inside is where the fun fold happens.

It has a pocket at either side for either a tag, cash

or voucher.

I hope you get time to join us this month.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Kreativtanten - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Pearly Sparkles - floral

We Love Stamping - focal sentiment/quote or anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - flowers

We have a day of rain ahead of us but I

did enjoy a bit of pot planting and gardening yesterday.

So today I will prepare my blog for the week,

do some commenting and maybe some crafting.

Enjoy you day and thanks for stopping by.

Never ending!!

I finally got round to trying out a never ending card!!

Have you made one before?

It has been on my to do list for a good few years and today

I finally had a go.

I followed a tutorial by Sam Calcott on YouTube

but I also made one myself, totally inspired by Sam.

Measurements need to make one

Four pieces of white card 3" x 6"

Score on 6" side - 1 1/2". 4 1/2"

8 pieces of dp - 1 1/4" x 1 1/4"

8 pieces dp 1 1/4" x 2 3/4"

8 pieces dp 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"

You can watch my version of the tutorial here

I would like to enter this into