On Saturday I held an all day Christmas Craft Retreat Day! It was a full day of crafting, coffee, tea, cake, lunch, cake and did I say cake? Each of the ladies received enough goodies in their kit bags to make four of each of five designs of Christmas card. with loads left over. So they could if they wished take home 20 Christmas handmade cards all ready to send for Christmas. My fabulous team member Linda popped in for a while and ... VIEW POST
Christmas Craft Retreat Day Fun!
Why I Stamp.
It is half term and yesterday the sun shone! I have an allotment with two dear friends and we grow all sorts. It has grown gradually from one, five pole plot to three. So to mark the end of our allotment growing season we took the children with us and headed down there for a barbecue and some fun. It was beautiful! So warm. One of those rare sunny days you sometimes get in October. I brought the children back to mine and they played happily whilst I got on with preparations for my ... VIEW POST
Simple Sunflower Thank You Card . Painted Harvest.
Such a simple card to make, but the two step stamping makes these sunflower images stunning. You can completely change the look of your card depending on your colour combinations. I tried a few out here. I decided to go with the traditional yellows for this card with Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie for the flowers and the centres in Soft Suede. The fern type leaves are stamped in Old Olive. I used Daffodil Delight for my layer and Whisper White for my base card. I have ... VIEW POST
Easy, Autumnal Thank You Card.
The Painted Harvest stamp set from Stampin Up is stunning with its glorious sunflower images and is perfect for that Autumn feel we have right now. I have been using it oh so much. It is easy to overlook the gorgeous little acorn stamp that is part of that set too. So I thought I would make a quick card with it. I have used Whisper White card for my base and Early Espresso card stock for my layer with a top layer of Whisper White which is fantastic for stamping on. I have ... VIEW POST
Coffee and Cards, Quirky Critters and Happily More at More +
How fabulous to have so many people come to Coffee and Cards today! I look forward to half term because we often have a few more who can't usually come. Today we had lots! We spread out over a few tables. I welcome everyone to Coffee and Cards including accompanied children and I knew I would have a few today so as well as using the planned Painted Harvest stamp set I also included some cards made with the Quirky Critters stamps set and my water colour pencils ... VIEW POST
Spooky Night Halloween Treat Cups!
Witches Brew With Scream and Sugar! How fun are these? I have covered the cups in this fun Halloween paper called Spooky Cat. Inside the cups is a cello bag filled with sweet treats - Mine are popping candy chocolate spiders. The colours were perfect! You can put anything you like in. I have tied the top with the Shimmer Ribbon in Black to secure. I have stamped the cup using the Merry Cafe stamp set. I think they would make perfect place settings at a ... VIEW POST
Patterned Paper Sale! Octobers Offer Just Got Even Better! Plus Free Stamp Set Giveaway!
There are 13 different packs of Designer Series Papers in the offer. So many its hard to choose from! But what if you don't want 3 or 4 packs? but would love one or two ? Well you can. Order any of the packs of Designer Series Papers that are include in the offer directly through me and I will pass the offer saving on to you making your pack just £7.50! (plus Royal Mail p&p payable unless you would like to collect from me) This offer is only on until 31st October so not long left ... VIEW POST
Inspire.Create.Challenge #003 Merry CafeChristmas Card!
We are getting into the Festive spirit this week over at the Inspire.Create.Challenge blog and for challenge #003 we have a festive theme! Festive to me means my most favourite time of the year! and I know it will soon be on its way. Now I know its way early yet but I don't mind seeing Christmas things slowly creeping into the shops and surroundings. I always wait with anticipation at this time of the year for the festive cups you can get your coffee in. I love to see what the Christmas ... VIEW POST