I love you!

Helloooo! Hope you're all warm and snuggly in this snowy weather. Hubbie is meant to be flying to the US today...we'll see how that goes!!

Today's card is for the MMCS blog and I'm showcasing another CC Designs stamp which is in the SALE for a cheap-as-chips £3.50!! It's a really big stamp as well!

So the stamp I've used is CC Designs' Sweet November Patty coloured with copics. The stamp actually comes with little stars coming out of the rocket but I decided to cut these off as I wanted to use some little die-cut stars instead (made using the Dienamics Star Border). Paper is from the new Echo Park Love Story pad. Scalloped border is the Small Scallop Border Dienamic. The embossed background is made with Crafts Too Embossing folder I got for Christmas. Top sentiment is PTI Wonderful Words and die. Bottom sentiment is PC generated and cut out using Fishtail Flag Stax. Also added Stardust Stickles.

I'd like to enter this into:

One Stitch At A Time- love

Opus Gluei- pink

Avadares Challenge- love or Valentine's day

Daring Cardmakers- embossing

Fairytale- my new stamp- CC Designs stamp

Totally Papercrafts- embossing

Copic Marker Europe- anything goes

All That Scraps Challenge- anything goes

Close up!

Apologies for the photos being a bit meh! I just couldn't get good light on this card! 

Keep safe and warm x

Crafty stash used: Stamps (CC Designs, PTI); Copics; Embossing folder (Crafts Too); Dienamics; Paper (Echo Park); Assorted cardstock; Stickles

My Mum's Craft Shop- Make a splash!

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you had a great weekend and managed to get some crafting in. 

Today is another themed week over at My Mum's Craft Shop blog. This week's theme is "LOTS OF LAYERS" and I've decided to showcase some products that Kitty has got in the SALE at the moment.

To banish the winter blues, I decided to use this cute CC Designs image called Sweet November Lily...

Can you believe that Kitty has got this in the sale for a ridiculously cheap £3.50?!!! I coloured her with copics and added a lyra pencil sand shadow at her feet. Papers are American Crafts Shoreline and are also in the sale for £3.50. I then added some details with various Die-namics- Sunshine, Catch a Wave and Fishtail Flags Stax. Sentiments are MFT. Flipflops are made using PTI Flippin Out die which I first cut out on chipboard and then added DP on top.

I'd like to enter this into:

Allsorts- dies and punches

My Sheri Crafts- sports: swimming

Card Crafters Circle- some like it hot

Stamping with the dragon- anything goes

Crafting For All Seasons- something new: new stamp and new paper pad

Close up. Hope this is making you think of your summer holidays rather than snow!!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (CC Designs, MFT); Copics; Lyra pencil; Papers (American Crafts); Assorted cardstock; Die-namics; Flip flop die (PTI); Pearls; Stickles; Button; Thread

Sweet November Evie and some birthday stash

Hello folks! Hope you're all prepared for your Christmas celebrations! This will be my last post before Christmas so I'd like to say a very

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL! 

I'm so very lucky to have my followers and really do thank you all for all the lovely comments you have left me and inspiration you have provided me with over the year.

On that note, I have decided to give up some of my DTs in order that I have more time to "play" and experiment without the pressures of deadlines but also so that I have more time to visit all my lovely followers and say hello- something I've not been able to do much this year for which I apologise.

Anyway, here is my Sweet November Evie...

I LURVE this image!! I coloured her with copics and paper pieced her dress. These papers are Glitz Design Joyeux Noel- prob my fav Xmas pad this year. The "merry" is PTI Wonderful Words Holiday die. "and bright" is an MFT sentiment cut out with Stampin Up Word Window punch.

I'd like to enter this into:

ATS Challenge- anything goes

ABC Christmas- your favourite punch/die- my PTI Wonderful Words die

Sweet Stampin Christmas- anything goes

Divas by Design- anything goes

Simon Says- Christmas

Stampavie and more- Christmas

ABC Challenge- holiday cards with paper piecing

Crafty Boots- Christmas

Love to Create- winter fun

Cutie Pie- cute Christmas

Close up!

And here is my birthday stash- thanks, Mum! I decided to buy some Stampin Up stuff. As part of me having more time to play, I decided I'd like to experiment more with the CAS style a la Stampin Up and PTI. I'm always quite scared of CAS style but I really want to try some new things so my new stash reflects this.

I got the Candlelight Christmas paper pad and some cardstock, ink and ribbon to match.

I also got the Keepsake Ornament bundle which included the stamps, die and paper piercing pack was free.

I also got the Scentsational Bundle (stamps and dies) and the Flourishing Flowers stamps. Also the Scallop Trim punch and Modern label punch.

I then got the Comfort Cafe paper pad and the 2 most recent "in colour" cardstock pads, ribbons and twine to match. Think I got most of the ribbons and twine for free.

Finally a few extras- a couple of pads and dies.

My Mum's Craft Shop- Sweet Novembers!

Halloooo! Time for some more CC Designs' cuties! Kitty has got these at an amazing price in her current Christmas sale so snap yourself up a bargain. See end of post for more details of the sale!

This sweet fella is called Rudy. I coloured him with copics. The papers are Carta Bella Merry and Bright. The sentiment is an MFT one cut out with Fishtail Flags Stax Dienamics. The zig zags are Chevron Stripes Dienamics.

Close up. Love how he colours!

This other cutie is called Sweet November Chrissy. Again I coloured her with copics. The papers are Echo Park Dots and Stripes Christmas Collection. Sentiment is MFT and again I used the Fishtail Flag Stax Dienamics to make a double-ended banner. I added a simple present using a Papertrey Ink die.

Love her little dress!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (CC Designs, MFT); Copics; Papers (Echo Park, Carta Bella); Assorted cardstock; Fishtail Flag Stax and Chevron Stripes Dienamics; Present die (PTI); Buttons; Pearls; Black gel pen

MY MUM'S CRAFT SHOP NEWS

Kitty is currently holding a Christmas sale with over 400 products in THE BIG SALE with savings of up to 50% off, and a bit more too ;)

My Mum's Craft Shop- CC Designs Week!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. All this week is CC Designs week over at My Mum's Craft Shop Blog. If you leave a comment on all the posts, you can win some fabulous candy- so what are you waiting for??! 

I've decided to showcase some Christmasy Meoples and their sweet little snowmen!

So first up is the adorable Meoples Navivity. Is this not THE cutest set ever?!!! You get these 3 stamps plus 3 sentiments. I've coloured with copics and arranged them in a little nativity scene. The papers are Echo Park Winter Park. I created the little doorway by using the one of the Rounded Banner Stax Dienamics. The sentiment is one from the set and is cut out using Fishtail Flags Stax.

Second up is the cute CC Design Snowmen and this stamp is called Meoples Snow Joy. Again, I've used the same papers but added the new Jumbo Snowflake Dienamic and a border using Simply Scallop Large Dienamic.

So get yourself a bargain and head over to the shop and win yourself some Christmas candy on the blog!!!

xxxx

My Mum's Craft Shop- Tags!

Morning! Hope you all had a good weekend. Today I'm here with a My Mum's Craft Shop post to showcase the fantastic CC Designs that Kitty has just got into the shop. It's also Day 2 of our themed weeks- this week is "TAGS" so pop on over to the blog and check out the DT designs during the week.

These tags have basically been made very simply using CC Designs Meoples No Peeking (coloured with copics) and mainly Die-namics. For the base of each tag I've used the Rounded Banner Stax Dienamic. Papers are all Echo Park Dots and Stripes Christmas Collection Kit.

Nested circles are Papertrey Ink Limitless Layers dies. Holly is PTI die. Lettering is High Rise Alphabet Dienamic.

Snowflake is Jumbo Snowflake Dienamic.

Again PTI Limitless Layers. Sentiment is an MFT one cut out using Stampin Up Word Window Punch. Bow is Beautiful Bow Dienamic (using the smaller sized bow).

Numbers are By the Number Dienamics.

SHOP NEWS: Kitty has got in Paper Smooches stamps!!!!! I'm a massive fan of their sentiments in particular- you won't find a cuter font around!! 

Crafty stash used: Stamps (CC Designs, MFT); Copics; Papers (Echo Park); Cardstock; Ribbons (PTI); Buttons; Dienamics- Beautiful Bows, Rounded Banner Stax, By the Number, High Rise Alphabet, Jumbo Snowflake); Holly & Limitless Layers dies (PTI); Punch (stampin up); Embellies (Stamping Bella)

My Mum's Craft Shop- Halloween and a prize!

We're getting all spooky over at My Mum's Craft Shop blog this week but firstly I thought I'd mention something I was really chuffed about. My last post for My Mum's Craft Shop featured a card using MFT's A La Mode Polished to Perfection and was picked on the MFT blog to be one of their favourite finds!! As I LOVE MFT I was over the moon! Yay!

Anyway, onto this week's card. From yesterday, we are launching our new Themed Weeks. Every fortnight we will have a week dedicated to a special theme and there will be samples from the DT on this theme. This week we are hosting a Halloween/Halloween colours week over at My Mum's Craft Shop blog to showcase all the fabbie Halloween stash you can buy from the shop which you can check out here. As Kitty loves to spoil her customers, she is giving away a special secret Halloween prize. All you have to do is comment on each creation the design team make this week on our halloween theme to win! Jane has kicked off the week with her gorgeous design here.

I've used CC Design's Devilish Lucy. I coloured her with copics and paper pieced her dress. Just to show you how versatile these papers are, these are from the Kaisercraft Tigerlily papers I've been using recently- see here. The sentiment is by MFT.

I'd like to enter this into:

Critter Sketch Challenge- your favourite part of fall

Hooked On Craft- Halloween

Lexi's Creations- Halloween

Cutie Pie Challenge- Halloween

There She Goes- Halloween

Dream Valley Challenges- Halloween

No Matter Which Challenges- Halloween/Halloween colours

Scrappy Frogs- halloween

That Craft Place- Halloween

Allsorts- too cute to spook!

Just Some Lines- too cute to spook!

Lucy sure is a cutie! The great thing about this stamp is that you can also use it for Valentine's Day cards!

Pop over to the shop blog to check out our Halloween themed designs for the whole of this week!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (CC Designs, MFT); Copics; Lyra pencils; Papers (Kaisercraft); Assorted cardstock; Nesties; Black gel pen

My Mum's Craft Shop- Beachy Beatrice!

Hello! My second post of the day and my last but one card for the fantastic My Mum's Craft Shop DT. I've taken a break from all the Christmas cards I've been making (soon to be posted) and as we're on the last days of our summery September, I thought I'd make a card featuring CC Design's Beachy Beatrice.

I'd like to enter this into:

Paperplay Challenges- choose a holiday- summer holidays

Divas by Design- layers

Whimsy Inspirations- anything goes

Craft Room Challenge- childhood memories

Deep Ocean Challenge- goodbye summer

Top Tip Tuesday- recycle it- the mesh (see below)

Totally Stampalicious- birthday card for a girl

Beachy Beatrice is coloured with copics and I've paper pieced her swimmy and cap. I double stamped the shell and starfish and raised them up on low 3d pads. These papers are the latest from MME called Bluebell, they're so beautiful. I've used the Catch a Wave Die-namic for the wave border and the sentiment is the brand new High Rise Lower Case Alphabet Die-namic. I sooo love this font!  Will be great for Christmas cards too I reckon- definately an essential purchase!

Close up. Used some old packaging- think it came around a plant- for the meshy stuff- I can't think of what it's called!

Close up, close up. I love her little rounded tummy!

Crafty stash used: Stamp (CC Designs); Copics; Nesties; Papers (MME); Assorted cardstock; Catch a Wave Die-namic (MFT); High Rise Alphabet Die-namic (MFT); Mesh (recycled); Nailheads

My Mum's Craft Shop- Summer Emma!

Zippity-doo-dah, zippity-ay! I have some exciting news to share with you today. I've been selected to be Guest Designer for September for My Mum's Craft Shop!! How chuffed am I? Kitty runs an amazing DT and I'm having a blast already. You only have to take a look at the shop to see why- all my fav stamps and dies in one place plus all the crafting basics you'll ever need!! Woo hoo!!

So in the next month, expect twice weekly posts from me displaying muchly crafting goodness from MMCS! 

This is my very first card featuring CC Designs, Summer Emma!

I coloured Summer Emma with copics, paper pieced her dress and mounted her on oval nestie. These stunning papers are by the latest from MME called The Sweetest Thing:Honey. The sun is made using the Sunshine Die-namic and grass is made using Fresh Cut Grass Die-namic. I made a raised awning using the Jumbo Scallop Die-namic which I then raised on foam pads. The sentiment is an MFT one cut out with a Memory Box label die.

I'd like to enter this into:

All That Scraps- anything goes

I'm sorry but how cute is she?!!

I love her summery dress- perfect for late summer days!

Kitty has a fab offer on at the moment- 20% of the entire My MeMo range until Friday 7th at 9am. No codes needed as prices are live on the site now. Don't miss out!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (CC Designs, MFT); Copics; Nesties; Paper (MME); Sunshine Die-namic; Grass Die-namic; Scalloped edge Die-namic; Label die (Memory Box)- all available from MMCS; Flower embellie recycled from stash; Assorted cardstock

Thanks for stopping by today! x