Our Visiter!

This cat has been a visiter to our house for the past few days and it was all skin and bones.So Adele fed it and now it keeps coming back. It's been here all day today and I am a big softy and fed it. It seems to have settled down here and fallen a sleep in the conservatory. Adele wants to keep it and I say No! we don't know the first thing about cats!





It's a lovely warm day here and I have been out in the front garden trying to tidy it up a bit!

Wedding Gift & Card

Today's post is to show you a card (which is already on my blog) and a gift for my son's best friend who got married yesterday! There is a bottle of champagne and some champagne flute glasses. Carl did not have a box for the glasses, so I had to make one for them, easy I thought but then I did not have any card bigger than 12 x 12. Oh no I thought what am I going to do! Then I remembered when I was blog hopping I found a tutorial for a box, just the bottom ( sorry I can't remember who's blog it was but I will try and find out so I can post a link here), so I set to work scaling down the pattern and when I was happy I made two boxes and stuck them together. Popped a glass in each box and used gold tissue paper around them, then I glass them up and finished the gift of with some cream and burgundy organza ribbon. If you click on the photo it will enlarge for you.


Enjoy!
Have a great Saturday!

Julie

RAK From Marge SBS-8

Yesterday I received this lovely RAK from Marge. There is a lovely spring card which has really fab ribbon with spring printed on it and the most cute felt flowers I have ever seen. Included in the package was a roll of spring word ribbon, a roll of flower ribbon, chunky green letters, green floss, felt flowers, flower unmounted stamps and border unmounted stamps.

All I can say is thank you very much Marge for a wonderful RAK, I just love everything and can not wait to use them!


Have a great evening!

Julie

Paint Chips & Photo! card & layout

Hi Everyone and welcome to today's card which is paint chips & a photo!

Ribbon & Buttons Card

Rose Decoupage Wedding Card

Challenge over on CMUT Blog!

This weeks challenge over at CMUtd challenge blog is circles & dots.

Please support us and pop over and have ago at this great challenge group!

There is a small prize for the winner!



Have a great evening everyone, I am now going to watch Midsomer Murders, my favourite TV program!

Julie

No Pictures Tonight!

I don't know what is wrong tonight but blogger will not let me upload my photos!

I have been busy making wedding cards using a pyramid decoupage CD off ebay and a Roses CD by Robert Adams. I am quite pleased how they have turned out. So I will upload photos when I can.
I have got some more orders for wedding cards so that will keep me busy this week.

Have a great evening!

Julie


Managed to upload some cards today.

Manvers Lake Layout!

The idea for today's layout came from this month's Scrapbook Inspirations Shimelle Laine. She used a cut down page protector on her layout so she could add more photos. Now I like to do double page spreads with lots of photos but my albums are bulging. So I thought I would give this idea a try. I made my book up and kept my embellishments flat so I could laminate each page. I then stitched around the front cover so this would match the layout, I stitched the pages together and stuck the mini book to my layout. I have cut a hole in my page protector so the mini book can be viewed. I am really pleased how this layout has turned out and I am glad I took the plunge to try stitching on my layout.

Products Used;

Bazzill cs pale green
12x12 paper from Craft Creations SRO57P Green Meadow Stripes and SRO55P Green Meadow Butterflies.
A Selection of sticker and printed ribbon was also used.

The colours look better in real life!






Have a great day!

Julie

Scott's 19th Birthday Layout

Wow I can't believe it has been 6 days since I last posted anything! Time does fly when you are having fun. I have been busy creating some layouts and I had an order for some wedding cards, which I will share with you over the next few days.

The 12 x 12 paper is from Trace and is double sided and is called Grandmas Attic.
One side is stitched and the other side has snaps on it. If you click on the photo it will enlarge it and hopefully you will see the detail.
Circle was cut on my Cricut and then coloured with Tim Holtz Distress Inks in;
walnut stain
old paper
tattered rose
and peeled paint.
Organza ribbon in ivory and olive.
Coloured brads from Making Memories.
I used a Japanese screw punch to make my holes.
The words were cut out on my Cricut using the Jasmine cartridge.

Hope you enjoy looking today's creation!

Julie

Two Rose Cards!

For today's cards I have been using my leftover bits from other cards I have been making this week. The roses have been printed from a cd by Robert Adams and then 3d. I also used my Happy Birthday embossing Cuttlebug die.


Have a great day!

Julie

My Birthday Layout

Today's layout is from my birthday.

Paper used is by K&Co. Brianna Floral Collage embossed
Quickutz cake die cut
Dymo labeling.



Enjoy!
Julie

Jake & class layout

I got Jake's school photos just before Easter so I thought I had better get on with my pages.
I have left the tittle off for the school and the childrens names.
I have to say this was a very cheap layout, a bargain really!

The paper came in a pack from Poundland and so did the embelishments. The paper is good quality, a nice weight! It is amazing what you can pick up in these cheap shops!
I also used a couple of grommets.

Adele & Jake are back to school today and I am back to work, so have a great Monday everyone!

Julie

Easter 2008 Layout

Today's layout is from Easter 2008 of Adele and Jake.

Card stock is Bazzill.
Bunny die cut from Hobby Craft.
Easter words and eggs are from Poundland.
Grommets silver, memories & together.
Grommets white, that have been coloured with a brown peel off pen and you get a nice mottled effect.
Scalloped mat cut out on the Cricut machine.
Faux stitching.


Enjoy!

Julie

Wentworth Woodhouse Layout

My Layout for Carrie's 21st!

Well I am a bit late today posting but I have been busy finishing off some of my layouts!
I have just finished my LO for Carrie's 21st birthday party that we went too.


Hope you like it!

Julie

Another Papertrey Decoupage Card!

I made this card for my Sister-In-Law for her birthday for next month!
She is a dog lover and had a dog which looks like the white dog.

I have been working on some layouts this week,so I will be uploading them from tomorrow! I think I might be getting my scrapbooking mojo back, at long last!



Have a great evening!

Julie

Two cards today!

I have been busy and so I have two cards for you today!

The first card is a photo card and this was made for a college at work when she was off sick.
The second card is a decoupage happy birthday card.



I might not have a lot to show you over the next couple of weeks what with the school holidays!

But I have been working on some scrapbook layouts over the last couple of days so I will share them soon.

Have a great evening!

Julie

Happy Easter!

Hope everyone is having a lovely day and not eating too much chocolate!
We woke up to snow this morning but it did not last long, all gone by 10.30am.
Poor old Jake, he missed the snow again!

Anyway, today's card is decoupage from Papertrey. I really love this design as we like to go caravaning, so I might keep this card and give it to Kevin for our anniversary. I have just left enough room for a greeting!

Have a great day!

Julie

Ipodabella!

Today's card I have made for Adele to give to one of her friends for her birthday.
I have used Ipodabell rubber stamp, Nestabilities oval scallop, Prisma crayons, prima flowers, zooms, brads and background paper from Dovecraft called Glamour Prints!



Thanks for looking!

Julie

Challenge 5 at CMUtd !

This weeks Challenge on CardMakersUnited is a challenge to make a New baby Card in NON traditional colours!!

This is my take on the challenge. I have gone for a black & white theme with a hit of silver!

Why don't you pop over and and have ago! You never know you just might enjoy it and there is a small prize to be one.


Have a great evening everyone!

Julie

Bath Time!

For today's cards I have used a decoupage & background sheets from Papertrey. I really enjoy using these sheets as they are easy to cut out.
I have just added some Prima flowers, zooms, ribbon and glitter glue to the bubbles!

I have not added any greetings at this time, I will wait until I use the cards.
Have a great day!

Julie

First Canvas!

Today I thought I would show you something different. For sometime I have been wanting to have ago at scrapbooking on a canvas, so I took the plunge Friday and managed to get it finished yesterday. I had great fun painting with the acrylic paints and it took a while to get the background just right to go with my photos.

So what do you think of it? Have you ever scrapbooked a canvas? Please let me know.

Have a great day!

Hana Card

For today's card I have used my Hana set which I love! I have kept to a black & white theme with a small bit of silver thrown in. I also used my Cuttle bug embossing die, black organza ribbon, large white brad, rub ons, glitter peel off dots and some lovely backing paper!

Enjoy!
Happy crafting.

My First Magnolia and Flower Soft Card

For today's card I have used the flower soft window, flower soft in green, lilac and lavender. This is the first time I have used flower soft and I was not sure if I liked it to start with but I think the card has turned out ok. My Magnolia girl was coloured using my copic sketch markers and I applied diamond glaze to her wellies, glitter glue to her wings. The organza ribbon has different shades of lilac to purple and is really lovely. Pity I can't remember where it came from.

Hope the weather is not too bad where you are!

Happy crafting

21st Birthday Party Album

This is the album I have been working on last week and I gave it to her on Friday evening and she loved it.
This is the first time that I have made an album from scratch and also the first time using my Bind-It-All! I had great fun making it and hope to do many more

Have a great day!

Busy Busy Busy!!!!!

Well it is Thursday and I have fallen behind again! I have been crafting I promise!!! I have just had quite a few commissioned cards over the last few weeks and also I am just finishing a album. I hope you are reading this Dianne!!! I've been scrapbooking.We went to a 21st birthday party on Saturday evening and this album is her present and I hope to get it photographed tomorrow. Then I can share it with you over the weekend.

Sorry it is a short post put i need to get back to my card making!

Have a great evening and I will see you soon.

All the Special Things You Do.........

Gosh I can't believe I have not posted anything since last Thursday. Time really does fly when you are having fun!!

I have been really busy making birthday cards, Mother's day cards, retirement cards and get well cards.
We went to a 21st birthday party on Saturday evening and Kevin took loads of photos ,so now I am going to make a small album up for her birthday present.
I will share some more cards and layouts when I can.
Today's card is off a cd from Bab's and this is her blog
she might still be selling the cds. I have really had lots of fun with this cd and everyone has loved the cards I have made.

Have a great day everyone!