Playing with paper.

I've been cardmaking for nearly 20 years and have gone through lots of different techniques. It took a long time to force myself to like stamping rather than thinking of it as a sometimes necessary evil but once I did that was it & almost all other forms fell by the wayside.

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

new tag

I havent forgotten the tut for the drawer unit, I've ran out of gummed tape and havent been able to get any locally :o( Will try and ...

Saturday, 21 September 2013

distress stain, paint & marker storage part 1

We're going to start off firstly with how I made the little boxes to hold the distress stains & paint. There is a slightly diff...

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Distress stain, paint & marker holder

This is the advance warning of a step by step coming up over the next few days. You'll need 1 ready made box 10 * 14 * 3.5" I...

Sunday, 15 September 2013

more tags

Bit of a mixed bag with these 3 tags but I was determined to use some of my new stash. Lots of distress ink (frayed burlap, dried mari...

Sunday, 8 September 2013

12 tags of 2013 September

Not quite sure what happened to this one I filled my bag for playday this morning with the intent of doing summery and bright... As per...

Lantern gift box

2 posts in a few hours, it is me posting honestly lol. I made this one last week to hold a bag of cadburys choccie buttons for Martine ...

what an amazing 3 days

I bless the day I found the docrafts forum, nope I'm not keen on their products but I have made the most incredible friends and I have h...

Friday, 30 August 2013

a class with Sir Tim

What a day yesterday was, a class with none other than Sir Tim Holtz and some of my best buddies. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, ...

Monday, 19 August 2013

After 8 choccie dispenser

I'm hoping that After Eight mint choccies are available world wide.. serious serious yummyness.. oooh.. wafer thin dark choccie and a...

Saturday, 17 August 2013

2 firsts on this one

Not sure whether this one has photoed properly or not, 10.30pm in a dark room under a day lamp isnt the best way but I'm going to be...

Saturday, 10 August 2013

get me being organised!!

Not organised enough to blog on a regular basis but I have at least been in the playroom prepping samples for future playdays. I havent got ...

Sunday, 16 June 2013

Fiskars stamp press

Have had a fab day with a fair few of my buddies at the Sincerely Yours craft show in Taunton. Spent a few pennies and did a couple of mak...

Saturday, 4 May 2013

one layer sketch cards

Not sure why but when I saw the sketch I've used for this card I wanted to see if it would work as a one layer card using nothing but ...

take 2

Another take on a sketch using nowt but ink & rubber. Layout is from CAS(E) this Sketch and I've taken a bit of liberty with it....

take 3

This is the 3rd card made when I was playing about with sketches. Again playing using frayed burlap & walnut stain distress inks. P...

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

yay my mojo is back

It's a friends birthday next week and while showing hubby how to use copics I started colouring in this lil Whimsy fairy for her ...

Saturday, 4 August 2012

Picnic basket

This is the finished project that we're going to be making for the September playday. Made from 2 sheets of a4 card and a few sheets of ...

Thursday, 26 July 2012

another box

Last box with the doily die for a while, I cant face cleaning the bits from the floor lol. Hard to see from the photo but this box is 8...

Monday, 23 July 2012

splodgaway update

Not much in the way of oohs and ahhs I've found a new technique, or even that I've put it through its' paces yet :o( Ade's ...

bits and bobs

Yesterday was a rather quiet playday, half the usual suspects were either, poorly, knackered, on hols or working :o( The theme was xmas in J...

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