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.

Tuesday, 24 February 2015

march playday project

Shamelessly cased from http://wenchespapirverden.blogspot.sg/2013/05/tutorial.html here the basket we'll be making at playday next w...

Sunday, 22 February 2015

birthday box for 6*6 cards

This isnt finished yet, I've got to add a few embellies to the front and I don't know quite what I want yet. My printer is refusing...

Saturday, 21 February 2015

Ribbon Reel Storage Box

Those who know me know I love making storage for my craft stash but I hate spending big money on it when I can have more fun making it and s...

Monday, 16 February 2015

next playday project

The next playday is March 8th & we're making an Easter basket & a small sweetie box. This is the sample for the sweetie box I m...

Thursday, 12 February 2015

umm not sure what happened there lol

So I set off to the playroom yesterday to make a valentines card for Ade and instead of the usual red & black somehow this one ended up ...

Sunday, 8 February 2015

coaster set

Candy Box Crafts Ltd coasters bought from "Oyster stamps" for mothers day pressie. They started life bright & cheerful ...

Monday, 2 February 2015

more bokah cards

bokah with distress inks rasp b erry, peacock feathers & shappy shutters, designbyryn stencil, trimmed section of me...

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

bokeh & pringles

Have lost the use of the 2 letters that go between the m & v so will keep chat short until fixed cuz copy & paste is a pita lol. ...

Sunday, 25 January 2015

#Artchain

I'm currently taking part in a facebook game called #artchain. The object is to share 5 pieces of art you've made over 5 days and n...

Thursday, 22 January 2015

That sinking feeling..

It's my grandsons first birthday today and as per usual I was being lastminutedotcom... Ade shouted up the stairs last night.. "hav...

Bokeh backgrounds

I'll admit to succumbing to the latest fad trend in papercrafting... bokeh backgrounds. If you want a proper explanation you'll ha...

Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Freebie feather die & stamp

On the cover of one of the UK craft mags this month is a free feather die from HOTP, and on a sister mag is a matching stencil & set of ...

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

playday projects

Just a quickie before I forget to post it. One of the projects we're making at the Feb playday is an altered notebook which involved ...

Candy box crafts 4 drawer mdf box

Back in November I bought an mdf kit to make a 4 drawer unit to store my brushos in at the Oysterstamps retreat. Taken me a while to get...

Friday, 21 November 2014

IndigoBlu Challenge Blog Let It Snow

I was dead chuffed last month to find that random org had chosen me as the winner of the sketch challenge at IndigoBlu Challenge Blog . As ...

Friday, 7 November 2014

Brusho mop ups meets Jofy

Been a week for birthday cards, it was one of my BFFs birthday yesterday and I made this one for her. Nowt really but a lot of white card!...

That'll teach her

My mate Martine has got a great sense of humour so when she posted on facebook that she didn't like card in a box/pop up box cards I had...

Monday, 13 October 2014

Playday yesterday

We had our monthly playday yesterday and the theme was Tim Holtz Luminarys. I only decided on this one because Kelly said she had the die a...

Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Frugal Poppys

If you've read the last post you'll know I went all tight fisted and used the "ink" I'd picked up from stamping into w...

Are you bored of brushos and that poppy stamp yet?

I don't know about anyone else but I'm a huge lover of pinterest when my mojo has deserted me and when I've got a new product. ...

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