Scrapbooking Paris

All this snow reminds me of a trip to Paris I took last January, and gives me an excuse to show off the pages I made from some of the pics I took.

These are probably my favorite scrapbooking pages to date. 

Once I had formed the idea it didn't take too long to create either. The four photos have really done most of the work by themselves- I just cut them a bit to fit within the scalloped border. I used a cricut machine for the gorgeous lettering and voila!

I still had the left over paper from the centre of the page above-but what to do with it??

I got the idea for a pinboard from a combination of a scrapbook page by Elizabeth Kartchner (the diamondy bit!) and my pinboard at home.

I think creating a pinboard page is a good way to show off those photos that you don't quite know what to do with, a mixture of shapes I think work well too.

The paper I used is from Basic Grey Origins Collection and was part of  the Scrapaholix March 2010 kit

Basic Grey Origins~Mud mask

I'm a PPA Pick

I was one of the winners for PPA 73!!

Wow- my first ever competition win! How exciting- I get to put this logo/blinkie on my blog (i've made a little section for "competitions" on the right hand side) and popped it there. When you click on it it takes you through to my wining design! (Or you can just look at my last post!)

Paper Pals Art Challenge 73

My entry for PPA73

Here's me having another go at the PPA Challenge- I think i'm getting addicted!

Element of Style "Lace"

Pot painting

Just had to post something about a lovely afternoon yesterday spent pot painting! Despite the sudden snowfall  I trekked to Unique Creations and met up with a fellow pot painter to paint the afternoon away.
I received the card in the background for my birthday and just thought the colours on the cupcake were so fun, I had to use them when I next went pot painting.

More cards...

Made with Bella Bleu Stampin Up paper set, sizzix die cuts for the wording and envelope  and punches for butterflies swirl, and scallop edging.

Alas I didn't get chosen in the Paper Pals competition (sob, sob) but on I go with my card making!

I'm thinking of churning out a few similar size ones to put in a box (still to make) and give out for Christmas.

Made with 'On a Pedestal' SU stamp set ,  tag punch and scalloped edge

Paper Pals Art Challenge 72

My Entry for PPA72

Here's my first ever entry to a card challenge blog: Paper Pals Art
Each week they set a challenge based on a theme/colour etc (see blog) and this week it is the following picture

Very lovely and wintery. My card is based on the engagement one I posted a few weeks ago, taking a giant ring as the central motif. I used a bit of white embossing powder with a stamp from SU! "Happy Everything" set for the wording, and then some little gold stickers for the 'congratulations'. 

Christmas card #2

Well, I ran out of black card (and was a tad bored of all that cutting and embossing!) so this card was super easy! Having the card blank makes life so much easier-ha! So all I had to do was stamp onto white card, trim, stick onto some red paper, trim, stick onto card blank, punch holes, add eyelets and tie ribbon, ta dah!

Found a brilliant craft shop in Wantage at the weekend:

The Stamp Attic

And some more colours!

Christmas Card time!

Christmas Card time!
Quite a simple idea here, but the thought of churning out more elaborate designs really put me off making any at all!
I wanted a bit of sparkle, so I bought myself a heatgun (having wanted one for a while I popped into the craft shop the other day and saw one for £15 -so grabbed one quick!) I already has some gold embossing powder (stampin Up) and the sticky ink/embossing ink, so I was set to go. That is apart from a christmassy stamp- but a friend sorted that by letting me borrow her Stamping Up "Seasons of Joy" set. The size of this stamp fits a small square card just right.
I managed 10 one go, so at least i've made a start...!