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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Anything Goes.
As always, we welcome your own interpretation.

I used this cute image from Bugaboo Stamps - teddy bear block trio.
This is a suer cute image - perfect for my niece's first birthday. I love that you can choose to use all 3 images or use them separately too!



I used papers from My Mind's Eye, a sentiment from Desert Diva's blog and added some simple stitching. I used a martha stewart heart punch, which I then 'popped up' for a little more dimension!

We are sponsored this week by Bugaboo Stamps, a great prize as always! 
Hope you can join us! See you there!

Thanks for looking!
Happy crafting :-)

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Knit happens!

My last Christmas card this year!!! This is one of my favorite images from From The Heart StampsThis image is called 'Birdbrain Winter Scarf'.


I used this fortnight's sketch #132 from the blog:


I colored the image with my prismacolor pencils, and used Simple Stories 'DIY Christmas' collection of papers. I love this sentiment - it comes with the image.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting x

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Cute Card Thursday - Stars

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Stars'.
As always, we welcome your own interpretation.

I used this cute image from Sassy Chery's Stamps - Star Light, Star Bright Snowman.



I matched the coloring to papers from My Mind's Eye's 'Vintage Christmas' collection. I used wooden stars as an accent and found the rub-on sentiment in my stash.

We are sponsored this week by Whimsy, a great prize as always! 
Hope you can join us! See you there!

Thanks for looking!
Happy crafting :-)

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Cute Card Thursday - Add some Glitter

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Add some Glitter'.
As always, we welcome your own interpretation. 

These images from All Dressed Up Stamps are so pretty - I love them all.


The papers and heart embellishments are from Fancy Pants 'Hinterland' collection.
I added glitter to the image and then used glitter stickers for the sentiment.

We are sponsored this week by All Dressed Up Stamps, a great prize as always! 
Hope you can join us! See you there!


Thanks for looking!
Happy crafting :-)

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Gift Stack Teddy Bear

December's Stamp of the Month over on the From the Heart Stamps blog is Gift Stack Teddy Bear. This is such a super cute image! The sentiment is from the set.


I used this week's sketch #130 from the blog:


I colored the image with my prismacolor pencils, and fussy cut the image. I used papers from Simple Stories 'DIY Christmas' collection along with some baker's twine.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting x

SN@P! Album Christmas Present

So my 12 year old daughter is into finding inspirational quotes at the moment. She has scraps of paper everywhere, sticky notes stuck to her wall, and notebooks all over her bedroom. I decided to make her a SNAP book for Christmas, to hold all of her quotes in one place.

I used a variety of Simple Stories papers and embellishments.

I also used a number of images from Sassy Cheryl's Stamps. These images worked perfectly with the theme, and lots of the quotes are the titles of the images too!

Warning: this is a LONG post - and this isn't all of the pages!!! Some of the images are a little reflective, as they are in the pocket pages of the album.


The front cover of the album uses the image 'My kind of Weather'. I added some twine, popped up the flower sticker and added some banners with a sentiment.


I have printed the image 'Day Dream Believin' directly onto this lined paper, to allow my daughter to make notes, write quotes etc.


I like a bit of variety in my albums, and so included a pocket page with a couple of note papers inside. Some stickers, tabs and twine just 'jazzed' it up a bit!


This pocket page uses the image 'No. 2 pencil & a dream'. Again there is space for her to add quotes, photos, whatever her heart desires.


I love to have some blank pages for her to write down her own thoughts - this image was perfect - 'Penny for your Thoughts'. I used the image name for the title on the page.


I like to use some images just for decoration. This image is 'Just a little Hello - Maddie'.


I just love this image and quote - but for some reason can't find it in the Sassy Cheryl's shop! I think it was called Just Be You.


More quotes and an image added for a little variety! 'Love Yourself' and 'Quiet Inspiration'.


I love different sized pages, folded pages and pocket pages to add a little variety and interest to the album.


My daughter and her friends are on the local swim team, so this image and quote were perfect for the friends section of this album. The image is 'Swimming makes you free'.


I just love this image - 'Better than a thousand words'. More room to write or doodle.


Another pocket page for photographs or secrets! Jazzed up a bit with the sentiment sticker and card.


My daughter loves to read - and finds many of her quotes from books. These next 2 images were perfect - 'Good read - Maddie'.



Another image that comes in the set with the 'Quiet Inspiration' image.


I finished the album off with another pocket and journaling page.

I haven't included all of the pages in this album - I thought this post was long enough!! I also left some blank pages and pockets for my daughter to make up herself. Hope she likes it!

Thanks for looking!
Happy Crafting :)

Monday, December 7, 2015

The Paper Girls Challenge #93 - Christmas

This fortnight's challenge is 'Christmas'. 

I used this cute image from All Dressed Up Stamps. The image is part of a set of 3 called '3 Little Christmas Girls'. I love that they give you an image with all 3 girls together, and then each girl separately.

I used papers from Teresa Collins 'Tinsel & Company' collection, along with a sentiment from Desert Diva's blog and some cute wooden stars.

I used the current sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday2 blog, sketch #78:


I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

I would love to see you joining in this challenge. 
Go visit the Paper Girls Challenge blog for more details.

Thanks for looking!
Happy Crafting :)

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Let it snow....somewhere else!

This is one of my all time favorite images from From The Heart Stamps! This just sums up my feelings over winter! And boy - do we get a long winter with lots of snow!!
This image is called 'No Snow Birdbrain'.


I used this week's sketch #129 from the blog:


I colored the image with my prismacolor pencils, and used a variety of Echo Park papers. I added a snowflake brad just to break up the solid color of the banner.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Crafting x

Cute Card Thursday - Festive Colours

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Festive Colours'.
As always, we welcome your own interpretation. 

I love these images from Sassy Cheryl's Stamps - 'Max the Red Nosed Reindeer
and 'Maddie the Red Nosed Reindeer'.


I coloured the images using my prismacolor pencils and then fussy cut them out. 
The sentiment is from From the Heart Stamps - 'Christmas Spirit Birdbrain'.
Papers are from Echo Park's 'Season's Greetings' collection.

We are sponsored this week by Bunny Zoe's crafts, a great prize as always! 
Hope you can join us! See you there!

Thanks for looking!
Happy crafting :-)

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Reindeer cards - Blitzen

Here is another of my reindeer cards to go with the letters. I found this image on the internet searching reindeer.


I used My Mind's Eye 'Winter Wonderland' collection of papers, along with a little bling.
I added a small paper envelope for the letter inside.


I used the current sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday2 blog, #71:


Thanks for looking!
Happy Crafting :)

Christmas Kisses

I am loving all the cute Project 100 Snowmen from From the Heart Stamps! This one is called 'Blowing Kisses'.


I made this card into a gate fold card, using papers from Echo Park.


The snowflake embellishment holds the card closed, 
using the main image to tuck behind it.

I used this week's sketch #128 from their blog:


I rotated the sketch and used my favorite blue as the twist!

Thanks for looking!
Happy Crafting :)

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Cute Card Thursday - Fairies and Angels

Our theme at Cute Card Thursday this week is 'Fairies and Angels'.
As always, we welcome your own interpretation.

I actually used a normal stamp for this project - not a digi! My mum sent me some stamps by Molly Blooms - super cute! This angel was in the collection. 


I used Simple Stories 'Handmade Holiday' 6x6 paper pad - stamping the image a number of times on different patterned papers. I then, painstakingly, cut out and paper pieced the angel. It took a long time and was very fiddly, but I am pleased with the end result. I used some stickers from the collection, along with some bling a twine.

We are sponsored this week by Di's Digi Stamps, a great prize as always! 
Hope you can join us! See you there!

Thanks for looking!
Happy crafting :-)

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Pot Pourri & Candles Gift Set

My favorite color at Christmas time is definitely red! It just shouts out Christmas. I am making neighbor gifts this year, as we have just bought our own house and are getting to know our new neighborhood.

I love candles and pot pour at Christmas, so I decided this would be a perfect gift. Here is the finished version:


The super cute gift tag was made using 'Santa's Winking Star' from Sassy Cheryl's Stamps.
I love the frame around the image as it makes for a perfect gift tag.



I used an old jam jar and filled it with some Christmas red pot pour. I cut and frayed the burlap, and then used my hot glue gun to fix it to the candles and jar.


I covered the edge of the jar lid with twine, again using my glue gun to ensure good adhesion. I made a rosette to place on the lid of the jar - super easy! Cut a strip of paper, score it at every 1/2" and fold it forwards and backwards. Glue the ends together and flatten down - voila! A small sticker placed in the centre just covers the middle.


I purchased the red decoration from the floral department in Michaels. I pulled it all apart and made smaller arrangements to decorate the gifts. Some patterned paper from Teresa Collins, and some twine finished the decorations off.


Thanks for looking!
Happy Crafting :)