And all that Jam.... better than Jazz!

Good Sunday to you all, and another challenge over at That Craft Place, whose design team seems to be breeding like rabbits, so many of us now I can't keep up!  The wonderful team have created the most outrageously super projects for us all to have a nosy at, and try to emulate!  Here is mine, I used the Molly Blooms latest project kit, available from Lisa's shop to give me inspiration. I shall explain further down how I managed to use the Cameo too!

The pic above shows the 2 projects I made,  the little meander book made from 1 12x12 sheet of cardstock, filled with tags for pictures and the words you may wish to add. The ribbon is from Lisa, but the papers are Molly blooms,  I scanned the papers before cutting into them, and added them into my digital papers in the Silhouette Designer software, now I can use them anytime to create a Molly Blooms look a like, I'm sure Clare won't mind,  and I shall ask her permission when I see her next week. Fingers crossed she is ok about it.  I have decorated the book with buttons from the kit too.
All the pages in the book have machined stitched layers, quite tricky to do.

The little inset picture is of the back of the projects, I love the jar especially. I used Molly Blooms and my Spellbinders dies to make them pretty.

I have been asked how I do my pictures so neatly, well I use Serif, Craft Artist 2, various background papers and frames, with a muted edge always works a treat, I couldn't make it look so good without this programme, highly recommend.

Don't you just love Molly,  she is a grown up girl now in real life, but to Clare she can always be recreated as a pretty little girl! How I wish I could do that with my two girls!!!! The strawberries, Molly, cake, heart, flowers and leaves are from the free stamps inside the kit.  The label is from the Silhouette shop. The pretty jar is now on display at Hobbycraft Cambridge, where I work.

Thank you for looking at my little bloggie, I love that you visit me, please leave a comment, so I know you have been. I am going to enter this into some challenges. I shall list them as I go.  Have a great weekend. Lizzy xxxx

New header

So I have changed my header,  and it's girlie, especially so cos I added my Granddaughter Lily, well why not! What do you think?

New header

For the first time in ages I have a free day... well a couple of hours I can spend getting my bloggie up to date a bit, and I will be working on a new header, girly pinky and frilly.. possibly, so I'll post later if I have managed to do it!

With Love

Don't you just love Saturated Canary, and I particularly like this little digi, she reminds me of my Granddaughter Lily, and the sort of capers she could get up to, and still look like butter wouldn't melt!  I love these papers from Raspberry Road too, such jolly colours! I've kept this one quite simple for me,  not too much over the top stuff, which of course I love to do,  I just needed to make a card, just for me!

Thank you for visiting my little bloggie. xxx

Boxing clever

Oh my goodness its challenge time at That Craft Place!  It comes around so quickly, but this time I really enjoyed using my Silhouette Cameo by making a box and decorating it using a super Saturated Canary image. All the products used can be bought from Lisa's super shop, and if you are in the area go visit her, its right near the seaside too! Bonus!!

The theme this time is monochrome, which doesn't have to be black and white, but any colour and shades thereof, so I chose brown, it gave me a sepia sort of look, which I love. Coloured with Copics.

Thank you for stopping by, I so appreciate it, and love to see a comment or two. Welcome also to my new followers, thank you so much xxxx

Snowy day and a Magnum!

So I'm relaxing in my motorhome, taking in the rays, so to speak when I remembered I made this card to show off Lisa's products from That Craft Place!  You know like you do when the sun gets too hot, you think of snow!  NOT!  Anyway I thought I would share this one with you lovely people, it uses a SC proper rubber stamp,  its something I don't often do, use a proper one, its usually a digi, I like to be in control of the size, hmmm maybe I should apply that rule to myself, having just had another Magnum!

Coloured with Copics and using the new Papermania A5 paper set, which I have to say is fabulous quality and rather lovely colours.

Thank you for visiting my little bloglet, I so appreciate your time with me xxxx

Just one more swing...

Oh my goodness its challenge time again at That Craft Place, and the theme is GIRLS.. easy peasy!  It doesn't seem like a fortnight ago when I blogged for the last challenge, however I really enjoyed doing this card cos I have my new Silhouette Cameo!! The image, doily, fence, flowers and leaves were cut out with the Cammy, the digi is from an artist who works alongside Kraftin Kimmie, her name is Sassy Cheryl and her work is fabulous!! I especially loved this little girlie, she reminds me of my granddaughter Lily who spends most of her time on her swing, and will not be parted from it! I used my Copics to colour in.

Thanks for stopping by my little bloggie xxx

Birthday card

One of my colleagues at work is 40 on Wednesday and I felt the need to give her a special card, 'cos I remember 40 like it was yesterday..... or was it the day before!! Memory is a great gift, I just wish I could remember where I put it... anyway here is the card, using a lovely SC image, so pretty and looks a bit like her... Bo Bunny papers, bits and bobs cut on my new Silhouette Cameo, such fun!  I think a better investment than the Cricut Imagine, at least I get to choose what I want to print and cut..

Not the best of photo's as it was taken on my phone, don't think I'll do that again, just not the same quality... anyway thank you so much for visiting my little blog xxxx

Ribbon & Lace

It's challenge time at That Craft Place, and the challenge this time is Ribbon and Lace, lovely, my favourite things to craft with!  I went for blue and white again, and I have promised not to do these colours again for a while,  but I just had to this time.  All the products I used are available from Lisa's shop,  go check it out, she has some fabulous things, and we have a new Facebook page for inspiration ( I intend to do a tutorial to show how to make the lace flower on my card) and a good old natter.  What are you waiting for?

Thank you for visiting my little bloggie, please call again soon. Lizzy xxxxx

Its challenge time at Mayzy Art - "Anything but a card"

I have used Seafoam the Mermaid - Digital Stamp for my picture frame,  this is my favourite photo of me and my eldest daughter taken about 25 years ago, on one of our family holidays to Majorca.. such a fun and magical time, and this is a photo I have treasured all that time, and so many house moves inbetween!  I used a photo frame ready to decorate, similar to a decopatch item. I coated it in white gesso and then applied layers of acrylic paint to give it a seaside distress sort of look.

The shells I picked up on holiday recently in Weymouth, and I knew they would be perfect for this holiday photo..... I used Marianne dies for the birds and Doo Hickey dies for the tags,  so simple to make and the finishing touch is Seafoam, well it just had to be done!

Hope you enjoyed your visit to my blog! xx

Its challenge time at That Craft Place - Flowers

I wonder why I thought of Christmas when I needed to make this card for the wonderful design team at That Craft Place!  But I did, and the colours of blue and white seemed just right....

The background is a digital lace image from Digital Design Boutique, which was overlaid onto a backing paper, I always use Serif to present my cards etc and it works so well, its so versitile... I also used the Le Crea Multi dies, flowers, such a fab set of dies, the vine is from Die namics.... spellbinders stately circle and a background paper from Raspberry Road. Thanks for visiting my blog, please leave a comment I would love to hear from you! xx

C Fold card - the video!!

Hello my lovely followers, today I have made a video for making a C fold card, it's a bit dodgy, especially the intro from the OH!! However I think its not bad for the first one, hopefully there will be more to follow... I have also attached vital pics of the bits you couldn't see, (most of it) so it might help you make your own.. enjoy and sit back to be entertained.

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In the video I give you the dimensions of the card base,  you will also need :

Le Crea, multi dies, the small flower
Stately circles - spellbinders, the middle two dies
Label 29, the middle size.
Walnut stain and Spun sugar distress inks
The free stamp with this months Craft Stamper.

I hope you enjoy the video, I had such fun making it!  xx

Chevy, one for the boys!

A birthday card for my partners son, he'll be 35 soon!  Whoops not sure when actually I just got the ask for a card, how bad is that. Anyway I love this image called Chevy from Stitchy Bear it's just the ticket... and papers from Raspberry Road, a winning combination!

Thanks for visiting my blog, please leave a comment so I know someone has been. xx

Sugar 'n spice

Hello all, and yes its time for another challenge over at Mayzy Art, this week it's Polka dots!  So Tulips for Mommy by Mayzy seemed the perfect choice.. coloured with Copics, and free papers, bits and bobs from my ever growing stash (I am on a craft diet... yer right!) and there she is, I'm quite pleased with how the card turned out... hope you like her too....

Thank you for stopping by, why not visit all the DT's blogs they are totally creative!! And while you are hopping about please visit Mayzy Art shop, there are the most fabulous digi stamps ever there.... hope you are having a fabulous warm weekend. xx

Independence Day

Hello bloggies, yes its time for another challenge over at That Craft Place, and this week its Independence Day, well quite easy for me as I am surrounded by American troops in Suffolk, in fact this particular card has been given away on our local facebook page!  I used "Pitcher" from Saturated Canary, isn't she cute? Coloured with watercolours, yes you heard that right, the copics didn't get a look in!

The papers are from Raspberrry Road, is there anywhere else to get fabulous papers!!!! I used my new die from Lisa's shop called Multi flower die from Le Crea' its totally awesome. And finished off with some candy, also from Lisa's shop...all in all I am very happy with the result. I hope you like it too...

Thank you for visiting my blog, please go check out all the DT's blogs they are totally amazing.... oh and go buy loads from Lisa's shop,  they are the friendliest bunch there, and I didn't even get paid to say that!! Have a super duper weekend.  xxxx

Yummy apple pie

Hello all, well today is challenge day over at Mayzy Art, and the theme is "sweet"... which lends itself to so many things, especially liquorice allsorts, yes I know this isn't on my card, but it should have been, trouble is I ate them!  So had to think of something else,  I couldn't go get anymore, cos I would have eaten them too!!

I have used Swoopy Melva, and little piggies (see if you can spot them) coloured with copics. I used spellbinders Filigree A2 and the doilie is the largest die from Stately circles, a freebie metal embellishment and the paper is from Raspberry Road.

Thanks for stopping by, please leave me a comment, I read them all and all are much appreciated xx

My Chelsea winner (not really!)

Well its challenge time again at That Craft Place, and this fortnights challenge is dies and punches... well apart from a 1" round punch and a corner punch I don't own any punches !!! Well I DO have some beautiful Spellbinders dies, so here is my DT creation using Spellbinders... Stately circles to make the flower, rose creations for the leaves and A2 Filigree for the corners and embellishments. I love the paper its "Lakehouse" from Kaisercraft, truly beautiful.

Thank you for visiting my little blog xxx

MAYZY MAY BLOG HOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW !!!!! its so exciting, cos its Blog Hop day with Mayzy Art with my fabulous DT and guests!!!!!! My secret word is ONE and before I get too excited you need to go to Susan at http://craftinsuzie.blogspot.co.uk/ next to get your secret word.....

Without further ado (is that spelt right!!) here is my card, using the fabulous Steampunk Bekah, just love her, and I might be using her a lot!  Sorry family members she could be on your next card, and the next .... lol.

Thank you for visiting my little bloggi,  please don't forget to visit Susan and give her some big loves xxxx

You're never too old to be a star

This was inspired by my lovely other half, he played football for years, and was very successful... he still thinks that he is a superstar, well he is to me anyway!!  I just love these new images from Mayzy, and this is my creation for her challenge this week, its such a privilege to be part of her design team, so much choice so little time!!

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to visit all the blogs for the Design Team, they make the most fabulous stuff!!!  Lizzy xx

Live your dreams

Good morning all, and a very happy Sunday to you all!  Its that time again on That Craft Place for another challenge, this time its a card for a man, and our lovely hostess with the mostess is Susan.  I'm never too sure about cards for men, but this time it was really easy!  First my background, made using my new Gelli plate, oh my goodness and this was my first print, can you believe it... I also used scraperboard for the side embellishments, a spellbinder die was used to cut the design and then I cut into 4 pieces and rubbed off the black covering, hey presto a lovely rainbow effect, perfect for this card. I used MME papers from That Craft Place, and also the rafia and string also was from Lisa's shop, other bits and bobs from my crafty stash. 

And just to ring the changes I used my coloursoft pencils to colour in, that makes a change from Copics!!

I hope you enjoy your visit, please call again, and thank you so much for any comments you may make.

Lizzy xx