Hello,me again,I don't know it's like buses,nothing comes for a while then two come along lol.
Well it's that time again,my favourite time of the month,yes it's Gruffies,happy hoppers and  house mouse time and anyone who knows me will know they are the love of my life. I just know I will never tire of making cards with them. It doesn't matter if I have lost my mojo or not,I can always come up with idea's for cards using these little critters.

This months challenge over at http://gruffiesandguests.blogspot.co.uk/ is Anything goes/ summer.Our sponsor this month is http://www.scribbleandscrap.co.uk/ who are giving a £15 voucher to the winner.
 I just couldn't resist this little fella from the house mouse triple cd,he is just so cute.

I wanted to use the colour of sunshine on this one as it was a summer theme  but I also wanted the image to stand out so I wanted to keep the colours simple. I decided I wanted a white background but wanted to add texture by embossing it with a embosalicous folder I added to my collection this month I think it is called knit one pearl one. I must say it is my new favourite as it gives a lovely texture and it is non fussy. The die I used for the large flowery shape doily behind the mouse was the creative expressions Italian collection Tuscany die set. I cut out three of them and trimed off the smaller edges to just leave what were the corners of the die,then layered them up so they resembled a sun shape,but you could also say it looks flower like. I inked the edges with orange ink just to give a subtle edge to separate it from the white of the background. I cut another of the Tuscany dies from a orange.yellow card and this time used the center die also so that it would cut out the centre and then cut the edges off to leave just a circular frame to lay over the top to frame the image. I then decoupaged the image up and added it into the frame and then added a sentiment cut from The happy birthday that came with the new Tonic topper die set and added my signature bow, (you know how I like a bow on my cards) and of course the buttons to finish off the center knot. I hope you like the finished card,I know I do. Most of the time I take so long to make a card that I have been looking at it for so long I am not always sure if I like a finished card until I get some feedback about it but I am in love with this one. Every now and then I do make one that I fall in love with. 

We would love to see you over at at Gruffies and guests entering this months challenge,now that we have the option of anything goes or the theme it leaves it wide open for you to create whatever your creativity wants to as long as it is a Gruffies,happy hoppers or house mouse image of course. If you have never worked with these images you don't know what you are missing,it is without doubt the best cd on the market in my opinion and you can get it from Joanna sheens site http://www.joannasheen.com/craft-supplies/joanna-sheen-cdroms-project-books/the-housemouse-triple-cd-collection/

Thank you for popping by and have a good time crafting away,take care xx

Challenges entered.

Crafting Musketeers - Summer

House Mouse & friends - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Hello everyone,I am sorry it has been a while between posts but I have been busy catching up on things that don't get done while I am having a bad spell with my M.E. Things build up and then I am playing catch up until it hits me bad again and then it all starts again,but it is what it is and I refuse to let it get me down.
Anyway my card today is for the DT for http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz/ again,this months theme is colour/flora


I didn't have all the colours in the pallet so I went with the pink and blue. I used my new Tonic topper dies to cut out the pink frame and used one of the topper die cuts that came with the dies,I used a Tonic heart behind it and cut some swirls from the same pink card from the Tonic swirl dies. I cut some flower shapes out with my Brother scan and cut machine and inked the edges in blue and curled the petals and layered them up to get this carnation looking flower which I placed in the center of my bow. I used a nice striped pink background sheet and embossed it with the Sue wilson embossing folder,sorry can't remember what it is called. I don't often do cards with no image on but wanted to give it a try. Pinks are not really a colour I like much so I can't decide if I like it or not,I hope you do or if like me you are not a pink person that it will inspire you to at least have a go at a card with just a sentiment. Hope you all have a good day,take care and happy crafting

Hello everyone, it's time to post my latest card and this time round it is one I have done for the design team for http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz/ This months challenge is Geode tones

 

I chose to use greys,blue and cream.

I started by choosing a grey co ordinations card for the background and cut it to size ( 8x8" ) and embossed it using a embossalicous tiny dots folder and then sanded it to bring out the dots. Then I chose a dark grey mirri board and used a tonic border punch at the top and bottom and then used a flourish embossing folder to emboss the center. Then I chose a blue piece of card  to place behind and show through the border. Then I chose this lovely stamp which I have had for years and I am sorry but I can't remember where I bought it. Then I stamped it on some cream card and used  black and blue pro markers to colour it in to match the colour scheme . I then layered it on to a piece of blue card to match the colour showing through the border and then applied it to the card using 3d foam to make it stand proud of the card. Then I made some flowers with cream paper and inked the edges with blue ink and layered them up. Then I chose one of my favourite ribbons to match the colours of the card and attached to the card,then placed one of the flowers in the center of the bow and added two diamond hat pins and one pearl hat pin and then added the other flower and sentiment.
I hope you like the finished card and you can join in the fun over at creative craft cottage blog

Hello everyone,let me start by saying sorry to you for not having blogged for a while. I have a lot of health conditions which mean I spend periods of time where I am unwell and spend a lot of time sleeping which means I don't get much done. Anyway I am feeling a little better for now and have been busy trying to catch up with all my chores and crafting that needed doing.
I hope you have all been well and if not that you make a speedy recovery.

I have been busy the last couple of days working on this card which I have done as part of the design team for Gruffies and Guests. This months theme is Patchwork so I thought I would give my new Brother scan n cut a run for it's money as I haven't had much time to play with it. So I used the patterns already stored in it to cut out the patchwork shapes from different patterned papers and then embossed them all to give them a textured look,then I pieced them all together on some darker Purple card stock. I had already chose this beautiful Gruffie holding a bunch of wisteria flowers and cut it out using this die,I don;t remember the name of it as I don't have the packaging any more,I cut another onto purple card and arranged them on the background the decoupaged the image up. then I added a bow,sentiment and a butterfly to finish it off. I hope you like the finished card and that it gives you some inspiration.
I would love to see your creations so why not pop over to Gruffies and Guests and enter this months challenge,there are so many talented crafters out there that I am sure you will come up with some amazing enteries. Happy crafting everyone,stay well and stay happy x

Hello everyone,I am a bit late with this post as I have still been unwell and struggled to get this 1st DT card done for the new blog http://cccdigicreations.blogspot.co.uk/ which is the sister blog to creative craft cottage but this one is for digi stamps. The theme this fortnight is anything goes and I chose to use this lovely image from our sponsors for this challenge StampArt Design by Kathryne who is offering the lucky winner of this challenge a choice of 5 digi stamps from her store. I must admit to this being the 1st digi stamp I have ever used and found it a challenge myself,only in that it is not my usual sort of image. I do hope you pop over and enter the challenge yourselfs,I look forward to seeing your creations.

I hope you like my card, I couldn't resist doing something I usually do and that is 3D decoupaging it. I have left a sentiment off for now so that I can add one when I decide what occasion to use it for. If you have any questions about it please ask as I am feeling very unwell and I can't think straight enough to go through how I made it at the moment. I am off to the hospital tomorrow so hopefully I might get some answers and treatment and be on the road to recovery soon,take care and happy crafting xx

Good morning my crafty friends
It's that time of the month again (no not that time ha ha), it's house mouse time.
This is my latest DT card for Gruffies and Guests challenge blog. This months challenge is Spring so I chose this lovely image from the house mouse tripple cd set of this cute mouse paddling his way on the water.
I use co ordinations card stock for the back layer and left it plain then embossed some green mirri board and then another piece of the co ordinations card stock but this time embossed and then sanded it and layered it onto the mirri board.

      

 Then I decoupaged the image,which never shows up well in a photo

Then I made a stopper as this is a easel card from layers of white card then the pink co ordinations card which I then punched a edge on it from a Martha Stewart edging punch and layered it with green mirri board and some more co ordinations card that again I embossed and sanded in the same pattern.

Then I added a bow in a matching green

Then I made these daisies from a pink card,I like to use a light weight card as it means I can shape the petals to stand up. Then I used some yellow buttons to match the yellow in the centre of the main flower in the image

And finally I made the sentiment at the bottom of the card by typing out a sentiment in green writting and printed it out and layered it onto some more green mirri card.

I hope you like the finished card and that it has inspired you to pop over to http://gruffiesandguests.blogspot.co.uk/and enter this months challenge. Our sponsor this month is http://www.disdigistamps.com/ and they are giving a £10 voucher to the winner,so show us your talent

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Hello my crafty friends
Well it's that time of the month when there is a new challenge on creative craft cottage blog that I design for and this months challenge is to use Washi tape. It is something I have never used so it felt like it was going to be a challenge for me to. I didn't even own any or know what it was prior to this challenge.
I have been wanting to make one of these pop up box cards I have been seeing around but didn't know how they were made, so I thought I would give it a try. I worked out the measurements I would need to do as I didn't have a template and scored and cut the card. The washi tape I bought was green and black so I made this the colour for the box card. For the individual panels I layered green card which I put through a embossing folder to give it some body and layered it on to black card. I used a Martha Stewart edge punch on the edge of the back panel and then put black card,and  used the Washi tape around the edges and a contrasting striped tape in the middle. I made up the flowers and thought that pink goes really good with green,and centred them with black to tie it in with the theme. I don't know if it shows but I put the flower petals through a spotty embossing folder to give them texture. I then cut some swirls out of black card using the tattered lace dies. Then used spellbinders butterfly dies to cut the butterflies. I arranged the flowers how I wanted them and added the swirls . 
I hope you like it,I know I had fun making it,I have been trying to stretch myself lately and do things I haven't done before. It uses different tools and Techniques and pushes me to build up different skills. 
It would be so good to see what you can come up with using Washi tape so why not pop over to  http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz/2014/04/challenge-20-washi-tape.html  and enter this months challenge there is a gift for the winning card to.

I have had some requests for the template for measurements for this card and I am sorry it has taken a while but I have been unwell. But here it is, it is a JPEG image so you should be able to copy it to your pc and print it out