Hi everyone,here is my latest make using the new dies from the Downton Abbey filigree die collection. This is a wine box I made with the new classical edge die. I have never made one before and although I know I have a template on the cd from crafter's companions big score cd, I couldn't find it amongst all the mess in my craftroom so I had to just make it up as I went along. It was surprisingly easy though, I made two boxes 3.5" square x 6.5" high and decorated them both with the papers from the Downton Abbey paper pad then from a piece of gold card 13. 6/8 " x 3" I scored at 3. 2/8",  6. 4/8", 9. 6/8" to make a slightly smaller square, then glued it to the inside top edge leaving it proud by 1.5" to give a lip for the top of the box to lay over.
I hope you will agree that it make a gift of a bottle of wine just that little bit more special and wasn't hard to make

Downton Abbey Filigree dies Wine box Classical edge die A3 Centura pearl/gold card Papers from paper pad Damask embossing folder Die cut embellishments Ribbon from kit Tacky glue Collall glue

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Hello my friends,how are you all? well I hope and busy crafting away while we see the winter through. 
I am so sorry I haven't blogged for a long while but I have not been to well since boxing day. I did do a post just before Christmas and scheduled it to go live on the 8th of December but for some reason it did not post and I have only just realised when coming on to do this post. So my apologies for that. 

Today I have some samples I made for   http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/ for the brand new Verity Rose collection which launched on Saturday on Create and Craft tv. 
This new collection includes a fabulous CD, some beautiful paper pads in 6x6" and A4, Some beautiful stamps for each character with some dies to match, some beautiful stand alone dies, die cut embellishments and some beautiful lace and metal charms and even includes a colouring book for those of you who don't do stamping or have a die cutting machine. So there really is something for everyone. There are 6 characters who all have their own likes and at the back of the paper pad each characters personalities and likes have been explained which I found does really help when designing a card for each. I only worked with two of the characters, Cupcake and Flutterby and so enjoyed myself. 
Here are my samples and because there are eight cards I have not explained how I made each one but if you have any questions about any of them then please just send me a message and I will be happy to reply.

                                                Cupcake

                       

                                                 

Flutterby

Wishing all my carfty friends a very happy,healthy new year,have fun everyone xx

This is a card I made using the new crafter's companion essential word dies,there are 88 words in this set,something for every occasion 

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Hello my friends,I hope you are all managing to survive these heavy winds and rain. It is at least a good reason to stay in and do some crafting.
I just thought I would share with you a Advent calendar I have done for my 1 year old granddaughter, Her mum and I decided on a icy blue one and decided a Olaf would be a good character to put on the top.
I hope that it will become a family treasure to be passed down through the family generations along with the one I made for my grandson two years ago. 

Here are my design team samples from the embellishments kit which include the most luxurious 12 x12" paper pad and a matching 6 x6" paper pad and a pad of base cards,pearls,lace.stamps.doilies.buttons.brads and toppers. It was like all my Christmases had come at once when this was delivered. It really does do the name of Downton Abbey proud,again it is luxury with a capital L.
My first card is one that shows of the Downton brand and was made using papers from the tripple cd and some of the excellent die's in this range

 Background papers from the tripple cd
Image from cd
Die's from the Downton range
Pearls from embellishment range
CC hammered white card
CC black card
CC gold card
black diamond embellishments (pound shop)

Background papers from CD
Main image background from paper pad
Main image from cd
other images from embellishment toppers
Key from embellishments
CC black card
Chain ribbon,my own
CC Embossing folder

Main double sided paper from the luxury paper pad
Background paper, Cordinations card
Lace edging from embellishments pack
Wooden frame from embellishments pack
sentiment,flowers,bow and ceramic flower also from embellishments pack
Fans from the doily die's

Shirt and hankie papers from luxury paper pad
Jacket from cordinations cardstock
Brad and sentiment from embellishments pack
Gold chain (my own )
Grey ribbon for bow tie (my own)

Good morning my crafty friends,I hope you are all well and managing to gets lots of crafting done. I imagine you have all started on your Christmas makes by now. Where as I have been to busy making design team sample for Crafter's Companion's Die'sire team and this time I have been in the lucky position to have been working with two collections from the Downton Abbey range. The first is the Luxury card kit,which is exclusive to Create and Craft tv for the Crafter's companion 10th Birthday week.
This kit is luxury with a capital L and you can make at least 50 cards with it and it includes everything you need. So even a brand new crafter who hasn't got any other crafting materials can get started straight from the box,which makes it a perfect gift for lovers of the series and for friends who have expressed a interest in trying card making for themselves. It includes all the embellishments and even a tape pen to stick it all down with. I have to say it is the first complete kit I have ever seen.
Here are the samples I made from this kit and I must say they only took a few minutes each to make.

Hello my crafty friends,I hope you are all well and enjoying some time crafting.
Todays card is my DT card for the halfway reminder for the Gruffies and Guest Challenge blog/anything goes - Embossed, wet or dry over at ,,,, http://gruffiesandguests.blogspot.co.uk/
This months sponsors are
  http://www.bugaboostamps.com/
and they are offering a prize of 7 digi's, a prize worth having eh.
I hope we will see you entering this month

Good morning my Crafty friends
I am sharing my design team makes for http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/ with you this morning which are from the Kimono range. When I received my parcel with this range in it my mind was all a whirl with idea's. This is so beautiful,the luxury paper pad, "with emphasis on LUXURY" is the most beautiful papers and some have been glittered with encapsulated glitter, so no shedding, YAY! 
As you will no doubt guess my favourite die was the peacock,how stunning he is! I could have made card after card,I had so many idea's but for now I was asked for two designs and these are what I came up with. And what can I say about the stunning embossing folders...... well although I only used one on these samples,they are all superb and a must have,if I hadn't received these to work with I would have had to add them to my collection. 

This first card idea was the first to pop into my head as soon as I saw this collection,it is what I think is typically Japanese,and the stick pins I used for the posts worked really well I think.

The second card is something else that to me says Japanese and that is fans. I love love love the backing paper from the pad and the colours are so me. 

I hope you like them both and while you are here why not pop over and take a look at the collection on  www.crafterscompanion.co.uk and take a look at all the design teams makes while you are there.

Happy crafting xx