Hello everyone!
This is my design team card for the Texture challenge over at 
 "http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.co.nz" which starts on the 15th November
 I used two different embossing folders for the background to give it texture and layered them on to textured gold card. Then I printed out some baubles from the " Papermania Christmas Past" CD and added some guilding flakes to them to give them some sparkle and texture. Then I added some gold cord which I bought at the Range store and hung the baubles from it using some gold thread. I then added a brown spotty ribbon and placed a button in the centre of the bow with a small guilded circle in the centre to tie it all together. Oh and then added the seasons greetings cut from the tattered lace Christmas sentiments dies and also coloured them brown to match the colour theme. I am very pleased with how it turned out and hope you like it and it gives you some inspiration,happy crafting!!

Materials used:-  Beige backing paper

                          Brown card

                          Textured Gold card

                          Embossalicous A4 argile folder

                          Embossalicous 8x8  regency swirls folder

                          Papermania Christmas Past CD rom

                          Tattered Lace Christmas sentiments die's

                          Gold cord

                          Brown and white spotty silk ribbon

                          Beige button

                          Gold thread

                          Guilding flakes

Hello everyone,well I am really starting to get used to doing some quick cards now and I have made another today. I know you may think that one card in a day isn't very quick,but it is for me and in my defense I didn't start until 3pm after I had got all my wifely duties done lol, then had to stop to cook dinner,"don't want hubby wasting away". So I would say all in all it only took me about 4 hours which is very quick for me. I am pleased with the finished card and hope you like it to and it will offer some inspiration,happy crafting everyone :) I forgot to say that the image I used is from the papermania enchanted Christmas and Fairies CD

I am busy making some cards to build up my stock so that I can start offering my cards for sale,so watch this space

Well it's November and I need to get seriously busy with making my Christmas cards,I said I was going to but you know how it is,life takes over and before you know it,another month has gone by.

I thought if I  was going to make up for lost time I should try and make a few quick cards or I will be sending out shop bought one's again this year to most of my friends lol.

I hope you like it

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Hi Everyone, I thought I would get you all in the mood to start you're Christmas card making if you haven't already,happy crafting xxx

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well and enjoying you're week.
A month or so ago I went to a craft fair and spent all my pennies on some new fab things. However I ran out of money as you do, because even if I had taken a thousand pounds with me it still wouldn't have been enough lol. Anyway one regret I had was that I couldn't afford to buy the festive fashions stamps by Katie Sue designs. So as I was lucky enough to have been bought the Fabulous Fashions cd by a friend, I thought if I printed out from the digi designs I was sure I could colour them to look festive. So I printed out collection 3 dress and decided it would look good in a frosty look. I have been doing a lot of looking at my crafty stash lately and seeing what I can do with it other than what it is meant for and it feels like I have doubled my stash by thinking out of the box.
I hope you like the finished card, I am happy with the result and I do like making cards that are not such traditional Christmas,although I do like traditional to.

Hello everyone!
I expect it happens to everyone at some time, that moment when you are led down in bed just about to slip into slumberland and there it is,that one thought that pops into you're mind and stops you from falling asleep Grrrrr.
Well that happened to me last night as I realised that I needed to make a card for a friends birthday on Saturday,not too late then lol.
So up I got bright, and much to early, to make a start. It's taken me all day with only a break for breakfast and no lunch but I have finished it. I know it's a long time to take to make a card but I am a bit of a perfectionist lol.
My friend,for his sins is a Bristol City fan and has been for many many years so I wanted to make him a football card. I saw a video recently for a shutter card and have never made one before so I thought I would give it a go. The measurements that were given on the video were a little small for me as I like bigger cards,so it took a while but I worked out new measurements and this is the result.
I used a piece of card 15" x 7" and scored at 2.5",5" then the same the other end and then cut from the 1st to the last scoreline 1.5" from the top and the same from the bottom,then  I folded the score line in mountain and valley folds. Then I folded the centre piece opposite ways to the top and bottom and decorated it.
I hope you like it and maybe be inspired to give something new a try. Happy crafting!

Hello everyone,I wanted to share with you a site I am on the design team of. Please pop over and take a look around,there are some great designers on there and they have regular challenges for you to get involved in

Hello everyone, I have been playing with some new die's and making my 1st DT card for the ANYTHING GOES challenge on the Creative Craft Cottage blog. I decided to make a Christmas card as the time of year is upon us to get them made. I usually am very late with my Christmas cards,sometimes even still making them up until Christmas Eve so I am trying to be more organised this year,we will see how that one turns out ha ha.
 I used the Spellbinders Venetian Motifs and Venetian Accents die's as i love the vintage look. I layered two of the main Venetian Motifs dies together to form a backing for my sentiment and the border die from the accents set across the top and bottom. The background I printed from the Papermania Christmas Past cd and although it took over a hour to do,I used a quickie glue pen to glitter all of the snowflakes on the background paper,which I think was worth the effort. I added a couple of Christmas tree's and cut out some sentiments from the tattered lace Christmas sentiment die's in silver mirricard. The bow was from my many many boxes of ribbons I have collected over many years and I placed a decorative button in a coordinating colour in the centre of the bow.
 I enjoyed making it and hope you enjoy seeing it, happy crafting everyone xx

Well I am rested up now from having a friend staying here for the week and it's time to relax and get down to doing some crafting.
While my friend was here we swapped a few of our dies so I am going to have a play and see what I can come up with. Don't hold your breath though as it usually takes me a couple of days to produce a card from new stock,well I have to have a play 1st and find out what I can do with them as I like to use them in different ways other than how they look. So pop back in a day or two and see what I managed to come up with. Have a good day everyone and happy crafting xx