Maisie at sea!

This was taken by Stewart on the Sabrina River Boat in Shrewsbury of Maisie. Again used stuff from my Stash, papers that I have had a while, but were just perfect for this. Love the wistful feel of the photo.

By the Sea layout

I am putting together a scrapbook for a delightful young photographer friend. @stew_mackellar He takes a lot of outdoor activity photos and also a lot of the Welsh coast, and all are stunning. Here is one Tywyn, Llwyngwril, and no, I can't pronounce it either! Used Graphic 45 By the Sea papers mostly. The rickety fence is made using wooden coffee stirrers!

By the Sea

This is a junk store cabinet which was originally dark brown wood and very badly made. I had to remake all the drawers and do a lot of painting and sanding, but am very pleased with the result. I used Graphic 45 By the Sea papers to decorate and lots of other bits I had lying around. Never throw anything away, they will always come in handy!

God's Wave

This is a layout based around an amazing photo taken by my friend Stewart (twitter @stewart_Mackellar). I found the picture to be very spiritual and so wanted to keep the layout very simple. The font is from the Cricut cartridge Nursery Rhyme but I have had the paper a while and can't remember whose it is.

This is a card I made for our local BBC radio station to say thankyou for all the help and support that they have given my daughter's acoustic group.

 

The card on the flaps is from DCWV Rockstar, the sides are embossed silver using the Tim Holtz music embossing folder. Guitars are from Musical instruments, notes and microphone from Quarter Note and thankyou from TB&B2

 

The group Not Completely Blonde have just released their new ep called Not Completely an Album and this is a link to a fun video for one of the songs. My daughter is the not blonde one

Not Completely Blonde, Playground

Distressing workshop

This is one of the card samples I have made for my latest distressing course. Techniques involved are distressing, embossing and layering.

This is for Maisie, my youngest and is designed to hang. The tree is actually made up of mustaches, backed and threaded together to make a tree.

Christmas card for my husband Carl. Kept is simple. Snowmen and tree from winter frolic, bird from 3 birds on parade, "OI"! from life is a beach.

This is my Christmas card for Beth, my eldest daughter. Penguins and Igloo from Create a critter. Instruments from Cricut craft room's Musical Instruments

This is a card I have just made for my daughter. She is in an acoustic singing group called Not Completely Blonde and they have just released a new song called Playground. The song is gorgeous and the essence of it is that first love makes you feel like a child in a playground. Please check out the link below to have a listen, you won't regret it!
Playground
I used the snowmen from the Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge and the swings etc from the Playground equipment cartridge in the Cricut Craft Room Exclusives.

I will be attending the Something Special Craft Fair in Oswestry at the Memorial Hall on Saturday 25th October. The fair runs from 9am to 5pm and is free entry. The picture is an example of one of the items I will be selling. Hope to see you there

New Craft Courses

 

These are a few samples from the new Christmas card courses I will be running short. The top picture is from the Traditional cards course, and the bottom 2 from the Cute themed course. We will be working with lots of different techniques during the courses and they will be loads of fun

Not Completely Blonde

This is my daughter and her singing group Not Completely Blonde. She is the not blonde one. The blog isn't letting me put a link up for some reason, so this is the web address for their latest video, please do have a look, it is a fantastic song and video. http://www.facebook.com/NCBgroup/app_311253165568475

Art Nouveau Swan Card

This is a card I finished today for My Mother In Law's birthday next week. Swan and rushes are Art Nouveau and the pond is from the Create a Critter cartridge, the hippo page. Background card is DCWV Garden Party

Hollywood House

I made this using the gorgeous Curtain Call Papers from Graphic 45, plus a whole lot of bits and pieces from my stash. Inked shelving with Distress Inks, and used Tim Holtz glass vials to hold the sand (actually brown sugar). The "Oscar" is from a Paper Nations decoupage and the flowers were cut using the cricut.

Shopping notebooks

These are some notebooks I made for a recent craft fair.

Rollercoaster card

I made this card for Beth's 17th birthday. Always a challenge to find something new and different to do. She loves rollercoasters and the bigger and scarier the better. This is our between year, we go to Florida every 2 years so she has a bit of time to wait for a go on a proper one! Most cuts were from Carousel, but the Happy Birthday is from Paper Lace and the congrats typeface is from Hannah Montana

Circus Birthday Card

This card I have just completed for Maisie's 11th birthday in October. I have used the Carousel and Create a Critter cartridges on my Cricut for all the cuts except the Happy Birthday which is Paper Lace. It starts off as an A5 gatefold card. This opens out to reveal the Big Top with the dancing bear and jumping poodle either side. The big top drops down to reveal the elephant rider and the Happy Birthday. Add plenty of bling and sparkles and Voila!

Poker cards

Just a couple of cards I made recently in an effort to use some of my stash. Have had these papers and stickers for a few months and not really been inspired until recently.

Cruise picture frame

I decorated this picture frame for my best friend who has just been on a cruise around Spain and Italy. It was the holiday of a lifetime and I wanted to do her something special to commemorate it.
All the cuts are Life is a Beach which has got to be my favourite Cricut cartridge.