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Papertrey Ink Day 8

2012-02-12T01:56:00.000-08:00

I cut this heart out free hand as I dont own any heart dies or even stamps! Big Gasp!

SO I made do with making my own. I seem to be obsessed by butterflies at the moment. I adore the butterfly dreasm stamp set. It is just so versatile and gives a great look on a card.

The card measures 3 1/2 x 3 1/2.

Lesley

PTI Day 6

2012-02-10T15:23:00.000-08:00

I used sketch number 4 to base my card on. i kept it very close to the original sketch. I like the simplicity of the card but also the bold colour combo.

Can't wait to see tomorrow. Lx

PTI Anniversary Day 4

2012-02-08T14:38:00.000-08:00

I chose Heather's colours for my card today. I do love these colours together. I almost wished I had added a little bit of raspberry fizz behind the spring moss to give it a bit of a pop. But I still like this card.

I made it for a colleagues birthday which is at the weekend. I will give her the card and present on Friday along with some home baking I intend to do! Haven't got a clue what I am going to bake yet though lol.

Lesley

PTI Freebie Images

2012-02-06T23:23:00.000-08:00

This is my take on the freebie images from PTI. I have kept it very simple using my favourite aquas and kraft colours I adore. I also coloured the little heart image red cause its so close to Valentines Day!

Lesley

My PTI Tribute

2012-02-05T15:22:00.000-08:00

I am going to dedicate this project to Ashley Cannon Newell. I found myself drawn to the same kind of things she has listed as her favourite things. I first discovered Ashley doing a PTI haul video on you tube and I was immediately drawn to her warm style of filming and her personality came over so well.

I could have chosen any of the design team because each and every one of them is an inspiration.

Thank you PTI and Congratulations on your 5th Birthday.

Lesley

Make it Monday Shaker Card

2012-01-29T13:14:00.000-08:00

This is my take on this weeks Make it Monday. I always have good intentions of making these cards earlier than Sunday but I never seem to manage it. Hey ho. At least I ave tried I guess :)

I have kept this card very simple. I just felt int hat kind of mood.

I wanted a nice bright cheery colour scheme. The photo does not show the colours off well but I used Hawaiian shores, raspberry fizz and spring moss. I love these colours together. They are so fresh.

Big Hugs for visiting my blog.

Lesley

PTI Blog Hop January 2012

2012-01-25T15:27:00.000-08:00

I made this card which was a stepped up version of the card below

I made slight changes and maybe I didn't step it up enough but hey at least I am taking part in a blog hop and am starting to post more on my blog.

So lets just call this a good start to the year and be done with it :)

Anyway thanks for looking

Lesley

Cute snowman card

2012-01-23T14:14:00.000-08:00

I love how easy it is to make these cards. My only wish is that they were a little bigger. But such a cute thing is in a small package so I guess I can't be that put off. I have another snowman card to show you but that will have to wait til another day. Its too late and I have to get up for work boo

Lesley

Tartan brooch

2012-01-22T06:39:00.000-08:00

I made this brooch for my friend who was emigrating to Australia at the time. I love the poinsettia die and thought it would be very cute done in tartan to remind her of home.

I adore this colour of tartan and she seemed to like it too. Hopefully every time she looks at it or wears it she will remember home and those who love her dearly.

I would love to hear your thoughts on what I do. :)

Lesley

Make it Monday - Ghost Masking

2012-01-21T06:58:00.000-08:00

This is my take on this weeks Make it Monday challenge. It has been a while since i have taken part in this but I decided it was time to get crafty once again.

I made this on a 4 x 4 card which seems to be my card size of preference at the moment. I used colours which remind me of primary school - the colours of my uniform were purple and gold. SO I just had to go with the theme.

I finished the card but decided it needed a bit of bling so I added some gems on. I changed the gems to smaller ones after I took this pic. I also added some twine and a button - another thing I don't often do. Maybe this year will be my year of embellishment!

Hope you like it. I would love to hear what you think of my card.

Thank you

Lesley

Gift Card Holders

2012-01-21T06:20:00.000-08:00

I actually made these gift card holders before Christmas for one of my many craft fairs. I have been having bother uploading pictures to my blog and have had to go back to the old blogger interface to see if this helps.

Has anyone else had issues adding pics? If you have how did you resolve them?

Anyway this post is to show off these cute gift card holders. I decided to use my snowman die and cut out the snowman head. I added a belly band round the middle and these were very popular. I only wish I had made more of them!!! Note to self - make more earlier lol. Start now!

So this is my first post of 2012 and I am hoping to get back into blogging more regularly. We shall see how that goes!

Lesley

Other Craft Fair pics

2011-11-06T15:06:00.000-08:00

These are the remaining photos from my craft fair from the other week. I have finally got around to putting them on the blog.

Coffee GIft boxes

2011-11-06T13:36:00.000-08:00

I made these cute boxes on my cricut. They are of course cut from PTI card stock! What else? I made sure I cut out a window and then added a piece of acetate behind the window so the goodies don't fall out.

Inside is a 3 pack of Starbucks via sachets and either a cadbury's wishes chocolate star - yum or a mint aero Christmas tree double yum.

These are a great gift for colleagues or neighbours. I am hoping these and my tea version do well at upcoming craft fairs.

Fingers crossed.

Craft Fair Pictures

2011-10-24T09:31:00.001-07:00

Here are the first two pics from my craft fair on Saturday. I will be uploading more pics. It is just taking ages to put them up.

Any questions let me know.

Lesley

Passion For Papertrey

2011-10-02T15:12:00.000-07:00

Here is my first post in over a month. I have absolutely no excuses because I have made lots of projects. I have just forgotten to take pics of them. By the time I remember I have given the item away.

Anyway I have lots of pics of new projects which will be going up bit by bit.

I made this tag for the Passion for Papertrey Challenge. Again its been a while since I have done any challenges so I am quite excited about posting this :)

I would love to hear any comments.

Lesley

Mehndi Meddalion card set

2011-08-28T07:56:00.000-07:00

I am still loving this cute stamp set. It is such a fab image which is great to stamp.

I wanted these to be bright and colourful. Yet i also wanted them to be classy too.

I would love to hear what you think.

Lesley

Falls of Clyde

2011-08-27T09:29:00.000-07:00

The Falls of Clyde are a series of waterfalls which are only a few miles away from me. It is a lovely walk which is almost 8 miles with the journey there and back. It took 2 hours for my friend and I to walk to yesterday and it was lovely.

The falls were in full spate because the power station was closed for repairs. The roar of the falls was really impressive. Amazing.

This is definitely a must see attraction for someone visiting the area.

Medallion Thank you set 1

2011-08-14T07:11:00.000-07:00

This was my second 4x4 card set I made with the mehndi medallion set.

I wanted this one kept very simple. This will be so easy to replicate for thank you cards. I am toying with the idea of making them for my cousin since she is due to give birth soon.

I like the two types of font on this card set. I adore the cut out colours which echo the ink colours.

Again I have stamped the envelopes for that finished look.

Lesley

4 x 4 Note card Congrats set

2011-08-13T06:35:00.000-07:00

This is using a long anticipated set from me which was the Mehndi Medallion. This set is so versatile and easy to use. IT stamps beautifully and I love it.

I made 2 other note cards sets yesterday before I could put it down lol.

In this set I also stamped the envelope to give it a nicer look.

These cards are stamped all over whereas the next two sets are more CAS.

Hope you enjoy.

Lesley

Daydreamer Stamp Set from PTI

2011-08-13T06:23:00.000-07:00

This was one of my new sets I just received. I love these flower images which are so versatile for making cards with for any occasion.

I used the new paper pad called Funky Town which is very vibrant and very yummy.

I tried to use the colours from the paper to stamp the flowers and also to make a band for the middle of the card.

This card is probably busier than I normally do cards but I do kinda like it for a change.

Lesley

Felt Bracelet: Cornish Waters

2011-07-31T15:34:00.000-07:00

This is the last bracelet I have to show you this time round.

This is nice muted shades of blues and whites. It is meant to represent the waters off Cornwall. I like this because I love blues.

This would be great to wear on a trip to a seaside resort. Perfect for the Hampton's :)

Lesley

Felt Bracelet: Jacob Wool

2011-07-30T17:22:00.000-07:00

This is the only felt I made using Jacob wool. The texture is much coarser and as a result I found it quite difficult to work with. I am not as satisfied with the results but I jazzed it up a bit with a cute feather charm.

Anyway this colour is known as humbug because it is meant to look like mint humbug sweets.

Lesley

Felt Bracelet: Neutrals

2011-07-30T14:46:00.000-07:00

This is my next installment of felty goodness. I am nearing the end of my goodies and normal service will return and card making will be back. Fingers crossed.

This has a nice neutral colour scheme which would be good for work or play!

Lesley

Take Four: Tropical Sea

2011-07-28T17:00:00.000-07:00

This is my fourth bracelet. You must be getting fed up of them by now! Hopefully not. I am loving making them at the moment. So prepare for even more lol.

This is a lovely collection of blues and turquoises. It is reminiscent of the Caribbean seas - Sigh!

Another favourite. :)

Lesley

Take Three: Peacock

2011-07-28T14:57:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favourites. I love the mix of colours in this bracelet. It is fun, fresh and funky. I have shown a few friends and the response has been positive. Woo hoo.

This is my peacock bracelet. This is the first one I made!

Lesley

Take Two: Felt

2011-07-27T14:49:00.000-07:00

This is my second offering from my many bracelets. This is my rainbow inspired colours. I have tried to coordinate the charms on the clasp to match the mood. It felt summery so I used a flower charm.

These will eventually be going up on my folksy site so just give me a shout if you like any of them before I put them on.

Lesley

Felt Bracelet Take One

2011-07-26T14:36:00.000-07:00

I have been making alot of felt beads recently and I sat one night and made them into cute bracelets.

I am pretty happy with how they have turned out. This is the first bracelet but I warn you I made a whole bunch of them. You have been warned lol.

Lesley

Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop

2011-07-25T14:12:00.000-07:00

I love the colour combination. This is definitely one I would not use but I think it works really well together. I had a bit of a struggle putting the card together but it is finished and is semi ok!

Lesley

Make It Monday Edger Dies

2011-07-17T17:05:00.000-07:00

I am making this project right at the wire again. I resolve to make my project quicker for the next Make it Monday.

Anyway in my head I had an image of a rainbow peeking out of the pocket. So I started with my rainbow. I coloured it in and put some glittered clouds on the front and also one on the back to use as a tag.

I made the pocket using my one and only edger die. I then stamped some polka dots - just cause I felt like it! No other reason lol.

On the background of the card I used the cloud stamp and used a rock n roll effect so the clouds were not solid. I am pleased with how the background came out.

Anyway its a very simple card. I hope you like it.

Lesleyx

Felt Beads My first attempt

2011-07-17T11:55:00.000-07:00

I tried my hand at making felt beads during the week. They took me a bit of time to make them but I am pleased with the result. They are not perfect but I think that is the beauty of them.

I will try and make them into a bracelet. This will be posted as soon as I manage it.

Make it Monday Polaroid

2011-07-03T17:19:00.000-07:00

I am very late making and uploading this card. It has been a beautiful few days. Very warm and sunny - unusual in Scotland lol. It has been glorious so I have not had the chance to do this weeks Make it Monday.

So last thing Sunday night I decided I need to rectify this. I tried the technique with craft cardstock but did not like the finish. The i decided I wanted to use colour and so I settled on Spring Moss. I love this colour.

I struggled for a stamp set but thought it would be cute to use the tree from falling leaves because I could use the apple. I also thought it would be cute to use my new apple stamp to make a background with.

I am happy with the results. Its not my usual style but it is still ok. I love the Make it Monday cause it gives us the chance to learn new skills.

Have a fab day

Lesley

Notebook for Lauren

2011-07-01T15:55:00.000-07:00

Lauren is Laird's Big Sister. She is just made to be a big sister. She is bright, funny and absolutely nuts lol.

Anyway I don't like taking one child a present then not taking another anything. So I decided to make Lauren a wee pressie.

I have been making alot of notebooks recently so I decided she could get one to doodle in. I just had to use the doll image form the simply charmed cart. It is just so pretty.

The paper was echo park and I just love their paper. It is so bright and funky.

I added a tag and so purple saddle stitch ribbon.

I also made a little something to go with it which I will post tomorrow.

Big Hugs

Lesley

Card for Baby Laird

2011-06-30T15:11:00.000-07:00

My cousin recently gave birth to a healthy baby boy called Laird. I bought some cute clothes for him today and so decided to make a card.

I am now on my summer holidays - woo hoo.

I used a cricut cart I forgot I had - the Simply Charmed one. It has got such cute images. I cut out the baby bottle in boy colours. I also cut out a phrase which says welcome little one. This is from the same cart.

I deliberately kept it very simple but I love how cute it came out. The baby bottle is so sweet. I loved this image so much I cut out another which you will be able to see tomorrow. How cute are those googly eyes?

Big Hugs to all who read my blog.

Lesley

Congratulations card

2011-06-21T15:25:00.000-07:00

This is an overdue card. I should have made this last week but due to my SQA marking I didn't have the time or energy.

I got in from my schools prize giving at 9.30 pm and I decided I needed to make the card. I already had half an idea in my mind for the card. I knew I wanted to use the new anniversary set and I also knew I wanted to try a different stamp apart from the poppy one.

So I decided I felt like bright pink card base. Hardly surprising since my favourite colour is raspberry fizz. I love this paired with aqua mist (i was going to use lemon tart with it but I felt it was just too bright for what I was planning to make.

I die cut my shape I wanted to stamp on and then stamped my pretty flowers and used my chai ink to distress the edges subtly.

I then cut a slice of aqua mist and impressed it with my wood grain plate. LOVE IT!! I added a white mat to add a bit of contrast.

I then fished out my new sentiment set with the word dies. Too cute. Then I put the card together.

I am quite quietly impressed with it. I should have said it is for one of my colleagues who found out that not only does she have a permanent contract but she is staying with us. Yippee.

Blue Poppies

2011-06-20T18:27:00.000-07:00

I made this notebook in tribute to some fabulous Himalayan poppies that my dad and I see every year when we visit Luss, Loch Lomond. In the village there is a garden with the most gorgeous blue poppies in. Every year I promise myself I will get some in my garden. This summer I am determined to get my garden sorted out. So I am getting some this year! :)

We stopped at this fab coffee shop for soup and cakes. OMG yum yum. It was so good. Then we decided to take a drive to Oban (further away than I realised).

Poppies must be the theme of the day because we stopped at a garden centre outside of Oban called Poppies. It was lush. My dad had a cake - I was being good.

On the way back we drove through Glencoe which is stunningly beautiful and very atmopsheric.

Such a a fab day.

Butterfly Notebook

2011-06-20T15:13:00.000-07:00

This has been made for the same little girl as the strawberry notebook. It is just so cute. I particularly love this patterned paper. It is such a nice colour combination.

Strawberry Notebook

2011-06-19T15:07:00.000-07:00

I recently re-discovered my Bind It All. I am totally loving makign these cute notebooks. I made this one for a work colleague for her grand daughter. The inside pages are lined and the little girl is just starting school in August. So this will be for practising her letters in. How cute is that?

Make it Monday #2

2011-05-29T15:21:00.001-07:00

This is my second attempt for the Make it Monday Challenge. Although this card is a necessity. I found out tonight that a friends of my mother has lost his daughter who is only a few years older than me. She has an 18 year old and an 8 year old. She died of a brain hemorrhage. The exact thing her aunt died of when she was a child.

So it was with a sad heart I made this card. I taught her daughter and to lose your mother at such a young age is hard. My thoughts go out to all of the family at this sad time.

I made this card as a variation on the last card. I decided to add an impressed layer onto a plain white card.

I like the look of the card as its more suitable for a younger woman.

Make it Monday Card #1

2011-05-29T15:10:00.000-07:00

Before I start can I just apologise for the poor picture. It is on clear cardstock and it has not shown up very well. Anyone who has any suggestions on how to take a good pic of this I am grateful for any suggestions.

This was the first card I made after watching Dawn's video. I decided to use my Anniversary set which has a great sentiment which is totally appropriate.

Anyway I decided to use somewhat controversial colours for a sympathy card. In my families flower shop it was frowned upon to use red and white together as they signify blood and bandages. I decided I like the contrast of the two colours and with the added touch of spring moss I think this softens it enough that it is subtle enough.

Lesley

40th Birthday Card

2011-05-29T14:59:00.001-07:00

I made this card using some of my new PTI goodies. I love how simple this card was to make but it looks very nice.

I am not great at masculine cards but I am getting better.

Anyway this card has yet to be delivered but we had the night out for Neil(friend's hubby) yesterday. It was a fab night if not very tiring. Still catching up! :)

Anyway I hope you like the card.

Sundried Tomato Bread

2011-05-23T12:36:00.000-07:00

This was the last thing I made for the party. I have a weakness for nice fresh bread. I think there is nothing better than fresh made bread with some bread and homemade jam - yum yum.

Anyway no jam here cause this was a savoury bread. This is fab with an Italian meal or it is delicious with red pepper soup. Such a winning combination.

I made the dough in the bread machine and then cooked it in the oven.

It worked out well and tasted nice although maybe a bit heavier than when it is done in the bread machine. SO this was definitely a lesson learnt!

Homemade Sausage Rolls

2011-05-22T12:28:00.000-07:00

I had not idea that these were so easy to make.

Ingredients:

Sausages - halved

Ready rolled puff pastry

Egg

Its simply a case of covering the sausage with pastry stick a bit of egg wash on it. Then fling them in an over. Bingo - yummy sausage rolls.

Although I will use sausage meat next time and add some seasoning because I didn't like the texture of the skin of the sausage roll. You live and learn.

These were made for a Eurovision party I has last weekend. It was a great night with lots of chat and laughing. Mostly at Jedward on my part. Oh and alot of staring at the TV with my mouth open (no not at Blue!) but at Moldova OMG what on earth was that? It certainly was the weirdest thing I have EVER seen!!!

Homemade breadsticks

2011-05-21T12:21:00.000-07:00

I made bread sticks for the first time. Admittedly I did make the dough in the bread maker but I did the rest by hand. The sticks came out rather dumpy but they were well received and were great with dips.

The twisted stick has pepper on top and the straight one has sea salt.

Very yummy.

Just ask if you want the recipe. Its really easy.

Second Sympathy Card

2011-05-20T12:10:00.000-07:00

This is the card I made to be sent from our department. I used a similar colour palette as the first card but I do not personally like this card as much.

Hey ho yo can't love all your creations I guess!

Lesley

Sympathy Card

2011-05-19T12:05:00.000-07:00

I made this card for a friend from work whose dad died recently. This was made for someone else to give her. The next post will show the card I made for our department to send to her.

Her favourite colours are lilacs and purples so I made the card shades which tone with these colours. I am pleased with how this came out.

Lesley

SCONE

2011-05-04T13:40:00.000-07:00

I made scones tonight for the first time since high school. Mind you that was only a few years ago (ahem - I am blushing as I type this lol).

Anyway I got a recipe from the BBC website. Its actually a Paul Hollywood (great name) recipe. If you search on YouTube for Paul Hollywood scone recipe it should come up. If not if you put it in a search engine it definitely does.

Anyway this is a great recipe. Very easy to follow and great results. The only word of warning I will give you is that I did not use all of the milk. The first batch I did use all the milk but it was almost a batter lol so I added more flour. Second time I left out some milk. Either way both batches turned out great.

If you look closely at the last picture I think it looks like the scone is smiling! Maybe I am delirious but I think its kind of funny :D

Any questions let me know.

Lesley

Make it Monday

2011-04-30T02:57:00.000-07:00

I have lost my mojo recently so I decided to try and make a card for this weeks challenge. Well I kept things simple to try and kick start my creative juices.

I pulled out my wonderfully whimsical stamp set and stamped 3 houses in black onto white cardstock. I then decided I wanted this card to be monochromatic and so mounted the white piece onto black cardstock.

My houses seemed to be hovering in mid air so since I needed a sentiment strip I decided to add a little green to anchor my houses.

I love the simplicity of this card. Hopefully I will be back in the mood to make cards.

Lesley

Birthday Notebook

2011-04-30T02:47:00.000-07:00

I made this for my best friends little sister. I thought this would be cute either in her handbag or on her desk at work.

I decided to do a double notebook and tried to make it up just using the notepads themselves. In the end I made the spine too wide. So I had to some up with a solution.

So I decided to make a pencil holder on the inside of the spine. I am pleased with how this turned out.

The gift went down well - at least she said she liked it!

Lesley

PTI Blog Hop Embroidery Floss

2011-03-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

I kept this simple cause I have not used floss in my projects before. I also did this at the last minute so didn't have much time to come up with anything.

I am pleased with the outcome but will def be looking for inspiration from the Blog Hop.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my project.

Big hugs

Lesley

Make it Monday Copic Challenge Take 2

2011-03-23T17:03:00.000-07:00

This is my second attempt using my copics this week. I warn you I have loads more images coloured. So watch out for the monochromatic colouring.

Its probably going to take a while to get all the cards done! But hey I will have fun doing it.

Make it Monday Copic Challenge

2011-03-22T16:57:00.000-07:00

I cut out a few of my die cut images using aqua mist and Hawaiian shores and the got my copic trio out and got colouring.

I really enjoyed sitting colouring in. I found this much easier thank using white cardstock. Also after Jennifer's tutorial I kinda of got how to use my copics better. Thanks Jennifer. :)

I cut some PTI patterned paper into a star burst pattern. I am pleased with the result which is totally different from my normal style. I think a change is good sometimes.

Lesley

Thank you Card Set

2011-03-22T05:43:00.000-07:00

I reproduced the same card in different colours. This would be great to give as a small gift. I am going to package some up in my Folksy shop when I get the chance.

I am also going to put some felt and fabric flowers up there sometime soon.

Felt Flower

2011-03-21T05:39:00.000-07:00

I took the notion to make some of these after seeign them on NIchole's blog last month.

I love how easy they are to make yet they look spectacular. I adore the new royal velvet colour. Especially when it is twinned with either spring moss or simply chartruese. Sigh so cute.

I added some felt buttons and finished the flower with a cute bow.

I have made more of these and I love them all. I just need to take photos of htem and then get them posted. Shouldn't be too difficult.

I now have lots of ideas for other brooches. I am going to go to a local-ish fabric shop tomorrow to get some fabric for my flowers.

Passion for Papertrey Challenge

2011-03-20T05:34:00.000-07:00

The Challenge for Passion for Papertrey this time is Paper Piecing.

I pulled out my up, up and away stamp set. I have never used the cute little kite so I decided the time had come to put it to use.

I stamped it three times on my white cardstock. I then stamped the sun in the top corner.

I found three pieces of coloured paper which had some form of yellow in it to mirror the sun. I also wanted to do a bright spring-y type card. So I found some in a Little Yellow Bicycle Stack I had. I stamped the kites onto the paper and cut out the kite from all three bits of paper.

I stuck these onto the stamped images on the white cardstock. I used the lightest of my tie die duo to stamp some clouds. I added a sentiment and then 3 buttons to my card.

Et Voila

Lesley

Make it Monday Impression Plate

2011-03-19T05:21:00.000-07:00

This is my version of the Make it Monday Challenge over at Papertrey Ink. I love this technique. I think the blank cardstock in the middle of the impression looks amazing.

I used my 1 and only PTI impression plate. I put my mat stack 4 on top and ran everything through my cuttlebug. I had to add a little bit extra shim to it cause of the die on top of the impression plate. Second time of putting it through it was fab.

I then added my delightful doily die cut and a sentiment and a butterfly and I was almost done.

I added some gems under the sentiment and then a bit of faux stitching and I was satisfied with the result.

Good luck to all involved.

Thank you card take 3

2011-03-03T12:56:00.000-08:00

Third in the thank you card series.

Thankyou Card #2

2011-03-02T12:51:00.000-08:00

This is my second thank you card for birthday pressies. :)

Thank You cards

2011-03-01T15:32:00.000-08:00

This is the first in a whole series of cards made to thank everyone for my birthday pressies.

They are made using my new PTI button boutique stamp set.

Birthday Cake

2011-02-27T15:27:00.000-08:00

This was one of my 3 birthday cakes I was lucky enough to get for my birthday. This was hand made by my friend Gayle. She made it pink to match my craft room. How sweet? Anyway what you can't see is that the inside is pink too(well was pink). So cute.

Lesley

PTI Blog Hop - Scallops

2011-02-25T15:11:00.000-08:00

I am a bit late doing this for the blog hop but better late than never I guess.

I am loving the button boutique set. It is absolutely fabulous.

Lesley

Envelope for Engagement Card

2011-02-25T13:43:00.000-08:00

I made this card to go with the engagement congratulations card I made. It doesn't match the card but I thought it would be cute.

Birthday Tag

2011-02-24T13:39:00.000-08:00

This is a tag I made for my friends birthday present. I just need to figure out what to give her yet! Hmmm any ideas what to get the woman who has everything?

Any ideas will be appreciated. :)

Lesley

Another Birthday Card

2011-02-23T15:13:00.000-08:00

I made this for last weeks Make it Monday Challenge but I never got round to posting it. I fully intend to make a card tomorrow night for the challenge. Watch this space !

Make It Monday Glitter strip

2011-02-23T15:09:00.000-08:00

Ok I made an effort and I am going to enter the competition this week. I had an engagement card to make for an ex pupil eek. SO I decided I just had to use my new button set and I adore it. I adhered my glitter strip to the edge and used two different sizes of scor tape.

I kept the card very simple because of the bling down the side but the crystals on the sentiment make up for the simplicity :)

Lesley

60th Birthday Card

2011-02-22T15:10:00.000-08:00

This was made for the same colleague who ordered the 70th Birthday card. Its for a female this time and I actually made this card first. Although I actually prefer the male card. I'm not sire hwy cause I am not a fan of green. Weird!

70TH Birthday Card

2011-02-21T15:06:00.000-08:00

I am getting lots of use out of my big birthday wishes stamp set from PTI at the moment. It is going on every birthday card I am making. It is juts fab. I love being able to personalise the card for the persons age. Excellent.

This card is made for a colleague to give to a friend. The friend is male and in his seventies - obviously lol. So I kept it very simple but totally masculine colours.

I actually really like this card. I much prefer it to the feminine card I made you will see tomorrow.

Make it Monday and Papertrey Inkers Challenge

2011-02-13T08:56:00.000-08:00

I made this using my favourite flower colours. There is a beautiful deep pink and white rose my mum used to get in the flower shop which matches raspberry fizz and white. So i added black as an accent colour to make it pop a bit.

Lesley

Think Big - Birthday

2011-02-13T04:54:00.000-08:00

This is the second card i made for the think big contest. But I missed it - typical of me lol.

This is for my friend Louise. Her birthday is in October but I am trying to be prepared lol.

Lesley

Make it Big

2011-02-12T08:28:00.000-08:00

No its not a McDonald's request. Its today's challenge on Nichole's blog.

I cut the tag from my cricut at 6inches. I also cut a tag at the same size in patterned paper. I cut a strip from the patterned tag to add to mine.

I added a strip of spring moss along the top and bottom of the tag.

I decided that this tag would look cute with some butterflies fluttering on it. So I die cut some out of different colours of cardstock. I added pearls for their bodies.

I am chuffed with the result. Cute.

Lx

PTI Colour Challenge Masculine Valentines Card

2011-02-09T15:13:00.000-08:00

The colour challenge for PTI is to make a card using certain colour palettes. I chose Heather's colours because i needed to design a valentines card for one of my co-workers to give to her fiance.

I had little time to do it so I kept the design simple and very similar to my last valentines card. Who needs to innovate when I can modify huh! lol

Lx

Valentines Card Commission

2011-02-09T14:58:00.000-08:00

I was asked by a friend to make a Valentines card for her Brother to give to his fiancee. I am not good at making cards for other people cause I worry about whether they will like it or not.

I try to make them personal. My favourite colour is Raspberry Fizz by Papertrey Ink so I paired it with some fab PTI patterned paper called Simply Valentine. I don't have a valentines set - shock horror lol. SO I had to be quite creative.

I used some pink thickers that I bought in Boston during the summer. The Happy and day are from two of my PTI sets. I added a bit of raspberry fizz ribbon for a bit of girlishness.

The card was cut on my cricut using the wild card Cartridge.

I still have to make the envelope but I will do that and add it in later.

Take Care

Make it Monday Card

2011-02-08T14:55:00.000-08:00

This is my take on the new Make it Monday PTI competition. I have gone for a best wishes birthday theme. The colour combo was inspired by a pin board I have been making for my craft room. Pics will be added later.

I have kept the card relatively simple as I cannot do layers very well! I guess I need more practice but they just seem to stress me out and I don't know where to start. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Take Care.

Birthday Card for Margaret

2011-02-08T03:41:00.000-08:00

This is for my colleague at work. She let it slip that she loves Hot air balloons. Well as soon as I got home after she told me I got out my up, up and away stamp set and got colouring. I like the look of the vellum over the Hawaiian shores. The cut out clouds are very cute. Of course no hot air balloon is complete without a bit of glitter sigh :)

Take care

Birthday Card for Yvonne

2011-02-07T03:37:00.000-08:00

I just love smokey shadow. I got some in the last order from PTI. It is such a nice colour. It looks fab with raspberry fizz. This is an ultra feminine card because Yvonne is a very feminine person.

Hopefully she will love this card. I am very reluctant to give it away. It is sitting up on my shelf in my newly updated craft room (more about that later).

PTI Anniversary Tags Download

2011-02-06T14:26:00.000-08:00

I think as soon as I saw the tags available for download I knew which one was going to be my favourite.

I just love the little rainbow and clouds. It is such a cute image and looks fab coloured.

I decided to go ultra bright cause its a cheery image. So I made the image into a little rosette and worked it from there. I then chose some bright colours which were in the rainbow colours to layer. I didn't want my usual layering so I decided to make a wider layer for the rosette to sit on.

I have been meaning to use a button on a card for ages so decided to pull out my buttons and do it. I am quite happy with how it turned out.

Take care. Any questions just ask.

Number Dies from PTI

2011-02-06T03:34:00.000-08:00

I am loving these new number dies. They look fab when cut. I decided to make a card for a colleague who will be turning 31 this year.

It is a masculine card so I have kept it simple and hopefully masculine.

Lesley

Happy Birthday Card

2011-01-30T08:20:00.001-08:00

I used one of the images from my new Tiny Treats Birthday stamp set. Such a cute set.

I used my new die which co-ordinates with the set. I also got to use doilies I got in Michael's during my US trip last summer. I have been hesitant to use them but I am glad I did.

Lx

Sympathy Card for Gayle's Gran

2011-01-25T13:23:00.000-08:00

My friend had a bad day today as her gran died in the early afternoon. I feel so sad for her. She has had a bad run of things lately.

So I made a card we can send to her from work. I needed to make a bigger card so I used a whole sheet of cardstock which I folded in half. I chose green as an accent colour because its Gayle's favourite colour. I was unsure how to proceed with this card. I like the images from Turning a new leaf but I don't have that set - yet! So I decided to use the CHA set instead.

I am pleased with the result which looks pretty without being too garish. Hopefully I have struck the right balance.

Anyway any questions just ask

TTFN

Flower Note card set

2011-01-12T15:48:00.000-08:00

I made this gift card set different to the last one. I am trying to make things which are more unique! At least that is what I am going to try and do.

Lx

Butterfly Notecard Set

2011-01-11T15:32:00.000-08:00

I made this set of note cards possibly for next years craft fairs or to put on folksy to sell. Probably the latter - if anyone wants to buy them?

Ok so I used my new PTi stamp set signature series butterflies to stamp the cute butterflies onto white cardstock. I then die cut a butterfly and stamped it with the butterfly image from the set.

I added a strip of matching ribbon and a thanks a million sentiment and I was almost done!

Then I decided I wanted to make the envelopes a bit special. So as you can see from the pics I stamped a matching butterfly on the corner of the envelope.

Loving this stamp set.

Love PTI Sigh

Birthday Gifts

2011-01-10T15:18:00.000-08:00

Its my friend Gayle's birthday tomorrow so I made some little gifts to add in with her main pressie which is some fab Molton Brown bath gel - Swoon!

Anyway I made her a felt brooch using my new butterfly dies. I used Raspberry fizz and Chartreuse felt. I added a raspberry fizz button too and stitched it together with black thread for a bit of contrast.

I got lots of lovely new paperclips from my fab friend Dawn in America. So I decided to use one of the green ones - Gayle adores green. SO I again went for a pink and green colour scheme but kept it predominantly green with a hint of pink. I used my background basics polka dot on the white circle before I added the butterfly. I decided to emboss the butterfly instead of stamping on it. I am chuffed with the results.

I also decorated a jar with the pink scallop and used text style with green ink on the white circle. I added a stamped butterfly with rhinestones - gotta love bling! Inside the jar are skittles - another of Gayle's loves :) The pic of the side of the jar was very fuzzy so I will take it again and add it to the post tomorrow.

Followers and Comments

2011-01-04T16:24:00.000-08:00

Can I just post a wee message to say thank you to those who continue to follow my blog. Welcome to all those new followers too. I am blown away with how many people have joined my blog recently. I am now up to 45 which I am ecstatic about. I know in the grand scheme of things this does not seem like alot. But to me each and every one of my followers is precious. So thank you loads.

Now can I also say thank you for all the kind comments on my recent card. They are lovely comments and I have cherished each and every one. Each remark has totally made my day when I read it.

BIG HUGS from me. :)

Cupcake Card

2011-01-02T17:14:00.000-08:00

I am loving the sweet treats cart that I just had to make another card. This time I made a matching envelope.

The card was cut at 5 inches as was the envelope.

I used the colours of the envelope to make up the card. I added in the aqua mist ribbon as a bit of contrast.

The inside is blank.

Baby Elizabeth card

2011-01-02T08:58:00.000-08:00

My friend gave birth to her 4th child on boxing day. She was a healthy 8lbs 8oz. She has a thick mop of dark hair. Now my friend has 2 girls and 2 boys.

She is such a cute baby. I got her some really cute outfits including little furry boots for next year. They were adorable.

Anyway I made this card using the button baby bits set. I like how it turned out.

My PInk Stamper Design Team Challenge and Submission

2011-01-01T16:12:00.000-08:00

I have been an admirer of the Pink Stamper for over a year now. I love my cricut because of her and also found Papertrey Ink from her videos too.

So I decided I would try out for her design team. I have been using my sweet treats cartridge alot recently so I decided to bring it out again for this challenge.

The challenge is to make something using the cricut with the colours brown, green and pink.

I cut the cone out at 4 inches. I cut the bottom in brown and scored the lines with my scorpal so the cone looks more realistic. I cut my next layer in Hibiscus Burst. The green layer was cut from Simply Chartreuse. The strawberry was cut from Raspberry Fizz (just realised that is quite funny cutting a strawberry from a card called raspberry lol)

I put the cone together and used some stickles to twinkle it up. Bliss :)

I then cut my card using the wild card cartridge. The card cut is the doily card and it was cut out at 5 3/4 inches. The next layer I cut was the circle which was cut in raspberry fizz and was cut using Mini Monograms at 4 1/2 inches. I ran the top of the circle through my cuttlebug with my Swiss dots folder.

I needed to add a bit more green so I cut a strip of simply chartreuse and added it to my pink circle. I then tied a bow with some PTI ribbon.

The sentiment is from the Cupcake Collection from PTI. I need to get me some Pink Stamper Stamps.

The pink needed something to make it stand out from the brown so I cut a white circle out at 4 3/4 inches. They were adhered together then I added them to the card base.

I decided to add some faux stitching with a white gel pen. So cute. I added dimensionals to my cone and added it to my card.

Ta Da

My finished project.

Hope you like it.

I am secretly pleased with it (well not so secretly now I have just told all those who read my blog lol)

Card Set for friend

2011-01-01T08:45:00.000-08:00

I met a friend for lunch yesterday. I had not seen her for a while so I made a cute card et for her. I don't know what happened to the pic of the package but i can't find it. Hmmm oops.

Cards and Packaging for Hostess set

2010-12-31T08:21:00.000-08:00

OK I also made 4 cards to go with the tags. I used the sweet treats cartridge again. This is such an easy cartridge to use. It is so fab and layers beautifully.

The packaging was made from one of the plastic boxes my Papertrey Ink stamps come in. I added a belly band and a stamped sentiment.

The person who received the gift was very touched.

Since the main idea is to give someone an individual gift I was very chuffed with the response she gave me.

Tags for hostess gift

2010-12-31T06:48:00.000-08:00

I was invited to a friends house for lunch on Wednesday so I decided to craft for the first time in 2 weeks. I used my sweet treats cricut cartridge to make some cute tags.

After I took these pictures I decided to twinkle them. They looked so cute with glittered edges. Fab.

This post has all the tags I made. The next post will have the cards I made to match and also the packaging.

Final Gus Pages

2010-12-28T07:08:00.000-08:00

Due to my being under the weather (flu) I have not been blogging properly. In fact I have to been crafting at all in the last 2 weeks. I am finally getting over the damn flu - at last!

Anyway here are the last Gussy Pics. I forgot to take another copy of June before I gave it to my friend.

I am pleased to report that she was delighted by the calendar. Phew! :)

July

2010-12-21T05:17:00.000-08:00

How cute?

Pink Brooch

2010-12-21T05:14:00.000-08:00

Latest brooch in the series. L

June

2010-12-21T05:10:00.000-08:00

I have been a bad blogger recently but I am blaming my flu. I have been totally floored by it and I am not being a good patient.

There is a problem with the June Pic so I need to take it again.

Lemon Brooch

2010-12-17T14:30:00.000-08:00

This is not a colour I turn to often but hey when you have some fab PTI felt you may as well use it eh!

Gus in May

2010-12-17T14:24:00.000-08:00

Now its time for my May version of Gus. I adore this pic cause he looks so daft! This is one funny puppy. He is a big sook.

Green and cream flower brooch

2010-12-16T14:14:00.000-08:00

This is my next flower brooch.

April Gus Calendar Page

2010-12-16T14:10:00.000-08:00

This is my April page for my friends Calendar. Fingers crossed she likes it.

Second Blue Flower Brooch

2010-12-15T10:34:00.001-08:00

This is the different colourway from the last brooch. I did it this way so that I could cut two flowers in felt in different colours and make two brooches. Simples lol

Sleepy Gus in March - Cute

2010-12-15T10:30:00.000-08:00

What can I say. This is my favourite picture from the whole calendar. Love it.

Flower Brooch No 1 - There are a few lol

2010-12-15T10:26:00.000-08:00

This is anothe rof my new felt brooches which sold really well at the craft fair on monday.

Gus Calendar Page February

2010-12-15T10:21:00.000-08:00

I forgot (aka didnt get time to post yesterday) so I am going to do a double post today. Woo Hoo. Even more of my creations :)