Okay so i havent been on here for a very long time! Im being really neglectful :/ At the weekend i went to the Hobbycraft show at the NEC in Birmingham for my birthday even though its not till this sat hehe i spent far too much money but i had an absolute blast! Here are pis of everything i got!
Here is a picture of nearly everything i brought i kinda got excited and opened everything before taking pictures lol

I got 3 for 2 on the packs of crafters companion pearlescent card so i got one of the pastels, one of the brights and one of the christmas.

Next i got 3 for 2 of the differnt types of printable paper for using with my printer, all i need to get now are new ink cartridges lol.

I got 3 for £15 on the sprays and 4 for £10 on the tape adhesive and a stamp, i love popcorn the bear and havent got this one so cant wait to use it!

And lastly from Crafters Companion i got 2 embossing boards for £20 can you tell i like Crafters Companion? lol i was actually served by Sara and she is so nice, really down to earth!

Next i got the forever young cricut cartridge!!!!! I have wanted this cartridge for ages and was so excited when i saw it! Cant wait to have a play with it!

These are some of the stamps i brought, i got buy one get one free on the Debbie Moore stamps, 2 lili of the valley stamps and i also pre ordered another set which will be winging their way to me next week, i also got a flourish type stamp and an alphabet stamp which has got doolings like flowers and stripes in! I have already made a card using one of the lili of the valley stamp and the alphabets which i will post shortly.

Next are some products by Sheena Douglass, i love all her cards i think she is a fabulous artist and crafter! I got 4 of the wow embossing powders and the stamp sets were 3 for £15! Cant wait to create some cards with them.

I also got a craft mat to use with my distress inks, a 3x3 block to use with smaller stamps, some prima flowers, 20 rolls of tape, a fiskars apron lace border punch and the fabulous new magnetic punch which lets you punch the shape anywhere on the page! I used this when i took part in the fiskars make and take and loved it, i also got a £5 off voucher for taking part in the make and take for when i spent over £20 pounds so of course i had to go and buy it lol!

Lastly i got 8 distressing inks, a tim holts distressing tool and a tim holts blender! I have already had a little play with them and they are fab! I also got 3 stickles and 2 packs of promarkers which i forgot to take photos of lol as you can tell from the amount of stuff i got my arms and back were killing when i eventually got home but no i coudnt rest as i was then off to my nans with Phil and Izzy for some fireworks! Had a great weekend and will pop back tomorrow to show my make and takes and then what i have made so far with my new stash :o)

Thanks for stopping by!

Sam

Cristina's companion challenge Falling for Fall

Hey guys! So this weeks companion challenge over at Crafting with Cristina was to create a fall inspired project using the colours red, gold, yellow and browns aswell as having leaves somewhere. For my project i decided to make a card.

The card size i made was 4 x 4 which i rounded the corners of. I then added a layer of red paper and then a layer of orange card stock which i ran through my big shot and mustard yellow which i stamped onto with a leaf stamp and wrapped a piece of yellow ric rac around trhe middle to hide the join.

Next i used the Autumn Silhouettes clear stamp set from Kanban to stamp the dark brown negative and then used the positive stamp to stamp the tree in a mustard colour. I then layered that on the same red paper and attached it to my card front with foam pads.

Lastly i used a happy birthday stamp from the same set and the same brown ink to stamp a greeting and layered that on red paper and attached it with foam pads.

I love the colours of this card as i love love love autumn and no its not just because thats when my birthday is but i love the change of the weather and the dark nights and the changing of the leaves, its just my favourite!

Lastly this is a quick picture of a small notepad that i have altered using DCWV Hippie Chic paper stack and some ribbon. Not too sure what im going to use it for yet i just have it displayed on my craft desk so i can look at it lol.

Hope you have enjoyed the card and the notebook and i will be back in a couple of days with another update!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sam

Mums birthday present

Hi guys!

Today i have been busy making my mums birthday present, it is her birthday next wednesday and i thought i might aswell get it sorted before i have to go back to work on Monday! As you can see from the pictures i have made her a bracelet from gold, teal and purple seed beads.

I hand threaded all the beads onto the wire using a beading needle (and i also stabbed a couple of my fingers in the process) and then once secured at the ends twisted all the strands round.

I then added a loster clasp to the one end and some chain to the other to complete.

This is the little presentation box i made for it to go into. I cut the box out on my cricut from the bags, tags and more cartridge in purple stampin' up card stock as that is my mums favourite colour.

I punched a hole in the lid and attached an eyelet with my cropodile so i could attach some purple ribbon to fasten it and then attached 3 different types of purple flowers to it. Inside of the box i put some purple scrunched up tissiue paper and also wrapped the bracelet in tissue paper too.

Oops forgot to turn this last picture clockwise oh well, as you can see this last picture shows how i will give it to my mum, i have placed everything in a purple organza bag along with her card that i showed in my last post. I cant wait to see her face when i give it to her just hope she likes it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sam x

Mmm cupcakes and doughnuts....

So who likes cupcakes??? How about doughnuts??? Well here is a bracelet i made for my daughter with little fimo cupcakes and doughnuts. She absolutely loved it when i pulled it out for her!
This was the finished bracelet once it had been put together.

Here are the cupcakes and doughnuts when they had been decorated. To decorate i used a white Sakura Souffle pen to put sprinkles on the pink and red 3D pain for the sprinkles on the white ones.

These are the cupcakes fresh from the oven looking good enough to eat!

Another fresh from the oven shot, wonder why my proper cupcakes never look that yummy!

Hope i've not made you too hungry!

Sam x

Two birthday cards...

Hi guys, so last night i made two cards, th efirst is for my mum whos birthday it is next week and the second if for an order i had from a work collegue.

For this card i used a piece of white hammered A4 card stcok which i cut in half length ways. I then went on to use my Ultimate Pro to make the base card. I then layered the card with gold paper and then partterned paper from a 6 x 6 Papermania paper pack i got ages ago!

Once i put on all the paper i took a stamp from the Papermania stamping chic stamp set. I coloured the image using my Pro Markers and also paper pieced the gift bag and card and attached them with foam squares aswell the sunglasses.

Lastly i added 3 pink gems in the corner, backed the main image with the same gold paper and attached it to the card. Im really pleased with this card and hope that my mum likes it as much as i enjoyed making it.

This next card was made using the DCWV Hippy Chic paper stack, I LOVE THIS PAPER STACK!!!!! I love all the colours, the patterns and all the glitter! This card is for a work collegue for her neice. I thought using this paper would be perfect for a teenager with all the fab colours and.....you guessed it GLITTER!

I took a ready made white card blank and matted it with a dark blue paper rounding the corners first. I then took a piece of pumpkin pie card stock from Stampin' Up and used my Fiskars threading water border punch on one edge then used a Fiskars texture plate to emboss some dots which i ran an orange ink pad over to highlight then rounded the corners. Next i took a piece of Hippy Chic paper and rounded the corners on one side and attached it to the orange card so that it was overlapping and added a piece of green ribbon over the join.

I took a green Papermania flower and drew some lines on it with my quickie glue pen and added some glitter to give it a little sparkle, then added a felt flower and beautiful pearl brad from Papermania to the middle. I cut using my cricut a scolloped square in the same dark blue paper as the first mat, an orange square and a white square, and i stamped the word Niece in blue to tie all the colours in and attached them with foam pads. Lastly i added 3 green pearls in the top right hand corner just to finish it off.

Will be back shortly with a bracelet i made the night before for my daughter.

See you shortly!

Sam x

Naughty naughty naughty.....

So once again its been a while since i have posted on here as iv been so busy with work and have been ill aswell, so here are 3 cards i have made recently. The first is an order i had from a work collegue for an anniversary card for her mum and partner so i decided to go for a black and white colour scheme which i think always looks elegant.





To make the card i used a pre made A6 card and then took a plain piece of black card which i embossed with a fiskars embossing plate, i also took a piece of pattered paper from doodlebug designs which i attached to the black card and attached some black ribbon around. I then used my cricut to cut a white circle and a black scalloped circle. I stamped happy anniversary onto the circle with some magnetic stamps i was given from a family member and attached it onto of the ribbon. Lastly i added 4 pearls to the ribbon just to give it that little bit extra. My work collegue loved it just hope her mum does too!

The next card is my first christmas card of the year, havent tallied up exactly how many i need yet but i plan to make one every couple of days so will hopefully have them all done in pleanty of time.

For this card i once again used a pre made A6 card which i layered on a piece of gold mirri card, and two patterned papers from the papermania A Silent Night paper pack, and then a border strip from the same collection. I Stamped a snowman which was from from Anita's and used promarkers to colour the image i then added some stickles and mounted it onto some more gold mirri card.

I then addedd one of the card tags in the top left corner where i made a boo boo and walla it was complete!

This last one is a wedding card i made for Phils cousin whos wedding we went to last Saturday the card was made out of white hammered card stack to which i added a piece of paper with white roses on, i then addedd a feather butterfly to it. Next i stamped congratulations on a piece of card and added it to the front of the card underneath a cream ribbon.

I then made a box for the card out of the same hammered card stock using the ultimate companion, i cut an appature out of the lid and added some acetate so the happy couple would be able to see the card through the box. I didnt like how the box looked with the rough edges so addedd some ribbon which already had the adhesive on it to the edges of the acetate and placed a white rose on each corner to hide the joins.

Phils parents were really impressed with the card i just hope the happy couple liked it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sam x

Companion Challenge #2 from Crafting with Cristina.

So iv been working on a project for Cristina's create a recycled project challenge, this is the first challenge i have ever attempted and i am very pleased with the result. I made my project out of 6 toilet roll tubes which i cut to the same lenghts and covered with some My Minds Eye Bloom and Grow paper. I then inked around all the edges with some ink (have no idea what coulour it is) and then used my crop a dile to punch 2 holes to fit in some rings. I then used my cricut to cut 6 tags from my bags, tags and more cartridge to put inside the pockets and i also inked around the edges of those with the same ink. I took 2 flowers from a papermania pack i had and used a green pearl brad which was also from papermania. I then cut the word Izzy from my mini monograms cartridge and stitched them with gold cross stitch tread and stuck them down with glue dots. Finally i added some pearls from K&Co and some MME bloom and grow fibers to the rings. I am going to be filling this with pictures of my daughter Isabelle and giving it to my nan.

I hope you like it!

Sam x

Oh no!

Eeek! its been nearly two months since i last came on here I'm really not doing very well with it am i! Well i finally had my laptop fixed which had been broken for ages so i should (fingers crossed) be updating a little more. Iv got a couple of items to post that i have made lately so here goes.



This card i made for one of my directors at work who is tomorrow leaving to have her second child. I brought the DCWV Hippy Chick stack a couple of weeks ago and just haven't gotten around to using it so i thought this would be the perfect opportunity. I used a plain white ready made card and layered it with some dark blue paper, i used some orange card stock from stampin up which i punched with a fiskars punch and a patterned paper from the paper stack, i rounded the corners on each piece or card before assembling and adding a green ribbon.

The stamp i used i purchased off ebay and coloured in using my pro markers, i also stamped a best wishes sentiment. I added three light green bling which i had free with a magazine just because the corner looked a little bare with nothing there.

The bigger flower was a papermania fabric flower i brought in a pack and the small flower was free in a pack with a magazine i brought and i attached these together with a light green papermania brad.

I was really pleased with the way this card turned out and my director loved the card as did all my colleagues :D

These are the presents i made for Isabelle's teachers when she left reception, i brought the pots from Hobbycraft and filled them with Haribo Starmix (was very good and didn't eat any considering these are my all time favourite sweets!) i then added a strip of paper inside which i punched with a fiskars punch and added some ribbon to one side of the handle. I then went onto make small tags from my bags, tags and more cricut cartridge and added a handmade handbag charm onto each.

These are the charms that i attached to the pots of sweets, i used a selection of beads, chain and butterfly charms, everything for these except the sweets were purchased from Hobbycraft.

Thanks for stopping by and i will so try to keep posting!!!

Sam :)

Just dropping by...

Hi guys, just dropping y for a quick visit today as iv been at work till 8 today and i am very tired. Will hopefully have have a card to post tomorrow as im making my dads birthday card!

Hope you have all had a good day!

See you tomorrow!

Sam x

Well i haven't really got off to a very good start with my blog lol i really need to try and pop on everyday if i can i just feel like i haven't had any time to myself lately!

Anywho here are a few cards i have made lately, I'm no photographer so please do excuse :)

I LOVE THIS CARD!!!!! I made it with the happily ever after cricut cartridge i won off ebay, i used stampin up card stock, which i ran through my bigshot with the swiss dots folder, and dsp with some ribbon i had in my stash, i also used pink glitter card and silver mirri board and in the right hand corner which i seem to have cut off are two minibrads.

This thank you card was made using the happily ever after cricut cartridge also, i loved this image when i saw it and so did Izzy! i used a sample piece of stampin up dsp which i received when i purchased some items, i then used some ribbon to add a little bit extra to the card.

I made this card using stampin up card stock which i ran through my big shot using the swiss dots folder, i then added some stampin up dsp with some ribbon i had in my stash, i then used a stamp from the say it with scallops stamp set which i stamped on plain white card and then punched out a scallop square in pink to put behind it and mounted it with foam squares.

This card i made using stampin up card stock, i used a stamp from the Kaban Autumn Silhouettes stamp set for the base card, i then went on to use the say it with scallops stamp set with co-ordinating punch for the sentiment and then finished it off with some paper piercing and some white ribbon.

This card i used the stampin up flight of the butterfly stamp set and co-ordinating punch, i also used some stampin up cardstock which i punched using a fiskars punch (i have no idea what it is called!) then added a strip of pearlesent card stack and co-ordinating polka dot ribbon.

This card i made with some stampin up card and dsp and used the flight of the butterfly stamp set and co-ordinating punch, i used some ribbon i had in my stash and also ran the choc chip card stock through my big shot in the swiss dots embossing folder.

This card is an old one, it is the card i made Phil for our anniversary we had in February, 6 years we have been together and it just gets better! I used a card blank from a pack i brought at Hobbycraft and used a stamp from the Kaban stamp set called autumn silhouettes, the heart stamp with the bird was a free stamp off a magazine. I then just used a 'love you' stamp from papermania sentiments stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sam x