Wont be about much

Just a short post to say I wont be about much, will try to look at your blogs , but wont get a chance to do much crafting.
Mum had a fall Wednesday evening and they think she has fractured her hip, the hospital will be doing some more scans today, she is in a bit of pain, its all a bit to much for her as she was 80 in october, so she is not a happy bunny

WOYWW- my desk

Well its come around very quick and its WOYWW, this is what mine looks like today, its the stuff left over from the weekends crafting,
I had a few challenge cards that I needed to get ready for the coming weeks, I also had a play with some digi stamp images, that were bought to raise funds for a good cause, See the posting below this one.
AfterI post this I am going to give it a good tidy up ready for some more playtime tomorrow.
Thanks for coming by, will be over to see your work space after I feed the family

In Memory of Layton Digi stamp set

Jak Heath has lost a much beloved great Nephew to meningitis, my heart goes out to his dear parent and the family at this sad time.
in memory of Layton, Jak has gotten together with two artists and they have donated two lovely digi stamps, to help raise funds for a vaccine campaign.
you can find out detail HERE for both of these stamps it will only cost you £4 not very much, you get to play with two lovely designs and at the same time raise lots of money for a very worthy cause.
Here are two cards that I have made using the stamp set.

I have used scrapbook papers from a my minds eye stack

The insert for this card came from Bearly Mine designs- Designer Inserts Extreme CD

Easel card tutorial

on crafters companion forum every week we do a live crafting session, those taking part don't know what they are going to make and just get a list of supplies.

This week it has been my turn to do the lesson and I have chosen an Easel card, they are all over blog land at the moment and very easy to do, instructions are below.

ingredients

A4 and a5 card that are the same.

2 backing papers cut to 5 1/2inches or 14cm square9 these can be the same or coordinating papers)

image to fit 6inch or 15cm square

two brads

embellishments

step 1

take the A4 card and cut length ways at 6 inches

Step 2

score at half fold A4 then one edge at Gate fold A4

Fold like this see photos

step 3

Take your A5 and cut into 6inch or 15 cm square

step 4

Take your backing papers that are 5 1/2 inches or 14cm square and add to card, if you like you can add a Small boarder using mirri card this you would cut to the size above and then cut down your PP a few cm ,

then add them to your card , 1 on the square card and 1 on the base card see photos below

step 5

measure 2 1/2 inches from fold and 2 inches down from top edge, make a hole with a poky tool and add brad, do the same on other side and add the other brad, i have used large brads but use what you have, stuck on buttons work just as well

see photo

step 6

take the double sided tape and add to card like this , stick your PP to the bottom of the base card

Add your cut piece with the PP and stick to it like this, where you have added the double sided tape take a good look at the photos to see how it all fits

this is how it looks when standing up, and resting against the brads

then you just need to have fun decorating, as you can see below

My Work desk

Well been looking at a few of your work desks over the last few weeks so I thought that this week I would join in with WHATS ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY over at stampimg ground blog well today its not to messy, I had a bit of a clean up yesteday evening, youngest son bought me the storage cheast at the back for my birthday, so been filling it up with bits and bobs.
I just have the start of a project andsome finished ones that i have to put away.
I am sure it will be much more of a mess next week.
thanks for stopping by

Pillow box

This pillow box was made using a template from pink petticoats, I have printed some of pink petticoats Elegance white papers onto card, then cut the template out to make the box. The flower , I printed two sheets of paper one in the plain colour and the other using the matching pattern paper, before cutting them out on the cricut, using sure cuts a lot

For the band I took the two papers that i used to make the flower, cut into strips and went along all the edges with a Martha Stewart doily punch, I wrapped this around the box then added two ribbons, a blue Ric rak and the sparkly tinsel

check out pink petticoats blog for more pillow boxes, link to the shop are in my side bar.

thanks for stopping by

Crafters Companion Challenge

Here is my DT card for crafters companion Challenge blog, see link in my side bar.
For this weeks challenge we had a sketch to follow, we were also asked to include Red, Gold, White, Some ribbon, Gems and some embossing.
I have made an easel card,(love this style of card) But you can still see the sketch in the top half of the card Here is a closer look at the top, I have used toppers and papers from crafters companion Festive Occasions CD

I also punched some gold card with a Martha Stewart doily punch, added some red ribbon with Christmas text on it, and some red gems

Birthday cards

It was my Birthday yesterday and I had some lovely cards from the girls on Crafters companion forum as you can see in the photos below

Thanks everyone, some stunning cards, a talented bunch, and great support group

another spooky layout

Just had to do another layout of Keaton, This one is 12x12 and done in the traditional style, The card stock is Gemstones, the wording and embellishments were cut on my Cricut, using SCAL software

Digital layout

Here is a quick digital layout that I did of Keaton, in his little Nipper costume The kit was a free download on daisy trail, the software that I use is serifs digital scrapbook artist. I just love using this for my digi layout

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little vampire

Here is 5 month old Keaton dressed as a little vampire before leaving for the Halloween partynot scary but rather cute,I think

Keatons page

Click on the photos for a closer look.
I used some of my favourite photos of Keaton for this layout, he just loves his walker, not going very far in it at the moment, his feet just about touch the floor but he loves to play with the toys on the tray.The teddies were cut out on my Cricut Machine

crafters companion blog DT card

This is my DT card for Crafters Companion Challenge Blog, see link in my side bar

for the background I used the winter tales CD, stamped the mice and coloured using Pro markers

Christening Layout

Here is a digi layout that I made using the photos from Keatons Christening, The programme that I use for my Digi scrapbooking is Serifs scrapbook Artist, i just love it and so easy to use, there are also lots of free downloads of page elements on daisy trail You can also see lots of other great layout done by its members using scrapbook artist

am byth

This card was made by my daughter to give to her fiance Paul, They are separated for a few months while they save to get their own place, He in London living with his Mum and she is back in Cardiff with us, they are hopping to find something in the new year and are getting married in May.
Aleysha made the backing papers for the card on the PC using word, The words am byth were cut out using my Cricut
In Welsh am byth means forever inside she added some panels and some red prima flowers, after this photo was taking she also added a very soppy verse for the back of the card

This card was made by my Daughter with a bit of help from me to give to my Mum-in-law on her 75Th birthday.
All the papers and topper come from Joanna Sheen's elegant fans CD, Card size is 8x8 inches

for the inside we did some matting and layering and printed a verse of the web, before adding to the centre

jacs candy

Jac has some great candy on her blog, see link in my side bar