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Saturday, 25 January 2014

Still On My Mission

... to use up some of my older crafty stash before I buy anything new. (Am already creating my wish list though after watching lots of the CHA 2014 videos on YouTube!!!!) Today's creation is a wedding card using the Mr & Mrs collection by Best Creations Inc.

It's just a very simple matted and layered z-fold card with a couple of Spellbinder die-cuts added.

Sunday, 19 January 2014

Love Is In the Air ..... I wish! lol

Am still on my mission to use up my old crafty stash before I can use my new crafty stash.

So this afternoons project was to use up some Bo Bunny 12 x 12 papers and a set of Indigo Blu Folk Art Hearts. Really like the rustic way they have turned out (even with the addition of some bling! lol).

Not sure yet if I will make then into a wall hanging or maybe just put them on the wall separately.

Marion Smith - Nirvana - Mini Album

I have fallen totally in love with everything Marion Smith! I have been dying to get crafty with her new paper collections, so this weekend I have locked myself away in my crafty box room and have had a fabulous time playing!

For the basis of the mini album I used a 6 pocket black G45 Document Wallet. I cut down the pockets to approx. 6.5 inches and used the pieces that were cut off to make additional smaller pockets.

I then went to town using 3 or 4 sheets of Marion Smiths Nirvana collection to decorate each page. As per usual I added glossy accents to highlight certain cut aparts and a few metal embellishment from both my stash and from Marion Smith's Junque and Gems.

Really happy with how it turned out, hope you like it too xx

Sunday, 5 January 2014

A Bit of G45 Upcyling

I am trying to look at the everyday things that I normally throw away with different eyes, and see if I can turn some of them into something useful. My first attempts have been with: an empty coffee creamer container from Tesco's, a cheap and very ugly memo block from a charity shop, an old coaster, and some old office storage I was going to throw away.

With the addition of some paper and cut aparts from the G45 Typography collection I have made some useful storage for my craft room. Hope you like them:

Saturday, 4 January 2014

Kaisercraft Art Of Life - Pocket Watch Album

After days and days of seeing beautiful teaser photos on the Jones Crafts and Pink Tulip facebook pages, I was very excited to finally purchase one of the beautiful new Kaisercraft collections called "Art of Life".

These new Kaisercraft papers are absolutely stunning, I loved them so much I had to craft with them straight away. So I rummaged through my crafty stash and came across a fun Want to Scrap 7.5 x7.5 inch chipboard album blank in the shape of a pocket watch.

After almost a whole day of embossing, cutting, punching, gluing and decorating I have ended up with this fun mini album, hope you like it as much as I do.