i was checkin out facebook pages earlier and came accross this absolutely fantastic page with a fab giveaway i just had to share

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just look at this yummy price - visit the page click on the post and follow instructions for a chance to win - thats what im doing to in hope of a chance xxx

my busy last 2 weeks xx

i love this stamp i brought from 'that craft place' lisa hortons shop - i coloued this with my spectrum noir pens

this is the finished card sample i made for DT work for Carley Duff (CREATA) xxxx all the other products i used (except sentiment stamp) are Creata products - new glitter&foil cardstock pads, deco foil rub ons, basic colour mirror board and flower forming xx

another (the greeting farm) stamp from 'that craft place' - again made using the same creata products as above and also a creata handbag folding die xx

Another (the greeting farm) stamp from 'that craft place' - this sampe i made with the glitter&foil pads, transport dies, washi tape and the backing paper right at back i made using a waste piece from a die as a stencil and inked through with tim holtz ditress ink pad xx

this one i went with an idea i had while supposed to be sleeping lol - 'i saw three ships go sailing by on christmas day in the morning...' this song kept going round my head when i saw the boat die from transportset so i had to go with it - i used creata classic lined paper,the glitter christmas pads, a creata scallop card and some creata mirror board to put it together xx

this time i used a Saturated Canary stamp from 'that craft place' coloured with spectrum noirs, the creata dies  glitter&foil pads xxx

this one i used a Sarah Kay stamp Ebay i think i got it from - creata dies, classic lined paper, glitter&foil pads and creata handmade glittered rose stickers - some Roses ribbon (sold by the roll at 'that craft place') and a few buttons from my stash xx

this one i made with SWALK precious baby stamp from crafters companion coloured with spectrum noirs - the creata products glitter&foil pads, another handmade backing paper, transport dies, and various embellishments from my stash x

same products as above but with handmade flower from creata dies and a toread stamp from crafters companion

free digi coloured with spectrum noirs, various creata dies, foil deco rubons, glitter&foil pads a few pearls from my stash xx

made using this weeks new extra long glitter&foil pads from creata, handmade glittered stickers, basic colours mirror board, various creata dies and twisted easel card blank

made using a digi from 'dilly beans' on etsy.com coloured with spectrum noirs, a twisted easel card, holographic cardstock and various creata dies

made using creata flower fairy rubons, creata dies, new longer glitter&foil pads and a twisted easel cardblank

made using another digi by 'dilly beans' on etsy - creata holographic cardstock, diecut shaped papers, and various creata dies

made using a humphreys corner stamp from crafters companion coloured with spectrum noirs, double sided peel offs with glitter, creata dies

made using a creata box template and covered with cut outs from the new longer glitter&foil pads

Pics from NEC 2012

These 2 pics are from our second night at the hotel having dinner after show

This lovely little girl iscalled 'Amelia' she felt a bit dizzy (very warm in there with lots of people) Amelia got very excited when she realised who Carley was bless her after a cuddle, some sweets, a drink and some colouring she was soon feeling much better xx

Carley and Jan (our Creata supplier) having a giggle during dinner at the Plaza xx

Carley on our last night after a few drinkey's being very silly but very funny xxxx

Carley and Deano on the Create&Craft live demo stand Carley was demoing flower forming and Deano well he was just being a very naughty boy hahah

phew!!!!!!!!

I promise to get back to posting pics and blogging daily from now on, been a busy bee with card orders, samples, and the NEC xxx while i have been away i have become a fully fledged JOY TROUVAILLE and FLOWER FORMING demonstrator whilst i have been working with Carley Duff from CREATA

will post tonight some samples and pics from NEC and last few weeks also a few of the card orders i have been completing - got to go for now though as need to get some dinner and get started on this weeks DT samples for createandcraft show CREATA with CarleyDuff xxx

WHAT A BUSY FEW WEEKS

Hiya been a while since my last blog but had such a lot going on with kiddies at school, a fab workshop with the brilliant Carley Duff - aswell as card orders and sample making xx but now im back and have a load of new samples to share xxx

so here goes all samples are made using mainly CREATA products and are for this weeks show at 1pm on CREATE&CRAFT with Carley and Creata xxxxx

bling challenge entry

i have been a very busy crafter lately so not had time to blog much but today i was uploading pictures to my facebook page when i realised that this recent card would be perfect for sheila's blog challenge as it has bling
the butterflys are embossed with silver embossing powder, the cupcake has stickles irridescent glitter glue, the latting and layering has mirror board added and also gems are on this card too - the brief from my customer was - pink, cupcakes, butterflys and ribbons - good luck to everone entering sheila's brilliant challenge xxxxxx

CREATA samples continued

I think is my favourite sample so far today - the blues and greys in backing paper made for an unusual colour theme but i think it works quite well - im loving all the different items i have too work with for CREATA this time all so lovely and easy to put together into beautiful cards the backing paper is from a CREATA glitter pad and ive used lots of stickers from the wedding sticker embellishments set xx the stamp is 'morehead - wedding' and i have coloured this with promarkers xx - while making this card i also thought i could enter this into sheila's challenge as its got floral elements involved xx

wow what a week ive had all 4 kiddies went back to school wednesday so we had the early week getting organised and sorting out all the uniforms and bags etc then the first few days were hectic so ive not been able to craft at all though i have managed a few mins here and there to shop for new stash haha ...


today i got a delivery from the lovely Carley Duff from CREATA for me to use to make samples for upcoming shows and a beautiful gift for me which i love love love xx thank you so much Carley for the opportunity of making card samples for you xx


even more chuffed though when after sending thank you email to Carley that i got a message back asking me if i could go to work with her at the NEC Birmingham show in November WOW!!!! of course i said yes xx after checking hubby can have time off to look after the kiddies while im away - so so excited now xx

Of course i could not wait to get started on samples so i made this card using the new 'baby' stickers and a die from a previous CREATA purchase - im loving all the new products and am looking forward to my weekend of crafting - i feel a 'Happy Bunny Dance' moment is needed im so very thankful for the chance to go to NEC and demo alongside my fave C&C girlie xxxxxxx

Mulberrry wood - my challenge entry

they arrived the latest mulberry wood stamps and ive not stopped playing with them since
i have decided this one hould be my entry to sheila's challenge as its a crafters companion prize so i thought this one is very fitting xx
i relly loved colouring this stamped image, on neenah cardstock using promarkers, matt and layering using cordinations, mirror card and papers fromm the MW cdrom - the sntiment is from the set xx

back to cardmaking for now trying to build up my stock for my upcoming stall

hope you like the card xx

Been reading other peoplesblogs thismorning and i must say that i find mine very boring in comparison - but i guess thats due to being a genuine technophobe - oh well i will keep up the blogging when i can and will add this as i learn but to be honest i would rather be in the craftroom making the cards than in the blog writing about them - right back to reallity first the cleaning and then back to my little piece of heaven my craftting zone x x

these are the selection of card samples i have made for CREATA as a member of their craft team they sent me some beautiful 3d paper forming flowers to work with and i had a lot of fun with them - ive used them in different ways and in different themes xx

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Ive been busy in my craft room again for CREATA this is by far my favourite of the day - my firsst try at a collective art card - using one of Carley's free downloads posted on her group wall - a few roses from CREATA 3d flower forming flowers - a free backing paper set from docrafts.co.uk and some small tags cut from centura pearl card inked with distress inks - its a very diferent card to my norm but i loved making it and has encouraged me to break from my norm more often - hope you like this as much as i do x x

Just had to share this caard i have loved making it this evening - using the brilliant Morehead CDROM by crafters companion and the stamp set - i have used Centura pearl cardstock in ivory and Coredinations cardstock in plum for the matt and layering - i picked the colours from the backing paper to colour the stamped images with Promakers on Neenah card - the purple flowers are from the embellishment section on CDROM - the dasiy border is stamped using co-ordinating stamps in the set and coloured with Promarkers on Neenah card again - i picked yellow buttons for added dimension xx i hope you like the card and hope you come back to read more posts by me in future x x

i have just finished this card using 2 new stamps from Pink Gem Designs - i have stamped the main image onto Neenah cardstock using Memento ink and the coloured with Promarkers - the back grouns i made using a backing paper from Morehead cdrom by Crafters Companion (the pinky purple paper) - i have used two wide strips of pastel pink Centura pearl cardstock edge with lace edge using an Xcut border punch - ive added matt and layering with silver paper and silver mirror board - embellished with pink 2mm gems and ivory Dew Drop's - i'm quite pleased how this one turned out as i did not use a single piece of brand new cad stock it was all offcuts from other projects x x

This is a pic of my craft desk mid craft session haha im a messy crafter but i love it x x i always tidy at the end of a session but mid-flow i just craft around it - ive been lucy enough just recently to get a cricut cutting machine so have been having a play with that quite a bit so easy to use - todays mission is to try out a few of my new stamps as they have litterally never been opened and im feeling a little bit guilty for neglecting them - i will blog the pics later - but now back to my craft haven xx

CREATA SAMPLES

Ive had a lovely busy crafting day today making up some samples for next weeks CREATA show on Create&Craft - i made these samples using the 3d Gel Stickers which are from the CREATA range of products which will be on air thursday 17th August at 1pm - on www.createandcraft.tv and channel 671 on sky x x i very enjoyed using this products and am very grateful of the oportunity of being a part of Carley's design team x x

Becca's Birthday/Craft Challenge Entry x

Been a very busy week but today i have made one of my daughter's 4th birthday cards but to get two birds with one stone i used the challenge sketch from Sheila's Blog i am going to enter this card for the challenge to hopefully show off my cardmaking and the new 'Morehead' CDROM xxx

sorry ive not had a chance to post in the last few days been a bit crazy in my craft room - with birthday cards for customers and a load of samples ive made for 'CREATA' as i was asked to join their lovely design team

i loved the chance to make samples using the new CREATA products and very pleased to hear that Carley loved them and is sending me another bag of goodies soon x x thank you Carley for the opportunity x

today has been a crazy day so far in which i have already baked and iced 36 cupcakes - now got to make a start on a birthday invites order 20 card invites and i do not have too long to get them done either xx

off i go back to my craft room very much loving being this busy  x x