Happy Easter

Happy Easter!

The sun is shining here in North Norfolk today and really I should be in the garden but my craft room was calling. I live near a chocolate factory and they have a seconds shop where you can buy unpackaged chocolates. I follow the wonderful Sam Donald (Pootles Papercraft) on You Tube where she makes all shapes and sizes of boxes, the egg box was originally for a cupcake soap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7RwJ-9D5mA but with a bit of jiggling with the size I could fit my Easter egg in it, and the bunny box is one of Sam's fold flat boxes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_xl01cxGlc
do take a look she makes the most amazing projects.
I hope you enjoy the rest of your Easter break.

 

Dawn x

LOTV'S Bingo challenge

This is my first time in entering a challenge and what could be better than a Lilli of the Valley challenge. I have only recently purchased a selection of their stamps and hooked already. This lovely little fairy reminded me of someone I know so couldn't resist making this card. Do pop over and have a look at their website where you will will find it hard not to buy.  http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/

Enjoy!
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Why Oh Why!

Why on earth did I start this job? I got up this morning and thought it's about time I cleared out my craft room and made some space for new goodies. Well, I'm halfway through and feel like giving up. I think I have made a bigger mess than I started with. I also keep findings goodies that I forgot I had and need to just have a quick go before putting it back to be forgotten again. I plan to get this finished at some stage tonight unless it gets the better of me.

Please Mummy give me LOVE!

All or nothing!

Well it's been so long since I lasted posted, I thought, a new year a better blogger but unfortunately it just hasn't happened as yet. My excuse is that I have been very busy at my full time job looking after the children and staff at the nursery. I have however made some cards that I hope you will enjoy looking at today. With the weather being so horrible at the moment and being half term, I am hoping to have time for a play in my craft room so maybe just maybe there might be some more posts next week but please don't hold me to it!

Enjoy and take care
Dawn x

Stamps - Kanban Crafts

Stamps - Hexley Transport by Inky Doodles and Sentiment by Dreamees

Stamps - Sheena Douglass 'Falling Feathers'

Stamps - Aly's Inky Fingers 'Fluttering Flourishes'

Stamps - Aly's Inky Fingers 'Fluttering Flourishes'

Christmas Cards

Well I've eventually done it, made all my cards and gifts. I can now sit back and relax, well until the Christmas dinner needs cooking. I'm sitting here in my craft room listening the the wind howling and the rain lashing at my window. The lights keep flickering so I hope I get chance to finish this post before we have a power cut!
I am not going away to relative this year the four of us are staying at home to enjoy some time together.(it's also a great excuse to play with my new crafty things that I'm sure my husband has spoilt me with!)
I hope you all have a relaxing and Happy Christmas and maybe enjoy some craftiness.
I leave you with my last few cards.

 
Dawn

Christmas Cards

Once again I'm totally late with getting my Christmas cards done. What are we, 24 days until the big day and I'm only just starting. My desk looks like a bombs hit it and I've only made 2 cards. Looks like it's a trip to the card shop again this year much to my husband horror, especially after taking me to the big craft show at the NEC in Birmingham so I could buy goodies to make my cards with, oops! Well there is always hope for next year!
I will leave you with a couple of pictures of my Christmas offering, I have used http://www.dreamees.org.uk/snowglobe-1472-p.asp, Snow Globe stamp and http://www.card-io.com stamped onto papermania card stock with versa colour inks. Silver mirri card and basic burgundy card stock. The snowflake embossing is a freebie folder on a recent magazine and the punch is from X Cut.
I hope you enjoy!

Dawn x

My first Christmas card this year.

Settlers of Catan

Good afternoon, 
Today I thought I would share a card that I was asked to make for a work colleague of my husband. She requested an Anniversary card with Settlers of Catan as the theme, who? I asked just Google it was the reply from my husband. Well, after researching the game this was the card I eventually arrived at, not sure if it does the game justices as it appears to be a very involved type of board game. I stamped the hexagons then re- stamped using various background stamps to get the different terrains required. The mountains were sponged using distress inks and torn paper.

Stamps - Hexagons by Dreamees

Ship a Free gift on Cardmaking in Easy steps Aug 12

Inks - Tim Holtz Distress Ink various browns

Numbers- Free number stickers (very old never used but must have!)

Sentiment - Computer 

Thanks for looking. 

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