A Basic Grey Christmas

Ah, that time of year is coming... and I have just made my first Christmas Card of the year, using my new Basic Grey papers!! The scan is slightly wonky, so apologies for that!!

The gorgeous paper is the Basic Grey 'Fruitcake' collection. I used both sides of it to make sure the first two layers co-ordinated! The tag was also from the same collection... I then thread some brown grosgrain through and stuck down with some eyelet brads.

I inked around the edge of the paper with my 'Coffee Bean' Dew Drop and used it along with one of the new Hero Arts 2007 Clear stamp set.

Another work of Art

Drawn by my brother Daniel Cole, another Limited Edition... he really is fantastic I think!! As before any feedback is very helpful to him!!

Woohoooo... Invites done!!!

Well I made myself do the Hallowe'en Party invites this evening. I must admit I didn't enjoy colouring in loads of the same image the other night, but tonight with the layering it was OK lol! Just pleased these ones are done... now all I have to do for Hallowe'en is the Happy Hallowe'en cards!!

So here's a picture of the finished products... as always the papers are Doodlebug, the card is Bazzill. The images are my ghost Whipper Snapper stamp. I coloured each image with my Sakura pens. The striped ribbons are Doodlebug and the rest are from various craft shops... finished with a 'Tangerine' Doodlebug gem.

New Brads!

My friend Nicki from Cardmaking Friends bought me the most gorgeous brads back from her visit to the USA. She then challenged me to make a card using them... I have to say it wasn't much of a challenge as they are so gorgeous!!!


So this is what I came up with. As you can see the brads are to die for... they are quite large and material, from K and Co. I started by covering the card in some pink Bazzill Bling, layering a cut of white card and edging with my pink Dew Drop. I tied some lovely ric rac from a recent swap on the forum.

I attached the brad to a Making Memories bloom and a small Prima daisy. To finish I added 3 baby pink gems.

Button It!

A new Just Bex challenge- Cards, LO's or whatever you want for this challenge as long as you use buttons.

I really liked doing this one, seems all the Hallowe'en stuff has turned me orange mad lol!

For this one I used some orange Bazzill Bling and plain black Bazzill. The flower was one of the Creative Imaginations Swatchbook rub-ons, which I then added an orange button to the centre.

The faux stitching was done using my trusty black and orange Sakura pens. And to finish I added a HOTP clear stamps greeting from a QVC TSV a couple of months back.

Nice Matters Award

A massive thank you to Beth at http://astampingoodtime.blogspot.com/... who nominated me forthe 'Nice Matters Award'. I must admit, I visit Beths blog every day religiously... she does some stunning work!!! Its amazing how people from different places all over the world can connect over the same interests!! If any of you get time, please take a look at her blog!!

Its now my turn to nominate 5 bloggers to carry on this reward...

1) Leigh @ http://leighslittleblog.blogspot.com/... I had to nominate Leigh first, she showed me the world of blogging after all lol!!
2) http://craftyincalgary.blogspot.com/
3) Stamping Granny @ http://stampinonthemountain.blogspot.com/
4) Deborah @ http://adepts.blogspot.com/
5) Kate @ http://noseycritters.blogspot.com/

I would love to nominate everyone I know, but rules is rules lol!!!

I copied this bit from Beth... If participating in these games is a hardship for you, my feelings will definitely not be hurt. These good tidings are sent with fun in mind. ;)

Been busy

Hello everyone... been a bit busy the last few days... hubby is making me do all the Hallowe'en party prep, lists etc.
He has told me I need to get the invites made by next week (shock, horror lol) as people need notice to organise a costume. Hubbys costume is hilarious...

I am in the middle of making my Hallowe'en Doodlebug house atm... all I can say is wow!! They are so much fun, the windows are a bit fiddly, but its worth it! Hopefully I can have it finished tonight and blogged tomorrow!

Not sure if I'll be around much this weekend as I am on 'toddler duty'. Hubby has his first rugby game of the season tomorrow, so won't be seeing an awful lot of him... although it gives me a bit of time for crafting tomorrow night lol!!

Anyway catch you all later!!!

Hallowe'en Cards

OK, so my mojo is working overtime right now... here are a few more Hallowe'en cards... both using the Whipper Snapper stamps... and of course Doodlebug papers and ribbons lol!!!

A Little Gem

Another Just Bex challenge- We would like you to make a CARD or LO with GEMS use as many or as few as you like.

I loved this one, pretty simple card I might add. I used the most gorgeous flower rub-on from the Creative Imaginations Swatchbook. Adding several sticky gems to the centre of the flower. The text is using a Studio G stamp.

To finish I added 3 more gems to the side and edged the cardwith black ink.

Touchy Feely

We want cards and LO's good enough to touch, feel and stroke. It's all about textures for this challenge.

OK, so this challenge wasn't my particular favourite as I wasn't sure what I could use... but I had some gorgeous Velvet Ric Rac from a recent forum swap. I then used 3 blooms in various sizes and added a pretty little crystal brad for the centre.

The text is using Doodlebug rub-ons.