Celebrating 2015 ~ Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS!

I HOPE 2015 BRINGS YOU HEALTH AND HAPPINESS

AND MAY ALL YOUR WISHES AND DREAMS COME TRUE!

See you next year and enjoy your New Year's Eve Celebrations!

Be safe and take care ~ love Emma xx

Blossom Like A Butterfly

Hi everyone!

It's a quick visit from me today as I'm in the middle of trying to find Mr Mojo who doesn't seem to want to play nicely and is enjoying his Christmas holidays too much to come out and play but I did break out the inks and dies to make this and I just wanted to pop by and share this project with you all!

Now, you all know by now that I like to take part in Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2014 but there was one month that I missed ~ which was September!! So, whilst the batteries were recharging over the Christmas break, I thought now would be a great time to catch up and complete the missing tag ~ and here it is! You can see and read all about Tim's fabulous version, HERE and as always, I hope you love my version!

Thanks for stopping by today ~ I really do appreciate all your visits!

See you soon ~ love Emma xxx

An Artful Year (part 2)

Hey everyone and welcome back to part 2 of my artful year in craft! Hope you enjoyed yesterday's post and if you missed it, just scroll down past today's post to see Part 1 ~ January to June!

So, here we go and we're kicking off with...

JULY 2014

To begin with I loved this card that I created for the blog hop to celebrate the new release of dies and stamps from Simon Says Stamp. You can see the original card and all about the release HERE.

I also loved this card I created for Craftwork Cards using the Refresher collection. It was a beautiful colour palette that contained die cut flowers and papers.

This is another project that was made for Simon Says Stamp and I used lots of Tim Holtz products to make this tri fold book card.

AUGUST 2014

This month saw me making my interpretation of Tim's August Tag...

...but it also saw me announce some very exciting news that was beyond my wildest dreams ~ I was honoured to be joining the Tim Holtz Media Team and this was the first piece I created for the team.

As we started to say goodbye to Summer, I started thinking towards Autumn and Halloween and this was the first of my Halloween cards that I created for Simon Says Stamp, using some of the new stamp releases from Tim Holtz.

SEPTEMBER 2014

This has to be one of my favourite projects that I made this year! I just loved every single thing about it, from the colour palette to the beautiful metallic die cut dragonfly ~ I couldn't have been happier with how it turned out!

I also wanted to share my first piece of September that I made for the Tim Holtz Media Team, using that fabulous Layered Leaf die to create this canvas.

I couldn't choose just two projects this month, and my third favourite was this burlap panel that I created for Simon Says Stamp.

...and the fourth project I chose for this month was this card! I absolutely love this stamp from Wendy Vecchi and combined it with those beautiful alphabet stamps from Simon Says Stamp and Tim Holtz die cuts.

OCTOBER 2014

In October, I created two cards for a Making Cards Magazine project and once again, I was thrilled to have this project featured on the cover of the magazine.

October also saw me in full on crafting mode creating projects for Halloween and you can see my Halloween Invitation project in all it's glory, HERE.

Inside the invitation

I also made this spooky little ATB for Simon Says Stamp

...and this was my interpretation of Tim's October tag.

 NOVEMBER 2014

This month I packed up all my Halloween goodies and started crafting for Christmas and this was a piece I created for the Tim Holtz Media Team ~ a gift card holder using Tim's brand new stamps and dies.

Another Christmas card featuring more Tim Holtz products and I love the Dickensian feel to this card.

One of my most talked about projects of the year was my last piece for the Tim Holtz Media Team ~ my winter wonderland plaque. I still pinch myself when I read all your lovely comments and I can't thank you enough for all the love you showed this project.

This is another Christmas card, created for Making Cards Magazine and featured on the cover of the November issue.

DECEMBER 2014

Finally, here we are in the final month of the year and these were all my projects created for December.

So, that's it from me for today and thank you so much for all your visits throughout 2014! It's been such an amazing year for me where I saw so many of my dreams become reality and as a new year starts in a few days time, I hope you'll enjoy the next chapter of my creative journey!

See you all very soon...love Emma xx

My Artful Year (Part 1)

Hey everyone!

How are you all? Recovered from the big day? I hope Santa bought you all you could wish for and you all had a wonderful time! Me? I've eaten for England and having a fabulous time spent with family and friends recharging my batteries ready for the new year ahead, it will soon be here before we know it! So today, I thought it would be nice to look back over my year in craft and share some of my favourite cards and projects with you! So, grab a coffee or maybe a G&T and I hope you enjoy this look back at what I got up to in 2014!

MY ARTFUL YEAR

JANUARY

A new year bought me an exciting new adventure when I joined the Simon Says Stamp team and this was my first project that I created for them.

My second card was created for a Craftwork Cards shows on Create and Craft and I made a flower pot card which contains a hidden message all created using their die cut flowers and papers.

FEBRUARY 2014

After four years , this month saw me say goodbye to my time at Clarity Stamp and I wanted to make sure that I went out with a bang and created this card using the cute bunnies in a night time scene, gazing out to my trademark moon and skyline, all created using Distress Inks.

February also saw me in the mood for love and I created this Valentine's Shadow box for Simon Says Stamp using lots of Tim Holtz products. This little project has actually become one of my most popular posts EVER and thank you for all your visits and lovely comments about this piece.

...and this box canvas using Wendy Vecchi products.

MARCH 2014

With Spring approaching fast I created this shabby chic butterfly frame for a Simon Says Stamp challenge and you know me by now, it featured lots of Tim Holtz products including one of my favourite ever stamp sets ~ Papillon.

Another Simon Says Stamp project featuring lots of dimension made for the Thank Your Lucky Stars Challenge.

APRIL 2014

For April, I created this card using a combination of Hero Arts stamps, Tim Holtz die and Idea-ology and a Wendy Vecchi stamped quote.

I also took you on a journey around the world with this project....

...and I also had the honour of guest designing for my friend, Sam Poole using her gorgeous new Woodland stamps. I made this wall hanging using my favourite stamp from the collection, Mr Fox.

MAY 2014

In May, I made this tag using items that I'd created for other projects but never used and you know, it has to be one of my favourite tags, EVER! I absolutely loved how it turned out and it shows that you should never throw anything away!

I also started to think about Summer and made this match box style project, which you can check out HERE.

This card was one of two that I created for Making Cards Magazine and was featured on the cover of the magazine. I'm always so honoured to see my card projects on the cover and I don't think I'll ever not have that buzz when I see the new issue hit the newstands ~ it's the best feeling ever!

 JUNE 2014
In June, I created a two card set for Making Cards Magazine for Father's Day and this is one of those cards, using the faux metal technique and featuring, yep you guessed it ~ plenty of Tim Holtz products.

I broke out my Gelli Plate to make this piece for Simon Says Stamp and used Dina Wakley paints to create the background.

Another card for Simon Says Stamp using the faux batik technique...

...and of course, I tried to take part ( I did miss a couple of months, oops) in Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2014 and this was my interpretation of the June tag.

I really hope you've enjoyed this little look back at the first half of my craft year and I'll be back tomorrow with July to December.

Thank you so much for popping by today! Have a great day and be safe!

Love Emma xxx

Merry Christmas

TO ALL MY WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES!

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT DURING 2014 ~ YOU'VE BEEN AMAZING!

So, today I'm sharing my final Christmas card and my final make of the year and this one is to all of my lovely friends and followers ~ as always, I hope you love it!

Created using many of my favourite seasonal Tim Holtz products set against an inked and stamped background and mounted on Basic Grey paper.

Well, that's if from me for today and I'm now signing off for a few days and enjoying a little break with my family over the Christmas holiday but I hope you all have a wonderful festive season and I'll see you on the other side!

Lots of love and thank you for popping by at this busy time of year ~ I really do appreciate it!

Take care ~ love Emma xxx