That's Life

Fairy Belle...

2013-05-20T11:10:00.002+01:00

Hi friends!

Hope you all had a great weekend and ready for another week full of creativity!

Today, I'm sharing a project with you that I made for the May issue of Making Cards Magazine and some of you might have spied this one on the cover!!

When I was given the brief of making a stepper card, I instantly thought that it would be fabulous to create a magical, mystical feel to the card and I knew that there was a collection of papers by Prima that would work perfectly. So, here is the finished result and as always ~ I hope you like it!!

For more information about I made this card and all the products I used, which include gorgeous dies by Sizzix and Tim Holtz, Prima Marketing, Clarity Stamp and Martha Stewart, you can get back issues of Making Cards HERE!

Okey dokey, time for me to get busy, well...maybe after one more coffee!! I think I need that caffeine buzz to kick me into action today!

Thank you so much for dropping by and visiting my blog today and I can't wait to read all your comments and hear what you think about this project!!

See you all again soon but bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

Needle & Thread

2013-05-16T18:32:00.000+01:00

Evening friends...

Today, I am saying goodbye to the Merly Impressions DT. I've had a wonderful time as part of this team and I wish the new team the best of luck in the future but there's one person I really want to say a very big thank you to, and that's Chrissy ~ thank you for all your support throughout the 18 months I have worked alongside you and I know that I will be working with Kaisercraft goodies in the future and I already have three wonderful projects to be featured in the future issues of Making Cards Magazine!

So, as I say farewell to move onto new and exciting projects...here is my last card and in my opinion, I think I saved the best until last... As always, I hope you like it!

You can click HERE to be whisked over to the Merly Impressions blog to see how I made this card and what I used.

The mannequin is a Sizzix/Tim Holtz Alterations die and that HUGE flower is die cut from chiffon material, using the Tattered Florals die. I thought I'd make a statement on this card and I just love how it turned out!!

So, that's it from me for today and I'm now going to head to the kitchen, see what's in those cupboards of mine and make dinner!

See you all very soon with another creation from Chez Williams'

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

Ladies That Lunch...

2013-05-15T10:10:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone!!

When you look outside the window, hear the howling wind, seeing the pouring rain and feel the central heating blaring away, can you actually believe that we are in May?!?! It's more like November. As I said to a friend yesterday, this is probably the price we pay for those three days of summer that we had three weeks ago...and what a price!!!

At least it means it's good crafting weather and as I finish my next magazine commission, it's nice to feel snug as a bug, wrapped up in the warmth inside!!

As many of you know, I have stepped down from the Merly Impressions DT but today and tomorrow are my very final DT projects that I made and I was very lucky to use the gorgeous Needle and Thread collection from Kaisercraft. As always, I hope you like my little creations...

If you want to read all about how I made these cards and the products that I used, then just click HERE to be whisked over to the Merly blog!

The card blank that I used on this particular card is from Which Craft UK and is just one of many fabulous designs!

That's it from me for today but before I go, thank you to all the people who left me a comment on my Tim Holtz Tag for his 12 Tags of 2013 challenge and a big hello to all my new followers!! I hope you enjoy the journey with me and I'm looking forward to getting to know you...

See you again tomorrow with my final *sniff* card from Merly.

Bye for now and have a wonderful day.

Love Emma xxx

Travel The World ~ 12 Tags of 2013

2013-05-13T09:57:00.000+01:00

Hello friends!!

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and you're now ready for another week full of creativity!! I know I've got plenty to keep me out of trouble, so I'm hoping Mr Mojo won't let me down and that he'll treat me well all week long!!

But before I start anything I just wanted to pop by to say hello and to share my latest little creation. Now, as you know Tim Holtz launched his latest tag for the 12 Tags of 2013 at the beginning of May and as always, it was full of inspiration and oozed lots of wonderful techniques. So, over the weekend I thought it was time to get inky and this is my take on Tim's fabulous tag! As always, I hope you like it...

Now, I hadn't got some of the elements that Tim used on his version, so...for my tag, I used one of my favourite images, the Umbrella Man from the Creative Muse stamp set. I combined it with stamps from the Stampers Anonymous Classics 1 and the Ultimate Grunge set.

I must admit that I am now addicted to these rub ons, they are just amazing. I've used rub ons in the past and because of them breaking up and the pattern not transferring properly, I stayed clear of them but these....they are FABULOUS and they transfer perfectly!! Really, really wonderful! (Can you tell how much I love them?)

The final component that I didn't have for this tag, (at the moment) are the enamelled tags, so I had a good think and I came up with the idea of using a Fragment piece, painted white, adding some black around the edges and then adding a smidge of alcohol ink onto the surface. I think it worked...didn't it?

I love the tie dyed effect that the Distress Stains have given the seam binding.

To complete my tag, I added it to a piece of corrugated cardboard, ripped from some old packaging! I painted the board, added my tag and then as the finishing touch, I made it into a wall hanger by attaching a piece of wire, which I aged with Distress Paints!!

So, there you have it...my entry into the 12 Tags of 2013 Challenge and I can't wait to read all your comments. Thank you so much for all your visits over the last week and to all my new followers!! I love seeing all the new faces and I can't wait to get to know you!!

Hope you all have a wonderful day and that the sun shines for you!

See you all again very soon...bye for now!

Love Emma xx

Life Moments...

2013-05-11T00:01:00.000+01:00

Today is my turn to share over on The Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog and here's a little sneaky peek of what you will see if you head on over there, by clicking HERE!

As always, I hope you like it and I can't wait to read all your comments!!

Have a fab weekend and see you soon!

Love Emma xxx

A Flower Cannot Blossom Without Sunshine...

2013-05-10T14:58:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone and happy Friday!!

Firstly, I wanted to say a big hello to all my new followers...HI!! :) This week, I've had so many new faces appear on my blog and I just wanted to say thank you to you all and welcome aboard!! Hope you enjoy the ride, that is otherwise known as my life!!

Today, I'm sharing another of my Clarity DT cards and if you haven't got any sunshine where you are, I thought this might bring some into your day!! As always, I hope you like it....

I stamped a row of the different sized hollyhocks and then coloured them in with Distress Marker Pens. The background and sun are all created using Distress Inks.

I also love, love, LOVE this new card shape!! It will take me a while to come away from my square cards because I do love symmetry in my designs but I really like this shape and I think you might be seeing a lot more of it!!

To finish the card, I added some twine from Craftwork Cards and there you have it....

I'm really looking forward to hearing all your comments and thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedules to take a look at what I've created!!

Hope you'll pop back tomorrow because it's my turn to share my creation for The Artistic Stamper and it's a goodie!!

See you all then and hope you have a fab day and a wonderful weekend!

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

Going Dutch...

2013-05-09T15:04:00.000+01:00

Hello friends...

Today is going to be a really quick post from me, as I had some eye tests yesterday which has left me with slightly blurry vision today! To be honest, it's a good job I can touch type, as I don't think this post would make much sense if I couldn't....and before anyone asks, nope...I swear I haven't touched a drop of vino, lol!!

So, onto my post for today and it's another of my Clarity DT samples that I made for Barbara's TV shows at the weekend. As always, I really hope you like it...

The inspiration for this came from the 18th Century Delft plates and I was so pleased with how it turned out, I love that blue against the cream backdrop.

The whole background was created using Distress Inks and matted onto cardstock with a punched border, which I created using Martha Stewart punches. Don't ask me which one, I have so many and I don't know the names of any of them!!! Lol!

So, that's it from me for today...I'll see you all tomorrow with less blurry vision and another of my Clarity samples!!

Enjoy the rest of your day and bye for now...

Love Emma xxx

Chasing Rainbows...

2013-05-07T17:03:00.001+01:00

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Hello everyone and a very big welcome to all my new followers who joined my blog, yesterday!! It's always lovely to see new faces, read all your lovely comments and don't be frightened to say hello, because I can't wait to start to get to know you all and I promise I don't bite!!! :)

Thank you to everyone who left a comment either here, on Twitter or on Facebook, about my little "French" shadowbox, which I shared with you all yesterday...I was so pleased with it and it was so nice to know that you loved it, as much as I loved making it!

Today, I'm sharing the first of my Clarity Stamp DT samples that I made for the TV shows on Create and Craft at the weekend. As always, I hope you like them all...

So, here we go...sample no. 1!!

I created this tag using a combination of stamps from the show ~ the Clarity Characters and the Happy Words set.

The tag background is made with Distress Paints and I also coloured the ribbon with the paints. If you click on the photo above, to make it larger, you'll also see that I attached a safety pin and some beads to the ribbon.

The flowers are of course, die cut using Tim's Tattered Florals die and spritzed with Dylusions Ink Sprays and then spritzed again with some Perfect Pearls Mists.

Well, that's it from me for today...I've spent the afternoon organising magazine projects, that should keep me busy for the next four months, so now I think I deserve a cuppa and a chocolate chip cookie!! All this organisation and sourcing new and exciting products can wear a girl out...lol!!

See you tomorrow with some more Clarity shares but until then...bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

Springtime in Paris...

2013-05-06T13:32:00.001+01:00

Hello friends and if you're here in the UK, hope you're enjoying the long weekend and having a very happy Bank Holiday Monday!!

Today, I wanted to share something that I was inspired to create after seeing a project by the very talented Tammy Tutterow, using the fabulous Sizzix Postage Stamp Frame die by Tim Holtz. I wanted to use the frame to create the little box and together with the photo below, that I took myself of cherry blossom that was bursting open in our garden, the image of April In Paris popped into my head (and yes, I know it's May but it was April when I had the idea ~ lol)...

...so, once that image was stored in my mind, away I went and this is what I made!! As always, I really hope you love what I've made...

For this shadow box, I used lots of wonderful Sizzix and Tim Holtz products but it all started with the Postage Stamp Frame die to create the outer layers of my box.

I used Tim's Papillon stamp set by Stampers Anonymous to stamp the background to my shadow box and added an Idea-ology Word Key hanging from a Ring Fastener.

The Eiffel Tower is from the Fleur de Lis and Eiffel Tower die and I used chipboard, covered in a metal sheet before embossing the Tower with Tim's Eiffel Tower and French Script set of Texture Fades. After adding alcohol inks and Distress Paint, I added the tower to the front of my box.

I used Distress Stains to colour my white paper flowers and added stamens to the centres of each, before attaching them to my box, together with some of Tim's Film Strip Ribbon.

I stamped the Paris postmark from the French Marketplace set of stamps and attached this with an Ideo-ology Gem Clip and as a finishing touch I added a glass vial, attached one of the Chit Chat stickers to the front and placed the last of my flowers into it.

So, that's it from me for today...hope wherever you are you can enjoy the sunshine and warm weather!!

I'll be back tomorrow with my Clarity samples that I made for the Create and Craft shows that were on over the weekend...but until then, thank you so much for stopping by and I can't wait to read all your comments!

See you soon and bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

Entered into the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp and Show ~ Inspired By

Here Come The Girls....

2013-05-04T10:25:00.001+01:00

Good morning everyone!!

It's time for me to share my latest DT makes for Craftwork Cards and for this set of projects, I used the Dolly Mixtures collection. You can read all about what I used and find out where to buy all these wonderful goodies if you head on over to the Craftwork Cards blog, click HERE!

Each of the Dolly Mixture girls are coloured using Promarkers and all the papers and various elements that I used to make these cards, are all available from Craftwork Cards.

Of course, no card of mine is complete without adding a few Tim Holtz goodies and here you can see a couple of die cut elements which I added to complete the card.

So, I really hope that you like this collection and I can't wait to read all your comments.

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look ~ as always, I really appreciate your visits and it means so much to see you all here!!

Hope you all have a wonderful long weekend...see you on Monday with another share, which if you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you will have already seen a sneaky peek of! I can't wait to show you all...

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

Little Boy Blue...

2013-05-03T10:19:00.000+01:00

Hello friends ~ it's another stunning day outside and just how I like it!! Sun shining but not too hot...perfect!!

Today, I'm just dropping by to say hello and to share my second but last DT project for Merly Impressions. As always, I really hope you like it...

I must admit, that when I saw the boy collection from Bundle of Joy by Kaisercraft, this was my favourite because of the colour tones. I'm not really a "pink girl"...but as you might notice, I do love blue!! I also love that stamp of the baby boy...it was just such a gorgeous image and so cute...

The stamped image is coloured using Distress Marker pens.

If you want to find out what I used to create this card, then look no further, just pop over to Merly Impressions blog and you can find out all about it!

Well, that's it for me for today...while the body is allowing, I'd better get creating, seize the moment whilst it's there because it won't be around for long ~ lol!!

See you all tomorrow with a Craftwork Cards share and in the meantime,

Happy Friday everyone!!

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

The Artistic Stamper May Challenge ~ Words

2013-05-01T00:01:00.000+01:00

Today, is the start of a brand new challenge over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog and this month's challenge is all about WORDS! We would love you to join in with our challenge and share your work with us on the blog. Of course, as always if you click HERE, you will be whisked over to the blog, to see what the fabulous CT have made to inspire you!!

...and this is what I've made, as always ~ I hope you like it!

All product details and how I made it are on the CT blog

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look and I really hope to see some familiar faces joining in with our challenge, during May!!

See you tomorrow with my final DT piece for Merly Impressions!

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

Bundle of Joy

2013-04-29T17:37:00.002+01:00

Hi everyone!!

Hope you all had a fabulous and relaxing weekend!

Today, I'm sharing a couple of projects, which are my penultimate projects as a member of the Merly Impressions DT, which I have decided to step down from. I will be so sorry not to be working with the gorgeous Kaisercraft products on a monthly basis but in the last 18 months that I've been part of the team, I have had so much fun with all the fabulous collections that I have used and I have to say a very BIG thank you to Chrissy for allowing me to indulge in these goodies!!

So, here it goes ~ my last but one project for and for this set, I was very lucky to use the ever so cute, Bundle of Joy papers and embellishments...as always, I hope you like it!

In this particular collection, there are papers for both a new baby girl and a new baby boy and it's all done with a beautiful vintage feel. As you can see, I made a gift box and a card using the Baby Girl collection...

Inside the box, which I lined with some more of the papers.

If you would like to see what I used and how I made this set of projects, then just click HERE to be whisked over to Merly Impressions Blog to read all about it.

All Bundle of Joy products are from Merly Impressions and the kraft card and box are from Craftwork Cards...

Okey dokey, that's it from me for today...I am off to see what I have in the cupboards and to rustle up tonight's dinner ~ thank you so much for dropping by today and I'll be back tomorrow with my final DT project for Merly and something for the little boys in our lives!

See you then and bye for now....love Emma xxx

Bloom and Grow...

2013-04-26T10:31:00.000+01:00

Good morning friends!

Hope you've all had a great week and I'm just popping by to wish you all a very happy weekend...

Thank you so much for all the lovely comments about my last post that were either left here on my blog, on Facebook or, over on The Artistic Stamper Team Blog...I love reading them all and they all made me smile wide!!

Today, I thought I'd share a scrapbook L/O that I made, as part of a set of projects, for Sizzix at the end of last year! I'll be sharing them all over the coming days but I'll start with this one and as always, I hope you like it...

To create this L/O, I used a few bits and pieces from my craft stash but other than that, all the elements that you see are all created using Sizzix dies and coloured with Distress Ink.

The dies I used are:

3-D Flower

Sunrise Blossoms Flower Set

Butterfly Set

Botanical & Rose Garden Decorative Strip

Paper Rosette

Alphabet Die Decorative Strip

So, that's it from me for today and I hope you all have a great weekend but before I go, I just wanted to let you know about a little competition over on the Craftwork Cards Blog. It's still not too late to enter and all you need to do is "guess who?" and you might be in with a chance of winning some Craftwork Cards goodies. Good luck with the guesses!!

Thanks for popping by today and I'll see you all very soon with another little creation from Chez Williams'...

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

The Little Book of Dreams...

2013-04-24T00:01:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone!!

Today, is my turn to share over on The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog...so, if you think this looks just a little bit interesting and you want to pop on over there to see the rest of my creation, then just click HERE!!

Have a lovely day and thank you so much for stopping by ~ I can't wait to read all your comments!

See you soon and bye for now...love Emma xxx

Bird Song...

2013-04-22T15:52:00.001+01:00

Hello friends...

Hope you all had a lovely weekend and you're enjoying a sunny start to your week!!

It's a quick post from me today and I wanted to share another of the cards that I made for Making Cards Magazine. As in the previous post, I used my beloved Graphic 45 papers to make this card ~ and is it just me, or does anyone else hate cutting into these gorgeous pieces of art? Because of the style of this card and all the origami folds, I thought Bird Song was just perfect for this project. As always, I really hope you like it and if you scroll on down, you can see how this card works and unfolds, stage by stage!! Enjoy....

Thank you so much for stopping by today and a BIG thank you for all your lovely comments on my last post!! I'll see you all again soon...

Have a lovely evening and bye for now!!

Love Emma xxx

P.S. Before I go, I just wanted to let you know that if you head on over to the Craftwork Cards blog this week, then there's lots of gorgeous new ideas using the Beautiful Bunting Kit and if you leave a comment you might be lucky enough to win a kit of your own!! So...good luck and fingers crossed!!!

A Ladies Diary...

2013-04-19T14:21:00.000+01:00

Okay, whoever stole this week...could you please give it back?!?! I can't believe it's Friday but I'm definitely looking forward to the weekend and hopefully, I'll feel up to playing with all those new crafting goodies that slipped into my basket in light of not being able to get to Ally Pally last weekend ~ they all arrived this morning and I'm a very happy bunny with all my purchases!! I'll be taking pics to share my online haul, asap!! :)

In the meantime, I thought I would share a project that I made a while ago but was in a recent issue of Making Cards Magazine. It features A Ladies Diary, which is one of my favourite Graphic 45 collections ever and as always, I hope you love this set of three cards...

The card blanks that I used throughout this set are from Which Craft? and are just gorgeous!! If you love different shaped card blank and you've never paid them a visit, then what are you waiting for ~ click HERE now!

I just want to say a huge THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to all those who continually leave me comments and visit my blog! I'm so sorry that I haven't been the best blogging buddy over the last few months but I do see all your creations and I always "ooh and ahh" when I see them!! As soon as I'm back on my feet and 100%, I will return and be visiting every single one of you!!

Until then, hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I will see you next week...

Bye for now....love Emma xxx

Age of Jazz...

2013-04-15T17:55:00.001+01:00

Hello everyone!!

Hope you all had a great weekend and if you went to Ally Pally, I'm still gutted and so jealous of you all but I hope you had a fabulous time!! So that I didn't let the side down, my credit card went into overdrive on Saturday and so many new goodies slipped into my basket and needed a new home...so, I was more than happy to oblige because it would be rude not to!! Watch this space and Tracy...YES, I will take a pic of the stash when it arrives, just for you!! :)

In the meantime, here is my final share from the Clarity Stamp samples that I made for Barbara and her C&C shows from the weekend before last. Sorry it's taken me a while to get these all posted but I'm still running on about 10% of my full speed and I get there in the end but it's takes time...lol!!

As always, I hope you like it...

This card was actually influenced by Clarice Cliff and as soon as I saw the stamps, I thought..."I'm going to make my own version of one of Clarice's patterns". So, out came the Distress Inks and voilà, this is what I created...

Well, that's it from me for today but just before I go, I am over the moon to tell you all that...

I've made the cover of Making Cards Magazine for the 12th issue in a row!!!

Woohoo!!!

And here it is, in all it's glory...thank you to Sally, Liz and Joanne for making all this possible!

I've actually got four sets of projects in the May issue and all of them are totally different but I must admit, I am over the moon to have my 3D Fairytales project make the cover!! I was so proud of this "card" and I can't wait to hear what everyone else thinks about it!! If you've got your copy, then please leave me a comment!!

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look at today's post and I will see you all again very soon!

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

Reach Out and Touch...

2013-04-13T14:38:00.001+01:00

Just a flying visit from me today, as I wanted to share the penultimate card that I made for the Clarity shows that were on Create and Craft, last weekend!!

I was really pleased with how this card turned out and as always, I really hope you like it!!

The dress was stamped twice and decoupaged, which I think you can just see from the pics.

I used a combination of Distress Markers and Inks to create the focal image of the card but I then used the Gelli Plate for the side panels and stamped the Laurel image onto them.

Right, because I am absolutely gutted that for the first time in four years, I'm not at Ally Pally, I think it's time for me to do some online shopping and go treat myself to some goodies, without the pain of the aching feet and the sore muscles from carrying all my goodies ~ lol!!

See you all soon with the final card from Clarity and thank you so much for stopping by to take a look at today's post...

Bye for now....love Emma xxx

Mechanical Bird...

2013-04-11T00:01:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone!!

It's my turn to share over at The Artistic Stamper today and I thought I would make something bright to cheer us all up...so, if you love this sneaky peek of what you'll see over on the blog, then click HERE!

Thanks for stopping by and I can't wait to read all your comments ~ as always, I hope you LOVE my little creation!!

Have a wonderful day and see you soon...love Emma! xxx

Close Your Eyes...

2013-04-10T10:46:00.000+01:00

Morning everyone!!

...and thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my previous blog post and a big hello to Lavender Rose and welcome to my blog!! Really glad you found me and I hope you enjoy all my crafty antics and stories from Chez Williams... :)

Today, I'm sharing another of my samples that I made for Barbara, for the Clarity shows at the weekend and as always, I hope you like it...

What you probably can't see on these pictures is, I painted all the shells using Perfect Pearls to give them the look of real shells that shimmer in the sunshine!!

I also thought the colour combination was just perfect against the backdrop of the kraft card, which I love using at the moment!!

So, that's it from me for today and I'll be back tomorrow with my first Artistic Stamper post of the month and some more Clarity samples to follow!!

Thank you for dropping by today and looking forward to reading all your comments on this post!

See you soon and bye for now,

love Emma xxx

P.S. I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who left me a message ahead of my consultant appointment yesterday ~ there's going to be more tests to come and I'm not quite out the woods yet but I'm staying positive and I know this is just a very inconvenient blip in my schedule!! Lol!!

Douglas...

2013-04-08T17:18:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone...

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and wasn't it great to see the sun finally shining?!?! It's still got that nip in the air but it's good to see those blue skies again...

Today, I'm sharing one of my samples that I made for the Clarity Stamp shows that were on over the weekend. As you all know, I haven't been too well over the last few months and it took all my energy to make these samples but I was determined and as always...I really hope you like them!!

This stamp set is a little bit different from anything we've seen Barbara do in the past but I loved it and it gave me the chance to get out my Gelli Plate and start creating backgrounds, which is exactly what I did and now, I'm a little bit addicted to that plate!! Lol...

I used both stamps in this set to create my card and then doodled the border around the outside with a black and a white pen.

The image of Douglas is coloured with Distress Marker Pens and then I added some checks onto his trousers.

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look at what I've created today and I really hope you're inspired to try out these stamps. I can't wait to show you my other samples that I made for the shows over the next few days! As for me, I'm off to see a consultant tomorrow to see if he can sort me out and put me back together again to become my old self ~ lol!!

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

Kraft Essentials at Craftwork Cards...

2013-04-06T10:36:00.000+01:00

Morning everyone!! Hope the sun is shining wherever you are today and that you're ready for a wonderful weekend...

To begin with, I just wanted to say a big "HELLO" to all my new followers ~ thank you so much for following my blog and I hope you enjoy the stories and creations that appear here regularly!! :)

I also wanted to say, THANK YOU for all your amazing comments that you left on my last blog post...I was overwhelmed with the response and you all just blew me away. I was especially jumping for joy when I saw THE Wendy Vecchi had left me a comment...Wendy is someone who I greatly admire and whose work always makes is just amazing...so, as you can imagine, seeing a comment from Wendy really made my day!! Also, thank you to Mel Hookham for your lovely comment ~ it made me LOL and I won't tell if you won't!! Tee hee... ;)

Anyway back to today, and I'm sharing a few of my latest projects over on the Craftwork Cards Blog and if you click HERE, you can see all the projects, with lots of detailed photos and all the details of what I used and links to all the gorgeous CWC products. But to whet your appetites, I thought I would share just a few sneaky peeks before you head on over there....

As always, I hope you like them....

I made this little mini album using my trusty Sizzix/Tim Holtz Alterations dies to cut the pages and used papers and embellishments from Craftwork Cards to decorate it.

Boxes and kraft flowers are all available to buy from Craftwork Cards

...as is the wreath!!!

...and last but by no means least ~ a card!!!

So, if you LOVE Craftwork Cards and you're inspired by my makes and would like to make some of your own ~ then this weekend, is definitely the weekend to go and treat yourself to some new and really fabulous goodies and I can't wait to see all your makes.

As ever, thank you for stopping by and having a look at what I've created today...so looking forward to reading all your comments!!

See you all very soon and bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

Dare To Dream ~ 12 Tags For 2013

2013-04-04T16:12:00.000+01:00

Afternoon everyone!!

When I saw the new 12 Tags for 2013 challenge, HERE on Tim Holtz's blog...I just knew that I had to join in with this one, asap!! All my favourite colours and products, including Wendy Vecchi's Clearly For Art Modelling Film, all in one gorgeous tag ~ it was too much to resist!!! So, my inky fingers got to work and this is what I created ~ as always, I hope you like it!!

Now, I'm not a proud owner of those new Metallic Distress Paints.............YET!!!! But for my tag, I used a combination of the other Distress Paints, together with the Metallic Stains and I think it worked out great!!

I've aged all my Idea-ology pieces with Distress Paint and Stains, to give that gorgeous patina look to them and then, because I wanted to do something a little bit different and you know me...I LOVE my Sizzix Alterations dies ~ I die cut some of the Gadget Gears from chipboard and went about ageing them too!!

Finally, I mounted my tag onto some black card and guess what???? Yep...even that came in for a splash of Distress Paint!!

The number 4 is also die cut from chipboard, using the Word Play die.

Finally, I added a stamped message using the Tim Holtz Simple Sayings Stamp Set and that was me done!!

Well, that's it for me for today and as always, thank you so much for stopping by to take a look at what I've created. I can't wait to read all your comments ~ they always mean so much!!

See you all again very soon...Love Emma xxx

Spring Has Sprung...

2013-04-03T10:27:00.002+01:00

Morning everyone!!

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter and the Easter bunny treated you well!! I was left with a good stash of choccie which will keep me going for a while, so I was happy!!

But I can't quite believe that it's already Wednesday!!! Is it just me?? Time is flying so quickly, I hardly have time to blink before it's the next day and something else has been added to the "list of things to do, that aren't getting done as quick as I would like"!!! Lol!!

In honour of the sun peeking our from behind the clouds today, I thought today would be a great day to share some of my latest DT makes for Merly Impressions, using the fun and funky Suga Pop collection of papers and die cuts, from Kaisercraft. As always, I really hope you like them...

When you work for a DT, what is so wonderful is that it takes you out of your comfort zone...I probably wouldn't have thought of buying these papers, as they are quite bright for me but for this time of year, I just think they are perfect for and aren't those owls just the cutest?!!?

To see how I made this card, click HERE

My second project for the month...

...and to see how I made this card, click HERE

All Suga Pop products are available from MERLY IMPRESSIONS

Well, that's it from me for today and I hope you've been inspired by my little creations!! Thank you so much for stopping by and I'll see you all again, very soon!

Love Emma xxx