On This Day....

Hello friends...

I hope you've all had a wonderful weekend and you're all ready for a new week of adventures!! My week is quite full already and there's lots of projects piling up on the craft table waiting for my attention but today, Mr Mojo isn't playing too nicely even after I coaxed him with copious amounts of coffee and cake!! Oh well, maybe tomorrow... :)

In the meantime, I thought I would share another card that I made for a recent issue of Making Cards Magazine. I know there's a few of my followers who can't get this magazine easily, so...for those people who can't get a copy of the mag, I thought it would be nice to share my cards here on the blog and I really hope you love all of them and especially, this one...

Every month, I work on a project for the Designs With A Difference feature and it's always challenging to come up with a new ideas, sometimes they come together easy, other times...they're a bit more challenging but this card was one of those that just worked perfectly and I was so pleased with how it turned out. For all details of how to make this very special card that was in the August issue, you can buy back issues of the magazine HERE! As you can see, there's quite a lot of detail, so...grab a cuppa and enjoy all the pics...

The papers I used are by Kaisercraft and from the On This Day collection.

With the stepper section closed...

The flowers are by Petaloo and coloured with Distress Stains. I then added die cut leaves around the cluster and a paper bloom through the centre.

Inside the card and a stamped image, together with some fussy cutting.

Well, that's it from me for today and I hope I've inspired you with this card. As always, I really appreciate your visits. At the moment, visitor numbers do seem a little low and my blog is feeling a little sorry for itself so...if you can spread the word and I hope to see some of the old faces back so, I can say hello!!

See you all again soon...love Emma xxx

Travel The World....

Happy Friday everyone...

As promised, I'm back to share the second of my cards that was created for and published in the September issue of Making Cards Magazine. As with the first card that I shared here yesterday, I used another of the gorgeous stamps from Tim Holtz's Travel Blueprint set, coloured with Distress Marker pens and matted onto some Teresa Collins papers. As always, there's lots of pics to show all the detail...so grab a cuppa and I hope you enjoy!!

For more details of this card and many others that I've made, you can buy back issues of the magazines HERE!

Well, that's if from me for this week...hope you all have a fab weekend and thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and see what I've been creating!! I really do appreciate it... :)

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

Imagination Is Boundless...

Morning everyone...

Hope you're all having a fabulous week and enjoying this little burst of sunshine and warmth that we've had!! It's as busy as ever here at Chez Williams' but I thought I'd just drop by and say hello and share a little something that I recently made for Making Cards Magazine.

We all know how difficult men's cards are to make and there is so little on the market to make them with!! But when I was asked to make a set for the September issue, I knew exactly what I wanted to do and headed straight for these little babies...Tim Holtz's Travel Blueprint stamp set. With the addition of a few Sizzix die cuts, some Teresa Collins' papers and lots of Distress products, this is the first of the two cards I made ~ as always, I hope you love them!!

All details of how this card is made are in the September issue which is available to buy as a back issue HERE.

Before I love you and leave you today, I've had a few people asking me about the current October issue of Making Cards Magazine and who made the Editor's Selection cards, because the photo next to the cards is, me but it states another contributing designing as making them. So, in answer to all those queries, there's just been a little mix up but yes...I did make all this month's card projects using both of the Editor's Selection paper sets and I also made the card that's featured on the cover of the magazine. 

As you can imagine, these things do happen and can't be helped but I hope that clears things up any confusion!! :)

I'll be back tomorrow with the second card in this set and until then, have a great day!

Bye for now...love Emma xx

Trick or Treat...

Hello everyone!!

It's time for me to share my latest post over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog and as always, I'm whetting your appetites with just a little sneaky peek here but I would love it if you would head on over to the blog to see this piece in full!

I'm really looking forward to reading all your comments and can't wait to hear what you think of my little spooky creation!!

Thanks for stopping by and see you all again very soon!

Love Emma xxx

Imagine Your Dreams ~ Tim's 12 Tags of 2013 ~ September

Hello friends...

Hope you're all having a good week but where has it gone again?? I'm not even sure what happened to Tuesday and could've sworn it was only Wednesday today!! These days are absolutely flying....

After not joining in with Tim's 12 Tags of 2013 last month, I know...*slapped hands*...it's time for me to share what I've created for this month and as always, I really hope that you love it!! For all the information of this month's tag just pop on over to Tim's blog.

I decided to go with the same colours as Tim because I LOVED them but then changed a few things about the rest of the tag.

I did use the fantastic Layering Stencils, which I adore but I didn't have any of Wendy's paste...so, after searching in my cupboard, I came across some Dreamweaver paste which I had years ago and it worked perfectly!! The stamp I used was different and I added a different quote using Chit Chat stickers.

As an added extra, I matted my tag onto kraft card and then added the corrugated die cut stars, which were die cut using the Old Glory die from Sizzix.

So, that's about it from me for today...I'm not ready to do a LOT of cutting for a magazine commission!! If anyone wants to help, call me!! Lol...

Hope you all have a fab day and I'll see you very soon with another share!!

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

Also entered into the following challenge:

Tag Along ~ Tag 4 ~ Masculine

Christmas Post...

Hello friends!!!

It's time for me to share another post with you all over on the Craftwork Cards blog. As always, I'm showing a little sneaky peek of what I've made but if you want to see both of these cards in more detail, then just click HERE and you will be whisked over to the blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I'll really look forward to reading all your comments either here or over at Craftwork Cards!!

See you all very soon and have a great day...

Love Emma xxx

Art Phrases and My Second Guest Designer Piece for Sam Poole...

Hello everyone...

Thank you for all the lovely comments you left on my post on Saturday and today, I'm sharing my second piece that I made as a guest designer for Sam Poole... As always, I hope you love what I've made!

To read all about how I made this and all the stamps that I used, just click HERE to be whisked over to Sam's blog!!

Thanks again for stopping by and for always taking the time to visit...I really do appreciate it!!

See you all tomorrow with some makes for Craftwork Cards but until then...take care and have a great day!

Love Emma xxx

Artful Lady...

Hello friends and happy weekend...

The regular followers and friends of this blog might remember that the very lovely and extremely talented Sam Poole asked me to be a Guest Designer for her back in July. I had so much fun working with Sam stamps and was over the moon when Sam asked me to join her again for a second time and today, I can reveal what I've made. As always, I really hope you love what I created...

The stamps that I enjoyed using on this piece are from the Artful Ladies, Art Phrases and Alpha Writing and if you would like to see my project in more detail, pop by Sam Poole's Creative Studios for more details and instructions.

Thank you for stopping by today and if you love this piece, remember to pop back on Monday for my second piece that I made for Sam!

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

Voyage...

Hi everyone!!

It's my turn to share over on The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog today and here's a little sneaky peek of what you'll find if you head on over there by clicking HERE!!

I really hope you love what I've created and I can't wait to read your comments!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I'll see you again very soon...bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

Sunshine On A Rainy Day...

Hello friends...

Well, another weekend has whizzed past, the temperatures have dipped considerably and we seem to have plunged into Autumn overnight but as regular followers to my little blog will know...this makes me a very happy girl because I absolutely LOVE this time of year, when the trees start changing from green to vibrant reds and golds, halloween is round the corner, the night's are drawing in and Saturday night TV just got a whole lot better!! What's not to love??? Lol!!

But back to today and I'm sharing the rest of my Clarity DT samples that I made for Barbara's Create and Craft shows at the beginning of the month! As always, I hope you love them...

The whole image for this card is built up using Distress Inks and matted onto co-ordinating cardstock.

The background to this card is created using the Gelli Plate. The image is stamped and embossed onto white card and then built up with Distress Inks.

I used different colours of embossing powder to create the image and then stamped into UTEE to make a seal.

Right, time for me to get back to crack the whip and move onto my next project but thank you so much for stopping by today. I do love reading all your comments and I love to hear what you think of my latest set of Clarity cards.

Enjoy the rest of your day and see you soon!

Love Emma xxx

Bellissima...

Hi everyone...

It's my turn to share over on the Craftwork Cards blog today and if you love Craftwork Cards products as much as I do, then I'm sure you'll want to pop over because I've been using some of the gorgeous new Christmas products and created three projects to inspire you...

So, without further ado...here's a little peek of what you'll find when you click HERE to be whisked over to the Craftwork Cards blog!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I can't wait to read all your comments.

Hope you have a lovely weekend and see you all again soon!

Bye for now...love Emma xxx