Never Forget...

Today, my thoughts are with all the people who lost loved ones on 9/11, As we watched that day's events unfold minute by minute, hour by hour...these acts changed the world we live in for ever and none of us will ever forget the bravery of the people who lost their lives and who are still living with the repercussions of these events.

Before I leave you...here is my final card from the Clarity samples that I made for last weeks shows!

I hope you loved them all, as much as I love hearing all your comments.

I'll be around later to visit all your blogs and to look at all your lovely creations and I'll be back tomorrow for another exciting week in Chez Williams'.

See you all then and have a wonderful evening!

Love and hugs, Emma

xxx

Night and Day

Hope you're all looking forward to a fabulous weekend...I've just come in from a wonderful day in sunny London, where I met up with my friend Sarah and enjoyed a lovely lunch at Carluccios in St Christopher's Place. If anyone is paying a visit to London, I can highly recommend it and especially the Panna Cotta. It's like a hug in a dessert...mmhmm, delicious!

Anyway as promised, I have one last thing to do before I go and have a glass of wine to celebrate the start of the weekend and here it is...my final two cards from the samples I made for the Clarity shows from last Sunday. I hope you like them...

Both of these samples are stamped in exactly the same way...I built up the backgrounds on white card, using Distress Inks, blending the colours together to give depth and shading before I then stamped the silhouette images onto them.

I also really wanted the final stamped images to speak for themselves. So, I didn't use any fancy backing papers and chose to use some simple matting and layering and a beautiful bow as a finishing touch!

I really hope you enjoyed what I made and thank you for all the lovely comments on each of the posts!! I hope I've done Barbara's stamps the justice they deserve and that you liked what I made!

See you all, on Monday and I'll be round to see all your lovely creations, asap!!

Happy weekend!

Love Emma

xxx

Fly Away

It's another glorious day in London town and I'm getting so frustrated that my shoulder is still causing me problems and I can't get on with what I need to do... Oh well, I'm sure there's something crafty that will keep me occupied until it feels a bit better!

And on the subject of crafting, here's today's share from the Clarity shows...hope you like them!

These cards never actually got to be shown, as the stamp set sold out quickly but as always, I like to show all my loyal friends and followers what you can make with these sets and hopefully inspire you, just a little bit!

This card was made using the two flourish stamps, which I think have to be my all time favourite stamps from Clarity, together with the butterfly stamp. I stamped each butterfly onto ultra smooth card and then coloured them using Promarkers. The bird cage is a die from Marianne Design Creatables and I love the look of white on white but of course sometimes, it doesn't show up! So, for this birdcage, I used Centura Pearl card to give that little bit of shimmer, to make it stand out from the background card. To complete the card, I used matts of Bazzill card, stamped the flourish onto the background and then adhered all my embellishments, adding the final touch of some handmade roses.

For this second card, I combined two of the stamp kits to make it. The butterfly is from the above kit and then the postage stamp stamps are from another kit that is available to buy from ClarityStamps themselves. But I really thought this worked well and loved the idea of having the butterflies popping out of the postage stamp images.

Hope you all have a wonderful day and as always, thank you to everyone who commented on the last post. I can't wait to hear what you think of this set!

See you tomorrow with some more cards.

Love Emma

xxx

London Calling

Happy May Bank Holiday!!!!

Hope you're all enjoying the weather and having a wonderful day, whatever you have planned! Me? Well, I've been forced into a lazy day, as I woke up this morning unable to move my arm or shoulder! Don't ask me why...but it really hurts! Oh dear, I think I'm cracking up and being stubborn and someone who hates taking medication...I'm being a martyr to the pain and suffering in silence! lol

Anyway, enough about me and my aches and pains because it's time to show my Clarity samples and I really can't wait to hear what you think about them. :) As always with Barbara's shows, they are fast and furious but I was lucky that most of my cards that I made were shown before the stamps sold out. As for the three cards that didn't get an airing...I'll be showing them here during the week.

I've already seen some lovely comments from those of you who did see my cards on yesterday's live shows and I am so glad you like them and also, that you have some fun picking out mine...your comments really do make my day!

So, here's the first of the shares and what could be more appropriate for this Royal Wedding weekend than this lovely LONDON stamp set... And being a Londoner, I loved working with these and hope I did them justice!

I stamped and embossed London onto white card, then handpainted the Union Jack in the centre of the "O". Using the small stamp set, I stamped some of the iconic images onto die cut circles and attached these to the card and rosettes. The background of the card is a tube map that I ran off from London Underground.

For the second card, I actually chose to make the London Underground symbol out of paper and use the small stamps from the set across the banner. I also chose to colour the images in a more sketchy style so that it made it look like an artists drawing.

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a look at my lil creations and I'll be back tomorrow with some more of my samples and in the words of the great Tim Holtz...enjoy the journey!!!

See you tomorrow and love to you all....

Emma

xxx

Keep Calm and Carry On

So, here we are at last...the eve of Kate and William's big day and London is buzzing with excitement about the Royal Wedding!! Will you all be watching? I can't wait to find out what Kate's dress looks like and which designer she chose to make it!! Regent Street and The Mall have the Union Jack flags flying high and it looks absolutely spectacular...this is why I love the city that I live in!! You can take London from the girl but you could never take the girl out of London...lol

And in honour of this Royal occasion, I thought it would be fitting to make a card to celebrate the big day...Kate, this one's for you, just in case you're looking!! hehe... I think the message probably says it all! :)

I really love the shabby chic look incorporating the Union Jack, that is popular in interior design at the moment and thought with this card, it would be nice to recreate that look but with papers, etc...hope you like what I made?

What Did I Use?

Keep Calm and Carry On Stamp: Kirsty Wiseman stamped onto Bazzill Card and embossed

Embossed Dots/Union Jack Backing Card: Kanban

UTEE melted in the Melt Pot and embossed with a Prince of Wales feather stamp

Vintage Ribbon: Creative Expressions (dyed using Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink)

Heart chipboard shape which I covered with gilding flakes

Flowers: Die cut using Tim's Tattered Florals Alterations Die & sprayed with Rich Gold Cosmic Shimmer

Tim Holtz Tissue Tape

and last but not least...the piece de resistance...

A very special button, fit for a King or Queen that I've been saving for a special occasion in my crafty stash and attached to the vintage ribbon bow!

Whatever you might be doing tomorrow, I hope you all have a fabulous time and enjoy the day.

Thanks for stopping by to look at what I make and for all your lovely comments.

See you on Saturday!

Love Emma

xxx

Entered into the Simon Says Stamp and Show Some Buttons Challenge

Here Comes The Sun

It's Thursday, I'm slowly ticking off all my DT projects and meeting those deadlines and it's a beautiful sunny day. And as the sun streams through the blinds onto my work desk, I thought I'd come and say hello and thank you for all the lovely comments that everyone left on my last post! I have the best followers, a girl could ask for...thank you!!! :)

So, seeing as it is such a beautiful day, I really don't think I could've chosen a better card to share with you all, than this bright, cheery Clarice Cliff inspired creation!!

This is actually a peek at just one of the cards that I made for Kuretake, using their fabulous Art & Graphic Twin Pens which are definitely the best pens on the market, at the moment and for this card, I used different colours from the bright set.

I love the work of Clarice Cliff and when I visit antique and collectables fairs, you can't help but see the bright colours of her work, shining bright amongst all the other pieces on display. She was a very innovative lady for her time and once again, I hope this card does her work justice!

I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder to create the sun rays and matted and layered this onto Bazzill card. The actual image is a Personal Impressions stamp, coloured with the Kuretake pens and then die cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities circle dies.

Well, I'd better get back to the drawing board and then I have a party to plan! Saying that, my Mum is still ill in bed, so it might be a pyjama party and a bedtime feast!! lol

Hope you are all enjoying some sunshine...

See you tomorrow,

love Emma

xxx

Flight of Fancy

Here we are, again! The start of a brand new week and the sun is shining, which makes such a lovely change from all this cold, damp weather we've had over the last few months!

So, how was everyone's weekend? Mine was fairly busy but I did manage to get lots of creativity going and this is the first of my shares!

Powder blue and cream is such a winning combination of colours for me...I love them in interior design and I love to wear this combination. So, it would be an absolute sin, not to include them in my work. Hope you like it...

The images are from a stamp set by Kanban and I coloured the using Promarkers. I combined the finished image with some beautiful designer papers from K&Company and once again, I couldn't resist adding my handmade flowers, which I made using a die from PaperArtsy. As a finishing touch, I popped on a sentiment and die cut flourish.

Well, I'd better get back to work...I received the latest collection from Craftwork Cards on Saturday and it is adorable! Check out my blog all week for all my lil creations that I make using these fabulous new items.

Hope you all have a wonderful week and see you tomorrow, with a cute lil bunny rabbit called Warren!! Be warned...you will instantly fall in love with him!!

Love Emma

xxx

Visions of China

Happy Thursday and also a very Happy Chinese New Year!!

So, seeing as today was the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit, I thought it would be appropriate to share this oriental inspired card with you all!! In all honesty it's probably, slightly more Japanese than Chinese but it was such a beautiful image, that I thought it would work perfectly with these backing papers.

The image is using a stamp that I bought a couple of years ago and with the exception of some mirri card and Bazzill cardstock, everything you see, including the stunning backing paper, is from the wonderful people at Kuretake. I even made those blossoms using some of the backing papers and a punch from EK Success.

 

The image is coloured in using Kuretake's, Art and Graphic Twin Pens and I've highlighted areas of the robe with their new "Wink Of Stella" pens. What I absolutely love about these new pens, is it gives just a hint of a glittery shimmer...very subtle, not too obvious...but the intensity of the colour, together with the glitter is gorgeous!! As a finishing touch, I added my handmade blossoms and a Tim Holtz, die cut flourish and message tag, which I stamped with one of his quotes. 

I hope you all have a fabulous Thursday and love to you all!!

Emma

xxx

Entered in the following challenges:

The Stamp Man ~ Challenge #15 Oriental

Daring Cardmakers ~ Year of the Rabbit