Christmas Countdown ~ Day Two

Good morning!

Well, it's already day two of my Christmas countdown and another busy day ahead at Chez Williams'!! Yesterday, I managed to get some cooking done, the presents wrapped and "tried" to tidy the craft room. The latter might be a losing battle to get done before Christmas though, as it kinda resembles something that a bomb has hit!! *sigh*

Oh well, what's not done...can have the door firmly shut on it!!!!!

In the meantime, here's todays share and I hope you like them...

This set of Gorjuss cards were made and featured in the December issue of Making Cards Magazine. The first features my "shadow box frame card" and I used My Mind's Eye Christmas papers throughout. I used Promarkers to colour the images and all the seam binding is from The Ribbon Girl.

Right, time for me to go, muster up some strength and do some cleaning!!

See you tomorrow with day 3!!

Love Emma xxx

Waiting...

Another weekend has flown by and I don't know about you but even though it's been a lovely day, today...there's definitely a feel of Autumn in the air. Yesterday, as I was driving along, there were leaves being blown from the trees and a very watery sunshine...if I didn't know, I would think we were in mid-September rather than August. 

Anyway, I'm not sure where August has actually gone and except for one post, I know I was M.I.A. last week but I promise, I have been making lots and lots of cards! The living room and dining room have now been taken over and resemble John Lewis' greetings card department!! I can't wait to show you what I've been up to but until I can, I'm having to sit on my little hands and tease you with the fact that...there's some lovely things coming this way soon!! So, watch this space... hehe!

But for now, here's a card I can show you and another one using those lovely Gorjuss stamps...I hope you like it!

The one thing I always tend to do with these images, is not make them cute and I love the fact that these stunning little girls can lend themselves to a bit of distressing and shabby chic!

Once again, I made one of my "famous trademark" HUGE flowers and used that stripey paper, which I think is fab!! I also added some rosettes, vintage ribbon and a Spellbinders die cut to complete the card.

The image was painted with Art and Graphic Twin pens from Kuretake.

I'll be around later to comment on all your lovely creations, after I've tidied up the crafty bombsite that used to be a family home! lol

Thanks for stopping by to take a look at what I made. See you soon and hope you all had a lovely weekend!!

Love Emma

xxx

"No Clouds In The Sky"

Hi everyone, remember me? Well, with all your encouragement and lovely comments on my last post, I can confirm that I'm still breathing but at the same time, chanting..."keep calm and carry on...keep calm and carry on..." lol

Well, I did say that I was going to be flat out over the last few days (and the next few days too), and I was absolutely right but I'm just coming up for air and thought I'd pop on to say hello and of course, show you a card. I hope you like it...

This card features one of the lovely Gorjuss Girl stamps that were recently released by Personal Impressions and some of you might remember from quite a while ago that I absolutely adore Suzanne Woolcott's illustrations and as soon as I saw this one, I just knew that I had to have it.

I wanted to keep the overall look of this card, monochromatic but then add just a pop of colour and I really loved the way it turned out. I stamped the image onto watercolour paper and then hand painted it, using Kuretake's Art and Graphic Twin Pens.

To complete the card, I added one of Tim's messages which I stamped onto a journalling ticket. I crafted a lovely big flower which I made from some of the stripey papers that I had left over from a previous Gorjuss kit and finally added some of those fabulous Floral Flourishes from Spellbinders.

Well, it's time for me to tidy up my workdesk and clear away all my finished projects, ready for another day and another set of new projects.

I'll be around later to comment on all your lovely creations and I'm sorry if I've missed any of them but I promise that I do read everything and always find all of your work inspiring!!

See you soon and I'm still chanting...keep calm and carry on...keep calm and carry on... lol

Love Emma

xxx

A Winter Rose

I wanted to share something a little bit different and special with you all today...and some of you might remember that I showed you a teeny tiny, sneaky peek last week of this project.

As some of you know, even before I was lucky enough to work with the wonderful decoupage images from The Crafthouse Press, I've always loved Suzanne Woolcott's Gorjuss illustrations. There is just something so endearing about them and something that totally appeals to the artistic side of me and because I always see like to think of what I do as little works of art...I decided to do something different and use the decoupage images to make a wall hanging and here it is....

I think that the Winter Decoupage kits were absolutely stunning and probably my favourite so far and together with some handmade roses, using templates and paper products from Inspire Me, I was over the moon with how this turned out and I'm really proud of this and couldn't wait to show you all and hope that the photos do it justice. I really wanted to show everyone the dimension in this piece.

And finally, here it is hanging in pride of place...

So, hope you all had a fabulous weekend and thanks for stopping by to take a look at my work. It's always lovely to get your comments and to welcome new followers!!

Love to you all...

Emma

x

Giggle...

Hi everyone...hope you all had a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend and now, ready to start a new week and new month. It's unbelievable where August went...but today, I woke up to see dew on the grass and a definite autumnal chill in the air. I love Autumn and can't wait for the leaves to start turning a beautiful shade of orange...

As for today's post...I did promise you that I was working on a lil stationery set and here it is...

This letter and envelope set works perfectly with the Post-it Note holder in the previous post and show's that if you think outside the box, you can create so much more that cards with these Gorjuss images from The Crafthouse Press. I've even created some bottle top drawing pins with left-over images and some UTEE, melted in the Melt Pot and poured into the caps, to give this gorgeous enamelled look.

Everything that you see on these projects is made totally by hand, I even made the little paper flowers using a Craftwork Cards Perfect Petals template and painstakingly cut out all the petals and layered them up, one by one before popping a beautiful bead in the centre. Sometimes, the harder these projects are, the more I love doing them...it's as if my creative juices never know where to stop!!! But I really do love what I do and I love sharing them with you all and seeing all your lovely comments. It makes it all worthwhile....

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my lil creations....have a wonderful week!

Emma

xx

A Winter's Tale...

Just dropping by to say hello and wish everyone a wonderful weekend. Of course, here in the UK it's August Bank Holiday and in the past, I might've taken the opportunity to visit the Notting Hill Carnival or go and see some fabulous bands playing at the Reading Festival but this weekend, is one of total relaxation, good food, wonderful wines and maybe, a little bit of window shopping along the way!! 

But there is something else that I always have time for and that's crafting...and today's share is something a tiny bit different from usual. By now, I think you all know how much I love the Gorjuss girls and what I wanted to do with the new releases of Winter Decoupage from The Crafthouse Press was show everyone that these images are not just for card making...there is so much more that can be done with them....

Ane here's what I made.... a hanging Post-it Note holder and this is just the first of many in a stationery collection that I'm making!!! 

I've always loved stationery products, even as a little girl...I used to spend hours in department stores looking at the latest designs and buying them with my pocket money but what can be more satisfying than making your own and it's really not that difficult...I promise you!! You just need paper, card, punches and embellishments!! The rest is up to your imagination....

Before I go, there is one last thing that I wanted to do and that's to send my love and support to Suzanne Woolcott and her husband, Grant. *hugs to both of you*

So, I hope you like my little creation and as I said, there will others to follow!!

Have a fabulous weekend and thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Love Emma

xx

Snowflakes are Winter's Kisses....

Happy Monday and I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend.

As for me? I had a good weekend and even managed some relaxation time...I know, it's a miracle! I'd forgotten what that was! But I do love what I do and I'm never happier than when I'm creating my little masterpieces and just lately, I'm pushing myself to become more and more creative...trying to find new ideas for cards all the time. As much as I love the easel card and I was even tempted by Kirsty Wiseman's new inventive idea of the double easel card which I saw her make on Create and Craft last week...I really did want to try some new ideas to showcase all the fabulous products that are around and with this card...I hope I've done just that! To be honest, you know when you make a card and just will NEVER be able to bring yourself to give it away?? Well...for me, this is it!!!

It's actually a frame card and everything that you see on this card, is created by my own fair hand from two pieces of A4 cardstock and a scoring board and my tip for making a card such as this...use good quality card...I used Centura Pearl in Snow White from Crafter's Companion and the pearlescent sheen that you get with this card, is stunning!! I've really tried to show you every little detail about this card and I hope that the photos can do it all justice.

The main decoupage image, is of course from the Gorjuss Winter Decoupage by The Crafthouse Press and when I saw it, I really wanted to showcase the beauty of these illustrations and a frame just seemed like the perfect idea! I die cut the snowflakes using Spellbinders Snowflake dies together with some more Centura Pearl card and I punched some Bazzill card, using a Martha Stewart punch to make the little picket fence behind the main image. The snow comes courtesy of Flower Soft and just gives that wonderful feel of freshly fallen snow. As finishing touches, I added some adhesive gems to complete the look.

So, I really hope you love this card and thanks for stopping by to take a look...it's always fab to hear what my fellow crafters and friends have to say!!

Have a wonderful week....

Love Emma

x

Entered for the Winter Wonderland ~ Walking In A Winter Wonderland theme challenge!