All Occasions at Craftwork Cards

Hi everyone!

Just a quick post from me for today to let you know that if you love Craftwork Cards as much as I do...then you might be interested in popping over to their blog today, click HERE and you will see some of the projects that I made for the lovely Julie Hickey when she appeared on QVC at the beginning of the month. There's a few sneaky peeks here of what you'll find when you visit...so, I hope you'll pop over now and as always, I hope you love and enjoy seeing what I made!!

White 6" x 6" Box decorated using the Party Time Create A Wreath Kit.

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my last two posts...as always, I love reading them all and I love knowing that you're all out there, enjoying my work as much as I love sharing it!!

See you all very soon with an Easter surprise...bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

Some Rules Are Made To Be Broken...

Hi everyone!!

Hope you're all having a good weekend, so far! It's been another busy old week, here at Chez Williams' but there's been a lot of fun and a few exciting developments along the way. All will be revealed soon...

In the meantime, here's a pictorial week in the life of Emma...lol!

The new issue of Making Cards magazine came out and I had a little bit of a celebration because for the fifth month in a row, I made the cover!! Woohoo!! I have three separate projects in the magazine and two of those are on the cover!! If you do manage to grab a copy and see the cards, I'd love to hear what you think!!

After a very busy start to the week, working on magazine commissions, I actually ventured out, into the outside world on Thursday and I spent the day at QVC, where finally, after promising each other for a while but never finding time in our busy schedules I had lunch, coffee and a catch up with my lovely friend, Julie Hickey. As everyone knows, Julie is a fabulous demonstrator, true inspiration in the world of craft and she does an amazing job fronting the Craftwork Cards shows on QVC and the couple of shows that she did on Thursday were no exception. Fabulous new products, lots of sell outs and so many gorgeous CWC goodies to tempt us all with.

Then yesterday, *shock horror*...I actually went out again and spent the day at Ally Pally with my lovely friend Sarah Hurley. I did manage to give into temptation and buy a few bits and pieces, and I also managed to catch up with Barbara Gray, Jennie from The Artistic Stamper and of course, Julie and Sue from Craftwork Cards. Along the way, I also bumped into a few other friends that I've made through the world of crafting and a new friend, the lovely Kim Robertson who I met at the Craftwork Cards stand. We instantly connected with each other and I'm really looking forward to getting to know Kim better.  

My Crafty Haul from Ally Pally

A beautiful day and a beautiful view from Ally Pally.

Finally, last but never least...here's a card that I made using some more of the fabulous Save The Date collection from Kaisercraft and one of my all time favourite quotes! As always, I really hope you like it....

If you'd like to see what I used and how I made this card, then click here. All Kaisercraft products and lots more, is available to buy from Merly Impressions.

So, that's about it for me and my round up of my week...I'll be back tomorrow with another share but now, I've got 10 sets of instructions to finish for the magazine. So, I'll be round to visit all your blogs asap and until then, enjoy the rest of your weekend and see you soon!!

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

Fine and Sunny...

Hi everyone and before I say anything else....I just wanted to say a very BIG thank you to everyone who left comments here, on my Facebook page and on Twitter about the cards and projects that I made and were shown on QVC on Tuesday!! I was a little taken aback by all the lovely kind words and it really did mean so much to me...I couldn't have asked for better timing from you all, it was just perfect and thank you for putting a little smile on my face, just when I needed it!!

Anyway, I promised to share some more cards using the fabulous Kaisercraft collection, Fine and Sunny and here they are ~ I hope you like them!!!

All Kaisercraft products are available from Merly Impressions and if you would like to read more about how I made them and what I used then click here to visit the Merly Impressions Blog.

Right, it's time for me to get back to work...I have a copious amount of things to do and unfortunately, not much time...so, ta-ta for now and I promise to visit everyone's blogs, asap...I'm such a bad blogger just lately and I will allow you all to give me a little slap for not keeping up!! lol!
See you all soon....love Emma xxx

P.S. A lot of people asked me about where they can purchase those gorgeous new Neon pens from Letraset. If you are one of those people, then I have popped a link in my sidebar or click here!!

En Vogue

Happy Sunday everyone...hope you're having a wonderful weekend and I spy a big ball of yellow in a brilliant blue sky!!! lol. Hope you're all enjoying this burst of summer that has finally appeared in the UK!!

It's just a quick post from me...yes, as always ~ I am resembling a headless chicken running around trying to do a million and one things and never seeing the end of that "to do" list...but I have actually managed to get so much done this week...I've even surprised myself!! :)

Thank you so much for all those fabulous comments you left on my post for The Artistic Stamper...I can't tell you how much it means to me to read them all and hugs to everyone for your kind words. Today, I'm sharing a card that I made for QVC and features this lace from Fantastic Ribbons...hope you like it!

I used some of the lace and wrapped it around the Sizzix/Tim Holtz Alterations Sewing Room die to create a skirt. The background stamp is also from Lord Tim and I added some Prima flowers and Candi to complete the card.

And here's the card on being shown on QVC...

 ...and here's a couple more cards made using lace from the kit!!

Right, time for me to tidy up the bombsite that is otherwise known as my craft area...

I'll be visiting everyone's blogs later tonight but until then...enjoy the sunshine, the rest of Sunday and have a fab week!!

See you soon and bye for now!!

Love Emma xxx

Classy and Fabulous

Good morning friends...hope you all had a lovely weekend! At the moment, these weeks are going by so fast and the weekends seems to disappear in a flash, I only blinked and it was Sunday night!!

Anyway, I've just popped on to share another card using those fabulous papers from the Grace Taylor paper pad, available at QVC. I hope you like it...

Once again, I kept the overall look of the card in the style of shabby chic, adding some die cuts, paper rolls and then stamped one of my favourite quotes from Coco Chanel. To be honest, I think I should've lived in the 1940's or 1950's. I just love everything about that era...for me, this era epitomizes how a woman should be ~ classy and fabulous and do it all with style!!

Right, time for me to go...at the moment, my mojo has gone astray and it doesn't want to be found!! So, wish me luck in looking for it because I have deadlines to meet and nothing to show for them yet!!

Eek...

I'll be round to see all your creations, later today!!

Bye for now and see you soon!

Love Emma xxx

Vogue

Good morning everyone!

Thank you for all the lovely comments on my Dad's birthday card and for all the birthday wishes you sent him. He appreciated them all and especially the lovely comment that called him a "wonderful man"...he now can't get his head through the door!! haha

Today, I'm sharing a card that I made for a recent QVC show using a gorgeous 12" x 12" paper pad by Grace Taylor. The papers are stunning and if you're a fan of shabby chic vintage...then this is a must and I implore you to go on waitlist for this product!!!

I hope you like the card I made...

Right, time for me to go...my mojo has taken a wander at the moment, so I'm going to see if I can hunt it down, as I've got quite a few deadlines to meet and I'm getting nowhere fast!! Eek...

I'll be visiting all your blogs later today and see you soon.

Bye for now.

Love Emma xxx

Vintage Treasures

Hi everyone.

Hope you are all well and enjoying your week, so far. First of all, I have an apology for being such a bad blogger this week, it's been "one of those weeks" and to be honest, if I told you everything that has been happening here at Chez Williams', I think you might fall asleep through boredom. :) But bear with me and I promise that I will be visiting all your blogs and catching up with all your gorgeous creations, throughout today!!

In the meantime, I wanted to share a few cards with you that I recently made for US Craft Day over on QVC. If you watched, you will know that they had some amazing products and I was so lucky that I got to work with a few of them, including these gorgeous papers from Melissa Frances. I believe that these papers did sell out on the day but they are on waitlist and it's definitely worth popping your name onto if you like what you see because they are stunning.

Those are Amy's hands showing my card on TV...I still get so excited to see them on air!!

...and here are the set of four cards, I hope you like them!!

Okey dokey, time for me to fly and slowly make my way around all the blogs and catch up with everything!!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

See you soon and bye for now.

Love Emma xxx

To celebrate the fact that we have an extra day in February, this year...The Artistic Stamper has a special on their website for one day only. If you head on over to their facebook page, you will be able to read all about it.

Flutter By...

Good morning!!

It's an early morning post for me because I'm planning on giving myself my first day off in nearly two months and sitting down in front of the TV for most of the day to watch US Craft Day on QVC!! I'm like a kid in a shop window at the moment and I'm sure you can hear the ooh's and ahh's coming from Chez Williams, lol. I've already spent a small fortune and my bank manager must be quaking in his boots but who can resist all those gorgeous goodies and I'm hoping to spot the odd card or two that I've made for some of the shows. I had so much fun with the gorgeous papers and kits, and I will show all the cards I made in the coming weeks. 

So, before I get back to my place on the sofa, I thought you might like to see another of my CHA, Craftwork Cards makes and I hope you like it.

I made the little box by hand using some gorgeous cardstock from Craftwork Cards and combined it with Shabby Vintage papers, butterflies and of course, the stars of the show...Candi and a die cut message.

I attached the butterflies onto little pieces of acetate to give them the effect of flying and the handmade roses are dipped into UTEE for an enameled effect.

I added the Candi all the way around the sides and finished off with a die cut message.

Right, time for me to go...thank you for popping by to take a look and for taking the time to leave a comment. I'll be around to see all your blogs, asap and if you are watching...enjoy Tim on QVC!

Bye for now and see you soon.
Love Emma xxx

Sugar Candi

It's another really quick post from me tonight and at the risk of sounding like a broken record...it's been another busy day but yay...I've met all my deadlines. My Clarity samples are all finished, ready to be packed up and sent off tomorrow, my magazine projects are done, dusted and the instructions are all written and all but one of my DT projects are up to date!! I think I might celebrate with a glass of vino tonight..because I'm worth it!! LOL...

If you were watching QVC earlier today, you might have seen Kirsty Wiseman showing some of my samples that I made before Christmas, using a couple of fab punches from EK Success. I still get such a buzz from seeing all my cards on TV and I thought you might like to see a couple of screenshots of the just two of the cards I made, and as always I'll show all of them here on my blog, with lots of close up photos of all the details.

But before I get around to cropping all the pics and loading them on, here are a few more of the samples that I made for the Craftwork Cards shows that were on QVC a couple of weeks ago! I hope you like them...

Some samples using the gorgeous Confetti kit, combined with the Easel cards. All the items that I used on these cards are available from QVC or Craftwork Cards themselves.

 

This card was made using the die cuts and papers from the Sweet Meadow kit.

Right, time for me to try and catch up on the huge amount of emails, messages and last but not least, all your blog posts. So, fingers crossed I should be around later tonight, or if I collapse before, tomorrow morning! hee hee...

See you soon and bye for now!

Love Emma xxx