Christmas In The Country....

Morning friends...

Brrrr!!! It's a bit nippy-noo out there this morning but it's the sort of day I love...cold and crisp with the sun shining bright and perfect for the run up to the festive season!!

Thank you so much for all the lovely comments you left on the first of my card projects that I made for the November issue of Making Cards Magazine. Today, I'm sharing the second of those projects and as always, I hope you love what I've made and it gives you some inspiration for your special Christmas cards.

Once again, I've used those gorgeous Distress Glitters on my Reindeer Flight die cuts from Tim Holtz for Sizzix. Now, I'm not one for sparkly and usually stay clear of all things glittery but these are just amazing. Just the right amount of sparkle but with a gorgeous shabby, distressed look. If you haven't tried them yet...you should, you will not be disappointed!!!

The stamped message is from the Simple Sayings Stamp Set from Tim Holtz and papers are from Papermania.

Thanks for popping by today and as always, I'm going to really look forward to reading all your kind words that you leave!!

Hope you all have a fabulous day and wrap up warm if you venture out!!

See you soon...love Emma xxx

It's The Great Pumpkin...

Good morning friends...

Today, I'm sharing another of my Halloween projects, which I have entered into the Halloween Crafting Contest over on the Ranger blog. For this project, I used lots of gorgeous Tim Holtz's goodies ~ his fabulous Halloween Blueprint stamps, (which I love) the bats and numbers from his Sizzix die range, Distress Glitter, Paint and Marker Pens and lots of Idea-ology!! As always, I've taken lots of pictures for you to see all the detail and I hope you love what I've made...

For the background, I used a piece of torn cardboard and ripped away the edges before giving it a covering of PaperArtsy Fresco Finish paint and the crackle glaze.

The main stamped image is from the Halloween Blueprint 2 set, stamped onto watercolour card and coloured with Distress Marker Pens.

 If you  look really closely you can see that I added a little shelf to my piece, which was die cut from three pieces of chipboard, fused together and using the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Pediments die. I then stuck it to my piece and added the various sized vials and the wishbones.

To complete the piece, I added a die cut "31" covered with Distress Glitter, a stamped message from the Simple Sayings stamp set, die cut bats and some Remnant Rubs!! 

So, that's it from me for today, it's one of those days when I have a million and one things to do and not enough hands...lol!!

Thank you so much for stopping by and as always, I appreciate the time you all take to leave comments!

See you tomorrow....love Emma xxx

Fright Night...

Hello friends!!

Hope you all had a good weekend and looking forward to another week!! If you live in the south of the UK, I think you'll definitely agree, we had a bit of an adventurous start to today!! I was woken around 4am to driving wind and rain and by 6:00 this morning, and after one humongous gust, I thought I was no more and my little house was going to be ripped up out of the ground and on it's way to Oz!! Now anyone who knows me, knows that I HATE windstorms, I can't even watch Twister, lol!! So, to say I was a little petrified, might be an understatement...lol!! Luckily, it seems as if the worst is over now and it's actually been a beautiful day and I hope that anyone who was in the path of this storm is safe and well!!

In the meantime, I've been playing with Distress Stains and Tim Holtz's Halloween Cutout Stamps and this is what I've made. As always, I hope you like it....

The background was created using Distress Stains applied to my craft mat and then spritzed with water before swooshing the card through to pick up the colour. Once I was happy and a little bit of distress ink later, I started stamping onto the background.

To finish this card, I added some Tim Holtz/Sizzix die cuts from the Pediments die, stars from the Crescent Moon and Stars die covered in Distress Glitter and the bat from the Movers and Shapers Mini Bat and Skull set.

I added some doodling with a white pen around the edge and an Idea-ology Skull and Crossbones metal adornment and a stamped Happy Halloween from the Simple Sayings stamp set.

The orange tree which I dyed with Dylusions Sprays and the little freestanding die cuts are actually for another project but I just thought they looked so cool with this card, that I left them there for the pics!!

Well, that's it from me for today and as always, thank you so much for all your visits ~ I really do appreciate them all. Hope you all have a storm free and lovely evening!!

Bye for now...love Emma xxx