Flowergarden...

I can't believe it's already Thursday again, and what's even more frightening...I keep seeing tweets on my timeline on Twitter mentioning that there's only 89 sleeps 'til Christmas!! How did that happen??? Eek...

Anyway, today is a quick share and as promised, it's the second card in the set that appeared in the June issue of Making Cards Magazine.

The gorgeous papers that I used to make the card are from a Tilda paper pad called Flowergarden and these photos, show all the intricate cut work that went into making this card set. I will be honest, you have to have patience and these aren't quick and easy cards but the overall effect is really worth all the effort!!

The chipboard heart is from Basically Bare and the message is from a stamp set by Paula Pascual.

So, I really hope this inspires you to have a go at making your own little creation based on my designs and I'd love to see any cards that you make!!

Thank you for taking the time to visit me and as always, I love reading all the comments you leave!!

Bye for now and see you soon!

Love Emma xxx

Box of Treats

Hi everyone ~ and HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my followers in the USA!!

Hope you're all doing ok and having a lovely Thursday!! Once again, hasn't this week flown? Crikey...it's now only one week to go before I get to open the first window on my advent calendar. Now, I know you might think I'm a little old for one but in my opinion, you're never too old for the things you enjoy and come the 1st December, I've always loved the countdown to Christmas. This year might be a little bit more frantic than others but I'm still going to have fun every single day that I open a window on that calendar.

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my last post and today, I'm following on from that with a matching box using some more of those stunning papers from Kaisercraft, and here it is ~ I hope you like it!!

As in the previous post, the papers are all available from Merly Impressions. Also, if you do love Kaisercraft products as much as I do but you're still looking for some more inspiration, then my lovely friend Chrissy has lots of stunning projects over on the Merly Impressions Blog. Make sure you check it out...

To complete the box, I painted the whole of the outside with Antique Gold acrylic paint and then covered the outside and inside, with some of the Tis The Season papers. I then cut out one of the images of Santa and added a Tim Holtz Fragment piece over it. I attached that to the front of the box, added some Tis The Season Rub Ons on the sides, some seam binding and another of those little rosette stacks with the beer bottle top embellishment.

Finally I added some adhesive pearls on the sides and that's about it!!!

I hope these pictures do all the products justice because it was so hard to photograph all the elements but I think you can just about see everything.

Time for me to bid you farewell for now and I'll be round to visit all your blogs when I collapse in front of the TV tonight!!

Bye for now!

Emma xxx

  

*Edit*

I have noticed that the links to Merly Impressions aren't working at the moment but they are correct, so keep trying and I'm sure everything will be back to normal soon!

You Can Never Have Too Many...

Hi everyone and hope you've all had a fabulous start to you week.

I'm still beavering away and working hard and at the moment, surrounded by lots of crafting goodies from Craftwork Cards, Graphic 45, Kraftin' Kimmie and of course, Lord Tim and that's just to name but a few and I can't wait to start playing and to share everything I make with you, over the coming months. And speaking of samples, I had my first showing on QVC today and I can't believe that the wonderful Dyan Reaveley was the one showing off my work and said how much she liked them!! *faints* lol

...and speaking about being a little excited, today I'm thrilled to share this little project with you all and I really hope you like it...

If you've checked out the latest edition of Making Cards Magazine, you might have seen my card projects using some gorgeous Kaisercraft papers called Velvet Ensemble. I absolutely adore Kaisercraft products and you can imagine how over the moon I was, when the lovely Chrissy from Merly Impressions asked me to work with some more Kaisercraft goodies on a regular basis and then share them with all my lovely followers and friends. And this is the first of those projects using papers and embellishments from the stunning Miss Nelly collection and a Beyond The Page Handbag Tidy.

To make up the handbag, I painted the MDF with PaperArtsy Fresco paint and adhered all the parts together with Glossy Accents which has done a fab job of holding it all secure and solid. I made some handmade flowers from the gorgeous papers and apart from all the other Kaisercraft Miss Nelly products that I used, I added the gorgeous little Eiffel Tower charm from Primark, together with some decorative pins and vintage seam binding from The Ribbon Girl.

It was so nice to be able to make something a little bit different to all the cards I've been making over the last few weeks and I had so much fun making this up!! I can't wait to hear what you think about it.

I'll be around to see all your creations, asap!! Sorry, if I've missed out on some...it's been a crazy few days but I will catch up!

Have a wonderful evening and don't forget there's more craft on QVC later tonight at 10 p.m.

Bye for now!

Love Emma

xxx

Birds Flying High...

Hi everyone!!!

Another quick post from me, today...I'm not actually supposed to be on the computer due to my eye still resembling the oh-so lovely look of Rocky, after one of his title fights. So...if anyone asks, you didn't see me! hehe...

But here's today's Craftwork Card shares and some more of those delicious Candi and Spellbinders collaborations. Hope you like them... 

And don't forget to pop over to the Craftwork Cards blog to see all the inspiration and the lovely cards, the other DT members have made.

See you tomorrow with some more cards and hopefully, *fingers crossed and with the help from some antibiotic eye drops* ...I'll be back to normal!

Thank you for all your lovely well wishes and comments!

Love Emma

xxx