Graffiti Love...

Morning everyone...

Hope you are all well and thank you so much for all your visits and the lovely comments you've been leaving me! I really do appreciate them all and you always make me smile wide with your kindness and sweet words!

I'm sure no-one can fail to notice that love is in the air and Valentine's Day will soon be upon us, So today and for this week, I'm popping by to share some cards that I've made for this special occasion! Of course, all the cards that I'm posting can be used for other occasions not just Valentine's but I thought it would be nice to share them in the run up to Saturday!

I made this particular set for the February issue of Making Cards Magazine and as a bit of a Banksy fan, I couldn't resist using these wonderful stamps from Bee Crafty. As always, I hope you love my cards...

For the first card, I used one of my all time favourite Banksy images ~ Balloon Girl.

The graffiti style backing papers, which I trawled the internet for because I thought they worked so well with the images are from the Crush collection by Authentique...

...and of course, no card is complete without a little bit of Tim Holtz!

The second card features the Love Hill image. For those who know Banksy's work, this image has been slightly adapted from the original artwork but it's still beautiful and was perfect for my second project!

As with the first card, I mounted my inked background onto the backing papers from Authentique.

So, I hope these have given you some inspiration for Valentine's cards and if you do make some, then please get in touch and let me know! I would love to see them!

Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you soon with my next Valentine make!

Love Emma xxx

Nothing Is Impossible

Hello everyone!

Hope you've all had a great week, so far! It's been glorious weather here in London and you might find this hard to believe but I actually managed to enjoy some of it because for the first time in, I don't know how long~ last week, I actually had 3 whole days where I didn't had to worry about deadlines or projects and even though it didn't last for long ~ it was lovely while it lasted!

Before I share today's post, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who stops by to leave a comment and to all my new followers! You always make my day with your lovely comments and your kind words and it really does make all the hard work that goes into each and every piece that I create so worthwhile! So, from the bottom of my heart ~ THANK YOU!

Right, back to today's post and I'm sharing a card that I created for the October issue of Making Cards Magazine. I still get such a buzz to see my projects in the magazine and when it comes to creating any project for them, I always try to make something a little different and love trying out new folds that I can bring to you all. This particular card is called a dutch fold card and it's such a great idea for those extra special cards that you want to make! Now, me being me...I don't do things by half and it wasn't good enough to just make the card, I wanted to do more and so, I made a special wallet for the card to fit inside. As always, I hope you love this project...

For those who might follow me on Pinterest, you will know that I have a couple of addictions in life, one being David Beckham and the other is that I adore Audrey Hepburn ~ she's my icon and when I saw this stamp by Deep Red Stamps, I just knew that I needed to use it but the one thing I didn't have was a quote! So, after much searching (and tearing my hair out) on the internet, I saw a stamp set by Lili of the Valley and lo and behold, it featured a quote from Audrey and worked so well!

The stamped image is stamped onto watercolour card and coloured with Distress Marker pens. I layered the image onto gorgeous papers by Authentique.

I created the wallet using more papers from Authentique Elegant Collection and added feathers, vintage seam binding and paper roses to complete the card.

So, that's it from me for today ~ thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a fabulous day!

See you soon...love Emma xxx

Daddy Cool....

To all the wonderful Dad's around the world and one very special Dad and my hero ~ 

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Some of you might recognise the project that I'm sharing today, as it was featured on the cover of the June issue of Making Cards Magazine but for those of you who didn't manage to get a copy I wanted to take the opportunity to share my Father's Day card in a box on this special day. As always, there's lots of photos to show all the detail and I really hope you like it...

Of course, if you haven't got time to create your own pop up box, you can buy these card blanks from Craftwork Cards but I don't make life easy for myself, lol and this particular version was made from scratch. All the dimensions and a diagram are in the magazine, together with full instructions of how to make it.

The papers that I used to cover this box, are from the Authentique Anchored Paper Pad and then I've used dies from Memory Box to create the clouds and of course, the cogs are created using the Gadget Gears die from Tim Holtz for Sizzix.

The Voyage stamp is from the Classics 1 stamp set by Tim Holtz and stamped directly onto the decorative paper.

I added some shells and twine, together with the a Happy Father's Day stamped message from a Paula Pascual stamp set to complete the card.

...and the wonderful thing about this card, it all folds down flat for you to post!!

Thanks for stopping by today and for all your lovely visits and your comments this week.

See you all soon and bye for now...love Emma xx

Snowbird...

So, today has definitely been one of those days...I had to pop out to do some shopping and get my glasses updated with a new prescription and what should've taken only 1 hour or so...took me 4!!! The glasses went to plan and they did those while I waited but then coming home, the strap on my new bag broke just as I was crossing a busy road and I nearly got run over trying to save my bag and everything in it being squashed by an oncoming car. I then suddenly realised as I was sitting in a massive traffic jam for 45 minutes, I'd forgotten to get the vital ingredient that I'd actually gone out for, for something that I'm halfway through cooking. Peppermint Essence...would you believe it would be so hard to find!?!?! Four shops and one hour later...I finally found it but apparently people don't cook anymore so, ingredients like this are a thing of the past!! Hmm, this is what I was told in Tesco...and guess where I found the recipe that I'm cooking...yep, the little booklet Tesco are giving away for Christmas!!! Arghhhhh!! So now, I'm home...bag~less, in need of a cuppa and a sit down, way behind schedule but I do have Peppermint Essence ~ thank you Sainsburys!!!!

So, after my fun and games...I thought I'd just drop by to say hello and share another couple of cards in my Christmas countdown. As with a few of the previous cards I've been showing, these were also made for Making Cards Magazine...I hope you like them!!

The stamp is from Stampendous and the papers are from Authentique. I made the rose using a die from Paperartsy and the rosettes are using my beloved Sizzix/Tim Holtz dies. I also used a Tim Holtz Alterations Mini Cabinet die, to die cut the aperture in my shadow box card and on the second card, I stamped the image onto card, die cut using the Baroque die.

Okey dokey, time for me to start perusing my list and see if I can actually tick anything off it!! You never know, there might be a miracle!

Thank you all for stopping by to take a look at today's post and I really appreciate all the visits at this busy time of year...

See you soon with some more cards and creations...bye for now ~ Love Emma xxx

Special Delivery...

Hello everyone!!

Isn't it absolutely freezing out there??? I must admit the freezing fog that descended on us yesterday did make everything look so pretty and the sunset that we had here in London was amazing. It lasted for about 3 minutes and then it was gone but the colours in the sky were just spectacular!!

So, it's been another busy day here at Chez Williams'...a trip to the dentist this morning and a huge filling was the first thing to get over and at the moment, the injection is still here to stay!! I did try to have a cup of coffee earlier but that was a bad idea...the cream coloured carpet saw more of it than I drank!! lol!!

In the meantime, I thought in this run up to the big day, I would share all the Christmas cards that I have created over the last few months for Making Cards Magazine. All these cards have been featured in issues of the magazine, since October and if you would like to see how I've made any of these cards then back issues can be bought HERE!!

Some of you might remember seeing this card on the cover of the November issue and this is obviously a very special card that features a surprise in this pocket which I created using Authentique papers. I made the flower from the papers and added the "Noel" using the Sizzix/Tim Holtz Vintage Noel die to die cut chipboard which I then painted and enamelled with UTEE.

The folded carousel card.

The carousel card tied together and fully opened to show all the detail of the inside!

Close up of the flower

From above, looking down at the carousel.

As always, I can't wait to read all your comments and I hope you like my little creation as much as I loved making it!!

Okey dokey, I'm off to put my presents that I've wrapped and decorated, under the tree and try and tidy up the bombsite that is otherwise known as "my house"

See you all tomorrow with another share and I promise that I am going to be dropping by to say hello to everyone once I've completed all my work and replied to the emails sitting in my inbox!!

Bye for now, stay warm and take care!

Love Emma xxx