Dream A Little Dream...

Hello everyone and happy Friday!!

Just a quick post to let you all know that there is a new challenge started over at the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog and the theme for this month's challenge is:

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD

Now, I will admit I'm not a glittery person so this was a tough one for me but I thought and thought and finally decided on gold Cosmic Shimmer spray and gilding flakes and here's a little sneaky peek of what I made and if you click HERE you will be whisked over to the blog to see the tag in full. As always, I hope you like it!

The stamps I used are available HERE from Sarah's shop and I stamped the image onto watercolour card, then coloured it with Distress Marker Pens.

We would love for you to join in with our challenge and if you need some more inspiration, then just head over to Sarah's challenge blog to see all my lovely DT members little works of art!

Okey dokey time for me to go and see if Mr Mojo is visiting and I'll see you all again tomorrow with a Craftwork Cards share!! Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Bye for now and have a fabulous day...love Emma xxx

Oh Christmas Tree...Oh Christmas Tree...

Good morning everyone!!!

Hope you all had a very Happy Halloween and looking forward to a lovely Thursday and...November already!! Once again, I'm not sure where time has gone this week and to be honest, I actually only thought it was Wednesday!! Arghhhh!!! Who stole my day?? lol.

Today, is the start of a brand new challenge over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog and this month's challenge is: ANYTHING GOES!! Yep, you can submit anything you like and could be in with a chance of winning a fab prize if you're one of the random winners!! So, what are you waiting for?? We'll all look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations on the blog.

If you're looking for inspiration, then just click HERE to see what the DT have been making and here is what I've made. As always, I hope you like it...

Right, I've got a busy, busy day ahead...so, I am now off to to grab one more coffee before trying to find Mr  Mojo to help me with my latest project!!

See you all again tomorrow with something very special from Craftwork Cards...bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year...

Good morning everyone!

Hope you've had a fabulous week and you're all ready for the weekend!

I'm just popping by to let you know that there is a brand new challenge starting over on the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog and guess who's picked the theme!?!?! Yep...it's my choice for this month and I chose AUTUMN!!

We want to see all your creations that feature my favourite time of year and we can't wait to see what you make!!

If you need a little inspiration then pop on over to the blog to see what the DT have come up with and here's my card, that I made for the challenge!! As always, I hope you like it...

It was really hard to photograph the little acetate window that I die cut in the centre of the card but I think I managed to capture it in the end. I printed the "Autumn"wording onto the acetate and then used it as the centre piece to my die cut flower which I created using the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die and the leaves from his Tattered Leaves die and coloured with a combination of Distress Inks and Dyan Reaveley's Dylusions Sprays!

Papers and Autumn wording are from Sarah's brand new and quite lovely Farmer's Market kit...available here!

Before I leave, I just want to tell you about Sarah's One Day Deal!!

You can click HERE for all the details but it's not to be missed if you love these gorgeous products!!

Time for me to fly...there's a mountain of craft building up again on my desk and it all needs to be done, dusted and finito by the end of the weekend!!

See you all soon with another of the cards I made for Imagination Crafts....thank you so much for all the lovely comments on my last creation for them!! You all made me a very happy Emma!!

Bye for now and I'll be visiting as soon as I get the ink of my fingers later tonight!! lol!!

Love Emma xx

Memories...

Good morning everyone, and a big hello to all my new followers!! I'm really looking forward to getting to know you!!

Well, after years of talking about it today is the big day and the Olympics have finally arrived... There's one thing that I do know...I won't be going anywhere near London over the next couple of weeks, and as for a tube, those are bad enough any time of the year let alone when a huge event like this is happening and the city will be packed to the rafters with tourists!!!

Anyway, if you're not interested in the Olympics and you have some crafty time on your hands, a new challenge has started over on the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog.

 The lovely Clare has picked the theme of:

ALTER SOMETHING

...and we would love it if you could come and join us with this challenge and there's lots of inspiration from the team over on the blog. Here is my piece for the challenge...another of those little photo memory boxes, made using paper and embellishments from Sarah's Say Cheese Digi Kit, which can be bought HERE!

I printed out my bits and pieces to create this box onto paper, card and acetate and then added some ribbon and pins to complete it.

Okey dokey, lots to do and deadlines to meet...so, time for me to go!!

I'll be back soon with another share and also, be dropping by your blogs to see all your lovely creations!!

See you soon and bye for now!

Love Emma xxx 

Notes On Paper

Hi everyone!!

Hope you are all ok...sorry for my absence in blogland over the last few days...as you all know life at Chez Williams' is never dull and this week has been...manic!!! Wall to wall crafting, it's been non stop and in between it all...a life has to go on too!! Anyway, the "to do" list has had another major job ticked off it today...now, I just need to work through the rest of the it!! Eek...

Anyway, today there is a new challenge over at Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog and the theme is:

DIMENSION AND TEXTURE

...and here's my challenge piece!!

For all the details of this challenge and more inspiration from the DT, click HERE!

I used papers from Sarah's fab new Retro CD to make my tag notebook. I covered a die cut chipboard tag with some of the gorgeous woodgrain papers and then added a notes section, where you can tear off each page once you've used it. I then stacked a couple of rosettes made from more of Sarah's papers, added a wooded embellishment and pins. Finally I tied ribbon and twine through the top to hang the finished tag.

Before I go...if you like these gorgeous papers and would be interested in being a member of this fab and talented design team...then click HERE because there is a Design Team Call happening right now!!! The call closes at midnight on the 25th June, so if you think you fit the description...why not give it a go!!!

I'm off on my blog rounds now to catch up with all your lovely creations...

See you soon with some more of those Clarity shares that I teased you with at the beginning of the week!

Love Emma xxx

Bon Voyage

Hi everyone!!

Well...we've definitely had a change in the weather and sorry to be typically English but...it's too darn hot!!! My regular followers know that when it comes to this weather...I just melt when it gets to these temperatures, and London is definitely very HOT today!! The best part of the day though...evening, a cool breeze and a beautiful sunset...perfect!!!

Anyway, I hope you're all having a fabulous week, and I hope you're enjoying the sunshine! Today, is a new challenge over at Sarah Hurley and this challenge is all about....

NEW BEGINNINGS

We'd love to see your creative pieces and if you need any inspiration, the DT have come up with some fabulous ideas...and here's mine, I hope you like it!!!

I chose to make a little Bon Voyage suitcase, ready for a new beginning...maybe somewhere exciting, where you start new dreams and new adventures!! The papers are all from Sarah's Britannia CD and of course, the die cuts are Tim Holtz's Vintage Valise, Branch and Leaf and Tattered Florals Alterations Sizzix Dies. I added some computer generated text and some twine.

So, that's about it from me for today...it's been a slightly hectic week of crafting, one that I wasn't expecting and one that will continue for the next few days...wish me luck because I have deadlines looming and as yet...no card projects!!! Eek.... lol!!

Thank you for all your comments on my last post...as always, I appreciate each and every one of them!!

I'll be visiting all your blogs later tonight...see you then and have a lovely evening!!

Take care....love Emma xxx

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Good morning everyone!!

Just dropping by to let you all know that there is a new challenge starting over on Sarah Hurley's Challenge Blog.

The lovely Jaine has chosen ~ Take me HOME as the theme, and we would love to see what you can create. So, come and join us and if you should need any inspiration, then the DT have made some gorgeous samples and you can see them all HERE.

Here's my interpretation of the theme...

The papers and the blooms are all from Sarah's fabulous new Britannia CD which can be bought, here. I used the Caged Bird die and painted the cage with the Adirondack Gold paint dabber and used DI on the bird itself. I added the painted branch die cut, some hand dyed seam binding and finally, the text which I printed from the computer.

If you love Sarah's designs and would like to have an array of background papers to hand at all times, they can now be bought directly from here.

Right, lots to do and the whip is being cracked, so time for me to start making samples for Barbara's shows that are on next weekend!

See you soon and thanks for stopping by.

Love Emma xxx

Fashion Statement

Good morning everyone!

Hope you're all looking forward to the weekend and have something nice planned. Me? I'm hoping to pop along to The Big Stamp and Scrapbooking Show at Ally Pally just for a flying visit, then it's my Dad's big 70...shh, don't tell him I told you!! So, I plan on spoiling him rotten and celebrating his day in style!!

Today is the start of a new challenge over on the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog and it's all about...

CIRCLES

and here's my interpretation of the challenge, a scissor storage holder...I hope you like it!!

If you click HERE, you will be able to get all the details of the challenge and see what the rest of the wonderful creations that the team have made!! We hope you will join us with this challenge and look forward to seeing what you make!!

To make this, I used papers from Sarah's Easter Digi Kit, painted an old ribbon spool, wrapped twine around it and then decorated it with buttons, handmade flowers and seam binding.

So, it's that time of the day when I'd better think about what I need to do, organise myself and then, go and make another cup of strong coffee to get me through it!! lol.

See you tomorrow and hope you all have happy weekends!!

Love Emma xxx

Sarah Hurley Challenge ~ Steampunk

Hi everyone!

Thank you for all your lovely messages and well wishes for my Mum...I've passed them on and I think she was really chuffed, she feels quite famous!! lol. She's in bed at the moment and not feeling too good but I'm doing my best Florence Nightingale act and looking after her.

In the meantime, it's time for another challenge over at the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog. This fortnight's theme was set by the lovely Claire and is all about STEAMPUNK. So, if you head on over there, you can get all the challenge details and be inspired by the fab makes from the team...including the following card from moi, which I hope you like!!

This card was made using papers and elements from Sarah's brand new Steampunk CD, which is available here. I added an embossed panel of Core'dinations cardstock and then some Gadget Gears which I die cut from chipboard and embossed with embossing powder to give a vintage look. I made the flower using some more of Sarah's papers and the Tattered Floral Die and then added the bottle top centre.

So, I really hope you will join us for this challenge and can't wait to see all your makes. 

Thanks for stopping by to take a look at my creation and I'm coming round right now, to see all your blogs and say hello!!

Bye for now and see you soon!

Love Emma xxx

With Love...

Morning everyone! Hope you've all had a lovely week and now looking forward to another weekend, which I hate to say but, hasn't it come round fast again. As a good friend of mine said to me earlier in the week, an eight day week would be perfect to get everything done and I totally agree but saying that, I'm sure I would fill those eight days and then be asking for nine!!!

Anyway, I just wanted to rop by to let you all know about this fortnight's challenge over on the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog and this time it's all about...BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS. We would love it if you would join us in this challenge and look forward to seeing all your creations. Should you need any inspiration, then this is the tag that I made and if you click here, you can see all the gorgeous makes from the DT!!

To make this tag, I used papers and elements from Sarah's gorgeous new Steampunk CD and added some Tim Holtz Alterations dies and vintage seam binding that I dyed with Distress Stain.

Okey dokey, it's time for me to face the weekly shop and head to Tesco~wish me luck!!!

Thank you, so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look...I hope you all have a great day and a wonderful weekend!

See you soon and bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

"Paris Is Always A Good Idea"

Good morning friends!!

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my last post and for taking the time to leave them...I always appreciate every single one of them.

So, today is the start of a new month and the start of a new challenge over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog. The theme of our challenge is TRAVEL and we would love to see all your thoughts and creative ideas...so if you have time and want to join in, pop on over to the blog, link up your challenge piece and you could be the lucky winner!! If you should be stuck for inspiration the Creative Team have come up with some fabulous artwork, which you can see HERE and this is mine...I hope you like it!!

As someone who loves Paris and is fascinated by the Eiffel Tower, then how could I resist making this tag, which features lots of inkiness and stamping. The Eiffel Tower stamp is from, Lord Holtz and everything else that you see is from The Artistic Stamper. I made the flowers using stamp elements from the gorgeous Flower Power stamps, stamped onto Grungepaper, coloured with Distress Ink.

Okey dokey, time for me to head off into the craft room and try and fire up my mojo!!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

See you soon and bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

Nothing Is Impossible

A bit of a late post for me tonight but I've been run off my feet all day and as I sit down to watch Masterchef, I thought I'd just pop on to say hello and to thank everyone for all their support for Craftwork Cards and their recent TSV on QVC. Julie, Sue and the Craftwork Cards team did us all proud and the TSV itself was something that I was so honoured to be a part of...I was over the moon to be asked and it was so hard keeping the secret but I hope that you all enjoy the Recipe Cards Binder and all the "recipes" that Julie, myself and all the other wonderful designers created for you!

Before I go, I just want to let you all know that it's already time for a new challenge over at Sarah Hurley's Challenge Blog and this fortnight's challenge is:

ALL ABOUT ME!

If you head on over to the blog, then you can get all the details and see what fabulous creations the DT have come up with.

..and this is my creation...I hope you like it!!

This scrapbook layout is all about my favourite actress, Audrey Hepburn and one of her famous quotes and a few words that I live by...

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!"

The decorative paper is from Sarah's Wonderland CD and I added some of my handmade paper blossoms.

Okey dokey, time to watch the end of Masterchef, with a nice cup of tea.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your evening and see you soon!

Love Emma

xxx

Sarah Hurley Challenge ~ Giving Thanks

Hi everyone!!

Just to let you all know that it's that time already ... it's time for a new challenge over on the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog and this fortnight, it's all about:

GIVING THANKS / THANK YOU

If you click HERE you will see all the fab creations and lots of wonderful inspiration from the rest of the DT, including this card that I made, using some of the gorgeous papers from Sarah's Tinseltown cd, together with some Tim Holtz dies. I hope you like it!!

I really hope you can join in with the challenge and we can't wait to see what you make!

Sarah also has some very exciting news to share with you all and if you missed her announcement, you can read all about it HERE!!

Bye for now!

Love Emma

xxx

Sneaky Peek

Hi everyone!

Just popping by to let you all know that it's my turn over on The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog and here's a sneaky peek of my last post of 2011! If you click HERE you can see lots more of my project and find out how I made it!!

I hope you like it, just as much as I loved making it!

Don't forget that right up until the end of December, you'll be able to get a FREE stamp with every order that you place at The Artistic Stamper.

Bye for now and thanks for popping by to see my latest creation!

Love Emma xxx

Sarah Hurley Challenge 56

Hi everyone!!

Just to let you all know that it's already time for a new challenge to start over on the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog and the theme for this fortnight is all about...

COLOURING!!

There's a great prize up for grabs and we're very lucky to be sponsored by LIMITED RUNS DIGIS.

The challenge is open until midnight, January 1st and if you want to join in then all the details are here and if you're looking for any inspiration, then you can check out all the DT's fabulous creations whilst you're there, including my make featuring one of the lovely snowman images.

Hope you can join us and we're all looking forward to seeing your makes.

See you soon.

Love Emma

xxx

Santa Claus Is Coming...

Hi everyone. Hope you're all having a wonderful week.

I'm just dropping by to let you all know that there's a new challenge starting today over at the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog and the theme for this fortnight is:

BUTTONS

All we want you to do is use buttons somewhere on your creations and we can't wait to see what you create and if you should need any inspiration, then here's my card that I've made. You can also see all the fab projects over on the blog that the rest of the DT have come up with.

To make this card, I used papers and elements from Sarah's fab Tinseltown CD and made a handmade rose with the papers, added some Baker's Twine around the postcards and popped on a few buttons, some punched holly leaves and finally stamped a message onto the postcards.

So, that's it from me for today and I really hope if you have time to join in, you will ~ it would be lovely to see some familiar faces!

Bye for now!

Love Emma

xxx