L.O.V.E.

Good morning!!

Hope you are all well. Firstly an apology for being a little more quiet here in blogland lately but I have got a really good excuse....I have been run off my feet, I literally haven't had time to think and been crafting away for England. At the weekend, I spent two 14 hour days on the production line, making cards and meeting deadlines...it's a good job I love what I do!! lol...

In the meantime, you might remember that a while back I was creating something a little special for Craftwork Cards and CHA! Some of you might have already seen the photos over on the Craftwork Cards blog and I also was so excited to see photos on Flickr and Pinterest that someone had very kindly taken of this collection...I felt quite humbled and proud!! But, today I can start to reveal exactly what I made, with lots of close up pics to show all the details, and here is the first of those creations, a wedding gift box...I hope you like it!

The brief I was given was a vintage wedding, using the gorgeous flowers, Candi stamps and of course, Candi. I made the box from scratch, and just covered it in these fabulous blooms, that I built up for dimension. I added Candi clusters to some of the centres and gems to others.

You can just see the ribbon that goes around the box on this photo. I actually stamped directly onto the ribbon and then attached it to the box, adding a piece of Candi to each of the "O's" in LOVE!

Finally, I attached my message in the centre, die cut using Spellbinders dies and added Liquid Pearls around the edge.

So, this is just the beginning of my wedding collection and I hope you will keep checking back to see how this little set grows and grows and...grows!!!

I'll be catching up with all your blogs later today...

See you tomorrow with more CHA goodies.

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

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