Americana...

Morning everyone...hope you all had a fabulous weekend and ready for the start of a new week!

As you all know by now, when it comes to Tim Holtz products, they do make me go a little bit weak at the knees and when I saw this Americana Blueprint stamp set on it's release, there was no exception to that rule...I just knew I had to have it!! So, as soon as it became available in the UK, it was in my basket quicker than you could say "would you like it?"...lol and as soon as it arrived at Chez Williams', I had to make something with it and this is what I created...

I created this way back in December, which seems so long ago but I've been saving it to show you all and today, is the day I thought I'd share! So, as always I hope you like it...

To begin with, I covered a large tag with Tissue Wrap, blended it with Distress Inks and then used the Snow Cap Adirondack Paint Dabber around the edges.

I used the Sizzix Rosette and Mini Rosette die to create the pinwheels, which I coloured individually using Distress Inks. The stamp is one of four in the set from the Americana Blueprint Stamps by Stampers Anonymous and I handpainted it using Distress Marker Pens.

I used various bits and pieces to complete my tag, including an old buttong, a stamped ticket, seam binding and the star, which I cut out from another of the stamps in the set and then mounted onto card, before adding it to my tag. Finally, I added USA onto the rosettes which I die cut using the WordPlay die and then added Glossy Accents over the top and a coating of Distress Dry Rock Candy glitter.

So, that's it from me for today...I really hope I've given you some inspiration with my tag and I can't wait to read all your comments!!

See you all again very soon and thank you so much for your continued support, it really does mean the world to me...

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

Shh...don't tell anyone but Christmas has arrived!!

Happy Friday, everyone and I hope you're all looking forward to the weekend!!

Yesterday, you might remember that I teased you a little with something very special over at Craftwork Cards and, if you haven't bought this fab kit yet...then what are you waiting for?!?!? Just click HERE for all the details and then, go and treat yourself...you know you want to and if you're like me, you can resist anything but temptation!! :)

In the meantime, no pressure of course but this is just one of the cards that you can make...I hope you like it!!

If you are a member of the Craftwork Cards Privilege Club, then you can access a video where the lovely, and very talented Julie Hickey shows you how to make this card and my other card design, using the product that you will receive in the kit!

The wreath was coloured using Promarkers, which can be bought directly from Letraset. They have some fabulous offers at the moment, so if you're a fan...go check it out! I added Stickles Glitter Glue and Glossy Accents to highlight them and give them the finishing touch!

Time for me to pour myself a glass of wine and say hello to the weekend and celebrate another ✓ of the  infamous "to~do list"!!

I'll be around later to catch up on all your lovely creations...not sure where this week went but I apologise if I'm kinda slow these days in commenting!! Sorry...please forgive me?!?!

See you all tomorrow with the second card made from this fab kit!

Bye for now...love Emma xxx

From The Heart...

Another flying visit from me...to show you the final part of my Wedding Collection that I made for Craftwork Cards and CHA!! I had such fun working with all these products...they are just so gorgeous and as always, the quality of CWC, is second to none and it just keeps getting better and better!!

So, here is the last of my creations to complete the ensemble and I hope you like what I've created!

Wedding Card

Thank You Card

Table Decorations

The Gift Collection

Okey dokey, time for me to go and cook dinner but before I head into the kitchen...if you are a huge fan of Craftwork Cards, and who isn't?!?!?! If you have already started to think about your Christmas cards, eek...I know, terrible isn't it...but if you have, then why don't you head on over to the Craftwork Cards right now or click HERE because there's something very special waiting for you and I think you will love what they have on offer!!

Sorry for being so secretive but if you check back tomorrow...all will be revealed here on my blog!!

Bye for now and see you soon!

Love Emma xxx

Flowers In Bloom...

Anyone else finding that this week is flying again? I can't believe that it's Wednesday already...I'm sure someone is speeding time up...there is just not enough hours in the day for me to get everything done!! When I was a little girl, school days seemed an eternity...why can't craft days be like this?

Thank you to everyone who left such a lovely comment on my post yesterday and as promised, here is part two of my wedding collection that I made for Craftwork Cards and CHA 2012! I'm really looking forward to hearing what you think about them...

This is a little place setting that I made, which once again has one of the gorgeous blooms that I built up from a few of the die cut flowers in the pad to create a 3D flower. I used the Candi Stamps to stamp the name of the person onto the Candi. Of course, if the name was longer the design would have to change slightly...lol!

I also made a small favour box from scratch, to accompany the collection. I thought this could be used for confetti, a slice of wedding cake...the possibilities are endless! The box itself is so easy to make, it's just a matter of getting the measurements and scorelines absolutely spot on...once that's done, easy peasy...just decorate it however you choose but I think these blooms just lend themselves to creating something really special and that would be treasured for a long, long time to come!

Once again, I've showed lots of pics to give you close ups of all the detail...

So, that's part two and I hope you like it... If you can check back tomorrow, and I would love it if you could, then I will be showing part three of this collection and you can see how everything comes together to make a very special wedding set.

Look forward to seeing you then...same time, same place!

Bye for now.

Love Emma xxx

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

Wishes

I really don't know where this week has gone but it's definitely flown...as always, and I'm sure that I'm starting to sound like a broken record by now but I've been very busy. On top of all that, I've also got the added problems of my re-occuring shoulder injury, which has decided to come to plague me just when I need it least and a serious case of internet gremlins. I've been in touch with my ISP and after a lengthy phone conversation, I came away with absolutely 'ziltch' and I STILL have huge sections of my day, without a connection...grrr!!!!!

Anyway, time away from the internet is time well spent because it means I can create, and yep, I've done that with a vengeance. I've been lucky enough to be asked to make lots of lovely things for CHA, then there's the magazine projects and last but not least, I've been working with some gorgeous new products from QVC...the only problem is, I can't show anyone yet but as soon as I can, I will.

In the meantime, and in true Blue Peter style...here's one I made earlier, I hope you like it!! :)

This card was made for QVC and it was made using Glossy Accents, which I love!! This product has to be one of the most useful things in my crafy stash, there's just so much you can do with it...definitely, a dessert island fave!!

Okey dokey, time for me to fly...I'll be around later to visit all your blogs and see what you've been up to. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I will see you all next week.

Happy Weekend, everyone!

Love Emma xxx

Vintage Sew

My second post of the day...now, this is a first!! :)

I was going to post yesterday but unfortunately the atrocious weather caused me major problems ~ phone lines, electricity and internet problems all contributed to making things just a little tricky but I survived the horrendous winds, which to be honest were quite scary at times and hopefully, everyone is safe and the worst is over.

Before I share today's post, I just wanted to say a big hello to my new followers...*waves*!! I'm so happy to see new faces and hope you enjoy the ride, that is my life!! lol.

I also wanted to say thank you for all the lovely comments that you left on my last post. You all have the knack of making me smile wide and Katina, if I do get that call from Lord Holtz...are you still up for the position of my PA??? LOL!!!

Okey dokey...back to my post and another card that I made for Kuretake to launch their new Kuretake Online shop. I hope you like it....

Once again, this project was all about the gorgeous Basically Bare products and I used one of the canvas hearts from Basically Bare, together with the sewing machine from the Vintage Sew Embellishment set. I painted the chipboard with Eco Green Acrylic paint, then distressed the edges to give a real vintage feel to the card. The buttons are also from Basically Bare, painted and covered with Glossy Accents.

I used Art and Twin Graphic Pens to colour the Tim Holtz stamped image and ribbons and fibres from Kuretake to complete the card.

Right, time for a cuppa before I start the work, work and MORE work!!

I'll be visiting all your blogs later to catch up on what you've been up to!!

Bye for now!

Love Emma

xxx

A Good Night To All...

Hi everyone!!

Now, I don't want to panic anyone and if you don't want a shock ~ please do not click, HERE!! 

Did you click? Are you now panicking as much as I am? How did this happen? LOL. Usually by now, I am so well prepared but I haven't got one single present, no Christmas food, no cards and NO Michael Buble Christmas CD! Eek...this is not good, not good at all...if anyone wants to be Emma's Little Helper, there is a vacancy right here but hurry, time is running out!! hehe...

As you might have guessed, it's been another busy week at Chez Williams' and I'm slowly ticking off some of the jobs but in amongst all the hard work and nose to the grindstone there was one little thing that lit up this girl's face...

☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟☟

Those few little words made Emma, a very happy girl!! It's the little things in life that make me so happy!

So, back to business and I think it's time to share a card...I hope you like it!

These stunning papers that I used on this card are from the Tis The Season collection by Kaisercraft and can all be bought from the fab Merly Impressions. If you still haven't popped over there, then you must, the service is second to none and you will love all the gorgeous products they have to offer.

I layered up a selection of the papers and slightly distressed and tore the edges. Next, I used Tim's "to die for" Evergreen Bough Winter Seasonal Distress Ink on my handmade paper flowers and holly leaves and added a spritz of Cosmic Shimmer over the top. I then combined them with the die cut rosettes, made from some more of the Tis The Season papers and a bottle top embellishment, that I made from an old beer bottle top, some of the decorative paper and a generous covering of Glossy Accents.

Thank you so much for taking the time to come and have a look at my creations and thank you for all the comments that you leave, here and on all the other blogs that I share my work on.

Hope you all have a wonderful evening.

Bye for now.

Love Emma

xxx

Spooktacular

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

It's hard to believe that we are in the final week of October...dark nights are drawing in, the clocks go back at the weekend...eek, Christmas is coming too quickly!! Once Halloween and Bonfire Night is over...it will be the final countdown and at the moment, I am by no means ready!! Can someone tell Santa I might need an extension... lol

Oh well, what's not done this year, will have to remain that way and I'm sure that Christmas will be fabulous with or without the chutney, or the Christmas cake, maturing for six weeks. hehe...

But back to today and of course, it's Halloween next week and I thought it would be nice to count down with some "spooktacular" projects ~ and here's the first, I hope you like it!!

The basic shape of the door hanger is covered in one of the papers from the 13th Hour collection by Kaisercraft, which is available from Merly Impressions. I then die cut some chipboard using a selection of Tim Holtz's Alterations dies, the skull and bats, the leaf and twig and of course the birdcage and wings. I then painted them with black Eco Green acrylic paint. The wings have a coat of PaperArtsy's Fresco Finish Metallic Acrylic Glaze over them to give a shimmery effect.

I added some Glossy Accents and Rock Candy Distress Stickles, to the rose.

As final touches I added some seam binding, a message from one of Tim's stamp sets and a little bird from the 13th Hour chipboard shapes.

Before I go, just to let you know that the Making Cards Christmas Special is out very soon and it's all about a traditional Christmas and there's one or two of my projects in there too!! I even have one on the cover...that's it on the bottom right!! Yay...

Well, I'd better be going but I'll be around later to visit all your blogs and see what you've been up to.

Bye for now and have a lovely evening!

Love Emma

xxx