Spring Fling

Isn't British weather just the strangest thing ever?? Two weeks ago we were digging ourselves out of our houses and absolutely freezing cold. Today, Spring has sprung, the sun is shining, we've got drought warnings and our overcoats have been thrown off!! I suppose, it won't be long before the downpours start and we'll have floods. It's very strange indeed.

It's definitely been one of those days, today...I've been suffering from a migraine for most of it but it's calmed down enough for me to pop by to say hello and share my final makes for CHA and Craftwork Cards. I hope you like them...

I made the shadow box from card and used the Candi to highlight the sides of the cards and the flower centres.

On this frame card, I used the Candi to accent the window and papers from the Confetti range. The dress form is from Basically Bare, which can be bought direct from the Kuretake Online Shop. The flower is handmade from some more of the Confetti papers.

Tonight, I'm going to take it easy, have a cup of tea and treat myself to a few more choccies from my Hotel Chocolat stash.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look at what I've made and I'll be around to see all your creations, asap!!

Bye for now and see you soon.

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

Always Follow Your Heart

Is it me, or is time flying again?? I can't believe how quickly the holidays disappeared, I only blinked and it was over but it's now time for a new year and even though my crafty mojo seems to think it's still on holiday, I have begun working on new projects and, I have also got something a little bit exciting in the pipeline!! More about that very soon...

But in the meantime, whilst I'm working on lots of new exciting things, I thought that over the next few days I'd show you a few of my projects that I made at the end of 2011. Starting with this one... I hope you like it!

Some of you might have seen the adverts in some of the crafting mags advertising Kuretake's new online shop and as part of their DT, I was lucky enough to get to work with some fab goodies from Basically Bare, together with all the gorgeous inky products from Kuretake themselves. This card is one of those featured in the adverts and uses a few of the items from Basically Bare.

I used Kuretake's Alcohol Ink on the acrylic buttons and the Art and Graphic Twin pens on the background die cut. I also inked up a my Tim Holtz and Andy Skinner stamps with them and then stamped directly onto card.

Thanks for taking the time to pop over to my blog and take a look and, thank you for all the lovely comments on my last post ~ they were all appreciated.

I'll be around to visit all your blogs later today, when I get to finally sit down with a cuppa.

Bye for now and see you tomorrow!

Love Emma

xxx