A Touch of Pink....

Hello everyone!!

Hope you've all had a fabulous day and you're staying warm!! I must admit, I was slightly envious of everyone who had snow, yesterday...we didn't even see a flake fall from the sky, here in NW London! I was so disappointed but saying that, it is absolutely f...f...f...freezing!! Which isn't helped by the return of the gas men, trying to fix the problems with the new boiler, who have a fixation with leaving the front door open!!! Why??? Why can't you close it behind you???? *sigh*...I bet he leaves the toilet seat up too!! lol!!

Anyway, I'm back to share the penultimate makes from my Clarity Stamp samples and as always...I hope you like them! You've all been so kind with your comments on all my other cards and it really does make all the effort that I put into these samples to show off Barbara's fab stamps...so worthwhile!!

This one screamed out to me that it needed to be kept monochrome but then, I thought...hmm, it really does need a third colour and so, I added this touch of pink and it just bought the card to life!!

Up close to see the heat embossed detail and hopefully, the shimmer of the Perfect Pearls.

This card was for In The Classroom with Barbara...and it uses four different stamps to create the scene.

I didn't want to stamp the images in black because it just seemed to heavy, so...I chose a dark brown and then added neutral colours to create the background.

So, that's it from me for today and I hope I've inspired you all to have a go with Barbara's stamps. Tomorrow, I'm off to the hairdressers but when I get back...I'll be sharing my last sample for this month, and for this year!! Eek....

See you all tomorrow...bye for now and stay warm!

Love Emma xxx

Two's Company...

Hi everyone!

Hope you've all had a good week and now, looking forward to a wonderful weekend. Once again, time has flown and I'm not sure who stole the week!?!?! Could someone lend me a couple of extra days? If you could that would really help...lol!

Well, as you can probably guess...it's been all work and no play but here's a little something that I made earlier this month and I think you might like it...

If you want more details of how I made this and what I used, then just head on over to the Merly Impressions blog, where you can see some more of my work, together with other creations from the very wonderful and creative DT!

All products, except for the little birdies and the tulle, are available from Merly Impressions.

Right, I'm off to see if I can have a lightbulb moment to finally knock this project that I'm working on...well and truly on the head!!

See you all soon with another project using some more gorgeous Kaisercraft papers...

Bye for now....Love Emma xxx

It's All So Quiet....Shh!

Hi everyone...hope you're all ok!!

Finally, I've managed to get around to posting the last card in my Clarity shares, *phew*...I hope you like it!!

The image is coloured with Distress Markers, which I think gives a more vintage feel to the piece. I added some die cut snowflakes and Candi but once again, I kept the overall card very simple so that it showcased the gorgeous stamp design!

Okey dokey, I must go, as I have WAY too much to do and I'm slightly panicking about getting it all done ~ lol! I'll be around later to visit everyone and see what you've all been up to and as always, I'm so sorry that I'm not getting to visit as often as I would like...it's a difficult time for me at the moment and please bear with me!!

Hope you all have a fabulous day!

Love Emma xxx

If The Shoe Fits...

Hello everyone and happy Saturday!!

Hope you're all having a wonderful day. Today at Chez Williams', it's been buzz...buzz...buzz...because I've been a busy little bee working on a top secret project for CHA, and even if I do say so myself...I'm really quite pleased with how it's turned out!! Can't wait to show you all...it's something very special!!

In the meantime, here is the last of my Clarity shares from the shows that Barbara did on Create and Craft last week. I hope you like it...

The shoe stamp was one of my first cards that I made for Clarity when I joined the Design Team, so it was really nice to revisit it and see what I could make of it this time.

This was the card I made in October 2010....

...and my card in July 2012!

As with all my artwork for Barbara, I really do like to let the stamp designs do the talking and not over embellish the card and throw everything at it...especially when this gorgeous shoe really does say it all!!

Okey dokey, time for me to tick one project off my "to-do" list and add another couple in it's place...lol!!

Enjoy your weekend everyone!!

Bye for now and see you soon!

Love Emma xxx

Song Bird

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend, so far and it's a really quick post from me today...I've got dinner cooking and then a date in front of the TV for the rest of the evening but before, I go and live the high life...I thought I'd come and say hello and share my final card that I made for the Clarity shows...

Once again, as with all the Clarity samples, I always want the beauty of the stamps to do the talking...and I really hope you like what I've created with this card. The image was embossed with clear embossing powder to give that gorgeous glossy look and I used a Martha Stewart All Over The Page punch to create the background, that I matted onto some Bazzill cardstock. I then made a tag, stamped the wording onto it and added the ribbon.

Right, I can smell dinner wafting from the kitchen which means that I am going to bid you good evening and hope you all have a lovely night!!

I'll see you next week with some more creations and ramblings....

Bye for now!!

Love Emma xxx

Vogue

Good morning everyone!

Thank you for all the lovely comments on my Dad's birthday card and for all the birthday wishes you sent him. He appreciated them all and especially the lovely comment that called him a "wonderful man"...he now can't get his head through the door!! haha

Today, I'm sharing a card that I made for a recent QVC show using a gorgeous 12" x 12" paper pad by Grace Taylor. The papers are stunning and if you're a fan of shabby chic vintage...then this is a must and I implore you to go on waitlist for this product!!!

I hope you like the card I made...

Right, time for me to go...my mojo has taken a wander at the moment, so I'm going to see if I can hunt it down, as I've got quite a few deadlines to meet and I'm getting nowhere fast!! Eek...

I'll be visiting all your blogs later today and see you soon.

Bye for now.

Love Emma xxx

She's In Fashion

Hi everyone!

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend.

Can you believe we're already in April? But the beginning of the month means one thing and that is the launch of a new challenge over on The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog and this month's challenge is all about...

RIBBONS AND LACE

And this is my piece for the challenge...I hope you like it!

If you would like to join in with our challenge, click HERE for all the details and to see the fab designs from the very talented Creative Team. We're all looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations.

See you soon and bye for now!

Love Emma xxx

Pale Little Dandelion

Another flying visit from me, as I'm just finishing off a top secret project and I've been so engrossed in getting it all done, that I totally forgot that I hadn't posted these final samples from the Clarity shows, as promised. So here they are and I really hope you like them.

I think this stamp has to be one of my favourites that I've worked with since joining the Clarity DT. There's something so serene and beautiful about the image and as I've said before with many of my previous Clarity samples...I wanted to keep this card quite clean in it's style, so that stamps spoke for themselves, and you could see the beauty of them.

On this card, I used one of the corner stamps and coloured the tiny detail with Promarkers. Once again, I let the stamps do the talking and I just thought this would be the most beautiful card for Mother's Day.

So, that's about it from me and my Clarity samples for this month...I hope you've enjoyed them all and you liked the diversity of the stamps that I had to work with. I've loved reading all your comments and it's so nice that this collection has bought me so many new friends and followers.

Hope you all have a wonderful evening.

Bye for now and see you very soon!

Love Emma xxx

Vintage Treasures

Hi everyone.

Hope you are all well and enjoying your week, so far. First of all, I have an apology for being such a bad blogger this week, it's been "one of those weeks" and to be honest, if I told you everything that has been happening here at Chez Williams', I think you might fall asleep through boredom. :) But bear with me and I promise that I will be visiting all your blogs and catching up with all your gorgeous creations, throughout today!!

In the meantime, I wanted to share a few cards with you that I recently made for US Craft Day over on QVC. If you watched, you will know that they had some amazing products and I was so lucky that I got to work with a few of them, including these gorgeous papers from Melissa Frances. I believe that these papers did sell out on the day but they are on waitlist and it's definitely worth popping your name onto if you like what you see because they are stunning.

Those are Amy's hands showing my card on TV...I still get so excited to see them on air!!

...and here are the set of four cards, I hope you like them!!

Okey dokey, time for me to fly and slowly make my way around all the blogs and catch up with everything!!

Hope you all have a lovely day.

See you soon and bye for now.

Love Emma xxx

To celebrate the fact that we have an extra day in February, this year...The Artistic Stamper has a special on their website for one day only. If you head on over to their facebook page, you will be able to read all about it.

Lily Of The Valley

It's a very quick post from me tonight because it's been a busy old day and I'm just about to sit down and have something to eat. But before I do that, I thought I would share my final piece of artwork from the UK TV shows that I made for Barbara Gray. There will be some German TV samples, coming very soon ~ so, if you love Clarity Stamps and want to see what Barbara took to Germany to demo, watch this space!! :)

This card features, the Lily of the Valley stamp and that lovely quote from Wordsworth. I hope you like what I did with this set of stamps...

Okey dokey, there is a gorgeous smell of beef casserole wafting in from the kitchen so, I will bid you good evening and see you soon.

Thank you for all the lovely comments you've been leaving me on this weeks posts ~ I'll be around to visit your blogs later.

Bye for now.

Love Emma xxx