My spellbinders dies have arrived!!!!

WOOOOHOOOO! my C&C multi buy os spellbinders dies arrived today, i'm so excited i've been working with just the oval nestabilities that came with my machine so i'm off to have a play and see what i can come up with...thats if i get round to actually making any cards, i think i'm going to be spending a long time cutting and embossing!!!

Pastels but no pink!

I actually found this challenge quite difficult, i found trying to get a decent picture of it even harder!!! (i really need to find something to help me take better photos of my cards) i made this using the free digi stamp on A day for daisies blog and coloured it in with my pro markers (i really need some more of those!) and added some glitter to my lil fairie (how could i not!)

Items used:
Papermania henbury lane paper
ADFD digi stamp
vintage ribbon from my stash
Glitter
Promarkers
hunkydory card blank

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Day for daisies Challenge 21 Pastels but no pink

Hooked on craft challenges Flowers

Red, White and Blue: My first challenge entries!

Not had the most productive day today, the lil man has been very unimpressed by this lovely heat wave and I've thrown so much paper around in frustration its ridiculous!! however I've still managed to take the plunge and start entering some challenges, so here its goes...wish me luck =)

Materials I've used:
Hunkydory card blank
polkadot embossed powder blue card
polka doodles wonderland stamps
polka doodles digi stamp (double sprinkles of Kraft)
some papers and glitter from my stash
promarkers
Sentiment from forever friends retro collection

I am entering into the following challenges:
Polka doodles: Stash box stamps & colour theme
I love pro markers: Challenge 71
Die Cut Dreams: Challenge 92

Birthday Card

I'm really pleased with this cute little car for my niece. it really didn't take very long either! i used my lovely hunkydory card blanks which were so easy to ink up with my trusty distress ink and just matted,layered and decoupaged cute lil raindrop onto the card. 

My work in progress

I've not done much work on my mini scrapbook recently but i'm pretty pleased with how its coming along (however slowly!) not 100% sure on the cover so it may have to change!!

My absolute favourite pages =)

Hunkydory Peacocks

I've entered this into the latest hunkydory mag competition...fingers crossed =)

I'm hoping to get my card in the next issue, but if not i can always try again! we all have to start somewhere.

Distressing Times!

I'm absolutely loving distress inks and all things inky!! you can create such fab effects with just some inks and a few stamps, it really makes me feel soooooo very creative =)

I actually managed to work my cut n dry foam to 'distress'!

The cover so far

I've started making a mini scrap book as my on going project and am having a great time decorating (inking!) the pages I'll keep you updated with the progress of my pages.

I've already got plans for this page

Crafting has suddenly taken over my life!

Well, all the spare, left over bits of my life, my crazy lil boys have most of it =) I've been interested in crafting most of my life but always thought i was a bit rubbish and not very creative until...

I was inspired one afternoon while flicking through the channels with the newest arrival (he wasn't too fussed what we watched!) and i found a fabulous channel, i'm sure you've heard of it, known as create and craft. I was hooked, they made everything look so lovely and best of all, like i could do it to!

So, after convincing my husband I began ordering cd-roms, my intention was to keep it simple and not take up to much space but already I'm building up quite a stash =)

At the moment I love every one of my creations (we shall see how long that lasts) and I'm slowly learning more and more about various kinds of crafts and discovering so many wonderful products. I've decided to start my blog (i've had it for years and not used it!) and chronicle this little journey of mine.... hope you enjoy

 'Aylss thru the shattered glass'

Aylss

Some of my very first creations