Window Box Card

Don't actually know what the official name for a card like this is but there is a window and it's a box shap, hence 'Window Box Card' . The idea for this card came from one of my Craft Club Members - Cheers Heidi. She showed us a card she'd made during the week which was awesome. I went home and had a fiddle with the dimensions and came up with this. The image is from Cuddly Buddly's Cozy Days set which is one of my all time fave Christmassy Craft items. I've decoupaged the image. The great thing about this style is that it folds flat into an envelope by pushing the sides in.

Lace Work

Last week I was asked if could demo how to use some Lace Template at a Craft Club. I tried to come up with something a little different and used my Season of Joy Stamp set from Stampin' Up to create the central image and replicated it down the right hand side. I quite like how it turned out - quite a modern look. I also like the shape of the card and think I'll use it again. The real Red ink matched some Cardstock I already had which was handy.

Also, today is the GRAND OPENING of LA LA LAND CRAFTS! I can't wait for Maya to land this side of the pond! Have a look around at the other stamps available too.

And while you're over there, check out the Guest Designer Page too - still find it quite surreal to see myself there.

La La Land Crafts Opening

The Grand Opening for LA La Land Crafts is almost upon us! I can't wait for you all to be able to see what I've had a sneak peek of. To celebrate the opening, there will be a

10% DISCOUNT

on everything in the shop for 24 hours after going 'live'. Make sure you hop on over for a look at the new stamps which will be available soon - I think Maya the Cow is going to be a BIG hit!

Promarker Storage

Had a go today at creating a printable template myself. I've tried to create a desk tidy so that I can hold my Promarkers. It's still under construction but I thought I'd show you my prototype version.

There are 5 compartments to it. It has a central container which is slightly taller than the other 4 and then 4 interlocking sections to create a large base.

I think I still need to play with it a bit and work on the dimensions etc. Maybe if I added some dividers to it then I'd be able to group the PMs into colour groups (nah, think that's too adventurous for me!). Anyway, enough waffling, what do you think?

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On a seperate issue, has anyone else been getting a lot of spam comments lately? I've had LOADS over the last few days and so have had to turn on word verification to combat it. I've never had this option on before because I wanted people to be able to comment without any hassle, however, the situation got too much. Hope this doesn't put people off commenting here.

La La Land Crafts Design Team Announced

Yesterday I posted some candy alert for you regarding a new stamp company called La La Land Crafts. Well, they have now announced their design team and there are some amazing projects to see from them. The Design Team are:

Jane Matsumoto

Sheila Lygo

Kim Yu

Maureen Wong

Lisa Hjuberg

Kathy Page

Well, apparently there were over 200 applicants for the DT and so 5 Guest Designers were also chosen, they are:

Karin Hoeve

Marcea Watkins

Paul Ford

Sue Kment

Kim Blakey

Did you spot it? That's right, I've been chosen as a Guest Designer for the next couple of months!!! WOOHOO!!! I'm just awaiting that first parcel right now and am soooooo EXCITED about this.

The release of these new stamps will be August 12th with the La La Land Crafts Store website going live August 12th at 11pm that night. That is US time, not sure when that is UK time as I'm not sure about the time difference yet!

Hope you enjoy having a look around the other blogs and are looking forward to seeing the release of the new stamps as much as me.

Blog Candy Alert

Check out Irina's blog candy over on La La Land Craft. The candy is AMAZING. It's quite strange because La La Land is a new stamp company and the online shop hasn't opened yet, the stamps haven't been released, but still, I've already think I've found a new stamp to add to my wishlist. This cow looks so cute and that's all we've seen so far is this small sneak peek.

Stationary File

Finally got to the end of the project. I've been working on it a little at a time and that is why it took so long. I'm sure if I just sat down and focussed on it, it would have been finished a long time ago. I have used the 'Filed with Flair' template from Lauren Meader at Papertrey to create a mini magazine folder. I then filled it with stationary for a dog lover. I've used a range of the Elzybells dogs to decorate everything. I've also used the same colour cardstock as I did when I made the small notelet box the other day.

The contents have all been split using diveiders made with my Stampin Up punch to make the tabs. Once the contents have been used, the folder can still be useful to store other things.

Here I've spread all the contents out to show what was inside.

These are simple note cards (single sheet) for writing notes/to do lists etc.

These are a set of thank you cards with a pale green insert.

And finally, a bookmark and the envelopes. I've stamped the word 'woof' on the flap of each of the envelopes to tie it all in.

ATC Update

Here are my ATCs from this month's ATC SWAPPERS swap. The themes were 'Black and White' and 'A Sketch'. It really threw out some very different ATCs this month. Check out all the swaps over on the blog.

These were the ones I made for the swap. The first ones follow the sketch and used the Elzybells coffee set. And my Black and White ones had Penguins on them (I know I've cheated a bit by using a bit of colour for the scarf and hat but thought I'd probably be let off this one time - well, I hope I do!!!). The background was made using one of my Stampin Up wheels which turned out to be a lot of fun to use.

The next theme is WATER - which seems odd for August but seeing the weather right now, it could be quite apt!

And finally, these three are for a new swap called Addicted to ATCs and the theme was 'About me'. I've used the sheep to represent the Welsh part of me!!! Not stereotypical at all! Their next theme for August is Summer Treats


And I must confess that I didn't make any swaps for the 'Monthly ATC Swap' that Rebecca runs as I thought it was going to be run over two months! Oops, my mistake. I shall try my best to join in next time.

Blog Candy Alert

Elaine over at 'My Creative Corner' has some great candy on offer - don't know how I missed it and only noticed today!
She has recently become a DT Member for the Character Cafe and has been producing some amazing work with their images - GO CHECK THEM OUT!

Image Folder

Had a go at something different. I made this folder to hold some stamped images but it could also be used as a money wallet. I've made it so that it fits into a standard DL envelope. Again, used my favourite image!

I also have ATCs to show and a few projects to finish - hope I have some time soon to get things rolling again.

Sneak Peek of my latest project

Yesterday I mentioned I was working on a project. Well, it's taking longer than I thought but most of it is done now. But I thought I'd post a sneaky peek for you to see!

Blog Candy Alert

Yesterday I mentioned that I got my ideas for the notelet box from Sarah over at Card Oasis. In fact, she's actually inspired my next project which I'll show soon too. Well, the good news is that she is offering some great candy of a handmade tote (like the one below) which she'll make to the spec of the winner - how BRILL is that!!! Check her blog out for more inspiration, you're sure to find some - I know I do.

Notelet Box

Here's a gift I've made yesterday. Took me a long time to make as I adapted it from a tutorial by Sarah (who has loads more inspirational things on her blog, make sure you check it out). I altered the sizes to make it fit 10cm by 10cm cards (I seem to be into this size lately) with their envelopes.

I've used the Elzybells dogs to decorate everything. I like this green card I found last week at the Papermill but didn't know what I was going to do with it but it goes really well with the brown card. If I make another of these, I will make it thinner as I originally thought of putting 6 thank you notelets inside but there seems to be a lot of wasted space. I will probably make another 6 to fit into this box, possibly a different design.

The large circle on the box front has been mounted using a double layer of foam pads to make it stand out enough to allow the lid to drop down behind it.

I wish my camera would do the project justice as it really does look much better in real life and it's a really sturdy piece too.

Elzybells Challenge 23 - Sketch Challenge

It's been a long time since I've updated here, purely due to the fact that I haven't made anything in a long time. I've been so busy between everything (and I was expecting a quiet summer holiday!). It took the new Elzybells challenge to get me to make something.

As soon as I saw the tall long rectangle in the sketch, I knew I had to make one using the pyramid of farm animals. I used my Cuttlebug embossing folders to create the band around the middle.

I even decorated the middle with the left over bits. It needed to be done as it is a black card blank. I'm not one for making inserts.

Season of Joy

Took out my new Season of Joy stamp set for a play today. Had another go at the CAS card I did before but this time I used Night of Navy and Bashful Blue ink. Not really sure about it as I prefer the Real Red and Olive Green combo better, I think the blues just look too cold. I've taken a pic of them side by side to show the comparison.

I also attempted to adapt a card I saw in the SU catalogue. I've used Chocolate Chip card and Ink for the base and stamped the snowflake from the Season of Joy stamp onto white linen card. It's cut with my nesties and mounted on some Pumpkin Pie card. The ribbon is also Pumpkin Pie. Finally stamped the sentiment from the set onto white linen and attached to the bottom. I like the colour combo here and think it really makes a different looking christmas card.