For a Challenge

Hi Guys

I have been busy over the last couple of days with sorting dates out for me to teach at Carols Crafts in Spalding. Check my diary on the left hand side to see when I am teaching and what I am teaching.

I have also managed to do something for a challenge.

The challenge is Hels' challenge here. I got a bit confused and thought this had to be an ATC (the other challenge I took part in is just ATC's)

Hels' challenge is All You Need Is Love and I did this for it.

It is a mini Stepper Card at the size of an ATC.

On the left hand side I have inked a strip of book page with Real Red ink. On the right hand side I have stamped with En Francais in Real Red after stamping off. I have then used a sponge and sponged with Real Red. I have stamped En Francais in Basic Grey and then punched with the Heart to Heart punch. I then stuck them onto the card and trimmed off. I used crystal effects to give them a bit of depth. I have stamped the birds firstly in basic grey on the card and then in Real Red on another piece of card and coloured them in with Blender Pen (left hand side just by pulling the colour in from the stamped image and right hand side by using the ink pad as a pallette. The large stamp at the back is stamped in Real Red, coloured with Blender Pen and then sponged around the edge.

I hope you like

Until next time, happy crafting

Emma xx

Christmas Cards

Hi Guys

Well I hope that everyone has received their cards by now so that I can show them to you. Many of you will find this very hard to believe but Andy, my darling hubby, made the cards with the Christmas trees on. He stamped the image, coloured with prismacolour pencils, added stickles, matted and layered them and then asked me to help him with the ribbon. I am really proud of him and I think that he has done a fab job and secretly (I think that he is a closet crafter and enjoys it really).

The stamp is from Stampin' Up! Fun and Fast notes. Real Red and garden green card stock.

Until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

Time to Craft is nearly upon me

Here is another card I made recently.   I have only got 3 weeks left and then I can craft to my hearts content.  However looking at my calendar May and June are pretty full.

I have got a workshop at Art From The Heart in Harrogate with the fabulous Dyan Reavely in June and in May I am going to an ATC meet in Skipton to help out a dear friend of mine Janet and do some demos.

Before all of that happens I have got to finish Uni.

To keep me going here is a card that I have made.

Recipe

Very Vanilla CS

Certainly Celery CS punched with 1 3/8" circle punch inked with Real Red Ink

Very Vanilla CS punched with 1 1/4" circle punch inked with Real Red Ink

Summer Picnic DSP for both matting and paper piecing

Scallop circle punch

Real Red and Certainly Celery 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon

Loads of Love Stamp Set

Loads of Love Accessory Stamp Set

Stampin Write Markers YoYo Yellow, Real Red and Blender Pen.

Hope you like

Emma xx