Mini Blog Hop

Hi Guys

In less than a week the SU! mini catty launches and what better way to preview it than us SU! Independent Demonstrators having a blog hop starting here with Carol.

If I have done this right you should have come here from Carol and you will leave here via Pats blog.

My contribution for this blog hop is this....

It is a photo cube made from cd jewel cases (I have seen this on the web, but cannot remember where I have seen it. If somebody knows please can they tell me so I can credit). I have used the back cover of one and clipped it to the front cover of another. The base is made from a piece of cardstock at 8"x8". I have used the new Sweet Pea DSP from the mini. The pieces of card stock I have used as the photo frame are 5 3/4"x5 1/8" scored at 5 1/2" on the 5 3/4" side. Again I have used the Sweet Pea paper. I have also used the My Sweet Pea Stamp set for the stamped flowers in Chocolate Chip. I have stamped with versamark on the backing card. I have used Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive card stock.

Not only have we got this blog hop but there are two more happening too, one here and the other one here.

I hope you like and keep looking over the next few days and I will be posting more from the Mini Catty.

Until next time happy crafting

Emma xx

Hi Guys

Today is the birthday of a friend of mine who is in the ACF and because of this, I have made this card for him.

It is yet more punch art. Here is what you need

1 3/4" circle x 1 Old Olive helmet

Large Tag x 2 Old Olive body

Boho Blossoms (small flower) x 4 Basic Black Camouflage

Boho Blossoms (small flower) x 4 Brown Camouflage

1 3/4" Circle x 5 Basic Black Large Camouflage

1 3/4" Circle x 5 Brown Large Camouflage

Word Window x 4 Old Olive Legs and arms

Word Window x 2 Basic Black Boots and belt

1/4" Circle x 1 Creamy Caramel Belt buckle

1 3/8" Circle x 1 Blush Blossom Face

Boho Blossoms (small flower) x 2 Blush Blossom Hands

Black Stampin' Right marker Face

Circle of Friendship Stamped in Stazon

1" x 1 White Stamped on

1 1/4" x 1 Old Olive Matting

1 3/8" x 1 Brown Matting

1 3/4 x 1 Basic Black Matting

I have also inked around the edge with Always Artichoke.

Secondly I have been given an award by the lovely Janet and to accept this award I need to list 10 things that make me happy

1. My darling hubby

2. Zoe my bestest girly friend

3. My friends

4. My nieces and nephew

5. My Family

6. Getting lovely comments about my work on my blog

7. Chocolate in copious amounts

8. Being a member of Tuesday Taggers, Stampin' Up! and Do Crafts because I get to meet loads of lovely people

9. My work because I enjoy my job (who wouldn't enjoy crafting as a job)

10. Doing messy work.

Now I have to nominate 5 people to give this award to

1. Zoe friend and fellow SU! Demo

2. Jo D cos I like her work

3. Pauline (a German SU! Demo)

4. Hels I have only recently found Hels but her work is great

5. Chat Another blog I stalk

I hope you enjoy

Until next time happy crafting

Emma xx

A Secret Santa pressie

Hi Guys

At the craft club that I run we have a social twice a year. Well last night was our Christmas social. We had fun and games and food and cakes.

We always have a secret santa at the Christmas social and this year I decided to make my pressie. I have been wanting to try stamping on candles for ages and just never found the time, well I found the time for these and then I made some more afterwards but wrapped them up without taking photos and have already given them out.

Here are the ones that I took photos of. The candles were cheap ones (£1) from Asda, I finally found some tissue paper in Rymans, (I can't believe how hard it is to find tissue paper). For the required wax paper I used greaseproof paper.

I have used two stamp sets for this, Circle Circus and Trendy Trees, the inks that I used were Old Olive, Close to Cocoa and Garden Green. I stamped them onto the tissue paper and cut as close as I could with my scissors, tacked them to the candle with some snail and then wrapped the greaseproof and used my heatgun to 'melt' the wax until I saw it change. Stopped heating and then smoothed over the greaseproof with my hand and voila, a stamped candle.

Hope you like

Until next time

Happy crafting

Emma xx

Tuesday Taggers - Christmas Carol

Hi Guys

Well when I first saw this challenge title I wondered what on earth I could do for this. In the end though it took my hubby to convince me of what to do. He didn't do this by telling me what to make or what carol to choose, he did it by just being his lovable self. He is one that believes that Christmas should start on 24th December and end on 26th December. With this in mind here is my piece of work for this weeks challenge. I didn't choose a traditional Christmas carol like Janet did, or go with a picture of carolers singing, no instead I went with Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol' and Bah Humbug.

I have used, (believe it or not), Real Red ink and Old Olive ink and coloured the card with sponges. I have then used water and flicked it on to the card stock to achieve the faux bleach effect. Unfortunately I don't have a stamp set small enough to do the text so I cut this out on my machine. The holly leaves are cut out by hand, as are the berries. The berries have been made by punching into Real Red cardstock with the crop-o-dile. I have finished off the berries and letters with Crystal Effects.

Well until my next post happy crafting.

Emma xx

Hi Guys

Here is a card that I made last week and have been waiting to put it on my blog.  I used green tones on this as it is not a colour that I would usually use.

I have used the Big Deal Alphabet stamp set and the scallop circle punch as well as using the spiral punch for the detail on my matting.  As you will begin to notice on my cards, I have to ink around the edges of both my card stock and paper.

I hope you like this card and any comments are welcome.

Emma xx