Friday 25 March 2016

Little Break 2 ....

Well it's Good Friday and what a glorious day it is, sunshine and blue skies, spring is really here :)  I just thought I would share a further batch of cards that we made last weekend at our little crafting get away. These were Jane's project and they are using the gorgeous Butterflies Thinlits ....

Wednesday 23 March 2016

Little Break ....

Been awol, but I'm back, firstly I had a lovely week away in the sun and the weekend following my return home, I was straight off again on a crafting weekend with a few friends. It meant I didn't have much time for crafting before I went away, but over the weekend, we all took a project that we had designed to teach to each other. It was a mini retreat, with much crafting, eating a few tipples and a lot of laughter .....

Project by Sally Jo Houghton


Project by Sharon Glynn

Pavlova by Sally Jo :)

Wednesday 9 March 2016

Beautiful Ride ....

Another stamp set that caught my eye straight away in the new seasonal, was this one Beautiful Ride. I love the VW bug and think,  with all the different accessories, it can be very versatile. I hope to make more samples of this cute card, but here is my first effort and also one that I cased from my friend Amanda Bates at The Craft Spa. The accessories suggest you could make just married, holiday/bon voyage, love/valentine and more ....

Thursday 3 March 2016

Happy Home cont .....

I think I mentioned in my last post on this stamp set, that I absolutely love it, and yes it does remind me of the Christmas release Happy Scenes, but it's so cute. I was making an easel card at the weekend for a class I am doing next week, and I just seemed to have this idea of joining all the scenes together, I had an old template lying on the table for this "Tri-Panel" card (as I call it) and off I went ....