Seasonal Catalogue .....

well the launch was on Tuesday, and I have to say this is such a strong catalogue, I think everyone is going to be going Christmas mad over the next few weeks, and I certainly have a class prepared and arranged for next month :) I have a couple of orders already and i'm sure as more samples of the new products are seen, there will be a Christmas "frenzy" :)

Brayer or Bags ....

Been a little absent, but had a lot on over the last few weeks. I finally had half an hour to craft this evening and decided to get my Brayer out. I need to practise and try some other mediums with it, but this was an effect I got just from building up one ink, Night of Navy. I also played with a plastic bag and probably made the quickest card I have ever made :) Here's a sneak of a new product that is in the new Autumn Winter catalogue due out on 1st September, it's packed with lovely products but I particularly like these edgelit dies(this one is Santa and his sleigh) ....

Sweet Li'l Things DSP ....

Can't tell you how cute these  designer series papers are. There are so many cute patterns that coordinate beautifully with the new in-colours and a few of the oldies as well. I like that S.U. have done that with the paper designs, because if you haven't managed to buy all of the new in-colour cardstock or inks, at least you probably have something existing in your stash that will work :)

I really enjoyed "fussy cutting" all the little strawberries and layering them in a cascade :)

They're a bit of a mess now, but here are some of the paper designs.

Choose Happiness ....

The bottom one in my favourite "In Colour" Mint Macaron.

I'm teaching a card making class in a few days and have been playing with various stamp sets to make a variety of cards for on the day. I have found Choose Happiness to be one of my favourite sets, it's so versatile and you can achieve lots of different looks with it. These are my first few samples with this set and i'm sure there will be more to share. I couldn't help but CASE the white and Sahara Sand card from Kerry Willard Bray, with a slight twist :)

Kinda Eclectic ....

Had this stamp set since the new catalogue went live, but I have just been so pressed for time throughout June and into July, yes I have been having fun, but I still need my crafting fix ;) I've seen lots of nice samples made with this set, and want to convert it into a scrapbooking layout at some time, but for now, here are a few samples I have made.

Inspired by Pinterest

Something for the weekend ....

Well I thought about naming this post Birthday part 3, but thought I would move on, although I have been away for my "birthday holiday" lol. After two weeks away I was only back for a week before I went to stay at a lovely cottage in the Yorkshire dales, so life has been fun and busy with little time for crafting :( But I do get serious "Craft Withdrawal" after anything over 2 weeks, so while I was at the cottage, I did squeeze in a little bit of scrapbooking ,,, here's my favourite layout from the week (mainly because I love the photo of Robyn and Ruby sun bathing in the garden) :)

Mallam Tarn

View from the cottage, Mallam cove was just to the right

punches ....