Beautiful

Hello! Today I would like to show you something I made using some free papers & sentiments from Simpley Cards & Papercraft Magazine issue 85. The papers are by Fancy Pants Wishful Thinking Collection. I stamped on a 5x7 card blanc using chalky pink & green inks. Then added the cut out corners from the papers. Used some sticky Pink lacy paper ribbon from my stash then layered some of the paper over that, cut out the label and used a Bo Bunny Rub on "Beautiful" then finished off using Pastel Raspberry Liquid Pearls.

You can get some good freebies from magazines nowadays & I like to try and incorporate them in to my card making. I mix 'n' match them with stamps I have and other papers to come up with something satisfying, lets face it any help with boosting your stash is good in these frugal financial times. The inks I used here also was a good sale bargain buy from my local Dunelm Mill, 99p each they are Studio G by Hampton Art and they are really nice inks, lovely chalky finish!

Lavinia

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Aahh Paris!

Hello! Today I thought I would show you my first attempt using my recently acquired new stamps, well new to me anyhow! Its "Paris" Poly Clear Stamps Set By Hero Arts. Ciara who's blog is http://www.ribenaroom.com/ was having a sale of some of her unused stash & I purchased this set & some great Sizzix Embossing folders & a die set. I also received a beautiful Thank you card she created using a lovely technique using an Embossed Image & dusting distress ink over it, its a really nice effect! Go and nip over to her blog for a peek, she has a great blog and a lovely room to Craft in too..:)

Here I have used the Tower image from the stamp set & Paris banner stamped and them gone over with a Dusky Pink Pro-Marker & dusted around the image & edge of card. I did not have the Duster Brush that works best for this so just tried it with something similar I had to hand. I finished it off with some Twine from an Antique shop I found recently.

Lavinia

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Its been a while!....but I have been doing this!

How much fun is this card! I really love to do something a bit different and I saw this lovely"Kanban Frou Frou" kit on QVC a few weeks ago & though I would try it! I must say the quality is second to non & the card stock is really beautiful! I have made a few cards with it but though I would show this lovely quirky wardrobe, with its front & inside! Pretty colours a cute Boudoir Chic girly card!

These are some free stamps that came with my copy of Simply cards & Papercraft magazine. I decided to give the Pro Markers a go colouring them & thought they ended up looking ok! I used Kraft Card-stock & used up some scrap papers off my paper mountain, that's now sorted out, as well as some sentiments from Craftwork Cards.

Finally this is a set of 6 cards I made using a little Papermainia kit I found in the Range for £4. There was 2 pages of die cuts 3 sheets of peel off's and 6 sheets of 6x6 paper. I added some DCWV Latte card-stock and used some scalloped edged card blanks, a fave of mine at the mo! I love the little bird cages on these ans the colours too.

Hope you all well & enjoying the weather & looking forward to the Royal Wedding on Friday! I know I am! Got my bunting & sausage rolls ready as well as a bottle of Champagne to toast Prince William and Kate Middleton's happy union. Take care every one!

Lavinia

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WOYWW 97.....Paper & Pro Markers!

Hello WOYWW'ers! Well week 97 rolls along! Time flies dunnit!!! Erm ...speaking of Dunnit's, well sort of, go and Hop along to Julia our leader of this famed "What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday" blog hop creator and see what all the fuss is about??? You will find the link here

http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com

Its good fun & a great to peek in to other crafty folk-sis spaces. It does not have to be Papercraft related, it can be any desk!!! As long as its got stuff on it & your doing something with said stuff then were interested! And we can come over for a snoop and meet you! Sounds grand eh! So what you waiting for!

So as you can see form my desk this week I have had two events so to speak! First one tidying all the scrap paper from a huge ever growing pile that was about to engulf me! Thank the gods its finally sorted out! Next actually first pic I am trying out the Pro markers as I have not used them a lot .I have used the Free stamps from "Pink Petticoat" that came with issue 83 Of Simply Cards And Papercraft Magazine. Just been coloring the images in and die cutting them out with various Nestabilities Lables. Nice relaxing coloring inn something I haven't done for some time! Finish off with some Distress Ink pads in Pumice Stone, Weathered Wood & Bundles Sage used a blending tool to give it some more depth. Well off to look at some of yours now! Keep well everyone, take care!

Lavinia

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Whats On Your Work Wednesday 96 &...I won something!!!

Hello everyone! Heres the two cards that I made for my Mum & my future Mum in law for Mothers Day! If you are lucky enough to still be able to celebrate Mothers Day with yours I hope you had a great day & for all of you who are a Mum's I hope you were spoiled rotten! :) I decided to go with a couple of Vintage inspired images. They were both from a CD in the book "Instant Memories, Birthdays, Ready to use scrapbook pages" by Sandra Everson. Basically you just print them out to use or you can make up & print out entire scrapbook pages. I have used it quite a bit, theres some really nice pics on there! I used some DCWV papers & bits n bobs from my stash and ended up with two cards I quite liked!

For the insides of both cards I used some die cuts as well as some Paula Pascual stamps, and a Mothers day sentiment stamp from Create & Craft. The first die cut is a Nestabilities Lables 1 and the second card is one of the New Go Kreate XL Frilly Frames 3 I love the shape of this die. I am going to invest in more the Go Kreate dies as I am really impressed with the way they cut & emboss and I also think there a good price too! The flowers are rub ons from a La Blanch kit from QVC.

And finally I won some blog candy from Dawn Bibbys Blog!!! I never win anything, so I was very very surprised when I won this! Its a demo tag by Tim Holtz....and an ACT he made live on air last year when he came to QVC. Fancy that eh....I own something HE made! Cant quite believe it. I also received a signed card from Dawn herself & her latest CD "Stamps & Stickers" which is crammed full of how to's and craft tips & tricks, ideas and projects! It made my day! And I think was very generous of her as this an extra and was not part of the candy on offer! Lovely eh!

If your reading this and are not quite sure what is "Whats On Your Workdesk Wednesday" then hop over to Julias Blog http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com and go and find out what its all about! Have a great week everyone!

Lavinia

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WOYWW 95....& Some Storage!

Well this is the state of my desk the other day before it was tidied up, as I dont leave it overnight....ever! I have to clear everything away once my sessions making are done. I have been making some more Kanban kits up that I have had a while this week.

As you can see I have a Craftwork Cards Goody-bag on my desk, that one came from the Manchester Craft show last September, such good value! The A4 Size drawers from Ikea on my desk store my made up Embellishment's and bought Die Cuts.

Theses small section Ikea drawers at the side of my desk store little sets of things, like Embossing powders & glitters & Stickles & Ink Pads, Brads & the like!

I have started to have a clear out & a re-arrange of my crafty space. Mr Lavinia has moved his Guitars off the walls in the room & now I have a free wall in here!! I have been looking for (and wanted) 2 of those lovely Making Memories Wall shelves, the ones were you get to line all your stickles up & stack your Ink pads on, Like a shop!!! But, alas they dont make them anymore :(

So I will have to keep looking or try to make something myself?? If anyone one here knows of anywere that might still have a stock of them, please please let me know!

So though I would show you a few extra drawer pics this week as I have nothing made to show really this week, I have made cards but,......not really got a mojo going this week so results were not really that good to show! Maybe next day or so will yield something! Hope your all ok & enjoying your crafting! Will be visiting desks this week, as last week I was so busy with stuff & life I really did not get any time on here! Feel out the crafty loop! Take care all!

Lavinia

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WOYWW 94!!!.....More Stash!

Hello all! Welcome to my Whats On Your Work-desk Wednesday Desk! Again this week its more goodies! This is what I acquired at the Great Northern Papercrafts Extravaganza in Harrogate at the weekend.

Sorry this will a be really really short post but a busy at home at the mo & I am trying to blog this while making Dinner, Spaghetti everywhere.......I will catch up tomorrow when I have more time, just wanted to join in!

Take care everyone!

Lavinia

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WOYWW 93!!! Hello Wowers!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Whats On Your Work desk Wednesday 93! If your not sure what I am on about or whats it all about then hop over to Julias Blog here http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com and come and join in the desk snooping! Its a real insight & fun too!

Here today I have some stash from Craftwork Cards I acquired recently from the "Ooh La La" range. Dont know what I am doing with them yet, just keep shuffling them from here to there then back again! Anyhow my desk has some early Kanban bit & bobs here and there that I am trying to make up & get used in to card sets of 6, maybe for selling at some craft fairs over the summer. Also I have been having a mess with some rub ons I have had a while too. All in all I am trying to use up some stash I have had ages but not used.

Heres the card you can see on the left of my desk finished. I used my free subscription gifts from last weeks desk I showed you. Heres one of the Crafty Individuals collage stamps, stamped & embossed with clear embossing powder over Brilliance's Starlight Black, then coloured with Pro markers and matted & layered with some gold card & white card. I then highlighted it further with Sakura pens. The butterfly was the free stamp with the latest Craft Stamper magazine. Embossed in Cosmic Shimmers True White embossing powder & again used Sakura to colour. The paper is from Crafty Individuals. The Stamped sentiment is from an American Crafts set.

As you will have read last week on here I bought a Vagabond die cutting machine. However I did return it as I realized my Cuttlebug did the same thing. And I though I dont need two that do the same thing. So I then saw the Grand Calibur machine from Spellbinders! Now this is what I NEEDED! So heres my little review (sort of but probably more of a comparison) As you can see its bigger than the Cuttlebug, quite a bit & heavier too. But it has fantastic A4 size cutting plates and the Grand Dies are brilliant for making your own card blank's. I just wanted to show you the size in comparison to the Bug......and this is a looking down showing you how much wider it is....

And the next pic shows just how Grand the Dies & plates are compared to the bug! I have been using it since receiving it last Friday. I really love it, it takes die cutting to a new dimension. I love being able to make my own card blank's & bigger mats for my cards up to a massive 8x8.

All I need now is some more Dies!!! So I have decided to take myself off to The Great Northern Paper-crafts Show in Harrogate on Sunday. As some of you know I am a newish driver & since passing my test last September it ill be my first long drive (well sort of long, about an hour & half) Looking forward to it though, its a good show! I went last year and had a really great day out. Anyhow I will let you know how it went next week & hopefully some new stash & dies! Take care all of you & enjoy the nice weather we are still sort of having!

Lavinia

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WOYWW 92

Hello WOYWW'ers! Hope you all well & enjoying (or rather in my case, enjoyed) the weather! Its cold & overcast here today! As you can see my desk is pepper'd with stuff this week! Had quite a productive one & got half a dozen cards made in one sitting. All A6 & and made with Papermainias new "Pampered Pets Collection" I saw them in The Range & just couldn't resist! They are so cute! My other stash are freebies this week on the next pic are my subscriptions gifts from, Craft Stamper Magazine 3 Stamps & Pad from Crafty Individuals. And the Pro Markers are a subscription gift from Simply Cards & Paper-craft Magazine (Nov 10 issue) not bad eh! I mixed the pet set with some new Papers I found in Dunelm Mill. "Love Letters" paper pad is by (to me) a new range by a company called First Edition Papers. The quality is really good & you get a nice selection in the pad too, Glitter'd, Plain & double sided papers. This set is all pinks & pale & dark greens, very nice. Theres even 3 sheets (...lol...) yes three sheets! :) Of little tags & 3 sheets...lol...(sorry) of Alphas too & they are glittered too! Pretty good value at £6.99 for 8x8 I think! I also used some Kay & Co Tags from the Madeline Collection. These are my finished results!

Erm this next pic shows something I was waiting to come in over here in the uk !!! Yes the new Tim Holtz "Vagabond" die cutting machine! Yes it came in a very nice box, it's very heavy, and its made by Sizzix. You get the multi-use platform with it and it has an extra shim clipped to it & a pair of smaller sized cutting plates. I tried it & it was...erm....ok...but to be honest with you, it does not do much more more than my Cuttlebug does already! Ok you can cut thicker stuff with it like Grungeboard & leather (although I have not tried it) But Alas for all its good looks and hype, I have returned it! Its not for me, it will be for some of you, but not me. I am now waiting for the New Spellbinders "Grand Callibure" instead :) being as thats the new A4 size machine I think I will get more use from it than the Vagabond. Plus I cant wait to use the Big Nesties with it too. I saw it on Create & Craft on easy pay & though right thats the one! So hopefully it will be in one of my posts soon...... Sorry Tim!

Right O! I bid you all Audi & will catch up with your desks! Keep well & warm!

Lavinia

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