Winter Fun

Hi All,

I hope you're not as stressed out as me with all this Christmas malarky. Honestly I've a thousand and one things to do.  I have started my Christmas shopping but we're getting new windows fitted on Friday .... aaagh! and I'm the Treasurer for my son's Air Cadet Squadron and the accounts have to be submitted by the end of the month ..... aaagh!

Anyhow, our final Crafty Cardmakers challenge for this year, hosted by Marie, is 

WINTER FUN (NOT CHRISTMAS OR NEW YEAR)

Well, I have to say this challenge had me stumped, cause all my winter stamps are Christmas related, however lying in bed on Saturday night, when all was quiet and all was still, this stupid idea came into my head ....

Oh dear, everyone else has done lovely pretty cards! But hey, we all need a laugh girls, don't we!

Stamps used were Hero Arts and Tim Holtz. 

Our sponsors for this challenge are The Paper Shelter

with a $20 gift certificate

and Sir Stampalot

with this fabulous prize

Okay dokes, got to get going.  Hopefully I will have time to join in a challenge or two in the next couple of weeks.

Until then, thanks for popping in.

Take care

Suze xx

CAS for Crafty Cardmakers

Hi all,  

Thanks for popping in today, apologies again for being a very sparse blogger, been up to my eyes in craft fair stuff, however, only one more to go next weekend and then I can concentrate on other things - like Christmas shopping ... aagh, I'm always last minute!

I've a wee card for you today for the new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers.  CAS (Clean and Simple) is the theme, hosted by the lovely Viv. (Thanks Viv for making this an easy challenge for me!)

A very simple card using a strip of Stampin Up DP and aTim Holtz dressform die.  The circular stamp is Stampin Up, inked in Summer Starfruit and I just finished it off with a wee bit of seam binding and some flowers punched from SU glitter card.

Our Sponsors for this challenge are:

Di's Digistamps

offering a $10 voucher

and The Stampman

offering a £10 voucher 

My card also qualifies for the current challenge over at Let's Craft and Create - Glitter.

Okay, that's me for today, thanks again for popping in.

Take care
Suze xx

Paper Piecing

Hi all,

Firstly let me apologise for being a rather absent blogger the last couple of weeks, I've been up to my eyes making stock for the four Christmas fairs I'm doing this year.  I've actually been asked to do another two but I'm turning them down, otherwise I'll be a stressed out wreck by the time Christmas comes!  However, I had one fair this week and did really well, so only 3 more to go!

I've a wee card for you today, made for the new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers.  Viv has chosen the theme of PAPER PIECING.

The stamp was a magazine freebie.  I paper pieced her dress and pumps and coloured the rest of her with Promarkers.  I then added some glossy accents to her posy of flowers and some Stickles to the frill of her dress.  The frames were cut using Stampin Up framelits and I also cut the No 4 and butterflies using SU dies too.


Our sponsors for this challenge are

Saturated Canary 
with two of their fabulous digis

and Woodware
with a prize of £12.00 to spend at your favourite Woodware Stockist
(onine or in-store)

Hope you can find the time  to join us in spot of paper piecing.

Thanks  for popping in today.

Take good care

Oh and I nearly forgot ...... thanks Valerie!!! mwah x

Suze xx

The Color Purple

Hi all,

Another fortnight has passed and it's time again for a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers. This time the theme, chosen by Fiona, is MONOCHROMATIC PURPLE.

Well I never realised how little 'purple' stash I have. This is the total sum of it ...

Showing the shine!

The large butterfly stamp is from Stampin Up, stamped with Versamark onto SU cardstock and clear embossed. I then die cut it using an SU framelit, matted onto a white embossed layer then onto DP.  The sentiment is Personal Impressions.



Our sponsors for this challenge are Di's Digistamps and Hobby Art

Okay, that's me for today, thanks for popping in.

Take good care,
Suze  xx

Cozy Kiddie Handwarmers

Hi All,

Well, British Summer Time has now officially ended, and it's dark o'clock at 5 in the evening.  I don't much care for the dark winter nights, makes me feel very lazy and consume even more chocolate than I normally do!

However, I have been busy the last couple of weeks making stuff for the four Christmas craft fairs I'm doing this year.  Three of them are at local nursery/primary schools, so with the little kiddies in mind, one of the things I've made are some cozy little microwavable handwarmers...

I used 100% cotton flannel, cut into 4" squares.  I also cut two squares of lining material, stitched them all together, leaving a gap for turning. Filled with rice then handstitched up.

I've packaged them up and added a little instruction leaflet ...

When first heated the rice gives off a little moisture so I've already heated them three times in the microwave just to make sure they're all ok!

I'm linking to Handmade Monday, over at the Handmade Harbour blog for the first time.

Okay, that's me for now, my Cadbury's Fruit & Nut is calling!  See you tomorrow with a card for the new Crafty Cardmakers challenge.

Thanks for popping in.

Suze xx

Clean and Simple Shabby Chic

Hi all,

I hope you are all well on this chilly October morning.

I'm here with a card for the new Crafty Cardmakers challenge. Betty is our hostess and she has chosen the theme "SHABBY CHIC".  Aagh, I can't do shabby chic, I can only do clean and simple, however I've done my best and combined the two styles and I think my card although CAS is still quite soft and feminine.

I suppose the only shabby chic elements are the seam binding and I did distress the edges of the tag! The dress form stamp is from Kaisercraft, stamped in Versafine Sepia. The flowers on the DP have nice sparkly centres and is very pretty IRL.

Our sponsors for this challenge are 

Milk Coffee Digital Stamps

and Sir Stampalot

I hope you can find the time to join in and remember your creation doesn't have to be a card.

Okay that's me for today, the kids are on a two week break from school so I suppose I better go and get them out of bed for some lunch!

Thanks for popping in,
Take care

Suze xx

A White Stocking

Hi all,

It's been a while since I joined in with Chrissie and Jen over at Less is More, but this week's challenge of "White Christmas" really took my fancy - I do love a bit of "white on white"!

Very quick and easy, no stamping involved, just die cutting and embossing. The stocking is a Sizzix die, cut from white and glittery white felt.  The Spellbinder poinsettia is cut from vellum and the embossed sentiment is a Cuttlebug one.

Okay, that's it for today, I'm off out to enjoy the last of the good weather. It's so mild today but the temperature is forecast to plummet tomorrow!

Thanks for popping in.

Suze xx