New Home card

A good friend of mine is moving today and here is the card I made for her :)  I used the Karen Burniston Pop n cuts chair die and I even included a photo of my friends kids in the photo frame to really make it personalised.  You can purchase this Pop n Cuts die from www.craftsulove.co.uk and click HERE to take you to the page. 

I am sure once this evening comes my friend Karen will be wanting to sit in a chair like this!

Sunny Flower

I loved this Woodware stamp that we got in at work the other week and I had to have it.  I coloured this before we had a little family holiday and I just made this on my return.

Not my usual style, ie a bit grown up for me!! LOL

Here are a few pictures from our recent camping trip to Camber Sands.

My lovely boys hugging in the sea, holding on for life I am told!

We took Milo on his first holiday and he was so good :)

This was yesterday and the weather was glorious.

Eileen Hull - Sizzix Fun!

Not wanting to give Karen Burniston all the Sizzix love I thought I would show you my newest die, the lovely window box from Eileen Hull.  This little window and box has so many possibilities!  I like to think that whatever you could see out of the window you could create a little scene in the window box.  So I am thinking Christmas scenes, summer scenes... you're only restricted by your imagination.

So this little window box depicts everything me!  Bright happy colours and a little birdie too.  Of course and owl would have been preferable but maybe next time ;)  I had great fun working with inks, stamps, paints, embossing powders and all sorts.

Die from www.craftsulove.co.uk 

What would you put on yours?

Almost Summer Holidays

And then the fun of working Mums really starts and we juggle the kids between me and hubby taking holidays and my Mum (where would I be without my Mum)  I have made a couple of teachers gifts.

These are fun book hedgehogs I made for the boys teachers

they can be used to hold notes.

A very simple tag for the TA's choccies

What have you done for your teachers and Ta's this year?

Minion card :)

Inspired by this amazing card by Helen, this is my feeble attempt at a Minion card, made for my work friend Tracy who's birthday was last week.

The recipient loved it :) and I enjoyed making it.  It was all

hand cut apart from the glasses.

A last minute card

I wanted to make another pop n cut card but I didn't have much time so I kept it simple and let the card design do the talking... this 3D LABEL WINDOW does not need a lot of faff to make a great card as its just such a great shape and a few stamped images and you're done.  Of course if you have the time you can jazz it up to your hearts delight too!

I used one of the new TILLY DAYDREAM DO Crafts Stamps

a Prima Washi tape stamp

and of course the wonderful Karen Burniston's Pop n Cuts

designs.

3d Label WINDOW

The edge and Scroll die is a decoration die.  It

cuts a beautiful scroll but also the decorative shape

that gets stuck behind the 3d label window and it finishes

the card off perfectly.

This was the base that I used, creates a slightly squarer card

with a nice ornate edge.

And lastly this is the Label and Butterfly Bigz die

this one decorated both the Label WINDOW pop n cut and

the Butterfly WINDOW pop n cut too.

Happy Birthday Kieran

Its my nephews birthday today! It's always a struggle to make teen boys cards, but I dusted off my Stampendous Changito stamps as he loves sports, especially football.

The wording is a Woodware stamp and I use it all the time, 

it is called Double Birthdays.

I layered the whole thing up with another one of my favourite tools, the Pop

N Cuts basetray and the 3D Label all from Crafts U Love

It's hard to see on the photo but a couple of the footballs are "floating" on a piece of

see thru plastic.  I never throw my Sizzix Bigz dies boxes away and use them when I need

something like this.

I don't know where it came from....

but my liking of owls came from "oh yes that's a cute owl" to me wanting every owl craft item or garden ornament I can find! LOL  So as soon as I saw these Marianne Owls I had to have them.  For this card I teamed the Marianne Owls with the New Marianne Stitched circle flowers and leaves and the very fabulous Karen Burniston's Pop N Cut 3d label frame die.  All the materials are from Crafts U Love.

Items Used : 

Marianne Owl stamp set - call to order

Karen Burniston Pop N Cut 3d Label Frame and the

XL Horizontal A2 Card base die with Square with Ornament 

Marianne Flowers and Leaves from the Stitched Circle Set

La La Land Heart Banner

also used Queen and Co Twinkle Goosebumps - call to order

Pop N Cuts - Tropical Kitty

Washed up on a beach of buttons this tropical mix card is

sure to make someone smile :)

Once again I used the Karen Burniston/Sizzix  Pop N cuts 3D Suitcase to create

the pop up in this card.  I used it with the NEW A2 Horizontal card base

I used a selection of other stamps and dies to decorate

Penny Black Cat in shades

Imaginisce Crab

Sparkley Queen & Co Gooseybump

Marianne Flower and Leaf and also Marianne Decorated Circle (part used)

Pop N cuts - London!

Today I have teamed my Karen Burniston Pop n cuts Sizzix 3d suitcase with the Penny Black London cling stamp and the Penny Black clear set called "Love London" to make a very patriotic card :)

Luckily I had squirrelled away some of my Portabello Road

papers.  And look see those cute little colourful dots at the front, they are

called Twinkle Goosebumps and toooooo cute!

And I have another suitcase coming later too, I have been a busy pop n cutting girl!

Cazx

Joe's 10th Birthday Card

One of Harvey' school friend was 10 at the weekend and I made him this card using the Karen Burniston Accordion Flip 3d album.  From Crafts U Love when we get it back in stock.  This die is HOT HOT HOT!!

I added a Penny Black footie dog.  Joe just loves is football.

Cazx

We loved Butlins :)

My family and I went on holiday to Butlins recently, the kids loved it.  The weather was really kind to us and the it was sunny all weekend.  With the absence of Spain this break will have to do this year.

 I wanted to use my newest pop n cuts die, the Karen Burniston 3D Suitcase die and matching Bigz die.  I got mine from Crafts U Love.

I have another one or two samples of the same die to share soon :) 

So please pop back tomorrow

Cazx