Paper Pros Challenge 001

Welcome to a NEW challenge for me. 

 This is the Paper Pros Challenge and it is Challenge Number 001! 
 What or who are Paper Pros?... well we are a group of Crafting Friends, brought together by our love for the Karen Burniston Products and we formed the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Team.  Now firm friends and firm crafters we all decided with the Karen Burniston Design Team without our challenges we wanted to keep ourselves busy with Monthly challenges.  Just for fun, anything goes product wise and just to be part of a team, together creating and hopefully inspiring you all still!  Thrilled that our "Team Leader" Karen Burniston wanted to play with us too!! And Karen is joining in.

Summer was the lady to kick our challenge into the start line and her challenge is :

How about shaking it up? --- a challenge all about shaking... Whether a 

shaker card or action wobbler... Just a whole lotta shaking going on

Now me being last minute dot.com I had to make some Valentine gifts.

A little choccy box for 4 special people.

I used the Tonic Studios Gesture Box this cute

little box is big enough to hold a small chocolate.  Such as a

ferrero rocher But for Valentines I popped some chocolate hearts.

The image was stamped with a Taylored Expressions Grumplings set

and I mounted the circle onto a concertina of card to create a "Wobble" platform.

You can see the rest of the teams creations on their blogs :

Sandy Diller - http://sandydiller.blogspot.com
Donna Wright - http://oldredshed.blogspot.com
Shelly Hickox - http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com
Summer - Hills Painter - http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com
Karen Aicken - http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca
Raquel Mason - http://raquelmason.blogspot.com
Caz Counsell -http://stampingcaz.blogspot.com
Helen Cryer - http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com
Kelly Booth - http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com
Frances Byrne - http://stampowl.blogspot.com
Fran Sabad - http://fransabad.com

Karen Burniston - http://karenburniston.typepad.com

I am not sure if all are playing along every week, we are doing 

it as a kind of relaxed thing.  No stress just fun!!

I hope you enjoy seeing us back together.

Cazx

Create and Take - Trick or Treat

This was yesterdays Create and Take at work and I gave them a choice of the Halloween or Christmas Treat bags.

The topper was made using the Marianne Designs BAG TOPPER BOW

and decorated using some Taylored Expressions stamps.

I was a bit worried that it would be a bit unbalanced with more people

choosing Christmas but we had a fair amount of ladies that chose the Halloween one as well

so I was happy about that.

Of course I included the sweet Treat  for them all :)

I'm a great aunty

I became a great auntie Saturday and as soon as I found out Sunday I got making a baby card.

I used the Karen Burniston Oval Landscape accordion die  and Taylored  Expressions Hippo Birdy stamps.

It was lovely to use Pink and make this cute card to welcome baby Imogen.   Congratulations Nephew Robert, Emma and Big Sister Ruby. X xx

Card round up

I admit to sharing all my cards and creations on Facebook and forgetting my blog so I have a couple to share in this post today.

First up is last weeks Create and Take at Crafts U Love

I used the Stampendous Angel Fish stamp for this one.

I can't tell you how much I struggled with this card.  I made a variation that just

did not work and nearly drove myself nuts getting it right.  I am pleased to say

in the end it turned out ok and the ladies at Create and Take brought all

the stamps and embossing folders so I guess it was a thumbs up from them too.

This card is my Pop it Ups Wednesday over at Elizabeth Craft Designs.

You can check out my info HERE and the blog HERE

This one was a card I made for one of Harvey's friends.

Boys cards are always tricky and now they are getting older it is

getting even harder.  I used the Dienamics Headphones for this one.

And lastly this was the week before's Create and take and this one

was made using Taylored Expressions Stamps, Die and Embossing Folder too.

All items from Crafts U Love

I will try and post more to here. And I hope you have liked these cards.

I'm off to the shed to play with the NEW We R Memory Keepers Banner Punch boards.

You know how much I like to use the boards and how much I like bunting too.  Match made in heaven.  I will post my results later.

Cazx

Woodware Daisy

I made this card for the Create and Take at Crafts U Love the other week but I forgot to post it here.

I was really pleased how this turned out.

As well as the Woodware stamp

I used the Taylored Expressions Burlap Embossing Folder and some

Papermania Glitter Domes - all items from Crafts U Love

Taylored Expressions Sack it FROG

I love Taylored Expressions Sack it dies and as soon as I saw the frog I knew I must have it.   With the sack its, you purchased the original Sack it and then decorate it with additional dies. I got it when we went back to work after Christmas for my Christmas Pressie :)   I also brought the Hedgehog too.  I have in the past before Owls, collected both Frogs and Hedgehogs.  First it was the Frogs and then Hedgehogs.  I still love all three :)  I will try and make the Hedgehog this week.

These would be perfect for party boxes for a Princess party.  Would look super cute with a bow on her head, or a bow tie for a male one.  Lots of ideas.

They are in stock at Crafts U Love. 

Happy Birthday Mum

It's my Mums birthday today and here is the card I made her using a Taylored Expressions die called "A ray of sunshine" cutting plate and a cute cat stamp from Paper Smooches.  Both from Crafts U Love

My Mum loves all things cute and cuddly and I knew this card would give her a smile.

Now I had a mental moment when I thought "eeeks what will I do I have no envelope" but then I was like DUH I have my We R Memory Keepers punch board and I made this envelope for the card.  Much nicer than a plain envelope.  

Happy Birthday Mum, Love You xx

Happy Birthday Card

I just made this card tonight for one of Harvey's friends.  Once again I found myself reaching for the Katie Label Pivot die from Karen Burniston dies.  I also used this cute owl set from Paper Smooches.

The papers are from the Lawn Fern Collection.

I am entering this into the the everything goes challenge at Paper Smooches

The banner on the front was made using the Taylored Expressions die HERE

Super simple, super fun card to make.  I hope you liked it 

Cazx