Halloween Hot Air Balloon

Happy Halloween Folks!
Here is a little project I made using the Hot Air Balloon template from Crafter's Companion and the lovely 'Rare Oddities' papers from Graphic 45. The flowers and leaves decoration was created using the Sheena Douglass Wild Briar Rose dies.

Hope you like it!
Best wishes
Karen x

Fabulous Facets

Morning Crafty Peeps!
Just thought I'd share a little faceted gift box I made using the lovely new luxury cardstock from Crafter's Companion and the Ultimate Pro boxes DVD.

This is so simple to make yet really effective!
Hope you like it!
Karen x

Botanicabella Botanist

Just popped by to share a project I made using the fabulous Botanicabella collection from Graphic 45 - sent to me by the lovely peeps at Jones Crafts.
I decided to alter a book box and make it into a little keepsake box which may have belonged to a Victorian botanist.

Inside I made a mini album notebook out of grunge board and the papers where the botanist could make notes and keep samples of his finds. I also created a little pin board on the inside of the box where he could store pictures and cuttings, and I even added some littlepaper butterfly samples - collected just as a Victorian would have done. 

I hope you like my little project. I love decorating the box to look like a book!

Many thanks and bye for now
Karen x

Perfect Picnic

Afternoon All!
So who treated themselves to the lovely luxury card stock from Crafter's Companion this week?
It really is lovely and perfect for making gift boxes.

Here is a little picnic basket I made using the card and the instructions from the new Ultimate Pro Boxes DVD.

The dies are the Christmas Poinsettia dies which I love.
Anyway hope you like it.
Back soon
Karen x

A Little Bit Nordic

Hi Everyone!

Back with a little card and gift tag I made with one of the fab stamps sets in the Crafter's Companion Nordic Christmas range.

I love the images and papers in this collection and think they work really well with Kraft card and embossed Centura Pearl card. I coloured the images with my Spectrum Noirs and fussy cut them out, before embellising with buttons, twine, ribbon and Die'sire Classique Snowflake die cuts.

Hope you like them!

I'd like to enter them into the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - Christmas with a Ribbon (red polka dot)

ABC challenge - Use Two of something (2 buttons on card)

Papertake Weekly - Two by Two (2 buttons, 2 projects)

Best wishes and bye for now

Karen x

For Someone Special

Morning All!
Are you ready for the One Day wonder on Create and Craft? The lovely Fiona Clayton from Crafter's Companion is bringing us the beautiful Christine Haworth Cds with fabulous, timeless images for us to craft with.
I made a box using one of the Card Companions from the Cd - hope you like it!

Products Used:

Cinderella CD - Card Companion and Backing Paper

Sheena Stamping card and Centura Pearl

Embossalicious Delicate Floral Folder

Satin Gold Card Card,

Die’sire Forget Me Not and Lace Bloom dies

Ultimate Pro for Box

Pearls, Pearl Pen, Glitter, Collall Glue Gel and Tacky Glue

Timeless Classic

Hi All!
Just popped by to share a circle easel card I made using the lovely new Christine Haworth CD which is launch as a One Day Wonder on Create and Craft tomorrow.

If you lovely pretty, timeless images, you'll love this CD!
Bye for now
Karen x

Lullaby Lovelies

Afternoon All!
Today I'd like to share a card and gift bag I made with the lovely Butterfly Lullaby papers from Sara Davies' Signature Collection.

These papers really are lovely and I decided to fussy cut some of the images to use as embellishments.
The card was made on an 8x8 card base, layering with Coredinations Mauve card and black card. I raised all the images with Collall 3D Glue Gel.

I then decorated inside to match - the embossing folder is Crafter's Companion Embossalicious Delicate Floral.

The little bag was also made with papers and the elements layered on the front. I also added glitter, ribbon and pearl pen.

Anway, hope you like this little set - thanks for popping by!

World's Fair Trio

Afternoon Folks!
Today I thought I'd share some projects I have made using the fabulous Graphic 45 'World's Fair' collection, sent to me by the lovely people at Jones Crafts.
I first decided to make a 5.5 x 5.5 inch card from Kraft card and cut images from the papers to create a male themed design. The original A4 piece of Kraft card that I used had a spare bit left over so I then made a tag to match.

In my stash I also had a blank Kraft notebook so I decided to decorate that too so I had a little gift to match.

I hope you like my little trio as much as I enjoyed creating them. Thanks for popping by!

I'd like to enter my trio in the following challenge:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Beautiful Bauble

Evening Crafters!
Just thought I'd pop by and share an easel card I made using the A6 Bauble Create a Card Die from Crafter's Companion. These dies are so easy and effective to use. I teamed up my Coredinations cardstock with Centura Pearl and silver mirri card, and also used the die to emboss the image on the bottom layer of the card.
Hope you like it! xx