Thursday 29 October 2015

meet little jack

this is jack o lantern, made to display on our fruit and veg stall, its really small but cute, all i had to try to make hims was a very large chef knife, and a pencil! the kids seemed to like him,

Sunday 25 October 2015

my new key organiser

today i needed a new key organiser for my kitchen, so this is it, using polkadoodles octavia moonfly cdrom, and the woodcrack paper download,  and a mdf plaque,  the flowers are from my crafty stash 

Tuesday 20 October 2015

have a wonderful day

this 8 x 8 card was made using crafters companion acrylic silk art, for the background, sheena douglas's in the forest stencil and black archival ink, a sheena stamp and some flourishes cut using my silhouette portrait, the flowers are from my crafty stash

Friday 16 October 2015

another halloween card

a 6 x 8 card, made with using polkadoodles Amelia witch with toad digital download, i have coloured it using spectrum noir pens, the lattice frame work and embellishments are all made using my silhouette machine, the flowers are handmade. hope you like

Monday 12 October 2015

a wedding card with a difference

so today i had some wedding day cards to make, and just fancied making something a little different, this is an 8 x 8 card , the image is taken from the my craft studio tinkering with steampunk cdrom, what do you think?

Thursday 8 October 2015

first halloween make

this is my first halloween make, the backing image is from polkadoodles witchy witch, download bundle, i highlighted the webs with a white pen, the mummy is form polkadoodles halloween downloads, i coloured it using spectrum noir pens, and cut it out and arranged it, the embellishments are cut out using silhouette machine in white card and then coloured with spectrum noir pens to match the background 

some MDF makes


this is decorated  using frantage , which is similar to gilding flakes, from crafters companion it gives it a metallic look, the flowers are all cut out using my silhouette machine, the mdf tree is from ali reeve at clever cut

this is a circular piece of mdf that i covered with brown card and then cut out hundreds of petals of two different colours and  arranged them around to give a sunflower look,the mdf  circle  is from ali reeve at clever cut

i painted the mdf with white gesso, and i  sprayed this with crafters companion stick and stay, then covered it with crystal glitter, the flowers are all handmade, the mdf tree is from ali reeve at clever cut

painted this with gesso, then using a gold texture paint i stencilled randomly, again the flowers are all handmade the mdf tree is from ali reeve at clever cut


this is two circles attached, i cut out all the daisies using the silhouette machine, attaching them took a long time, then i finished the flowers off with card candi,  the mdf cirles are  from ali reeve at clever cut


this was my first attempt at doing mdf, i attached two hearts and covered them with hessian, then made all the flowers and embellishments and attached  the mdf hearts are from ali reeve at clever cut

more uploaded cards

made using polkadoodles lovely serenity cdrom the flowers are from my crafty stash

this is tatty twinkle from my craft studio, drawn by nikki hall

made using crafters companion scruffy little cats cdrom

i love elephants and this is one is beautiful, a polyanna pickering image from her world wildlife cdrom

taken from the flights of fantasy cdrom by crafters companion, the flowers are mulberry paper from my crafty stash

Also from the flights of fantasy cdrom 

made using crafters companion kimono cdrom, it cried out for feathers 

twiggy and toots by polkadoodles, these are some of favourite characters 

more twiggy and toots just love them


a lovely black squirrel image from polyanna the flowers are all handmade

Wednesday 7 October 2015

some more cards


this is a 6 x 6 card made using jems designs oriental cdrom, the flowers are mulberry paper roses from my crafty stash,





another polyanna pickering image, this is a centre stepper card, with handmade flowers made from velum and coloured in using spectrum noir pens, the centre rose is a mulberry paper rose from my paper stash, the icicle on the side of the stepper are made using spellbinders icicle die 


this is a beautiful image made using flights of fantasy cdrom from crafters companion,the roses are mulberry roses from my crafty stash  

a triple easel card made using  polkadoodles twiggy and toots festive cdrom 

made with polyanna pickering countryside cdrom the flowera are handmade

made using jems design oriental cdrom 

made using jems design a swan song cdrom 

made from polyanna pickering countryside cdrom the flowers are handmade and the lattice border is made using my silhouette machine

msde using polyanna pickering cdrom best of breeds 

made using a kanban papercrafting kit

made using debbi more art deco cdrom

made using my craft studio all occasions cdrom 

made using polyanna pickering christmas companion cdrom

made using the wonderful josephine wall cdrom enchanted dreams the flowers are all handmade

made using crafter companions winter faeries cdrom

made using jems design christmas yesterday dreams 

made using polyanna pickerings christmas companion cdrom

made using crafters companion kimono cdrom 

made using polyanna pickerings best of breeds cdrom

made using polyanna pickerings best of breeds cdrom

Sunday 4 October 2015

just a few cards

this was made from the barkley cdrom by crafters companion, the snowflakes are made with the spellbinders dies

this is made using an image from la pashe, its an 8 x 8 card


made using thomas kinkade cdrom, i took the image into serif craft artist and  made it black and white, its an 8 x 8 card

an A4 card made using my craft studio christmas cdrom

this is an A4 card, made by printing onto the card a blue background, and them printing onto acetate a black image from my craft studio and wrapping it around the card front, it was a very affective beautiful card 

this is a christmas paper wreath,made with homemade paper roses and flowers cut using spellbinders dies, the centre sentiment is suspended on acetate 

this is from jems designs punk cdrom very unusual and fun imagery 

another jems design image,this is from enigma cdrom 

this is from jems designs monochrome cdrom, its A4 in size

a polyanna pickering image, this is angel the owl, the lattice border is made on my silhouette machine

i love elephants and this is a polyanna pickering image, it is 8 x 8

another jems design cdrom gothic beauties, the card is 7 x 10 and it is made with real lace as a border 

a simple halloween card

made using gothic beauties from jems designs, 

this is made using the moorehead cdrom by crafters companion, the flowers are all handmade cut out using my silhouette machine

this was a ordered wedding card, its A4 and made using real lace and paper roses, from debbi more art deco cdrom 

this is made using forever friends by docrafts the tiny blossoms are all punched out 

this is from love hearts by jems design cdroms the flowers are all handmade and the heart is decoupaged

taken from la pashe papercrafting kit, with die cut flourishes and handmade flowers 

from moorehead cdrom by crafters companion, the flowers are all cut out using my silhouette machine and the centres are rolled on a quilling tool

a gothic wedding card using jems design gothic cdrom, the flowers are handmade 

made using popcorn the bear by crafters companion cdrom, the flourishes are made using spellbinder dies, and the roses are from my crafty stash

made using crafters companion swalk cdrom 

a card made by halfing an A4 piece of card longways, then using tonic dies to cut out the hearts and tiles for the sentiment 


this is a lovely image from the moorehead cdrom by crafters companion, i used a 6 x 6 scalloped card and created an easel 

this is made from an image on the silhouette machine that was printed out then cut out and decoupaged the flower is handmade

the lattice and daisies were  cut using the silhouette portrait the roses are from my crafty stash  

another card cut from the silhouette portrait

another design printed out and then cut using my silhouette 

cut out all parts using the silhouette machine, and then decoupaged

the main image is printed and then cut out using the silhouette, the flowers and leaves are made using fimo clay and then oven baked, i coloured them with spectrum noir and pebeo gilding wax

this is cut out using tonic dies 

main image is from moorehead cdrom by crafters companion, the flowers are all handmade

this is a card made using only handmade flowers that i made for other cards and saved 

made using jems designs yesterdays dreams cdrom the embellishments are made from spellbinders dies 

made using jems design cdrom and real lace

this is a la plashe image, that i made into an easel card, the little balls are made by rolling up real wool

another jems design cdrom image, the flourishes made using spellbinders dies,

made using quackers papercrafting kit from crafters companion, the flowers are all handmade

made using forever friends papercrafting kit, and handmade flowers with spellbinder dies 

from forever friends papercrafting kit,and docraft flowers 

made from forever friends papercrafting kit the flowers are docrafts and the silver frames are made from spellbinders dies 

this made from 8 x 8 black card, the flowers are all handmade, it is embossed using  a crafters companion embossing folder, and the main cut image is from tonic dies, the whole card has had gilding wax applied
these are just a few of the cards i have made in the past i will post more later