soRRy You feel so ickY

No, I haven't forgotten my grammar!!  Mary J here with a get well card because I just can't seem to make enough of these in the current horrid weather we are experiencing in the UK!!

This is for a male colleague and love this Paper Makeup Flubu Monster and that sentiment comes with him.  I used my fave Bazzill Smoothies Kraft cardstock for the base and papers from the Crate Paper School Spirit 6x6 pad - brilliant papers with this brilliant image!!  I also used Distress Inks stain in Picket Fence to soften the edges and papers - this is so easy to use for this technique!

And do you like my layout?  I used this month's Quixotic Paperic sketch - hope it has inpired you to play along for a chance to win a £15 prize!  Link your projects up here - I hope you can join in!

That's it from me today!  See you next Thursday but before I go, don't forget to check out the new goodies in store!

* KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS JAN RELEASE *
* NEW SOME ODD GIRL STAMPS RELEASE *
* NEW THE GREETING FARM RELEASE *
* KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS DEC RELEASE *
* SIMPLY GORJUSS - NEW RUBBER & A6 CLEAR SETS

Christmas Elf - Floppy

Hi everyone! Sandie here again. Have you seen our November sketch challenge starts today? Check out the post below for details of the sketch ... and the prize ;)

I have a card to share with you that I made using one of Make it Crafty's Christmas Elves. This little guy is called Floppy and he's been coloured with Copic Markers. 

My papers a mix of Crate and October Afternoon and I've matted them with brown, white and blue card. I painted the chipboard chipboard snowflakes, also from Make it Crafty, with white acrylic paint and once they dried I added loads of glitter to them. 

The Ribbon and basic Grey pearls are from my stash. 

Hope you like :) 

Sandie

xx

Is It Someone's Birthday?

Did you see Judy's lovely Birthday card yesterday? Well I have another one today because it was Elaine's Birthday yesterday but we are all still in Celebratory mode! YAY! Birthday!

My Birthday make uses lovely Octopode Factory Alice and Crate Paper Farmhouse, the sentiment is from Whimsy Birthday Letters Seal set.

To celebrate her birthday Elaine has a special offer running at the shop...

Happy Birthday Elaine!

Kim

No Matter How Small!

Good Morning Kim here today,

I am so pleased with how this turned out it must have been one of the quickest cards to make and loving all the colours from these Crate papers. I totally adore Horton hears a who film...  which is the reason for buying this fantastic Artistic Outpost - Think & Wonder stamp set. Featuring quotes from Dr. Seuss... A person's a person, no matter how small. Just love it!!! The Pink Paislee - Artisan Elements - Swirls I have coloured using Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Weathered Wood, I blasted it with my heat gun and it dried on very nicely!

The faux Stitching was created using the WRMK sew easy and a black fine liner for the stitches. Now I'm admiring the new sew easy heads available.... yum and check out the

*NEW* MAKE IT COLOUR BLENDING CARD

*NEW* WHIMSY STAMPS	*NEW* KRAFTIN' KIMMIE	*NEW* GRAPHIC 45
*NEW* MARIANNE D DIES, PAPERS, RIBBONS	*NEW* VICTORIA CASE SCACD	*NEW* MAKE IT CRAFTY
*NEW* SOME ODD GIRL	*NEW* WOOD EMBELLISHMENTS	*NEW* SEW-EASY

Thank you so much for stopping by hope you have a fabulously creative day! Don't miss the...

Hope you find some wonderful bargains, BiG HuGs Kim :)

Latest Additions

Stunning 6x6 Paper Pads from Crate Paper and Fancy Pants!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps March Pre-Order - due in stock this week!

 Craft Stamper Magazine - April 2011 Issue

Wild Sprout Ebony

Happy Sunday everyone!

Today I have a card to share with you that I've literally just finished using this cute TGF Ebony stamp (available HERE)!  I stamped Ebony in Memento Tuxedo Blank ink pad (available HERE) and coloured her with Copics.  Both my DP and 'charming' sentiment sticker are from the Crate Paper 'Brook' Collection Kit (available HERE) - I adore this kit!

Just a quick post from me as both daughter and hubby return to school tomorrow, so it's a bit of a 'do' day today - ironing, packing bags, cleaning shoes ... etc.  But we hope to take a little trip to the coast this afternoon as it's such a beautiful day here in the South West!

Hope you have a FAB day, whatever you're up to!

Hugs, Simonne x

Crate Paper - Paper Doll Collection

Did you realise that the Crate Paper Collection Kits don't just come with a whole range of beautiful papers but there are stickers and die-cuts in there to?

Well I've been playing with the papers, stickers and die-cuts from the Paper Doll Crate Paper collection, available over at Quixotic Paperie. It is mostly a pink collection but there are some lovely greens, teals and neutrals in there too.

The sentiment is a die-cut from the collection and I've used one of the head pins from Quixotic Paperie and I added a 10mm pearl bead with a 'snowflake' style spacer to the head and then bent the pin end into a loop to hang the butterfly charm from.

The bottom of the card was finished with a scalloped sticker from the kit and I've added some of the lovely glossy white oval-shaped flat-backed pearl gems.

Enjoy playing with your Crate Paper Collection Kits

Kim

Materials:
Papers - Crate Paper Paper Doll
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue; scissors
Other - Head Pins; 10mm Pearl Bead; 'Snowflake' Style spacer; Butterfly charm; Sewing machine; thread; glossy white oval-shaped flat-backed Pearl gems; jewellery pliers; Uhu glue