Hi all!

Hello everyone!
I have had the busiest couple of weeks... I don't know whether I'm coming or going. I won't bore you with all the details, but I did want to mention a lovely Stampin'Up! workshop that I ran last week. This is one of the two cards that we made on the night. We used the Loads of Love stamp set, which, considering the main image is a truck, is suprisingly versatile!! The hostess fell in love with all of the products, so she signed up to become a demonstrator herself. Can't say I blame her!!
TTFN
xx

Win $1,000 at theCuttlebugSpot.com!

As a huge fan of Cuttlebug embossing folders, I was pleased to read that The Cuttlebug Spot is having a contest - "The Journey to 1,000"! They are trying to reach 1,000 followers by the end of July and need your help. To enter all you have to do is go to their site, sign up as follower and complete a few easy steps and you could win a $1,000 gift certificate to Custom Crops (www.CustomCrops.com)! GO NOW and check it out at www.TheCuttlebugSpot.com
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Wedding card

Hi all!
Just dropped in to share this card with you. The commission was just for 'a wedding card'! I know the people going to the wedding are in their late 20s, so I guessed the couple getting married are a similar age. I went for a fairly austere colour scheme, but lifted it with some quirky heart stamps, made by Luxe Designs.
Fingers crossed it'll fit the bill!!
xx

Christening card

I used many similar techniques on this card as on the previous one. I'm struggling to take good photos, though. The lighting is the biggest problem. Hopefully, you can still enjoy this card!
xx

Glimmer Mist

Evening everyone!
I've been a busy bee in the batcave just lately. There's been a shedload of work for Crafter's Companion (FAB new products coming soon- can't wait to show you...) so not much time for blogging unfortunately. I did make time for a 40th birthday card that I was commissioned to make. I had a bit of a clear up and unburied my box of glimmer mists. They're now actually within reach, so I think I'll be using them lots. I'd forgotten how lovely they are!
Anyway, this is a 6 inch square card that I embossed on the edges using a clear stamp set by Inkadinkadoo (97633-floral flourishes). I hand cut the numbers from some card, using a set of templates. I did this as I wanted to use a thick, 300gsm card that would take the embossing & the glimmer mist without buckling. Once embossing with a clear hologram powder, I added some pink inks using Cut'n'Dry foam before spraying with pink & green glimmer mists.
The butterfly is a pre-printed embellishment from Craftwork Cards, also treated with the same colours. I added some pink crystals as a final flourish. I love the Prima crystal flourishes, but I wanted to see if a producing a similar, cheaper version was possible. I think it works pretty well,albeit a bit smaller.
It was so nice to be able to make a card using anything I wanted. I love all of the commissioned work I do, but it's nice to let loose every once in a while!
xx

HELP!!!!!

Morning, all!!
I've finally had enough of my Cuttlebug embossing folders & my Spellbinder dies that keep falling out of the folder I've been storing them in, so I've emptied them all over my lounge floor to try & organise them, but I don't have a single clue how to rearrange everything!!
I have a few folders with magnetic sheets inside, to hold the nestabilities, but it's not ideal. How do you all store yours???!!!

R.I.P 'Marmite' the hamster!!

Hi all!
I've not been blogging lately as I've been manically busy with commissions. I've just done some work for Leann Chivers, who will be on Ideal World tonight from 9pm using some of my samples. I've also been doing lots of projects & samples for Crafter's Companion and I had a C.C stand at last week's Great South Stamp show in Worthing. Hi to all of you who stopped by & said hello- we were very warmly recieved and I had a lovely day!!
Anyway, who, you may ask, is Marmite the (ex) hamster?? Well, a very close friend of mine has been having a bit of a hard time lately and ont op of everything else, the family's ageing hamster was on it's last legs. My friend said that she didn't know what to do when it died (She looked pretty horrified when I suggested a burial at sea, via the toilet) so before I'd really thought about what I was saying, I offered to make a coffin!!! My friend was thrilled with this, so I had no choice!! I had intended to make said coffin with time to spare but of course, forgot, so when I got the fateful call to say that Marmite had joined the giant hamster wheel in the sky, I had to get to work PDQ!
Here is the finished coffin- a fitting tribute to a well loved pet!!! (I'm pretty sure that when Sara Davies invented the Top Score & box maker, I don't think hamster coffins would have been on the list of possible projects!!!)
Lou
xx