Worst blogger ever??!!! ;-)

Wow, if there was an award for worst blogger ever then I can't help but think I would win it! Sorry for such an absence! I'd like to think I have good excuses, family illnesses, work stresses etc.... as well as the added bonus of turning 30 and getting engaged! So there has been a lot of good and bad mania over recent months!!! Anyway......

I have been having a play with my new Tattered Lace Demure Corner this week, and it certainly is a pretty one! Very versatile! I used it with the Tattered Lace interlocking cupcake die with their dic cut sentiments too.  They do cut very well but some of the sandwiches need to be played around with a little.

I have used the same die on this yellow card except I have positioned it differently. I will certainly be using this one a lot I think! 

Anyway, I do hope you are all well and had a wonderful Easter.  Love and hugs to you all xxx

More tattered lace play time

Evening everyone! 

It's half way through the holiday already, where is this week going? I would like to say that my new half term resolution will be to find more of a work life balance so I can craft more, but I don't realistically see it happening! :-( Still, I'll make the most of it while I can! 

Here I have used a yellow centura pearl as the backing with First edition paper on top.  I then used Tattered lace border dies and the tattered lace oriental fan for the topper.  Both were die cut again using First Edition (Blank Canvas collection).  The happy birthday sentiment is also Tattered lace. 

I finished off with some pretty beads I got from the warehouse sale at the weekend. 

Not long now till the NEC, I'm hoping I can take a day off to go and spend a few pennies! :-) 

Hugs! xxx

Finally some crafting time!

Hi everyone!!!

So it's that time of year again when I am on holiday and can actually craft! Hooray!!!
Treated myself at the Tattered lace /my craft studio warehouse on Saturday to some lovely new dies, so decided to have a play today!

I have used Papermania for the backing, then Centura Pearl for the white dies.  

The shape in the middle is Sizzix with my new Tattered Lace piano on top. 

The musical notes and the treble clef are Memory Box dies.  

The sentiment is a die from Joanna Sheen. 

I thought it was quite a versatile die, can be used for any gender and - more specifically - all those music lovers out there! 

As I am a piano player myself I am particularly fond of it!!!

Happy crafting everyone! And here's for some nicer weather! xxx

Time to crack out the Christmas crafting!

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend!
I am hosting another card party in a couple of weeks so have cracked open the Christmas craft boxes - seems mad in August! But everyone is always after a good card early, I suppose it's one less thing to do when the madness of December hits!
I have played around with a few bits and bobs this weekend and this card is probably my favourite from all the ones I made.
I used a 6x6 card and used the new Christmas paper range of docrafts for the backing paper. I then used a sizzix framelit square to cut the square out of the middle. On the inside of the car I used a Marianne tall house die from the creatables range. The tree is also Marianne with added gems for a bit of sparkle! The banner is Lala land dies. To finish off, I used a wodden 'joy' sentiment.

I hope you like! Simple but a bit festive! :-) Hugs xxx

This card is being entered for the Christmas blog challenge http://craftinboutiquechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/christmas.html 

La la land - cute as a button images

Hi everyone! It's the weekend! Hooray! Hope you have all had a wonderful week.  I am halfway through my holiday already, it has flown by, but the great thing is I've been able to get back to Birmingham and see all my family and friends and be 'Kerriann' again rather than 'Miss'! It's been lovely! Friend, daughter, auntie, granddaughter, they have been the roles I have fallen back in to so far!

I bought some more digi stamps this week from la la land crafts, which, if you are friends with me on facebook, you will know they are my newest obsession!

I coloured the girl using spectrum noirs (TN7,3,2 for the hair, FS9,4,1 for skin, PP5 and 2 for the dress,  IB3 and 1 for all the blue detail.)

The circles are sizzix framlits and the curved border is spellbinders. 

Hope you like! Have a wonderful evening everyone! xxx 

New dies

Good evening everyone! Hope it has been a good week for you all and you have nice things planned for over the weekend.  I have had a really busy week, been into school for 2 days just trying to get everything ready for it all to begin again September. Took a day off from it all today to chill a bit! 

I had some deliveries of new dies this week and I have used 2 of them on this card. All the papers I have used are all First Edition 'Blank Canvas' and they are really pretty colours. It's available in the Range for £7.99. I first used the Spellbinders die Floral Ovals before using Marrianne Designs Creatables Cupcake.  This is a wonderful die, there are so many things you can do with it.  As well as the 4 elements you can see in my cupcake, there is also a flower and candle die as part of the set to put on top of the cake. 

I finished it off using the La la Land Heart Banner which is possibly my new favourite! 

The bow is from the new Lilibet collection, also available at the Range.

Hope you like! I see myself using these dies a lot more! :-)

Hugs xxx

Bunting - always a winner!

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Hi everyone!

I've been doing a bit of colouring again lately, this time I used one if my Strawberry Kisses stamps from Crafter's Companion.

I used used dove crafts papers for the background and then again for the spellbinders rectangles.  The lace is from docrafts as is the sentiment.

I have had a clear out this week and whist rummaging came across twine and bunting that I hadn't used yet.  So I thought I would put it to good use! I attached the end triangles and middle one with pinflair, using the other 2 to move loosely giving it a bit more interest.

Hope you like! Very girly but I make no excuses for it! ;-) Hehe!

Hugs xxx