Week 318 - Use your favourite colour

Good Morning!

Thankyou so much for popping in and a quick post today as it is our birthday weekend at the shop this weekend and the fabulous Sheena Douglass is coming to demonstrate today and hold a workshop tomorrow and there is lots to do!! can't wait though it is going to be a fabulous time.

This week for Allsorts it is my turn to host and I have chosen :-

"Use your favourite Colour !"

as the theme for the Challenge this week and

as you can see from the clue in the title I do like all shades of red - I think that it really brightens everyone up and it is cheerful. This is the card I would like to show you using red!

There is plenty of red in this project starting off with the poppies from the Victorian Florals collection of dies and stamps from Sheena and these have been coloured in using Aqua Tints.
The background has been made using the wonderful Brushos and I am pleased to say that we have got them re-stocked on our website again letscreateartandcrafts.co.uk if you would like to have a go at using these fabulous crafty goodies.  Remember p and p is free over a £10 purchase.
Thankyou for popping in and please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge blog to have a look at the Teams inspiration for this weeks theme.
Thankyou so much for popping in and hope that you enjoy a lovely weekend. I will pop some photographs of our birthday weekend on here so that you can have a peep.
Bye for now
Jo xx



Week 310 - Allsorts Challenge!

Good Saturday Morning to everyone!,

How are you all?  Hope all well and looking forward to your weekend.

This morning is our usual Allsorts Challenge post and today our team member Mervi has asked the Team to show some projects using -

Die Cuts 2 or more!

Well as you all know this won't be a problem for me as I love my dies so a great week ahead on the Challenge site I am sure. Please pop over to have a look at the other members makes and the great prizes on offer.

This is a card that I have made for a friend of mine that is going to be a certain age! (the numbers on the card give the game away but I have kept it a little subtle!)

I have used more than 2 die sets - the flowers are from Heartfelt Creations and it is the Sun  Kissed Fleur stamp and die set, the tag is from a Tim Holtz die and the little bit of border is from the Sue Wilson range.  I have stamped the background with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder and then coloured using distress inks - Peeled Paint and Broken China.  A little blending around the edges with the Broken China brings it all together.

We have some fabulous Heartfelt dies and stamps on our website letscreateartandcrafts.co.uk if you are a Heartfelt fan and it is always free p and p on orders over £10.00! 

We have also loaded all of the Sheena Douglass new perfect partners range that are featured as a Weekender on C and C this weekend.  They are the most gorgeous flowers - stamps and dies to match and we can guarantee that we can beat the prices on TV! check it out if you love Sheena's work.

Must dash now as I have to get down to the shop and then this afternoon is my Friend's birthday party so I hope she likes the card.

Hope that you all have a fabulous weekend and please leave a comment for me - you know \i love to hear from you all.

Thankyou, as always for popping in 

Bye for now

Jo xx

Week 299 - The Colour Purple

Good Morning Everyone,

Thankyou for joining me again and a special welcome to all of my new followers.  I hope that you enjoy checking in at my blog and hope that you are inspired with some of my projects.

Today, as usual on a Saturday, it is the Allsorts Challenge day and it is my week to host the Challenge for this week.

I have chosen the following as the Challenge ~

The Colour Purple

and this is my project ~

 A real Cadbury purple adorable scorable cardstock really makes this pop!

I have used Creative Expressions - Sue Wilson design Gemini Dye - Lyra.

The border has been cut out of Centura Pearl from the Scandanavian collection again from Creative Expressions and the flowers are the Daisy from Cheery Lynn.

This is quite a clean and simple idea really.

We have these dies on the website if you are interested - you will find it at 

letscreateartandcrafts.co.uk

Let's Create are also sponsoring the Challenge this week and the prize is a £10.00 voucher for the lucky winner to spend on the website.

Please pop over to the Challenge site to have a look at the other team members ideas.

Thankyou, again, for popping in and hope you enjoyed what I had to offer.

Dont forget to pop in again on Tuesday to see what I have to show you.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend,

Bye for now

Jo xx

 

 

Good Tuesday morning to you all!

This morning will be the last day of the Trade show at the NEC in Birmingham and we have seen some fabulous new crafting goodies to order and have to put on our website and in our shop.

Today I am a little Die festival in this sample - Tattered Lace to be more precise.

There are various dies in this project but the main one is which is the main focal point is the very pretty Hummingbird which really is a fabulous die.  I have cut the top layer in white pearl and then used a lovely aqua card stock to make a background solid piece for the backing.  The aperture has been made using the decorative rectangle die set that came out with the latest of the Panorama dies.  Some filigree flourishes and rolled roses make it a really pretty decoration around the aperture.

I really enjoy using this colour scheme as it looks so fresh and clean looking.

I hope that you like my project and, as you know, I love to hear what your thoughts are so please leave me a comment if you have time.

Please pop back in on Thursday when I will have another project to share with you.

thankyou all, as always,

Bye for now

Jo xx

Week - Allsorts Challenge

Good Morning Everybody,

Welcome to you all to another Saturday and to the Allsorts Challenge.

I hope that this finds you really well and looking forward to a lovely weekend.

Today our team member Brenda who has chosen a very apt title for the Challenge

'Love is all around'

and this is a project that I demonstrated on Create and Craft a couple of weeks ago -

A little shabby chic using the Pocket full of dreams paper kit and some gorgeous Tattered Lace dies and embossing folder.  I have distressed the edges of the matting and layering so that it suits the Shabby chic appearance.  The hesian ribbon with the lace and pearls finishes the design off.

Please pop over to the Allsorts Challenge to have a look at the other designs from the team.

   I really enjoyed blogging everyday in January and I have had some lovely comments so, although I cannot commit to blogging everyday,  I have decided to post everyday that has a 'T' in it!! So Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday! I hope that you can join me and post a comment.

This weekend on our website - letscreateartandcrafts.co.uk we have a special offer - 10% when you place an order using the code FEB14.  We have just put all of the new Sue Wilson and Joanna Sheen dies on for you to have a look at! ummmmmm enjoy!!

I have a children's craft birthday party to sort out today and we are expecting 28 children!! so must get everything sorted!

Please leave a comment on todays project if you have a minute and thankyou again for popping in.

Bye for now

Jo

Allsorts Challenge - Spring Flowers

Good Morning,

Hope this finds you all well and possibly staying in the warm today as it is so cold! 

Apologies for no post yesterday it really was a daft busy day and it got to the evening and thought I may as well pop today's on and make my apologies!  I will pop an extra one on the end of the month to compensate! :)

Anyway, on to today, and as it is Saturday again it must be time for the Allsorts Challenge and this week it is our very lovely Susan who has set the Challenge and it is ........................

Spring Flowers!

and this is perfect for this Challenge.

what more could you ask for on a dull and cold January day but lots of colour and a sentiment sending Special Wishes for a bright and beautiful day!

I started with an A5 card blank and then chose my papers to go with the different coloured flowers.  I didn't pick a highly patterned paper as this would have hidden the flowers and that would have been a shame.

The flowers were really lovely to do as they are made of a soft pastic. They are called 3D shape forming flowers from Studio light.  They come on an A4 sheet and you need to cut them out.  You then need to heat them using a heat gun (or a candle as it says on the instructions!) and you can mould them whilst the flowers are warm.  It also makes them really shiny too and they look as if they have been glazed.  The sheets of flowers are really affordable under £3 per sheet and there is approx 35 with leaves on each sheet.  If you are interested in having a go at this different embellishment technique we do sell them on our website - and remember that we still have an offer as we havent reached 50 people to place an order - please use code JAN50 and this will automatically take the discount off for you and also P and P is free after spending £10.00.

The team have made some fabulous samples as usual so please pop over to the Challenge blog to have a look at their creations.  Thankyou to our lovely sponsors Passion for Stamps and Marianne Designs)

I hope that you will find time to drop me a comment and let me know if you have had a go at these unusual flowers.

Must dash as I have a busy day getting samples done for a show Nancy is doing on Monday at C and C using some new interchangeable embossing folders.

Enjoy a lovely weekend,

keep safe if we get snow

and 

Bye for now

Jo xx

Day 5 - A little Pink and Pretty

Good Monday Morning Crafters

Todays little piece of inspiration for a dull January morning is, as the title says, pink and pretty.

This was a card that the workshop ladies did in the last get-together of 2014 and it was lovely to do something other than Christmas! 

Both of the dies used are from Tonic and they are so delicate and pretty and would look fabulous on all sorts of occasional cards. The fan is from the Rococo range and the edger die is from the Header die range.  The band of organza ribbon really sets the fan off with its additional flowers from the Hobby House and a feather to soften everything. 

This, again, is such as easy card to make and quite pretty for me!! lol.

I'm going to be a busy girl today preparing for some of the Pick of the Day shows that I am doing for Steph and the Team at Tattered Lace.  It's a little early to post any samples today but will pop a couple on on Wednesday to show you what I have been up to.  I have 3 shows on Wednesday afternoon if Nancy leaves any stock for us to sell!!

Please pop by again tomorrow again to have a look at what day 6 will bring.

Thankyou, as always, for popping in and please leave a comment if you have time to spare.

Bye for now

Jo xx 

Day 4 - A little Rock and Roll!

Good Sunday Morning to you all!

Welcome back to all of my lovely followers.  I have a little bit of Rock and Roll mixed into todays  bite of inspiration ~

This is a card I made for our lovely friend Jayne and she is a rock and roll chick through and through so this really did fit the bill. 

 The main piece of the project was made using one of the Create a Card die-sires from Crafters Companion and this is a great all rounder and can be used for so many different birthdays depending on the age of the Birthday girl or boy. I have cut and embossed it onto silver pearl card and then backed it onto black glitter card to give it a bit of pizzazz.

In the very background the music paper that I have used is from Woodware which again is so useful.

The faux record ( the youngsters reading this won't recognise this!!) was made using a circle die and marking graduating circles on it in pencil. The image of the rock and roll pair (Jayne and Steve!!)

comes from a stamp from Creative Expressions. I didn't colour this as I wanted the same tones to show throughout the project.

Jayne loved it and I hope that you do too and that it might give you another idea if you need something along these lines.

A massive thankyou to you all for having a little look at the website - we really appreciate your positive comments.

Will sign off now and hope that you can leave a comment - the saying is you need to be "In it to win it" so leave a comment to be in with the draw for candy at the end of the month.

and I love to hear from you all too!!

Hope that you can pop in tomorrow to see what I can inspire you with.

Bye for now

Jo xx

Week 282 - Cold and Frosty Colours

Hello my Crafty Friends,

Good morning on this chilly Saturday and today we are back with our Allsorts Challenge project and this week our lovely Team member Brenda has chosen ~

Cold and Frosty Colours
and this is what I have come up with ~

It certainly fits the bill with the colour scheme and is suits the weather today also.
The image is a topper from Marianne designs and comes on an A4 sheet with a choice of different images that were all perfect for this project. I covered the image with double sided adhesive and covered it in micro beads (this is difficult to get a good picture of these)
I used Tattered Lace Essential Circles to make the frame around the image.  I cut the Cherry Tree die, again from Tattered Lace, and then sprinkled Stampendous embossing glitter in patches onto the branches and heated it to set.  I also used the glitter on the frame to make this frosty too.
the cardstock was from my ever increasing stash and the woolly hat is a cute felt embellishment that we sell in the shop.  I thought it went well with the theme.
As always the Allsorts Challenge Design Team have come up with some fabulous ideas so take a peek at this at the Allsorts Challenge Blog.
We have 2 fabulous sponsors this week ~
and
Thankyou to them both for their continued support.

Also thank you for having a look around our newly released webshop, we really appreciate your positive feedback.
As a thankyou we are offering the first 50 people a 10% reduction on their order and
all that you need to do is go onto the website at letscreateartandcrafts.co.uk
and use the Code - JAN50
and remember that Postage is free over £10!
For those of you that have popped onto the blog for the first time this year I am posting every day during January to try and beat the January blues! if you leave me a comment you will go into a draw at the end of the month .
Thankyou so much for visiting, as always it is much appreciated!
I hope that you enjoy a lovely weekend and hope to see you again tomorrow.
Bye for now
Jo xx  

Day 2 January Inspiration and some news!

Good Morning Everyone,

Well its back to work for us today but I will be pleased to get back to sort normality.  All these lovely days eating and drinking and generally chillaxing as they say does make us a little sluggish!

Today I have a little purple number and what do you think of it?

The die that I used is the Regal Frame from tonic and simply cutting it in black card and layering it up a little really works so well.  The background was also an embossing folder from Tonic (sorry not sure of the name of it).  A simple bit of matting a layering and keeping the design quite simple makes a quite elegant design. Some pearl strings from Hobby House and an oganza bow finishes the design off.
 And now for the news! Mark and I have been working on our webshop for quie some time and so many things have always had to be put in front of it but we have finally got it to a point to introduce it to you all.  We still have lots of gorgeous crafty goodies to put on it but we thought with it being the start of the New Year we would unveil it to you.
We are very chuffed to say that any order over £10 the postage will be free of charge so hopefully you will be able to take advantage of this.
The website address is:http://www.letscreateartandcrafts.co.uk/
(Just copy and paste this into your search engine)

I would be thrilled to bits if you popped in and take a look and let me know what you think.
Thankyou for popping in to check out todays post and please leave me a comment if you have time.
Bye for now and see you tomorrow
Jo xx