Time to show!

Well i finally got around to taking photos of all the things i have to share last night and i thought i would pop on quickly before work and share them with you.

Firstly i was mega lucky this month and i won the UKS September card challenge with my "Perfect Pear" Card! I received a lovely bundle of goodies in the post a few days ago...



How yummy does all that look? I can't wait to find something to do with it!

Now, what next... I had call to make a thank you card for my wonderful stepdad. Didn'y want anything too girly but am rubbish at manly cards so i went with this little trio of owls who were too cute to resist!



This one was done using good ole PSE. A kraft background with the owls layered on top and all printed. Then i isolated one of the three owls and popped him into Robo Master and traced him. Printed, cut, gems, ribbon and done! The owls are from Glitz Design - aren't they lovely!

Next up another christmas card that i've done for the October UKS challenge.



I know you'll be surprised to hear that i've used cosmo crickets jolly by golly on this one along with kraft! The ribbon is Jolly by golly too :)

Last up a card i made as a commission for my mum last night. The recipient is a keen gardner but that's probably fairly obvious!



More kraft, some pink petticoat paper (it's from the big dots range but i tiled the paper to get little dots instead ;) ) ribbon and some mini alphas.... can't remember who they are by but if you wanna know then leave me a comment and i will dig the packet out!!

That's me all caught up! Phew! I've been planning another notelet card holder using the Cosmo Criket Girl friday range - when i saw the images i couldn't think of a better use than sending them to my girlfriends on cards!! So hopefully they should all be made over the weekend so i can share them next week :)

Loopy x

Oooh a comment!

So i've not posted in a few days, i have been making stuff and meaning to post but i haven't got around to taking any piccies yet! Hopefully i will get the photos done on Monday night and get them all on here :)

So, i got a lovely comment on my blog today! My blog hasn't been going very long and this is my fourth comment, te he! It makes my day to see a lovely comment about my work so thank you!!

What else do i have to share.... well that would be telling!

See you monday :)

Loopy x

Quickie before bed...

Before I sleep just a quick little card commissioned by my bestest friend, Liz.





Cosmo Cricket, kraft, bling and ribbon.

Loopy x

It's been a busy few days...

Busy being back at work, busy at a spa on Friday (lucky me) and then the weekend when i don't tend to do much crafting as i go down to see my other half and can never be bothered packing everything up - and i don't tend to plan things that well!

However, planning was needed this time. My MIL asked me to make a birthday card for this weekend so i planned it on the way back from the spa, printed and cut before leaving home and took what was needed to my other half's with me. And the result?



All the papers, except for the wood effect which is Cosmo Cricket, are printables from Pink Petticoat. The birdie image is traced with the Robo from a set of printables by Katie Hadfield, the tree trunk is again a trace of a printable - this one by Nancy Kubo.

Message inside reads "It's your birthday" and is done in the same style as the writing on the front (i forgot my alphas, d'oh) but not raised as i wasn't sure whether the card would shut properly.

Should be back on track with some xmas cards next week. Have one planned on my desk and waiting to be stuck together so fingers crossed i'll be back here on Monday.

Sorry about the rubbish photo, had to do it on my phone and without my usual huge piece of white card for the background!

Loopy x

Bright Christmas!

Well here is the bright card i was telling you about yesterday, i already know which friends it's going to :)





Once again it's the lovely Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly range and some stash :) I just love the sentiment!!

Loopy x

No peeking I said!

These were often the words heard in my house when i was a child. I was obsessed with trying to find the presents that mum had hidden and never once suceeded. To this day i have no idea where they were....

So, i couldn't resist using at least one of the "name strips" off the bottom of the Jolly by Golly range and thought it went so well with this nice present bearing lady.





Same old suspects, i think alot of my christmas cards will be the jolly by golly range this year. With some pink petticoat Kraft and Big Dots paper.

Well am finally feeling human again today, have even been to Tesco! So am going to give work a go tomorrow, actually in work rather than doing it from home, so we'll see how that goes!

Loopy x

Christmas Christmas Christmas...

Well i'm on a role with the Christmas cards now. Am still feeling quite quite icky, have been working from home today but managed to get some crafting done over the weekend.

This first one is one of my entries for this months challenge over on UKS, using some good ole kraft and Cosmo Cricket Jolly By Golly collection.

The second one was a "copy" of a Danni's Doodles design, i love her work!! I changed the sentiment as i don't have the chipboard set yet (it's been ordered!) You should check out Danni's blog.

Have been working on something a little bit brighter today, and once the sparkles have dried i will take some pics and post tomorrow!

Loopy x

Mmmmmm...

How lucky am I??

This lovely lot arrived yesterday, well actually this is just half of it. The rest is being held hostage by my MIL as a christmas present (musn't grumble!). As you can see i am 1) Obsessed with Cosmo Cricket and 2) Going to be using alot of Jolly By Golly with my christmas cards this year!

I've been up to Dagfields Craft Centre this morning (am shattered now, still not 100% so will be spending the rest of the day chillaxing) and raided the paper shop up there. Got some nice envelopes and lots of kraft, mmmmmmmm..... kraft.....

Right, best go and plan some of those christmas cards then!

Loopy x

Not long til Christmas...

Well it's friday. I'm finally starting to feel human again and i've got something to share :)

It's nearly christmas - well it soon comes around don't you think? - so i thought i best get started on the christmas cards. My first one for this year!

Let's see... I used some old christmas papers by Pinecone papers, some ribbon and a button for my local market. I made the embellishment myself. Firstly i cut a star out on the robo in plain card and the snowflake out of patterned paper. Then i stuck the star onto chipboard with repositionable glue and cut the chipboard out around the tempalte. Then i threw the template and covered the chipboard star in glittery paper from DCWV (the glitter cardstock border punch strips). Stick the snowflake onto the star with sticky pads then make up a bow, attach the button and there you have it! I had sewed the ribbon before sticking onto the card.

Overall, i'm pleased with it.

Loopy x

Thanks...

Bleurgh. That's the stage i'm at in being poorly. Bleurgh.

Anyway, i made a little card for a challenge I found via Liz over at Pink Petticoat. It's on the Allsorts Challenge Blog. The challenge is to make a card using Pink Petticoats Kraft Card. Well that's an easy one as most of my cards include Kraft!!

So, along with the Kraft i've got some ribbon of unknown origin, spotty pink paper (cut using the robo to make the text) also of unknown origin and some Prima Marketing Journalling notes, which i have been looking for for ages and finally found over at 3 Jolly Scrappers.

Loopy x

Boxey box...

Still poorly. Was worse this morning but have started to feel a little better this afternoon. Am hoping that i might be able to bring myself to wash my hair at some point tomorrow - but the thought isn't nice right now. You know when you're ill and your scalp hurts, and just the thought of having to subject it to the hairdryer brush combo makes you cry inside....

Anyway, got another little project of mine finished today, dyring my drug highs and then got most of it done after i had a little sleep this afternoon.

So, a while ago i saw these sets of drawers in Wilkinsons on special offer. I think they worked out at about £2.50 per set so whilst they were a bit garish (IMO) to start with the crafter in me saw the possibilites...

I like to think of it as an ugly ducking type thing :)

Ta da!

Used some more of the Cosmo Cricket Mr Campy range, some scalloped papermania paper (i think it was papermania!) and some lovely My Little Shoebox overlays. Some string handles (cos i couldn't think of another way to do it!) and i now have something much prettier to store things in.... just not sure what yet!

Loopy x

No, I love you smore!

I'm poorly. Nose dripping, head banging, body aching poorly. It sucks. I am using all the over the counter medicines i can and during the "drug highs" as i like to call them i am trying to get a bit of crafting done :)

So, Cosmo Cricket. It's a bit of a new one on me but i absolutely adore what i've seen so far! I saw some of their Mr Campy collection on Dannis Doodles a while ago and have been looking for the collection ever since! I broke down and asked the wonderful sponsors over on UKS and within minutes 3 Jolly Scrappers had come to my rescue, yey.

The reason I wanted it was to make a card for a couple of my DB's family friends who were over from accross the pond recently. They told me of the wonder of Smores and so when i saw these papers i couldn't resist!

The images are Cosmo Cricket Mr Campy (yey) as is the wood background. The brown base is from a selection i have which i think is Papermania but i'm not 100% sure. The ribbon is from my stash and the "stitching" is by Kelly Panacci.

More paracetamol and tea needed....

Loopy x

We've gone all fruity...

Well an apple a day and all that, te he! My blog has been treated to a "Blog in a Box" by Zoe Pearn available over at Sweet Shoppe Designs. I like it.

And, I even have something to share.



This is a commision for a very proud grandmother's, grandson's first birthday - if that makes sense!

I used an image i found online as a basis for the cutting template. I had intended just to trace it in Robomaster but the image wasn't clear enough so i ended up creating it from scratch using lots of rounded rectangles! Then Katy Pertiet "Seeing Stars" papers from Designer Digitals for the train and Pink Petticoat Ice Cream Swirls in Pistachio for the ground. A little hand stitching , some buttons and felt and voila!

Am so so pleased with this one, made it a special box and everything.

Loopy x

We are sailing...

Just a quick card that I made for my mum's friend's little boy.

All pink petticoat papers, and using one of Liz's designs as inspiration and the robo for cutting.

Loopy x