hand crafted new baby door hanger

Hello guys

This is the door hanger i made for my nieces new baby one side is a stamped image i coloured with copic pens and the other side has charlies name on it. i used the same paper pad that used to make the gift bag with the addition of some gems and buttons. I made it double sided so that it can be turned over to show the word shhh when Charlie is sleeping and the rest of the family need to keep quiet (not sure how well that will work but it looks cute lol).  Hope you like it more baby goodies to see so why not follow my blog and i will follow yours in return. best wishes Karen xx

its a boy gift bag

Hi me again this blogging thing is becoming a habit.t Its lovely to see my page views growing please feel free to follow my blogs and I will follow yours back.
Now the details of this project, my last blog showed a birthday card i made for my niece who at the time was expecting her first baby well baby Charlie arrived weighing a whopping 8lbs 14 oz ouch! That's a big first baby isn't it but glad to report after a few worrying moments baby and mum are doing great.  I have made several baby home decor projects and of course a card and will be blogging them all over next few days but needed a matching gift bag to pop them all in.  I used a 8x8 paper pad and some card stock ribbon and a love heart charm from my stash. The letters also came in the pad and the bag itself started life as a plain old white paper bag hope you like it please follow my blog to see a wall plack, door hanger, teddy in a paint pot and card i have made to match. Bye for now xx

humphreys corner 8x8 card

hi again get me blogging again lol,

I made this card for my niece who was celebrating her birthday and expecting her first baby at the time.  I love to use black as a matt in pastel coloured cards as it really makes the design pop.  To make this card I used a crafters companion humprey cd rom and 8 x8 ins card blank a happy birthday stamp and some embelishments from my stash.  I used the matching backing papers to make the flowers using my cameo machine I love the machine I always had a cricut before but the quality of the cut is much better than the cricut. (I still have two cricuts as well though lol ) ah well better be off lots to do today as its back to work for me in the morning after two weeks hols boooo xx

stamped xmas card/staging my photos

hi again friends,

This is a card I made last year using a crafters companion Humphrey stamp and papers from the cd plus some spell binders dies. I used promarkers to colour this image in although I tend to use copics more often now I really enjoy using alchol markers and would love to give some others a try to if I had the pennies!  I enjoy stamping and colouring so much I now have a stash of them ready to be used on cards I often sit on the sofa watching tv and colouring away. We also have a caravan by the sea and when we go into the entertainment centre for a coffee I can often be seen with my clip board and bag of copics must admit I get a few funny looks but my daughters and I love it so who cares lol.
Looking back at this photo I can see that staging my photos better is what I should be doing my cards look so much better when photographed with a white background a bit of fru fru and good lighting but hey its a learning curbxx

crafty ambitions/tatty 21st card

Hi friends,

This is a card I made a few months ago for my nieces 21 st birthday using the do crafts tatty ted cd. Although I like using the graphics type cd roms I prefer to print of the elements separately and then build my card up rather than doing it digitally. I added jems and used paper I printed off in my cricut expression to make the letters numbers and flower embellishments. I decided on a easel style card I also used a white gel pen to fau stitch around the edges. I love these colours together and it seemed it started something new for my niece too as decided to start collecting the bears lol.
I have made a decision to really crack on with my crafting this year selling my creations more and applying for some design team work too. My ideal end to the year would be to open a shop selling my craft items and revamping old furniture and up cycling some cute stuff who knows watch this space......