Preparing for Christmas

I have been a busy bee whilst on holiday and have returned home with a selection of Christmas cards and some earrings.

I have created 10 different designs and its so tricky to choose my favourite.
Today this may be the number one card...

I have used cardio stamps, memento inks (applied with a make up sponge and brushes) and finished with some snow glitter.

The plan is to create a newsletter with all my designs on. If you would like to receive this newsletter then please drop me a line.

All the designs are now listed in the online shop HERE

I also have a few dates for the diary when I am selling my cards at local Christmas fairs.

Marstons brewery Christmas Festival Burton upon Trent 6th December

West Hallam village hall 29th November

Long Eaton OAP hall Christmas Fair 7th November

Take care

Sam

Stamping heaven

This weekend I spent some time in the craft room creating some new cards for the online shop.

I used my new stamps bought from card-io and mini dew drop ink pads from memento.

The beauty of these cards is that I can create any colour combination and personalise with any greeting.

What colour would you like to see?

I have left them blank inside so will suit any occassion.

The online shop has 6 cards using these new stamps. 

Watch this space for the Christmas selection, here is a sneaky peek.....

Take care

Sam

Say cheese!

I bought a dodgy looking plastic photo frame a few weeks ago and since it's rained all day, I decided to get my fingers working.

The frame was sprayed black with simple acrylic paint and left to dry. Great opportunity to have a quick brew.

Then I rubbed treasure gold gilding wax onto each of the frames. I used gold, silver and copper.

The cuttlebug was used to create a few embellishments. These were cut out using black card and the rubbed with the gilding wax.

I used silicone gel to attach each embellishment to the frame.

I then printed out some of our photos from the past few years.

Thanks for looking

Sam

Pretty little stamps

Today saw me crack out the inks and stamps.

I made this card for my fairy godmother..... Every girl should have one!

I used distress inks and card-io majestix stamps with a little glitter glue to finish.

I am planning to make this years Christmas cards with card-io stamps. They are really pretty and so easy to use.

Take care

Sam

Jeff and his nuts!

So when the time comes for a bit of adjustment Jeff needs the right tools

Jeff also needs a reality check...

I love my husband

XXX

What to do with the little ones

It's the summer holidays so I need to start and think about what to do with the little kilner jars I have acquired.

Our sweet peas look fantastic sat in one of the smallest kilner jars.

Take care

Sam

Jingle Jangle

So the purchase of a new bike means the Walker household is being taken over by keys!

I have been considering a key hanger for a while and today I created one.

The hooks were bought in my local cheap shop

The canvas board is from The Range.

I have used several different coloured gilding wax from creative expressions and Treasure Gold.

The cogs have been cut using my cuttlebug, spellbinder and X Cut dies.

The photo doesn't do it any justice. It looks great and keeps all my keys handy.

Take care

Sam