Merry Christmas to you all

Well i`m so sorry for the lack of blogging and when you tend to do lots it really must come as a disappointment to have nothing – sorry is all I can say , it`s been a strange few months which I have just had to try to deal with and blogging had to take a back sit

Hoping January will bring a launch of a new project and will spill soon and i`m looking forward to a lovely Christmas illness free I do hope – as even our plans to go away went so wrong

I really want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for their support throughout this past year – it has been much appreciated and I love reading the comments so much too

I wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and bright and healthy 2010

Lots of Love – Suzanne x

Blog Candy

Blog Candy – be in with a chance just by following the blog !!!

Full details here – Particraft 

Thanks for looking – have fun

Suzanne

Card Toonz – Pastimes & Hobbies by Andy Carolan

I have been playing this time with Andy Carolan`s new Cd

Card Toonz – Pastimes & Hobbies

It`s a great cd for fun cards and as a crafter loved the crafting image and the cake one too

I have used them with backing papers from the cd and also more gentle ones from Joanna`s cds too

I`m adding this link to a section I did on Andy as he has a wonderful talent and designs some wonderful stamps for Joanna Sheen – and no he isn`t paying me to say so !!! – click here for the piece

So here are the cards I have made

As I have said I love this image and great to have one for us crafters to send to are crafting friends – the backing paper is from the RHS cd by Joanna

I have just used glossy accents on the bottle to give dimension to the piece , then used a Martha Stewart punch for a different look to the edges

A close up of the bottles

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Here is a great travelling image – fun to use the backing paper and I have ripped it across the bottom to give a quick finish to the card

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I love this image too – it was my only instrument I learnt at school and brought back memories – great section for different musical ideas, the note backing paper is from the Victorian Christmas cd by Joanna

this just shows the decoupaged image close up

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This card would have been just right for a friend of mine that did a charity sky dive

I have made an 8″ square base and used the excess on the front to attach the acetate to – the decoupage has been adding to the front of the card

Then I added a cloud backing paper from the Precious Petals cd by Joanna , then placed a few more of the sky divers on that paper

The front page opening

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This card I love the image as Mum is a cake maker , I have teamed the image with a flower background paper from the Country Diary Cd by Joanna and just softens the image  

I love the expression on the bears face

So a few ideas from the cd – Thanks for looking , and thanks to Andy for a great CD

Suzanne x

Precious Petals – Peonies

This sample was made using the new

Joanna Sheen Precious Petals Cd

I just adore this image and went to town making 2 peonies up with the flora doodle petals – colouring in some with promarkers and turning them upside down to make the petals stand up

Thanks for looking

Suzanne x

House Mouse Decoupage

I thought I would add this quick style card using the

 House Mouse Decoupage

It just uses some of the stunning backing papers from the Precious Petals cd

and I have printed the design onto parchment and folded it to make a wrap over style 

Here`s a close up of the wrap

Thanks for looking

Suzanne

Precious Petals

Sunday saw the launch of the new

Joanna Sheen – Precious Petals cd

I just adore this image and as soon as I saw it knew I had the prefect ribbon in my stash for this and then came the large flower and bead

I made a ribbon rose just using some velvet ribbon and catching the base with a few stitches and the flower was made using flora doodle petals - I have a box were I have lots of different colour some with the net part and others not – so I take some yellow petals and coloured them with red promarker pen and the same on some pink petals and it gave for different tones

I then turned the petals so they set upwards and glued together – finished the insides with some embellishments

Also i`m very proud to add the fine net ribbon in which came that morning in a Sheenie envelope – it was prefect so thanks for that – the bead is an old earring !!!!! – I wore in the 90`s and I just added the red done the line to match the as an embellishment

Then the inside was a parchment wrap over with a topper to match and finish the card as I didn`t want to stop

Hope you have enjoyed this card as much as I did making it

Suzanne x

House Mouse Decoupage Card

Well sorry folks it`s been a while but I have been head strong with my work to meet deadlines and also focus on Christmas stuff at home as well. Last year I felt I was chasing my tail all of December so this year i`m prepared and just going to be able to enjoy the run up to Christmas

Hopefully lots of crafty playing as well

I have had to change my computer which isn`t a bad thing as my 4 year old computer felt so different to this new one – but with it I hadn`t many new photo`s till after the weekend shows

I was blown away by the  new

HOUSE MOUSE decoupage sheets

  brought to us by Joanna Sheen and under an angel policy so they can be used for selling as made up cards , which is wonderful

So i`m sure people who know me will think this was my card from the embroidery threads , but it just had to be done !!!

I adore this image and as soon as I saw it thought of the

 elegant lace heart border stamp to make a parchment background

I trimmed along the zig zag line and edged in gold pentouch and just mounted the decoupage with gold mirri

Then to finish the card I had to make the sentiments with the threads which were so much fun

I`m adding this link for the tapestry lion workshop as it shows how to do the threads – on that one I used 2 fingers but for this card I used 3 fingers wide for wrapping the thread around

 click here for details

So thanks for sharing in my card and have fun with the decoupage as they are STUNNING images – so much detail

More soon

Suzanne x

Joanna Sheen Favourite Flower Tri fold Card

This is a Tri fold card I did using the

Mega Label Nestibilities die – click here for details

 & the NEW Joanna Sheen Favourite Stamps – Click here

I keep all the tones the same , peachy and greens using Promarkers on stardream card  . I stamped and embossed in gold and also decoupaged the flower heads too

 and also used a lovely backing paper from the  new

RHS Cd Collection

and just for a change I used the paper roses to finish the design !!!

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There is a workshop on this style card as I did it for a Messy Rabbit sample but felt it went well showcasing these stamps

Click here for workshop - it`s half way down the post

Here`s the finished card as it wasn`t added to the workshop

and here is the shape better shown

Thanks for looking and if you are new to my blog you might be interested in the Mega Nestibilites section I have – click here for more ideas

More soon – Suzanne x

RHS Collection Black and White Card With A Splash Of Colour

Well just had to add this one as I was thrilled how this ended up – didn`t start out to be this design but love it all the same – joys of crafting going with the flow

The backing papers are from the RHS Collection Cd 

& the stamp is one of my favourites as it`s my birth flower

 Click here for stamp details

It has been coloured just using different shades of grey promarkers - lots of Promarker information here if needed

The backing paper squares are 5cm wide and believe the black tapestry card mounts are 6cm – all finished on a backing paper mount and teal organza ribbon and flora doodle to tone

Here is the link for the other samples I added the other day if you missed them – click here

Happy Crafting – Suzanne

RHS Cd Collection – 30 years of Joanna Sheen

I have added some of the samples I have done for the STUNNING new

RHS cd Collection - to celebrate 30 years of Joanna Sheen LTD

Many congratulations on a wonderful company and to all the wonderful staff that make it a joy to work for – here`s to many many more years of JS Ltd

The flora doodles were coloured with Promarkers to co-ordinate with the flower in the image – even the green centre

Here`s a selection for today and will post some more soon as there are lots of stamp ones too

I loved the effect of printing on Parchment for this cd as it just gave a lovely feel to the cards too

Thanks for looking – sorry for the lack of posting , just busy working on projects and needs must at the moment with Kris`s work changing his pay

But can`t complain as it`s all crafting so i`m happy

More soon

Suzanne x