Diamond Wedding - Saturday 1st June

Good Morning Friends!

I hope the weather where you are was as good as it was here yesterday..I actually felt guilty to be spending most of my day off inside crafting - but there is always something to do! I did manage to get outside a few times for a cuppa with the hens, who had a lovely day!

Thank you for your comments on my Zentangled Cockerel; I really had never attempted this type of doodle-art before and I found I didn't really have to concentrate. I looked in my book for some examples of patterns and practiced on a few flowers I had sketched and then I just doodled on the image I'd traced from the stencil. Quite relaxing!

Today's card is a Diamond Wedding card I made recently as a commission. I've actually made the decision to take a 'sabbatical' from commissions until after our holiday. I still have quite a lot to make, plus preparing for workshops, Design Team projects, an Autumn craft fair and of course, it's that time of year when we have to start thinking about..Christmas! (I know some of you have already). I'd also like some time to make some altered art and mixed media projects that are sitting in a box in my craft room!The commission cards take a lot of time and I really felt I needed some time away from them.

I used Spellbinders Grand Stately Circles, leaving the smallest one in the die whilst using a mask to emboss a floral pattern on the top, I did the same with the classic heart die. I finished off with some little Bittly Blossoms, ribbon and pins from stash.

A short post today and sorry the photo isn't great, I left it until the last minute before I had to pack it up for delivery and was battling with light and shadows.

Hope you all have a very enjoyable Saturday!

Love and Hugs,

Carole X

White Wedding - Thursday 2nd May

Hello Friends,

Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving your comments...I was relieved that I wasn't the only one who came into blogging not know what I was doing...it's been  a very steep learning curve over the last few years and I as I mentioned to someone at our social media surgery on Tuesday, it does get quite 'addictive' and you have to be careful it doesn't get in the way of the reason we're here..because we love to craft! However, where else could you really make so many lovely like-minded friends and share ideas and creations!

Talking of social media, Tuesday was a really good day at work, our expert Paul spent the day giving one to one advice about all types of social networking to local groups and I was doing a lot of tweeting from my desk to provide examples. It was a long and tiring day, but at the end of it, we felt as if we had accomplished a lot.

Today's card is my Design Team  card for this month's new Emergency Crafters Challenge, the theme for which is WEDDINGS, so if you would like to take part, just  hop over for the deets!

This is an 8x8 card, which I started by creating a background using one of Sue Wilson's new embossing folders from Creative Expressions. This is the heart lattice and was one of my purchases at Ally Pally. It really does give a defined, crisp impression and I've used it quite a bit over the past few weeks. 

The circle is from the Spellbinders Grand Stately Circles set and in the centre I stamped this pretty wreath from Stamps by Chloe. It's really hard to see in the photo, but I added little cosmic shimmer pearl drops to finish off. The greeting is also a stamp by Chloe, die cut on Spellbinders Standard Circles Large. Around the edges of the card I added snippets from a die in the Spellbinders Venetian Motifs set and again added pearl drops.

Aside from a DT card, this was also made as a commission, the only alteration being that I typed the names of the couple and die cut on the small circle on the front.

Thanks for stopping by,

Love, Carole X