Gosh, it is soooooo long since I was here last. Have been really busy without trying to do too much.

Had a fantastic holiday in Lanzarote, just relaxed and did nothing. It was great, just what we all needed. Trouble is when you come home it all gets forgotten too quickly.

Well I have been die cutting for the minifest which was at the beginning of November and what appeared at the shop the day before............. The Grand Calibur. Well of course I had to have it and some dies!!! It's really nice, will tell you more another time.
Thought I must post some of the samples made for the day.
Here is a box I started with. The top and bottom is made from Nestabilities Labels 16. Then I made a small box to fit and added a flower and a few ribbons. Easy peasy!!
Hope you like it.

See you soon,



Jane x

Phew!! What a busy weekend!! Two days of demoing at The Craft Barn. It was so nice to see all you lovely ladies, I have missed not being there for a while.
As usual there were lots of demos to inspire everyone and we were kept busy both days. Unfortunately it meant I didn't get time to visit the other ladies to see what they were up to but I'm sure I will see the samples at the shop and on the blog.
I was demoing Papersoft Color and using my Cuttlebug with various dies by Spellbinders and Marianne D.
The card I am posting tonight is my version of the tent card, with snowflakes stamped onto the white card and embossed with clear embossing powder. Papersoft Color in Light Blue and Cobalt Blue was used. I had cut out the aperture with one of the labels nestabilities. The same resist technique was used for the wording and the label cut with another die, I think it is from Nellies oblongs. Ribbon was used to attach it to the card. My snowflake in the middle was one of the Marianne D snowflakes, cut from glitter card four times, scored in half and all stuck together. I hung it using jump rings and attached it to a cocktail stick up in the top of the card. Really simple!! Not sure how I would post it though!!!
The little silver domes were metallics, think I may have lost one in transit!!
Well, I'm off to bed for an early night.
See you soon,

Jane x

Stamping Bella

Hi everyone, sorry not to have been here for a while. I have been getting out and about a bit more just lately. I was lucky enough to go up to Birmingham NEC with Sandy and Kati from The Craft Barn. We had three days at the trade show and I thoroughly enjoyed myself even though I got very tired. We got to see a lot of new products which will be arriving in the shops soon and I watched some really interesting demos by top crafters from the UK and America.
A week later I had my first visit to the show at Farnborough but luckily we didn't go Sunday when the show was cancelled!! Another good day even though I believe the show was smaller than usual.
Well today I am posting a card and a tin decorated with Stamping Bellas. I love these stamps and they are only available from The Craft Barn in the UK. I have coloured them with Copics. The card is an easel card made with Bazzill Bling. The papers are Bo Bunny. I used the fab Martha Stewart punches and the flowers were also coloured with Copics to match. The greeting is from Personal Impressions.
The tin is from Woodware and supposed to hold A.T.C's. I put Velvet paper inside on the base and lid to finish.
The card was posted yesterday on The Craft Barn blog so don't forget to take a look over there.
See you soon,

Jane x

Happy Birthday Debbie

Hi everyone, I thought I'd show you the card I made for my good friend Debbie for her birthday. Its one of the fabulous Stamping Bellas 'Ketto's Dolly', she is so gorgeous. I coloured her with copics and the outside of the image is chalked. I now like to use Versafine ink and clear embossing powder with copics. It gives an edge to work to and takes away the worry of whether the ink will bleed. The papers are Bo Bunny. I punched some small circles from the papers and made the centres for the flowers by using an embossing tool to form half circles. Stick with a blob of silicone glue.
Happy Birthday Debbie!!! Glad you liked it, looking forward to our outing on Saturday.
See you soon,

Jane xx