Whoops!!!!

Ok Merry Christmas and A Happy New year!!!
Just pretend that I posted this a couple of weeks ago instead of now!!!

Hope you all had a good one and spent time with loved ones. I have spent the past couple of weeks fighting a god awful cold :-(..... which has meant no scrapping and basically lying on the sofa watching TV and generally feeling very sorry for myself!
So I'm now playing catch up! I have a pile of projects to complete for various people and they all need to be finished by next weekend.... guess who's going to be busy?!

Today see's another challenge go live at the SSC BLOG!!! This week we are challenging you all to use up your scraps... I'm terrible at collecting scraps... I always seem to have a mountain of them and never use them so this is a great challenge for me!

I've used scraps from the Princess kit and some bits of chipboard and ribbon. There's some hidden journaling which my first few goals for 2008 scribbled on it! Photo by Anita Mundt :-)

Have a few projects on the go that I will be able to share (when they're finished that is!) so will pop back soon.... honest!

Oh and I just wanted to wish my buddy Kim a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope its a good one hun!

Maria x

Whoops!!!

Didn't realise that it was so long since I last posted! Think that's mainly cos I've been running round like a mad thing trying to get caught up on stuff! It doesn't work... you see just as you think you're nearly up to date a huge pile of work just appears from nowhere.. oh and its all urgent!!!

So since last post... magazine articles x2 finished and posted off to editor. CJ mountain has been conquered and all up to date. Shop blog challenges up to date. New kits.. flying out the doors! Chrsitmas cards= none!!! Nope not a christmas card has been made..... so this weekend will be spent frantically making cards! Am thinking that this years design will be pretty simple but stylish of course!!!

This is the layout that I did for Samm's challenge last weekend.... we had to use material on our los! I used the Bliss kit and added some bits and pieces from my stash. The centre of the flower is material... a very old junkitz swatch! And took my tag maker out the bag again!

This weeks challenge has been set by Vanessa and she challenges us to rip up our stash!!! In the nicest possible way of course! I used the Out & About kit for this lo and added some stitching to create the circle.

Tonight I'm off to Karens where we will be heading off into the cold night air with a group of friends for our christmas get together night! Still haven't decided what to wear! Would thermals be uncool?!!!!

Ok off to make crimbo cards! Have a fab weekend all and don't forget to join in with the new challenge!

Maria x

Challenge Saturday!

Yup its saturday and that means another challenge on the shop blog! This week it was Karens turn and she challenges us to do some colouring in on our creations!! Don't know about you but I just love colouring in! Very therapeutic!!!



This is my effort for the challenge! I used Mindy's Flowers stamps and the Doodlebug Memories stamps and coloured them using watercolour pencils! Added a Roxy ribbon some black brads and voila!!!

Have had a very rubbish day today :-( So I am now off to console myself with an evening of scrapping! For as they say... when the going gets tough, the tough get scrapping!!!!

Maria x

Cover Girl!

Well its probably the only time I'll be on the cover of a glossy anyway!!! My card made the cover of this months Quick & Crafty magazine so I am one happy lady!

I used the gorgeous range of Christmas papers from American crafts for these cards and loved every minute of working with them!

Today has been spent finishing off another article for the magazine and finalising the new kits for the shop. I'm really pleased with these kits.... they are going to be really special! Following requests from many customers we are now doing 2 sizes of kits... they will cost £24.99 and then a smaller kit that will cost £14.99. This should cater for all budgets! The kits will go on sale next week so keep an eye out for them!

Right I'm off to finish my circle journal mountain!!!!

Maria x

In the pink!!!

Today it was Samm's turn to set the challenge on the shop blog and she challenged us to create using one colour only! This wasn't as easy as I though it was going to be as I discovered that I am a bit of a contrasting colours girl!!!! When I look back at all my work it is crammed with colour...and lots of them!

So I opted for shades of pink (no surprise there!!) and scrapped another of the fabby pics by Anita! Ok I know that there is a red heart in there....but you have no idea how hard it was not to add some turquoise into the mix!!!

This morning I am nursing a bit of a hangover following a fab night out... so this morning I am pottering and catching up on some much needed housework! I have a couple of CJs to finish and get in the post and then a lazy afternoon is planned!

Have a great sunday all!

Maria x

I am in love......

with the scrummy papers from My Mind Eye that we are using in our next 2 kits!!!!!

Supplies: PP MME Bohemia Bliss, Maya Road chipboard swirls, heidi swap blossom, thickers chip alpha, heidi swap ghost heart, MM tag, oh and I played the bazzill in stitchez for the sewing along the bottom! These templates are so easy to use and give great results! The swirl along the top is made from elastic bands stapled onto the lo! Photos by Anita Mundt :)

The ones I used for the latest shop blog challenge are from the Bohemia Bliss range and are sooo easy to work with! The other range? Ah well that would be telling!! You'll have to keep popping back for some more sneaky peeks!

Have had a busy old week and am now enjoying a weekend off with only housework :( and scrapping :) to keep me occupied! Oh and a couple of nights out thrown in to liven things up!

Right off to scrap!

Maria x

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMIE!!!!

It's my nephew, Jamie's 16th birthday today! I just can't believe how quickly the years have flown....it doesn't seem 2 minutes since he was a baby!!!

This is a photo from last year when he taking part in the Remembrance Sunday march. Doesn't he look fab in his RAF cadets uniform?!!!! No doubt he'll kill me for posting this pic...but isn't that what Aunties are for?!

This morning there is another challenge up on the shop blog! This time it's Theresa's turn and she has challenged us all to doodle!

This is my effort! Another of the fab pics taken by Anita Mundt! Love how she brought the colour out in my shoes!!! I used a doodling template for the swirly bits! I've used a mixture of supplies from our kits and the shop.

Today I have my friend Gillian coming over for Sunday lunch so need to have a tidy before she arrives! Then off to visit the birthday boy!

Have a great sunday everyone

Maria x