One challenge down....seven to go!!!

Well the first challenge on the shop blog went live this morning and seemed to be well received!


The challenge was to create a card or layout using acetate in some shape or form....acetate is so popular at the moment....especially the nice extra thick stuff so I thought it would be good to see how people use it. Actually I'm just really nosey!!!!!

Here are the two example that I made. The card was made using Cherry Arte Princess papers. I cut out an aperture to hold the acetate and then very carefully stamped the butterfly onto the acetate using stazon. The stamps are the Doodlebug Memories from the shop. When it was dry i flipped it over and painted on the reverse using acrylic paints.

The layout was made using the our Flowerful kit...this is by far my favourite kit...I just love the colour combos! Again I stamped the title onto acetate and painted on the reverse.

Tomorrow it is Samm's turn for setting the challenge and she has a really good one up her sleeve so please drop by to play!!!

Maria x

Busy, busy, busy....

getting the shop blog all ready to go in the morning! Pop over and take a look....here! We are launching with a fab challenge at 9am-ish in the morning. Each challenge will have a winner picked at random so please, please, please do have a go....we are really looking forward to seeing what you all create!

Today see's the current issue of Quick & Crafty! hitting the stands...I have a project in there using some delicious papers by Scrapworks called Season of Joy. These papers will be uploaded to the shop over weekend when I get a spare second or two to spare!!! We will also be putting together a limited edition christmas kit using these gorgeous papers...hoping that will be ready by next weekend!

Here's sneaky peeky of the papers and a card that's in the magazine!

Update on Tilly....well Tilly has been settling in well so far...she's met all her new doggy friends and has been on 3 walks through the woods!!! Unfortunately she has also broken a very expensive crystal candlestick whilst bounding around the house!!! Ah well........

Right i'm off to bed now as I have a busy day ahead again! Will update in the morning with the very first Scrummy Stash Cafe blog challenge!

Nighty night

Maria x

Such a bad blogger!!!

I truly am! I promise myself that I will blog regularly and life just seems to get in the way. However I'm not going to dwell in the reasons why I haven't blogged for so long....they are just sooo boring! So lets just pretend that I haven't missed out a whole month and carry on as normal ;)

Today has been great! I travelled down to South Yorkshire with my friend Karen to pick up her new dog from the labrador rescue place there. She is called Tilly, is a whole year old and absolutely adorable. Do you believe in love at first sight? Well I certainly do after today!!! When they first brought Tilly out to meet us she was very nervous but overcame that in about....oh....30 seconds and then was all over us! She has the sweetest nature and has obviously come from a very loving home.

So here she is! Gorgeous or what? Just check out those amazing big brown eyes....oh and she has fab ginger eyelashes to match her silky ears and the tip of her tail!

Karen and Tilly getting to know each other!

We took her for a good walk in some nearby woods before setting off for the journey north. There she met loads of other dogs and a couple of horses and wasn't bothered in the slightest....pretty amazing considering that she basically was with 2 strangers! On our walk through the woods we spotted these amazing fungi!

The journey home was pretty uneventful with Tilly snoozing happily....so a good day all round!

On the shop and work front things are going great! We are having a good old clear out to make way for new goodies so go grab yourself a bargain here! Our Chalk Garden card kit is flying out with only a handful left! I did an article for Quick & Crafty magazine using these papers and they popped in on their website which was a bit of a shock to say the least.....must change that photo!!!

I have plenty more deadline to keep me busy for the magazine and am thoroughly enjoying creating for them once again!

Saturday sees the launch of our shop blog (will post a link tomorrow ;)) We are celebrating the launch of the blog (and our shops' 6 month birthday!) with a whole months worth of challenges. Right on that note...I had better get back to working my way through my infamous list!!!

Bye for Now

Maria x