Frosty Christmas Candy Cane

Hi peeps,
Sorry bit late posting this but been pretty down in the dumps as we sadly had to have our beautiful Old English Sheepdog 'Harry' put to sleep. He was a gorgeous gentle giant and will be missed so much.
Well fortunately I did manage to finish my first Christmas gift bag and I used the most adoreable 'Candy Cane' from Saturated Canary. The challenge for the next fortnight over at Basic Grey is 'Cold and Frosty' so I combined DP's from Baisc Grey Wisteria and First Editions Silent Night pad.

The beautiful snowflake border is from Joy Crafts and I smothered them with Stardust Stickles so it is super sparkly. The layout was a fab sketch from Saturated Canary and was such a joy to use.

I coloured this cutie using my trusty Pro's then I distressed everything to within an inch of it's life with Pumice Stone DI, Shabby Blue Frantage and a whole lot more Stickles. I just couldn't resist using the stunning new pearl snowflake swirls from Creative Expressions so I went a bit bananas.

close up to show the beautiful ''Candy Cane'.

Well I hope you you like it and I 'll be back soon when I have had a few days to get my head together.
I am entering this project into the following challenges:
Saturated Canary - #56 'Sketch by Maria Therese'
A Creative Romance - 'Winter Blue's'
Inky Chicks - #17 'Pearls and Swirls'
Deep Ocean - #64 'Winter'
Live and Love Crafts - #17 'Christmas Inspiration Collage'
Addicted To Stamps - 'Punches and Dies'
Winter Wonderland - 'Fairies or Angels'
ABC Christmas Challenge - 'W is for Winter Wishes'


Bye for now
Big Hugs
Clare
xx

Sparkly Blue Fairy Tilda for Basic Grey

Hi folks,
A little late with this post as I was off having a fab day at the Lincoln Papercraft Show. A huge Hi to all the lovely peeps that came to see me today it was great to see so many of you.
Anyway it's time once again for another super challenge over at Basic Grey Challenges and this time we want to see 'Sparkle and Glamour'. I made a folding star card and used the gorgeous Summer Fairy Tilda but gave her a snowflake wand and made her into a Christmas Fairy!

I coloured her with my Promarkers, added a ton of Shabby Blue Frantage and Stardust Stickles. The yummy snowflake die is from Joy Crafts and the Poinsettia is an SB die and made from BG Granola paper.
Well that's all from me now hope you can give us an entry but remember to use something from Basic Grey.

I am entering this into the following challenges:
I Love Promarkers - #192 'Anything Goes'
Magnolia-licious and Wee Stamps - 'Anything Goes
Midweek Magnolias - 'Lots of Layers'
Simon Says - 'Anything Goes'
Totally Gorjuss - #208 'Anything Goes with Snow'

Big Hugs
Clare
xx

I'm Back!!!!!

Good morning peeps,
Sorry have been MIA for a few weeks just had to get my head round some family stuff and it meant that Mr Mojo up and left me again.
Anyway I couldn't abandon my lovely teamies at Basic Grey headquarters for too long so I am 100% back in the land of blog!!
Well it's time for another fab challenge over at Basic Grey and this time the theme is "Food and/or Drink" but please remember you do have to use at least 1 product from Basic Grey and let us know what it is.

Ok for my design I used the super sketch from Mojo Monday and it is a real keeper. All the DP's are from the Lemonade collection by BG and of course the lovely cookie Tilda was coloured with my trusty Pro's. The card shape was cut with Grand Nesties Large Labels which I love and the ovals are Spellbinders Floral Ovals. Everything has been edged with Pumice Stone DI then I just added some scrummy flowers and a cute cherry charm.

Close up of Tilda

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Mojo Monday - Sketch 315 by Julee
ABC - "X for Xtra Special"
A Creative Romance - "Pink"
You, Me and Magnolia - "Anything Goes"

Thanks so much for stopping by
Big Hugs
Clare
xx

Vintage Shoe

Evening all,
Well here is my second post that did not appear!! We had some fabulous entries over at Basic Grey Challenges and hopefully will get even more for this fortnights challenge. A super easy one this time 'Anything Goes' but please remember that whatever you make you must use something from Basic Grey and please let us know what it is you've used.

Well I went completely away from cards altogether and used a the fabulous vintage shoe template from House of Zandra. I created the shoe using gorgeous papers from the Capella collection and the base is covered with paper from the Archaic collection.
Well hopefully things will get back to normal with Blogger asap.

Happy Crafting and thanks for looking.
Big Hugs
Clare
xx

Carnation

Evening peeps,
So sorry this is late but I have been at a show this weekend and this and my next post were both scheduled which obviously didn't happen!!
I was greatly honoured to be asked by the lovely Patty to create a card as a guest designer for her fab challenge blog ABC Challeges. The challenge was to use markers. Unfortunately this challenge has now finished but they have another super challenge on at the moment to remember those lost in the 9/11 attack 'create a Sympathy card' so please pop over and show them your support.

Ok onto the card I created. Very clean and simple design for me but I am quite pleased with the results. I love this beautiful stamp from Stampendous and greatly enjoyed colouring it with my Promarkers. The base card was made using SB Grand Decorative Labels 1. I also used SB Floral Ovals, SB Fancy Tags 2 and the butterfly is from Joy Crafts.

close up to show the lovely Shabby Blue Frantage

Well thanks so much for stopping by.
Crafty Hugs
Clare
xx

Back To School with Basic Grey!

Morning folks,
Well it's a quick post from me today as super busy getting ready for my final workshop of the week. Phew it has been a busy but enjoyable week with lots of lovely ladies coming along to create a shaped card and box which I promise I will post a pic of very soon.
But for now it is time for another challenges over at Basic Grey Challenges and this time the theme is 'Back To School' and remember whatever you make you must include a product from Basic Grey.

I used a fab sketch from Mojo Monday which gave me loads of scope for showing off lots of designs from the stunning Oxford paper pad from BG. I couldn't resist teaming these with the equally gorgeous Mo Manning stamp 'Oxford' (don't you just love it when a plan comes together!)
The yummy clock die is from Marianne D and the sentiment is LOTV. I coloured the lovely Oxford with my trusty Pro's and then distressed everything with Pumice Stone DI.

I am entering Oxford into the following challenges:
ABC - ABC41 'Lot's of Layers'
Mojo Monday - #307 'Sketch by Julee'

Ok well that's all from me for now but hopefully I'll be back a little sooner than last time!

Big Crafty Hugs
Clare
xx

Basic Grey - Weather

Morning folks,
Well the sky is looking a little threatening here in our little corner of the UK today and Mr. Sunshine does not look like he's gonna make an appearance anytime soon sadly!
Anyway on a happier note it is time for another fab challenge over at Basic Grey Challenges and this time the theme is 'Weather' so sunshine, snowflakes or rain it's up to you but remember you MUST use a Basic Grey product somewhere on your project.

I chose a very neglected Gorjuss stamp of mine and really enjoyed colouring her. I created the large umbrella by piecing together lots of patterned DP's from Basic Grey's Lemonade and Piccadilly collections. The clouds are from Memory Box and the sentiments are from Hero Arts.
Well I can't wait to see your take on the weather theme and thanks for popping by!

Big Hugs
Clare
xx