12 Days of Blogging #5

So day 5 an the little Giraffe from Fox and Friends makes an appearance, again with an eraser, but this time a s a birthday card. Pumpkin Pie ink with Really Rust and Yoyo Yellow card and a Barely Banana heart. The Really Rust button is tied with linen thread.

No more Fox and Friends on this tour, come back tomorrow for my next treat.

Inspired? Please comment and link back to your creations

12 Days of Blogging #4

Inspriation number four; we're off to a roaring start...sorry I couldn't resist...

The Fox and Friends stamp set contains 7 amazingly fun animal characters, a whale, monkey, turtle, wide eyed owl, giraffe, fox (funny that!) and this lovely lion.

This lion eraser has movable legs and co-ordinates perfectly with the lion stamped in Pumpkin Pie. Really Rust and Yoyo Yellow card complete the look. Use to create an invitation (Cheers & Wishes stamp set) to a child's birthday party and stamp the envelope to build anticipation.

Love him? Created your own please comment and link below

Don't forget to come back tomorrow, you never know who you might meet....

12 Days of Blogging #3

Stickers. Which Child doesn't love stickers?

Team cheap stickers with Brilliant Blue stamped Choo Choo stamp set and the number 3 from Schoolbook Serif Numbers and you have a perfect card for a budding train driver's third birthday.

Have you caught the bug of the Sweet Treat Cups?

Yes? contact me to buy at pinkcottagecraft@yahoo.com

No? Come back tomorrow for more inspiration!

12 Days of Blogging #2

Day 2; inspiration number 2

This is a pale pinky plum shell button bracelet, from my local pound shop, an ideal small gift to send through the post. Again the sliding door.

This card uses Mellow Moss card set at an angle on a Pale Plum card with a flower from the 'My Sweet Pea' stamp set stamped in Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive. Elegant Eggplant ribbon too.

Great for a female friend or teenager or tween.

Inspired? Please link back to my blog and/or leave a comment.

12 Days of Blogging #1

Stampin' Up! Sweet Treat Cups come in packs of 12, so I challenged myself to come up with 12 designs to inspire you, some quick and easy some more advanced. At only £2.50 for 12 they add a whole new dimension to your crafting.

This one started with the 'punch art' of EB the cat, whom we sadly lost to old age in April. A curled up purple cat collar fits snuggly in the sweet treat cup, held in place by a sliding door.

Elegant Eggplant ribbon finishes off the Appricot Appeal and Pale Plum card. Perfect for welcoming a friend's new cat or cat's birthday. Choose your colour scheme to match the collar.

Inspired by this card, if you post it on your blog, please link back here.

Want more? Come back tomorrow...see you soon

New Products Blog Hop: 2

Oh my goodness where do I start? I just love love love this Cottage Wall designer series paper and Window Sheets (they're printed acetate sheets), and the rich razzleberry dotty ribbon are to die for...

When creating scrapbook pages, I find it's useful to take digital photos of the creation process. The dotty ribbon was the inspiration, as soon as I saw it I knew I had these amazing photos to scrap...only one is in focus, as she was moving 2 quickly, but I think the blurriness portrays this sense of movement and the black and white photo means that you focus on the one unblurred image. I hoped to add couple of shots showing the page in progress, but Blogger's not playing today (I'll try a later post), I often use scrap paper and print my photos on copier paper initally to avoid mistakes, and free up the creative process. Nothing is stuck down until I'm completely happy.

To hop on to some more fab creations starting with the lovely Jo who's next on round 2 of the blog hop click on her name or perhaps you'd like to go backwards around this loop and visit Teri's creations here?

Round 1 is here if you need more inspiration and yet more in Round 3. So if you've completed the marathon of all three rounds you will have seen at least 45 amazing projects to inspire you, all starting with the 11 new products. WOW!!!

From 9 June I will be posting a new project everyday for 12 days, do come back to see more.

On 20 June Carole Claxton, another lovely Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and I are going to be demonstrating at the Suffolk Scrapbook and Cardmaking Fayre, its a major event. We'll be doing 'make and takes' so come and play. Look out for our show specials and for an announcement of our July crafting day. It opens 10-4pm ans is at the Needham Market Community Centre, School Street, Needham Market. Its free entry and there's lovely teas and amazing cake - if it was anything like last time! There's free parking too, or you could jump on the train.

More scrapbooking? see if you can spot another scrapbook page on my blog...and no they're not related...

3d Cockateel

I was inspired by a number of the grunge type feel projects in Craft Stamper magazine, the Night and Day Speciality Designer Papers and bird two step punch in the Mini Catalogue to create this 3d piece.

I covered three pieces of chipboard in three different patterns from the Night and Day papers. I used a nail file to smooth the edges for a better finish. I stamped and embossed the large flourish from Baroque Motifs on the top of each piece of board, you can see the pattern shining in the photograph. I stamped a clear button, I sell those too, with the flourish in black StazOn ink and tied it to the 1-1/4" (3.2cm) black striped grosgrain ribbon. I also stamped the flourish on a flower from the Pretties Kit, securing a clear Rhinestone Brad in the centre. I cut out the photograph from one I took at the Pet Porpoise Pool at Coffs Habour, Australia. (They rescue and breed, otherwise I wouldn't have visited) This beautiful boy has a hint of pale sulphur yellow, so I turned the photograph in to black and white for the project.

I punched out the birds and after inking the edges placed them on the flourishes within the paper to act as tree branches.

I have not covered the backs of the board, on purpose, I'm waiting for inspiration to use this for another piece of art on a different theme, so that I can ring the changes to my home decor.