Look what the postlady bought me...

This lovely cute cat card is from the lovely Alison (cgcockcroft). I love that cat, he is sooo sweet xxx

This massive amount of stash is from the beautiful Tams for 'winning' last month's alter a container challenge over on Crafty Place. Look at all those Magnolia stamped images - woohoo!!!!!!! Also a beautiful coaster calendar and a fat page and a decorated notebook and 2 cross stitch kits and loads of papers and all that other stuff in the pic. Thank you, thank you, thank you xxx

Crafty Place Alter a Container for Xmas Challenge

This is my altered container, it is a bag of 24 little envelopes with questions, discussion topics and other bits (Christmas CD, 2 scratch cards and a decoration), one to be opened per day of advent.

I have used a brown paper food bag (bought from Home Bargains, 10 for 89p I think). I have covered the front and back of the bag with beautiful Imaginisce papers and added a kraft paper label to explain what to do with the contents of the bag.


Here are the envelopes that are hiding inside the bag, I bought some mini brown envelopes from ebay (thought afterwards that I could have used little brown money envelopes and that probably would have worked out cheaper) and decorated them with a little holly stamp from Elzybells.

This decoration was made from a Basic Grey pack of decorations I bought in the sale after last Christmas. All you do is fold and glue and add the string to hang.

Hope my mum and dad like their alternative advent calendar ;-)

Basic Grey Challenge - Week 3 Inspiration

I loved making this card and looking at the picture on the BG Challenge blog for inspiration. I used one of my favourite BG papers, such a favourite that I haven't used it before as it is so beautiful ;-) I have kept all the colours soft. I used a large square card blank from Craftwork Cards, cream Bazzill cardstock, beautiful BG Wisteria papers, Magnolia Tilda with flowers image coloured with ProMarkers, silver flower charm from ebay a while ago, embossed vellum (used for flowers in top left corner) was given to me - thank you Karen x, ivory organza ribbon from my stash. Hope you like it x

Creative Card Crew Challenge 26 - Pink, Black & White

Here is my card for the latest Creative Card Crew challenge. I hope it's acceptable that I have some grey on one of the papers I've used? Papers were very kindly given to me, pink & black card is Bazzill, Christmas greeting circle is from Craftwork Cards, image is a beautiful freebie from Pollycraft, pink dew drop gems are from Sarah's Cards. I used ProMarkers to colour and lovely Stickles glitter glue to finish xxx

CRAFT Challenge 15 - Anything except a Card

This is my entry for the CRAFT Challenge - 'Anything except a card'. I have altered a tin (packaging from a Xmas pressie last year - had a Jamie Oliver mug inside). I have used K&Co Swell Noel papers that I bought in a sale somewhere online after Xmas 2008 and the tin will be a present for me to give this Xmas. I had the idea that I could add items to the tin that co-ordinated as I love the papers so I made/altered some other bits...

So inside the tin I've added a little package of cranberry teabags, a 2010 coaster calendar with a magnet on the back, a post-it note holder and a notebook & pen set.

I bought the little notebook from Tesco a few weeks ago (think they were 2 for £1 at the time). I have added paper to the front of the notebook and also wrapped around the pen. The little packet is cranberry teabags and I have simply added a sleeve of the paper and a flower.

This is a post-it note holder using a coaster and a clippy thing (bought a tub of them from Home Bargains for 99p) and a coaster calendar (calendar tab by Anita's - 99p for 10).

Passion for ProMarkers Challenge - Week 15 Girly & Glittery

This is my card for the current Passion for ProMarkers challenge. I am pretty new to using ProMarkers but I am in love with them already. I stuck to pink shades (blush, coral, dusky pink...) to colour my Magnolia girly in. I added some Stickles glitter glue to the flowers in her hair. My paper is from DCWV Nana's Nursery and is also glittered. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards. The embossed vellum circle is from my lovely friend Karen and it's the first one of these I've actually used as I think they are too beautiful to use. Pink cardstock, adhesive pearls, flowers, brad and ribbon are all from my stash. Hope you like it, I really enjoyed making it x

This lovely card was sent to me by Ali, thank you Ali, it's beautiful and I am very touched that you made one of yor first cards for me x



This beautiful lilac card is from the very wonderful Karen, along with a package of fab goodies, thank you so much Karen, lovely lady x