Vanity Challenge Peek

I was photographing my Vanity Challenge Entry last night for the Crafts Beautiful Forum and, to my dismay the pictures were rather dark, even though you could see the pictures well, but I was not very happy with them. So, I have posted a small peek of my entry on the Papercrafting Thread just to get crafters minds thinking and curious, because that's what I like to do!

Anyway! I have a photo of my peek of my Vanity challenge entry for others to see as well as those on the members list of Crafts Beautiful. I thought it would be fun to let you guess what my entry is, and send out a surprise prize for the person who guesses it right first!! I have decided to entrer a post of my Vanity Entry a couple of days before the challenge closes to allow for all those crafters to guess and leave a comment here on my blog! You can also leave a comment of a guess on my thread of the peek on the Papercrafting Thread! Godluck all!

Just want to say that One Person has guessed half right and another has too. x x x

Wedding Acceptance Cards

We have been invited to a couple more Weddings this year, one at he end of July to my uni friends', and the other in August to my old school friends'. I am very much excited with these weddings and so, I thought they would like a handcrafted Acceptance card for a change. Ihave had thorough enjoyment doing these two cards for the two Happy Couples getting married soon. I used my punches, as you can see, and used my layering of papers technique that I have been enjoying doing for a while now! It took me a litle time than normal to choose what papers to use and what went with what paper. If it was not for that I would have done these Aceeptances quicker than I had. Hope you like them. :0)

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Inspiration

Younger than me and very talented for what she does, the remarakable Charlotte Liddle, who came away with an Honours degree in Textiles from Huddersfield is a big inspiration on me! Guess, with having studies textiles myself I truly understand the hard work that goes into such a degree. Textiles are something quite unique and special no matter who makes things. We can all make textiles in some form. I saw some projects done by Charlotte Liddle a few months ago (pictures shown) and fell in love with her notebook and badges she created. I adore the textile feel to them and the colours are just remarkable. Charlotte was and stil is the reason for me making my own peg bag. I have just found out from Feejay 9crafts Beautiful Member) that Charlottle did a peg bag project in an issue of CB, so I am going off to find it and have a re-look at it and see what to do with my peg bag next. x x x

Papercraft Essentials Issue 31

Just ythe other day I purchased my issue of this months Papercraft Essentials mag. and I was best pleased that I did as it was full of interesting projects, blooming with colour and excellent free papers and some interesting features too. I had a very pleasnt read of it and recommend it to anyone who enjoys this magazine as much as I do. :0) x

Along with the issue you got this fabulous booklet of free papers with 24/25 sheets in it. There are numerous gorgeous papers and below is one I particlary like. I shall be using some of my free papers from this issue and I shall post out others I do not use in RAKS. So keep your eye out those of you on the CB Forum.

Inside this issue I saw a set of stamps featured of Trendy Teens. I was quite taken to the Ballerina more than the others. The one with the sword.....well...I'm not so sure abvout to be honest. Looks like somethjing MentalSarcasm would like, I think!....This is called the Kerry Jo stamp set which you can get from Debi Moores website www.debbimoore.co.uk £14.99. These are said to be the "hottest stamps out right now".

You get a shopping Ideas page in every issue, and I usually always find that there is something that I like in this section. In this issue 31. I was drawn to these floral papers. New to Fancy Pants which you can get from here http://www.creative-expressions.uk.com/ at 80p a sheet.

Papercraft Essentials Issue 31

These cards above are featured in this issue of Papercraft Essentials. Fun and funky animal cards that really captured my eye. I just adore the Mouse card as it uses my favourite colours and I like the patchwork on it. Hope you like them too! There are more animal cards like these I just wanted to show a few. ;0)

A Card to be Featured in Crafts Beautiful

How thrilled was I to be asked for some of my cards to be featured as Projects in the wonderful and most popular craft magazine, Crafts Beautiful! I was beyond delighted as you can well imagine. So here, above, is an advertisement feature of one of my cards coming in the small free booklet that comes with the issue every month. I was in awe as soon as I set my eyes on this and could not quite believe that this was it! I was overjoyed and dancing around all the rooms, showing my husband Paul! I was ever so excited and even more so when I saw my cards published as projects in the free booklet.

Your In My Thoughts Card

A handcrafted card made for someone especially for this extremely special friend of mine was in need of my love and thoughtfullness so, I just wanted to give her something made with my own two hands. This specia friend is a regular member of the Crafts Beautiful Forum and has so much love and friendliness and thoughtfullness in her. As I have witten for the card below this one, I have read that a few people on the CB forum have been unwell and on a low level due to personal reasons. So, I wanted to bring some happiness and brighten their day by handcrafting something by me to cheer them up and just to say "Your In MyThoughts". I used my favourite Amy Butler fabrics here and one of her papers from the Belle Collection. I punched out some flower motifs for the centre of the design and then finished off with some punched out butterflies added onto each corner and, glued on a Pink flower sequin and white bead on the centred flower.