I'm back.......!

Hi everyone.....well, finally I have a few minutes / feel well enough / have the energy to blog....first time for over 3 weeks! Everything seemed to come at once, and although I've THOUGHT about blogging, I just haven't had the time.....or the inclination. Feeling much better now, thankfully, and trying to get back to normal before our hols, in two weeks ....YAY!

So, a quick blog to show a couple of cards I made as part of my DT work for PAPERMILL, weeks ago. Very simple cards to show the hammered effect on white cardstock.  (still one of my most favourite designs)

                                      

I like the 'clean' look to this card. The polka dot was printed onto white cardstock too.

White 'hammered' again, with flowers from

 PETAL LU 

and a Jofy sentiment.

Well. I did say they were simple cards, didn't I ?? LOL

I'm taking part in a blog hop this weekend....if you have time, pop over to the facebook page of

CRAFTING CAFE

and checkout the fabulous inspiration. I'll be working my way around them all later tonight.

BTW, Papermill have another fab offer on this week, checkout the website for full details. (link above)

Catch you all in a day or so, but until then, have a good weekend,

Barbara x

THREE great offers from Papermill this week......

Hi everyone, PAPERMILL have THREE fab special offers on this week......

1) Antique White Pearlised - 300gsm - small box, 75-80 A4 sheets - £7.50

2) All 'essentials' - ie white/cream hammered/linen cardstock. 10% off all orders.

3) A chance to win a great pack of hand-crafted flowers from PETAL-LU - check the Papermill blog for details.

Here are a couple of cards made with the 'Antique Pearlised'

I have inked the cardstock with spray inks from OAK HOUSE STUDIO

The stamp is from Little Claire.

All Oak House Studio inks and stamps (except the LOTV sentiment)

Both cards have Papermill 'Mocha Brown' bases.

All white hammered cardstock, including the polka-dot background, which I ran through the printer as a digi-background.

The 'HOME' die is a Sizzix Bigz. I cut 6 pieces and piled them on top of each other to give depth.

Back soon with a few more samples,  made with 'essential' carstock....don't forget to stock up while the 10% offer is on.

Barbara

x

Lavinia Stamps challenge.....Add some glitter

Hi everyone, back again with my second post in 2 days......I can't quite believe that I used to blog every day! Where did I find the time?

Anyway, the new challenge has started today at LAVINIA STAMPS.....the theme is 'add some glitter'.

As usual, a fab prize of £40 is up for grabs.... however to be entered into the draw, you must use Lavinia Stamps, of course.

These are my DT inspirations for this month.....

All cardstock is from

PAPERMILL 

I just wanted this card to be simple and elegant. I still love cards with lots of white.

'White linen' works so well for this type of card.

This is the FUCHSIA stamp from Lavinia, still one of my favourites.

All inks on these cards are from

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

Lavinia Stamps used are :-

Cherry Blossom, Vine, Nigella Damascens, Dandelion

Here is a close-up of each one....

Well, that's all for today....enjoy your weekend.

Catch you soon,

Barbara x

New 'special offer' from Papermill......

Morning all, how's things?

Have you been over to the fabulous, brand-new PAPERMILL website yet?......( HERE ) It's full of gorgeous products....envelopes, papers, and top-quality cardstock in some amazing colours. (good cardstock helps make your creations look so much more proffessional ). Pop over and checkout the weekly 'Special Offers', there's always some bargains to be had.

This week, it's a mixture of lovely summer colours.....In the box you will get Bright Orange, Raspberry Pink, Pale Turquoise, Dark Violet, Daffodil Yellow and Ocean Blue.....a 'midi-box' for only £21.60 which is a saving of 10%. Of course there are lots more offers on the site, so hope you can find time to have a little look.

These are my DT projects, using some of the special-offer cardstock....

Bird mobile.....using lots of summer colours. the sun was too bright on the day I took this pic, so the colours don't show up too well.

I wanted this card to use 'rainbow' colours,

On this little set of cards I used the large daisy stamps, and coloured inkpads all from 

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

Hope you like these projects.....I'll be back soon with the new challenge from Lavinia Stamps.....it starts tomorrow x

Barbara.
I'm entering these projects into the following challenges :-
Art Impressions
MOO-MANIA
Stampotique Designs
Kraftin' Kimmi
Deep Ocean Challenge