My lovely followers x

Thursday 30 April 2015

Guest designer for Crafting by Designs.....and a new Papermilldirect offer.

Afternoon everyone, and welcome to my new followers....hope you enjoy what you see.
Today I'm showing you a few cards I did as a Guest Designer for
One of my cards was chosen as a winner in their recent challenge, so I've followed up with a few more. 
THREE different companies...THREE different gorgeous butterfly stamps


All card stock is from
The beautiful 'Zen' butterfly (my very favourite)
is from
The sentiment is a Kaisercraft 'rub-on'


This 'Swallowtail' butterfly is from
Stampin' Up.
I've heat-embossed, then coloured it with
Dylusions Inks.




Another favourite stamp at the moment is this Inkcognito Butterfly from 
VISIBLE IMAGE
I've stamped it onto a background of 
Brusho inks.

Well, hope you've enjoyed visiting today, and thanks in advance for any comments you leave. I do appreciate them all.




Before I go, I'd just like to remind you of the latest Special Offer from
Papermilldirect.
A4 Midi Box White Card 300gsm
This A4 300gsm White card is a superb base for all your craft projects and at only £14.00 for one of our Midi Boxes it's a bargain as well! 
It always sells out fast though, so don't delay
xx
Back soon with details of the new 
LAVINIA STAMPS CHALLENGE

I'm entering this post into the following challenges :-
Aud Sentiments
Cute Card Thursday
Moo-Mania













Monday 20 April 2015

Gorgeous new offer from Papermilldirect.....

Evening all, at last..... 5 minutes to do a blog post! We're getting our house ready to 'put on the market' (maybe)....and I never seem to have a minute at the moment...... 
Anyway, wanted to show a few cards I did as samples for my workshop last Saturday.....we had a fab session, all the pics are on my Facebook page HERE

 All card stock used is from
PAPERMILLDIRECT

Embossed images, brushed with distress inks .
The sentiment is from Inkylicious

Distress inks, Tim Holtz
and
LOTV stamps 



Distress inks and a Sheena Douglas
sentiment.








Distress inks, Dylusions mask and 'Scribbly Birds' stamp from Dina Wakley.
Hope you like them....
The Special Offer this week from PAPERMILLDIRECT is fabulous hammered card in blue..
Blue Hammer Embossed Card - 320gsm
A4 Small box - Approximately 75 sheets for just £4.50
Limited supplies, so don't delay!
It's gorgeous, but I didn't have time to make any cards this week, I've temporarily lost my craft room....boo!

Catch you all soon xx
I'm entering this blog post into the following challenges :-
Little Red Wagon 
Crafty Creations
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
Creative Card Crew
Get Creative


Tuesday 14 April 2015

Papermilldirect's new weekly offer.....

Evening all, just a quick post tonight to show you the latest 'special offer' from
This week it's.....
White Seal Embossed Card 230gsm
There are two sizes to choose from:
A3 Box, approximately 80 sheets for £15.00
A4 Midi Box, approximately 260 sheets for £23.00
There is a  limited stock of this product and they are unlikely to have it in stock again, so get yours while you can!!



 I stamped and coloured the image, then mounted onto cardboard and Papermilldirect smooth brown card stock.
The stamp is by Art Impressions.



I made the card for our lovely friends in Scotland, as a 'thank you' for a lovely weekend visit. Fiona keeps chickens so thought the image was very apt.....her & I, gossiping!


Don't forget to pop over to the Papermilldirect website to checkout this and all the other offers.
Catch you soon,
Barbara
x



I'm entering this post into the following challenges :-
DEEP OCEAN CHALLENGE
IKE'S WORLD CHALLENGE
CRAFTY CARDMAKER'S
MAKE MY MONDAY
FAIRYTALE STAMPERS
ART IMPRESSIONS  (I used an AI stamp)

Thursday 2 April 2015

Lavinia April Challenge - Lemon & Lime

Evening all, just a quick post to share my Lavinia Stamps  DT work for April.
The theme this month is Lemon & Lime, and as usual there is a £40 prize for the 'randomly-picked' winner. You MUST use Lavinia Stamps on your entry.
It's such a fab chance to build on your collection of amazing products from

All card stock is from

The backgrounds have all been made with Dylusion Inks
and a selection of 
Lavinia Stamps which can be found on the website.






I covered the trees with a clear glaze.



This coloured panel was left-over from another project,  I loved the colours on it.


I didn't include this little tag in my DT work, as I stamped the sentiment crookedly, but I still like it!



Hope you've enjoyed looking at my Lavinia Stamps samples, I'll be back soon with another Papermilldirect 'special offer'.
Catch you later, have a great Easter weekend.
(we have gardening and decorating to look forward to...goody, goody....NOT!)
Barbara
xx

I'm entering this blog post into the following challenges :-
Fairytale Stampers
Great Impressions
Order of the Opus-Gluei
The Corrosive Challenge
Left of Centre