Teacher Gifts, and Papermill 10% Offer

Afternoon everyone, and welcome to my new followers.

Well, I can't believe I used to blog almost every day, and now it seems I'm down to once a week.....life is very busy at the moment, but hey-ho.

 I just need to quickly remind you about the Oak House Studio 'One Stamp Challenge', this weekend. Please pop into the blog HERE sometime over the next 2 days, to see all the fab creations made by the DT.....great inspiration!

Anyway today I want to show a few things I made a while ago, for teacher 'end of year' gifts.....so simple, even the kids could help.

By the way.....have you seen that PAPERMILL have 10% off small boxes of card! 

Pick 5 colours from the massive colour range, to fill up your box of 80 sheets
There's also a chance to win a £20 Lavinia Stamps voucher, just for commenting on the Papermill blog.....what are you waiting for, ladies??

ALL CARDSTOCK FROM PAPERMILL, of course

I made 3 different bookmarks, just with a computer-generated sentiment, stamps & ink.

Close-ups below.

A bottle tag, made with white linen, baby pink and lime-green cardstock

Teacher card.....

Post-box red, lime green cardstock....hand-cut apple and leaf stamp from 

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

Pan Pastel background, gold, fine-detail embossing powder and inks from

OHS and stamps from 

LAVINIA STAMPS 

Pan Pastel background, stamps from Jofy.

Pan Pastel background, inks, stamps and white embossing powder from

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

Hope this has given you a few ideas of what to give your child's teacher for an end-of-term gift....checkout the fab projects by the rest of the Papermill DT

SYLVIA - Designs for Occasions

RUTH - A passion for cards

SANDIE - The crafty side of me

LISA - Paper Craft Bliss

ANGELA - Polly Purple Horse
 SHARON - The other side of me revitalised
 
Back soon with some of the 'One Stamp' challenge bits..... untl then,
xx
I'm entering this post into the following challenges :-

Crafting By Designs 
MOO-MANIA

Delightful Challenges
Tag You're It!

New Special Offer from Papermill

Hi folks......get me, blogging twice in 2 days....it's a long time since that happened, LOL

Today sees another weekly special offer from

PAPERMILL 

A4 Ivory Light Embossed - 230gsm

Small box - 80 sheets - £5.00

Midi box - 260 sheets - £13.50

Here are my DT projects for this offer.....

Ivory light embossed, mounted onto yellow and buff cardstock from

Papermill

The seed-head stamp is from Lavinia Stamps.

I've chalked the background on this card with Pan Pastels, and used a free stamp from IndigoBlu, which has been heat-embossed with gold, fine-detail embossing powder from

 OAK HOUSE STUDIO

 I think the texture of the cardstock shows up beautifully with the PP's.

Gorgeous texture ;-)

Well, that's all for today, back in a couple of days with details of a new 'One Stamp Project' from Oak House Studio.

Barbara xx
Why not pop over and see what the rest of the DT have made with this fab cardstock xx

SYLVIA - Designs for Occasions

RUTH - A passion for cards

SANDIE - The crafty side of me

LISA - Paper Craft Bliss

ANGELA - Polly Purple Horse
I'm entering this post into the following challenges :-

Meljens Designs
Addicted to Stamps
Moo-mania
Nutcrafters
Stampin' Royalty

Lavinia Stamps Challenge - Summer Colours

Hi everyone, I'm back......can't believe it's almost 2 weeks since I last blogged. 

Last week we had a fab break in Broad Haven, and I just didn't want to come home to all the usual routine....I LOVE  being at the coast!

Anyway, now we're  home, and I'm trying to catch up on all my DT work, starting with the new challenge at 

 LAVINIA STAMPS

The theme this month is SUMMER COLOURS....and as usual, there is a £40 prize for the winning entry.

(you can also enter by email now, if you're not into blogging)

So, here are my DT creations for this challenge.......

 All cardstock is from 

PAPERMILL 

Inks are Colour Chemistry by

OAK HOUSE STUDIO 

I've used NINE different Lavinia stamps on this card.

These 2 colours remind me of my garden, so are definitely 'Summer Colours'

And, of course, these are my HOT summer colours, used with gold, fine embossing powder from

Oak House Studio....second to none, in my opinion.

Hope you like my challenge samples.

I'll be back later in the week with the new 'special offer' from Papermill, and details of a fab event at 

Oak House Studio.

Catch you soon,

Barbara x





I'm entering this post into the following challenges :-
Crafty Ribbons Challenge
Tag Along
Clear It Out Challenge
Through The Craft Room Door
Try it on Tuesday 

What's on offer this week at Papermill??

Hi all, hope you're all well and enjoying this lovely weather.....long may it continue ;-)

I'm back to tell you about the latest 'special offer' from

PAPERMILL

This week we have a fabulous A4 Ivory, 'lightly embossed', felt cardstock

A small box of approx 80 sheets is £5

A midi box of approx 260 sheets is £13.50

I found this to be a great 'all-rounder' for inking, die-cutting and stamping.....might have to order some myself, LOL

Here are my DT samples :-

 All cardstock from 

PAPERMILL

I love the simplicity of this card.....I just swiped an 

OAK HOUSE STUDIO inkpad over the cardstock....think it gives such a pretty effect.

 

I rushed this card a bit, and didn't blend the colours as good as usual....hey ho.

Hope you like them....I'll be back on Saturday with details of the new challenge over at  

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

Don't forget to checkout the rest of the DT samples x

SYLVIA - Designs for Occasions

RUTH - A passion for cards

SANDIE - The crafty side of me

LISA - Paper Craft Bliss

ANGELA - Polly Purple Horse

Leather-look cardstock at Papermill......

Morning everyone, welcome back, and 'Hi' to my new followers.

Another 'Special Offer' from PAPERMILL  and this one is fabulous!

Buff leather embossed - 270gsm

small box- approx 80 sheets - £4.50

midi-box - approx 260 sheets - £13.00

Here are my DT cards for this offer.....

All cardstock from Papermill.....buff embossed, cream and brown.

The tie was stamped with the 'Walesby' flourish from

OAK HOUSE STUDIO 

I popped some (too much) Glossy Accents on it.

Not sure where the other stamps are from, sorry.

Cardstock as above, bird stamp from Inkylicious, sentiment from LOTV

Free stamps from some mag or other.

I think this is a Personal Impressions stamp, but not 100%

As you can see, this buff embossed is great for male cards, but please checkout the rest of the DT creations, you'll be blown away by the inspiration!

Blog addys below.

Bye for now

Barbara

xx

SYLVIA - Designs for Occasions

RUTH - A passion for cards

SANDIE - The crafty side of me

LISA - Paper Craft Bliss

ANGELA - Polly Purple Horse
I'm entering these cards into the following challenges :-
CATERED CROP - Manly Men
LAURAL CRAFT - things with wings
THAT CRAFT PLACE - Men
CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES - Men

Lavinia Stamps - Challenge 6

Morning all, welcome to my new followers this week, hope you can keep popping by....

Busy, busy, busy at the moment, so a very quick post today.

It's the start of Challenge 6 at 

LAVINIA STAMPS

The theme this month is 'add beads or gems', and as usual, the prize is £40 worth of products from Lavinia Stamps.

Here are my DT creations to inspire you....

This card was made for a special friend.

Inks from OAK HOUSE STUDIO

All cardstock from PAPERMILL

Gorgeous Zen butterfly from Lavinia Stamps of course.

This was just a quick little tag made with the hollyhock stamp....

Inks & cardstock as above.

Hope you like my DT work for this challenge, and also hope it inspires you to join in this month. 

£40 is an amazing prize!

Catch you all soon,

Barbara xx
I'm entering this post into the following challenges :-
Whoopsi Daisy
My Craft Creations

Crafting From The Heart
Lauralcraft
Crafty Boots 

Lots of Inkyliciousness......(is that even a word?)

Hi everyone, home again after a lovely week in Jersey....beautiful island, fab company, so despite the changeable weather, we had a great time. Just time to fit in a couple of blogs before we go off again in 3 weeks time ;-)

Todays card was made with cardstock from 

PAPERMILL

It was last weeks 'special offer', but I think there may be some left.....if you're quick! (plain white, 265 gsm)

All the SPECIAL OFFERS have 10% off at the moment, and there is also a competition on the Papermill blog HERE , to win a box of fab cardstock. So....what are you waiting for??

All inks on this card are from the fabulous selection at OAK HOUSE STUDIO they are my favourite inks, I just LOVE them!

ALL stamps are from Inkylicious....I've had some of them for ages, and have promised myself to try using all my stamps at least ONCE. It will still take me years to get through them all, though.

Got to say, this is one of my most favourite cards in a long while....I just adore the colours.

Well, that's all for now, hope you've enjoyed your visit, pop back soon.

Have a great weekend.

Barbara xx

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-

Rhedd and Rosie 

Through the Craftroom Door 

Artistic Inspirations

My Craft Creations

Vintage Stamping Challenge

Challenges 4 Everybody

Dream Valley Challenges

Glitter n Sparkle

Papermill weekly offer......

Hi everyone,  just a quick post again, as I'm 'on me hollies' in sunny Jersey.....just arrived today for a week, so really looking forward to doing absolutely NOTHING! Our Scottish friends are joining us on Saturday, so after that it will be eat, drink and laugh!

This week's 'special offer' from PAPERMILL

is

Plain White - 265gsm
 Available in small boxes £5.00, midi boxes £13.50 and mega boxes £32.50

Here are my DT cards....only 2 this week as I've been so busy :-(

All inks from 

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

Stamps from

INKYLICIOUS

Plain white / post-box red / and lime green cardstock

The sentiment stamp is from 

BeeCrafty

Inks from OHS.

Not sure where the foliage stamp is from, sorry.

Plain white / purple grape / dark violet / and new lilac cardstock.

A lot of water and ink was used on this card, and it still held it's shape wonderfully. 

Well that's all for today folks....I'm off to have a couple of glasses of wine.....well I'm on holiday, so it's got to be done!

Catch you all soon,

Barbara

xx

This week's 'special offer' from Papermill.......

Hi everyone, sorry, just a very quick post today. My lappy, and all the pics on it is currently en route 'Up North' to Alan's brother, who is going to do some upgrading etc on it.....so this is a scheduled blog.

Tonight sees the start of another fab SPECIAL OFFER from PAPERMILL

Sapphire blue card
Small box
 200 gsm for £4.00.....BARGAIN!

Here are my DT samples for this latest offer...

It was Alan's BIG birthday on Monday, the 50th card was the one I made for him.

Items used on these cards....

Sapphire blue, post-box red, white smooth and white linen cardstock.

Cheery Lynn flourish die.

Crafters Companion embossing folder.

OAK HOUSE STUDIO  inks and 'double daisy' stamp, Jofy stamp and free stamps from a mag.

Sentiment tags from Lili of the Valley.

I'm having a problem at the moment,  uploading photos to my blog in the usual way, so apologies for the fact they are just lined up one after the other.

Back soon, if I can wrestle Alan's lappy off him over the weekend.

Barbara.

xx

If you have time, pop over to checkout my DT team-mates blogs for more inspiration.

SYLVIA - Designs for Occasions

RUTH - A passion for cards

SANDIE - The crafty side of me

LISA - Paper Craft Bliss

ANGELA - Polly Purple Horse

Leather Cardstock from Papermill....

Hi peeps, hope you're all well, and getting a bit of crafting done......

I'm struggling to get in my craft room at the moment, what with housework, visitors, babysitting and helping in Adam's shop....hope all this running around will keep me young! haha (I never mind time spent with Eva, of course...)

Anyway, on with this weeks 'special offer' from PAPERMILL

White leather -  230gsm - available in small boxes £5.00, midi boxes £13.50 and mega boxes £32.50

Fab quality and inks up really well.

Here are my DT samples.... 

 This close-up pic shows how lovely the 'leather' effect is.

The gorgeous stamp is part of a set from

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

It's called 'Double Daisy'.

I love this stamp, and can see me using it with lots of different colours. There's 2 in a set.....this one is the 'palette' style (without outline), the other is the 'outline', which I've used on the tag below. The set

daisies comes in 2 different sizes......pop over to the OHS website for full details

This is my tag, again made with the leather effect card....I love the texture of it.

All stamps, inks and embossing powders used on these samples are from OHS.

Thanks for popping by, today. 

Back soon.

Barbara

xx

Checkout the rest of the DT samples

SYLVIA - Designs for Occasions

RUTH - A passion for cards

SANDIE - The crafty side of me

LISA - Paper Craft Bliss

ANGELA - Polly Purple Horse


I'm entering this card & tag into the following challenges :-)
Crafty Creations - (anything but a card)
Rhedd and Rosie - (texture)
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - (use embossing powder)
My Craft Creations - (anything goes)

Time for a new challenge at Lavinia Stamps......

Morning blog friends, told ya I'd be back today, didn't I!

It's May 2nd, and time for a new challenge at
LAVINIA STAMPS 
As always, there's a fabulous prize of £40, to spend on the Lavinia website.
The theme this month is 'Birthday Girl', so loads of scope there.....should be easy to come up with a feminine card. LOL You must use stamps from Lavinia, of course, this is the only stipulation.
Here are my DT creations for this month
 

I'd be lost without this gorgeous butterfly stamp...I use it on so many cards!
All cardstock is from PAPERMILL
All inks from OAK HOUSE STUDIO
Back soon with more inspiration, hope you've enjoyed looking.
Barbara.
xx
I'm entering this post into the following challenges :-
MILK COFFEE CHALLENGE
Bastel-Traum
IMAGINATION CRAFTS
KREATIVEINKAUF CHALLENGE
LIA STAMPZ
NATALIE & AMY
SEEMA CRAFTS
ALLSORTS CHALLENGE 

It's 'Linen'....but it ain't white!

Welcome back folks, and a BIG hello to all my new followers. Hope you enjoy what you see xx

Well, another week has passed and it's time for a new 'special offer' from 

PAPERMILL
80 - A4 sheets for £4.50

You should all know by now how much I LOVE Papermill white linen cardstock, so imagine how happy I was to receive some linen card in Navy Blue, to work with....same fab quality, and such a gorgeous colour.

These are my DT cards.......and although I'm not a fan of dark blue, in general, I'm definitely going to have more of this colour, 'cos I just love it!

Navy blue linen, pale blue and white linen card.

Dies from Spellbinders, La-la Land and Cheery Lynn

Embossing folder from Sheena Douglas

Navy blue and white linen, with lime green cardstock,

Dies from Spellbinders and La-la Land.

Cardstock as above....all dies from Spellbinders.

My Papermill team-mates have made some fabulous cards with the navy blue linen, if you want to check them out x

SYLVIA - Designs for Occasions

RUTH - A passion for cards

SANDIE - The crafty side of me

LISA - Paper Craft Bliss

ANGELA - Polly Purple Horse

Thanks for looking today....I'll be back tomorrow with my DT cards for Lavinia Stamps, do hope you'll pop back then.

Bye for now 

Barbara x

It's a 'Whiteout'........!

Morning bloggers, from a very damp Wiltshire....not too bothered though, as I don't need to leave the house until tomorrow evening, so lots of craftiness to look forward to.

Just a quick blog to show you the card I made for my lovely sis-in-law, Ros's birthday, a couple of weeks ago......I've gone back to almost all white with this one, they're still one of my fave type of cards to make.

Just want to remind you of a couple of things first ......'Texture' challenge and DT call at  

OAK HOUSE STUDIO, 

and a commenting competition at the 

PAPERMILL 

facebook page

Anyway here is todays card, hope you like it....

White linen cardstock from Papermill,

of course .... (who else??)

Various dies and an embossing board.

I just wanted to keep this nice and elegant.

The gorgeous little flowers are from 

PETAL-LU

Lucinda who owns Petal Lu has just opened her web shop, if you click on the above link, it will take you straight there. The flowers are absolutely delightful, and are all handcrafted by Lucinda. Checkout all the fab comments she gets HERE

Glad you could pop by today, I have a very inky card to show you next time, so look forward to catching you soon.

Bye for now,

Barbara xx
I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-

 Storyteller
That Craft Place
The Squirrel and The Fox - Dies & punches
Craft for the Craic
Craftitude
Cut it up

Spring flowers and a chance to win a fab box of Papermill cardstock.....

Hi everyone....I'm back today with another fab commenting competition from PAPERMILL

Pop over to their facebook page, and leave a little comment, for a chance to win a great box of cardstock in beautiful Spring colours.

I've used a few different colours in my DT floral cards....

White hammered

Baby pink

Lime green

Daffodil yellow

White hammered

Lime green 

Post-box red

Mocha brown

White linen

 Lime green

New lilac.

White hammered
Lime green
Purple grape


Hope you've enjoyed looking....
love reading your comments too.
Back soon,
Barbara
xx


I'm entering this post into the following challenges :-
Craft for the Craic
Craftitude
Stampin with the dragon
4 Crafty Chicks
Creative Moments 

New Challenge and DT Call at Oak House Studio......

Morning everyone, Happy Easter.....hope you're having a relaxing weekend. 

Just a very quick post today to remind you of a couple of things

No.1) The new challenge has started on the OAK HOUSE STUDIO blog. The theme is TEXTURE, so lots of scope there. There is a fabulous prize of £40 worth of products too!

No.2 There is also a DT call at Oak House Studio, to join us happy team of crafters. Please checkout the OHS blog HERE for full details of how to apply.

Anyway, now onto my DT card for the challenge....

I loved making this one, and sent it to a very dear friend (she knows who she is....)

 ALL cardstock is from PAPERMILL

The die-cut bird is from Sizzix

Ribbon & pearls from stash,

and everything else from 

Oak House Studio.

Colour Chemistry inks from OHS are fabulous....I love them. The colours can be as vivid or as subtle as you want, but I don't often 'do' subtle! haha.

If you want to checkout a very simple tutorial using these inks, please pop over to the Papermill blog HERE

I'll be back in a day or so, as I have lots of family/friends birthday cards to show you.

Have a great weekend.

Barbara xx
I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-
Allsorts Challenge - Birds & Feathers
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things with Wings
My Time To Craft challenge
Sweet Stampin' challenge - Lots of layers
Get Inky challenge - Die-Cuts
Crafty Ribbons
Creative Knockouts

Butterflies everywhere......

Evening all, hope you've had a good day.  I've had a really busy couple of days, and managed to make 16 cards since Sunday....whoohoo, that's caught me up a bit with things I needed to make, thankfully.

Tonight I just want to show you some quick cards I made for a PAPERMILL tutorial on 'batch card-making'
All cardstock is from Papermill.

I've used the lovely Zen Butterfly from 

LAVINIA STAMPS
and gorgeous Colour Chemistry Inks from
OAK HOUSE STUDIO  

If you want to read the whole tutorial, pop over to the Papermill blog Here

Hope you like them....

Catch you all soon,

Barbara x

Wow, another fab Special Offer from Papermill....

Hi everyone, it's time for another 'Special Offer' from

PAPERMILL

This week we have Smooth Ivory cardstock, 230gsm at only £4 for approx. 80 sheets.

Here are a few cards made using it

 ALL cardstock is from Papermill.... Ivory smooth, black & buff

Pan Pastel background, and stamps from LAVINIA STAMPS, Joycraft & Lili of the Valley.

I haven't taken much care doing the background with the 'Pans', just wanted a quick bit of colour.

Same with the card below...

Pan Pastels, Lavinia geese, and Joycraft silhouette meadow.

I've used ALL Lavinia stamps on this card.....Colour Chemistry inks are from  

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

The smooth ivory cardstock embosses beautifully too....

Stamp from Little Clair's and inks from OHS

Not for Fool's....the new Lavinia Stamps challenge

Hi all my bloggy friends, glad to see you back here.....

Today sees the start of another Lavinia Stamps challenge, and this month the theme is 

SPRING COLOURS
The prize is £40 of products..... to enter, all you have to do is make something with Lavinia products, easy peasy!

I took my inspiration for the first card from a daffy, in my garden....one of those with orange centres ;-)

 I've used Nigela Damascena and Texture stamps on this card.....and Colour Chemistry inks from 

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

This card uses Cherry Blossom and small bird stamps
Inks from OHS and an embossing folder.

Hope you like them.
Thanks for all the comments you've left on previous posts, they're much appreciated
Back soon, have loads of new stuff to show you.
xx