Papermill Direct - Special Offer - Don't Miss It!

Morning everyone, thank you for popping back to my blog, 

and a big welcome to this weeks new followers.

Todays cards are the first special creations made for 

Papermill Direct

 The Peppermint coloured card I've used is on  SPECIAL OFFER, starting today, while stocks last. Please keep checking back to the Papermill site, as I'm not sure of the exact time the offer goes 'live'.
The pics don't do the colour justice, it's gorgeous......240gsm in either A4 or A3, for larger projects.

Pop over to the website for further details HERE

There are lots of offers coming over the next few weeks.....if you don't want to miss out, why not sign up for the Papermill newsletter,  HERE and you'll get the special offers direct to your email inbox.

Double sided coloured card, embosses beautifully!

Smooth surface for a lovely finish

Card is dyed throughout, there is no white core, so great for these roses. The French navy is from Papermill too, I thought it was a nice contrast.

Cuts fine through a die-cutter and punch, and stamps beautifully.

Hope you like the cards I've made with this lovely peppermint green cardstock. Don't forget to checkout the SPECIAL OFFER

Hope you can leave a comment, if you've visited, I appreciate them all so much.

Back soon

Barbara xx


I'm entering these cards into the following challenges :-
Milk Coffee Challenge
Creative Belli Blog
Fab 'n' funky
Fresh Brewed Blog
Rhedd and Rosie
Perfect Sentiments

Hello again to my Pan Pastels!

Evening all, hope you had a good day, and managed to fit a sneaky bit of crafting in......

I managed to get 5 cards done by about 3 pm, so very pleased about that. Then my gorgeous daughter-in-law, Emma came over for tea with baby Eva.  Everything is put on hold for Eva, but I'd much rather be cuddling her, that crafting ;-)

 Anyway, just a short post tonight to show a couple of todays makes, both very similar but slightly different backgrounds.
I've kept these very, very simple, without even a sentiment, I really don't think they need anything else....what do you think??

Both backgrounds made with Pan Pastels, stamps from Lavinia Stamps and Stamp-it. I've matted onto black then white linen cardstock from 

Papermill Direct

(Watch out for a special offer coming from Papermill in a day or so!)

Well, that's it for tonight folks....I'll be back on Thursday with details of the Papermill special offer.

Bye for now,

Barbara

xx
I'm entering these cards into the following challenges :-
Anything Goes Challenge
Bearly Mine
Our Daily Bread
Cards in Envy
The Cheerful Stamp Pad
Make It Mondays

What a great weekend.........

Evening everyone, and welcome back to my little piece of blogland.... 

A big hello to my new followers.

Hope you've all had a great weekend......mine has been fabulous!  I met up with loads of crafty friends in London and Kent......Janet Lofthouse, Elaine Maisey, Eileen Godwin and Zoe Russell, and had a fab day at Eileen's workshop with all the other lovely crafters. It was such good fun, and we laughed a lot! 

The card I'm showing tonight is one I made yesterday at the workshop.

I've used Pan Pastels on White Linen by  

Papermill .....see how lovely it is close-up, just like canvas.

 The Pan Pastels blend so well on the linen cardstock.

I've used Sheena Douglas stamps for the flowers.

I love these colours, and I'm quite pleased with the card itself....

Hope you like it.

Catch you soon

Barbara 

xx





I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-
Simply Create Too
Sister Act Card Challenge
Stampin with the Dragon
Crafty Calendar Challenge
Kraftyhands Challenge
My Sheri Crafts
One Stop Craft Challenge
Our Creative Corner
Stamped Blessings
Glitter n Sparkle

Happy birthday Alan......

Hello again everyone, thanks for calling in....hope you've had a great weekend, despite the weather.

It's my lovely man Alan's birthday today and we've had a fabby day with all the family here, including baby Eva......she is 4 weeks old tomorrow, can't believe where those weeks have gone! Life is so very busy at the moment.....

Anyway, I won't ramble on, just want to show you the cards I did for Alan.

 Alan certainly fills my life with colour, and more importantly, laughter!

Scraps of inky card...I never throw my inky bits away .

All cardstock is from Papermill Direct
The base card is 'hammered' white.

This card is from Finn to Alan ....the background is Pan Pastels.

My chocolate strawberries always come out on special occasions ;-)

Mmmmmmmmmm, they were scrummy!

Our gorgeous little Eva, she's even more scrummy than the choccie strawberries.

When they arrived, Eva was dressed beautifully, then alas she embarassed herself and had to be changed into a babygro. She looks lovely in anything though, I could squeeze her to bits!

Well, that's all for tonight, sorry it's been a long post....catch you all in a couple of days xx




I'm entering the first card into the following challenges :-
Totally Papercrafts
Addicted to CAS
Hiding In My Craftroom
Paper Creator's Crafts
The Crafting Cafe  (Lady luck certainly smiled on me the day I met Alan!)

Happy Birthday Dave......

Good evening to all my followers, new & long-standing....thanks for popping in tonight.

I'd like to show you a card made for Emma's dad, Dave....he's 60 today and definitely wasn't looking forward to it....We have this bit of misery going on between us 'cos it's my turn in August, and neither of us want to be 60! haha

I made a card that didn't have a huge 60 on the front, as I think he probably had lots of these.......

Kraft, black and cream 'linen'  cardstock all from

Papermill Direct 

 The 'wire' stamp is from Inkylicious, the wine set & scrolls are by Creative Expressions and the grunge corners are from LOTV

Central image cut with a Spellbinder label die.

Gorgeous 'fine detail' gold embossing powder from 

Oak House Studio

Computer generated sentiment.

The inside!

I coloured the image with Adirondack ink and promarkers.

Well, I sincerely hope Dave has had a fab day, with all the family, on holiday.....no doubt we'll go out next week to celebrate his 'milestone' birthday......and (not) look forward to mine!

Catch you all soon,

Barbara xx

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

The House That Stamps Built 

Stampavie and More 

Loves Rubber Stamps 

My Craft Creations  (60th birthday)

A Cheeky Little Card.....

Evening all, hope you've had a great Tuesday. It's been very hot in Wiltshire today, but I've still managed to get loads done....washing, ironing, gardening and I've made 2 cards and a tag. So, I'm feeling pretty happy with myself tonight ;-)

Anyway, this card is for the same customer as yesterdays post.......her daughter is 40 on Saturday, and to celebrate, she's doing the 'Moon Walk'. I thought the bra card would be perfect, 'cos I think they walk wearing their bra on show..... I've had the templates forever, but this is the first time I've used them.

I love animal print, and I used to have a bra similar to this.....That bloomin' fluff irritated me to bits!

This is the  reverse of the card, a sexy little thong! (haha)

The 'jewels' were part of an old necklace.

Well, that's it for tonight everyone, hope you like my fluffy little number!

Would love you to leave a comment if you've enjoyed looking.

( The customer loved the cards by the way )

Barbara xx

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

Anything Goes Challenge Blog

Creative Card Crew

Papertake Weekly

Through the Craft Room Door

Lexi's Creations

Make it Monday

My Craft Creations

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Sunny Day........

Hi everyone, just popped in with a quick post for today, as we're going to have a ride out in the 'cabbie' (my gorgeous 'Summer' car ) it's such a fab day here in Wiltshire.

The card I'm showing today was an urgent order for a really good customer, and happy customers mean more orders, and dosh, of course ;-) so I didn't mind being in my craft room on Bank Holiday Sunday.

The 'white linen' and lilac cardstock is from

 Papermill Direct

Look out for lots of new offers from Papermill coming soon

The charm is one of a batch I bought in Italy last year..... I'll be sad when they've all gone

I've used & blogged this design a few times, but still think it's a classy, elegant look, and seem to come back to it time after time, when I'm stuck for ideas.

Hope you like it enough to leave a comment, I appreciate them all.

Catch you tomorrow with a 'fun' card, made for the same customer as this one.

Enjoy the rest of your Bank Holiday 

xx

Lavinia Stamps - Challenge No. 3

Morning everyone, and a warm welcome to my new followers..Hope you're all enjoying some Spring weather wherever you are.

I'd like to thank you all for the wonderful messages and good wishes for our gorgeous little Eva, on my last post.  I was overwhelmed by the amount of followers who spared time to leave a comment and really appreciate them all xx

Anyway, today I'm showing you my design team card for the 3rd Lavinia Stamps Challenge....the theme this month is 

PASTEL COLOURS

Please pop over to Lavinia Stamp challenge blog and checkout the prize.....it's a gigantic £40!

I've chosen to use the 

Cherry Blossom Stamp

White Linen, pink and brown cardstock, all from 

Papermilldirect 

( as you know, I never use anything else )

I made the embossed background on a scoring board.

The sentiment is a wood-mounted stamp, but I can't remember where it came from, sorry.

  I've inked with TH distress ink, worn lipstick.

I really do like making simple cards, with lots of white on them....in saying that, I also love getting messy and inky and filling the page with colour, so best of both worlds, I suppose ;)

Please pop over and see the rest of the design team creations, they're fab!

Catch you all soon.

Barbara xx

Baby Eva is Here!.......

Good morning everyone, and welcome back to my blog after almost 3 weeks......can't believe I haven't had time to blog for so long, but life has been very, very busy here.

Firstly, I'd like to you to see the main change in our family, and indeed our whole lives.....this adorable, gorgeous, beautiful little girl who was born on 15th April 2013....our first grandchild!

Thank you Nick and Emma xxxx

 Eva Louise

( Isn't she just fabulous ? )
As well as Eva arriving, Alan has been working in South Africa, I have been helping in Adam's shop, and I even managed to squeeze a brilliant day in, at Ally Pally with some great crafty friends ....Phew, it's been all go, go, go!

Today I'm showing a card made in celebration of our lovely little grandaughter, hope you like it....
It's part of a blog hop from Crafting Cafe with the theme of CELEBRATION.....more details below.

All cardstock is from Papermill

This is a Lili of the Valley stamp, 

one of my favourite baby images.

The image tag is from Sizzix, the butterflies are from Marianne & Cheery Lynn, and all the rest are Spellbinders.

Loads of lace and feathers and liquid pearls.....Oh and it's an easel card, in case you hadn't noticed.....should have taken a side view but I forgot, sorry.

Now if you're following the blog hop, here is the list of contributors....

1. Nikki - http://what-nikki-did-next.blogspot.co.uk/

2. Lindsay - http://craftymonster81.blogspot.co.uk/

3. Katie - http://katiescraftroom.blogspot.co.uk/

4. Dawn - http://dawn-dawnscrafting.blogspot.co.uk/

5.Barbara - (that's me) - http://glitterarti1.blogspot.com .....

6. Amanda - http://mandmadecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/

7. Debbi - http://cards--galore.blogspot.co.uk/

8. Andree - http://acecardsandree.blogspot.co.uk/

Well, I hope you enjoy the 'hop' and have a good weekend too, apologies for this long post....I'll be back in a couple of days with something new. In the meantime, I'll just leave you with a couple of more photos...oh heck, I'm going to be one of those boring grandma's ;-)

Proud mam and dad xx

xxxxx

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

 Crazy4Challenges   (code C4C183 )

DigiDesignChallenge

Mark's Finest Papers

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Totally Gorjuss

Simply Create Too

Make It Monday

Bloomin' Heck, Flowers Again!

Evening all, hope you've had a good day so far.....welcome to my new followers, hope you can pop in regularly.

'Our' baby was due today, but so far she is showing no signs of wanting to appear.....I've seen Emma this afternoon and she looked so well.....I'll keep you all updated though, as and when.

The cards I'm showing tonight were made with the new stamps from Sheena Douglas....

All cardstock is from  

Papermill

All the flowers and leaves are made with white 'linen' cardstock which has been inked with Dylusions and Cosmic Shimmer Mists.

This background is cream 'linen' cardstock and again the flowers & leaves are coloured with Dylusions, and spray inks from 

Oak House Studio

I don't actually like cutting out, I prefer die-cutting. However I did cut the flowers & leaves out and ended up with numb finger ends for almost a week! Good excuse to get back to die-cutting ;-)

Please let me know what you think....catch you all in a day or so,

be good!

Barbara xx
I'm entering these cards into the following challenges :-
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
House Of Gilli - Flowers
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
The Paper Girls Challenge - Flowers

As Promised....Ros's 70th Birthday Card.

Evening everyone, hope you're having a fab weekend......the weather has been gorgeous here today, warm enough to be in the garden without 5 layers of clothing on!

The card I'm showing tonight is one I made for my lovely sister-in-law, Ros's 70th birthday yesterday.

Because I am the youngest of 3 children, my eldest brother Colin  is 15 years older than me...... so, when he started going out with Ros, I was only 7! which means Ros has been part of our family for 53 years, and is my 'sister' in all but blood......

I LOVE her to bits!

In all this time, we've never has a crossed word, and although we don't see each other as often as I'd like, (them being in Darlington and us in Wiltshire) we talk almost every other day on the phone and make the most of it when we do get together, 3 or 4 times a year.

So onto the card.......

All the cardstock is from PAPERMILL, it's the only card I ever use.

White linen, pink, and 2 shades of green.

The die is from Marianne,

with a computer generated sentiment.

and a daisy embossing folder.

The card is a 9" square, made with 2 sheets of A4 joined together. The corners are from a lattice die set by Spellbinders.

I've added some 'liquid pearl' dots to finish.

I do hope you like this card..... I know Ros did, as we spoke yesterday from Spain where they're holidaying.

I'll be back in a couple of days with a new technique that I've been trying.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

By the way, still no sign of our new baby ;(

Barbara xx
I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-
2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes

April Twinchies......

Morning everyone, it's Friday....yay!

It's my wonderful sister-in-law Ros's 70th birthday today, so a MASSIVE Happy Birthday to her....I'll blog the card I made tomorrow. (If you're reading this Ros.....I LOVE you to bits!)

In the meantime it's the start of a brand new Twinchie challenge......at 

Show Us Your Twinchies

For those who don't know, twinchies are 2" x 2" squares of gorgeousness, and can become very addictive!

Here are my DT samples....

This flower basket was stamped onto black card with Versamark & heat embossed.  The flowers were 'bleached'.....  The twinchie background is made with Pan Pastels on white linen cardstock.

All cardstock is from 

PAPERMILL

Same again.....flowers were stamped onto cardstock which has been coloured with Dylusion Inks, then 'bleached out'

This is my LEAST favourite twinchie, ever! The background is Pan Pastels, but I have triple embossed it and my clear ep has been contaminated with white ep.....*note to self* - be more careful not to mix embossing powders...now I need to buy more clear ep ;(    However, it looks as though it is snowing, which is quite topical at the moment!

These gorgeous flowers are from 

PETAL LU

They are all handmade by Lucinda and the colour selection and design are second to none.

Please click on the link above to see the huge range of flowers available. I absolutely adore them!

You certainly won't be disappoined 

xx

Hope you like my 'Springtime' twinchies....please leave a comment if you've enjoyed looking, I appreciate them all.

Catch you tomorrow. We're off out soon for lunch with Nick and Emma......our first grandchild is due any day now....mega-excited.....but hope she doesn't arrive during lunch, hahaha

Barbara

xx

Lavinia challenge No.2.......

Morning all, and a very happy Easter Monday.  

We're going shopping today, for a couple of new sofa's.....we don't really need them, but with a new carpet being fitted soon Alan thought we should splash out! (so who am I to argue??)

Today sees the second challenge over at

LAVINIA STAMPS

This month the theme is Bright and Beautiful and the prize is a massive £40!

This is my DT card

All cardstock is from  PAPERMILL ...... I inked white linen card with Dylusions inks.

I've used stamps - Fairy Dust Silhouette, Believe, Vine and Willow.....available Here

I stamped another set of wings and decoupaged them to give a bit of interest.

I find it quite difficult to photograph very bright colours.....they never seem as vivid as the 'real thing'. I really hope you can see that this card is very bright!

Don't forget to pop over and join in the challenge....just think £40 worth of gorgeous Lavinia stamps could be winging their way to you very soon!

Catch you all in a couple of days.

Barbara x

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

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

Eureka Stamps - Anything Goes

Pink By Design - Sparkle and Shine

Make It Monday - Always Anything Goes

Smudgy Antics - Make It Colourful