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

This week's 'Special Offer' from Papermill

Hi all, hope you're having a good day so far......I'm in the shop writing this, and I'm bloomin' freezing (must get the boss to install central heating!....you listening, darling youngest son?.....it's YOUR shop and I'm risking pneumonia, sitting here shivering!)

Anyway, onto this weeks offer from PAPERMILL

A small box of Maroon 270gsm cardstock

£4.00 for approximately 80 sheets....it will be a fab addition to your crafty stash,

and it's lovely cardstock to work with, cuts beautifully on the Bigshot ;-)

Close-up of the very precise cut

Easy-peasy!....Four corner die-cuts, and a sentiment stamp. FIVE minutes work!

Tattered Lace corner die, and a sentiment from Bee Crafty, one of my purchases from my trip to the NEC last Saturday.

Just a close-up to show the lovely deep maroon colour.

I love this stamp from IndigoBlu, and can see me using it for lots of our friends this coming year.

(I'm not saying all of our friends are 'plonkies' of course.....but if the cap fits, etc. etc)

I really love the effect of stamping onto white linen cardstock....makes the image look as if it's printed onto canvas.

But then, I just adore white linen, and use it on almost every card I make.

Well, that's it for today, Catch you all tomorrow....lots more to blog xx

Small Gold Envelopes from Papermill....

Morning all, sadly another very quick post, as I have loads of crafting I need to do today......I only get to craft on a Monday & Tuesday at the moment, so every minute counts.

This week PAPERMILL are offering these fab gold C7 enveopes at a 'special' price of £2.25 for 50

 They're 4.5 x 3.2 inches - perfect for small cards, invitation RSVP's or inserting gift vouchers or birthday money inside a larger card.

I made a few Thank You cards to fit them, I'll bag up in cellophane and pretty ribbon to sell as a pack at my next craft fair.

C7 envelopes

4.5 x 3.2 inches

Cards cut to match envelopes

Stamped with Versmark and heat embossed,

Hope you like these little cards....

I'll be back tomorrow with  a reminder of the Oak House Studio challenge.

Catch you soon,

Barbara

Guess what!.....another great offer from Papermill.......

Hi everyone, and welcome to old and new followers....it's so good to see you popping back on a regular basis, makes blogging so much more worthwhile.

Today I have another PAPERMILL  special offer to show you....

 A mega box of Pigmented plain white card 270gsm

You will receive approximately 645 A4 sheets for just £35.00 

This card is designed to enhance print quality but retains the look and feel of a natural textured surface.

It is a very popular choice by graphic designers in the creative print and design market.

 Here are the cards I have made for this offer

ALL cardstock from Papermill

Inks from OAK HOUSE STUDIO

Stamps from Sheena Douglas

Inks and gorgeous Mountain Ash stamp from

OAK HOUSE STUDIO 

Zen butterfly from 

LAVINIA STAMPS 

Sentiment from Kaisercraft.

Inks from 

Oak House Studio.

Hope you like this little selection of cards.

Thanks for all your past comments, they are much appreciated.

Back in a couple of days....have a good weekend in the meantime xx

Last chance for the Papermill competition......

Evening all, a very quick post from me tonight....just to remind you to pop over to the PAPERMILL blog and enter the competition to win some of the fab 'Buff' cardstock.....it's only a one minute survey, so nothing too taxing.

Here are a few more cards I've made with the buff card.....

I made this for a Uni graduate.....

Stars stamps & sentiments are by Stampin'Up, dies from Sizzix and a Embossilicious  embossing folder.

ALL CARDSTOCK FROM PAPERMILL

I like this little stamp....it's from Ali Reeves at 

Clevercut

Stamp from Lavinia Stamps, sentiment stamps from LOTV and an embossing folder (not sure whose make this is...)

Hope you like them and have enjoyed looking. Catch you all in a day or so....don't forget to pop over to Papermill blog and do your survey.

Barbara xx

Time for another brilliant offer from Papermill.....

Morning everyone....sun is shining...YAY!

A quick post today to remind you about this weeks fab offer at

PAPERMILL

20 sheets of A4, 240gsm, Daffodil Yellow is only £2.00 ......that's only 10p per sheet!
Fab for all your Spring & Easter creations.

Here are the cards I've made with it.....

The green 'mat' and flourish were inked with Colour Chemistry from

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

      Hope you like these couple of cards,

I'll be back tomorrow with some more cards made with the Papermill 'buff' cardstock.

By the way, if you pop over to the Papermill blog, or facebook page, you can enter a competition to win some fab new digi-stamps from Jellypark

Catch you soon xx

Have you entered the Papermill competition yet???

Evening everyone....299 members now, just need ONE more to reach that magic figure of 300.....;-)

I'm back tonight with some cards made with PAPERMILL buff coloured cardstock, (a bit like Kraft card, but not as thick).....it embosses beautifully,(both dry and heat ) inks, stamps, cuts with all dies, and punches perfectly.

You can win a box of this cardstock, just by going to the Papermill blog, and completing a tiny survey.....easy peasy.....it's a fab product, so pop over and enter asap ;-)

Here are a few cards I've made this weekend with the buff card :-

Sentiment has been heat embossed with white ep from

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

A Cheery Lynn flourish die, and punched butterflies

The sentiment is by Stampin' Up.

The gorgeous lacey edging is a stamp called Walesby Flourish from Oak House Studio (I love this) I've heat embossed it.

I've used a Sizzix/Stampin' Up embossing folder for this sympathy card, and just dotted colour on with an aqua brush & distress ink.

I'll be back in a day or so with more samples using buff cardstock.

Barbara

x

This weeks Special Offer from Papermill.....

Hi again, well, I'm blogging like mad at the moment, but have so much to show you over the next few days.....

This is the weekly 'special offer' from 

PAPERMILL

A beautiful Ultra White Pearlised card 300gsm 

Approximately 75 A4 sheets for an amazing £7.50!!   that's only 10p per A4!   

What are you waiting for??

This is a quick card I made using the special offer and teal coloured cardstock.

Ink from

OAK HOUSE STUDIO 

 

Flowers from

PETAL LU 

Tonic edge punch.

Various dies and an embossing folder. 

I'll be back later with more news from Papermill, so catch you then.

xx

'Add Something Pink'....New Challenge at Lavinia Stamps

Morning everyone.....pinch punch, first of the month.....Oooooooo March already, can you believe it?!

Well.....because it's the 1st of March, our new challenge has started at

LAVINIA STAMPS

The theme for March is 'ADD SOMETHING PINK'!

So c'mon everyone, there's a £40 prize up for grabs.....

I've gone for something very clean and simple this month, totally opposite from February, hope you like them....

All cardstock from

PAPERMILL  

Inks from

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

What do you think??

I'll be back later with another Special Offer from Papermill,

catch you then,

Barbara

xx

Oak House Studio....CITRUS CHALLENGE

Hi everyone, a very, very quick post today, to remind you about the CITRUS CHALLENGE at

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

There's a fab prize on offer.....All you have to do to enter is make a card in orange, lime or lemon, using at least one stamp or ink from Oak House Studio...simples! But be quick, you only have a few days left to enter!

These are my DT cards for inspiration.....

All cardstock from

PAPERMILL

Isn't this a lovely sentiment?

Everything else from 

OAK HOUSE STUDIO

(love this leaf stamp )

D'ya think they're bright enough??? LOL

The Colour Chemistry inks are fabulous, by the way.....checkout the new colours....WOW!


Catch ya soon,
Barbara
xx

This week's Papermill 'Special Offer'......Not to be missed!

Morning again everyone....get me.... blogging twice in 2 days!

Just wanted to tell you about this weeks Special Offer at

PAPERMILL ....

A lovely white card 270gsm that has been delicately embossed to add texture to any design

Approximately 255 A4 sheets for only £15.00.....that's less than 6p per A4!

I've made a couple of samples just to show to show you the texture.

It cuts and inks perfectly.

The gorgeous flowers are by Lucinda at 

PETAL LU 

Hope you like them, and agree that it's fab cardstock.....but be quick, this offer is only available while stocks last.

Catch you all in a day or so,

Barbara

xx

Only 5 Days left to get your entries in......

Hi everyone, hope you're all well......just wanted to remind you that there's only 5 days left to get you entries into the LAVINIA CHALLENGE BLOG. Don't forget there's a fab prize of £40 worth of products, and a further £20 can be won just by commenting on the Lavinia challenge blog...

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??

LAVINIA STAMPS



All cardstock from
PAPERMILL  
Inks from
OAK HOUSE STUDIO

The theme is 'Blue, Lilac...or Both'
Hope you have time to get something entered....it doesn't just have to be a card.
Catch you soon, with another fab 'Special Offer' from Papermill.
Barbara
xx

Stock up on fab red card from Papermill......

Evening everyone, hope you're staying as warm & dry as possible.....

I just have a quick post for you tonight, as it's been a very busy few days, and I'm shattered....gonna try for an early night.

PAPERMILLDIRECT have another great offer this week....

They are offering Post Box Red card 240gsm for the bargain price of £2.00 for 20 A4 sheets - normally 10 sheets cost £2.75!!

Why not stock up for Christmas, it's too good an offer to miss ;-)

Here are my DT cards with the red cardstock.....

 White linen and post-box red cardstock. (used on all 3 cards)

Stampendous sentiment stamp

and

Spellbinders Botanical die.

Inkadinkadoo flourish stamp

Computer generated sentiment, and an embossing folder.

Sentiment stamp from Lili of the Valley,

dies from Spellbinders & Tattered Lace.

Well, that's it for tonight, don't forget to pop over to Papemill, to checkout the rest of the fabulous offers....there's quite a few at the moment.

Back in a couple of days

Barbara

xx
I'm entering these cards into the following challenges :-
Emergency Crafters
Feeling Crafty
Lothian Crafts
The Crafting Cafe
Kitty Bee Designs 

Well, for the next week, it's Valentine's cards.....sorry ;-) (I'm not really)

Afternoon everyone, hope you're staying cosy and warm......I'm in the shop, working today.....coughing, sniffing & snotting on, it's very cold in here... I've had a heavy cold for a week now, and it's showing absolutely NO sign of going anywhere fast!

Anyway, as you all know, it's Valentine's day next week, and I've made quite a few DT cards for 

PAPERMILL  with their fab cardstock. I actually made them so they would 'do' for Anniversary cards too, as there's a limit to how many 'Love' cards that I can sell ;-)

These are three of my favourites....

All cardstock from Papermill.

Inks from OAK HOUSE STUDIO

Sentiment stamp by Anna Griffin

&

my all time favourite flourishes from

Inkadinkadoo. 

Same as above, but not sure where the 'love' stamp came from.

My CAS card for Alan....(I'm safe here, as he doesn't read my blog, haha)

White linen and all (rainbow)colours from the brilliant selection from 

PAPERMILL

(of course!)

Computer generated sentiment.

Well, that's all for today, try to stay warm.....catch you all in a couple of days,

Barbara

xx
I'm entering these cards into the following challenges :-
Crafting For All Seasons
Oldie but a Goodie (Heart die template & all inks)
Shopping Our Stash
Less Is More