Just Gorjuss!

Hi everyone,

I have a couple of big Craft Fairs coming up at the end of the month, one at Highbury Hall in Birmingham and one at Gainsborough House Hotel in Kidderminster so I am now bus preparing and making more cards!

This weekend I decided to make some more 'Gorjuss' cards - I LOVE using this collection and so far this year they have been very popular at Craft Fairs!

I am currently using some new A5 Landscape cards, on both of these new makes I have used them the other way so that they are tall  cards.  Here they are...

I used this topper and paper from one of the smaller decoupage packs.  The topper I made in the Digital Designer and to embellish the card I have used some card candi, flat back pearls and some bakers twine.

Out of the two I think this last one is my favourite.  I have recently purchased this new 'weed' die and think it works really weel.  To further embellish the card I have used more card candi, flat back pearls and bakers twine.

I hope you like my new cards, thanks for stopping by :)

Gemma

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Another new Critter...

Hi everyone :)

Today, I have again been playing with my mini cricut and new cartridges!  As I am fish mad - I have a tropical fish tank and just love it (as I have some very special fish in there), I decided today I wanted to make some 'Under the Sea' themed cards!  As it happens, I only managed to make one, but never the less, I am still quite proud of it!

It is quite a fun and quirky card, quite suitable for children.  This is a 5x7 card so I cut everything out at 3.5 / 4 inches and as you can see I have used my Big Shot and different embossing folders to add a bit of texture and more 'quirkiness' to the card.  If you look at the picture below I have done some close ups so the embossing can be seen a bit better.

Well I hope you like my new creation.  I have really enjoyed getting on with my new machine and cartridges and can't wait to make more with my Create a Critter and Create a Critter 2 cartridges - it's just soooo many ideas I just don't know where to start!  Anyway, I will stop rambling for now!

Happy crafting,

Gemma

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I am back..... with some new cards!

Hi everyone,

I really cant not believe how long it has been since I last posted!!  With recent craft fairs and other things going on I have neglected my blog - but I am now back!!

I have also finally got around to making some cards with my Mini Cricut!  I LOVE them (now I have the hang of it) and think they make really great childrens cards!

Here are the two I have made so far...

This first one I have tried to make a little scene, I used blue intense glitter paper for the water, green ribbon for some grass and then some blue dotty paper as you can see.  I cut the frog and then put him through my Big Shot (the poor thing!) so now he is all bumpy!  I also used textured white card for the cloud so that has a nice feel to it as well.

This second card I used papers from the Me To You Valentines paper pack, and also cut a little branch for the Owl to sit on!

For both of these cards I used the Create a Critter 2 Cartridge - I love them and can't wait to make some more!

I would love to hear what you all think.

Happy crafting,

Gemma

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p.s - I have updated my craft fair pics tab at the top of my blog if you want to see my recent stalls :)

Can you be Creative AND tidy?!?!?

Hi everyone,

Firstly, sorry for my absence of late, things have been a bit mad life in general and also preparing for up coming craft fairs - you all know what it is like!!!

Anyhow.... I have recently been trying out something new for me to sell alongside my cards at my Craft Fairs .  You may have seen this sort of style about ... however... for me it is something new and something I just wanted to try!!!  I have been practising all week and this is the first one I thought 'yea I think I can photograph that'!  Now.... I'd like to know what you think....

I know the writing isn't perfect yet - I am guessing that will come with more time and more practise!  I wanted the first one I made (first legible one!) for my craft room!  I have lots of ideas what I will be doing with them - all different shapes ad sizes - but firstly I just wanted to practice with a regular shape and size!

So what do you think???!?  I would love some honest feedback.

Until next time,

Happy Crafting,

Gemma

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The Big 50...

Hi everyone :)

I have made a card today, only one as I have a 10 hour shift ahead of me... eeek!!!  For once this card actually turned out more or less how I 'saw it in my head' if that makes sense!!

It is a card I have been thinking about for a couple of weeks so as I had a few hours in my craft room today I wanted to crack on with it!!  I have again dug out my 'Smirk' collection as the card needed a 'Fishing' theme, and I also wanted to make it quite 'funky' so I decided to go ahead and use smirk.

Here is the card... it is an 8" x 8" - one of my favourite card sizes to use.

For this I have used a couple of the papers from the 8x8 pack, the 'for him' lettering and some chipboard embellishments.  The big 50 I cut out on my mini cricut and I have also added some co-ordinating papermania gem stones.

Then open the card up...

... and you can see 'dad' fishing!!!  I thought this was a perfect paper to add inside as there is plenty of room to write a message on the blue sky area and it just finishes the card of!

I am quite proud of this make - so much so it may hurt a little to have it leave me lol!

Hope you are all having a good Tuesday...

Happy crafting,

Gemma

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I can see Spots...

ohhhhhh and not forgetting the stripes!!

Hi everyone - wow I am sooooo happy!!!

This evening I made 3 cards, listed them on my website and they all sold within 5 minutes!!  That has to be some sort of a record for me!!

I purchased the Papermania Spots and Stripes collection not so long ago, I adore the colours, they are so 'me' so I made a few cards with them this evening.  After clearing up my craft room this week as I had to close my craft supplies business (sob sob) I found some Forever Friends Spring Time Cardsyock stickers I forgot I had, which go perfectly well with this collection, so I was very chuffed with myself!!

Here are the cards that I came up with ...

As you can tell, yet again my gel pen has come out to play, but I figured it just gives the cards a nice 'edge' against the pastel colours.

I would love to hear what you think.  Just before purchasing the cards the lady sent me a message saying, 

"I'll go on and buy them now I want the other card you posted to. I have no reasons for them yet but I love them thank you x "

This message really did make me go 'awwwwwww' :)

I am entering these cards into the Docrafts Card Makers Challenge - Colour

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting,

Gemma

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Trying something New...

Hi everyone :)

Thanks for stopping by... I hope you are having a good weekend.

For those of you who have followed my blog, you may remember a few weeks back I made some Hot Diggity Dog cards from a compendium I brought of Create and Craft (a bargain compendium I may add!!).

This weekend I have dug it back out again and have teamed it with some of the new Papermania Spots and Stripes collection from Docrafts.  So... the title of this post 'Trying something New'.... you may be thinking well what is 'New' about something that has been used before and just 'dug' back out?!?!?

Well I have had a go at using new layouts on the cards, new colour schemes (for me) and also tried to make them so they are appropriate for male and female cards. So here is what I came up with...

'Have Fun On Your Birthday'

Continuing with the 'new' theme I have in this post, this is the first time I have used bakers twine on a card and I must say I can feel it start to become a bit addictive!!

'Number 1 Friend - Happy Birthday'

I think out of the two, this second card is my favourite, mainly because of the layout and how I have (luckily) managed to find matching paper and ribbon and also gem stones.  On both of these cards the main images are the decoupaged stickers Docrafts call 'elements', on both I have backed them onto co-ordinating card.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my makes - thanks for stopping by :)

Happy Crafting all,

Gemma 

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