Breakfast at Tiffanys Inspired Loaded Envelope

Here you see a Breakfast at Tiffanys mini Loaded Envelope filled with tags, wands altered paperclips and more. I loved the combination of the brown and teal paper.
This was actually the first mini loaded envelope I made and I was delighted with how it turned out.

Easy and Quick Make

A simple and easy card using a cardstock base matted and layered with co ordinating papers and topped with a vintage emphemera tag with an added diecut birdhouse in glittered paper (  die available from Crafters Companion) and some frayed ribbon to complete the project.

Birthday Loaded Envelope

A quick and easy gift for a friend. A Bithday Loaded Envelope. I added earrings , a feather pen which doubled as a wand element, and a lip balm set as presents with a birthday card and some vintage emphemera to fill up the spaces in the pockets. I made the envelope with glittered cardstock and added 2 pockets.  I added a Birthday stamped image. I bought the stamp from Unity stamps. Finally added some vintage lace and some word beads which read Make a Wish for the completed look.

Loaded Envelope Creating

I have recently discovered Loaded Envelopes. What a joy to create and fill. I have joined a couple of themed swaps recently. Here is a Breakfast at Tiffanys mini loaded envelope I created using brown and teal cardstock which is a gorgeous colour scheme.

I added a  couple of wands, flatback pearls and even used a nail varnish type bottle ( which originally came with a set of nails in it )  to create a shaker bottle which matched in with the theme,  I altered paperclips and added beautiful flowers from my stash and made some simple tags using images from the film.

The recipient loved it and I was sad to send it away as I loved it so much but wanted to gift it and create smiles for someone else.

Kinder candy !! and new years post

Busy this week making up candy bouquets for Valentines Day. Hope the recipient loves this Kinder creation.

Pocket Letter craziness continues as I receive them from all over the world it certainly has been keeping me busy and I apologise for my abscence, this new year I am going to attend to the blog more regularly.

Stampin UP

Hey everyone, thought I would add Stampin Up, please go and take a peek at their products, there's lots of lovely things to see, project ideas and specials. If you love Halloween  like me, you are going to love the Halloween paper currently on clearance.

I played around with the fabulous, Tap Tap Tap stamp set  and Gorgeous Grunge , and two of the wonderful ink colours available in the stamp pads, Pool Party and Crumb Cake to create this quick and easy card.

Who knew that paper and card could produce a typewriter !!

Its a friend's birthday tomorrow, she works in the office where I work , what other gift box would you give but a trusty vintage typewriter.  I cranked up the Silhouette Cameo and cut the pieces required to make this project. 

It takes time and a bit of concentration as you have to line up and glue correctly to let the typewriters shape to form.

I added my own sentiment to look like it had been freshly typed on ther and voila!  a gift box which  you cannot buy in the shops.  Thats the beauty of handmade, creating projects you cannot buy anywhere else.

I hope she loves it.

Good Morning everyone !!  Thank goodness its not raining !!  Yesterday I had prepped my front garden for the stone delivery this morning and had wanted some greenery. This is what I found, I call it Hedge in a box, its actually artificial ivy screening, but hey it gives you instant greenery and has cheered my garden up no end.

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Started potting and placed these little cuties on my hedge !!  Cant wait for stones today.

Will be sure to keep you updated.

I have started a  Niche challenge I saw on www.blog.paperartsy.co.uk. Reading through the blog, I was inspired by the Niches blog post. As you all know I love altered art and mixed media, so this was right up my street. please watch this space for the finished product. There are little pieces of 'me' in this project, a bee which is the meaning of my name, a thistle button to represent where I come from and a skull for my love of all things Halloween, nestled on a cord and atop an old tin pan, I really enjoyed creating this altered time piece.

Hi everyone, Here are some of the recent samples

Hi there, as I promised here are some of the samples I made for Crafters Companion for the newest dies available on the market. Great dies, you can make super scenic cards, wedding invites, new home cards, really your imagination will take you to a new level of crafting as you use one , two, three or more of these super dies. Many work together is so many ways. One of my personal favourites is the Four seasons which comprises of a tree, leaves and flowers.

Grab some of these fabulous dies, dont forget to pick up some great glue, Collall tacky and all purpose and for all your 3d embellishments the Collall 3d glue gel.

Busy Week

Finished the current samples I have been making for Crafters Companion, - Watch this space , I will release the pictures once the new items have been launched. If you havent tried Centura Pearl Card , you absolutely need to, a dream to score cut and looks fabulous when you are making up your cards. A simple create a card die from the Die'sire range and centura pearl card, makes a stunning card and takes seconds to do. Onto making a masquerade card for a friend who is going to a Masquerade 50th Birthday Event, its in a black and white theme so here's what I've done so far, not finished yet, post another picture once completed.

Hello everyone, well what can I say, I am making it my mission to keep up with my blog !!! I am busy creating new samples for Crafters Companion, so keep looking as I will reveal the samples as soon as the products are on sale. I love working with the new products. I have also been cutting blank box cards with my silhouette and creating my own fun inserts, here are some recently done, 2 of which are my own design and the other box cut is a complete cutting file. I have so much fun doing these.

Top tips on glues - If you are sick of being burnt with your hot glue gun, why not try Collall 3d glue gel, although it needs leaving for 24 hours to completely dry, your elements will be stuck fast and wont be going anywhere in a hurry. Its well worth the price and saving you from those burnt fingers.

Its birthday week at Crafter's Companion

Stay tuned for an exciting post  and there will be a lucky winner.

Exciting News

Its exciting news this week!!! I booked some flights to CANADA, I'm off to see my brother on an exciting journey all on my own. I have never flown before and never on long haul. I have a touch down on the way back , which means the plane touches down at Heathrow to let passengers off , and then takes off again to fly to anchester. Anyone who knows me will tell you I am not great at taking off !! so to do 2 Take offs and landing in the same day will be a major achievement for me !!!!!! 10 weeks till take off Debbie's travelogue starts here >>> Tickets bought Taxi to Airport Booked Childcare Sorted Case is out Passport checked till next week, I will also be busy creating so all in all I will need a holiday to recover, till next time xx

Empty Jar to Altered Jar

This weeks crafty make is an Altered Jar, quick and easy to create after your paint has dried. This is simply an old candle jar, cleaned and dried. You pop acrylic paint into the jar in whatever colour you choose and swirl it around until every inch of the jar is covered, take the time to let the excess drip out before setting it down and leaving to dry , at least for 24 hours. o the same with the lid if its glass. When dried you can start to add whatever you desire in your chosen theme. Here i have used some Graphic 45 papers and tissue paper, added embellishments. I added some soft sparkle to the butterflies and I think the result is lovely. I have popped it on my dressing table with cotton wool balls inside, you dont have to put anything inside , it could be purely for decoration. HAPPY CRAFTING.

Sorry there have been no posts

Hi everyone, sorry there have been no posts just recently I have been busy with my design team assignment and will share the pictures as soon as I can. Needless to say I have been inking , sanding, ripping and spraying to my hearts content, yesterdays project took me all day to do and its now safely in a box ready to go. I have one last project to finish up today and then they can all be sent off.

Easy Project with leftover pieces of card and ribbon

This week time has been of the essence and I have been very busy so I got my thinking head on and have just used leftover pieces of card to create this simple Tussie Mussie. Using a scap piece of Graphic 45 I cut a semi circle to form the cone shape you see. Glued it down well with hot glue and attached a card handle which was stapled to each side.

The staples were covered by the leftover ribbon you see which goes all the way round. I used Die'Sire The Leaf 2 die and made some leaves for each side using some card that came from a discarded gift box. The Die 'ire range are available at www.crafterscompanion.co.uk as is the Sentimentals stamp I used and the colour core co ordinations card for the label at the front. All ready now to add some small gifts and give as a present, quick and easy to do and you can readily make these smaller ones from scrap pieces you have lying about. I am doing some design team work over the next few weeks so may be a little quieter than normal . Keep Crafting. xxx

So here is what I used to make this weeks project.

I used a Prima Doll stamped image and coloured it with Spectrum Noir markers, in BG1, BG4, TB1, TB2, TB3, TB9 and TB5. I added a fun ribbon edge to the bottom of the skirt, i think it looks great and gives a good effect. On the background I inked in Distress ink in Broken China and ripped pieces of patterned paper and inked those up to in the same colour, I backed the tag in Blue cardstock from the ColourCore cordinations pad. I chose a Camelia small die and the stamen die to create a small flower in similiar tones to the papers and background, I run them through the big shot in the Make a Wish Embossing folder for a little extra texture and dimension and added a little broken china ink in places. I used a Dylusions stamp for the saying on the side. Glues I used were Collal Tacky and Collall 3d and some crafters companion double sided tape, my must have. Most of the products I used are readily available at www.crafterscompanion.co.uk Happy Crafting xxx

Prima Doll Tag - This weeks Crafty blog item

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