Hop on over to my place........

Hello and welcome to my fairly new(ish) blog. This is my very first blog-hop and what a better way to start. I had such a hard time deciding what to use as I love so much of what is in the mini. . You will have joined me here from the very talented http://kraftybiker.blogspot.com/. I just know you will love her designs. I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek last week as Sandra is my SU mummy and I went to stay for a few days so we could craft till the wee hours with all the new goodies from the fab mini. . My cards use Plane and Simple, which I think may well be my favourite set so far. I was soooooooo happy to see more 'male' orientated sets in the new mini as I'm sure I'm not alone when it comes to struggling with mens cards. . I used Not Quite Navy and Marina Mist for this card and sponged a sky full of clouds to set the Bi-plane off. For my next card using Plane and Simple. I teemed it with Always Artichoke, Old Olive and Sahara Sand. A band of Early Espresso striped grosgrain gives the card that little extra something. . I just love this set and being a true blue(RAF not football) it will come in soooooo handy and could well be my favourite set from the MINI.

Well I hope you enjoyed your little stop by my blog and keep hopping with http://sarastamper.blogspot.com/ who I'm sure will have something lovely to give us all inspiration.

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This one's for you Pat.....

My lovely SU sister Pat yesterday told me that she looks in on my blog everyday so this one is for her.

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I was in a local seaside store (the kind that sell everything!!!) and found these A6 sized canvas packs for a ridiculous price and immediately thought SU. I think it helped that they were card sized so designing something wasn't too daunting.

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As we are in the process of doing up our house I thought about something for Daughter no 2's bedroom... Trouble is she is a fantastic artist at aged 11 so no pressure there then!!!

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In the end I plumped for Vintage Vogue combined with my favourite punch, Two Step Bird (I love how versitile this punch is) .

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Pat, I hope you like this and Thank You for looking in everyday. I promise to try and blog more often x

An English Country Garden.....

I have waited to share this card with you as I wanted to make sure my SU mummy, KraftyBiker, had received hers.
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I made this card after seeing something similar in a mag. At first I mistook their image to be this one from "Because I Care" (a level 1 hostess gift).
I decided to CASE the card anyway but use the SU image.
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I made KraftyBikers in Soft Suede as it reminded me of her two cats but the card above is done in River Rock..... Is there a better colour at the mo???
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Once I had done this one I just couldn't stop and ended up making a futher 5 designs using the same stamp set. This is going to be the set for my first all day class in Louth on March 5th.
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If you would like to join me for this class or would like the opportunity to earn this stamp set free for yourself then email me at: nuttysgirl@sky.com or call 07917631483

LOVE LETTER.....

Before my move to Mablethorpe I lived near Stamford and this is where I signed up to be a Demo. I left many good friends down there who are also part of my Stampers 10. Every now and again (ok, more often than not!) I head on down there for a get together with the girls.

Last time I went they asked me to bring a little something to do and this was it.





This is a design I saw following a link on ILWS. I thought I'd saved the details in my fav folder but can't for the life of me find it now. I will link back just as soon as I find it. The original was done in blue and held school photos. I wanted something a little more vintage and romantic so played around and this is the result.

I hope you like and will be back with more soon

Emily

What a class.....

WED 9th FEB - LOUTH

Setting out with nerves more like jelly than steel I took myself of to Louth to face my first class since moving up here.

I should have known better, crafters are a friendly bunch no matter where in the world you are and these guys (ok 5 ladies and 1 bloke) were no exception.

Not having a clue as to their levels of ability and with Valentines fast approaching I decided on the card and box above. It has the ability to be as simple or as complex as you wish so fit the bill for a first class. I have to say everyone did a fantastic job, even Chris who has never made a card in his life and turned up armed with just 2 pairs of scissors and a willingness to have a go. I wish I had that confidence some days!!!

Now I've had a few more reminders about how to get photos from camera to computer I hope to show some more of my recent projects over the next few days.

Hope you all had a good Valentines x

TA DA........

Well here it is... My first blog photo and a cute little one it is too! Firstly I have to say Thanks to Sandra(Kraftybiker) for her superb tech helpline and The Nutty one for his photography skills and support.

This is a cute little "no cut bagalope"(there are many templates out there for this, mine if I remember rightly came from SCS) and set of 6 10x10 cards.

Who knew this technology thing could really be so simples!!!

Look out for more photos coming this way soon.

Emily

Who Needs Sleep......

At last....... With a little (ok a lot) of help from my Stampin Up upline Sandra (aka Kraftybiker) I am making headway with this technology malarky!!!

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I travelled down to Sandra's on Fri for our first Team meeting as I live too far away to do the journey in one day(what a fab excuse to fit in some extra crafting time!). After a lovely lunch, by Sandra's husband David, we settled down in the newly organised craft room and set to work.

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13hrs later we looked at the clock to realise it was nearly 3am! We had made an impressive 23 cards and 4 punch art pages (for our resource file) between us!!! The only thing stopping us was knowing we had to be up in the morning for the team meeting. For photos of some of our designs pop over to Sandra at KraftyBiker.blogspot.com.

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Must catch up on being a Mummy but will be back soon x