Bevs Blog candy

The fabulous Bev Rochester has some great blog candy that ends soon!!!!

http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/2010/12/3000-followers-candy.html

Paula. x

I'm a mummy!

Hiya Everyone!

I have just become the proud mummy of a 7lb 8oz little girl. She was about a week early and I was convinced that "she" was a "he" as we didn't find out. She is absolutely gorgeous although I know that I am more than a little biased Lol! My hubby Shane has been amazing all throughout the pregnancy, the birth and now and is so amazingly supportive so big, BIG hugs for him! It's been one hell of a year or so what with getting married and having a gorgeous bundle of joy! We've decided to call her Tayla Rae Sophie Hawes (Hawes being my married name) We're all still very tired but I'm hoping to get back to my crafting as soon as we've sorted ourselves out into a routine.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

Tim Holtz Distress inks colourchart

Hiya Everyone!

Two posts in one day and made my blog christmassy - I am doing well Lol!!!

I coloured in a blank Tim Holtz colourchart a while ago when I bought all 36 reinkers and laminated it so I had a good record of all the shades which I've found really useful.
If any of you would like to take a copy of this A4 sheet feel free. A print off obviously won't be as good as the real thing but might be useful if you're trying to work out what shades to buy if you are buying them a few at a time. It will certainly be better than some of the charts that you can find on-line. I bought them all as I sold some unwanted stuff on ebay and was going to buy all 24 then they bought out a new 12 set so I ended up buying all 36. I'm very impatient Lol!

If you would rather make your own colourchart a blank copy of the colourchart can be found here.

Thanks for looking!!!

If you would prefer a full sized A4 version drop me an e-mail and I'll send you a copy!

Paula. x

Joanna Sheen Design Team cards!!!

Hiya Everyone,

I have just updated my blog so it's looking all christmassy - how fab!!!

Anyway, the reason for my post is to share the 4 Joanna Sheen samples that I made a few weeks ago. They were aired on the create and craft TV channel yesterday so I am now free to upload them onto my blog. I had to make 2 cards with the new decoupage sheets and had to make 2 cards from a new winter stamp set called candle. These can now be found here on the Joanna Sheen on-line shop.

Only one of them was shown on TV but there were loads of fab samples and it was only a hour long show so there was lots to go through.

The top card is from the new food and drink decoupage sheet. It was a nightmare to cut round the spoons I tell you! I used pink stickles glitter glue on the icecream and glossy accents on the eyes and noses. I kept it quite plain as it was such a cute image I didn't want to overpower it. The papers are from a forever friends paper stack as I thought it went well with the ice cream colours. The other bits and bobs are just from my stash.

The 2nd card is from the stamp sheet of a cute fat asleep little mouse by a candle. I coloured him in with my promarkers and I used glossy accents on the candle and again on the eyes and nose. The papers are from Summer Driggs wonderful winter gifts freebie kit which can be found here. All other bits and bobs from my stash.

The 3rd card is from the new flower decoupage set which was a lot easier to cut out Lol! The papers were from a funky fairy download which is sadly no more as I loved her stuff. All other bits and bobs from stash.

The 4th card is again from the rubber stamp set. I coloured him in with my promarkers and added oodles of stardust glitter glue to all the snowy bits. I do have icicle glitter glue but I thought that might be a bit much as it was quite a neutral coloured card. The papers are from another of Summer Driggs fabulous freebie kits called Believe which can be found here. The vintage sheet music I found on google and just printed it onto some parchment paper and I distress all the edges with my TH tool and inks. The brown crochet lace I got from quixotic paperie and possibly the snowflake charm which can be found here. The fabby ticket sentiment is a freebie from the Miss CutiePie blog which has several ticket sheets in different designs so have a look here. The big gold bow I stole off my sanctuary gift box that I got for Xmas last year as I thought it would go well with the papers so I yanked it off Lol! All other bits and bobs are from my stash.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

House Mouse Christmas Card

Hiya everyone!!!

This is my first blog challenge card since about April as I took a break from crafting when I was ill at the beginning of my pregnancy and then spent about 10 weeks making cards for the National Cardmaker of the Year 2010 Competition which I somehow ended up winning which was amazing considering I'd not been up to very much. Since winning the competition I have joined the design team at Joanna Sheens and done commission work for Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine so I haven't been able to display the stuff I have been working on in the last 6 weeks or so. I hope to keep up the blog challenges as I was really getting the hang of the whole blog thing when I stopped.

Anyway, back to the card. It is made with a gorgeous new House Mouse stamp set called candle from Joanna Sheen which can be found here. I have stamped the image several times and layered it up for depth - it is coloured with my promarkers. I have added oodles of stardust glitterglue to all the snowy bits which looks lush. I always add a touch of glossy accents to my house mouse eyes and noses as I think they look so much better! The papers are from the fab, fab, FAB new old fashioned christmas freebie kit from Summer Driggs Summertime designs which can be found here. The script paper is something I found on google that I have printed onto parchment paper. I distressed all the edges with my fabby Tim Holtz distressing tool and then used walnut stain distress ink around the edges just a little. The ticket is a freebie from a blog called Miss CutiePie which can be found here. They have a few different ticket sheets including valentines one so give them a looky! The corner flourish I was sent from a Docrafts buddy which I coloured with my cocoa promarker and the branch is one of the things I cut yesterday with my brand new cricut expression - it filled the little space really well Lol! Ignore the bow which isn't great but the more I fiddled with it the more annoyed I got with it so I decided to leave it alone Lol! All other bits and bobs from my stash.

I'm entering this into loads and loads of challenges so it may take a while to link them all up but I will so don't worry if you find it hasn't been done yet!

Pile it on challenge - What winter means
Ooh La La creations - Christmas
Simon says stamp - Distress inks
Crazy4challenges - script paper or script embossing folder
Just us girls - 3D holiday embellishment
Speedy the cats friends challenge - put a bow on it
Easy craft project - snow
Daring cardmakers challenge - spotty stripy christmas
Character cafe - neutral and glitter
Creative stamp friends - vintage
Lollipop crafts - christmas
Whoopsi daisy challenge - holiday
Papertake weekly - cut it out (decoupaged image)
Spoonful of sugar - anything goes
Create4fun - Sketch
Tiptop tuesday - layer upon layer
Crafty creation challenges - christmas
Fresh brewed design - christmas
Penny papercraft challenge - inspirational picture
4 crafty chicks - inspirational photo
Cute card thursday - blast from the past
ABC christmas challenge - X is for Xmas
Die cut dreams christmas - use a die cut
Cupcake inspiration - Tis the season
One stitch at a time - bling it up!
One stop crafts - christmas cuties


Thanks for looking and if you like the look of my designs etc then please become a follower of my newly updated blog.

Paula. x

Joanna Sheen 2nd prize!!!

For coming 2nd in the Joanna Sheen Category I was given a gift voucher for £150 which I could spend on what I wanted! I only placed the order on tuesday night (it was burning a hole in my pocket Lol) and all my goodies arrived today!

I got:-

10 lots of House Mouse stamps
SWALK with sympathy stamp (so cute for a sad occaision)
Tim Holtz felt ink applicator and and refills
Small round doilies (Thought I'd give them a whirl)
1 x Pack of coloured and 1 x pack of clear diamante brads (I love these)
1 x Pack tool and 1 x pack cutlery shaped brads (these looked kinda cool)
3 x CB embossing folders
Tube of prima wildflowers (I have loads of flowers but hey-ho!)
Pack metal ornate corners (I wanted more of these but they only had 1 packet in stock)
A new ivory and blush promarker (just in case mine run out as I use them a lot!)

And, to top in all off, as I was writing this - my hubby has justed walked in through the door with my brand new Cricut expression as it was delivered to his mums as she ordered it for me as she got a 20% create and craft club discount! I feel giddy with excitement - maybe I should lie down.....maybe after I've opened the box first - it's just staring at me Lol!

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x

Cardmaker of the year 2010 entries - Stampin' up

I think this is my final card - it has taken hours to upload all of my entries onto my blog - luckily I'm on maternity leave and really don't have anything better to do!

I made this card with a small kit of paper, card and ribbon that I bought off ebay as I only had a few small stampin' up stamps in my stash. I think the kit was called holiday treasures. I cut the joy letters out by hand and printing off a template and then backed them in plain card and had to cut them out again. The poinsettias I also made by hand using the same card and some Tim Holtz distress inks. It was a bit different to the norm but I liked it!

I hoped you enjoyed looking at my entries as much as I enjoyed making them.

Any comments gratefully received.

Thanks for looking!!!

Paula. x