Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Fab news and some silliness!!!!!!!
Hiya Everyone,
I have some really fab news - I have just been asked by Jak Heath to join the La Pashe design team. I said yes straight away although I won't be able to do anything for a few weeks till I finish moving house but still....so exciting!!!
Anyhoo, I promised you some silliness so I thought I'd share a list of complaints made by Thomas Cook customers which a crafty friend recently shared with me. It made me giggle!!!
1. "I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts."
2. "It's lazy of the local shopkeepers to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' time - this should be banned
3. "On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food at all."
4. "We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels."
5. A tourist at a top African game lodge over looking a water hole, who spotted a visibly aroused elephant, complained that the sight of this rampant beast ruined his honeymoon by making him feel "inadequate".
6. A woman threatened to call police after claiming that she'd been locked in by staff. When in fact, she had mistaken the "do not disturb" sign on the back of the door as a warning to remain in the room..
7. "The beach was too sandy."
8. "We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white."
9. A guest at a Novotel in Australia complained his soup was too thick and strong. He was inadvertently slurping the gravy at the time.
10. "Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women."
11. "We bought' Ray-Ban' sunglasses for five Euros from a street trader, only to find out they were fake."
12. "No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled."
13. "There was no egg slicer in the apartment..."
14.”We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish..."
15. "The roads were uneven.”
16. "It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England it only took the Americans three hours to get home."
17. "I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends' three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller."
18. "The brochure stated: 'No hairdressers at the accommodation’. We’re trainee hairdressers - will we be OK staying there?"
19. "There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners now live abroad'"
20. "We had to queue outside with no air conditioning."
21. "It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel."
22. "I was bitten by a mosquito - no-one said they could bite."
23. "My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room but we were placed in a double-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked."
Thanks for looking!!!
Paula. x
Monday, 30 May 2011
Cardmaker of the year competition 2011
Hiya Everyone,
It's almost that time of year when Cardmaking and Papercraft and Quick Cards Made Easy magazines runs their annual Cardmaker of the Year competition. For any of you that don't know, I was the lucky winner for 2010. I was so shocked when I found out that I had won. I very nearly didn't enter as I was pregnant at the time and I didn't have much energy. Once I started making cards I couldn't stop - I only stopped when I ran out of time Lol. I just thought I'd share my winning cards with you all to hopefully inspire some of you out there to enter. There are some fabulous prizes up for grabs - I won over £700 worth of goodies. So much has happened to me since I won last year. I am now on Joanna Sheen and Crafters Companion design teams, I run regular workshops for the Windmill Craft Centre and have featured regularly in Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine ever since. It really has changed my life as I never would have dreamed I would end up crafting on a part time basis. To craft for a living is what I would love to do and I'm definately heading in the right direction.
I came 1st in the Pink Petticoat category - I used one of their freebie kits for this one called "Life's lemons". For more details of this card go to here.
I also came 1st in the La Pashe category. I used one of their Remember when....? decoupage sheets that I made into a faux book that was more of a keepsake card. For more details of this card go to here.
I came 2nd in the Joanna Sheen category. I used a house mouse stamp sheet called icecream. For more detail of this card go to here.
And I also came 2nd in the Cosmo Cricket category. For more details of this card go to here.
The next issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft will be out on 7th June and I think it should be advertised in there. If not in will be the early July one. I will see if I can find out. For anybody who isn't aware of the competition there are loads of different categories and you make cards for the categories using their products ie. use sizzix products for the sizzix category etc. There is a 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize per category and the winner of the most categories wins the overall Cardmaker of the Year title.
Thanks for looking!!!
Paula. x
It's almost that time of year when Cardmaking and Papercraft and Quick Cards Made Easy magazines runs their annual Cardmaker of the Year competition. For any of you that don't know, I was the lucky winner for 2010. I was so shocked when I found out that I had won. I very nearly didn't enter as I was pregnant at the time and I didn't have much energy. Once I started making cards I couldn't stop - I only stopped when I ran out of time Lol. I just thought I'd share my winning cards with you all to hopefully inspire some of you out there to enter. There are some fabulous prizes up for grabs - I won over £700 worth of goodies. So much has happened to me since I won last year. I am now on Joanna Sheen and Crafters Companion design teams, I run regular workshops for the Windmill Craft Centre and have featured regularly in Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine ever since. It really has changed my life as I never would have dreamed I would end up crafting on a part time basis. To craft for a living is what I would love to do and I'm definately heading in the right direction.
I came 1st in the Pink Petticoat category - I used one of their freebie kits for this one called "Life's lemons". For more details of this card go to here.
I also came 1st in the La Pashe category. I used one of their Remember when....? decoupage sheets that I made into a faux book that was more of a keepsake card. For more details of this card go to here.
I came 2nd in the Joanna Sheen category. I used a house mouse stamp sheet called icecream. For more detail of this card go to here.
And I also came 2nd in the Cosmo Cricket category. For more details of this card go to here.
The next issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft will be out on 7th June and I think it should be advertised in there. If not in will be the early July one. I will see if I can find out. For anybody who isn't aware of the competition there are loads of different categories and you make cards for the categories using their products ie. use sizzix products for the sizzix category etc. There is a 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize per category and the winner of the most categories wins the overall Cardmaker of the Year title.
Thanks for looking!!!
Paula. x
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Crafters Companion DT cards
Hiya everyone,
These are a few cards I made several weeks ago for Crafters Companion using the everyday CD rom and stamps set. They are quite classic images so I decided to do a more traditional type of card. The first is a decoupage sheet that I printed off the CD with some pastel blue centura pearl card and silver mirri card.
The second is a card I made with the matching stamp sheet which I stamped out 3 times and layered onto pastel pink centura pearl cards and then onto embossed silver mirri card. The flowers were coloured in with my promarkers.
The sentiments for both I did on the computer.
Thanks for looking!!!
Paula. x
These are a few cards I made several weeks ago for Crafters Companion using the everyday CD rom and stamps set. They are quite classic images so I decided to do a more traditional type of card. The first is a decoupage sheet that I printed off the CD with some pastel blue centura pearl card and silver mirri card.
The second is a card I made with the matching stamp sheet which I stamped out 3 times and layered onto pastel pink centura pearl cards and then onto embossed silver mirri card. The flowers were coloured in with my promarkers.
The sentiments for both I did on the computer.
Thanks for looking!!!
Paula. x
Moving house - Updated!!!
Hiya everyone,
As you may know from my previous posts that I'm in the middle of moving house. We completed on Wednesday so we have been working really hard for the last few days to get my new craft room decorated. It's almost ready but I still need to get my desk and storage moved to the new house so I can't put anything away yet. It is looking amazing - I am so lucky! I can't wait to share piccies of it with you when it meets my high standards Lol!
I haven't got a card to share with you today as I just wanted to let you all know that I'm still in the land of the living and I'll be back blogging soon. The new house doesn't have internet access yet so it's just a quick post as I'm back at the old house tonight. More packing up more stuff in the morning and decorating again when my hubby drops me back off at the new house. We have taken Tayla to her Nannas so that we can spend the next 2 days over the bank holiday weekend getting a lot more done without her. I miss her like mad already but it makes sense as we want to paint the playroom and strip the wallpaper off our bedroom. I'm absolutely knackered but it'll be worth it in the end. We never had a playroom in the old house as we just didn't have the room so it'll be great to have a space just for Tayla.
I have added a gorgeous piccie of my baby girl who is almost 6 months old! - How time flies!!!
Thanks for looking!!!
Paula. x
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Tonight's the night!!!!
Hiya Everyone,
Tonight is what you've all been waiting for - Humphrey Corner is being launched on Ideal World at 9pm and is the pick of the day. As part of the run-up to the launch all the Crafters Companion DT were asked to make a step-by-step project so I decided to make a pretty gift bag with matching notecards and envelopes.
To complete this project you will need:-
Humphrey's Corner allsorts CD rom
Crafters Companion ultimate pro and boxer boards
Centura pearl card pastels (I used the lilac)
Collall 3D glue gel
Extra strong glue roller or strong wet glue
Silver mirri card
Ribbon
Normal hole punch
Detail scissors
Print off the Humprey with ballons decoupage sheet onto a full sheet of quality white A4 paper.
Cut out all the parts of the decoupage.
Assemble the decoupage with 3D collall glue gel.
Mount onto centura pearl lilac card and then onto silver mirri card.
Make a gift bag by using two sheets of lilac Centura Pearl card.
Cut two rectangles that are each 17cm x 20.5cm. Score lines at 1.5cm and 4.5cm using the Boxer board on the longer length and then 17.5cm along the shorter length. Always score on the pearlescent side first and then repeat on the plain side. This ensures the pearl side will not crack when it is folded.
Cut away the parts marked on the template above and it should look like the photo below. Do this to both parts.
Find the centre of the box at the top and then use a normal hole punch to make two holes in it. Make up gift bag using extra strong glue rollers or wet glue. Add a strip of ribbon round the centre of the bag then attach the Humphrey topper to the centre of the bag. Attach 2 pieces of ribbon through the holes for handles. Secure with knots to the inside of the bag.
Print off 3 sheets of lilac balloon paper and use this to line the inside of 6 lilac envelopes. (Sounds stupid but make sure the balloons will be the right way up in the envelope as I first did this with them upside down! Lol
By using the CD images in paint copy the image of the Humprey not holding the balloons and then paste into a word document. Resize this image to 3cm and the copy this so you have 6 identical images. Cut these out and stick to the outer flap on the envelope.
Print off 6 lilac notecards onto thin white card. 2 per A4 sheet. Cut these out and trim off the white edges so they are all the same size.
You should now have a pretty gift bag, 6 notecards and 6 matching envelopes that fit inside the gift bag so it would make a lovely gift.
Thanks for looking - If you like this tutorial please leave a comment and I may do others in the future!!!
Paula. x
Monday, 23 May 2011
Only one more sleep till the Humphrey launch!!!
Hiya Everyone,
Most of my craft stuff is now at the new house piled up in one of the spare bedrooms. I'm hoping to paint my craft room in a few days (once we have competed) and then I can put all my crafty storage back up. I think we're taking another car load of stuff tonight although I think it's just an excuse for the hubby to get a KFC on the way home Lol. I need to get my craft room sorted out asap as I've just been offered another piece in Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine although the deadline isn't until mid-June!
This card is another of the quick and easy DT cards I made for the launch of Humphrey which is going to be the pick of the day tomorrow at 9pm on ideal world.
Humphrey really has been an absolute joy to work with and the quality is second to none so don't forget to tune in tomorrow. All the bits that make it up were taken off 1 printed card companion sheet which included the toppers, readymade paper layout, sentiment and the button embellishments.
Tomorrow I'll share with you the Humphrey gift bag with matching notecards and envelope set that I made with step by step instructions on how to make your own!!!
Thanks for looking!!!
Paula. x
Sunday, 22 May 2011
***IMPORTANT*** SCAL for cricuts
Hiya Everyone,
I have just found out that the SCAL 2 program is being updated to SCAL 3 which will no longer work on the cricut. SCAL 2 is only available for download till 27th May and then suppliers are no longer allowed to sell it. I bought my cricut just before christmas and was hanging about getting it but I've just bought it as I didn't want to miss out. For anybody interested I just bought mine from here. I was sent the activation code to my e-mail within minutes. If you want it get it now!!!
Thanks for looking!!!
NB - I've deactivated the link as they are no longer selling the download - sorry!!!!
Paula. x
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