CRAFT HAUL - November & December

Hello

I have been busy buying a few things over the last few months, its kind of been a bit all over the place to be honest. I attend the London Stitching, Sewing & Hobbycraft show in November so managed to grab a few bargain dies and general supplies.

Here is my craft haul with some of the things I have purchased over the last couple of months. There was a lot more, but mostly craft 'top up' supply's, so I will just be showing the top items (well the ones I can remember!).

Stick It Snail Adhesive & Refills ~ I grabbed a ton of refills which were on offer from the craft show! So I am stocked up for a while at least.

Dovecraft Puffy Paint ~ Saw this at the craft show and it is fab! Use your heat gun on it and it puffs up like snow! :)
Metallic Twine ~ Hobbycraft
Woodware Etch & Pierce Tool ~ Good basic tool to have now I'm starting to get a collection of dies together. Handy to add shape to die cuts like flowers.
Xcut 10mm Corner Punch ~ Best thing ever to add finishing touches to your cards and handmade items. This one was a reasonable price too!

Stampin' Up! Better than Mail Stamp Set ~ If you are making items using any Stampin' Up! products or images to sell they ask that you use the copyright stamp. We just did a small table at a local event with handmade Christmas items so this was a must :)

Phill Martain Sentimentally Yours 'Time for a Cuppa' Stamp Set ~ found this item new on ebay. Fantastic set and came in very handy for a particular item I was making for the stool (that will be another post).
Birthday Note Stamp & Die set ~ free with a craft magazine but I have used it loads already.
Personalised Stamp ~ Wood block 2 rows personalised stamp from ebay.
Xmas Mini Clear Stamp ~ Hobbycraft.

First Edition Gilded Winter ~ 6x6 paper pack. I actually ordered a different pack but they sent me the wrong one. I have been trying to make use of this one which has some lovely rustic looking papers that don't have to be used just for Christmas.
First Edition Paradise Crush ~ 6x6 paper pack. This pack is just beautiful, full of colour and designs. Fell in love with this when I first saw it so just had to grab it.
The Colours of Christmas Vintage Pad ~ 15x30cm. A bargain found in The Works! Has some lovely basic patterns brill for backgrounds on the more vintage style cards.

I also managed to pick up:

Elle-Ments Dies - More Party Animals ~ to go with the stamp set.
Crealies Crea-nest-Lies ~ Circle nesting dies with dot (kinda stitched) effect.
We R Memory Keepers Envelope Board ~ I dont know how I lived with out this!
Fiskars Paper Trimmer ~ I upgraded my paper trimmer which was the best move ever. I also got a few packs of replacement blades as they do wear down quick.
Sweet Dixi Merry Christmas Sentiment Die ~ Large die I found at the craft show.
Sweet Dixi Snow Flake with Let it Snow Sentiment Die ~ Also from the craft show. Both this set and the Merry Christmas die are basics for Christmas cards, a must have!

Well that was the main bulk of it. I have also stocked up on ribbon, twine, adhesive, coloured card stock, ect but as it has been over a couple of months I have put it all away so did not want to get everything out again.

Thanks for visiting :D

Halloween Card Mini Series #3

Card number 3 in the Halloween mini series, a simple yet 'bewitching' card :)

To start with I folded an A5 Stampin' Up! Basic Black card stock to create a C6 size base. Using the designer paper from Echo Park Hocus Pocus collection for the background, cut slightly shorter to create a nice 'wide screen' style boarder.

The owl is from the Clearly Besotted 'Still a Hoot' set and stamped with Stayzon Black Ink. For this card I did not want the tie that comes with this particular owl, so I cut out the center of the stamp so I had the option of with or with out the tie. Of course you can use a wipe/tissue to wipe off the ink that is on the tie if you do not wish to cut your stamps.

I hand drew the hat, coloured the hat and owl with Spectrum Noir Markers.
Colours used for the owl; HB1, HB2 and HB3. I used LG3 and LG1 for the eyes, finishing off with GB6 and GB7 for the beak and feet.
Colours used for the hat; IG7 and IG9. HB1and HB3 where used for the band around the hat to keep with the theme. I used a silver gel pen for the buckle on the band.
The hat was fussy cut out, followed by die cutting the owl ready to place on the designer paper.

The designer paper was adhered to some fun foam to give the whole panel even dimension. Before sticking the owl down I took my clear Wink of Stella to the tree, just adding a kind of 'frosty' effect to the edges. Of course I could not resist also adding some to the owls eyes too. (The below picture shows how slightly shimmery the card is). I glued on the owl and popped up the hat with dimensionals.
Using again the Echo Park Hocus Pocus collection for the sentiments, which are stickers within the pack. These have also been popped up with dimensionals.

To finish off the card I used green and yellow Dovecraft 3D pearl effect to add some varied colour.

Hope you enjoy this card and maybe got some ideas :)

CRAFT HAUL - August

Hello

I thought I'd start my craft blog off with a Haul of items I have purchased this month. I really love watching all the Craft Haul video's on YouTube and getting some inspiration from them.
I have been card crafting for about a year now, so still learning and gathering the basic tools to create the type of cards I love to make or hope to try out. 

Here are some of the fab things I have gathered this month, descriptions below photos: 

WOW Heat it up! Embossing Powder - 10ml Clear

Ranger Mini Blending Tool - plus refills

A5 Clear Acetate - 180 micron (£1.99 for 10 - Ebay)

Card Stock - A4 & A5 (papermilldirect.co.uk)

Tsukinek, Momento Dew Drop Ink Pads - Bahama Blue, Summer Sky, Espresso Truffle & Bamboo Leaves.

Dovecraft Ink Pad - Black

I love love love how Clearly Besotted wrap the items you buy. Its like a little gift for yourself when it arrives :) I took advantage of the clearance rack and grabbed a few Christmas stamps, and how cute are these Owls <3 Love them!

Home at Christmas Stamp + Die

Still a Hoot Stamp + Die

Joyeux Noel Sentiment Stamp

Well that sums up my haul this month. I will be posting some of the cards I have created with these shortly.

Bye for now :) x