Maria's Cards

2012-01-23T04:15:00.000-08:00

Here is a simple card I made last week using a stamp from a set I got free on the front of a magazine (sorry I can't remember which one). I used some paper from my scraps draw to make a strip across my card and with the little bit I had leftover I paper pieced the jumper to match. The image has been coloured in using Pro Markers.
I then cut a white piece of card with my nestabilities Decorative circle die and stuck it to the front of the card. I then mounted the mouse image to the card using 3D foam pads.

The birthday sentiment on the bottom of the card is from My Favourite things. Hope you like it. Have a good day

Maria x

More Storage

2012-01-13T09:09:00.000-08:00

Here is another wall of my craftroom. This is where I store some of my most used tools. The baskets and rails are from Ikea and I use them for storing some of my sprays and stains and also my heat tools and punches.I find this storage idea really handy and you can see where everything is and it is all to hand. Hope you like it.
Maria.

Finally a card!

2012-01-08T09:06:00.000-08:00

And finally here is the card that made all the mess lol, I have made this card well in advance for my friends daughter's birthday in May. She is going to be 1. I am going to add a number and a greeting when I can decide where they are going. The banner at the top of the card spells her name, this is mounted on pop dots to make it stand away from the card as is the little girl sitting in her bed. I have paper pieced the image with several different papers. This is one of my favourite techniques.

And here is a closer look. I hope you like this card. I know it is very pink, but having 2 boys I don't get to have much pink stuff in the house! Enjoy what is left of your weekend.

Maria x

Ink pad storage

2012-01-08T06:18:00.000-08:00

Here is how I stote all my ink pads, tools and some pens and brushes. The ink pad rack was purchased from Storage solutions. The shelves are removable. The pots and rails are from IKEA and these are great for storing pens and things that you can just reach for whilst you sitting crafting at your desk.

Another view

Hope you are all having a good weekend

Maria x

Order has been restored!!

2012-01-08T06:04:00.000-08:00

Well the mess has gone and my craft room is I store some of my things, but blogger will only let me upload photos 2 at a time for some reason so the card I made and some other pics will have to go in seperate posts.Here is my desk where I do all of my crafting. I have a large cutting mat that cover the whole desk to protect it and then a small one on top to work on.

And here is a view of my Expedit unit that I got from IKEA. My craft room is quite hard to photograph due to the size and layout but I will add more photos in another post straight after this one. Will be straight back with another post.

TTFN

Maria x

Oh dear!!

2012-01-07T15:35:00.000-08:00

Well long time no blog! I have been neglecting my little blog of late, there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day. Tonight I spent an hour or so in my craft room making a card and look what happened! lol. Why can't us crafters seem to be able to craft in a tidy manner? This mess took less than a hour to make and was created by making one card....yes ONE card. You can also guarantee that firstly it's not going to be as much fun packing it all away and secondly it's going to take longer to pack away than it did to make the mess in the first place.I hope i'm not the only one that makes this kind of mess lol. I will be back tomorrow to show the card I made. The lighting is not that great to take a good picture of it at the moment. Mainly due to the fact that it is nearly midnight lol. So it is off to bed for me and will be back in the morning.

Good night

Maria x

It's a wrap!! part 2

2011-11-24T04:25:00.000-08:00

Hi all, hope you are all getting used to this colder weather! Well today I made a start on the homemade christmas paper I want to make. For this paper I am using brown parcel paper from WHSmith. The snowflake stamps are from Wildrose studios and are stamped in Versafine ink in Vintage sepia.It's always good to start stamping with your largest stamp and then use the smaller ones to fill in the gaps.

You can see I am using four different sized snowflakes for my paper. These are the same stamps I used on the tags in my last post.

And to finish I used one of my handmade tags and I have made some Tim Holtz rosettes to use instead of parcel bows. Hope you like these. I am going to be doing some more of the same design but this time I am going to change the colour ink to Crimson Red.

Hope you have a good day. Thanks for stopping by

Maria

It's a wrap!!

2011-11-11T16:13:00.000-08:00

Well with christmas fast approaching I decided it was time I got myself organised, I need to make a start on making my christmas cards and I also decided that this year I would make all my own wrapping paper and gift tags. Tonight I decided to start on the gift tags. For the tags I have used Ivory Southfield Super Smooth card, Kraft Cardstock, Snowflake stamps by Wild rose Studios, Vintage sepia Versafine Ink pad and some Brown stripe bakers twine and some gold bells.Firstly I punched some circles of Ivory card with a 13/4 " circle punch and then stamped a medium snowflake with Brown ink. Then I punched some 2" scallop circles out of Kraft Cardstock and then matted them together. Then with a tag shape die I cut the tags out of Ivory super smooth card and stamped the greeting and small snowflakes on them. I then mounted the matted snowflake circles onto the tag with 3D foam pads. To finish I tied a bell onto the card with a piece of bakers twine.

And here are the finished Items, of course I still have many more to make lol, but at least I have made a start on this mamouth task!!

Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Thanks for stopping by Maria

Another Christmas card

2011-11-04T07:30:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon everyone, I have finally managed to get blogger to upload some photos, I have been trying to post them for an hour and for some reason it just wasn't working. I think there might have been Gremlins in the system lol. Anyway here is a card I made last night. The stamp is a magnolia stamp and it is called Tilda with fir tree. I coloured the image with Pro markers and it is mounted to the card with 3D foam pads.

The flowers are a mixture of silk, paper and resin flowers and I have edged them with clear stickles Glitter glue to make them sparkle. I have also used stickles around the sentiment and on Tildas tree, although the camera doesn't really show the sparkle that well. I hope you like this little card and hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Thanks for stopping by

Maria

Christmas cards

2011-10-23T15:07:00.001-07:00

Hi Everyone, I hope you have all had a great weekend. Mine has been quite busy, Firstly I have been making some card sample for some upcoming classes and then preparing for this weeks classes at the craftroom Newton Abbot. After everything was done for this week I decided it was time I tried to get some of my christmas cards done. Christmas always seems to creep up on me all of a sudden and then it is a mad panic to get them done.So anyway I managed to get 2 christmas cards made, One for a little Girl and one for a little boy. These are for my friends children and they will have their names on them when they recieve them. I haven't added the names yet as it will give the game away about who they are for.

I also managed to start my christmas shopping today!! I now have 2 presents bought! lol , well at least it is a start. Well thats me for now.

Happy crafting and thanks for stopping by

Maria

The start of a Project

2011-10-09T13:46:00.000-07:00

So I thought I would share with you a project that I have started today. This card is for a class that I am teaching in a few weeks. I thought I would use my favorite product on this card, and yes you have guessed it, my favorite thing to use is Tim Holtz distress inks. I have also added in some distress stains, which are new to the shop where I teach my classes. I won't show you a pictures of my whole desk as the stuff on it is stacked high, I am now working in a space on my desk that is no bigger than about 8" square lol.

So here are some sneak peeks of the project so far!! I am hoping to finish this tomorrow and then I will show more pictures.

As you have proberly figured out the stamp set I am using is Tim Holtz Papillon rubber stamp set. This is also available at the craft room. Well I will be back tomorrow with an update and more pictures.

Thanks for stopping by

Maria

La la lands Marcia

2011-10-06T10:54:00.000-07:00

Firstly I would like to apologise for the terrible quality of the photo, but the lighting here is terrible. Outside the rain is pouring and it's blowing a gale and really dark. The colours in the photo are really dull but in real life they are very bright.

The nestabilities used are a set that I purchased at The craft room. And the stamp is Marcia from Lala land crafts. I have coloured her with Pro Markers and also paper pieced her dress. Hope everyone is having a good week, nearly the weekend :0) thank goodness. I think a nice relaxing weekend is in order. TTFN

Maria

Friendship card

2011-08-09T10:35:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, Hope you are enjoying this glorious sunshine that we have today. Today I have a card to share with you that was made yesterday. I love how this card has turned out. I love the colours of the papers with the tiny floral print on them.

Dressform - Tim Holtz Sewing room die

Papers - Blush collection, lost and found by My Minds eye.

Sewing machine die - Joy! crafts (from the Craftroom Newton Abbot)

Tape measure from stash

Ribbon on dress from The craft room Newton abbot

Here is a view of the inside of the card, I just added a strip of the designer paper and then stamped the dressform over the top

Hope you like this card, I love it. As you can guess this will be another boxed card as it is too dimensional to fit into an envelope

TTFN

Maria

2011-08-06T09:43:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone, I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far. Today I have a card the same as one I did a few weeks ago for my friends birthday. This time I have made it in my favourite colour Pink, the other card was blue as my friend is not so keen on Pink as me.This card is a box card as it does not fit into an envelope with all the flowers I have added to the front of the card. I coloured the image with my Pro markers.

And here is a view of the inside of the card, I have used the scraps of paper left over from doing the front of the card to decorate the inside by cutting them out with my Die-namics dies and then stamped a birthday greeting in the middle. The stamp is from a clear set from Stampendous and is called "birthday assortment" I hope you like the card.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, And just to let you know I still have some of my Penny black rubber stamps on ebay my ebay I.D is maricardmaking*2007

Be back soon

Maria

Boxed Tilda easel card

2011-08-01T09:46:00.001-07:00

Afternoon, hope you are having a good day. Here is an easel card I made this afternoon using a Magnolia stamp called Tilda with Puppy, isn't she cute? I coloured her with Pro markers and fussy cut her out.The background papers are from Melissa Francis and they are available from the craft room.

Here is a closer shot of the front of the card.

And last but not least a picture of the inside of the card.

Hope you like it,

Maria

Penny Black stamps For sale

2011-07-31T03:56:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,
Hope you are having a lovely weekend, I have spent most of the weekend sortig out my craft room and I have made the decision to sell the majority of my collection of Penny Black stamps. This is purely because have restricted space. I will be back later with some photos of them and please feel free to email me if you are interested in any of them.
Maria
Email maricardmaking@hotmail.co.uk

Surfer Ian

2011-07-23T01:34:00.000-07:00

Here is a card I made for my son's friends birthday. I used another stamp from The Greetings Farm and as the title says he is called Surfer Ian. I coloured the image with my Pro Markers and he has been added to the card with 3D foam pads.The waves have been die cut with a Die-namics die that I recently purchased, I die cut two different shades of blue and just reversed one so the waves go different directions.

Here is a closer View. I hope everyone has a good weekend, the sun is out here in Devon this morning so hopefully it stays all weekend!

Enjoy your day whatever you may be doing, be back soon

Maria

For a Friends Birthday

2011-06-30T07:32:00.000-07:00

Here is a card that I have made for a friends birthday. I haven't used my sugar nellie stamps in ages so thought I would give them an outing!! I cannot remember for the life of me what this one was called as I do not keep their packets.I have coloured the image with my Pro markers and edged the image with Peeled paint distress ink. I have also edged the patterned paper with the same distress ink too.
I am quite pleased with this card as it is out of my PINK comfort zone!!
I hope you are all having a good week. I am having a busy one working and decorating, trying to get time to craft is proving quite difficult! Also with the teachers strike our school is closed today so I have had my youngest at home to amuse aswell.
Be back soon with another card
Maria :0) x

Here is a view of the inside of the card, I have kept it quite simple.

I lied......

2011-06-25T10:34:00.001-07:00

As the title says I lied! in my last post I said I would be back with a project that wouldn't contain a pure innocence stamp, and guess what.......it does!This week I purchased 2 more of these little cuties and I just had to make a card with them. The first set is called "Honey Bee" and the second set is called "Ladybug" I coloured the images with my Pro Markers.

The papers I used for this card are from a paper pad from My Minds Eye and it is called "Life of the party" I also used my die-namics dies to cut out the grass and the clouds.

Here is a picture taken at an angle so you can see the dimension of the card

And here is a picture of the inside of the card. Hope you like it and hope everyone is having a good weekend. Be back soon

Maria :)

Another card from the weekend

2011-06-21T08:49:00.000-07:00

Here is another card I made at the weekend. again the image is a pure innocence stamp set by MFT. I made this card to go with the decorated note pad that I made the other week.I used the papers from the same My minds eye paper pad that I have used for the two previous

cards. Below is a picture of the inside of the card.

Hope everyone is having a good week, will be back soon with some more projects, which will NOT have any pure innocence images on them! LOL.

TTFN

Maria

4 Leaf Clover

2011-06-18T03:45:00.000-07:00

Here is another card made with another pure innocence stamp (can you tell that I really like these stamps at the moment) from MFT. As the title says the set used this time is called "4 Leaf Clover." The card has been made in the same way as the one below by paper piecing her dress with matching papers.
Hope you like it, and hope I haven't shocked anyone with my two posts in one day lol.
Maria

View of the inside.

Birthday Princess

2011-06-18T03:30:00.000-07:00

Good Morning and happy weekend to everyone, I can't believe another week has passed, time seems to be running at a very fast pace at the moment lol.
Here is a card I made this week with another Pure innocence stamp from MFT, the set is called Birthday Princess. These stamps are simply adorable and you can find them on Tracey's website which is Here.
I coloured her with copics and paper pieced her using a paper pad from My minds eye called Happy go lucky.

Here is a view of the inside of the card. Have a great weekend

Maria

It's a girl card

2011-06-16T11:12:00.000-07:00

Here is a card a made for my friend who recently gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, today I have spent the afternoon at my friends which consisted of lots of cuddles, which is why I am now feeling extremely broody!! anyway back to the card.For this card I used a paper piecing technique called the Bargello technique which is a lot of fun to do and I just the love the finished result. The stamp in the centre of the card is from a set by Martha Stewart and the daisy is I am roses.
Hope you like it, Have a good evening
Maria

Altered note pad

2011-06-12T08:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a lovely weekend despite the horrible rain that we seem to be having today. Here is a little note pad that I purchased in paper chase yesterday, I love these little note book as the covers are made of very thick chipboard. They are £2.25 to buy and are excellent quality.Firstly I made a made a layer with some burgandy card stock and some patterened paper. The paper pad I used is the Lime twist pad by My minds eye and it is called Happy go lucky.. Then I used my Die-namics to cut the layered labels out, then stamped on them with a stamp from the Pure innocence stamp set called A box of love.

The little girl is from the same stamp set. To finish the note pad off I used a paper daisy that is adhered with hot glue.

I have also made a card to match. Hope you like it.

Maria

Better late than never!!

2011-06-10T07:48:00.000-07:00

Well as the title says, better late than never lol. I apologise to all of you that have been nagging me to get these pictures up of the finished project lol. So here they are. I have decorated the inside of the mini with tags, pockets and tim holtz hardware but blogger is only letting me add 3 pics at a time for some reason.The mini fits perfectly inside the wooden box and has plenty of room for photos ect.

Hope you all like it, will be back soon with some more projects. Hope everyone is having a great day.

Maria

2011-04-15T15:24:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone, Well this is a very late post 11.27pm!!! My post is a bit later today for a few reasons, Firstly I had a full class of nine ladies today making Vintage style Shabby chic cards. And secondly I came home to find our Large 4ft fish tank had split down the side emptying half its water all over my dinning room carpet! Thankfully the fish are ok but to say I wasn't pleased is an understatement!! lol. Though it could have been a lot worse.So to get back to the project, in the top photo it shows all the board pages and papers cut to size ready to be stuck together. Again I am using the "butterfly Garden" collection by Pink Paisley so that the mini matches the box it will go in.

Here are the pages after they have been covered with the papers. I have also stamped onto the pages using some of my Tim Holtz stamps by Stampers Anonymous. The set I used is called Papillon and Is stamped with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. I have also rounded the edges of the my pages with my Zutter Round-it-all tool and then edged them by rubbing over Walnut Stain distress ink. In the picture you can also see the Tim Holtz book plate that I will fix to the front of the mini.

Hope you're liking the project so far

Sorry for the late post, be sure to pop back tomorrow to see the next stage. I will post once I have been out and bought a new Fish tank!!!

Maria

Day 3

2011-04-14T08:50:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, here we are on day 3, I have nearly completed the outside of the box now, although at the moment I feel there is something missing! On the front of the box I have added a Keyhole, which is from Tim Holtz's Idea-ology range. I added this to the box using Glossy accents.I have also added some trims to the top of the box, both of these trims are from The craft room. The top of the box has also been decorated with some paper flowers that I have sprayed with Glimmer mist.

Sorry for the dark pictures, outside is so dark as the rain hasn't stopped for the last hour! It's hard to see in these photos but the feet have now been added to the box too.

I'm still not quite sure If the box is finished so I am going to set that aside for the next few days while I start to make the mini album to go inside the box. I hope you are all liking the project so far, be sure to pop back for next post.

Have a good afternoon

Maria

2011-04-13T07:54:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, well this is day 2, Once my box and feet were dry I applied some Gold Leaf Rub and Buff. You can buy this from most craft shops of Hardware stores.One down three more to go!

In the picture below I have coloured all the box feet and then applied some designer paper to the top of my box. The paper I have used is from the Butterfly Garden collection by Pink Paisley. To apply the paper I used Mod podge, then once it was stuck down I applied a thin coat of Mod podge over the paper to seal it. The reason I do this is to protect the paper as the item will be handled alot.

The little fairy was on the bottom of the 12 x 12 paper so I had to cut her out and stick her on to the box and for this I also used Mod podge.

Once I have made this box I am going to make a mini album that matches to fit into the box, Please come back for the next post to see what happens next.

Maria

The start of a new project. (Day 1)

2011-04-12T08:52:00.000-07:00

So today is the second day of the Easter holidays and before the kids broke up from school I promised myself I would complete a project just for fun. These days a lot of my time is spent making samples for classes and also preparing for the classes too. So here is day 1, now bare in mind with the kids off I get about an hour free to craft, so I can only do a little each day! Here is a little box that I have had for such a long time, so long I don't even know where it is from! The wooden balls are actually dolls heads but I am going to use them as feet for my box.

So the first step was to paint my box and feet with Acrylic paint, the colour I used is Antique White. Now to leave this to dry.

And here is a picture of the mess I have managed to make in less than 10 minutes! ha ha. You might notice by the photo that i'm not crafting in my craft room today, that's because I have samples drying on my desk, so I have now spread to the dinning room! oh dear! Well no one said creativity was tidy.....did they?

Be sure to pop back tomorrow to see the next stage, I'm off to tidy up!!

Maria

2011-04-11T06:30:00.000-07:00

Here is a mini Album made with the My minds eye Christmas paper stack. The pages have all been made using white board. We then covered them with the designer paper and cut the edges with a Tim holtz Die by sizzix Ti give the pages an unusal shape. The frame is also made using a die and has been left open at the back to slide a photo behind.Here is a side view that shows the thickness of this mini album.

The pages have mostly been left blank to add photos and journalling to. Everything has been handmade with either paper or card. On this page you can undo the ribbon to reveal a concertina page for more photos

Here is another page, this one has a pocket containing a little book that holds more photographs.

This was such a fun mini to create for christmas memories. Now need to get the photos developed and put them all in!

Hope you enjoyed this project.

Maria

2011-04-11T06:02:00.000-07:00

This page has a corner pocket covered with ribbon roses. These ribbon roses can be made with any wired ribbon. The brown card is a mat to place a photo onto and then you can journal about the picture on the reverse side. than it can slide into the corner pocket. The other page has plenty of space for a large photo or a few smaller ones.

On this page the ribbon is holding closed a concertina which holds 4 photographs, it is a great way of getting more photos into your mini albums.

Faux Pressed Flower technique

2011-04-11T05:51:00.000-07:00

These cards have been made using a technique that uses paper flowers to create a pressed flower look on your cards. This technique is fun and easy to do for all ages.

The flowers I have used are paper flowers from Prima. I added centes to the flowers by using self adhesive gem stones. The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch. The backing paper on this second card is a designer paper from Bo Bunny.

Hope you all like the cards, any questions please email me

Maria

2011-04-11T05:44:00.000-07:00

This is a quick post to show a card I have made using one of the new Tilda stamps from Magnolia. The backing paper is from a paper pad from Karrs. The stamped greeting is from a stamp set from Wild rose studios.

Tilda has been Coloured with Pro markers and then added to the card with 3D foam pads.

Have a good day

Maria

2011-04-11T05:33:00.000-07:00

This card is a dimensional card that folds flat to fit into an A5 envelope for posting. I made the cardblank from 300g white cardstock. The images are all stamps from Magnolia stamps. The leaves have been made with a Martha stewert Flower punch using 2 tone green cardstock. All the images have been coloured with Pro markers from LetrasetThis is a view from above which shows you the dimension of the card. The front of the card has an acetate window which Tilda is fixed to.

And below is a close up of the stamped images that have been used.

Have a great day

Maria

A house is a house Altered art class

2011-04-11T05:17:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of a project we made in Fridays class. The class was called a house is a house. This little house started as a plain wood blank. Firstly we painted the house with White Acrylic paint and then gave it a distressed look with some gold rub and buff. Then using Gel medium we cut and stuck some designer paper in the back of each compartment.For the gable we punched the designer paper with a Martha Stewert edge punch and then added it to the house with Glossy accents. The verse in the bottom centre reads "A house is a house, a family make it a home" I have added some pictures of my boys when they were small. I have 2 more photos to add of my husband and I together to finish it off. The clock and bookplate embellishments are from the Tim holtz range. The bird on the front had been die cut with the Sizzix die that is called Caged bird and is also from Tim Holtz. I cut it from White chipboard and then used Distress inks to colour, then I took a clock stamp from Paper Artsy and stamped the clocks over the top. I thought this was a good way of representing that "Time flys"

Here is a Close up of the Bird. I have also edged him with Gold rub and buff. Hope you are all having a good day

Maria

Mini Album in a matching box

2011-04-11T05:07:00.000-07:00

As much as I love making scrapbook layouts for 12 x12 albums I would much rather make Mini scrapbook albums from scratch. Here is a mini album I made with a matching box to keep it in. This little mini is a perfect size to give to someone as a present. The frame on the front of the album is a working frame that is open at the back so a picture can be placed in at a later date.I bound the book with my Cinch.

Here is a shot of the mini in the box. I have yet to add photos ect. Hope you like it, Have a great day Maria

Thursday

2011-02-24T03:08:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, hope you are having a good week. Here is a card I made using another stamp set from The Greetings Farm, The backing paper is from My Minds eye and is from the pad called Gertie. I coloured Anya with Copic markers and then paper pieced her hair band and the bath tub. I cut her out using the lacy doily die from Nellie Snellen and distressed the edges with Tea Dye distress ink. The little greetings came with the stamp set too.

Here is the inside of the card. again her robe and towel have been paper pieced and the rest of her coloured with my Copic markers.

Have a good day, thanks for stopping by

Maria :0)

Mondays card

2011-02-21T09:38:00.000-08:00

Here is a card I made this morning using a new stamp by MFT, she is called Sweet Fairy Jolinne. First I stamped her out and coloured her. Then I cut her out leaving a very narrow border around her. She is mounted on the card with Foam pads on top of a Hero arts Greeting that has been cut out with a nestabilitie. The backing paper is by Bo Bunny and was bought at the craft room. The brads are also Bo Bunny and the flowers are E- line flowers by Prima.
I have glittered her wings but it's not showing on the photo as it is raining here and is very dark, AGAIN!!!
Hope you are enjoying half term so far, we have had a nice quiet day at home
Thanks for stopping by
Maria

Sunday

2011-02-20T11:16:00.000-08:00

Well a few days late, but here is the other Fancy Anya card mentioned in my last post. I have made some more cards over the weekend and none of them have this Anya on them!! Hurray I hear you say lol.The backing papers I used on this card are from a pad by First Edition paper and it is called Love Letters. They are lovely papers and there is a lot of pink in them. I also paper pieced Anya's Dress in the same paper.

Here is a closer look. I hope everyone has had a good weekend apart from all the rain that is!

Will be back tomorrow with some more cards, so stayed tuned.

Thanks for stopping by

Maria

Another Fancy Anya

2011-02-18T08:46:00.000-08:00

Well, every project this week seems to have a Greetings farm stamp on it! Here is another card made with the stamp called Fancy Anya. The backing paper is made by Prima and is from "The Jack and Jill" collection, these really are gorgeous papers to work with. I have paper pieced Anya's dress with the paper so the card all matches. The card blank is a dark brown colour which really makes this paper stand out. I mounted Anya onto the card with foam pads and then added some paper roses, a skeleton leave, Some lace and some stringed pearls to finish the card off.
Hope you like it
Have a good weekend, will be back tomorrow with another fancy Anya card lol. (well I did say she was my favourite!)
Maria

Another card, same papers

2011-02-17T01:39:00.001-08:00

As I said in my last post I am trying to make sure that when I cut into a new piece of paper I use the whole piece. I got fed up with having boxes full of scraps that never really got used up. This card was made with another greetings farm stamp called Skater Ian

The papers have been distressed on the edges with Walnut stain Distress ink. Ian has been coloured with my pro markers and then stuck onto the card with dimensionals.

Have a good day everyone

Thanks for stopping by

Maria

A late night post!

2011-02-16T15:04:00.001-08:00

Firstly excuse the lighting in these photos, they have been taken at 11 in the evening and the lighting in my craft room isn't great for photos taken at night. Tonight I decided to make some boy's cards as my son has some parties coming up. (Makes me sound organised!!) For this card I used a Greetings Farm stamp called Surfer Ian, Isn't he adorable? The papers I used are from DCWV and are called Doodle Around. The greeting was printed out on my computer.

This photo gives you a closer look. I have been using these stamps a lot lately (can you tell? lol)

I also made another boys card using the same papers which I will show you tomorrow. The reason I used the same papers is that I am now trying to use up the whole sheet of paper when I use it rather than storing off cuts in a scrap draw. I used to do this and ended up with lots of paper just hanging around. The idea is working so far and means less waste!

Well I hope you are all having a good week so far, nearly the weekend and then it's half term which means an extra hour in bed each day, Fabulous!

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments

Maria

Stamped Acrylic block Backgrounds

2011-02-16T08:42:00.000-08:00

The background on this card was made by stamping an ink pad onto your acrylic block and then swiping across a piece of White cardstock. The tilda image has been coloured with Pro markers. Sorry for the poor lighting in this photo but it hasn't stopped raining here all day and it is very dark here.
Hope you are all having a good week
Maria

Tim Holtz Tag Die Mini Album

2011-02-15T00:00:00.000-08:00

This is an album I made using the Tim Holtz Tag die by sizzix. I cut six tags in total out of White Chipboard and then another 12 tags from designer paper from Bo Bunny.

I have made some pockets in the album to store extra photos ect. The eyelets are 7 Gypsies from The craft room. I used my cinch to bind the album together and then used buttons and Bling to embellish the cover and the pages inside. The edges have been distressed with walnut stain. Hope you like it.

Fancy Anya Door Hanger

2011-02-14T08:20:00.000-08:00

Here is a door hanger I made yesterday using one of my new stamps from The Greetings Farm, her name is Fancy Anya and I must say she is becoming one of my favourites. I covered the wood blank with design paper from Bo Bunny and also used paper from the same collection to paper piece her dress.

I distressed the edge with Walnut stain Distress ink and then added some flowers to finish.

Hope everyone is having a good day

TTFN

Maria

Happy Birthday Cutie pie

2011-01-26T08:35:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone....another post! I am trying hard to post something at least once a week now as I have neglected my blog a lot over the last 12 months or so. For todays card I used the Sweet cherry pie stamp from The Greetings Farm. I love these stamps and they are great to colour with your Promarkers or copics.Stamp; Sweet Cherry Pie

Flowers are Gardenias from IAM roses

Paper Basic Grey

The wording was printed out on my computer and then punched out from my stampin up word window punch from Jules

Below is a close up view.

Hope everyone is having a good week. I have had a few days off this week and I am back to work tomorrow for this months mini album class. Will post pictures of my album after the class tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by
Maria x

Treat box and matching card

2011-01-24T05:40:00.000-08:00

Afternoon everyone, hope you had a great weekend. Mine was busy but enjoyable wth a little bit of crafting whenever I could grap a bit of time. This is one of the projects I made at the weekend, I had seen some little treat boxes like this on the internet that had been made with a sizzix XL die and as I don't have the die I decided to make my own template and make it a little bigger and a slightly different shape.

I must admit I am really pleased with how it turned out. I have also made a matching card. I made this one for a birthday but it would make an excellent gift for Valentines or Easter.

Over the weekend I also got chance to make some other projects so I will be back later today with another post!

TTFN

Maria x

A couple more photos

2011-01-19T14:56:00.000-08:00

Here are two more photos of my new craft room. The first is of the rails on which I keep my punches ect. Just like the rest of the furniture these are from Ikea and if you are looking for something like this they are called Bygel rails. I have a few more to put up yet, but I am waiting to see how the room works before deciding where they will go.The second pic is of my ink pad storage rack. I find this rack so handy because you can see all your ink pads and they are always to hand. Click Here to see their website. This rack doesn't have to hung on a wall it will also stand on its own too.

Underneath I have another Bygel rail from Ikea, the pots that go on it are also Ikea. These hold my craft knives, pens, ball tools, sanding blocks and many other things. I have had time to work in my little room today and have made three cards. It's so much easier to work in now it is all organised.

Hope everyone is having a good week

Maria x

The Room is finished! thank you Hubby x

2011-01-18T11:22:00.000-08:00

Ok so here is my finished room, I can safely say I am never going to do this room again and it was more stress than moving house! I have realised how much stuff I actually have especially 12 x 12 paper lol.
The good thing is that it is finished and I am pleased I done it (Well hubby done it!) though I did help with stripping wallpaper.
All of my new furniture is from Ikea and the pigeon hole units are Ikea Expedit units which in my opinion are fabulous.

As blogger is playing up it will only let me upload three photos at a time for some reason, I will post more pics tomorrow. Hope everyone is having a good week. Will be back tomorrow to show my first card made in my new room.

Maria x

Tuesday's pics

2011-01-14T13:47:00.000-08:00

Ok so this is how the room looked on Monday once everything had been taken out and I began to strip the wallpaper off the walls. Then on Tuesday my lovely hubby fitted the new windows and since then the walls have been replastered and painted. I will show those pictures tomorrow as I want to take them in daylight.
Tomorrow the carpet is being put down and then we can start building the new furniture, so exciting!

Well will upload more photos tomorrow. So goodnight and hope you all have a good weekend.

Maria

New year...New craft room

2011-01-10T08:51:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone and a happy new year. This post is about my long awaited craftroom make over.
Now I really don't like clutter around the house but there has always been a different rule for my craft room as you can see! After years of crafting and also Craft shopping (Shhh!) my room has finally become a cluttered disorganised mess. This room used to be my kitchen before we had our extention, hence the backdoor at the back of the picture. So Finally we took the plunge and decided to take the old door out and block it up and then add a window. The walls are to be replastered and some decorating and organising is desperatley needed as you can see in the pictures below.

For my job I have to prep my classes in here which was becoming an impossible task.

I forgot to take a picture before I started clearing it out but this is it not long after I started!

Will post some more pics tomorrow to show you the progress we have made. Hope you have all had a great day and have a fabulous weekend.

TTFN

Maria

Altered Wooden calender

2010-11-03T13:07:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone, Long time no blog!! I have been extremely busy the last few months what with teaching three classes a week and all the prep that goes along with that the time just seems to slip by! Well last week I had a few days off and decided to do a little project just for fun. I have had this calender for ages just tucked away in a draw so decided to alter it.

Firstly I painted it with brown acrylic paint.

Then once the paint had dried I applied some Gold Leaf Rub and Buff.

Then using Modge podge I covered with designer paper by K&Co from Brenda Waltons Madeline Collection. I really love these papers they are so pretty

Here is a closer pic!

Then I distressed the number and month blocks with Walnut stain Distress ink and some more rub and buff.

Please excuse the yucky craft mat lol!!

And here is the finished item. I am really pleased with the way this has turned out. I hope you like it too. Please feel free to leave a comment as I always enjoy readding what you guys think.

Hope everyone is well

TTFN

Maria x

Bracelet number 2

2010-07-20T07:49:00.000-07:00

Here is another coiled bracelet that I have made, this time in pinks and greens. These bracelets take around 3 hours to make. ( my first one took about four hours so i'm getting quicker!!)I really like the end result of this bracelet. I have also bought some blue beads to make another so will post a photo once I have finished it.
Maria x

Coiled Bracelet

2010-07-19T09:29:00.000-07:00

This is a Bracelet I made for my mum, I haven't done much Jewelery Making but can now see that this could be just as addictive as card making!! I used a mixture of different glass beads in golds, browns and teal colours.I gave it to my mum yesterday and she loved it, so much so that she now wants earrings to match !!! lol.
Hope everyone is ok, I'm looking forward to the end of the week as it will mark the start of the school summer holidays and we are all ready for the rest.
TTFN
Maria x

2010-07-12T11:07:00.000-07:00

Here is another card I have made for one of my classes on Wednesday. This is just one of the cards we will be making in the class. For this card I have used a stamp from Crafty individuals and also The Tim Holtz Film strip Die by Sizzix.

I have also used Distress inks in Wild Honey, Rusty hinge and Barn Door. This class is now Full but I have a repeat class for anyone wanting to attend on Friday 17th September from 10 - 12.30 at the Craftroom Newton Abbot.

Maria x

Wildflower Sprigs

2010-07-12T10:56:00.000-07:00

This is a card I have made with the Wildflower Sprigs stamp set from Stampendous. For the background I cut a piece of Black card and embossed it using One of the Tim Holtz texture fades embossing folder and then rubbed over with Metallic Rub on in Pink. Then I cut The label with a Sizzix die and coloured with Distress inks (Colours are Spun Sugar, Vintage Velvet and Aged mahogany). Then I used one of the larger stamps from the set to stamp the flowers. The little greeting is also from the same set.

I also added some White highlights with a White gel pen. Then stuck it all together with DS tape.

Maria x

Bookmarks with Fox and Friends stamp set from Jules

2010-07-06T12:37:00.001-07:00

Hello Bloggers, long time I know but I just seem to be so busy all the time. What with two kids (3 if you include hubby) and teaching 3 classes a week at The Craftroom my time seems to go so quick! Last night I put everything aside and sat down with my youngest to make some bookmarks. You might remember the ones he made last year to sell at school to raise money for Children in need. Well this year we are going to be prepared... all going to plan!! and we have started making them early.For these bookmarks we used the Fox and Friends stamp set by stampin up along with the 2" scallop circle punch and 13/4 " and 1 1/2 " circle punch all by stampin up.

We also used stampin up cardstock in Choc chip and old olive along with the matching colour ink pads. Finally we used the jumbo paperclips from Staples

Here is my Son busy on the production line!! Well if you would like to buy any of these stampin up items you can buy them from Jules. Always a great service so pop over to her blog for more details.

Hope everyone is ok and enjoying the summer so far. Take care for now.

Maria x

Tim Holtz rust Technique

2010-04-22T14:03:00.000-07:00

For the background paper on this card I used the Tim Holtz rust technique to make the white card look like rusting metal. This technique is fun to do and it looks stunning on men's cards. The stamp set that I used for this card is called Road trip and is by Artistic Outpost. I also used a Tim holtz ticket and distressed it with Vintage Photo distressing ink.All the images were stamped with Archival ink from Ranger.
I also distressed the edges with Tim holtz's distressing tool.
Hope you like this man's card, we all know how difficult men's cards can be!!

TTFN
Maria x

Welcome Baby Emily

2010-04-12T13:55:00.001-07:00

This is the card I made for my husbands Brother and his wife as they have just become the proud parents of their first Child, a little girl that they have named Emily. I have photographed this card several times but the camera is not picking up the shimmer and some of the detail.The Backing paper is from the Mariposa stack from DCWV and I went around the edges of this with my Tim Holtz distressing tool and then used Vintage photo distress ink to darken the edges. The Baby image is computer generated and then distressed in the same way. The 2 greeting stamps that I used are from the Congrats set from stampin up! The cream roses have been distressed on the edges with Vintage photo again and the bigger flower has been sprayed with Crafty Notions spray to match the card.

I then used my hot glue gun to stick the pearls into the centre of the flower

Here is a close up of the flowers and pearls unfortunatly the camera does not do the card justice as the real thing is a lot more shimmery!

Hope everyone is ok and enjoying the Easter holidays, kids go back next week so hopefully we will have a few more sunny days this week.

Take care for now.

Maria x

Another Tag

2010-04-05T10:55:00.001-07:00

I suppose I really should try and make some cards but at the moment I have become a little addicted to making tags. For this tag I used a Tim Holtz stamp, I can't see a name on it so I'm unable to tell you what it is called! I have also used Glimmer mists and Tim Holtz Distress inks. The edge of the tag has been distressed with the Tim Holtz distressing tool.The Flower was originally white so I used my Glimmer mist to add colour then when it was dry I used Metalic Rub on to add the Shimmer.
Hope everyone has had a good Easter break, Back to normal routines tomorrow!
Maria x

Distressed tags

2010-03-21T06:17:00.000-07:00

Recently I have been decorating some tags to send as cards. All I use is normal Luggage tags. On the first tag I have used the distress inks called Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord and Black soot. The Lace on the bottom of the tag has been sprayed with Tattered Angels Silver Glimmer mist. I made the satin lollipop flower myself using some off cuts of ribbon and the butterfly is off of a butterfly neckless that was reduced in Newlook, when I seen it I bought it to dismantle as there was 8 butterflies on it which I thought I could use as charms! The stamp is from A set from Dark room door. I then added some ribbons and feathers to the top to finish.On the tag below I used the Distress inks called, Antique Linen, Brushed corderoy and Vintage Photo. I then used a text stamp to stamp the background and then stamped my main image over the top. I made the Flower using extra wide satin ribbon. The Tim Holtz adage ticket has been distressed with the same coloured inks and then Ribbons and Fibres on the top to finish.

I purchased everything used here (apart from the Key and the purple satin on the first flower) from The craft room (Newton Abbot) The two Main stamps I used on both tags are from the same set.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

Maria x

Distress ink card

2010-02-24T08:05:00.001-08:00

I have to admit I got very inspired by Tim Holtz on the TV yesterday and it made me get my distressed inks out. I love all of his products and really enjoy using them. For this card I used Distress inks, Tim Holtz Masks and Tim Holtz stamps. The Buttons are from woodware and the little ticket in the corner is Tim Holtz adage tickets. The colours of the distress inks that I used are Shabby Shutters, Peeled paint and brushed corderoy. The stamp set is called Flights of fancy and is a clear set. I also used Versafine Vintage Sepia and Archivel Black ink on this card.

I then mounted the whole thing onto Gold miri card and Brown card before sticking it onto the card blank. I also distressed the ticket with some distress ink to blend it in with the card.

Hope everyone is having a good day, The rain hasn't stopped here yet, which explains the dark photo!!

Bye for now

Maria x

Another post!! 3 in one day

2010-02-23T12:48:00.000-08:00

Well 3 posts in one day, Can hardly believe it myself lol. I have had this stamp for over a year and only just inked it up about two weeks ago. I coloured this image using my Pro Markers.

The sentiment stamp is Hero arts clear stamps and the image is Penny Black. the edge on the paper is a Martha Stewert edge punch.

Have a great evening

Maria ;0) x

Tidy for 5 mins!!

2010-02-23T08:28:00.000-08:00

I thought I would take a picture of my desk work space as I have spent the day tidying my craftroom and thought that I would take the picture to remind myself what it looks like when it is tidy!! lol. I am used to having about a 6 inch square of space clear to work on so this will be luxury while it lasts!! ha ha. My craftroom is only 6ft by 9.5 ft so not a lot of room to work with! It will have a nice new window when my hubby takes out the door and replaces it! hint hint!!I still have a few things to sort out but not much. The photos are a bit dark due to the fact it has rained here most of the day.

This second picture shows how I store my Tim Holtz Paint dabbers. This caddy is great as it store them upside down so the paint is ready to go when you want to use them. I bought this on ebay. If you would like to ebay I.D email me and I will look it up for you.

Right, back to the tidying and then will be back with more pictures!!

Maria x

Newton The Bear

2010-02-23T08:19:00.000-08:00

This is a card I made with a digistamp from the Digishack he is called Newton the bear and I think he is very cute!!

I have coloured him with my Pro Markers and then added him to some Chocolate chip cardstock by Stampin up! The Greeting has been printed on my computer and then punched out with the SU word window punch.

Hope everyone is having a good day

Maria x

Punch and Ink pad Storage

2010-02-07T09:49:00.001-08:00

I thought I would share a few photos of how I store my punches and ink pads. My larger punches are stored on Ikea Bygel rails and this works perfectly as this is to the left side of my desk so they are within my reach when I am working.My ink pads are stored in this unit. You can take the little shelves out if you need more room for taller items. I have a large spac at the bottom at the moment but my Tim Holtz distress inks are usually homed there!

The only ink pads that don't really fit are the stampin up ones but not to worry as it gives me an excuse to buy the storage unit for them!! ha ha.

Hope you have all had a great weekend. Back to work tomorrow. I have a Pro Marker colouring class tomorrow with 9 ladies.

Hopefully be back with a card really soon.

Maria x

Little watering can gift Box and card

2010-01-03T12:26:00.000-08:00

I love this little gift box as you can use it for a male or female birthday. I have made a matching theme card using the teddy stamp from Elzybells. The little butterfly on the card and on the watering can are chipboard painted with an Adirondack paint Dabber (copper) then I have used some Gem stones for the body

The colouring was done with Pro Markers

Hope everyone has had a good weekend. Back to reality tomorrow. Don't know how I am going to manage getting up and dressed ect before school lol. Kids are not looking forward to going back to school either, I so remember that feeling from when I was a child lol. Well thats me for now, Hopefully be back tomorrow with some more creations for you. Good luck if you have to get up early tomorrow lol.

Maria x

Christmas star book card

2010-01-02T12:52:00.000-08:00

This is a little project I completed before Christmas. For the covers I used Grey board covered with material. I used Mod Podge to stick the material to the grey board which worked really well.All the stamps used are from Elzybells and they have been coloured with my Whisper and Marvy pens. I used Versa magic pads to create the light blue chalking around the edges of the pages and then used to the same pad to stamp the snowflakes around the edges too.

All The cardstock I used is from Paper celler and was purchased at The craft room, Newton abbot.

This is how the star book looks when it is fully opened.

If anyone has ever thought about making one of these I would recemmend you do so as it was a real fun project and the finished product is something to treasure (hence the fact that I am keeping mine!!)

All stamps, Materials ect for this card were purchased at the Craft room, 57, Queen street, Newton Abbot.

Hope you are all well

TTFN

Maria x

Happy New Year! and Surprise pop up card

2010-01-01T07:24:00.000-08:00

Firstly I would like to wish everyone a very Happy new year. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. ~I had a lovely day spent with family. Luckily we escaped the snow but had a terrible time with very bad ice on the roads and as we live at the top of a very big hill a lot of the roads were closed off. Still it was nice to have to spend time at home instead of being caught up in the last minute madness before christmas!
Anyway on to the card, This is a card I have made over the christmas holiday. It is called a surprise pop up card. For some reason I can never upload my photos in the correct order so we will start off with the image of the card when it is open!

When you pull the tab at the top it reveals the message inside.
Like so

And this is how it looks before you pull the tab to open it.

The stamp is called "Row Changito row" and is by Stampendous (Q145)

Patterned paper is called "Rose colored Glasses and is by G.C.D Studios

Both available from The Craft room Newton Abbot!

I hope you all have a good day. Will be back soon! I intend to up date my blog regularly from now on as I have been so busy lately my poor little blog has been neglected!

TTFN

Maria x

Whipper Snapper

2009-09-07T11:05:00.001-07:00

I have had this Whipper Snapper stamp for ages and have hardly used it!! I think we are all the same, we all have so many stamps that they very rarely see daylight lol. So I am trying to use the stamps that I haven't used for a long time. This stamp is called "Flowers for you" (LY818) and like to title says it is by Whipper Snapper.

Backing paper - My Minds Eye

Ribbon - Dovecraft

Flower - SU punch 5 petal flower (112829) From Jules

Oval greetings - stamping up oval punches and Oval all stamp set from Jules.

Hope everyone is ok have a good evening

Maria x

Craftracks

2009-09-06T02:49:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to show you a picture of the new rack I bought for my craft room. It is made to store your ink pads. The only ink pads that don't really fit is the SU ones which you can see at the bottom right hand side. Other than that it is perfect for storing your ink pads and the shelves are removable so you can store slightly taller things like your stickles. I bought this rack here.

It needs a few more ink pads to fill it lol, but I am working on it!! Please excuse the wonky photo. My photography is rubbish lol.

Hope everyone has had a good weekend so far. Back later with a card.

Maria x

Christmas Fairy Doodles

2009-09-03T13:27:00.000-07:00

I made this card with one of the new christmas Fairy Doodles stamp sets from Buzzcrafts. I love these little designs and they are fabulous to colour too

I stamped the image on to white card and coloured in. I then chalked the image with Versa magic chalk pad then over stamped a swirl stamp around the edges of the image. I also stamped the swirls down the edge of the card blank and cut around the image to give the edge of the card a little extra detail. I made the buttons by making some matching backing paper in the same way as I chalked the card, then I punched them out with some round punches. Then I punched some holes in the centres with my Crop-a-dile. To finish them I heat embossed them with Ultra thick embossing enamel. The image was then mounted on Silver Miri card and I also stuck a piece of silver miri board on the inside of the card to show off the edge of the card.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Maria x

An Award

2009-09-02T08:52:00.000-07:00

I would like to say a big Thank you to Natalie for passing this award onto me, The condition of the award is to tell everyonefive things about yourself. So here goes....

1. I am really forgetful

2. I hate shopping (unless it's for craft stash)

3. I'm scared of spiders

4. I love drawing

5. I'm a tidy freak and like things in their place, apart from in my craft room where it looks like there has been a major explosion!!

I would like to pass this award onto Vicki, Michelle, Tracey, Tara and Julie.

Hope everyone is ok.

Maria x

BIA Note Book

2009-08-31T13:06:00.000-07:00

Here is a little Bind-it-all note book that I made over the weekend. It hasn't come out quite the way I thought it was going to, but it's not too bad. The papers I used are from Papermania, The ribbon is from SU and I purchase my SU from Jules. The Greeting is made with the Oval all stamp set and the SU oval punches.

Hopefully be back soon. Have a good day.

Maria x

2009-08-31T09:26:00.000-07:00

Today I have this card to show you, I made it yesterday but never got time to post it. I have had this stamp a little while, One of my lovely friends got this for me while she was on her hols in Yorkshire :0)The stamp is called Team effort and is from Penny Black

Papers - My minds eye Bloom and Grow

Flowers - Prima from The Craftroom

Ribbon - Dovecraft

Image has been coloured with Whisper pens.

I haven't put a greeting on this card yet as I don't know what I am going to use it for.

Here is a little close up. (Still trying to get used of the new Camera lol)

Hope everyone has had a good bank holiday

TTFN

Maria x

New Camera

2009-08-30T08:19:00.000-07:00

Well i'm finally able to post again now that I have a new camera. After my last post the other camera decided to pack up completly!! So bare with me while I get to grips with the new one.Backing paper (Green) - The spring stack

Spotty paper - From stash

Metal happy Birthday from Making Memories

Image - High Hopes Froggy Gift from Dies to Die for.

Buttons from stash

Image coloured with Pro Markers

Hope everyone is having a good day, it is raining here and has been doing so all day!

BBS

Maria x

Julie's stampers 10 Clubs

2009-08-26T09:43:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, Just wanted to spread the word for the Fabulous Jules about her Stampers 10 Clubs. Julie is a Stampin Up Demo and runs her clubs from October until July. If you sign up for one of her clubs you agree to purchase £15.00 worth of stampin up goodies per month for 10 months. There are 10 people in each club and you each have a month where you are Hostess. This means when it is your month you can earn Free products and a hostess gift.
Please click here to go to Julie's blog for more details.

I would just like to say that I joined one of julie's clubs last year and have already put my name down for this year. It is an excellent way of building up your SU products and Jules provides an excellent service. She is very Friendly and always so Helpful. Why not pop over and take a look on her blog.

Maria x

Tilda Picking Lilacs

2009-08-18T06:54:00.000-07:00

Today I have two cards to show you. I made these over the weekend. Please excuse the photos my camera is getting very old and only switches on when it wants to and then it takes very poor pictures (and my photography has some part to play!! lol)The card above has been coloured with Pro markers and then the image cut out with nestabilities. The backing paper is cardstock from the DCWV Latte stack that I bought at The Craftroom. The image is Tilda picking Lilacs. The flowers are Prima and the Brads are from Dovecraft, again all purchased at The Craftroom.

This second card was made using the My Minds Eye Bloom and Grow paper pack. The image has again been coloured with Pro markers. The greeting is a stamp from Hero arts.

Hope everyone is having a good day, it's very sunny here today. Will be back a little later with some pics of my craft room. I am waiting for hubby to put up a new shelving unit that is from Craftracks and will house all of my ink pads ect.

Have a good day

Maria x

I'm Still here!!

2009-08-06T10:09:00.001-07:00

A big hello to everyone, I AM still here!! I have had a very busy few months and decided that something had to give, so decided to take a break from blogging. Now that things have calmed down a bit here hopefully I will have the time to get back into the swing of updating my blog and even a bit of blog hopping!

Here are a few cards that I have made recently.

I tried to keep these quite simple. The top one was coloured with Whisper pens and the other two where coloured with my Pro Markers.

Hope everyone is ok and having a good weekend. Hopefully be back a little later with some more cards. Ta ta for now

Maria x

In case you're in the area...

2009-05-30T00:07:00.000-07:00

I don't know about you... but when I am going somewhere different I always have a look online to see if there is any craft shops there!! I know truly addicted lol. Well with the holiday season coming up I thought I would tell you about Our local craft shop. This is a picture below and this is where I buy all my stash from. The shop is big and is packed full of everything for Scapbooking, cardmaking, papercrafting and also Jewelery making. They also stock Magnolia, Elzybels and Pennyblack which are all my favourite stamps.

The shop is in Newton Abbot town, which is about 8 miles away from Torquay. The address is
57, Queen's Street,
Newton Abbot.
TQ12 2AU.

If you are down this way make sure you pay a visit, you won't be dissappointed. They also have an online store for Quilling which is http://www.craftroomonline.co.uk/ and on the bottom of their home page is a little map of Newton Abbot so you can see where they are. If there was any questions about what they stock ect. Their telephone number is 01626 336171 and the shop owner is called Jo.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend in the sunshine. Hopefully will be back with some cards real soon.

Maria x

Magnolia cards

2009-05-13T10:26:00.001-07:00

Finally a couple of cards! I seem to get very little time to blog lately and when I do I spend the time looking at everyone elses blog instead of posting on mine!. I have finally had time to sit and make a couple of cards today. This first one is an order for a friend. I have also decorated the inside but have not took a picture as it has all the personal details of where and when the christening is going to be.The papers are all SU from Jules

The image is Magnolia

Ribbon and buttons from stash

and wording done on my PC.

This second card was made just for fun.

Image - Magnolia, Tilda with cowberry muffin

Paper all from Making Memories Embellishment paper (Emma)

Retro Flower punch from EK success

Button from stash

Greeting - Elzybells.

I hope everyone is ok,

Thanks for popping by Maria x

Steph's Amazing blog candy

2009-05-02T08:29:00.000-07:00

Steph is giving away this amazing blog candy in celebration of 50,000 hits. Congratulations Steph. To enter pop over to Steph's blog and leave a comment on her blog and then post it on your blog. Good luck everyone!

Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine. Have a great weekend.

Maria x

Some cards at last

2009-04-27T07:45:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone,

Sorry it's been so long since my last post. Blogger decided that it wasn't going to let me upload pics so I have lots of cards to post over the next few days, that is providing blogger lets me again! I must apologise for my lack of comments I have been reading your blogs when I have had time but have not always had time to leave a comment. Hopefully will get some precious time to do this later.This first card is made using the new Elyzabels stamps. I think they are so sweet and great to colour.

Backing paper and ribbon are SU from Jules

Image was coloured using my Whisper pens

Backing paper - DCWV spring stack

Ribbon - SU from Jules
Punch - Retro Flower

Image coloured with Whisper pens.

I hope everyone is having a good day,

Maria x

Debbie's Blogoversary Candy

2009-04-21T07:39:00.000-07:00

Debbie is celebrating her blogoversary and to celebrate she is offering the chance to win this AMAZING candy. Pop over and leave her a comment and post a link on your blog to be in with a chance to win. Candy closes 30th April. Good luck everyone.

Maria x

Happy Easter

2009-04-10T01:52:00.000-07:00

I wanted to wish everyone a happy Easter, I hope you all have a lovely weekend with your families. And lets not forget you can eat chocolate and be guilt free this weekend lol.

This is another card made with another stamp from the Magnolia Spring kit.

Backing paper is SU from Jules

Ribbon - Dovecraft

Oval greeting - CWC

Image coloured with Whisper pens

Have a great day whatever you are doing

Maria x

It's been a while!!

2009-04-07T15:22:00.001-07:00

Well.... it's been a while since I last posted, the reason being my computer had a virus and I couldn't sort it myself and had to wait for a few days to get it fixed!! Unfortunatly I lost all the precious photos of the kids ect so I am not very happy about that.

But on with the show!! this is a card I made with the Magnolia spring kit. I love this kit It had some wonderful stamps in it.

Backing papers - Bazzill Cardstock and patterned paper from stash

Ribbon - Stampin up Via Julie (fab service)

Oval greeting - CWC

Images coloured with Whisper pens.

Hope everyone is ok, I will be catching up with your blogs over the next few days

Maria x

Bookmarks

2009-03-27T09:33:00.001-07:00

I thought you might like to see these lovely bookmarks that my little boy made to sell for Comic relief. He loves crafting and in November he made Christmas cards to sell at school to raise money for children in need. He raised £26.00 for Children in need and for comic relief he raised just over £30.00. So as you can gather it is a proud Mum moment!!lol.
Hope you are having a good day
Maria x

Blog candy runner up

2009-03-27T09:28:00.001-07:00

You might remember a few weeks ago that Jill was the winner of my birthday blog candy, well when I told her that she had won she said that she had been out a bought the stamp set and could I offer it as a runner up prize. So I entered the numbers into random.org and the number was 13 which is Kaz.
Congrats Kaz and thank you Jill for being so generous with your prize.
Maria x

Birthday Thank yous

2009-03-16T09:36:00.001-07:00

I would like to say a HUGE thank you to my blogging buddies that have so kindly sent me gifts for my Birthday today. Thank you sooo much guys for making my birthday so special today. The first 2 photos are of the card and goodies that Vicki sent me. The little pink box has some Lovely Chocolates in it, Have hidden these away from the kids!! lol. Thank you Vicki x

The next card is from Natalie who also sent me 2 gorgeous stamps that have been on my wish list for a while. Thank you so much Natalie x

And this last card is from Michelle it came with these gorgeous ribbons and brads. Thank you so much Michelle. So as you can all see I have had a wonderful birthday with some gorgeous cards and gifts. So thank you everyone, you have made my birthday extra special x x.

I was also very lucky as mu DH bought me a new Papermania wheelable tote and the gorjuss new stamps from sugarnellie (gorjuss girls) they have been sitting on my DH desk for over a week and I haven't been allowed to use them!! but today I finally got my hands on them, but haven't had time to use them yet lol.

Once again thank you so much.

Maria x

Birthday Flowers

2009-03-16T09:29:00.001-07:00

I wanted to show you a pic of the lovely flowers I recieved for my birthday aren't they gorgeous? The yellow ones are from my friend and the pink ones are from from my Brother and sister-in-law.

Blog Candy Winner

2009-03-16T08:28:00.000-07:00

Sorry I am a little late drawing my Candy, my lovely hubby took me out for lunch so I have only just managed to do it.
I used random.org to draw out the winner and the winning number was 6, which is Jill. Congratulations Jill. Please could you email me your address and I will post it out to you. Thanks to everyone that took the time to enter. My email address is maricardmaking@hotmail.co.uk
Will be back later with some pics and some thank yous.
Maria x

Birthday and Blogoversary candy

2009-03-16T03:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my one year Blogoversary. The year seems to have flown by. I have really enjoyed blogging over the last year and I appreciate all the lovely comments that people leave for me. So to celebrate I am giving away some candy.

The winner will recieve the items in the pic below

1 packet of Making Memories Label holders
PM ribbon pack
Pink Prima flowers
Penny Black rubber stamp (In a friend you find your second self.)
I pack Daisy and Dandelion Stickers
! pack of Daisy and Dandelion Clear stamps set

Now all you need to do is leave a link on your blog to this candy and leave me a comment on this post. If you would like to become a follower that would be nice..lol .

Good luck everyone, I will draw this candy on my birthday on the 16th March at 12 o'clock midday. Please note this candy is open to everyone as I will post worldwide.

Hope you are having a good day and have this lovely sunshine

Maria x

P.s this post will remain at the top, so please scroll down for newer posts. x

Dies to Die for DT Call

2009-03-08T09:15:00.001-07:00

Tracey at Dies to Die for is looking for a guest DT member pop over to her blog for details, but hurry it ends today. (I hope i'm not too late). These are the cards I have made to enter.This first card was made using one of the new Penny Black stamps for 2009. I also used my new Martha punch, which is fab!! The Greeting is from CWC and to add a little colour I used a chalk pad to colour around the edges.

Here is another card made with a Penny Black stamp. The backing paper is from SU as is the gorgeous ribbon. Flowers are Prima and the image was coloured with my Whisper pens.

This is the card I have made for my youngest son who will be 8 this week. (my how time zooms!!) The stamp is called Froggy gift from Tracey herself at Dies to die for. The stars were made with a Dovecraft punch, Greeting is CWC and the ribbon is from SU. The backing papers were from my scraps draw!!

I do apologise for these awful pics, but they were taken at my Mum's house as I had sealed the envelope down and then realised I hadn't taken a photo of the card!! lol. Yesterday was my Mum and Dads 48th Wedding Anniversay. I have used Bazzill cardstock for the matting and layering and the patterned paper is the Forever Friends papers. Label holder is from Making Memories and the flowers are Primas. The image is one I recieved in a swap.

Hope everyone is having a good day. We have gale force winds and it's pouring with rain!!. Hope I'm not too late with my Entry. Keeping everything crossed lol!!

Maria x

Finally some cards!!

2009-03-04T07:44:00.000-08:00

At last a couple of cards. It's been a while!!. This first card was made with one of the new penny black stamps released for 2009. I have coloured the image in with my Whisper pens and the cut out with my rectangle Nestabilities. The background paper is from The spring stack and the Ribbon and flowers are from my stashFor the second card I used my beloved Sugarnellie stamp and cut her out using my new Nestabilities, The flowers are Prima and the centre brad is from Dovecraft. The Ribbon is from SU. The circle greeting is CWC.

Well I hope everyone is keeping well. Sorry for my recent lack of blogging, I have been so busy lately I just don't know where the time goes. Yesterday was my one year blogoversary, so I will be back with some blog candy very soon.

Have a great day

Maria x

Bev's blog candy

2009-02-17T13:44:00.000-08:00

Bev is giving away the most amazing blog candy. All you need to do to be in with a chance is pop over to her blog and leave her a comment. Then post a link on your blog telling everyone about her candy and where to find it.

Good luck everyone
Maria x

Gayle's blog candy

2009-02-16T03:15:00.000-08:00

Gayle is giving away some fabulous blog candy. Pop over and take a look at her fab blog and why not enter while you're there.

Good luck everyone.

Maria x

Rach's blog candy

2009-02-15T10:37:00.001-08:00

Rach is giving away this gorgeous blog candy, Rach has an amazing blog with LOADS of followers pop over and take a look at her AMAZING cards and enter at the same time. Good luck everyone, fingers crossed.

Maria x

Kristen's blog candy

2009-02-13T16:00:00.000-08:00

Kristen is giving us the chance to win some blog candy. Pop over to her blog and take a look around. To enter her blog candy you have to leave her a comment, post a link to her candy on your blog and become a follower. Good luck everyone.
Maria x

I'm in a Magazine!!!

2009-02-12T06:14:00.001-08:00

I have been so excited waiting for this magazine to come out as I knew that one of my cards was going to be in it. So when I found out that they had used two of my cards I was sooo chuffed. So I you can imagine how pleased I was yesterday when I collected it to see that one of my cards has its picture on the cover too (3rd one down on the left hand side). This is the first time I have had a card published in a magazine and I loved seeing it there in print!! The theme was Mothers day using Pastel colours.

This magazine is available in craft shops only and If your local shop does not sell it you can contact craftroom@blueyonder.co.uk to order a copy £3.99 + postage

Hope everyone is ok, sorry I haven't been around lately I have been quite busy but have been reading your blogs just not commenting. I have been trying to catch up with commenting today but still have a few more to visit.

Maria x

Sharni's Special Giveaway

2009-02-07T14:35:00.000-08:00

Sharni is giving away some special candy in Feb, it will be drawn on Valentines day. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is pop over to her blog and leave a comment on her post telling her what you are doing for Valentines Day. Good Luck everyone.

Maria x