Gorjuss!

Hi folks it was my turn over on It's a Creative World today and I have posted this frame I made for my trip out to Aberdeen.  I am really enjoying being a member of the Creative World team, so many different creative girls with loads of top tips and ideas.  If you haven't had a wee look at the blog I can recommend a trip over there.

Back to today and after beautiful sunshine over the weekend we are back to a grey and dreary day up here in the North of Scotland, so lets brighten the day up a wee bit.

I have used Spellbinder grand die Labels 23 to create the frame and the tag is from Shapeabilities Fancy tags 3.  The Gorjuss stamp is called "Alice" and the leaves and butterflies are from another Gorjuss set Hang me up to dry.  The script stamp and sentiment are from Personal Impressions by Marion Emberson.  Finally I have coloured with Distress ink Vintage photo and copics, with red satin ribbon from my stash.

I had fun creating this frame and love the grand dies....lots of possibilities on a larger scale....let your imagination run wild!  I'd love to hear what you've used yours for.....
Enjoy your Monday I'm away now to crack on with some Order of Service booklets, mind you I can feel a cup of tea coming on before I start.

Calling out an SOS!

Today I'm taking a break in showing what I was up to last week....and I'd only just started too!
First I'd like to say a bit thank you to all the lovely ladies who came to see me yesterday in Aberdeen.  I had a super day out.

I'm joining Karen over on the Sugar Nellie blog for SOS....or Share on Sunday.  The idea being we share what inspires us. 
So what inspires me?
I like to see all those beautiful crafting spaces folk have out in cyber land and after a chat with my pal Marlene she said I could share a couple of pictures from her little den....oh I would be in HEAVEN!

Isn't it just stunning.  Mine looks like a pigsty in comparison but a girl can dream.

I can feel my mojo wanting to play at just the thought of being let loose in this room.  Tee, hee.
Why not pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog and see what is inspiring everyone else.

It only remains for me to wish you all a super Sunday...I'm away for a rugby tournament...yippee!
I hope it isn't pouring down with rain or I will end up like a drowned rat.

Hang out your bunting!

Hi folks back again, did I mention that today I'm in Aberdeen at the Papeterie?  I know I did, once or twice!  Play the other record I hear you cry but on the upside if you are reading this you are possibly are not at work today. 
Anyway whilst I'm away having fun playing with some fine crafting products from Personal Impressions I thought I'd be good and share my first card. 
Now with this one I was thinking "Less is more!"
I love this trend for minimal cards, right up my street.

I have used Spellbinder M-bossibilities Garden delight, Hero arts stamp set Friendly flags, paper from MME 6" pad Everyday flair and sentiment from Marion Emberson On your Special day.

I am loving the new M-bossibilities and the fact you have two designs with an "innie and outie" of both is great.  I know that is not a technical term but where would be the fun in that...isn't it all about just playing with the products and having fun?!

Got to also love the new Hero arts flags, even though bunting has been big for a while I'm still a big convert.  There is something typically British about bunting and in a year were Union Jacks are everywhere, we have the Olympics to blame for that, I think these are really cute.

Anyway enough from me, have a fabulous weekend whatever you have planned.  x

Sneaky peaky....and there's more!

Hi everyone...I am madly crafting away for tomorrow in Aberdeen having lots of fun with new crafting products...what will I be up to tomorrow?!  That is the twenty dollar question but stay with me and I'll share a couple of sneaky peaks.

First I need to mention this......

Ooo got to pop on over to Funky kits and have a lookie!  New stash....always a good start to the weekend and it is Friday.

This week I was also asked to do three cards all for the same family celebration.....better make them different then.

I hope they both have a fabulous day. x

Finally for today a couple of sneak peaks...what will I be playing with tomorrow......can you guess from the pictures?

How about this one?

Mmm that one was a little easier but how about this one?

Do you know what it is yet?  Move over Rolf Harris!
If you had a wee nose at my desk on Wednesday this week a few more clues were available there.
Shall I be kind and post one tomorrow?
What a tease.  Bad, bad girl! 

Before I go I'd just like to wish you all a super weekend and don't forget if you are near the Papeterie in Aberdeen tomorrow pop on in and say hi.

Boxing clever!

It's wet and windy here in Scotland today, in fact up here there is a word to describe this sort of day and it is DREICH, it's a great word and means a combination of dull, overcast, drizzly, cold, misty and miserable weather...fits today to a tee. 
A fine day to be in the warm crafting.

As I am coming up with some ideas for this weekend I thought I'd share another couple of boxes I've made with the Spellbinder dies; Square petal top box and Square bracket edged box.  I love these boxes as they're so quick and easy to put together.
Due to the time of year I've kept to simple colours with of course Wedding season in mind.

I have also used Spellbinder Shapeabilities Foliage, Parisian Motifs, Ribbon buckles and Spiral blossom 1 together with M-Bossabilities Hearts.  Finally adding a few pearls to accent and a wee bit of white satin ribbon.

Have a great Thursday I'm away to pour myself a fine cup of tea and get cracking with some crafting...bring on the mojo!

What's on yours? 151

Hi folks, it's that time again and What's on your workdesk Wednesday?
Mine is such a mess today it could only mean one thing....I've got another demo coming up this weekend at The Papeterie Aberdeen.  I think a good tidy will be in order at the end of the week.

Some yummy new stamps and Spellbinders to play with.  Yaah!

So guess what I will be doing today?  Yep hiding in my craft room and playing, sorry I mean working!

Happy "hump" day, have a good one.  Why not pop along to Julia's blog to see what everyone else is up to.  Thanks for visiting my wee blog and I'll be along later today to have a wander. 
Finally as we enter in to the season "Spring" it gets me thinking about incorporating more exercise into my daily routine in order to loose those few extra pounds gained over the winter months....I saw this, thanks Sharon, and thought this is my kind of diet!

I think I can manage this one no bother!
Have a great Wednesday.  xxx

In need of a Paramedic?

If I was it would be from eating too much cake!
Today I have the last of the cards I made for my husband...the brief this time was,
A lady going to work off shore as a paramedic and could I include and oil rig?
ERhh....no!  But I'll do a helicopter land site on the rig instead.

Oooo look at the size of that needle!
Again I have used my Cricuit cartridge Dress up dolls and Plantin Schoolbook together with medical charms from Buttons Galore.  The embossing folder is by Sizzix.

I've got my big boy back to school today so better go and get him organised.  Back tomorrow with WOYWW.

Cake anyone?

I was all ready to post yesterday and join in with SOS over on the Sugar Nellie blog when I got a text.  A couple of my pals Christel and Karen were at a cake decorating class in the morning and knew I wanted to go along.  There was a last minute cancellation for the afternoon and three spaces were available.  Yippee!

To cut a long story short Karen, Kate and I headed out to The Almost Famous Bakery in Forres for an afternoon of fun.
This is what I made.....

We had a ball. 
Step away from the card making and bring on the icing! 
LOL....with the added benefit that you can nibble bits leftover.  We played with butter icing and fondant trying lots of different techniques and colouring. 

I've got a busy week this week with some Wedding bits, card orders and an upcoming demo at The Papeterie on Saturday but once I've sorted that I am going to have another play with some cupcakes...bring on the guinea pigs!
Nomm.
Have a great week.

I'm so late!

Hi, I've had a lovely day crafting in Elgin with a great bunch of ladies. 
Thank you all for making today so much fun.
So just a quick post from me tonight with another of my hubby's work colleagues cards...

The brief for this one was "I'd like a forest with a wood cutter and a helicopter hovering in the background!"
Needless to say he hasn't got all that. 
"Less is more my dear!"

Again I used my Cricuit cartridge Paper Dolls dress up together with scraps of card.  I drew and cut out the trees, the background is Distress ink Stormy sky and the grass is Distress ink Crushed olive, Pine needles and Peeled paint with a stamp from Marion Emberson. 

Short and sweet for me today I'm away to watch Britain's not got talent with my boys, top Saturday night entertainment!
Have a good night.

What do you get asked for?

A couple of posts back I asked what was the weirdest card you've been asked to make.....I got a couple of answers, many thanks ladies and my spot prize goes to Susan....I'll be getting in touch with just a little something.

On to today I was going to put a little sneak peak of my class but have been asked to hold back as they are practically full, just a couple of spots up for grabs. 
If you live local and are curious, the samples are on display at Papercraft's Boutique in Elgin. 

As I mentioned again earlier in the week Mr Mojo disappeared, I am happy to report he was found lurking under my desk in a sorry state.  A packet of chocolate buttons and a cup of tea soon persuaded him to get back into gear, phew! 
I'm not a last minute guy....I like to take my time when playing with ideas, it's the fun part!

Back to today. 
I was asked to make some leaving cards for my hubby at work, this is the first of them....
My brief was a bald man busking with a saxophone!

I have stayed with the brief, LOL. 
I used my Cricut cartridge Paper doll dress up to create the man, hat and bag.  The background has been created with bits of card and Distress inks Stormy sky and Iced spruce.  The Sax is a charm and money sequins.

That is all from me today I'm away now to go and prep for tomorrow.  Have a great Friday.  x

Sugar bowl challenge 82

This fortnight the Sugar bowl sketch is provided by the lovely Maria with the theme scrolls and swirls.
Here is my interpretation of the sketch...

I have used papers by Prima Jack and Jill, paper doily, Spellbinders circle die, Zva creative bling, Sizzix butterfly die, SU punch mini tag and matching stamp sentiment, twine from stash, coloured with prisma pencils and Distress ink Vintage photo.  Sugar Nellie stamp Fashionista.

And the sketch.....

As you can see I've played around with the sketch a bit to fit my image in.

Up for grabs are 4 of your choice from Sugar Nellie stamps increasing to 6 if we get more than 100 entries in the challenge. 
As I always say at this point, you've got to be in it to win it!
Good luck and happy crafting.

WOYWW 150

It's that time again and Wots on your work desk?
As you can see mine is again getting messier week by week.  I don't know how some of you keep so well organised and tidy!  I struggle constantly.
Here's my space today.....

New Spellbinders mmmmmm and a new Martha Stewart punch for my classes this Saturday...what will I come up with?!
I'm hoping that my mojo is super charged today or there will be trouble ahead!

Have a great "hump" day and I'll be over later this evening to have a wee snoop at some of your desks too.  Thanks for popping by.  x
To check out other desks why not pop over to the lovely Julia's blog for more information.

Brief!

Hi just a short post from me today.  Finishing off the cards for my hubby and starting on my class samples...just waiting from my PI parcel which I hope will arrive today.
Whilst making the cards for my husband it made me smile...over the years I've been given so many different briefs for cards.  They are always varied and some have even made me smile.  I've had pets birthdays, people coming out of the closet (so to speak), Gynecologists, (lets just say with added anatomy)  you would not believe! 
I actually love to rise to the challenge although that could have been worded better coming after Gynecologists!  LOL.
So what I want to know today whilst I'm busy beavering away, "what has been your weirdest request for a card?"
I'm thinking that I might have a spot prize for the best answer.......

Anyway better crack on. 
It's wet and dreich outside which means a perfect craft day!

To have and to hold!

It's Monday and I have my youngest back to school and my hubby back to work today.....just one more to go! 
Did anyone else find it difficult getting up and at it this morning?  I did.
For some reason I'm aching today, bizarre as I have no reason to, maybe another cup of tea will help then I must crack on. 
I have a few card orders for my hubby of all people to do today so I better get them done.

First I was asked recently for a 6th Wedding Anniversary card by a friend in the village. 
Did you know that the Calla Lily was the flower for this celebration?
Here is my card, another less is more type......

The image is by June from Card making downloads and I have layered 3 together.  The seam binding is flat by request threading it through the card rather than knotting.  The image is layered on black card and stitched by machine.  The lily's are coloured with copic markers.

To just give you a heads up I will be at Papercrafts Boutique in Elgin on Saturday teaching two classes, one with clean stamping techniques and the other using some of the new Spellbinding products.  As far as I am away there are still a couple of places available and I will be back later in the week with a little sneak preview.  If you have any queries contact Kate here.

Have a super Monday.

Share on Sunday SOS

I thought I would join Karen over on the Sugar Nellie blog with Share on Sunday.
The idea being you share what inspires you in life. 
I love this phrase;

It can be found here.

Living in Scotland I think it is really something you learn to embrace!  LOL. 
We like our rain, in fact if today is anything to go by we've had sunshine, blue skies followed by rain then snow and now back to cloudy skies, all seasons in one day.  Where else do you get that variety?

It also reminds me of a time I went down to the school to pick up my eldest son at the end of his day and it was absolutely tanking down with rain.  Everyone hid under any cover we could find except my youngest who danced in the playground covering every style from break dancing to the Micheal Jackson moon walking, he was soaked right through to the skin but he was happy singing and dancing. 
All the other mums were laughing at him having an absolute ball, not a care in the world and definitely loving "dancing in the rain."

I do sometimes think we can learn so much from our kids!

Less is more!

Hello it's me again and today it is Grand National day, have you got a horse?
It is a tradition to have a wee flutter on Grand National day so we have all picked a horse each and fingers crossed for 4.15 p.m. when the race is on......it does make the race more interesting.  I have gone for "Shakalakaboom"  just 'cause I like the sound of the name and nothing more, it certainly rolls off the tongue.  Hubby has gone for Seabass...got to have the sea connection!  The kids have gone for Arbor Supreme and West End Rocker, picked just like their mum...."I like that name!"  But will any of us win?

On to a wee bit of crafting for you. 
I have made this Thinking of you card for a family member who is having a tough time just now. 
The less is more theme has been grabbed head on...I do like the less fussy approach just as much as the layered look and tend to just go with my mood. 
Anyway enough waffle here's the card;

The stamp is PI Marion Emberson "On your special day" and the sentiment was printed on the computer.  I have used Distress ink evergreen bough, pearls and satin ribbon from my stash.
Simple and to the point!
Plus it means I might get to do a bit more on my wee house that I showed you on Wednesday!

Have a great weekend.

A few days away.

That's me back from a few days away with the family in our caravan, in the rain!  We had typical April Scottish weather, one minute bright blue skies the next the heavens opened and we are all soaked. 
Still every cloud has a silver lining....I finally got to pop to the lovely Anne's "The Sew Room" in Alford, a must for all you crafters who love material.  I have ordered my Sloan paint from her to give my kitchen a bit of a make over and eyed up some new cotton fabric to make some cushions for my front room.  Now just to find the time to get creative in the home!
We also had a day out in Aberdeen with a must visit to Build a bear for my youngest whilst the older one shot off to Game.  I was directed away from any craft shops, boo! 
My kids know me too well....don't let mum near a craft shop or we'll be in there all day!

So what will I get up to today.....washing and ironing (isn't that always the first thing to do after a few days away?) then I hope to pop around a few blogs from WOYWW and catch up.  I might even get a little crafting in later if I'm lucky.

Have a super Friday the 13th and I hope it's a lucky one for you.
May this is especially true for my Dad today as he is in hospital for another operation....thinking of you.  x

WOYWW 149

Hi I can't believe it's Wednesday again, doesn't time fly when you're having fun?!
My desk for you today......

I have some cards I am in mid flow with.  Some lovely black lace I picked up in Aberdeen at the Papeterie on Saturday.  My wee hoose, which I love, is my final project from Girls just want to have fun.  The kit was designed by the lovely Kath, it will be super when I have finished it.  All the bits and bobs are to add to the house then I'll need some photos to add the final touches.

Why not pop over to Julia's blog and find out what everyone else is up to today.  You can't beat a good old snoop and there are some fabulous crafty spaces out there in cyber land.

I may not have Internet access over the next couple of days so I'm afraid I will be having my wee wander around later in the week, playing catch up.  Have a great hump day and thanks for popping by.

Girls just want to have fun part 2!

Today I wanted to show you what we made with the lovely Anne at Girls just want to have fun on Saturday.
I loved this class.

And the back....

Isn't it super? 
Now I just have to make a nice place for her in my craft room and maybe give her a name?!*
Thanks Anne for a great class full of techniques. 
I had a ball and I think I'll be using some of these techniques again very soon.

No crafting time for me today, I'm having another family day.....
How soon before I can admit withdrawal symptoms? 

Shh!  Don't tell but it will be soon.  :)

Girls just want to have fun!

I did promise I would show you what we got up to at Girls just want to have fun on Saturday. 
Here is the class we did with the lovely Debbi.

A journalling book. 
I had great fun getting all inky with this book and look forwards to filling it.
A great Steam punk project.

Today I have mostly been getting sorted for a couple of days with my boys but I have also been into Papercraft's Boutique in Elgin to sort out my next day of classes for the 21st of April.  I hope to be doing one class with the new Spellbinders and another with stamping....mmmmm what to do?
Better get my thinking cap on!

Anyway I have a mountain of ironing and tea to sort so I'm afraid it's another short post for me today.
I hope your Easter Monday is going well.
The weather here started off beautiful this morning but the sky has now gone very dark and the heavens have opened, typical April weather me thinks!  Fine for staying in and crafting shame my ironing won't do it's self.