I have had another play with my Lavinia stamps, I quite like the effect and have been wanting to use the Santa stamp but wasn't sure what to do with it. The background was created using my distress inks and brayer and the trees and snowflakes have been covered with glitter. I am going to make some more of these as they are quick to make the only trouble is my lovely Christmas paper pads are being neglected.
I purchased these reindeer blanks from ebay thinking I would make some gift bags, but didn't read the size as they were about 3 inches so were no use for that project. I added some googly eyes and pompoms and turned them into gift tags instead
My Mum has started to sew and made her grandson a patched quilt for when he was born so I though these images were ideal. My sister in law has started playing with my sewing machine so the sewing machine image was perfect for her. Thought I would make a couple of stocking fillers from these to add to their main presents
I thought it was about time I had a proper play with my lush Lavinia stamps and my distress inks, these are some cards I made for some birthdays over at MSE. Still not quite got used to the brayer properly but I am fairly happy with how these turned out, although the blue card I didn't use quite thick enough paper so I have learnt from that. They are a lot more sparkly in real life which I was obviously happy about.
It's my 7 year old niece's birthday tomorrow and she is hello kitty mad. She also love ballet, some kind person (who I can't remember) posted a link to some images over at MSe so I nabbed one and this is my card for her. I have added glitter to the flowers around the image. The Butterfly's were a surprise find when I tided my craft room
I saw this idea on the internet and thought I would try making a sweetie guitar for my brother. I know it's not perfect but it was really easy to do. I hand drew a guitar shape from styrofoam or chipboard would be just as good, then stuck roses and quality street chocs on, easy peasy. Just a novelty gift to go with his main present. 
A cheap and cheerful idea for a Christmas stocking filler, I would show you the link but I can't find it. All you do is print 3 x 5 by 6 photo's onto normal printer paper then divide into 4, measure across as I can't remember the sixes then cut out. Then I rolled the photos onto 12 pencils and voila. I am going to mix them up and put them in a bag with a label with a picture on and call it a jigsaw pencil puzzle!!, might keep my niece's entertained while mum and dad can get on with making dinner.
This is my match box advent calender, the tutorial for making it is here 
I love the background stamp I have used here, coloured in with Pro markers and loads and loads of glitter. The cute girl is pure innocent my Heather Ellis and the background papers I picked up at the NEC
My other half niece had a baby boy last week by emergency section, 9lb 8oz, this is the card I have made her. The image is from the lovely Sarah from MSE.
A few treat bags I have made for my niece's and friends children, most of the ideas I have borrowed from the fabulous Helen. 
I saw this image by Whiff Of Joy and it gave me an idea for a card. I thought it would be a good use of getting rid of some of the millions of candy canes I have purchased lol. I quite like this card, going to have a play with some more designs I think
I saw these papers in a card magazine and happened to stumble across Joanna Sheen stall at the NEC. I debated whether to get the papers and stamps as they were a bit expensive but I am glad I did as I love them. I have coloured the image with pro markers and matted onto to sparkly red card and silver card. I have added the brads as there was a mark when I stamped it. I think I will be using these stamps a lot. Ribbon from my stash
I have been having a play with my new brayer and inks I got from the NEC. It's not perfect as I couldn't get the blue to blend into the card, although I am quite pleased with it, so I guess not being perfect doesn't mater if the thought was there!!. Going to practice more with my inks and brayer as I love the effects and I love these Lavinia stamps
These are the presents I made for my mum's birthday a couple of weeks ago, forgive me for my lack of text but this has taken hours to upload and I nearly lost the will to live
Pictures of the things I 'needed' from the NEC, I think I may have overdone it with my ribbon purchases but there are a few things that I bought that I have been waiting to get for a while, so I need to start making my Christmas presents and cards. I didn't stay all day as it got really busy and started to get difficult getting into the stalls, I had a good day out though. Stocked up on paper so that should last me through until next year.
I am a bit late in posting these but some of the Halloween treats I made. I also made some eyeball treat bags and witches fingers but forgot to take a photo of them. The cute pumkin image on the card is from Heather Ellis Etsy digital store, the papers are Basic Grey eeire
Birthday card I made for someone before I went on holiday. Papers were given to me, the image is a tilda image and the flower trim is Websters bloomers
This a card I have made for my five year old niece. She is a little bit feisty so I think the image fits her perfectly. The image is a digital image from Mo Manning and the DP are My Mind's Eye.
My texture card for card swap for Sarah over at MSE. For this card I have used cork for the sand with a new die I have purchased, the sea waves are from the same die but turned upside down. Image has been cut out and I have paper pierced her swimming costume. The Clouds I have added some crushed velvet flock to make them fluffy.
