Calling all Crafters!

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Sneaky Peek of a New Collection from Dragons Lair!

On the first of April a new collection will be launched at

Dragons Lair Designs

and it's absolutely gorgeous!

This is a sneaky peek...

I was lucky enough to have a mini kit to play with -

and this is the first thing I have made with it...

This shape was part of the kit - I printed it and cut it out twice, scored a little tab on the back piece and stuck them together. I punched a whole at the top and tied some ribbon through...
this is the back side.

Using some more of the paper and nesting dies I cut some shapes to palce on the front middle using dimensionals. I added 'Just For You' to the top layer.

Finally using SU's Beautiful Wings and more of the paper I cut some butterflies, tied them together with twine and added them to the front.

From the side...

Do take a look at this collection on April 1st!

Happy Crafting!

Create and Inspire New Challenge

Today another challenge starts at Create and Inspire

Anything Goes!

A little bit dark if you like...

We are being sponsored by Stitchy Bear

The prize will be a voucher from the shop...

do hope you will join in!

So on to my make...

The image I have used is Barbed Cross -

I was thinking Easter and Good Friday!

Here you see the image coloured with Promarkers and matted onto a simple black card base...

However I didn't stop there - I attached the image to a fat page - a 6 by 6 chipboard.

The chipboard was matted with black card and then layered with DP from Dovecraft 'Back to Basics'.

I added some diecut leaves and flowers, a lace flower and some black gems and completed the reverse side to match...

So far so good? I could finish there...

But I wanted to go a little further...

Remember that basic card I started with - that I added to side one?

Well it opens to reveal a diecut pocket -

And what better to slip in there but an ATC...

This ATC uses a Smeared Ink Grumpy Bunny from Occasions coloured with Promarkers.

More papers from Back to Basic and some puffy sparkly candi.

I am going to link this to Smudgy Antics Challenge March

And then I decided the reverse side needed a slider using Grumpy Bunny from SLSLines again coloured with Promarkers. Easter is written using some stickers from my stash.

I will link this project to Artistic Impressions twist Easter

and Simply Create Too - Easter or Bunnies

Happy Crafting!

Another Trio of ATCs

ATCs seem to be my thing this week!

When I first started paper crafting I had not discovered digis - it was all rubber stamps!

And I still really like getting inky!

I love the Kitchen Sink Multi Step stamps and today I have been using

Bluebonnets.

'Bluebonnets' is a mini set so the images lend themselves to ATCs.

I trimmed them and matted them onto small rectangles of card.

To start my ATCs I cut 2.5 by 3.5 inch rectangles of patterned paper - to contrast with the white space around the Bluebonnets...all just from my scraps - this is the good thing about ATCs - very good way of using scraps!

I added the images and then some gems.

Finally using SU's Beautiful Wings (a real favourite) I diecut some butterflies out of the same or toning patterned papers to add along the side.

I am going to link this set to the Butterfly Challenge

Happy Crafting!

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Free Stamp from Little Claire

Steve from Little Claire will be 50 on Saturday and to celebrate they are having a special online offer for the day. As Steve keeps saying he's only 25, there will be a 25% discount on any online purchases during Saturday 28 March (that means 35% for Club members) when the discount code 'steve50' is entered at the checkout. Anyone who takes up the offer will also receive a free stamp from

Little Claire ...