rock-a-bye baby: Graphic 45 Little Darlings

Good evening! Today I'm coming at you from Crafts 4 Eternity where this week we have a them of nursery rhymes. 

What a great excuse to dig out my as yet untouched Graphic 45 ~ Little Darlings papers. I love this paper line so much, that after buying a full set of 12 x 12, I then went and bought the 12 x 12 paper pad also.

I've made a box and here is the front. You'll see I've used some of the chipboard pieces from the collection.

When you lift off the lid, the front piece falls down.

Here's the full piece open. Excuse the sunshiney shadows :)

The top section consists of two pockets, with space on the front for a photo.

The front pouch contains a simple little card, ready for a personal message to be added.

The pack pouch contains a little mini album.

 

Also, we are having a design team call. We are looking for 5 new members no less. All you have to do to apply, is leave a ling to your blog here: Crafts 4 Eternity Design Team Call. You have until midnight 5th October 2012 to apply.

I am entering this in at the following challenges:

• spots or stipes ~ Crazy Challenge 
• photo inspiration + 2 or more buttons + polka dots ~ Our Creative Corner 
• inspired by a song ~ Allsorts 
• for a child ~ Totally Papercrafts 
• children ~ C.R.A.F.T. 

Thank you for looking.

keeley

wherever you are

Good morning! Today I am coming at you from Cupcake Craft Challenges where we have a challenge of script and gold.

For my project, I have used papers from My Mind's Eye ~ Lost & Found Two collection.

Image: Graphic 45 ~ Ladies Diary 

Added some flowers.

Love these gorgeous wooden clocks and zippy bits from Prima.

I am entering this in at the following challenges:

• photo inspiration ~ Sir Stampalot 
• flowers ~ Card and Scrap 
• anything goes ~ Vintage Elusions Cards & Craft 
• movement on your creation I have the zip) ~ Crafty Creations

Thank you for looking.

keeley

Mama-Razzi

Hello! It's Friday ... hooray! This week at Crafts 4 Eternity we have a new challenge: Feature a number! Nice and easy huh?

I was asked to make a birthday card for someone with a theme of photography and this is what I came up with.

This had me reaching for my Bo Bunny ~ Mama-Razzi papers. I also used some of the rub-ons which are in this set, which included the camera.

The image is Dina Wakley ~ Silhouette Script. I love these stamps. I added a pearl swirl.

Loving these gorgeous zippy things from Prima.

Finally, for the numbers, I took some vinyl black numbers, but they looked a bit too black so I sprayed them with coffee glimmer mists, then heated them with my heat gun. Love the effect it gave them.

Thank you for looking.

keeley

fall delight

I am horribly late for our challenge this week at Crafts 4 Eternity  but I had started so thought I would finish!

The challenge this week is to use one or more colours from this vintage toy photo. Easy peasy right? You still have until Thursday evening to enter.

This is what I came up with.

Papers: Simple Stories ~ Harvest Lane.

I added a little pull out pocket.

I am entering this in at the following challenge:

• celebrate fall ~ Raise the Bar

Thank you for looking.

keeley 

navy white & yellow wedding day

Hello there and welcome to a new week and ... woah! cannot believe it is September already. Just dark nights for the next six months ahead. Not that I am all doom and gloom or anything, but ... perlease! we haven't even had a summer yet!

This week at Cupcake Craft Challenges we have a photo inspiration colour challenge for you.

I had no idea what I would make until I spotted this wedding stamp which has been patiently sitting on my craft table for a few months now, all ready to be used at a moments notice and then I thought of the papers that I could use for it and it was all systems go. 

This is A4 size, so impossible for me to photograph.

Papers: Teresa Collins ~ Everyday Moments.

Image: La Blanche ~ Bride stamp.

I sprayed the card first with Glimmer Mist ~ Dazzling Diamonds before stamping the image, hopefully you can see this in this photo. Lots of lovely wedding shimmery-ness.

I've machine stitched most of the edges and embossed all of them with a glittery embossing powder.

Love this Prima clock and bird.

 

Lots of Prima bling.

The lace on the side?

It is a pull out photo card, ready for photos to be added.

Front of pull out card which has a lace tie fastening.

Inside card.

Back of card.

I am entering this in at the following challenges:

• Bingo (I have perals, flowers and blue) ~ Creative Inspirations 
• Anything goes ~ Simon Says 
• Things with Wings ~ Deep Ocean Challenge 
• Use dies ~ Card and Scrap 
• Love, love, love ~ Vintage Udfordring 
• Lovely lace/terrific trim ~ Live & Love Crafts

Thank you for looking.

keeley

memories of you

Hey there! Today starts a new week at Crafts 4 Eternity where we have a theme of less is more.

Although I often think my handimakes are more simple than I want them to be, when entering less is more challenges and being even more simple, I have been told I am a no, no. So I will let the blog police decide on this one!

I have created a very SIMPLE spiral bound book with hardly any decoration. I let the papers do the talking!

I have used papers from the My Mind's Eye ~ Lost & Found: Sunshine collection. These are beautiful!

I was naughty and added some bling to the title.

Also I added some Prima bling to the binding. But hardly any really!

The pages are simple pearlised gold and black.

Thank you for looking.

keeley

have your cake and eat it too

Hi there! My word, it is almost a month since I blogged. Somewhere along the way, I completely lost my crafting mojo, which kind of frightened me when I look at how much stash I have. I thought what on earth would I do with it all, if I never crafted again? Now there's a thought! Anyway, in the last few days I think I have recovered it, so panic over. Phew! But it's not nice when you lose your mojo!

Well, today we have a FOOD theme at Crafts 4 Eternity.

I decided to use this birthday cake paper that I've had in my stash for FOUR years! It is Heidi Grace ~ It's My Party.

I made a little bag in the middle using my Tim Holtz ~ In the Bag die. I love this die but hard to think of what to do with it other than uhmmm, make little bags!

I stuck it on the front and because it seemed strange to have an empty bag, I made a little book to put inside, with my left over scraps.

Excuse my colouring on this cute Tilda. I actually coloured her up a couple of years back to go with this very paper and then didn't do anything with it, fortunately I remembered her and decided to go with it. I would certainly colour her differently now, but I liked the bright colours of her.

Image: Magnolia ~ Tilda with Balloons.

I am entering this in at the following challenges:

• pink, green, yellow, blue ~ Crazy 4 Challenges 
• anything goes ~ The Crazy Challenge and Craft Your Days Away
• no rules ~ Simon Says 
• bling it up ~ Cute Card Thursday 
• let's hear it for the girls ~ Stamptacular Sunday 
• bling ~ Stamp with Fun 

Thank you for looking.

keeley

Birthdays!

Hey Summer has arrived! I guess you noticed. I hope no-one has complained that it is 'too hot'!

Over at Crafts 4 Eternity this week, we have a theme of BIRTHDAYS. 

I was asked to make this birthday card in a colour scheme of green and blue and this is what I came up with.

 

Papers: K & Co definitely Blue Awning I think.

I used the Tim Holtz ~ Sewing Room: Dress die and wrapped some ribon around it to create the dress.

Lots of layers of trims & card

I even decorated the inside of the card ...

Enjoy the Olympics .... I am off to Marbella, to escape from London. In fact as I write this it is in the early hours of Friday morning, and less than two hours before I need to depart. I must get some sleep. When you read this, at time of posting, I will already be up in the air. Enjoy!

Thank you for looking.

keeley

bicycles

Hello .... over at Cupcake this week, we have a challenge of anything French or Tour de France related. So think red, white and blue, bicycles, Eiffel Tower or whatever!

I tried to incorporate the red, white and blue and the bicycles, but some yellow snuck in too. Seemed to make it more summery. Something that is lacking around here somewhat.

Papers: Basic Grey ~ June Bug

Image: La Blanche ~ Scenic Bicycle

Magnolia Clouds.

Prima flowers and bicycle.

I am entering this in at the following challenges:

• Lots of layers ~ Totally Papercrafts
• Vintage anything goes ~ Vintage Udfordring
• Summer ~ Anonyme Scrappere

Thank you for looking.

keeley