Stampin Chic challenge

Well this is the first challenge card I have ever made, and I have to say I found this a little difficult but I liked the challenge I having to stick to a sketch, quite often a card doesnt turn out how I pictured and I go off ona tangent somewhere. So here is my card using Claire Curds sketch from stampin chic!! All products from the stampin chic range, plus a pit of papermania texture card, glitz glitter and black ink with embossing! Thanks for looking, now I just have to suss out how to link this, wish me luck!!!

To Busy To Blog!!

I can't believe how busy I have been with cards and jewellery lately. I am trying to get everything ready for the summer season, and I just havn't had the time for any photography!! Well I am here now!! So to make up for it I have a few things to show you, they are all using the Claire Curd Signature Range, and I have there blog to thank for the inspiration for these pieces thanks girls.
Butterfly card, I put another Dingle Dangle with Happy Birthday as I have really fell in love with them, I used my new watercolour pencils to colour the butterfly, and I did a bit of clear embossing for the first time!!

Second card again another butterfly, and I love the small butterfly sitting on a flower.

And lastly my favourite, the stamps are also from the Claire Curd Range, and I used my new watercolours again, I am so pleased with how the image came out. I also added my own handmade earrings, all silver plated and my favourite Swarovski crystal.



Well I hope you agree I have been busy, and its time to get back to it again, only this time a bracelet card.
I will going to craft fayre in May to mark the beginning of Calis Carnival week, so if any of you are holidaying near the area come along, the main street is being shut off, and it starts at 11 till 4. Hope to see some of you in Calis. Bye for now.

Blog Improvements!!

Well I was looking at my blog today and thought it needed little bit of improving, and I thought I would make a seperate one for cards, but then I would lose all the info about jewellery, and I do some love the two together, especially when I design jewellery cards!! So I decided on a new name Curious cards, but I may well change this! Me being Little Miss Indecisive!!
Here are my latest offers!! Made from the new range by Claire Curd, I am so loving these, the Big One papers, and the stampin chic stamps, you really should get your hands on these!!

I love the colours.
I chalked the image with pebbles chalks, although I hope to get some watercolour pencils, or copic pens soon.

and I added the JUST FOR YOU as a dingle dangle!!


Another card using Claire Curd range, again the image has been chalked.




and my final offering for today, is a card made with Daisy papers and stickers, I also added some papermania brads and flowers. Thanks for looking.

Valentines is coming soon!

There always seems to be something to make for in the world of cards and as a result I have done any serious jewellery making for ages, I hope I havent forgotten how!!








I have found the valentines card quite challenging without any special bakground papers, I have some on the way from e bay, but they could take up to 14 days to arriveç and I really needed to get cracking with these. Anyway hope you like them.
And finally another birthday card.

I like it but I do think I should have used wider ribbon now looking at it.

New Chalks New Cards!!

Just thought I would make a quick post to show you my new cards, using my new Chalks, I love them, they look so cute!

Valentines card


Birthday

I love new things they really inspire you to try different things and learn new techiques, at the same time your designs develop and change.
Thanks for looking-more coming soon!

Hello 2009 and Goodbye 2008

Happy New Year to you all. Hope you had a good Christmas and New Year. Again I have been forgetting my blog, and I must make a real effort in 2009 to keep it updated. We had a nice Christmas, I was very lucky to recieve some new chalks, circle cutter and sticker machine, and a wonderful Nintendo wii from hubbie. Its such great fun, although I don't play it as much as I would like, I need to organise my time better, and soon I will write out some kind of routa for myself to manage my time.
The Christmas craft fayre went well, and I sold out of gift tags, which my 3 year old helped me make, they really were the star of the show!! She really loves crafting even now!
Well anyway, review of the year in craftie terms!! My big highlight had to be being featured in Bead Magazine- it was so wonderful to read the article and see the pics! My favourite piece my jewellery has to be this lasso I made, I decided to keep it for myself, you can wear it with anything.


My Favourite necklace of 2008

My favourite card, this is a bit more difficult, I think it would have to be this one. I started making jewellery cards so you the reciever gets a gift as well.


Alternative Christmas colours-simple but affective.

And the most challenging piece, has to be this Rose Garden Necklace. The pattern can be in Bead Magazine, and the designer, is the very talented Lynn Davey.


Well I better away now. Take Care all and have a very bloggy 2009!

Whoops

I haven't blogged anything for a very long time! I have been so busy getting ready for Christmas, and the craft fayre. But before I take it all over there I will take some photos for you all to see. I cant believe people actually read my blog!!! Well I better away now things to, and keeping hopping back for some pics really soon!