Gingerbread man tree ornament

Morning, hope you are well? Something a little different today an ornament for your tree;

So i love this cute little guy from the Scentsational Season set; i just had to have him in my decorations so i made this ornament.  I used the simply scored board to make a rosette that i glued between two small circles of card to keep it flat {i weighed it down with the stamp block while it dried} i then used one of the circles from the petit pennants die which i threaded with cherry cobbler seam binding to make a sort of wreath effect, then a small circle of festival of print DSP topped off with the gingerbread man and pearls for buttons.  What’s that you say?  We don’t sell red pearls well no you’re right we don't but if you colour them a couple of times with one of our markers letting them dry completely between layers then mist with hairspray to set the colour and there you are pearls in any colour you fancy! 

If you would like any products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.xx

Festive Friday!

Good morning and welcome to the first Festive Friday post;  today is a very simple layout.  A card that is simple to replicate so brilliant for mass production, which is what you need during the festive season.

Its a crumb cake card blank that i have inked around the edges in the matching ink. I have also used crumb cake for the first layer of the mat with very vanilla on top both cut from the Labels Collection Framelits and the Christmas tree is cut with the Holiday Collection Framelits in the gorgeous Champagne Glimmer paper from the seasonal catalogue.  I love the glimmer paper i want to paper the whole living room in it, Mr.C is not so keen on that idea so i may settle for a small bit around my desk, its a fab glittery effect and it doesn't shed which is a major bonus in my eyes; clean glitter!

The DSP is from the festival of prints paper stack which is perfectly sized for cards or photo mats for scrapbooking, and a cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon to top it off. 

Hope you like it

Until next time

ttfn

Charlie.xx

Yet more Snowflakes!

Yep another snow flake card to share today.  This time i stamped randomly a piece of Confetti White, with snow flakes in Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede, cut it into a square blank added some ruffled Baja Seam Binding and mounted the sentiment from ‘Contempo Christmas’ on Crumb Cake.

 

I really like this one i think i may use these colour ways for my own Christmas Cards this year.

If you would like any products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

More Snowflakes

More snowflakes again today, i have had this card in my head for days but my stamp set only arrived on Wednesday so i didn’t have time to get in down on card till the weekend.

I randomly stamped a piece of Confetti White cardstock with snowflakes in Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, and Soft Suede Inks.  i then cut it down and mounted the panel on to a 5” square blank of Crumb Cake, finishing off with some Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding (also new this catty), the sentiment is from ‘Contempo Christmas’ in Cherry Cobbler ink.

If you would like any products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

Snow Flakes

Hello another Christmas card today, and still not in traditional colours!

I have used the ‘Serene Snowflakes’ stamp set in Crumb Cake (again lol!) and Soft Suede, the card blank is Crumb Cake with mounted Confetti White cardstock panels.

The sentiment is from the ‘Contempo Christmas’ stamp set in Soft Suede and finished with a bow of the new completely stroke-able Very Vanilla Seam Binding. 

If you would like any products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

Contemporary Christmas Colours

Hello All, today i have a Christmas card to share with you.

I have used the poinsettia stamp from the ‘Season of Joy’ stamp set {110384}

but not with the traditional red, i have stamped it in Baja Breeze ink and the swirls are Crumb Cake this is one of my favourite colour combos.  I think it gives such a lovely feel to Christmas projects still elegant but slightly different.  I have just discovered a gorgeous card stock from Stampin’ Up! called Confetti this is Confetti White but it also comes in cream and has a handmade quality about it with all these tiny flecks in the fibres.

So what do you think??

If you would like any products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

Baubles!!

Morning All!, these last few weeks i have been putting together my yearly Christmas card portfolio for my customers too see my offerings for the season and hopefully order some! lol

So here is a quick post with one of the cards i have made using the Contempo Christmas Stamp set and the matching Ornament Punch.

With this card i went for a more modern feel with a muted colour scheme of Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede.

I hope that you like it?

If you would like any products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

Dashing Dasher…

Hello! hope every one is well, just a quick one from me today using the gorgeous Dasher Stamp.

Dasher {116816} is in the a la carte section of the Idea Book and Catalogue where you can buy single stamps, and Dasher only costs £7.95 so is a complete bargain seeing as how completely gorgeous he is! I am planning on using him on lots of projects because his antler just cry out for bling!

So today i have a project which can solve the problem of the ugly gift cards you now get in stores.  Using the Scallop Envelope Die {113462 £18.95} which is exclusive to Stampin’ Up! to make a tiny purse in Crumb Cake card stock.

I have stamped with my Music Notes Wheel {120327 £6.50} in Crumb Cake ink before stamping Dasher in Rich Razzleberry ink.  Of course i blinged-up his antlers with a couple of Basic Rhinestones then punched a little handle with the Word Window Punch and tied a little piece of Crumb Cake Seam Binding to close.

The little purses would be great filled with chocolate on any festive party tables and so quick to make.  If you would like any products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

I am Alive!!

Hello everyone, i am still alive so sorry for my lack of posts lately i have been a useless blogger!  It has been a busy time in the Camp household as our eldest M. started ‘big school’ this week so there has been lots of preparations to do.

I have also tackled the black hole casually known as under our bed!! So after sorting all that i now have a ton of stuff to put on that well known auction site one of the worst jobs on my to do list!  But i also have lots of space to store my Lace pillows so i may even finish off a piece, i have two pieces on the go at the moment that were started long before little H was even born!

So anyways enough of that, here is a Christmas card for you, made using the Top Note die for the Big Shot to make an easel card.

 

Crumb Cake base, with a half layer of Very Vanilla that has the Music Notes wheel off stamped in Crumb Cake ink with Dasher over stamped in Crumb Cake Ink finished of with Crumb Cake Seam Binding.  The sentiment is from Heard From The Heart Stamp Set.  I have edged everything with Crumb Cake Ink to give it that Vintage feel.

 

If you would like any products used to produce this project then please contact me craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk

Until Next Time

Ttfn

Charlie.x   

Birthday Card for Maggs;

Hello all, i am so sorry for the lack of posting lately, it’s school holidays here and its manic my eldest M, doesn’t seem to be able to be entertained by something for more than 5mins at a time so that’s my inky time out of the window!

 

Well this weekend it was Mr.C’s Aunt’s birthday, and not only being his Aunt Maggs is also a very dear friend of mine, so with out fail i had to make her a card.

I used the gorgeous Level One Hostess set Because I Care because i love the Hydrangea Head.

I stamped the Perfect Plum Base all over with the flower head in Perfect Plum Ink, and did the same on the Crumb Cake Top Note layer with Crumb Cake Ink 

I then stamped the flower head image in Perfect Plum and Certainly Celery Ink using my Classic Stampin Spots on a Whisper White Top Note.  The sentiment is from the Level Two Hostess Set Something to Celebrate, from the Mini Catalogue.  All trimmed with the gorgeously tactile Crumb Cake Seam Binding.  I am happy to say that that Maggs loved the card, she’d already had her birthday present back in July when we went to see Take That at Wembley together.

All products used are Stampin’ Up! and are Available to order from me;

just send me an email.

 

There are still some spaces available in this months paper crafting classes give me a call to book your place on 07583 371 239

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie.xx

Thank you……

Hello!  How are you all today?  Good i hope?

Last week we was invited to dinner at Mr.C’s Nan’s house well we couldn’t go round empty handed so i rustled up a quick card;

I used my new Scallop Circle die for the Big Shot, and Springtime Vintage DSP with Rose Red Seam Binding and Button.  The base card was made of Crumb Cake card stock and i smudged ink all round the edges of the scallops with Crumb Cake ink and a Sponge Dauber.  To finish i added a buckle from the hodgepodge Hardware set and three tiny rhinestones (can you tell what’s been left out on my desk this week?! lol)

I think when i make a Scallop Circle easel card again i will put the button further back to hold the card front more upright.  Of course now the bottle we was taking with us looked rather bare so i prettied that up too!

i didn’t even measure and cut these bits it was all made of scraps on my desk i just sort of threw them together!  The scallop circle is out of my daughters stash of punches as i don’t have a scallop circle punch yet (its on my list) and the sentiment is from the Wedding Sweet stamp set.  I love this stamp set, i used it for my wedding invitations but i have also used it for so much more as it is so versatile.  

However when i got to Mr.C’s Nan’s House i realised i had used the same DSP as the card i had made her earlier in the week!! But at least she didn’t mind she loves to receive cards, which is one of the reasons i love card making.  Something so simple can really brighten up someone's day.

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

A Parliament of Owls

Did you know that a group of owls was called a parliament?!?  I didn’t either until i googled it! lol

But, here is a parliament of owls that i have created this week using the two step owl punch from Stampin’ Up!  I always keep my owl punch on my desk and when i have a scrap of DSP that is big enough to cut a chest piece out, i do it there and then and file it away for next time that i want to make an owl, otherwise my offcuts build up and never get used.

So here they are;

They are very simple and easy to make i do think they need a sentiment but i don’t have one that is perfect yet so i am leaving the sentiment blank until i do. All made using scraps of card and DSP mounted onto a 4”x4” Whisper White square card blank and finished with a knotted length of Baja Breeze Seam Binding and a little rhinestone on the hearts on their chests.

Hope you like them

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

My Little Bit of Lovely……….

So here is the promised bit of lovely.  I got my Scallop Circle Die for my Big Shot the other day and now i was feeling a little better i knew exactly what i wanted to have a go at making.  In Maths classes at school we had made models using circles and i wanted to recreate one (i was thinking Christmas Decorations) i could sort of remember the basics so i had a few plays about with it and finally cracked it.

Here it is;

I think its lovely, but then i am biased! lol

Now it looks complicated but once i had got the hang of it and made myself a template i flew through making one in DSP. 

I am planning to make some for my Christmas Decorations, but i think this one would be perfect for a Baby Shower.

Hope you like it

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

Springtime Trio………. part two

Thank You for joining me again today, here is the second of my Springtime Vintage Trio.

Again i cut the base for this card from Crumb Cake, then layered up a square of Baja Breeze with a square of Springtime Vintage DSP, i then added a offcut of Crumb Cake.  I stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso Ink from the Trendy Trees Stamp Set onto a small strip of Baja Breeze cardstock and mounted it on dimensionals.  Finally i finished off with some rhinestones and a water scrunched Baja Seam Binding Bow.  I love that you can achieve this look so easily but dampening the seam binding and scrunching before letting it dry – and it stays like it!

I shall be back tomorrow with the last one

Until then

Ttfn

Charlie.x

The Springtime Trio…

Before i succumbed to this awful infection i had spent a little time getting inky at my craft table while Mr.C watched something ‘’interesting’’ on the History Channel.  I came up with a Trio of little 4’’x4’’ square cards made using pieces of two of the blue toned sheets of DSP from the Springtime Vintage Stack.

I shall share them all with you and here is the first;

I cut the card myself from Baja Breeze card stock, and simply mounted a square layer of DSP (with Tombow), i stamped a thank you sentiment from the Wedding Sweet stamp set onto a scrap of Baja Breeze card stock and framed it with an oval frame from the Hodgepodge Hardware set. This was then mounted on dimensionals, and i added a little knot of Baja Seam Binding, and then a Rhinestone in each corner.

I’ll be back tomorrow with the next one.

Until next time

Ttfn

Charlie.x

A Little Card…….

I made this card after finally cutting in to my Springtime Vintage Papers.  I had got these papers out looked at them, they’re so pretty, stroked them and then put them back, many many times so it was about time i cut into them and shared their prettiness.

I made this little card just to say we was thinking of Mr.C’s Nan as she had a bad day to deal with earlier in the week and i do hope that it cheered her up a bit.

I made a 4’’x4’’ blank from Crumb Cake card stock and cut a slightly smaller square layer out of a scrap bit of Whisper White card stock.  I covered the Whisper White Square with some DSP strips, as shown below;

I used the Whisper White Square so that i could wrap my ribbon around the join in my papers and have the ends hidden.  The DSP is the same sheet but the bottom strip is the other side of the sheet.  I then added some little Rhinestones to give it a little something extra.

Here is the completed card;

Well until next time

Ttfn

Charlie.x  

Another little Baby Blossoms Card.

Morning all, Looking forward to a quiet weekend this week as we have had far too much going on lately i need some time just to flop on the sofa in my PJ’s!

 

So here is another little card that i made while i had my Baby Blossoms stamp set out. I cut the 4”x4” base myself from SU Certainly Celery cardstock and used up the tiniest bit of Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding left over from yesterday’s projects, seriously it was no more than and inch and a half long!

I have stamped onto Whisper White Cardstock, the stems are Certainly Celery and the blossoms are Pink Pirouette and Pretty in Pink all from the SU Subtles Colour Family.  I love that the colours work so well together and that things actually match when they are listed as the same colour.  No more hours wasted searching for the right colour card to match your ink, as all the hard work is done for you.  That has to be one of my favourite things about Stampin’ Up!’s product range.

The Frame was stamped in Certainly Celery Ink on both Whisper White and a scrap of Certainly Celery Cardstock then layered up to focus the sentiment.  The Sentiment is from the Wedding Sweet stamp set that i used for my wedding invitations, but i think that the curly script is perfect for this style and was stamped in Chocolate Chip Ink as i felt that Black would be too harsh for this piece.

I have this stamp set in the clear mount and i find that nine times out of ten i can line these up easily as they are of course a Two-Step stamp set and although this can be little fiddly i think that the effect is so worth it!  I love Cath Kidston and i love that these stamps help you create items with the same feel with very little effort.  

 

Until next time

ttfn

Charlie.xx

A Non Christmas Post!…….Baby Blossoms

Morning all! Hope you are well?

Well i thought a different project today, as you may be a bit fed up of the Christmas posts from all us crafters but we have to think early for Christmas as my Friend informed us via Facebook the other day there is only 158 days till Christmas!

So in my before mentioned Birthday order from Stampin’ Up! i ordered the Baby Blossoms stamp set in clear mount, and i had hardly inked it up so on Saturday while Mr.C and the girls went out for a ‘‘Splash Walk’’ i got myself situated and got inky.

Now what do you do while you craft?? Do you listen to music? or have a TV or DVD running in the background? Normally for me its a DVD of some kind and this weekend it was series two of the legendary 70s comedy “Are You Being Served?” which is one of my favourite all time programmes i love all the risky double entendre and the non offensiveness of it all.

And there’s me off topic again! Useless aren't I?  Can you imagine living with me?

So here is my project it is not using your traditional colours for flowers i have used Crumb Cake with Chocolate Chip to stamp the rose heads and the leaves are Certainly Celery and i have used the Pear Pizazz Seam Binding to add texture;

The Celebrate! sentiment came from the level 2 Hostess Set from the Mini Catalogue, called Something to Celebrate.

I also made a stack of pillow boxes to match;

And here is the completed set;

I think that they look pretty effective if i do say so myself!  I think that they would be perfect for a lady that ‘just doesn’t do girly’

Until next time

ttfn

Charlie.xx