(this is a little snippet from the previous post so that i could participate in WOYWW if you would like to see the full post about my work area please see here.)
Here is what is on my Work desk today;
Not a lot!! lol It is very tidy which Mr. C will tell you is very unusual! and here is the reason for the jiggle in my belly – a cuppa and 3 (!) biscuits!! lol
If you are still reading thank you for sticking with it, i will be back very soon with a new project.
Until Next Time
Ttfn
Charlie.x
Hello again, i hope you are all well? It’s all a bit hectic in the Camp household at the moment as i am helping to Organise a Fundraising event for M’s Primary School PTA, as well as everything else!
The Event is “A Night of Indulgence” a night of all our favourite indulgences such as pampering, shopping and CAKE!! lol It is on Friday October 21st at 7pm and if you are local to Saffron Walden and would like a ticket ping me an email.
Right enough of that and on to that the title. Yay it’s finally finished!!! My craft space is done!!! WOO HOO!! doing a little happy dance. My Space has been entirely built by Mr. C. my husband and myself and i am very proud of it. So Settle down for my picture heavy walk through my little craft space. You may have seen some of these photos before so i apologise but this is the story of my craft space in our new home, it has taken nearly 18months to get it done.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we shall begin;
So my craft space is only 110cm by 60cm so is very limited and so lots of thinking for the storage of all my lovely stash. We started at the desk it needed to be solid so that when stamping the images would come out perfectly, and it needed to be durable. So off we went to the local builder’s yard looking for an off cut and got an offcut of a solid wood fire door for only £9.00!! bargain would have cost us so much more if we had brought the equivalent in wood.
Then shelves were a must have of course. Mr. C hates putting up shelves apparently i am obsessed with storage so he has put up multiple shelves in every room since we’ve moved in.
Then i need a comfy chair and a notice board, as you can see in the picture above i just had one of the spare chairs from our dining table. So i quickly swapped that for one of the Carver chairs from the dining table and a trip to the Haberdasher’s and a satisfying session with a staple gun and this is what i came up with;
A few months passed and as i worked i tweaked the space a little and added bits Mr. C created storage for me. And so now its finished, here it is;
As you can see i have padded the arms of my chair as well as sewing a little cushion to tie to the back to make it that bit more comfortable. I also made a little footstall to rest my feet on (as my feet don’t reach the floor! lol!) it was made with a scrap lump of oak wrapped and padded a small piece of MDF with a few wooden drawer knobs as feet I’m quite proud of it.
Mr. C made me this little hutch to store my ink pads yesterday out of scrap bits of MDF he had hanging around his workshop its all been painted with cream paint and finished with boat varnish so it is extra durable as is every wooden surface in my craft space. The little shelves that you can see in the top corner are my little project display area and i have covered the bottom shelf with black card so that i can use it for taking photographs as there is a lamp above this.
Here is a close up of the finished ‘no pin’ notice board that i made the buttons in between the ribbon crosses are all vintage and salvaged (cadged! lol) from my Nan’s button box. Right in the centre is a button from my Uncle’s Fireman’s uniform with the Essex forces crest on it.
And of course i needed a space just to store my Big Shot, but i also wanted to be able to use my die cutter whilst it was in the storage solution. So Mr. C set to work again in his workshop and knocked up this little cabinet on wheels that i can pull in and out when i want to use it. I brought the baskets and my clever hubby created it to fit. My dies and punches are stored in these baskets.
I cant believe how much i have crammed into such a small space so you don’t necessarily need vast spaces to find a little creative haven.
And here is what is on my Work desk today;
Not a lot!! lol It is very tidy which Mr. C will tell you is very unusual! and here is the reason for the jiggle in my belly – a cuppa and 3 (!) biscuits!! lol
If you are still reading thank you for sticking with it, i will be back very soon with a new project.
Until Next Time
Ttfn
Charlie.x
Evening all, i do hope you are well? Just a quick one tonight.
these are the projects we will be making at the October Papercrafting Class
Class is October 12th 7-30pm til 9-30pm
Class is £10.00 (payable in advance please) includes all materials, tuition and refreshments.
call me NOW to book your place 07583 371 239
Until Next Time
Ttfn
Charlie.x
Morning All, another pillow box to share with you today this time using the retiring Because I Care Hostess Set, i shall really miss this set as it is so beautiful and so useful.
This time a Pillow Box {113466} made in Very Vanilla, i stamped the flower head in Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive using the Classic Stampin’ Spots. The sentiment was stamped from the same set in Rich Razzleberry and edged with basic rhinestones. I knotted a length of Old Olive Ribbon to finish.
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
Morning all, Hope you are well?
Today i have a little Christmas table favour to share with you made using the Pillow Box Die {113466 £16.95} with the Big Shot
Made in Old Olive card stock, i quickly wheeled the Music Notes Wheel {120327} across the pillow box in Old Olive ink assembled it with Tombow adhesive stamped the Merry Christmas from the Season of Joy {110384} stamp set and run a line on basic rhinestones to add a bit of sparkle. To finish i tied a little knot of Old Olive Satin Ribbon which is gorgeous and luxurious i love stroking it!
Quick and simple to mass produce for all the guests at Christmas i even think it would be nice on the tree filled with sweets.
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
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
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
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
Would you like to learn how to make fantastic projects and handmade cards like these?
Then why not join me for a class where you will learn just that?
Classes run for two hours, and include everything that you need to make each of three projects.
The first Class is “Introduction to Stamping” where I will introduce you to the three main types of stamps that Stampin’ Up! produce. And how to get the best out of them and the co-coordinating products.
This class will run on Saturday September 3rd 3pm till 5pm and cost just £10.00.
Please contact me to book your place or for further details.
Class will also be repeated on Wednesday September 14th 2011 7pm-9pm
Charlie-Louise Camp Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator based in Saffron Walden.
Telephone: 07583 371 239
Email: craftylittlemoo@hotmail.co.uk
Web: craftylittlemoos.blogspot.com
(Small class sizes no more than 5 people to a session)
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
Hello again, hope you are having a good week thanks for joining me again today, today i plan to have a lazy day in my PJ’s and hopefully I'll get inky a bit later, as on Saturday we swapped wardrobes with the children’s and changed their room around, so i am in need of a rest!
Today the project i am sharing with you is small, i often get asked by my regular customers for note paper for thank you’s so i thought i would use the Top Note and Scallop Envelope dies (SU exclusive) for the Big Shot to make a small set;
They may be small but they are the perfect size for saying thank you or if you’re my eldest daughter they’re prefect for playing ‘Postman Pat’! The images are from the Baby Blossom stamp set the flower heads were stamped 3 times once each in Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, and finally in Rose Red inks and the stems were stamped in Certainly Celery and Wild Wasabi inks, all from my Subtles Classic Stampin’ Spots set.
I hope you like them
Until next time
Ttfn
Charlie.x
Morning All, hope you are all well? So today my project to share is something you have probably seen on lots of other blogs but i just fancied making one to look pretty on my desk space.
A simple butterfly easel card made using the Big Shot and the Beautiful Butterflies die which i believe is exclusive to Stampin’ Up!
I used Very Vanilla cardstock for the base and the top smaller butterfly, and a small piece of Springtime Vintage DSP. To make the wings stand away from the vanilla base i used half a dimensional just near the centre which i had secured with tombow. And just because i seem to be addicted to them at the moment a small strip of rhinestones down the body of the smaller butterfly.
Until next time
Ttfn
Charlie.x
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
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
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
Evening all i hope you are well, i am at least on the mend now so i thought i best catch up on my blogging. Mr.C is watching something god-awful and boring so i thought after the bath and PJ’s routine i would catch up with you nice people. I have just made something which if i must say so myself is lovely but i shall save that for later in the week.
The project i am sharing today is the calendar i made for my craft space for July, i meant to blog it at the beginning of the month but as always other things happened and this photo got ‘lost’ in the file. lol.
The base card is crumb cake cardstock the DSP is perfect plum from the Stampin’ Up! Subtles collection. I have used the 2 step owl punch to make a Mr and Mrs Owl to sit on the corner. And the Calendar is printed onto whisper white cardstock from Word on Windows Office.
Hope you like it.
Until next time
Ttfn
Charlie.x
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
Hello again this is another scheduled post as today we will be celebrating little H’s very first birthday! Last year at 10.36 am (two minutes before her older sister M was born in the same hospital and theatre with the same surgeon four years earlier) little H entered the world and captured everyone with her beautiful blue eyes so happy birthday to my little bumble bee!
As always i have digressed! lol This is the final part of the Christmas in July Training posts. At these Training Days there are a number of projects for us to produce some cards and a few 3D items.
Here are some of the projects that i made that were designed by Monica Gale and you can see her blog for the details;
Bekka did design a project too, but i haven’t had time to finish it yet! lol oops!
As you can see gorgeous inspiring projects, and a fantastic day all in all i cannot wait for the next one in October : ) !
Until next time
ttfn
Charlie.xx
I am in complete shock! i have just received this award from Elaina at Moulin Rouge Designs.
I am not quite sure that i deserve this but thank you so much anyway it is so nice to see that my blog is actually being read by somebody and that they like it. Mr.C has been winding me up saying that my blog is just my mad rambles! lol
Well as i understand it i now have to divulge 7 facts about myself. So here goes;
1. I have been stamping since i was 8 years old when my Granddad brought me my first stamp (i am 25 years old now!) which i still have and i have been crafting in one way or another since i can remember. So i have been a stamper for more of my life now than not!
2. As well as paper crafting i also enjoy cross stitching, sewing items for the home and making lace by hand with bobbins a skill taught to me by my Nan.
3. I love to bake but i don’t really eat cakes or biscuits!
4. I went to Agricultural College and studied Animal Care
5. Even though i studied Art at GCSE and A Level i can not draw for toffee! I am an abstract artist my Husband is the fine artist in our household.
6. I used to sell my handmade cards at craft fairs across Essex, and when i was on a roll i could make up to 200 cards in a week!
7. My favourite sweets and ice creams are coffee flavour but i cannot stand the taste of coffee to drink!
Well that’s more than you ever needed to know about me! lol
I now get to pass this award onto 7 other fantastic Crafters.
I would like to pass it onto;
1. Caroline at Stampin’ Up! and Branching Out!
2. Donna at Head Over Heels
3. Victoria at Blue Jelly Stampin
4. Monica at My Many Passions
5. Becki at Sunshine Stamping
6. Julie at Julies Japes
7. Bekka at Feeling Crafty
I check out these ladies blogs all the time and feel very lucky to call some of them my friends.
So please hop on over and see their inspiring works.
And thank you again to Elaina for giving me this award.
Until next time
ttfn
Charlie.x
P.S: come back tomorrow for Part Three of my “Christmas in July” posts.
Hello! Good Morning i am hoping that today it rains less than it did yesterday as it’s Milli’s Friends’ 4th Birthday today and is having a birthday party today so finger’s crossed it won’t be rained off! (This is a scheduled post so i have no idea what the weather is doing i am just giving this scheduling lark a go! lol)
So down to business and Part two of the Peterborough Christmas in July Training day.
So at these training days we swap the swaps that we made for about 40 swaps that the other attendants have made. This has to be one of my favourite bits of the training days as it often makes me look again at a stamp set that i have overlooked in the past. Often adding to my wish list much to the dismay of Mr.C who already thinks i have too many stamp sets! lol Although i have a lot less than when we first met, as back then i have over 1000 before Mr.C gave up counting with two more boxes full left to count!!! But as i am changing over to all SU i have slowly sold them all off and now only have a tiny amount, its like being a brand new crafter! And i do feel that i have been revitalised! However i digress! lol
So here are some photos of the fantastic swaps that i received in return for the ones that i made.
Firstly a traditional red and green coloured selection, a more modern colour selection of blue tones;
Cor! My desk looks messy in these photos, i promise it is tidy sometimes lol Mr.C is VERY tidy so i have to clear up after myself each night otherwise he gets twitchy and i just no he is dying to go tidy it up!
I love to look at all the swaps and will often get them out to have a look when i am having a crafting block. I keep them all in a box together on the shelves above my desk so that they are close at hand but i do want to put them safely into scrapbooks at some point. Another task to add to my list, along with finishing a piece of lace i started long before little H was even conceived!
Another Fantastic Benefit of attending these days is that there is an inspiration area manned by lovely Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Lots of gorgeous projects are on display all on the same theme to which we are working to which this time is of course Christmas.
Here are a few photo’s from the booths one was manned by Marissa other by Ann (i think! i am terrible with names so sorry please correct me if i am wrong)
So i have a lovely album of photos to flick through now to draw on for inspiration. I feel so lucky that i am allowed to take part in these events and that everyone is so welcoming even though i am not officially part of the team (yet! watch this space he he!) So thank you very much Monica and Bekka and all the team for being so welcoming and lovely.
And of course thank you to Caroline for introducing me into the Fantastic team that she is part of.
Until next time
ttfn
Charlie.xx
Evening all, i hope that this finds you well? Sorry for the lack of posts last week. I went to the Peterborough Training Day organised by Monica and Bekka on the Sunday and enjoyed myself immensely but came home completely shattered, which obviously was touch paper for a lurking bug that had been threatening me to pounce and wipe me out! I spent most of last week feeling sorry for myself , whilst trying to carry on with a very busy week which included Milli’s last day a Pre-School (Sob!). but i did manage to fit in a few hours crafting this weekend which i will share with you later but first…….My Swaps!
I had more notice for this training day but that didn’t mean that making my swaps was any easier, in fact it was harder because i kept changing my mind on what i was going to do! But that does mean that i will have some extra projects to share with you in the future.
So firstly i made a pouch for sweets using the Top Note die for the Big Shot and the SU Ornament Punch. I chose an unusual colour way of Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink (partly because i had lots of these colours left over from my wedding invites earlier in the year, and partly because i like it! lol) even the sweet wrappers were pink and green!
But i only had enough sweets to make 6!! so i had to go back to the drawing board. I asked my lovely friend Caroline if i could borrow her Pillow Box die for the Big Shot and kindly she agreed and even drove it all the way to me even though it is nearly an hours drive!!
SO……using the same colour way i sat myself in front of the TV with my Big Shot and cut 20 in each colour then using the bauble from the Contempo Christmas stamp set i stamped 20 of each in matching SU Ink. I assembled them with a belly band of DSP from the Subtles Stack, and here they are;
I think that they look pretty good if i do say so myself! LOL i shall be back soon with part two and the swaps that i received in return plus photos of the gorgeous items on display in the Inspiration Area.
Until next time
ttfn
Charlie.xx
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