Zeus the German Shepard Scrapped

Evening Everyone

I still haven't found my mojo :o(

Managed to make a couple of batches of nice fresh full of softening oil bath bombs for this weekends fair at Finlaystone Country Estate but that has been it.  Maybe being in the presence of some creative people at the fair will help to give me the shake I need to get back at it.

Anyone any tips for crafters block??

I have some new kits coming from C&C hopefully over the next few days so maybe that will inspire me, fingers crossed.

On the plus side I have been at the gym every day this week and feeling much better for it.  Exercise, loads of water & fruit, it actually does work i am amazed to learn................again!!

So here are a coupe of Craft Artist pages that I worked on using pictures of my sister wee baby;

This was the first toy big Zeus had, kept him happy when he was not well

Left a space so that some text or another picture can be added after printing

A nice Christmas card maybe?

I will keep you all posted on hove my event goes over the weekend.

Hope you are all well,  Happy Crafting!!

Amanda xx

Craft Artist Mixed Pages & Cards

Hey Guys

I haven't been around much lately as I have been concentrating on getting in as much driving practise as possible which is alot more tiring than I had realised!!

I am pleased to say that I finally passed my test on Monday afternoon, I still cant quite believe it, first time aswell!

Between times I have finished the basic square for my baby blanket and I am learning myself to knit as I really really want to send some hats in for the innocent smoothie big knit which is on every year.  It a great cause and if you keep an eye on their website you will get the details for this year when they are released;

http://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/bigknit/

I have also been spending some time getting to grips with the Craft Artist programme, I do have to say though there is loads to learn and their Daisy Trail site is a great place for help, I am loving it.

Here are some of the pages that I have been creating;

Just some pages with the red squirrel that I was lucky enough to get pictures of when I was in Aberdeen

Changed a photo to pop art, cut-out and copied and pasted to create a background.

Pictures of my other half's niece baking cookies one Xmas

Messing about with a new digikit & created a little boys card

card insert

A fathers day card for my sister to give, I printed out extra pieces and decoupaged this

Personalised insert

And that's all for me just now folks, I am off to the gym, just the next thing on my list of things to achieve.

Hope everyone is well

Much Love

Amanda x

Bon Jovi Scrapped

Hey All

Just a quick post to show the scrap pages I completed with Craft Artist using the photos from my Bon Jovi Concert last year.  I bought the programme for cards but it really lends itself to storing your memories.

I also did my first Christmas page using the programme, this came about from watching Dawn Bibby's Christmas show on C&C.

Its going to be great for my Christmas cards this year, easier to personalise.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend peeps.

Amanda xx

Fathers Day Card using Craft Artist Professional

Good Evening!!

I do hope everyone is enjoying the lovely weather and extra days holidays celebrating the queens 60 year rein.  If you are having a party, enjoy!

Well what have I been up to, not too much is the answer to that.  I have done a little crochet, played about on Craft Artist and spent some time today cutting out some decoupage sheets so that I have plenty of toppers ready for making a batch of cards up.

I have used Craft Artist to make up my Dad's Fathers Day card.  I showed the basic digital page a couple of days ago but I have now printed this and created a decoupaged card.  To create the decoupage all I did was open another two blank pages and copy the elements that I was going to build up onto them, all I had to do then was press print, the main work was done.

This is the completed card;

Layers make the card really stand out.

I have added real twine to the card to give it a authentic feel.



Holes punched in the card and real metal grommets in different colour add a realistic element to the once that have already been printed.

Grommets before they are punched

Hole punch with different size settings



I have used an epoxy cover on the faux buttons to give a lovely shine.

This just shows the build up of layers using foam pads, there is also a smaller epoxy cover on the silver button.

Its always a great idea to have toppers ready for any unexpected or quick cards that you may need.  Cutting out the bits is not something I enjoy so usually do this when there is something good on the TV, cutting keeps my hands busy, tonight it was Lord of the Rings.  I managed to get 26 toppers ready just to be built up with the foam pads, I am pleased with that. 

A good tip is to use the cello bags that you would use for your finished cards to keep the bits in till you are ready to make your cards.  This keeps the bits in pristine condition and all together.

I purchased most of my decoupage from http://www.lapashe.com/ they are so reasonably priced and delivery is really swift.  It is very difficult to find good embellishments for men's cards but they really do have plenty of choice here.

I also print out elements to decoupage from Cd's that I have purchased.  Of course there is the option of going for die cut decoupage and there are many companies that offer this, Create & Craft is a one stop shop for mostly anything you would need. 

That's me for the time being, I am going to get my mojo back, you can be sure of it.

Happy crafting.

Amanda x