Don't you just love candy??

Last weekend I met the most wonderful artist - Clare Bloom. Clare is the designer of a wonderful whimsical range of stamps called Molly Blooms. Based on her children as they grew up Clare has captured the innocence and playfulness of childhood and with the beautiful accessories she has designed to compliment the figures the whole range is just gorgeous.
If you are new to Clare's work then I urge you to visit her blog. The colour palates she uses and the way she turns each card into a piece of art is wonderful so do stop by her blog here


My reason for posting the picture is I have just found the blog of a gorgeous little shop in Northallerton which I have visited with my lovely friends Joanne and Georgina. Georgina introduced me to these characters at Christmas and the shop is filled with the most gorgeous stamps and of course other stash to make beautiful art. Today I discovered not only is there a shop blog but this gorgeous candy too which is to be drawn on the 15th of May. If you would like a chance to win such a wonderful prize then do stop by The paper lane blog it could be you! Please let them know I sent you too!

Try it on Tuesday - One for the boys

Go on then guess who got a new die last week at the Stamp Man??? Michelle and I spotted them and just had to have them - isnt he fab? So over on TioT the theme is One for the boys - perfect opportunity to use the die and phew Michelle didnt use hers LOL!
Now this was done super quick after my Christmas card ladies left last night - last minute again so was made with supplies close at hand - lush stampin up papers left over from the scrapbook day on Saturday and some black card. not one bit of stamping but some black soot distress ink for the edges.

these words jumped out from the text papers making me feel a little guilty that I had so little time for the tag so nothing for it but to add them in!

I paper pieced the umberella and added some stickles to it. I wanted to do the hat too but could not get it to look in proportion to his face so I left it. The photo corners are a stampin up punch - 2 sizes on the punch - love it!

Now if you play along with TioT this week there are a few goodies to win and my team mates have made some amazing tags so its worth stopping by and checking it out on the Try it on Tuesday blog.

Have a great day x

Janet

Just a quickie!

Hubby asked me to make a Thank you card so whipped this up quick last night - stamps by stampin up. Papers by prima, doily edge punch Martha stewart, ribbon from stash - butterfly an old but well loved wood mounted stamp and card blank from kanban.

Got another charity do to prepare for today with my lovely pal Kerry who is running it so we have 100 card kits to prepare using donated stuff - Huge thanks to Jill at The Stamp Man for some gorgeous goodies sure to go down well x

The Stamp Man challenge - Poppies

Most of you know about my Poppy quest (click on the page above if you don't for more info) and Jill and Ian have kindly agreed to support us too - full details at the stamp man challenge blog
I have gone for a very basic and clean look and hoped to achieve a look of a medal on the card. The ribbon is some recycled ribbon left over from Christmas and matched the poppy colour perfectly. The Poppy is a hero arts cling flower . You can't see too well but I have embossed some lines onto the card blank which is one of the large 6 and 1/2 inch square cards - a lovely size to work with. The nestability shape is labels 5 which works perfectly with the stamps Jill has designed - this one is especially for this challenge and is lovely.
I do hope you feel like playing along with the challenge it would be great to visit your projects and if I get to see some in real life too I will be thrilled.
Happy Crafting folks x
Janet

Rocking my world Friday

Well this week has been a bumpy ride I must say hospital appointments with DD on Tuesday and the turbulance at work Tuesday through to Thursday but I am happy to report my gratefuls this week and have not got too far to dig to find them.
1) As always my family nothing special just because I wouldn't function without them x

2) My friends - today is a lovely day as my pals Emma, Andy and Georgina are coming for the weekend - they are fabulous folks who brighten my life just by being there. Never any pressure they accept me for who I am and still come to stay- good job as I am No domestic Goddess as the notice warns them as they come throught the door! Tomorrow we celebrate National scrapbooking day together - the 5th time I have organised something so we will be joined by some of my other crafty chums too - lovely

3) The weather - another glorious week - a little rain yesterday but the gardens needed it! another week of dry washing too!

4) B&M bargains! yes I know this is a funny one but Michelle and I were out scouting for men gifts yesterday for workshop ideas and we found a beaut! Tis a secret for now but we have laughed a lot at it and laughter is good for the soul is it not?

5) Craft stamper! it was late again - I just cant cope when its late - I count the hours to the postie coming again - must have been the bank holiday that delayed it but hurrah it arrived yesterday - as always a fab read - I am so greedy I devoured every detail last night before bed only another 4 weeks to go before the next issue - I wonder how many times I will thumb this one? I tided up beside my bed last night and my issues are rather well looked at - I revisit old issues inbetween the new ones for inspiration and love trying out the projects. So there my secret is out I am a CS junkie!

Hope your week has gone well - I am out at The Stamp Man today playing again and awaiting the arrival of friends - really looking forward to the weekend and hope you have good things planned too x

Janet

Try it on Tuesday Something old something new

This fab theme was chosen by our team mate Carole with the stipulation we had to use something older than 6 months and something newer than 6 months.
As Michelle and I had card projects to prepare anyway we did them together - so there are a few old things here - the easel card - been around ages now but a style that's going to stay me thinks, the heart brad is definitely old possibly more than 4 years!!! The stamps I have used are a new set with a bit of an old set combination as the lace comes from an old set from long ago and the nestie stamps are new ones from the Stamp man .
As you can see we have gone for a monochrome look which is for an upcoming Make and Take session. More about that soon.
Try it on Tuesday is sponsored by One Stop card crafts this week. A brilliant place for a wee bit of retail therapy so do stop by and check them out.
Back at work today so although I am fired up with MoJo - thanks Michelle - I am pushed for time - maybe I will get an hour in the morning to play. hope you enjoy raiding your stash for old and new things to use - i love what my team mates have done always such a creative bunch and some fab techniques too! do stop by Try it on Tuesday and check them out.

The Stamp Man atc swap

We are late with this months theme with all the weekend excitement i forgot yesterday was the 1st May LOL. Anyway here is my Friendship atc for the swap this month. I used adirondack inks sunshine yellow and juniper the overstamped with timber brown stazon. I used 2 freebie stamps from craft stamper as well as a creative expressions sewing stamp set and Tim Holtz shabby french for the words.

Hope everyone is well. I've had a mixed week - work is soooo hard at the moment and very stressful I have not known what to do with myself when I get home I have been so wound up. I have had no MoJo - zilch - so have not even had my usual crafting outlet. I did manage 2 cards but they were not brilliant and have gone off to their recipient with no pics taken.

Still I am hoping Michelle can kick start me again as I am going to hers today for a Lovin' Ink planning meeting for upcoming workshops. We like to plan 6 months in advance if we can so up to Christmas needs to be sorted. We like to bounce ideas around based on what we like, what we have seen and trends that are developing. Usually after these meetings I am fired up and raring to go so I hope today is no exception!