Creative Cardmaking & More

Hope this finds you all happy and smiling...a few more cards, this time from papers included in the latest Creative Cardmaking mag...

Fibres on this one are Craftime, and the daisy brad on princess is doodlebug... This one reads "Birthdays. They come. They go. They come again." ...

Fabrib butterflies are MIC, ribbon is American Craft & more doodlebug brads...

Some more American Craft ribbon...

Another wee craftrak card from me....I am really really enjoying these swaps... Another craftrak...

And the last one using the stunning GCD Paris Nights papers...

Right off to package up some stuff for a craft fayre I am doing tonight...nothing like last minte eh! Will try and get some photos for on here!

Take care everyone

Ruth

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fairy-heaven@hotmail.co.uk

Words of Wisdom (Apparantly!)

Brilliant day at work today chatting to some lovely customers! I have shared some tips about how I use my paper stash a few times this week and customers seem to think it was helpful so I am going to share...let me know what you think!

TIP 1!
When you have bought your pack of patterned paper take one sheet of each design out of the pack and add to a seperate stash somewhere else...you then have a working pile left that you know is never the last sheet of something and you will be much less precious with your papers and might actually use them instead of just stroking them! I use my seperate special stash of "last pieces" for my scrapbook and my "working pile" for card making and papercrafting.

TIP 2!
Take the front cover of your paper stack and write the price you paid for the stack on it, punch a hole in the top corner and store on a book ring...this will make it easier for you pricing any cards you make to sell accurately, and as the covers normal have a snapshot of each pattern on them, you will always have a record of the brand & range of paper for when you someone asks and you have inevitably forgoten!

Are these any help or are our customers just being nice? lol!

A couple of quick cards now...

And some fabric scrap wreaths I made using fencing wire, and old pillow case, and old pair of jeans and a little piece of gingham fabric...

Thanks for stopping by and looking and hopw this finds you smiling!

Take care

Ruth

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fairy-heaven@hotmail.co.uk

Do Crafts Goody Bag

Evening all...it looks like I'm getting into a wee blogging routine now...hope I can keep up with making things to put on here! Mega busy day at work today but feel like I achieved LOADS which is always good. Busy evening with Daisy too so just really sitting down just now at 20 past ten...and it all starts again at half seven in the morning. It's weekends like this I really really kinda wish I drank coffee!

Here's some cards for today which I made with the "male" orientated goody bag from do crafts last promotion...loved these die cut decoupage in the kit.

This one is a stepper card, didnt come out too clearly in the pic and didn't think to take the picture from the side at the time! Doh! Sorry people!

The wee cutie in these cards just reminded me of something that happened last night...had my 18mth old nephew for a wee while and he's just learned his animal noises so we were going through them...cow, sheep, monkey, which were all fab, then he came to pig and he replied "nee naw nee naw nee naw" siren style! Hasn't done it before or since but was hysterical at time! Was kinda mortified though! A comedian at such a young age! He managed to mortify his mum in the supermarket too...sitting in trolley and someones phone rang - he put his phone up to his ear and shouted "hello, hello" at the top of his month! Ah toddlers! Such great fun!

Have a fab evening everyone, take care and keep smiling!

Ruth

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fairy-heaven@hotmail.co.uk

Scrap Challenge!

Evening all! 3 blog entries in 3 days! Think it's a record for me!

Hope this finds you all happy, contented, cosy & safe tonight in light of recent UK events...my love & thoughts are with anyone who's been affected by recent happenings which isn't enough but is all I have. xx

Right on with the days creations...Daisys homework task this week was to create a fish, and we were feeling inspired as my classes this week were on paper scraps. I pulled out the bag with all the scraps and the punch and we got to work...pretty impressed with the outcome I have to say!
We drew around a plate for the body, and free drew hearts for the tail and mouth.
And here are some more grown up offerings from the scrap bag...large circle is inside of ds tape, small circles were an SU punch, and the butterfly is the xcut dimension one. Papers are the GCD Paris Nights collection...

This is a little craftrak card done with the paris nights papers teamed up with a Bo Bunny blue spotty paper...

More Bo Bunny spots...

Some shabby chic this time - I free drew this heart and rounded the ends of some paper strips, then "Shabbied up" the whole lot with a purple chalk cats eye pad. Papers this time are the new basic collection from Dovecraft...

A wee shabby house using papers from Dovecraft & Bo Bunny, again distressed with the same ink and teamed with the little xcut folksy heart punches...

Shabby yet again (lol i was on a shabbying roll!)...same Dovecraft papers again. Used the Stampng Up Scalloped circle punch and cut a section out to make these 3d, then cut a smaller circle which I cut into a spiral and glued snail fashion (No idea if that makes sense to anyone elses brain!)...

And that, my dears is your lot for this evening...same time and place tomorrow evening do you think? :-D

Have a great rest of evening and an even better Friday!

Ruth

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fairy-heaven@hotmail.co.uk

Some more cards!

Here's a few more cards for you (2 posts in 2 days, can you believe it lol!)

I used some paper scraps and a buzzcraft stamp for this one. I coloured the image with my trusty pencils...

An easel card this time with papers from an issue of Creative Cardmaking & some American Craft ribbon...

I LOVE this next stamp from the Kars Ollyfant range...I particularly love her wooly socks. Coloued with 3 promarkers - cool grey 1, 3 & 5... The same stamp again in colour this time...forgot to take a note of which pens I used for this one...have learned my lesson & won't make the same mistake again!!!!

I am finally playing with the Trimcraft "Pepper & Friends" range today...have made a few wee sets of notelets and will make some craftraks and other cards too, so watch this space for pics!

Have a fab rest of day everyone, thanks for looking!

Ruth

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fairy-heaven@hotmail.co.uk

New Class List & Lack of Posts!

Hi All - here's a quick update of the latest class list for Flawless Designs...

Paper Scrap Creations

Tuesday 1st June & Thursday 3rd June
Learn some techniques & layouts for using that ever growing mountain of paper scraps we all have!

Colouring Techniques
Tuesday 8th June & Thursday 10th June
Promarkers, chalks, distress inks, polychrome pencils, gel pens. Come & experiment with all the different colouring techniques.

Creative Cardmaking Issue 16
Tuesday 15th June & Thursday 17th June
Our monthly class with the newest issue of this gorgeous magazine.

Hawthorn & Bramble
Tuesday 22nd June & Thursday 24th June
DUE TO KIT THIS CLASS IS £12
The newest creatures in the popular Daisy & Dandelion range, these spiky friends are sure to be a hit with young and not so young alike.

Scrapbook Sketches
Tuesday 29th June & Thursday 1st July
Another sketch to add to the collection of scrappy inspiration.

And the boring bit...

Our “Kit” classes take twice a week – choose from a Tuesday morning between 10.30 & 12.30, and a Thursday evening from 6pm – 8pm. Classes cost £10 and includes a kit of coordinating products used for the project (worth at least £8).

lol right now on to other things!

Those of you who know me know why the updates have been non existent, but for the others amongst you who don't know me personally things have been kind of tough and life has been full of changes but things are now (touch wood!) getting back on track! My daughter and I have moved and just about settled into a little flat together and I am (slowly) getting used to life single parenting. Health wise things could have been better too but I am definitely on the up now so you should be sick of the sound of me very soon lol!

In the mean time here are some very quick, very basic cards I've done recently for various things...

This lot are from last month's Creative Cardmaking magazine...the masculine papers are fab...all I added was some American Craft ribbon & some Crafty Bitz embellishments...

And these ones are some little Craftrak cards logged onto the Craftrak.com website (check it out , it's great fun!). These wee ones have been left at the swapping station in our shop. They've been done with the Kars "Ollyfant" stamps range, promarkers, and some scraps of patterned paper...

That's all for tonight folks, talk again soon!!!

Thanks for looking!

Ruth (fairy-heaven@hotmail.co.uk)

Quick Class List for Flawless Designs

Just a quick note today...I have put together a new class list today for Flawless Designs and would love to see all my regulars here...I intent to call you all today and tomorrow to personally invite you to the shop in Stirling any time between 5.30pm & 9pm on Thursday night so I can show you all around the shop and let you see all the exciting gorgeous things in the shop! If I don't get around to calling you or if I don't have your number from The Paper Mill then I'm sorry but come and see me anyway! If you need directions or the address then give me a shout either on fairy-heaven@hotmail.co.uk or on 07891 516482.

So here goes with the new list up until the end of April...as usual I will run the same class twice in a week, once on a Tuesday morning between 10.30 & 12.30, and then again on a Thursday evening between 6pm & 8pm. Classes will be £10 and you will still receive a kit containing at least £8 of products.

Tuesday 9th March & Thursday 11th March
Creative Cardmaking Issue 12
Class uses the beautiful papers from this fab magazine, and I will put you together a co-ordinating kit of bits & pieces...lots of cup cakes and bright birthday papers!

Tuesday 16th March & Thursday 18th March
Zig Zag Cards
A brand new horizontal take on the original vertical zig zag card. These cards have a minimum aof 2 different shaped panels and are so much fun, another different easy card blank for your collection!

Tuesday 23rd March & Thursday 25th March
Notelet Gift Box
Come along and learn how to create this lovely notelet box from A4 card...make someone feel special with this lovely handmade gift!

Tuesday 30th March & Thursday 1st April
Paper Flower Bouquet
Learn how to fold some unusual flowers to create a pretty unique display for your home, a bunch of long lasting flowers for a friend or a special dimension keepsake for an occassion! These flowers are blooming gorgeous!

Tuesday 6th April & Thursday 8th April
Creative Cardmaking Issue 14
Come and create with the newest edition of this fab magazine.

Tuesday 13th April & Thursday 15th April
Carry on Scrapping
3 more brand new sketches to help you continue to protect your special memories...details of picture sizes will be provided prior to this class.

Tuesday 20th April & Thursday 22nd April
Quick Makes
More quick inspiration for those last minute creations.

Tuesday 27th April & Thursday 19th April
Flip Flap Mini Book
A continuation of the mini-book series started in Tillicoultry...a mini book creation neer goes wrong, and this is an unusual new design made from envelopes and decorated to your hearts desire!


Hope this finds you all well and smiling! And if you have a sec remember to follow me on twitter, username fairyheaven, and also the brand new Flawless Designs twitter sight, username flawlesscrafts.

See you all soon
Ruth
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