Long time no blog and some very exciting news!

Hi all,

I'm really sorry that I haven't updated this blog for a long while but from now on I promise I will behave and be a good blogger!

I've still been cardmaking throughout my time away from the blog and have made many cards but unfortunately I haven't taken any pictures to show you.

From now on I will update regularly and I hope to hear from all of you on my posts.

Anyways, some very exciting news - I've been accepted onto the Design Team of Crafting.co.uk also known as Craft Channel Productions and/or Tattered Lace! WOW!!

I'm so excited to get started with them and to show you all that I have made as part of their team.

I will be back very soon so keep your eyes peeled for future posts.

Thanks for your patience and thanks for reading.

Clare :-) xx

Sorry...........

Good morning blog followers,

I'm sorry it's been a while. Things have been hectic to say the least and I haven't been crafting an awful lot so there hasn't seemed to be much time to blog and much to show you. But I have now . . . . .

A couple of weeks ago, my friend asked me to make a card for her mums 60th birthday. She didn't give me much to go on with regards to a theme (just that she liked normal mum things) so I came up with this card . . . . . . . . . .

I thought that House Mouse would be perfect for the job that the card was intended for. I resisted putting '60' on the card because although it was a special birthday, she probably didn't want reminding of that fact ! ! ! I also thought that because the sentiment on the card was 'For a Very Special Lady', that if she wanted to she could leave the card on show all year round.

Hope you like.

Until next time (hopefully not too long to wait ! ),

Clare xxx 

Splashy/Water Themed

This blog will be based around water as I'm going to enter these cards into the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge blog and that is their theme this week.

The first and last card are ones that I made. The middle two cards are ones that my mum has made to enter into this blog challenge.

The image used is a Kenny K download which happened to be a free download this week so I thought it was fate and just had to be used.

The rest of the items used were from my crafty stash.

Hope you all like.

Many thanks for reading.

Clare :-) xxxx

Special Card for Special People

Good morning,

This is my first ever scheduled post so I hope it works. Fingers crossed.

I wanted to show you a very special card I have made recently for 2 special people (one who is returning to my life, and the other who is joining my life).

Jessica left to go to Australia, just over a year ago and she is returning back home today with her fiance Nelly.

I can't wait to see Jess after such a long time for a catch up and can't wait to meet Nelly.

I just had to make a card for their return home and I'm going to send it to their house so it will be ready and waiting for them when they walk in the door.

Hope you all like.

Can't wait to see them both.

Thanks for reading.



Clare xxxx

Good morning readers

Good morning to all of you reading this,
Sorry I haven't been blogging recently. I have had a poorly mum and have been trying to get her sorted out so haven't really had much time to craft.  The cards that I'm going to show you below are mostly old ones that I've not shown yet but I thought what better time than now?

This card I made for Lyndsey at work as it was her wedding anniversary. The digi image is a Kenny K one. I love his images as they are so different to any others I have seen and some are quite risque.

This card I made for Sylvias birthday. I'm really proud of it as I have never made a gatefold easel card before and was shocked at how easy it was.

This was a card I was asked to make for a guy that we know from work. He enjoys steam trains but unfortunately got badly burnt from the steam whilst he was working on one. This was a get well soon card. I just adore wellington. I think he so cute, even for older men.

Now this card is special as it was my mums first ever paper crafting project. Recently she has not been well so she has decided to help take her mind off it by crafting along with me.

The card consists of an embossed coredinations sheet which she then sanded back, then ran a piece of ribbon across the card. She then decoupaged the image (with a little help from me as her eyesight isn't brilliant) and then she added some peel off buttons which she coloured and some sentiments.

I personally think it's great for a first effort. Wish my first cards looked like that. Although I am biased. lol

I hope you all like.

Until next time.

Clare xxx

Birthday Wishes for my best friend

Hi all,
Well today is my best friends 26th birthday. So what a perfect time for me to show you the card I made her. Now I must admit that I did copy the design out of the Making Cards magazine (May edition) and also used their free papers but this was a design that I could not resist for Michelle. She is absolutely obsessed with the 'Keep Calm' brand. She even has a custard jug with Keep Calm and Eat Custard. (this is a big thing for Michelle as she hated custard for years, but now has realised that she does like it and is now addicted) lol.
She will hate me for telling you all this but hey ho! lol

Here is a pic of the card. I absolutely love it.

Anyways must get going, lunch at work is almost over. Roll on 5 o'clock. Going to have my hair done then on to meet Michelle to go to the cinema and then out to Harvester tomorrow night. Yum Yum.

Thanks for looking.

Clare xxx

Bet you thought I'd got lost

Hi readers,
Sorry for the long wait between posts. Things have been hectic and I haven't had much time to craft but here is a card I made for a colleagues mums birthday. I'm really happy with it.

I have been sorting out our spare room and have started decorating it. It's going to become my craft room. Hopefully when it's sorted I will be more inspired to craft so will have lots more to show you in the coming months.

Thanks again for reading.

Until next time.


Clare x