My Creative Spirit (Blog Archive)

 M orning, morning, morning and a very Happy 4th July if you're reading this State side :-)   Another pop up post from me today to send you greetings on this historic day.  My quick card was made form Communique left overs and one sheet of July Montage from the Children's Hour collection.  The card measures 7" x 5 7/8" - slightly larger than we would usually make but it works and with the envelope punch board we can make envelopes to fit any size card these days :-)  I started by adding the base paper to the card front cut 1/8" smaller along the width and depth, added the strip of Penny Blacks the cut apart mounted on black card.   I added the stickers, the large one mounted on foam tape and then Lady Liberty fussy cut from a cut apart and also mounted on foam tape) and the sentiment, using the alpha stickers mounted on black 5/8" circles.    The last step was to add glossy accents to the stickers and a hint of sparkle to Liberty's...

A very happy Saturday to you from a really cold and wet UK.  Looks like snow's finally on it's way here.  Boys are excited, it's Harry favourite weather.  Have told him not to get his hopes up as it definitely won't be enough to get out snowboarding lol!!!  or sledging.  We used to have tons every year and go sledging down the hills in the park when I was small, but its just not the same these day's. Well not here in the middle of little old England anyway. Auntie Annie is up to stay for a few days and we're off to a family Christening tomorrow.  So looking forward to catching up with all the family.  She s in the kitchen rustling up our tea so I thought I'd do a quick post to let you know it's sale weekend over in the shop.  If you fancy grabbing a winter bargain before midnight tomorrow (17th Jan) just follow the link below.                                 ...

Altered Gift Box - Various Graphic 45 Collections  I'm just home after todays Graphic 45 sell out shows on Create and Craft TV .   It was great fun meeting and working with Hayley and Genevieve and meeting Emily the producer,  Di, Annaliese again and the rest of the floor crew who all did a great job packing up all my samples at the end of the day.  I've never know hours fly by so fast as they did today.  Thanks also to every one who mailed into the shows. Lots of mails made their way into the cup but sadly there wasn't time to read them all out. Congratulations Jean on winning the card which C & C will post out to you.   Enjoy crafting with the papers and embellishments you've bought today and if you're in need of some inspiration, stop by my You Tube channel , the Graphic 45 blog and Pinterest  board .  Happy paper crafting everyone :-)