My Creative Spirit (Blog Archive)

Ohhhh I see I'm skidding in with minutes to spare to launch the April Giveaway here on the old blog. It's been a funny old day..... ! After designing this fun kit and launching is as the Curio Cabinet at my retreat last weekend I thought it would make a great giveaway this month. I have a soft spot for this collection (Olde Curiosity Shoppe), it was the one I worked with on my first design team project for Graphic 45 back in the day. I've actually managed to finish my sample today too just in time to share a few pics with you before the witching hour strikes.    I used 1/2" and 1/4" black card punched circles to mount each of the pieces and added glossy accent and clear wink of stella to various elements to pick them out.  It's been a while since I've done some serious fussy cutting and as always I have a pile of things left over that didn't make the final cut lol!!!  in my less is more kind of a world. Hope you like .....?  So if ...

Well hello again, get me two posts in two days!!!  Before I get caught up in all things retreat over the next couple of days I thought I'd share the last post of the week - (well this side of Saturday) with you and the full project line up for this weekends 'UK Graphic 45' Crafters Retreat.   We're crafting with all of the new collections and a couple of older ones to.  I'm so excited to share the new projects I've designed with you. I'll be creating videos for each project for my You tube channel and all will have project sheets available on the website by mid April.   So here goes:   The 12 x 12 Shadow Box and 11" Presentation Album Made in Portrait of a Lady, Midnight Masquerade and Vintage Hollywood collections this project offers a great way to capture an event and create a keepsake of a Prom, a trip or holiday, birthday, anniversary wedding or other event you've enjoyed.. Each album has six pages for pictures and the centre double...

morning everyone, how are you?  I'm uber excited to see Graphic 45 are re releasing one of my all time favourite paper collections later this month. When I joined their design team back in 2012 I used it for my first design team project and went on to teach many workshop projects with it too. It's been such a huge favourite with G45ers since it made it's debue - and I know many of you will be dying to get your hands on it again.  If you're new to G45, haven't seen the collection before do call by the G45 blog on 18th Jan for the reveal.  You'll be hooked.  We're taking pre orders for this and the other three new collections over on the website from today.  Just follow the links below to place your orders.  Olde Curiosity Shoppe Deluxe Collectors Edition  Vintage Hollywood Collection  Midnight Masquerade Collection  Portrait of a Lady Collection I thought I'd share one of my favourite Olde Curiosity Shoppe projects made from just...