Chicken Soup #44

Here's my offering for this weeks Chicken Soup Blog :) 

Products used:

Core'dinations Distress Card

7 Gypsies Conservatory Stamps

Distress Stains - Antique Linen, Forest Moss & Crushed Olive

Marion Emberson Word Stamps

Seam Binding

Hop on over to the Chicken Soup Blog & get inspired!

Have a Sunny Weekend :)

Chicken Soup #43

Here we are again! 

This weeks Chicken Soup inspirational picture is Wonderful! (check it out & join in!) 

Here's my take on this weeks image

Love this picture of Kieran looking overboard at the peculiar stillness of the sea. It was quite dramatic, everyone was transfixed watching from all the decks after dinner. A true moment of reflection :)

So, onto products used....

Tims Lost & Found paper, Marvy Black pen & Promarker Brown for the freehand circles, Random ephemera plus a few pieces from this gorgeous pack by Girls Paperie. A Tim Muse token & 2 Tim stamps, one from the Odds & Ends set & the other from Stuff to Say.

Have a Great Weekend!

We're Cropping tomorrow, so pop over to join us if you can, we have spaces ;)

Chicken Soup #41

Let's pray Blogger doesn't delete again!!

So a day late but here's my interpreation of the gorgeous photo posted on this weeks Chicken Soup Blog. Hop on over and take part :)

Products used:

October Afternoon papers & stickers,

Acetate, Inspiration Jar Stamp,

Stazon, Distress Ink, Sizzix Die.

Whilst the Acetate was on the desk, I made another card too :) Had a bit of fun using the paper strip!

Have a Great Weekend!

Chicken Soup #40

Hi again Soupers!

Here's my interpretation of the gorgeous picture posted on this weeks Chicken Soup Blog :)

I used the colours this week, my favourite - Blue!

To be honest, I started this layout a month ago at the Midnight Crop (before I saw the Soup Recipe) because I fancied playing with the gorgeous Teresa Collins papers, so all I needed to add today was the photo & journalling. I tried to photograph it at work only to discover my SD card was at home, grrr! So I'm late posting again & may not make the Soup blog, but here it is anyway!

btw. the Longfellow Quote sticker is available in the shop & will be available online soon :)

Have a Sunny Weekend :)

Chicken Soup #39

Happy Royal Wedding Day!!!

This weeks Chicken Soup Inspiration features Union Jack Bunting! Quite rightly so!

Check it out & see what all the soup chefs have come up with :)

This page was started last week, photos will be added upon our return from Gozo which is where I am with my family, celebrating the Royal Wedding in the sunshine!

A nice simple page featuring lots of Artemio London Icon Stamps (well it would have been rude not to!) Promarker Lipstick Red & half a Journal sticker by Basic Grey Basics. Bazzill shades used are Brick, Bazzill Blue & White. The alphabet is Sizzlit Chip Block by Tim :)

I hope you're all having a Great Day!

See you next week :)

Chicken Soup #38

Friday again!

Hop on over to the Chicken Soup Blog for this weeks Inspirational picture, here's my interpretation :)

I used 2 sheets of paper from Basic Grey Basics, Pink Paislee's Daily Junque Stamps, Alpha Stickers & some Claudine Helmuth sticky backed canvas with a printed digi image. 

Easy peasy!

Happy Easter Everyone!

Easter Opening Hours

Saturday 23rd, 10am - 4pm

Sunday 24th - Closed

Monday 25th - Closed

Tuesday 26th, 10am - 4pm

Weds 27th - Closed

Thurs 28th, 10am - 4pm

Friday 29th - Closed

Saturday 30th, 10am - 4pm

Sunday 1st - Closed

Monday 2nd - Closed

Tuesday 3rd, 10am - 4pm

Weds 4th - Closed

Thurs 5th 10am - 4pm

Back to normal!

Chicken Soup #37

Friday again! 

That means another Chicken Soup Recipe is up for interpretation :) 

Pop over, have a peek & join in! 

Here's mine :) 

I chose my colours & textures from the photo (pink/black & bricks) Random! 

Here's a step by step:

- Stamp edges of Black Bazzill card with Daily Junque stamps and Brilliance Orchid ink 

- Die cut cogs with chipboard 

- Emboss Distress Core'dinations pink card with Texture Fades folders 

- Die cut one piece of that Embossed card with Cogs 

- Gently swipe over embossed card with Black Soot Distress Ink Pad 

- Adhere embossed cogs to chipboard cogs 

- Place photos, cogs & embossed car onto background 

- Balance page by placing cogs in a triangle 

- Add more stamped image from Daily Junque set 

- Die cut alphabet and adhere to card & a sticker 

- Add journalling to another sticker 

- Finally add a glaze of Glossy Accents to the title & date then leave well alone to dry! 

Have a Chilled Weekend yourselves!

Chicken Soup #36

Hi Everyone! 

Here's my piece for this weeks Chicken Soup Recipe. 

Join in and get inspired :) 

I went with the colours in the photo, love 'em!

Here's a Nice 'n Easy Step by Step :)

Cut tag & bookplate using Grafix Chipboard & Sizzix die (thanks Julie!)

Paint tag & inside of bookplate with Aqua Paint Dabber

Paint bookplate with Jo Sonja's Yellow Green Paint

Stamp images from the Artemio Birds & Nest Set on the tag

Stamp phrase from Tims Odds & Ends Set

using Versamagic Jumbo Java Ink Pad.

Make sure everything's Dry!

Attach bookplate with Scrappy Glue & fix with brads.

Run a strip of tape across tag & attach mini puffball trim.

Have a Wonderful & Sunny (hopefully!) Weekend!

p.s. You have until next weekend to enter the Promarker Blog Candy

&

we're cropping tomorrow for £1 for anyone not going to Ally Pally!

Chicken Soup #34

This weeks Chicken Soup is up & here's my interpretation.

I created another wall hanging, this time with soft pastels & flowers, not normally my style (especially pink!!!) but I wanted to play with the Tilda Cut-Outs that Jane chose at the Trade Show this year. We have some kits including co-ordinating papers made up in the shop. Have a peek next time you're in :)

Have a Great Weekend!

Chicken Soup #33

This weeks Chicken Soup Recipe had oodles of scope, go and check it out here & join in! 

Here is my take on this week :)

It's a kind of Mothers Day card only it's not a card, I may turn it into a wall hanging for Mum's Sewing Room (my old bedroom!) 

Since the Sizzix Sewing Room Die & Vagabond arrived this week, we haven't been able to put it away on the shelf yet!!! 

This is how I made it...

- Adhere a page of notebook paper to Grafix Chipboard for the background

- Blend Dusty Concord ink around the edges

- Stamp linen texture with Dusty Concord over the blending

- Adhere more notebook paper to more chipboard

- Die cut Spools & Dress form with Tims Bigz Die

- Blend Barn Door, China Blue, Crushed Oliver & Wild Honey on pieces

- Stamp linen texture with more Distress ink

- Stain Seam Binding with Distress Inks &/or Distress Stains

- Scrunch it up and dry with Heat Tool

- Wrap around Spools & Form, fixing with pins

- Attach a wee label with your handwritten message

- Mount onto background with foam pads

- In the top left corner stamp ruler

- Mask with a piece of card die cut with the Iron Gate On the Edge Die

- Dab with inks and mists

- Highlight edges with Journalling pen

- Add a button!

Have a Great Weekend Everyone!

Chicken Soup #32

A wee card inspired by the Beautiful Photo

over on the Chicken Soup Blog.

Hop on over & join in!

I used Tims Paper & Bazzill Kraft for the backgrounds. 

The pretty rose Paper is by Kaisercraft 

(I used the flip side of this paper)

The bird is from Tilda packaging! 

Gotta love using packaging!

Birdhouse paper from 7 Gypsies Lille, 

I hand drew the birdhouses, cut them out 

then added a few sticky pearls. 

I swiped a Ranger Paint Dabber (shell pink) 

over a Philosophy Tag, pulled some lace (hand dyed with 

Victorian Velvet Distress Ink) through and

mounted with foam pads. Lastly I doodled around the

edges with a Marvy Journalling pen :)

Have a Great Weekend!

Chicken Soup #30

Here's my take on this weeks Chicken Soup Recipe.

This weeks theme is based on a Coupon Book image.

Couldn't resist using Tim's Lost & Found Papers

alongside my current favourite stamps by U-Mount.

Also used was the Fiskars Border Punch

& Tim's Sizzix Alterations Die - Regal Crest

Pop on over to the Chicken Soup Blog

& get Inspired this Weekend!

Chicken Soup #28

Managed to find the time to craft this week :)

Just had to have a go with my new Cameo Mould.

Don't ya love Fleabay!

Pop on over to the Chicken Soup Blog

& get inspired this weekend!

I started with a Gorgeous sheet of paper

from the Kaisercraft English Rose Collection.

I mounted the 3 sections onto Chipboard

& added lace, adhesive pearls, Chipboard Hearts,

an Ornate Plate, a Wooden Spool wrapped with a

teeny strip of ribbon and even weenier buttons.

Lastly I added a smattering of stamped images

before tying with string & bows.

Have a great Weekend Everyone!

Chicken Soup #24

Finally getting back into the swing

& have contributed to this weeks recipe.

Hop on over to the Chicken Soup Blog

for inspiration & ideas, there's a randomly

picked prize for one lucky crafter every month!

I used Tims Lost & Found paper as the base,

a scrap of blue cardstock edged with Distress Ink

& stamped with Artemio Silhouette Birds & Nest.

Stickers are by Basic Grey & K&Co. The Owl

was stamped from the Owl 2 set by Maya Road.

Thinking of You Stamp by Stampin' Up

Have a Great Weekend!

Chicken Soup 12 Days of Christmas #12

So here we are with the last of the

Chicken Soup 12 Days of Christmas Recipes!

We hope you have enjoyed the Inspiration

and more importantly, joined in!

Check out the Chicken Soup Blog

for more details :)

This card used The Girls Paperie Papers,

Tims Odds & Ends Stamps and

Ticket Die, On The Edge Die 

and Distress inks :)

Chicken Soup will be back

in the New Year, meanwhile check back

here often for more Festive Ramblings ;)

Have a Great Week!

Chicken Soup 12 Days of Christmas #11

Join in the Festive Fun

over on the Chicken Soup Blog!

Todays theme is "Family"

Do you like my Gingerbread Man?

Jennie made it for me at her last workshop

out of UTEE, he's so cute, thanks Jennie!

Another 6x6 card made from Kraft,

The Girls Paperie & Tims Retro Papers,

Tim's Scallop die, Distress Inks &

various Stamps/ribbon :)

Enjoy your Week!

Chicken Soup 12 Days of Christmas #8

Join in the Festive Fun

over on the Chicken Soup Blog!

Todays theme is "Christmas Dinner"

I made a simple 6x6 card using Kraft

as the base, a scrap paper from ages ago!

I circle punched the pudding out of card,

then hand cut the icing and smothered

it with Stickles (Allow to dry, bet you stick

your fingers in it too early like me!)

Punch holly & adorn with Red Liquid Pearls :)

Stamped with Stampin' Up Greeting.

Enjoy your Week!

Mums Tags!

I'm seriously jealous of my Mums Stamp Collection!

She made these tags the other day when we were

snowed in & they fit perfectly for todays

Chicken Soup Christmas Recipe :)



Chicken Soup 12 Days of Christmas #3

Here's my offering for the

12 Days of Christmas Recipes

over on the Chicken Soup Blog :)

Here I used last years K&Co Ornament Pad.

This Years is here in more traditional colours.

I added a bell (thanks Julie!), some Ric Rac

(available in store) and some Crystal Stickers

Adhesive Pearls.

Chicken Soup 12 Days of Christmas #2

 Here's my Quickie card for the 2nd Day of Christmas

Chicken Soup Recipe. Check it out and join in!

I used Stampin' Up Stamps, Brilliance Thyme ink

which was clear embossed,

Red Liquid Pearls and PI Crimson Glitter.

The background red card was watermark

inked with VersaMark & a Teresa Collins Stamp.

Merry Christmas All!