Yummy Berry Granola from Dorset Cereals with even yummier packaging fit for card making

Whilst eating a bowl of my favourite cereal from Dorset Cereals I was looking at the packaging and thinking I am sure I could design a card from this packaging and voila!!

The end of my craft rainbow

On Monday night after a heavy bout of rain, the sun came out and then we spotted this beautiful rainbow.  It was stunning and the colours were very bright.  The photo does not do it justice of course, but what is at the end of your rainbow.  At the end of my rainbow what I would like most of all is a cure for my son's Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - not much to ask!!

Wedding Card and Box with the tutorial of Ruth Hamilton

Really enjoyed making this card commissioned for a friend.  Ruth kindly put up a tutorial but I had made a few cards from scratch without her help, but with help was better.  I did the design from scratch using ribbons/flowers/glitter/lace/papers etc.  Hope you like - see what you think

Summer Baking Day

Enjoying the Summer but , there is always a but, it has been very hot in my workshop and I have had difficulty working in there and have had to do the late night shift or early morning to make a few cards. Any way I was asked to make a baking card and here it is.  Anyway hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine and the brighter days.

My little sister is 50 - Congratulations

My little sister is 50 tomorrow and I have made her a very special card.  The story behind this is that when we were little girls our gran always made matching dresses.  There are two that spring to mind, the first  matching dresses we had were crochet in orange which incidentally is very much back in fashion at the moment as we came across them in Monsoon recently.  We had a silly moment and could not resist trying them on for a laugh - we did not look much better in them now!  The second dresses were turquoise with daisies all over them - what a picture.  I very quickly got an idea for her birthday card and I think she will love it.  It includes a picture of the two of us, I have crochet embellishments handmade in the colours of both the dresses in orange, turquoise and white and I really enjoyed making it.  See what you think.

Up cycling on my holidays - retro style

Just been on holiday for two weeks but could not quite manage a break from my crafting.  I have been saving the colourful parcel string that comes every week from my fab organic fruit and veg box from Abel and Cole.  I took it with me on  holiday and voila I made a retro tea cosy by adding some wool and a little imagination and crochet skills I gained from my gran many years ago.  See what you think.

Time for a 2day Summer Workshop Revamp -My Blue Heaven

My hubby John has just managed to revamp the outside of my workshop Ellas Retreat it is now a real feature in the garden.  He worked very hard, it was like painting the Forth Bridge in a 2 day good weather window that we may have to call SUMMER!  I made an effort to jazz up the inside as well with some bunting using up some of my stash  Hope you like the results.

Retro crochet tea cosy request

My sister Sue who owns a holiday cottage in Ironbridge Shropshire asked me if I could make a retro tea cosy for her.  I undertook this task and came up with this but swapped the pom pom finish for the top with some pretty crochet flowers.  Now all her work colleagues want one!!

First attempt at crochet flowers pattern from Heide

Getting back into crochet with the help of a do crafts buddy Heide.  Made 3 cards with the flowers I have crocheted so far.

Posing Pussy Cat Ella

Picture of our cat Ella who likes to pose for pictures when I am photographing my cards for this blog!

Box Card 2

This is another box card for a friend to send to her husband for Valentine Day.  I have used a new machine I have bought called a Silhouette Portrait cutting machine which does some fabulous things.  I am just practicing with it at present so watch this space for more.  Hope you like the card I have made and thanks for looking.

Box card courtesy of Ruth Hamilton inspiration

This card was made for a friend Olina who owns a sewing shop in my local town.  She has a box of my cards in her shop.  The cards are a little difficult to make and have a lot of components but I have really enjoyed the challenge.

Two New Little Claire Cards

Hello everyone, I have made two cards using Little Claire stamps and designs hope you like them.

Next Inspiration

Went shopping in Next recently and at the till was tempted into buying some christmas wrapping products which were on offer on 3 for 2.  While standing in the queue I had the inspiration for this card and I have had a previous epiphany after receiving two next vouchers which I recycled.  See what you think.  You do not need to go to craft shops for inspiration it can be found anywhere even in the most unexpected of places!  Happy crafting and happy recycling!!

using some of my old Little Claire stamps and peel offs

Just sorting through some stamps and peel offs and produced these 2 cards with Little Claire items which are my favourite things to use, hope you like.

Hello everyone

I have made another couple of special cards for men recently which I have made with he help of some craft stash donated by my like minded friend Sandra.  Hope you like them  Anne xx

Anniversary Card for Hubby

Could not pass off an opportunity to make a card for my long suffering hubby who has to look at every card I make and make the appropriate grunts and comments required ha ha.  Tried to include some stitching and make a new pop up card which I have not made before so excuse my first attempt but I found it surprisingly easy to make.  See what you think.

A Stitch in Time

I have been very busy recently and apologise for not updating my blog so here goes - I decided to work on a theme with this batch of cards inspired by my local sewing shop which by the way sells the most wonderful selection of ribbons and buttons and much more besides - it is great these days to be able to pop into a local shop for some crafting essentials!!

Hope you like this selection of cards as much as I enjoyed making them.