Zentangle ATC's

I've signed up for another swap on the CM&P Forum. This is the September technique swap. Each month a different technique is chosen and you must use it on the ATC's. September is zentangles, well you all know how much I love to zentangle so I was very happy to have managed to find the time to make these. There are five in total four for the swap and one for the host as a RAK.

I can't wait to get the swaps and see some other people's zentangle creations.

Claire

Personalised card

Here's another personalised card I've made. This one is for a lady who loves clothes and shoes - well who doesn't!! I love the stiletto template which I've used on the card, again it's one I've had for a while and hadn't got around to using. The shoe is a light pink which doesn't show up that well in the photo.

What a great motto to live by!!
Claire

Personalised cards

Hope everyone is well, sorry for posting a bit late in the day but once again I've been rushed off my feet!

I've been asked to make a few personalised cards. I have been given names and details of what each person is interested in. Here's the first card I've made, this is for someone who loves marzipan and cakes. I wasn't sure how to portray marzipan on a card so I decided on a cake to decorate the front.


I've used paper from paper mania and a template for a cup cake which I was very kindly given a while ago.

Thanks for looking
Claire

Finally the Final Fat Pages!!

Yay I've done it, I've finished the cat fat book pages! Here are the last three:

As any regular readers of my blog know I love using black, white and red so I thought I'd make the last few fat pages in my favourite colours. The first has another embossed cuttlebug background but this time I highlighted the embossing using a silver ink pad. The second has some cat sequins in the corners, I've used these on some of the other pages but I have no idea where I got them from I just found them in the bottom of a drawer when I was looking through for some inspiration the other day! I've used die cut corners on the last page. I love this die it is a cut and emboss from Ellison/Sizzix and cuts both this and another corner both designs are quite art deco.

Well that's the end of the cat fat pages, back to cards and other stuff tomorrow.
Claire

Yet More Fat Pages

Yes, you guessed it more fat pages, but I'm nearly there only another three to go! I'm actually really enjoying making these and they're giving me a break from all the orders I'm trying to complete at the moment.


I love the brown colours of the first page. I always like working with brown but find it quite a difficult colour to buy. Most brown papers are either too light or dark for my liking. I prefer a real Cadbury's chocolate kind of colour, just wish it were as tasty!!

I've used a cuttlebug embossing folder on the background of the second page. I love these embossing folders and I'd love to have them all although if finances allowed. My only wish is that they were just a bit bigger so you could use it as a background on a 5x7 inch card.

Hope you aren't getting too bored of fat book pages!
Claire

More fat pages!

Well I'm keeping the promise I made to myself and making a couple of these fat pages each day, I need to make 11 in total so there's another couple of days ahead of me yet!

I love the green paper on the first page. It's a wallpaper sample I got quite a while ago just because I liked the paper so much. It's been sitting in my paper drawer ready for use but I like it so much I keep putting off using it. Silly but I'm sure other crafters know exactly what I mean!

Once again the pages have stones on them.

Promise I'll show you something other than fat pages soon!

Claire

Cat Fat Pages

I've made another couple of fat pages this morning. The second has a hand-written 'meow' on the bottom. I'm always a little nervous about writing on cards and craft items as I always think I'm going to make a silly mis-spelling or my writing won't be neat enough. Luckily this one turned out ok. Both pages have small stones stuck on them although they're quite hard to see in the photo's.


I'm off out now to do a bit of food shopping, hopefully the rain will stay away long enough. Hope you all have a good weekend whatever you're up to.

Claire

Finally completed some fat pages

I showed you the backs I'd made for the cat and dog fat page swap last week sometime and as much as I kept promising myself I'd get on and make some of the fronts life took over and I just haven't had the time.

I managed to find a spare hour today and have stamped the images I'm going to use and have also completed a couple of the pages. I bought this stamp in the Range a couple of weeks ago specifically for this swap and have decided to use the same image on each one so I'm afraid my pages are all cats - not a dog in sight!

Here are the first two pages I have completed, they are quite similar and I like the fact that the images are at an angle. This is something I often think about doing but I'm always worried it will look like I couldn't stick straight! So I assure you it was intentional.

The rest will be different and I have decided I will take the time to make 2 a day until I have finished these so watch out for lots of fat pages over the next few days!

Post Soon

Claire

Birthday Card

Here's a card I've made for the birthday list on the CM&P Forum. Not sure who I'm going to send it to yet but I am finally building up a small reserve of birthday list cards. At least I won't have to keep rushing to get them completed every time another birthday comes round!




I like the simplicity of the colours on this card. The image is stamped and heat embossed with white powder.

Claire

Sooooooo busy!

Finally I've got a few minutes to myself, thought I'd pop on here and say hi! Hope everyone is well. I've been working on a few orders for the past week and I've also had a couple of people ask for some rush orders which I don't like to say no to so I've been working all hours.

Anyway thought I'd show you a card I made for an 18th birthday. I put the words I was asked to include in the front pockets. I also made a simple handbag charm to hang on the edge of the card.

Hope you like it

Claire