Don’t miss out girls

The latest Do Crafts is in the store and its really yummy!

Delicious pinks and summer goodies in the beautiful range “Summer Bloom”

Muted red and green for a tradional Christmas with “A Silent Night”

Cute Daisy & Dandelion “Penelope & Percy” Christmas treats

Plus loads more - stickers, card packs, punches, butterflies

AND if thats not enough for you there’s a great new range of  EMBOSSING FOLDERS!

It will take a little while to upload these goodies so if your close to the shop I recommend you get instore quick cause they just won’t last. Some have been uploaded already so check them out

We are very excited to bring you the range from Flourish with a Bling!

Don’t miss out girls - order soon!

Tim Holtz and Sizzix
Check out the latest Tim Holtz goodies

Flourish with a bling

Cosmo Cricket - restock

Glimmermist

Have you checked out the new Green Tara Skeleton Leaves??

We have a pile of new stock to upload to the shop so keep checking in daily girls!!  Today we’ve uploaded a new section for Cardstock which will be being added to over the next couple of days.

New Range - Animal Stackers by Three Bugs In a Rug

So cute - these double sided 12 x 12 papers are just what you need for kid pages

Just arrived in store Graphic 45

Le’ Romantique

On The Boardwalk

Kaiser Run Out

Grab yourself a bargain and get your Kaiser products now before they’re gone, at 25% discount they won’t last long!

Don’t miss out girls - pre orders are currently being taken and should be in next week - here’s a sample of the goodness!!  These are limited stock that ProvoCraft have put out so once they are gone they are gone! 

Parchment Craft

Check out Jo Austins ideas and write up on the X-Cut Templates!  page 101 issue 18

Products that can be used are:

Stitch and Craft Starter Board & Tools

Starter PackFloral Border

Corners & Borders

Review

Barnyard Buddies by Penny Hackney

The cute and comical farm animals are the stars of these delightful Barnyard Buddies double sided papers and stickers by Reminisce.  But if you think you are going to be limited to creating pages about petting zoos, the local show and farm stays, you would be mistaken!

You will also find the cutest suns and clouds, and the reverse side of the papers feature versatile plains, stripes and (my personal fave) polka dots.  The unusual but surprisingly fresh colour combination of taupe, deep burgundy, sunshine yellow and duck egg blue could work just as easily on a boy page, a girl page, a beach theme or even for a heritage style.

But, living on a cattle property, I just had to take the opportunity to showcase this collection of photos of my youngest daughter, Mia, getting up to all sorts of mischief around the farm. 

Kraft cardstock is the perfect base for this range, but white or black would really pop too.

The picture of the piled-up animals had great potential as my main embellishment.  By cutting it out from the patterned paper, although a bit fiddly to do, it gives you the freedom to move it around wherever you like. With so many embellishments available to play with, I kept the background fairly simple with the taupe polka dots (although the other side was covered in the cutest sheep!), adding a thin plain blue strip and a fun hand drawn scalloped border along the bottom. 

When using several photos, I find it handy to have them printed two to a 6×4 print, so they are essentially half-size.  You can do this at a photo booth by selecting the packages option.  I grouped my photos horizontally on my layout, leaving plenty of space around them for decorating.

The sun and cloud were cut from one of the patterned papers, and I drew another cloud from a scrap of the blue.  The pack of word stickers is fantastic value - 66 in one packet!  They look great stacked together along the edge of a layout or a photo mat.  The packet also includes a couple of full length border stickers - don’t be afraid to cut them up as I did!

The journaling sticker pack has some lovely matching journaling spots in a variety of shapes.  If they seem too small for the amount of journaling you wish to write, a few grouped together does the trick - and looks funky too.

Lastly, I added to the “cute” feel by mimicking the black pen lines of cartoon drawings - around my photos, background papers and embellishments.  This is a really easy technique and a great introduction to doodling!