The Glitter Chick

Hello All,

A quick post from me tonight. I love this new Sugar Nellie Manga image, available here I just think there are so many fab possibilities with this image, and I have so many ideas swimming around my head at the mo. I used a "Craft Work Card" template to create this card, and all the paper is from my scrap pile. Finally I have added touches of glitter.

Also I just wanted to give a quick apology for the fact I have not been very active on my blog or the fact I am so far behind in visiting you all. Life has thrown a few little changes my way, nothing to worry about at all, its just I am struggling to keep up with the blogging at the mo ..... but any and every opportunity I have I will be using to catch up, but I wanted to apologise for the fact I may be a little bit hit and miss at the mo.....

I am still thinking of you all, so take care and hugs all round.
Juls

Hello All,

I hope you have had a really good weekend. I am really loving the look of Prisma pencils on Kraft at the mo ..... however I don't have any, they are on my wishlist though ... having had a quick look on the old tinternet to look at prices I think they will have to remain on my wish list a little longer .... So I thought I would try and achieve the look using what I have.

I tried with some normal pencils I have, but they didn't work, they were too scratchy and it didn't take the colour ...... So I have created this look using water colour pencils as they are a little softer ...... I think it turned out ok, I will be interested to see what you all think.

The Base card is from "Kanban" .... It was from a kit that my Auntie bought me last year, but I never really used as It was really difficult to colour match with anything, but I think it works quite well with the Kraft, and the stripy paper is from my scraps .... I have added some gold stitching and then created my own flower using some of the left over Kraft and my x cut punch.

This is my entry for:

Crafty Creations - In Stitches
Anything Goes - Make your own embellishment (the flower)
Lets Ink It Up - Die Cuts/Punches (I have used a punch to create the rounded corners, and the flower.

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Hello All ,

Its been a bit of a mad week and I have hardly got any crafting done, I wont have much time over the weekend either, as I am visiting my Mum today, and tomorrow I am babysitting.......so this is another holiday make that I am sharing with you today.

The Dress image is a "Kanban" stamp, and I have again used my set of "Echo Park" papers...i have added some stickels to the dress and made a little rose using some ribbon.

This is my entry for:

Allsorts - Special lady
Shabby Tea Room - Bingo (gems, glitter, ribbon)
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Daring Card Makers - book club ( I have based my card on a book I read on holiday "the secret lives of dresses by Erin Mckean)
Just Add Ink - Just add stamps.

Thanks for looking, enjoy your weekend
Hugs Juls

Hello All,

Well I am back to routine with a bang ..... It all ready feels like life is a whole lot of crazy..... I have managed to squeeze in a little time for this card, now I am not quite sure about it, I'm not really sure if the over all look is right.

I am using one of the fab new manga's "Honey Bee" available here As the image had Honey and bee's in it I was thinking yellow, I hunted through my scraps and found this little piece of K&Co paper that I thought would work well with it.... So I coloured my image to go with it, and then couldn't really find any other papers to match..... so then I was stuck trying to make this strip of paper work as a whole card

I stuck it on added the stitching detail and then thought about how I would fill the white space .... So I added a "Anna Griffin" sentiment ..... which to be honest I now wish I had stamped it slightly more to the left as it would have worked better ..... but after I had stamped it, it was too late to change it ..... I was looking for a little bee stamp to fill in some of the background, but I didn't have any so I decided to add these little "Pergamano" images, as the manga image was quite quirky, I thought it may look ok. To try and finish it off I added some "Prima" flowers ...... and then desperately trying to make it look better I covered everything with Stickles ..... As I say I am unsure on the result so I would appreciate any comments.

This is my entry for:

Papertake Weekly - Mum or Girly
My Time to Craft - Ladies day
Simon Says - Mothers or Girly
Stamp Something - Something Sweet
CES - Inspired by a song ( "sweets for my sweet"....... in particular the line that says "sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honey" )

Thanks for Looking
Hugs Juls

Hello All,

Well this is me just arrived home after a wonderful holiday we were in Devon on Holiday, the weather was just beautiful and we had a very relaxing and romantic break. We celebrated our wedding anniversary, and I got some lovely crafty things as pressies!!.....Including some fab simply sassy stamps.

I made this card when I was away....the image is "Sheena Douglas - My Fair Lady 2" and the papers are " Echo Park Paper"

This is my entry for:

Daring Card Makers: Going Postal
Paper Cutz - Your Choice

When I arrived home there was my Lovely DT kit from sugar nellie, waiting for me, so I will be inking those little sweeties up and I will be back soon, with my creations.

Its lovely to be back and I will look forward to catching up with you all!
Hugs Juls

Hi all,

Just a quick wee note to say that I am off on hols tomorrow .... I am taking some craft stuff with me, so if we have wi fi...i may manage the occasional post, but as this is meant to be a romantic holiday with my hubby I cant really spend to much time in Blogland...

I feel bad as with having loads on I am way behind in my commenting, I will catch up with you all when I get back.

hugs to you all
Juls