Happy Sunday...

Happy Sunday everyone, I hope your all having a brilliant weekend...can you believe its March already...but its the perfect time to start making more spring like cards isn't it, I have two beautiful ladies to show you today...my first is by Sue Rundle-Hughes, isn't she just beautiful and shes fabulous to colour too...shes called The New Boots, both my cards today are using very little colouring and papers to give them a soft fresh look, well hopefully anyway and my next one is using image Art Deco Pearl she is such a pretty feminine image don't you think...I used distress inks to colour both of them and all the details of the colours and papers I used are on my blog, if your want the direct link to them its here...enjoy the rest of your Sunday and thanks for stopping by today

Mina xxx  

Happy Sunday...

Good morning everyone are you all recovered from the holiday season yet...I hope you had a brilliant Christmas and I wish you and those you love a wonderfully Happy New Year...its my turn to show you some Crafts and Me beauties today starting with the beautifully elegant Art Deco Esther Digital Stamp I coloured her with distress inks and paper pieced her stunning dress...my second card is using the beautiful Daffodil by Sara Burrier at Crafts and Me, with a bit of strategic placing of a punched snowflake to cover the Daffodil she is carrying I used her for a sparkly winter card...I love it when I have images I can use for any occasion don't you...all the details of my Crafts and Me cards are here on my blog...enjoy the rest of your Sunday everyone and thanks for stopping by

Mina xxx

Esther Baby!!

Happy New Year Everyone!! I hope you all had a very Awesome New Years, and a Very Merry Christmas.... I certainly did, and I can't believe its 2013 already! WOW

Today the shop is back in business at Crafts and Me, along with all the Design Team Girlies!! I want to show you a card that I made using a December image, Art Deco Esther!!

I have coloured her with my copic's in a rich green, to make her a little more traditonal and 1930's feel :-) I have also used my Graphic 45 papers, Ladies Diary, which I think is pretty much perfect for her, so here she is, I hope you love her as much as me:-)

So what do you think? pretty ? I think so:-)  I have again kept the card nice and simple and somewhat small, so that the main part of the card is the actual image:-)

There is a brand new challenge starting today, so I hope you will come along and play... here is the link so that you can check it out

Till next time

Happy Stamping!!

a Merry Happy Sunday...

Good morning everyone...oooohhhhhh how excited am I, I love love love Christmas and its almost here...its my turn to post today and I wanted to take the opportunity to wish you and those you love a WONDERFUL JOYOUS CHRISTMAS

right now onto my cards to show you today...the first is a stunning Hannah Lynn digi from Crafts and Me called Merry Mindy isn't she gorgeous, look at those stunning eyes and the bottom card is one of the brand new Art Deco collection at Crafts & Me and is called Art Deco Geraldine these are so elegant and pretty...all the details are here on my blog...right I will leave you all in peace now as I'm sure you have loads to do...Happy Christmas

Mina xxx

Sending Elegant and Tropical Holiday Wishes

Hi there! This is Rose sharing two cards I've made using some of the fantastic digital images available ONLY at Crafts and Me Stamps.

You may have seen this card at the current Dynamite Digi team's "Why So Blue? = No Blues Allowed!" challenge.  I've used newly released Art Deco Rita for an unusual yet elegant Christmas card.  You can find this lovely Rita image here.  When you want to convey the mood of a rich, bold and lavish eclectic style, Art Deco images are the perfect match.  Teresa carries many digi and rubberstamp Art Deco images that contain formal wear and show what appears to be the very best in taste and style.

You may have seen this card at the recent Dynamite Digi team's "Ribbon or Trim" challenge.  I've used Monarch Mermaid by Hannah Lynn for a tropical-themed Christmas card.  You can find the Monarch Mermaid as a digital image here.

 

 

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You can find more amazing rubberstamp and digital images in a variety of styles by your favorite artists at the Crafts and Me Stamps store here.

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You still have time to add your entry to the Crafts and Me Stamps' digi team's "Why So Blue? = No Blues Allowed!" challenge here for a chance to win THREE digi images from Crafts and Me!  Visit the Crafts and Me challenge blog again on Wednesday for a new Rockin' Rubbah challenge.

Here's wishing you a fantastic day!  We're so glad you stopped by to visit!

~ Rose

New Art Deco Geraldine

Hi There Everyone

Well we have hit December, not long until Christmas - although before that, the world is meant to blow up or something isn't it? Do you think I should wait to do my Christmas Shopping? hahahahahha

Anyway this week at Crafts and Me we have some new digi images, like we always do on the 1st of each month.  This month we have some brand new Art Deco images which you can check out here... I love these girls and it was also the perfect excuse to use some of my Graphic 45 Ladies Diary Papers.... so here is my card... I hope you love it as much as me:-)

Isn't she just the coolest? Well I think so, I love the fashions of the 1920-30's... so glam... I have coloured her with my Copic's and added some sparkles with the Atyou Spica pens in Clear and also a little bit of Gelly Roll (its like Atyou but a bit thicker) to her dress, although you may not be able to see it in the photo...

There is a brand new challenge that has just started over here, make sure you enter you just could be this weeks winner!!

Image: Art Deco Geraldine and Words and Embellishments 

Happy Sunday

Good morning everyone I hope your having a wonderful weekend...my cards I wanted to show you today are two totally different images and ones rubber and the other a digi...my first is using another of the amazing Sara Burrier digi stamps this one is called The Talisman, how beautiful is this little merboy and he is a dream to colour, I coloured him with distress inks oh and by the way he doesn't come with a number 8 behind him I added and paper pieced the 8

this one is made with this fantastic Art Deco stamps called Glitzy Ladies and of course I again used distress inks to colour them...right I will leave you to enjoy the rest of your Sunday...if you would like any more details just hop on over to my blog
Mina xxx

A moments Grace

I am so excited for all of you that are going to meet the Crafts and Me team at the show tomorrow. I so wish I could be there. This is another of the new releases that you will be able to get your hands on there. She is from the Art Deco range and is called Grace. I have coloured her with promarkers and then used loads of sakura stardust pens to really sparkle her up :D
I hope you are all having a great weekend I have to run as need to leave for work soon so sorry the is short and sweet.
Don't forget there is still time to join this weeks Crafts and Me challenge which is to use numbers somewhere on your creation.

Huge hugs

Amy xx

Happy Sunday

Good morning everyone Mina here just popping on to wish you a happy Sunday and show you a couple of cards...the first is one of the sample I made for the Stamparama show on the 14th August, I was lucky enough for Teresa to send me this amazing Art Deco stamp, isn't she just stunning...the bottom card is my card for the last digi teams challenge...this image is a Sara Burrier digi called Truth, I love this beautiful angel and she would be wonderful for Christmas too, all the details of these are on blog as always...right now I will leave you in peace to enjoy the rest of your Sunday
Mina xxx

Happy Sunday and a sneaky peek...

Good morning everyone, its my turn to show you some fabulous Crafts and Me images today and I have something really special to show you, a little sneak peek of one of the brand spanking new stamps that will released at the Stamparama Show in Stevenage on the 14th August, its so spanking new it doesn't even have a name yet, its one of the Art Deco range of stamps and how perfect would it be for a wedding, engagement or anniversary...my second card is using the fabulous Button digi from Sara Burrier and this one is available now at Crafts and Me...I coloured both the images with distress inks...if you would like any other details please pop on over to my blog to see them...have a wonderful Sunday and wherever you are I hope you get some sun to enjoy
Mina xxx

A Quick Card.....

Good morning all you lovelies its Vicky here. Hope you all had a fabulous weekend. Those poorly I hope you all get well real soon. I have not been in blogland for about a week now as I've not been well at all so I took a break from crafting altogether. I'm still not better but my craft room was sobbing its little heart out it hadnt seen me for over a week, in fact the blinds were still shut in there lol.

Anyway as I've been poorly I havn't been able to do my tutorial for the gift bag but it will be done asap. I have instead done a quick card this morning just to show you what you can make when caught on the hop. Whether it be like me you need a card but have been poorly or simply because you forgot a birthday etc & need a quick make......I'm always forgetting birthdays......wish I could forget my own lol.

So for my quick fix card I've used one of the fabulous Art Deco stamps from Crafts & Me

This is Art Deco 'Bride/Flapper'. I just think she is fabulous & is one of those stamps that can be used in so many different ways & for so many occasions.....I love stamps like this!! For this card I stamped the image straight onto some 300gsm card using Versamark sparkle & then heat embossed the image using black embossing powder. I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of card cut using a small oval nestic & then heat embossed it gold embossing powder which you can get here. I then finished the card off with some black organza ribbon, some gold pearls & then cut the edge of the card with a WOJ 'French Lillies' border die available here. Thats it simple yet still effective & perfect for those that like the minimal look.

This is a card I made for a challenge a week or 2 ago using a WOJ stamp 'Willow with Coffee To Go' available here. She is coloured with Copics & her dress, bag & shoes I paper pieced which is perfect for all those scraps that you may have lying around.

Lastly I just thought I would show you this image. She is 'Strawberry Surfer' digi stamp by Hannah Lynn. I love this artist she is my fave of all the artists out there. If you love colouring hair then Hannah Lynn is erfect for this.....all her images are just stunning. This image I actually coloured as soon as she was released but unfortunately she has still not been put on a card so I thought that I would at least give her a little limelight until she does lol. She is of course coloured with Copics & I soooooo enjoyed colouring her.

Well thats it from me I'm going to try start catching up in blogland now......it may take me a while lol.

Dont forget the current challenge over at Crafts & Me Challenges which is 'Punches' which we all love to use.

Tatty bye for now xoxoxoxox

Art Deco

Hello peeps.. my turn again to hopefully inspire, I took delivery of the fabulous Art deco rubber stamps the other day & I had to get inky with them ASAP!!... so I hope you don't mind me showing you what I came up with.

This is the first Art Deco bride/flapper I did, I just love this image she is sooo elegant don't you think :-).
I've been having a change round on my copic fleshtones, this one was done using,
E21,E11,E00,E000, I then coloured her up again and this was the effect I got the second time.

This time I used E21, E11, YR00, YR000 for her fleshtones,

I really like how this combo turned out :-).

My next Art Deco one I'd like to share is this one.

Using the Art Deco lady with fan, and finally I have not an Art Deco card but a...

Fairy one :-).

Using this gorgeous Stamp by Rachel Anderson called Sunrise.

Thats it for now from me folks thanks for stick with to the end of this post,

I hope I've inspired you just a little :-).

Happy crafting everyone.

In Love with Vintage

Hiya Peeps,

Well I hope you popped by yesterday to see Angels's introduction to the team and what a stunning introduction and array of cards it was too. So if you missed it, scroll down after you have read this post, of course, lol.

You know I love Friday's, don't we all, but today I get to show you my Art Deco Vintage card, which I am absolutely in love with. I was asked to make an Anniversary card using Art Deco and thankfully I have this fabulous stamp available from Crafts and Me HERE. I am falling in love with this style of stamp. They are currently out of stock but I know Teresa is expecting more in soon, so if you want them email Teresa, details are on here or the Store, and get yours reserved as these stamps are in demand.

I actually don't want to give this card away, lol. Lots of fabby details, I may have gone overboard with the embellishments, but I do love the end result, so there isn't anything that I would change.

The middle section is corrugated card stripped of the top layer and painted with some acrylic white paint. I added some lace and purple ric rac.

I have added two little charms a key with the word LOVE and the heart with the lock.

I have painted the heart swirl with a lilac acrylic paint and edged it with Tim Holtz Distress ink.

Ahhhh look at that incy wincy postcard. I had this sheet for a few years and I finally found a use for it. The double heart is again painted with acrylic paint and edged with Tim Holtz Distress ink.

A close up of the laserchip word LOVE that I have painted with lilac acrylic paint and edged again with distress ink.

An here's the inside.

And here's the happy couple.A full list of materials can be found on my blog.

Now I have another card that I haven't yet posted on here and again I love this image and I have certainly seen this image going around blogland on my travels, I can tell you. This is DUSK by Sara Burrier and is a digi availabe HERE.

Isn't she gorgeous!

And those cute little bunnies.

That's it for me today, be sure to pop back again tomorrow for some more inspiration. Have a good weekend.

Lady with Fan

Evening Peeps,

I know I'm really late. It was great meeting some of the Crafts and Me crew last Sunday, but it's put me a little bit behind as Sunday is my crafting day and as I work full time so it's difficult fitting any crafting in during the week, so I know I am very late this evening with this post, so apologies but I do have another excuse, lol. I left my laptop in work.......ummmmm, yes and my daughter was meant to bring it home and yes she forgot, so I have just had to do a round trip of an hour to get it to do this post, ahhhhhhhh I hear you say.......

I know you have all been enjoying the new stamps which I believe will be loaded over the weekend so don't forget to stay tuned with pennies at the ready, lol, but I just wanted to remind you that Teresa has some fantastic lines of stamps available in the store and one of them is the Art Deco range. I have used it to make a christmas card, just so you can see how versatile these images can be.

This image is Lady with Fan available HERE but I believe she is currently out of stock. Teresa has more stamps in this range due in at the end of March, so please keep checking or send her an email.

Doesn't the Martha Stewart Deco border compliment this stamp.

Enjoy your weekend Peeps.

Hugs Tracy x

WOW! It's Challenge #13 already

Good morning everyone,
I can't believe we are on challenge #13 already, it only seems 5 minutes ago since we started the challenge blog.
Thank you to everyone who entered the last challenge we had lot's of beautiful entries, it is going to be a hard task for Amy to pick her top 3. The winner will be announced soon.

For CHALLENGE #13 our Vix has chosen Easel cards, we would like to see Easel cards any size any shape surprise us!!!
The PRIZE this week is a stamp from the CRAFTS AND ME own stamp range called Refresh by our exclusive international Artist Sara Burrier who's stamps you can see by clicking on her name in the side bar, this stamp has many uses for sisters, a special do!


This is my 1st attempt at Easel cards so I am still practising as you can see it is not standind up to attention!! I made this card for my Son and his new Wife on their Wedding Day, It is a bit dark as it was taken at night I forgot to take a pic. so had to grab it back from them quickly for a snapshot.


The stamp I used in my card is Art Deco Couple available in the store HERE
Beyond Postmarks Designer Papers HERE
3 in one Butterfly Punch HERE
White pearl plastic flowers & Heather HERE
Brad's HERE
I added netting and a brad to make the veil, and shell's from the beach where they got married.
The Art Deco stamp is due in any time now so please keep checking back for these.

GOOD LUCK WITH THE CHALLENGE EVERYONE!!!

Love Teresa xx

Shall We Dance

Good afternoon folks its Gina here with a card for you using the Lilac lemon Art Deco couple which you can get here at Crafts and Me its showing that its out of stock at the mo but keep checking back for it to come back in stock. the papers are Kay&co i think lol the flower i made myself from scraps of lace and ribbon, i've keep it quite plain this time as i wanted the image to be the main focal point.



Don't forget you still have time to enter our challenge over at Crafts and Me challenge blog the theme is gems and sparkle.

Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Art Deco Bride/Flapper

Goodmorning i hope you all had a great Bank holiday, I was working saturday and Monday so not much of a break for me, the only good thing about working bankholidays is double money!!!! I hope you all enjoyed the week of IN THE SPOTLIGHT the Dt really loved looking at all the gorgeous entries in our challenges we would have loved to spotlight you all i,m sure we will be doing it again very soon so watch this space.

Today i would like to show you a card using one of Lilac Lemon designs stamps Art Deco Bride/Flapper available HERE at the Crafts and Me store, unfortunately it,s out of stock but Teresa can email you as soon as it,s in stock if you click on the email me icon on that page.
You can colour her in so many colour combos here I coloured her with Promarkers(cool aqua and Bright Green)Other items used=Nestie scalloped Oval dies and Papermania Summer Bloom papers,Papermania glitter strips,Ribbon from Crafty ribbons and flowers from my stash.
Dont forget you have only have untill 8pm tonight to enter our PETALS and PEARLS challenge over on the challenge blog HERE

Spotlighting...... JACK!

Hehe she's gonna kill me lol! Jack is a very talented lady with a wide range of styles, you'll find her blog here. I've shamelessly borrowed some of her fab creations to show you, good job she knows me well!

First up a beautiful blue and green version of Soft Goth Night. I love the background Jack has done on the circle and all the swirls.

And how about this beauty? This one is Enchanting Gold - Love her hair on this one, blended beautifully. The papers all match the image, very nicely done Jack!

And finally Art Deco Bride/Flapper by Lilac Lemon. The nestie there is just perfect for this design. Love the pink and Black Jack has used here and the beads on the frame finish it perfectly :)