Christmas Wine !

Hi Everyone, This week in my crafty shed I have used the decoupage technique to create this personalised card for a friend ! Elements were taken from the wine buffs CD, one I haven't used for a few years and had such fun with it.

Until my next post Happy Crafting Folks!

Holly Love Christmas card !

Hi Everyone, In my Crafty shed this week i have been making my Christmas cards !  Im sad to say I dropped my Grand Calibur and broke it whilst making these cards, luckily it missed my toes :-)  

Again using serif and hybrid crafting, these cards are proving very popular and I too was pleased with the end result :-) the background has been embossed with a snowflake folder. 

Until next week Happy Crafting Folks!

Happy Wedding Day

This week I was asked to make a wedding day card, So i retreated to my crafty shed and got on with it, using serif again i design this lovely card using ivory linen card for the Bride and Groom and personalised it! I was quite happy with the result, hope you like it too! Until next week Carry on Crafting Folks!

Fabulous shoes !!

Hi Everyone,

In my Crafty shed this week I've been doing the "paper piecing technique" I really enjoyed doing this, the stamp is by Chloe and you can find it HERE , Stamped onto one of my favorite papers and cut put and pieced into the shoe. A must have card for all occasions i think :-) Until next week Carry on Crafting Folks!! 

First Christmas plain and simple !

Hi Everyone,

In my crafty shed this week I have playing with Serif craft artist 2, I'm a little embarrassed to say I've had serif for a few years and struggled to get into it, I decided to  invest in number 2 and have a weeks play with it and now i don't know how i managed so long without it!!  I've kept my design plain and simple mainly because that's my favorite design at the moment importing a few of my favorite images and a little hybrid crating from my saved folders! hope you like what you see :-) Until next week Carry on Crafting Folks!

Nellys Crafty Card Attack: Meer cat one for the boys!

Nellys Crafty Card Attack: Meer cat one for the boys!: Happy Wednesday all! We are half way through the week which always brings a smile to my face :-) In my crafty this week I have been doing ...

Meer cat one for the boys!

Happy Wednesday all!

We are half way through the week which always brings a smile to my face :-) In my crafty this week I have been doing the decoupage technique and as promised last week here we have a male themed card using the Meer cat  one for the boys  CD, this Cd has some delightful images on, quick and simple card for the man in your life! Until next week carry on crafting folks!

Circle Stepper Christmas card

Ooooh doesn't Wednesday come round quick! This week in my Crafty shed I got my embossing tools out and new Christmas stamp range by  Chloe If you have never tried these stamps or afraid of stamping you really should give these products a try! they stamp beautifully every time! You will see me using these products frequently over the next few weeks ! hope you like this card!
My next post will be something for men in our lives ;-) until then carry on crafting Folks!

Book Art

Hi Everyone,


Thank you all for visiting my page and as promised here is my Wednesday blog post. It was our first Wedding Anniversary  (Paper) last week, so I was struggling to think of what to buy my Hubby in paper, I decided to search the internet for a free download and have a go at page folding! and here is my first attempt. The instructions can be found HERE,  My daughter picked me a book up from a charity shop for £1.

I covered the book with decopatch, stamped the timepieces onto some card stock and heat embossed i and covered it with the decopatch glue to give a nice sheen finish. The heart stamp on the cover was a free gift from a magazine i bought last year. Why not follow the link above and have a go! it really is easier than it look!

Happy Crafting Folks!

Been away too long!

Hi Everyone,

 Id like to announce that I'm well and truly back crafting after 3.5 years being out of the crafty community we all know and love and just over 2 years since I last blogged!   I will be posting on my blog every Wednesday to show you what I have been up to in my crafty shed, it's going to be so much fun getting all my crafty stash out and see what I need to polish up on ha ha.

I wont bore you all with reasons for my absence other than to say its been a difficult journey and I have come out the other side still strong and a better person for the path I walked. Below is a picture of myself and John, we got married in New York last September 2014,  he has been determined to help me set back up to resume my crafting hobby, not to mention broke ha ha!! ( Thanks John).

Finally a quick thank you to my crafty friends for their ongoing support, I won't name them personally (they know who they are)

until my next post , Happy Crafting everyone 

Emergency Crafters Challenge; "Summer" ...Tilda spending a summer day with polka doodles!

Nelly - For this card I couldn't resist using this Tilda stamp, a perfect summer scene and reminds me of the summer holidays i have spent dipping my feet in the pool. I have combined an image from Polka doodles taken from The Pretty Tuff CD. I have colored the images with pro markers. Pop over to Em Crafters and join in the fun! ...have fun crafting Folks!!

Pomp and Ceremony; Emergency Crafters challenege

This month I had Graduation in mind, friends of my daughter are finishing there degrees this summer  and  had to come up with some cards, Using an image from the internet colouring pages i downloaded it  and resized it in word. Coloured using Tim Holz distress pens. design papers were from a magazine. Pop over to the blog and enter our challenge following the link HERE ....Have fun crafting folks!

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Wedding Bells; Emergency crafters May challenege!!

Nelly  - For my card i used Fizzy Moon Decoupage matt and layered onto some silver mirror card. The papers was also from this kit which is so very quick and easy to whip up that special wedding day card in a hurry! I decorated it up using flowers and ribbon from my stash box!and the heart fancy edging trim is a Xcut border punch.  Pop over to Emergency Crafters Challenge Blog and join in the fun!

Beat the Blues; Oxford v Cambridge

Nelly - For this lovely greeting card i used All our yesterday's rubber stamp by Joanna Sheen I coloured the image using distress pens by Tim Holz, decorated with buttons from stash, i decided to go with nautical using shades of blue with yellow as one other colour, pop over to emergency crafters challenge blog and join in the Challenge and  Have fun crafting folks!

Emergency crafters Challenege; Romance

Nelly For this card i thought id create a simple male themed card for an anniversary or for valentines as the design is quite versatile don't  you think, i have used  background paper from Pink Petticoat The sentiment  is from "say it Loud" by waltzing mouse stamps which i matt and layered onto the card stock, the heart i punched from a woodware heart punch and run through a heart embossing folder. Ribbons from my stash box. pop over to The emergency crafters blog and Have fun crafting Folks!

Its been a long time blogging! Art Deco by Docrafts!

Hello Crafter's :-)
Well its been a while folks since i actually made a complete card or even blogged hasn't it? I'm sure we have all been in a place on life's journey where we feel demotivated and down and just cant seem to pick up the path we once was following due to changes in circumstances beyond our control! To say i have been in that place this year is an understatement and to the people that have tolerated me and listened  i truly thank you  for your continuous support, i haven't been the easiest person to tolerate !!!.
Now its time for me to learn from that journey, dust myself down and start anew and get back in control and what better way than to take myself off into my little craft room (ooooh its was still untidy!!! lol) and make a card, tonight i feel like i have found my mojo that was lost for quite a while and to those that have walked that life path never give up there is always a corner to turn on that pathway :))

I have used Docrafts Art Deco  decoupage kit to create this card if you haven't already purchased this range then go on  treat yourself, its not an expensive kit and you can create beautiful cards in no time at all and they look so elegant! and best of all its such fun and a change from making the Christmas cards he he he ;)) ...Have fun crafting folks! 

Summer Theme; Polka doodles Challenge

Happy Friday to all, and yes its midsummer! ...isnt it? lol this weeks theme over at Polka doodles is to creat a summer theme on your card or project, for my card i have taken the Sunflower  image from The Sundae of Season's CD and coloured them with my trusted Promarker pens ...i incorporated this fab u lush image from the designer EMMA CANNING called "Summer Thank you" inst she just Gorgeous!! again i coloured her using pro markers, the leaf die is from MARIANNE DESIGNS .... flowers embellishements can be found HERE ...trimmed up with glitter and butterfly and ladybird embellies border lends to a perfect British  summer looking day dont you think ? POP OVER TO POLKA DOODLES CHALLENGE and join in the fun!

Very British Olympic Blog Hop !! Polkadoodles challenge

Happy Friday everyone, welcome to the Polka doodles Olympic blog hop , are you as  excited as i am for this fabulous event being held here in London?   if you have reached my blog from the talented Clare P blog then you are in the right place! You now need to go to the lovely  Emma's blog to continue in the hop!

Couldn't resist using circles as the main focal part of this card using Nestabilitie circle dies, i have cut images from The Pretty Tuff and Pretty sweet Cd's  and design papers also from the cd collection and Polka Doodle Dandies  Britannia collection.

Remember everyone all hoppers must leave a comment on each of the blogs in the hop AS WELL AS ENTERING THE CHALLENGE  to have a chance to win one of the prizes which are as follows:

First Prize - Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD

Second and Third Prizes - An Emma Canning Download.

Good luck everyone and have fun crafting folks!!

8th July at Studio 12 ; scrapbook page

Hello everyone, this is my first time posting in Studio 12, I have had so much fun using elements from Heavenly  Garden Digital images for my scrapbook page layout, i have cut into the design paper and tucked the checked design paper behind it, this allows to put journalling notes behind it also, i took the design papers into serif to change the tones, This is my daughters west highland terrier which i'm afraid to say failed his lesson in retrieving the mail when the postman has been!! i do hope your all having fun with this fabulous cd from Studio 12!!

products used;

Picknix cd at Polka doodles

Tim Holz distress ink tumbled glass at Polka doodles

Pinflair for layering up

serif craft artist professional graphics program.

Border punch

flowers, gems and ribbon from my stash box

Studio 12 at Polka doodles ~ candy Time !!

 ~ Hello everyone, more excitement from Studio 12 for you lovely people, here I have taken the design paper and elements from the embellishment section in the welcome home Picknix collection, the wording was added to the heart and also taken from the sentiments section on this CD.  I  cut them out and layered up onto 8x8 card stock, the rose I have printed a couple of times and découpage and glittered up , it looks very effective and quite simple for beginners to do. Pop over and take a look HERE at the lovely creations from the other design team members!!