Relax with a cocktail of choice: its a holiday !

Happy Easter to everyone!, Sorry for not posting anything for a while, can’t believe how fast time passes. So what I have been up too? ...well I've been very busy crafting :-) I have been holding classes on a Sunday afternoon which was a 12 week course but they have been so popular they will continue, so I've been very busy and planning those, what I plan to do next is take a picture of the week’s project and start to post them on a Wednesday again so watch this space!

For now here is a commissioned Birthday card I made this weekend, thought id share it with your all!

Enjoy the Easter Holidays everyone and carry on crafting folks

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Happy New Year 2016!!

A Quick post to wish you all a very Happy new year and health and happiness for 2016 to all.

 For this card make I have used acetate and free glass and balloon dies dies from Simply Card and Papercraft magazine ! Border is cut from an xcut border punch, the " Happy new year sentiment is from my favorite set if scripted words from Woodware. I Hope everyone has a good evening tonight, and if you have no plans get out the craft stash!!, until my next post Happy Crafting folks!

Christmas Wishes to All

Christmas Wishes to everyone I just wanted to post my most popular card in my 2015 Christmas collection,  I have been so busy and didn't get time to blog lately! I actually made 208 cards this year! phew time to rest and enjoy Christmas!!

To those of you that have lost or missing someone this Christmas time my thoughts are with you this festive season. embrace the family and friends that are with you and make the most of what can be a difficult, emotional time. Love to you all!

Until the New Year 2016 may peace and joy be with you X

White on White Wedding Card

Hi Everyone, In my Crafty shed this week I decided to use white card only! Needed a break from making Christmas cards, the background was white card and using double sided sticky parer I spread some glitter over it!  I embossed the card stock using Sizzix embossing folders

Until my next post Happy Crafting Folks!

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!