Black and White Waterfall Card

Today's post is a card reminder to all the customers who came to my demos in the beginning months of this year. This is the Waterfall card that you all got to have a go at making during the demos. I hope you are all using the template and making loads of yummy waterfall cards :)

The images used are from the Tatty Teddy Docrafts Digital Designer CD. I was very hesitant to get into CD crafting but I really have come around to using it and still crafting the way I like to. I thought CD crafting was all about making the card on a computer screen and then printing it off (not my style at all) so instead of  doing that I print everything off separately so that I can work making the card from scratch. It also meant that I could print off the images for this card below in large numbers so that everyone could have a go at using them at the demos. Yep, it fair to say that CD's have won me over :)

Happy Crafting everyone :)

Back to Normality at last :) - Paper Pieced Urban Stamps

Normality is beginning to return to the Larkin household and I can finally get back to blogging. I really have to say thank you to everyone for sticking around and being patient with my lack of posting while I got my arm a bit better. A huge thank you has to go out to all my wonderful customers who came to the demos and did all the work while I sat there with my arm in a sling giving out loads of instructions :) Another huge thanks goes to all my Crafty friends who worked so hard to help me have loads of kits ready so people could participate at the demos. You girls know who you are and I am forever grateful :)

Today's post is showing a couple of cards using the stamps from the Docrafts Urban Stamps. This Owl and Bird just cried out to be paper pieced (While my arm was out of action I was unable to color so this became one of my favorite techniques). I used papers from the Forever Friends Kraft Notes paper . I have to say sometimes a paper just begs to be used and used and used and this paper was the one that called me back to it time and time again (Sush, tell nobody but I bought 2 of the 12 x 12 designstaxs - well I wouldn't want to run out of it!) I just love the colors and how well it works with Kraft card, white card, colored card - well actually just everything.

My posting should be a lot more frequent from now on. Its time to charge up the camera again and start taking loads of photos so I can show you what I have been (slowly!) making over the last few months.

Happy crafting everyone :)

Playing with Lego.........well making it out of card!!!!!

Well I am slowly getting back to blogging. As my arm is getting better week by week I am starting to take on more stuff again. So today's challenge was to update my demo dates on the blog and show you a quick and simple card. This Lego card idea has been floating around the net for a few years now so I though it was time I gave it a go. How cute is it. Perfect for any little boy or in more pastel shades great for any lego girl fanatic:) It took about 20 minutes to make and the circles are all punched with a 5/8th inch punch and then lifted up with foam dots to give the shadow and 3d effect. I gave the girls in my classes a challenge to make one and they came up with some fantastic cards in all sizes, colors and shapes.Its well worth giving it a go as boys cards (and mens) can be some of the hardest cards to come up with so its nice now and again to have this little gem ready to go when your stuck.

Happy Crafting Everyone :)

Broken Shoulder - quite a good reason to be quiet!!

I thought it might be time to put up a post explaining my absence from my blog for so many weeks. I fell about 6 weeks ago and broke my shoulder. Sadly the doctor I went to told me I was fine and it took another 9 days for me to get up the nerve to go back to another doctor . I was sent straight for an Xray and then put in a stablishing sling for the last 5 weeks or so!!!

Needless to say I had tried to work during the 9 days and really didn't do myself any favours, so its taken a bit longer to heal then normal. I am now trying to work but as you can imagine if there was a speed slower then SLOW, then that the one I am working at. I a went to the fracture clinic today and I am allowed to slowly get used to being without the sling but because the pain in still so bad they are sending me for an MRI to check out if I have maybe torn muscles as well in my arm.

As this Saturday is the start of the demos for March and April I will be working away at getting demo samples ready so I am hoping that next week I can start uploading cards and projecs.

Thank you to everyone who has stuck around while I fell off the blogging planet and I promise I will be back on track as soon as I can.

As I only got to photograph a few of my cards in January I thought I would pop them up tonight so I had something to show you. As soon as I can lift my arm up high enough to photograph the rest (or bribe my daughter to take some photos!!!) I will pop some more on :) The range of cards below were all made using the Country Companions Range from Docrafts.

Happy Crafting everyone :)

Art Deco Box Frame Card

Just a really quick post today.

This is another card from the Art Deco range from Docrafts. The picture nestles in a dropped frame within the card. I forgot to photograph the box I made to go with it.............at least I forgot to photograph the box before I sat on it!!! Yep............I did it!!!  Not to worry the main thing I wanted to show you was the card itself!

Happy Crafting Everyone :)

Art Deco Boxed Window Card

Well I am working away on a huge commission at the moment all my demos and my classes so with a crippled laptop (it only works when it feels like it) it has become a bit of a challange to get a blog post up!

Today's project was one I was showing in my November December demos for Docrafts. It's been a few years since I made one of these cards and I honestly can't understand why............I love them. I think maybe I didn't make this card in a while because until last year I couldn't make a box to save my life and now I make them all the time!!

This is a stunning card for the receiver or you could use it so that when the card is lifted out  a gift card is nestled in the tissue paper.

Box Side View

Box Front View

Box when first opened

Tissue paper opened up

Window card side view.

Happy Crafting Everyone.

Art Deco Pop up Card

Well I have been away from the blog for a couple of weeks now as my laptop is a sick little puppy. I have a horrible feeling that I may have to get a new one at some stage in the near future!!!! After taking off a heap of stuff the laptop and putting it on an external hard drive it is finally letting me do a post, but oh boy it is taking ages!

For Christmas my fab hubby bought me an IPad and I have been able to roam the internet but have been unable to do any blog posts! I tried to do some housekeeping on the blog with the IPad and managed to delete about 100 lovely comments left on my different blog posts. I was actually trying to delete all the spam that arrives on the blog every day.. So I am sending out a massive apology to everyone who took the time to make a comment on the various blog posts. I promise I have learned my lesson and will double check everything before I touch the delete button again!!! 

So today I thought I wiould show you one of the pop up cards I made from the gorgeous Art Deco range from DoCrafts. I will be showing quite a few cards made with this range on the blog as I just loved working with all the images.  This card contains 2 pop up mechnisims. Its lovley and luxourious on the ouside and when you open it up both the images and the greetings pop up and stand.

Front of the card

Card when opened up

Looking down on the pop ups.

Well I hope you like it. Happy crafting everyone :)


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