Butterflies

A card I made using my scraps. I'm not sure where the butterfly or patterned vellum came from originally...

Post from across the pond

I received my Papertrey Ink order this weekend and paid the customs random. I think this will be my last order as the prices have become ridiculous. It is a shame as I love their products, especially the perfectly matched colours for inks, ribbons, cards, felts, buttons...

The flower in the Meadow Greens stamp set was the reason for my order, so I thought I'd put it to use. Sometimes I find that if I leave a stamp set and 'file it away' for another day, I tend to forget about it.

Tools: Papertrey Ink Meadow Greens and Tiny Tags stamp set.

And more Spots...

Thank you to Stephanie and Caryn for your kind comments!

I have to admit it was Stephanie (whose blog I found through Michelle Short's) that lead me to my Papertrey ink obsession. I do dread looking at my order history and seeing exactly how much I've spent on that website...! 

And with Stephanie's new line of stamps, hopefully I won't need to spend anymore on shipping things in from the US. Mind you, those Lil' Inkers die do look mighty tempting...

Here's a card I made using Memory Box dies.

Seeing spots

It is a beautiful sunny Monday and I'm in bed sick. Must be all the eating out this weekend, of which something has upset my stomach (which usually has nerves of steel). It's a shame it's my week off!

I made this card last week for the Clearly besotted challenge.

Tools: Clearly besotted Background Builder & Home Sweet Home Stamp set

           Papertrey ink Tiny tags and Trendy Tree Tops die

60th

Apologies, I certainly do not make enough cards to justify my stash of cardmaking tools!

Here is a card I made for my mother-in-law's 60th. I forgot to photograph it but saw my chance when we went to visit her! Hence it is a little bent from the post office treatment.

Tools: Papertrey ink Dot Spot stamp set & By the Numbers die

Hello!

I'm not quite sure how I was pulled into the world of paper crafts, but I may have my old housemate from university to thank. She had a heat embossing set, and I was hooked. It started off with the acquiring of various embossing powders, then those chunky wooden stamps (so difficult to clean), a Cuttlebug and finally a love of Papertrey Ink.

I was going to get a Silhouette Cameo, but decided not to indulge my addiction! Plus what will I do with all my beautiful dies?!

I have always loved browsing other crafter's blogs for inspirations (and shopping ideas!), so I thought I'd start my own.

A LOT of my friends are getting married this year, must be that time of our lives! I'm very excited and here's my first congratulations card in preparation.

By the way, has anyone noticed that the Man & Wife die from papertrey ink has the man's breast pocket on the wrong side?

Materials: Papertrey Ink - Man & Wife die, Tiny Tags die.