Tuesday 25 November 2014

The Best Of La Pashe 2014

good evening crafters!! well I'm on meltdown!!!! eek operation finish my Christmas cards is under way and..hey!...who needs sleep right? i mean its probably overrated anyways..zzzzzzz....zzzz oops! sorry where was i?! lol any one else out there crazy busy this time of year? I'm sure I'm not alone, us crafters are part nocturnal anyway so all good! right ...who's brought the brand spanking new CD ROM from La Pashe?? The Best Of La Pashe 2014 that you can just so happen to pick up right over ...HERE!!
its just too fabulous!! oh my days I'm loving it, and to be fair i LOVE them all so i knew this one would be totes amazeballs too!
now as you know I'm one lucky little crafter and I'm totally lucky enough to be on the Design Team, and had the great pleasure of making some samples! where to start! ...what to choose! spoilt for choice! but first off I had a play with the brand new range "The Grumps"!
you are gonna adore these decoupage sheets guys! i have seen sooooooo many people i know in these images! and don't get me started on the Christmas Grumps! ( you will have to wait for those tho as they are at this minute cut up on my desk! ) 
OK here is my first card to share with you, do you know any gardeners out there who remind you a little teeny tiny bit of the good old Victor Meldew? ha ha well keep that thought in mind!

how funny! come on,... you MUST know someone this reminds you off!? or maybe a gardener who perhaps hates to garden but is nagged to do it..ooooh that may be my husband there!? La Pashe do give you every different style you could think of! and here is another collection to add to your favourites!
right then back to Christmas!
back soon
and as always thank you thank you thank you!!!!! for stopping by my little blog
Nicole
xxx

Thursday 13 November 2014

Crafters Companion Bebunni Floral

Good evening crafters!! well what a week!! i feel i have neglected my blog of late ( shakes head ) I've had such a busy couple of weeks, lots of things going on at work...all good!.. training to fit in..also good! and ...dun dun dun...CHRISTMAS CRAFTING !!! AAARRRRHHH...and breathe... this topped with the horrid cold i now have a busy Design Team Schedule and a wedding order for the lovely Clarie who is getting married on the 28th of December..I've been a tad preoccupied...( did i mention my Christmas card stall on the 2nd of December too!) phew i have no idea how i fit the day job in!! so today i printed off a planner to get me back on track! all i need to do is fill it in mmmm. 
ANYWAY on to crafting!! Its been an exciting week over at Crafters companion with the fabulous launch of the cutest little Bunni, in the amazing new addition to the Bebunni range with "Bebunni Floral" guys and gals if you love and adore Bebunni like we do, trust me you need to add this CD ROM to your collection! the images are just beautiful with the softest of colour pallettes, which i hasten to add i LOVE for 2 reason as a CD crafter
  1.  they are just totally yummyiressitablygorgeous
  2. THEY DONT TAKE MUCH INK TO PRINT! yay bonus!!!
as an avid cd'aholic ( yes this is a word ) one of my most expensive layouts is ink! so i like to be frugal! if i don't need to print it i don't and this is one of the reasons i like to import my images into a graphic programme, so i can only print what i need for the project I'm doing. i LOVE LOVE LOVE my printer ( i have a canon A3 pixma ix6550) and obviously as a CD crafter without it...well...i couldn't craft! so i only buy original inks, pricey but good!, now don't all shout at the screen lol i know there are some amazing compatibles out there and I'm not knocking any of them its just a personal choice, ive had my little beauty break on me once and at £169 not something you want to replace! but it was exchanged so quibble for brand new! had i put in compatibles, it would have been sorry..go buy a new one lol,
right...I'm digressing lol where was i? oh yes ...BEBUNNI! so did you all carch the shows on Create and Craft this week? not only was there amazing deals to be snapped up, alongside the arrival of the new addition to the Bebunni family Crafters Companion have simply out done themselves by bringing out a range of Bebunni dies too!! for this launch i made 10 samples, now when me and the girls get our allocation, we have to be quite specific on what sections of the cdrom or stamps we are using so our wonderful DT leader Fiona gets us all organised with what and who needs to make what lol ( she does a fabulous job!!thanks Fiona!!) so here are my 10 makes for you, 6 from the CD and 4 using the stamps
first off a cute little stamped image coloured on CC Neenah white card, coloured with spectrum noir pens and pencils, base made using cc Kraft card ( love this stuff!) ,
and below how about using your dies to create a cute small shaped card? here Ive used the Die'sire die Elegance stamping frame to do just that and coloured up little bebunni for a lovely Good luck card.
her again another shaped card, this time using the Die'sire Chantilly lace die, coloured up bebunni and popped him..or her lol in place! supe4r cute and super fast too! 

here Ive tried CC desert storm to colour on for a change, you do get a completely different feel, feels very vintage , i like!
now onto the CD ROM, I'm not going to waffle ..oops maybe too late!, all 6 cards here are made using the wonderful collection from the CD, buy it and see!
so there you go! all 10 of my deign team makes for you. As soon as i have finished ploughing through my long list of Christmas cards i am really looking forward to having a good play with this collection!
thank you so very much for stopping by, and reading my quite looooooong post this evening!!
i will be back very soon with more!
millions of crafty hugs
Nicole
xxxx

Monday 3 November 2014

Time To HOP! at JustInklined

Good morning crafters!! The beginning of November sees a new HOP over at Just Inklined
This month we are using the theme of "Christmas" I've used a fabulous little digi called Fir Balls that you can pick up just ...HERE!
and made a lovely tag, ready to pop onto a nice bottle of wine I will be sending to neighbours this Christmas. 
Super quick and easy to colour so its Fab for those last minute Christmas cards too, and with a little more time i think this one would be a nice one to print a couple of times and 3d the baubles!,

Right on to the hop! You will have hopped over to me from from super talented DT teamie 
and so i will send you hopping on over to our fabulous Shop just here! so you can take a peek at the other gorgeous Christmas digis we have for you!,
Don't forget guys we always have a spot prize too so leave a comment on both mine and Dawns post and we will both be choosing someone to win the digi we have used.!
keep your eyes peeled too over on our facebook page and blog! we don't intend to be a team of 2 for too much longer!
thanks for joining us this month!
love n hugs
Nicole
xxx