New Arrival

Good evening everyone!! hope we are all good?? I am extreeeeeamly excited at the moment...I am on baby countdown!!!! my beautiful daughter is due her first baby...."my FIRST grandchild" in....32days!!! I am bubbling like a bottle of pop about to explode!!and it's going to be a GIRL!!!! this is when I will experiment with my first scrap book! something I have always fancied trying but untill now i havent done! so...i will be looking for hints, tips and anything else to help me!

Tonight i'm sharing a La Pashe card made from the cd rom "Behind closed Doors Pop Up CD Rom" 

This card was one of my DT cards I made for the launch of the CD  and I used the pre printed sheet for this card you can get just HERE for 69p!!

For my card I used one of the La Pashe card blanks especially created to use with the open doors cd rom/ pre printed sheets, you can pick them up on the web site Right Here! priced at £2.99 for a pack of 4 cards, they come with the pop up elements you need too,  oh and of course envelopes! but the cd rom comes complete with template if you want to create your own :) So... i made up my card using the elements on the sheet, then i added some extras!! I made some teeny tiny cards.... added a shelf... using another La Pashe cd rom I printed a little bear and vase of flowers then made some mini bunting with "Baby Girl!" and a rossette using some bright pink ribbon...but i thought??? it had something missing..i wanted to add abit more! thats when i had the hospital corridor idea, I made a large DL card printed a background paper with two colours seperated with a border, and added a couple of signs "Maternity Ward This Way" and "Gift Shop This Way". I LOVED making this card and it is sure to stand out on anyones mantle piece. This cd really is good fun, I've made a few now from it and i always get such lovely compliments!! they are so easy to put together and really give the WOW factor on opening, so you just have to give them a try.

Right my lovelies I have waffled enough!! I have quite alot on the go at the minute so I will be back very soon with more! ooooh and you must stop by tomorow as I have exciting news!! "The Stamping Boutique" is hosting a "Ning launch party on saturday!!...you see the "Ning" icon top right of my blog?? click it!! i will be back with details tomorrow but trust me you won't want to miss out!!

Night all!

Nicole xxx

Brook Bridge

Sharing a fabulous new design tonight from La Pashe, using their new CD Rom "Behind Closed Doors"

There are some amazing images on this cd!! i have already posted a couple of cards previously from this cd and just couldnt resist this one! i think it looks so peacful!

all the instructions are so easy to follow and available as a free download just  Here BONUS!! :)

La Pashe even sell the exact size gatefold cards just to make life that little bit easier! check them out over here

now i LOVE my cd crafting as you know, so with that in mind for the insert i used the image in my graphic programme- i use both MCS and Digital Designer but for this i used MCS, i copied the image 3 times chopped two...in half, so i had a top half of the image and a bottom half, the top section i used the transparency tool, and popped the verse on top then i  put the two halves back together to get this effect :) then the tab with the sentiment on as you can see it matches the background perfectly, i simply placed the 3rd image over the top so it lined up, used a "digital punch" from MCS and punched out the section i needed, so when mat and layered and popped onto 3d foam pads when it was put in place it exactly lines up to the background!

perfect!! right as it is now 5 to 1in the morning ....oooops! and my alarm goes off at 6 for work i had better bid thee goodnight! 

Nix :) xxxx

Say Cheese!

Good evening bloggers!!! hope you are all fabulous! well what a fantastically exciting week! We have had the Wonderful La Pashe on Create and Craft with a brand new Cd rom "BEHIND CLOSED DOORS!" and also on pre printed paper sheets too...just HERE All the designs team had great fun working on the sample cards hoping to bring you all some inspiration with our crafty makes.. Jak Heath asked us all to...."think outside the box "on this one to see what we could all come up with, and i have to say i think all the DT cards were all amazing, so please do pop over to the La Pashe blog just HERE and see what we have been up to and also pop along to visit the DT blogs too just listed on the ...right! I made two cards for the launch of the new cd and this is my first one.....

These cards really are fantastic! the images are brilliant and i am sure will bring a smile to anyone lucky enough to receive one, printed onto 200gsm La Pahe PRINT PERFECT papers that are just gorgeous to work with! i made this cards using one of the pre printed sheets and the background paper from a La Pashe CD rom. Hope you like it!, will post my next one tomorrow :) Nix xx