What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

Morning!

Welcome to WOYWW and you will see from the picture below that I am now co-ordinating my craft area decor with my cat! 

So what is on my desk?

Look at this loveliness!  This Saturday I'm going to be at Pickleberry Papercrafts tutoring a Spellbinders™ Workshop.  We are making a lovely Christmas advent box.  

(Yes it is the 'C' word but it's getting closer!)

It will involve creating 25 boxes using the Square Bracket Edge Box die template and the gorgeous Authentique Wonder papers.  All the workshop details can be found here.

Included is the die template for you to keep (be in box heaven at home forever!) 

the wooden frame, all the papers and cardstock.

Just in case you do not live local to Pickleberry it may be possible that there are some kits available to buy online, please email Kate through the website.  

Hope you are all having a great Wednesday - 

do not forget to stop by Julia's place to visit all the other crafty desks.

Bye for now and hopefully see some of you on Saturday.

Cardmaking & Papercraft Magazine

I'm super thrilled to be in this month's issue of Cardmaking & Papercraft Magazine 

My article is 10 festive ideas with die-cutting mentioned on the cover.

And here they all are....

 Some more...

You can probably see how much I LOVE the Spellbinders™  Layered Poinsettia die template!

I put together an assortment of cards, chocolate wrapper, gift bag, notebook, gift tag and gift card.

I hope it makes you feel inspired and festive!

Monday Morning Photos...

Good morning!

I've returned from a wonderful weekend away in Sidlesham - West Sussex.

This is my cousin's lovely new home - it backs on to gorgeous grounds including a maze!  Yes we got lost!

The trees are still bursting with apples.

  Beginning to look a bit autumnal. 

 Just up the road is the nature reserve - the tide was out but we were still treated to lots of wildlife.

And then I returned home to this little pickle!

Have a wonderful week!

World Card Making Day!

It's World Card Making Day! 

Click here for all the details.

To commemorate such a lovely occasion I thought I would share with you one of my cards.

Yes - it's a Christmas card!  Feels strange doesn't it when we have this wonderful hot weather right now!

I used one of the new Edgeabilities® - Classic Petal to create the decorative edge, I am loving the versatility of the Edgeabilities!

You can find out all the card details here - Spellbinders™  Idea Gallery

Enjoy the weekend and card making!

Guest Designer - The Make and Create Shop

I'm delighted that I've been asked to be October's Guest Designer for The Make and Create Shop -  the details are here.

I am eagerly awaiting the October kit - this is the sneak peak - 

I'm loving those Autumnal colours and vintage feel. Ideas are rolling around!

Also this month the kit will include some Little Musings designed by the very talented SJ.  

Please come back and visit throughout October,

in total I will be featuring three projects and possibly a little video too.

Have a great weekend.

Spellbinders and Core’dinations Blog Swap!

Welcome to the Spellbinders and Core’dinations Blog Swap!

This week Spellbinders™ has teamed up with our Core’dinations Color Core Cardstock® to showcase the wonderful ways our products work together!

Sophistication, value and maximum versatility make Spellbinders™ die templates #1. Beautiful Details Inspiring Creativity…Spellbinders unique triple function die templates allow you to cut, emboss, and then stencil through the die template for unlimited possibilities. The Spellbinders Grand Calibur® machine and Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities™ die templates cut and emboss up to 11¾”, taking die cutting to grand proportions. Follow Spellbinders on Facebook , Twitter and the Spellbinders Blog!

Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock is the only sandable cardstock with a color core. Sand it, tear it, emboss it and so much more! The Core Essentials line comes in over 160 colors with matching color families. Or maybe you are looking for something a bit more contrasting like the Black Magic or Chocolate Box collections. The sandable core will shine through the unique black and brown colors once it is sanded. Core’dinations has also teamed up with industry leading companies such as Pink Paislee, BasicGrey,

Graphic 45 and more to create new and unique pre-embossed cardstock that perfectly accents their patterned papers.

I'm delighted to share my project with you using both Spellbinders die templates and Core'dinations cardstock - a monochrome gift box and matching card.

As you can see I've sanded the surface to reveal the colour beneath.

I used the following die templates - Square Bracket Edge Box and Anemone Flower Topper.

But there is more!
Check out Core’dinations website for the new Cardmaker Series, Kraft-Core and various other wonderful cardstock lines.

Please visit all these lovely designers on the following days:

Mon Sept 26

Heidi Blackenship

Sherry Cheever

Tues Sept 27

Kazan Clark 

Christine Emberson (you are here!)

Gloria Stengel

Wed Sept 28

Julie Overby 

Tina McDonald 

Kimberly Crawford

Thurs Sept 29

Holly Simoni

Latisha Yoast 

Windy Robinson 

Fri Sept 30

Tonya Dirk 

Beth Pingry 

Thank you for visiting - I hope you enjoy the blog swap and please leave a comment to enter for great prizes.