Happy Mother's Day

 Good morning, a very happy Sunday, and happy Mother's Day! How do you all feel after getting up an hour early?!!! Happy Mother's Day mum, you're losing an hours sleep - the gift that just keeps on giving. They wouldn't get away with that on Father's Day!!

Here's a card that I've made using the fabulous Independent Women collection..

It's been a while since I've been in my craft room as we've been on holiday, so it was really nice to get in and have a play.

This was quite an unusual card for me to make as it was pretty much a 'what's on your table already' card. That sounds so much better that an 'I couldn't be bothered to tidy up last time' card.

I started by printing out my background paper and adding some random stamping in the colours that I would be using.

Next, I cut and layered some tags. These are sooo pretty!

Then I stamped and fussy cut some flowers on scraps from the papers that were left over from my last project.

After I played around with the composition for a while, I ended up with this! I always have to photograph it when I'm happy with the layout and I still never get everything in the same place.

I love the stamped vellum on top of my tag. You can still see the original colours and it's a nice way of adding a sentiment.

The stamping ties the background and focal points together.

Such pretty flowers! I coloured the clear gems with alcohol pens to match the paper.

As always the collection can be found in both digital and A4 formats.

Digital

A4 collection

I hope you like my card and have a very happy Mother's Day. Take care and thanks for looking xx

Inspirational Women

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing a Diagonal Twist and Pop card, made with beautiful papers from the Independent Women collection,  and a tutorial from Paul Lang-Ford (Papercrafting With Paul) I'll put all the links at the end of this post.

The card is just shy of 8x8, so it folds flat(ish) and fits into an 8x8 envelope. Inside there is a surprise....

These are the lovely ladies from the Independent Women Authors kit, and are trimmed to3x4.

I've teamed the collection with some chipboard from the Stamperia Provence collection.

I think that the collections work perfectly together.

And the rather nifty mechanism means that it all folds away. It really has got mantlepiece appeal.

As always the collection is available in both digital and A4 formats.

Papercraft Collection

Authors Kit

Digital Download

Authors Kit Digital Download

Stamperia Provence

Papercrafting With Paul FaceBook

Paul's YouTube channel

Have a wonderful Sunday whatever you are doing, and thanks so much for looking x

Obstinate, Headstrong Girl!

  Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing some mini-album pages I've made using the fabulous Obstinate Headstrong Girl collection.

You should never waste the cover sheet!

The album was pre-bought and holds 6x8 pages (or any size you like really up to 6x8)

One of the best things about having digital collections is that you can print the papers on both sides. I've printed a pattern and a contrasting solid on the same sheet here.

I've added some pockets and photo mats.

I love how pretty this collection is!

Here the pages are opened out.

And folded back up again. As you can see there are some beautiful images included in the collection.

The yellow mat is a flap so will take 2 6x4 photos.

These are 4x3 photos. I use the Selphy App which lets me combine 2 4x3 pictures onto 1 6x4 print.

These pages also take 6x4 photos. These are from our holiday last December.

These were taken a week apart! Blue skies and sunshine in Malaga, and woolly hat and Christmas gloves in Leeds! 

As Neil very kindly pointed out, the poinsettias are upside down! No one likes a smart ar*e!

As always the collection is available in both digital and A4 format.

A4 collection

Digital

I hope you like my pages, I'll certainly be adding more, and hopefully some Summer photographs.

Take care and have a wonderful week.

Obstinate, Headstrong Girl Challenge – 8 Feb to 28 Feb

Check out the fabulous Jane Austen Obstinate, Headstrong Girl collection from Relatively Thoughtful! This is the second in a series of special collections to help celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Jane’s birth, her life and her works. The FREE download gives you a preview of what to expect from the full collection!

Don’t miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in Austen’s world while crafting something unique and meaningful.

Check out the stunning Jane Austen Obstinate, Headstrong Girl full collection from Relatively Thoughtful! The colors and images are stunning.

Paper collection: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl – Relatively Thoughtful

Digital collection: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl A4 Digital Download – Relatively Thoughtful

The FREE download gives you a preview of what to expect from the full collection! Link below

Please join us in creating a card, tag, ATC or whatever you desire using our FREE PDF. The Challenge is open to everyone, seasoned crafters, and beginners. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing and will win the digital download version of this collection. The winner will be announced soon after the 28th February.

To enter the challenge, follow the simple steps here:

1. Download the FREE digital PDF from the link provided

2. Create a bookmark, card, tag, ATC or whatever you desire.

3. Once complete, take a high-quality photo.

4. Share your project in the RT, Make, Create and Share group HERE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2659865907583506

If you are not a member of the group, ask to join.

5. In your post use the hashtag #rtcraftchallenge. You must use the hashtag #rtcraftchallenge in your post for your project to be considered in the challenge giveaway. Otherwise, we may miss your fantastic projects.

USE the hashtag: #rtcraftchallenge

Download your Obstinate, Headstrong Girl PDF here:

February 2025 Challenge - Obstinate, Headstrong Girl! 8th Feb - 28th F – Relatively Thoughtful We cannot wait to see what you create!!!

Down on the Farm

 Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Well, we've finally made it into February! January has been the longest month year ever!

I know we're not out of Winter yet, but I'm looking forward to some brighter and warmer days. We were going to take my Granddaughter to a petting zoo last week, but the winds put paid to that. So in readiness for our trip later this week, I've made a loaded pocket.

I've used papers from the Easter Farm collection. These are so fresh and clean, and perfect for Spring makes.

I've made one of these before with the Sherlock Holmes collection. If you would like to see how that turned out, please click here. 

Again I've followed the tutorial from Paul Lang-Ford and I'll put the links to his Facebook group and YouTube page at the bottom.

This is the front with two large pockets.

I also cut out some of the cute animals from the cut-apart sheets. I'll add some journaling on these when I add them to the photographs.

I've trimmed the corners and added some twine to turn them into tags.

I've also cut these from the cut-apart sheets to add to the front and back.

Such cuties!

And these are the photo-mats that fit inside the pocket. They take a full 6x4 photograph, and I will also add a tag with dates and places etc.

I'll fit the photos with adhesive photo corners so that I can slide in the tag underneath with any journaling or info that I want to put on.

And this is the front all decorated up. I can put more photos in here too. The photo mats just slide inside the wallet.

As always the collection is available in both digital and A4 collections.

Digital

A4 Collection

Papercrafting With Paul Facebook 

Papercrafting With Paul YouTube

Take care, and have a lovely weekend whatever you are doing xx

Love Letters From Jane

Good morning and a very happy Sunday. Today I'm sharing a card made with the beautiful new Love Letters collection, and a tutorial from Paul Lang-Ford (Papercrafting with Paul)

The tutorial is available for everyone to watch for free, so I'm not going to go into how this was made, except to say that it's very clever, and fits perfectly into a 6x6 envelope.

I've cut and matted my layers from the Love Letters papers. The two 4x3s are from the Stamperia Romance Forever 8x8 collection that Sally has in the store.

I've also die-cut a sentiment for one of the panels.

And here it is! It stands up beautifully and then folds perfectly to fit the envelope. Paul is a genius in his card theory and measurements.

These papers are just so pretty!

And the Romance Forever collection co-ordinates perfectly.

I've added a few pearls and gems for decoration.

And of course, a bit of stitching just to finish it all off.

As always, the collection is available in both A4 papers, and a digital download.

A4 paper collection

Digital download

Stamperia Romance Forever

Papercrafting With Paul  Facebook page

Papercrafting With Paul YouTube tutorial 

Take care and have a very happy weekend x

Here's Alice Again

  Good morning, a very happy Sunday. I hope that you had a lovely Christmas and New Year. We took our decorations down yesterday, and the house looks really bare now. It also means that I have to dust again, I can't just hide it all behind the cards lol.

I've made some clusters for my first project of the year. Until a couple of months ago I didn't know what clusters were, but they are handy for adding to mini albums, either for journaling, or just something pretty to look at.

I started by choosing my papers, cut-aparts and die cuts from the Alice In Wonderland collection.

Then I played around with the layers and images.

This is what they look like in the Alice Album.

You can buy the collection here in the store.

A4 Collection

Digital Download

Fussy Cut Pack

Take care, stay warm, and enjoy the rest of your weekend xx