Hand Crafted Memories

Here are some more cards that were made using the oriental stamps from Craftwork Cards , I'm not surprised these stamps have now gone to limited stock. P&P is only £1.95 at the moment so it's a great time to buy. I'm looking forward to going to the next workshop so I can get my hands on some of the Richie & Suzie papers I NEEED them.

OK, I am now officially excited about the Scrapping Angels retreat this weekend. I have everything packed and in the car and I'm ready to go and be inspired by all sorts of scrapping loveliness. I've also noticed that I have had over 1,000 hits to this blog. When I first started this I asked, who would possibly be interested in what I do or make. I also wondered if it would be something I would continue to maintain. I am enjoying sharing what I create but it seems people are interested in looking at them. I hope that some of the hits inspire others, because I have to admit without blogs I would have some very 'dry' periods. If anybody is at the retreat this weekend that reads this blog please come and say Hi, it would be nice to see the faces of readers. you'll recognise me by my badge . Here are some more of the oriental cards I made. and a little gift bag.

Remember I said here that I had been playing with some of the Craftwork Cards oriental stamps ? Well here are some of the cards, it's taken me a while to post them because I wasn't sure what would be happening with them. I was kind of hoping they would be published but it didn't happen so I can at last share them here. These are lovely stamps that give a perfect image every time. Now I have to say oriental is not my thing but these are such lovely stamps I was persuaded to rethink. It's hard to pick out my favourites because I did quite a few cards with them. I'll post more so that the post doesn't become too photo heavy. For more cards have a look in the Simply Cards and Papercrafts magazine (No 57) for cards usning these stamps, including some from my friend Lynda. Lynda's cards are always beautifully clean looking with some of the best detail.

OMG what a week and it's only Wednesday! It all started at the weekend, I had nothing planned, I mean nothing. That of course means only one thing, a whole weekend of crafting and organising. I decided I would finally empty everything out of my 'office' ready for painting and final preparation for the new units. As most of this was already done I decided to craft a bit first. My friend Lynda and I have been lucky enough to get our hands on the pre-release of the fabulous new stamps from Craftwork Cards,see them here . They are to die for, I have never had such a pristine image from stamps before, sometimes the problem with clear stamps is that they 'squash' when you press down and this makes the lines a bit thick. Not with these the images were lovely and we have made several samples to hand in to Sue. Bonus point, I wiped Staz-on off with a baby wipe. I'll put pictures when we know what is going to happen to them. Anyway I digress, after a thoroughly productive...