Back In Stock

Just a quick post to let you know we now have the ever popular Big Scalloped Circles LG back in stock

See them here

Shirley aka Nannieflash has given me this lovely award!

Thank you Shirley you are so sweet and I hope you feel better soon!

Mulberry Flowers

Mixed Colours

Pink Petals

Blue Petals

White Hydrangeas

We have just added some mulberry paper flowers to our online shop which are available in packs of 20

see them here

Horace & Flowers

I have made this card using our new Horace digistamp see him here

I printed Horace quite large and  didn't add a sentiment as I think horace speaks for himself lol!

He has been coloured with Ciao Copic Markers

Corregated card,ribbon & button from stash

Bloom - Bee Crafty

New Horace Digi

Everyone loved Horace the little doggy I designed for Craft Stamper magazine.......so I have come up with a digistamp of him for all you digi fans out there.......you can buy him here

Copics or Promarkers?

Should I buy Copics or Promarkers?.........a question on the minds of many a crafter!

"But which is best" people ask

I can't say which is 'best' as they are very similar to each other realy .....yet very slightly different

They look slightly different as you can see.....the promarker is slightly fatter and bullet shaped compared to the slimmer Caio Copic Marker

Both have a brush at one end and a chisel tip at the other (for large areas)

Now here comes the most important difference.....the brush size!

As you can see the Promarker on the left has a much smaller harder brush and the Copic on the right a much softer larger brush

I find I can quickly colour larger areas with the Copic's soft brush but I have to be really careful in small areas as it is very easy to go outside the ink lines of the image I am colouring

It takes a little longer to colour a larger area with the Promarker but my colouring in small areas is much more accurate

This little chap has been coloured with a mix of Ciao Copic Markers and Promarkers

For the hair and skin I have used Copics and for the clothes and balloon I have used Promarkers

As you can see there is not a lot of difference although I have not coloured skin yet with Promarkers......I am waiting for my Skin tones to arrive!

Caio Copics come in 144 colours

Promarkers come in 148 colours

This article has been written on my own experience of these pens.....I am no expert!

It's all down to personal choice so I hope this helps you decide

You can always have both lol!

Chloe in Quickcards

My April edition of Quickcards Made Easy Magasine has just arrived and look who I spotted on Page 57.........Yes it's our little 'Chloe in the Rain'

You can see her here

Chloe with Flowers

I have followed the sketch on this weeks Friday Sketchers

I have used 'Chloe with Flowers' and 'Your special Day' Sentiment which are brand new releases from Pink Gem Designs

Chloe has been stamped with Memento 'Rich Cocoa' and coloured with Ciao Copic Markers

Stamp 'Chloe with Flowers' Pink Gem Desgns

Sentiment Stamp 'Your Special Day' Pink Gem Designs

Big Scalloped Circle Nestabilities

Labels Nestabilities

Martha Stewart Punches

Adesive Pearls

Image edges sponged with Tim Holtz distress ink 'Spun Sugar'

Truly Scrumptious Kaya

I have made this for my grandaughter Chloe's 10th birthday

I have  followed the sketch over at Truly Scrumptious

I have used 'Kaya with Flowers' and 'Someone Special'  ticket sentiment stamps which are two of the brand new releases from Pink Gem Designs

Kaya has been stamped with Versafine and watercoloured with distress inks with glamour dust added for a touch of sparkle

Stamp 'Kaya with Flowers' - Pink Gem Designs

Ticket Sentiment Stamp 'Someone Special' - Pink Gem Designs

Tim Holtz distress Inks:-

Hair - Tea Dye

Skin - Tattered Rose

Cheeks - Worn Lipstick

Dress - Spun Sugar

Paper edges have also been sponged with Spun Sugar

Adesive Pearls - Papermania

Flowers - Prima

New Nestabilities

Labels 11

Labels 13

We now have some new Nestabilities added to the website.....Labels 11 & 13

See them here

We have sold out of the Large Scallop Circles but we are trying to get some more

We also have some new buttons/embellishment packs called 'Colour Me'

Colour Me........Pink

Colour Me.........White

Chloe Meets Sketch Saturday

Phew what a week.....we have been so busy....thought I would never get chance to make a card  again lol!

Anyway managed to make this today using one of our brand new releases 'Sitting Chloe' isn't she sweet?

I have follwed the lovely sketch over on Sketch Saturday

Chloe has been stamped with Memento 'Rich Cocoa' and coloured with Ciao Copic Markers

Stamp 'Sitting Chloe' - Pink Gem Designs

Sentiment Stamp - 'Happy wishes' - Pink Gem Designs

Edges sponged with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Spun Sugar

'Just For You' - Star Charm

Blooms - Bee Crafty

Digi Babies

We now have a selection of our baby stamps as Digi

See them here

Digi Stamps

Since putting the 'Tuilp Heart Milly' digi  freebie on my blog we have had lots of requests for us to sell Digi Stamps. I know a lot of you still love to hold a stamp in your inky fingers as I do........but we thought it would also be nice to offer something to all the Digi fans out there. As a trial we have put 6 images in Digi format onto the website. You can see these here

For clear polymer stamps look in the 'Stamps' category where you will find our brand new stamps shown in the post below

They Have Arrived!

The lates release from Pink Gem Designs

See them here

Andy & Puppy - Sneaky Peek!

Well it's sneak peek time again!

This time it's little Andy......Chloe's Brother

Andy and Chloe are new stamps which will be released on Monday Evening

We were hoping to have them yesterday but there was a slight delay at the Factory

Andy and Chloe are named after our other two Grandchildren

Some of you will already be aware that our Mimi stamps are named after our other little Grandaughter

The image has been coloured with Ciao Copic Markers

'Andy & Puppy' stamp (to be released) - Pink Gem Designs

'You Make Me Smile' Ticket Sentiment - Pink Gem Designs

DP - Sweet Shoppe Designs - Festiverous

Papers edges sponged with Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Broken China

Card blank & Card Candy - Craftwork Cards