Craft, Create & Inspire Linky Party #8

Welcome to my new look !!!!

I will be making some changes over the next few days to the blog, so please be patient :) 
  

Welcome to Craft, Create & Inspire Linky Party !!!

CCI, linky is a party where you can link up your Crafts, Decor, Printables, Projects ect..

Share some inspiration and to be inspired .

A Huge!!! thank you to everyone who stopped by last week to make last weeks  party so fun !! I loved visiting your posts and reading all your sweet comments :)

I am excited to be Co-hosting this party with the lovely 

Kelly @ The Little Things

Here are My 2 Features from last week 

Circus Berry 

Simply Sweets by Honeybee 

Kelly's Features ...

Delineate Your Dwelling 

Homey Oh My 

Congratulations You have been featured ... Grab a button !!!!  

So, let get this party started !!!!

How to join in ..

• You can link up as many projects as you like 

• I would love for you to follow my Blog 

• It would be great if you could help me spread the word about this new linky party, tweet, FB and tell your friends !!

This party will be open until next Saturday ..

4 Featured projects from the linky will be pinned onto the  Craft, Create & Inspire pinterest board !!!!! 

 Have fun !!!

I am having a giveaway to celebrate my 100th  blog post here :) 

100th blog post giveaway !!!!

I can not believe that this is my 100th Blog post !!!!

To celebrate I thought it would be fun to have a giveaway :) here is what you could win ....

Perfect for this upcoming holiday season :)

A close up of the papers included ...

To enter follow the instructions below, giveaway will be open for 1 week and welcomes international readers too :)

One winner will be selected at random Good luck ..

p.s I will be making some changes to the blog in the next week or so, exciting times ahead !!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Project Life week #4

 My week 4 Project Life Spread...

The majority of this spread is made using Amy Tangerine "Cut & Paste" kit..  You may notice that there are 2 cards that aren't quite finished, that is because I decided to stitch those using Amy Tangerine Embroidery Kits ...

Here is the before .....

And after...

I have one stitch left to complete this lovely camera image...

I love stitching on paper , something so therapeutic about it. I usually mark out the template and then stitch them when the girls are in bed .. 

I think they add the perfect finishing touch ..

Here are a few more close ups..

What techniques do you like to use on your projects ???

Claire x 

The Mom Creative 

Craft, Create & Inspire Linky Party #7

Welcome to Craft, Create & Inspire Linky Party !!!

CCI, linky is a party where you can link up your Crafts, Decor, Printables, Projects ect..

Share some inspiration and to be inspired .

A Huge!!! thank you to everyone who stopped by last week to make last weeks  party so fun !! I loved visiting your posts and reading all your sweet comments :) 

Would you like to Co-host this linky party with me ?? Please fill out this form :)

Here are the features from last weeks party :

Source 

Source 

Source 

Congratulations You have been featured ... Grab a button !!!! 

So, let get this party started !!!!

How to join in ..

• You can link up as many projects as you like 

• I would love for you to follow my Blog 

• It would be great if you could help me spread the word about this new linky party, tweet, FB and tell your friends !!

This party will be open until next Saturday ..

I will Feature 3 projects from the linky and pin them onto the NEW Craft, Create & Inspire pinterest board !!!!! 

 Have fun !!!

Happy Little Moments Altered book .

A while ago I signed up for this Studio Calico Class ..

I started off with the best intentions of finishing the book within a month, that didn't happen and I only recently finished it, with a few pages left to add to it at a later date .

So here are some (a lot) of photos for you to enjoy .

Hope you enjoyed having a look inside ??? Hope it inspires you to create your own altered book ..

Happy Friday 

Claire x 

Thought for Thursday ...

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I am taking the girls to watch Disney on Ice tonight, not sure who is more excited, me or them !!!

Happy Thursday (the weekend is almost here)

Claire  x

WOMWD #6

Happy Wednesday friends :)

A little later than I usually post, but I went with my friend to a play school with my youngest, she loved it (plenty of bricks/Lego which wins her over) it was nice to catch up too !

Its been a cold but sunny week, so far perfect for taking those project photos outside !!!

I finished the Studio Calico Christmas cards last night and stamped "Merry Christmas" into each of them..

Here is my Desk this week ..

I received my Studio Calico kits (scrapbook and Project Life) yesterday, so couldn't wait to create with it last night.  I already had the photo printed and the brick paper fitted the theme perfectly ..

I challenge myself to create at least 3 layouts per month using just the kit and maybe a few extras . I especially love the stamp set this month " I love this" ... I think it will be on so many of my projects ..

How about you, what have you been creating this week ???

Claire x 

Linking up @ Stampin Ground 

Project Life Week 3 ....

its hard to believe that i have been doing Project Life for almost a month !!!

Its a really fun process..

Its a great way to experiment with colours, embellishments and techniques..

Here is last weeks spread ...

 This second page is my favourite so far, the colours work perfectly ... I also added a couple of the cards that i made using this Die .

A couple of my favourite cards....

I am hoping to continue this colour theme throughout a few more spreads .

 ~ Cx 

Craft, Create & Inspire Linky Party #6

Welcome to Craft, Create & Inspire Linky Party !!!

CCI, linky is a party where you can link up your Crafts, Decor, Printables, Projects ect..

Share some inspiration and to be inspired .

A Huge!!! thank you to everyone stopped by last week to make last weeks  party so fun !! I loved reading all your sweet comments :)

Here are the features from last weeks party :

Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom 

Home Coming / Simply dream and Create 

Persia Lou 

Congratulations You have been featured ...

Grab a button !!!!

So, let get this party started !!!!

How to join in ..

• You can link up as many projects as you like 

• I would love for you to follow my Blog 

• It would be great if you could help me spread the word about this new linky party, tweet, FB and tell your friends !!

This party will be open until next Saturday ..

I will Feature 3 projects from the linky and pin them onto the NEW Craft, Create & Inspire pinterest board !!!!! 

 Have fun !!!

 ~ Cx

Project Life ~ Making your own cards ....

I have been doing project life for almost 4 weeks , I am loving every minute and I am already looking forward to Sunday afternoon to work on this weeks spread .

I thought I would share with you, how I am going to incorporate using my paper stash in Project Life cards ..

I bought this Die set from Studio Calico , which works perfect with my Big Shot .. This set is ideal for PL as the rectangle is 3" x 4" and fits snugly into the pockets ... the banner, arrow, speech bubble and hello Die is great for embellishing..

I think this is a great way to use up those scraps and also use your favourite papers ..

I am in love with mint green, pink and grey so some of these will go into this weeks spread ,

Cute !!

 ~Cx

WOMWD #5

Happy Wednesday !!!

This week has been a productive one, in terms of completing projects that have been on my "to do" list for a while. I also spent most of Monday sorting out, moving around and hanging things up in my craft room. I feel as though its finally coming together..

This is what's on my desk this week , a little tidier than usual ..

My Amy Tangerine mini album, which i think will get completed by the end of the week..

A pile of Christmas goodies that i ordered from Shimelle  .. 

And a great buy I found at ny local Tkmaxx, Studio Calico Christmas cards , I started assembling them last night..

I also pulled out a Christmas stamp, to stamp in each one.

The Canvas I was working on last time is also finished and  now hanging on my wall :)

linking up @ Stampin Ground

 ~ Cx