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Have you seen this on the shelves? It's a bumper 130 pages packed with inspiration for Christmas. I have some cards featured made using honeycomb paper. A first for me, but great fun!

So treat yourself to a great crafty read, pour yourself your favourite cuppa (or if it's after 5pm your favourite tipple) and while away the hours on your most comfy chair planning all your Christmas makes!

Hedgehogs!

Hello. When my crafty mojo does a runner I turn to my Penny Black hedgehogs. Colour these cute little hedgies and then the card almost makes itself! The one above is 'game on' and below is 'born wild'. I coloured with my Inktense pencils.

eat, drink and be scary!

Hello. I think little Mrs Witchie and Mr Frankenstein's Monster are more cute than scary, don't you agree? The spooky papers, stickers and that stamp are from this months Sweet Treat Box from Paper, Pen and Plan. I know, how many makes can that girl make from one box of stash?

art journal pages

Hello. The girls over at Paper, Pen and Plan run a 'just for fun' challenge called Messy Monday. Each week is a different theme. I've been using the challenge to add pages to my art journal. The page above is 'paint' and the page below is 'song lyrics'.

Fancy giving it a go? Find out more in the friendly facebook group here (this link may not work as it is a Facebook group which you will need to join - just search for Paper, Pen and Plan in facebook, thank you Craftypam!)

Halloween!

Hello. I have something a little different today. Using papers from my September Sweet Treat Box from Paper, Pen and Plan I made new decorations for my tree. This tree lives in the corner of the crafty room and it's had hearts and flowers on it all summer. It's now decked out for spooky season.  

I also made two cards using the papers and some of the co-ordinating stickers. And I still have loads left to do a few pages in my Simple Stories album - a project for next month I think!

If you fancy a little spend, and I know some brand new stock has just been added, 

here is a code for 10% off!

 

new home

Hello. I'm still really taken with my Stamping Bella stamps. This one is 'fairy garden house'. I watercoloured the stamped image and stencilled the background.

I am entering the challenge at Allsorts...new beginnings.

Hi!

Hello. Woohoo, I won the Seven Hills Crafts monthly challenge with this card. I'm so happy that my card was chosen by the lovely team over there but I'm even happier about the £20 I get to spend in my favourite shop!

And here is my entry for this month's challenge which is 'spotlight it'. The stamp is from the 'photo bomb' set by Mama Elephant. And the (perfectly matched) paper is from 'sketchbook' by Amy Tangerine.

you're gnome spring chicken

Hello. I bought this stamp set - 'gnome spring chicken' by Creative Expressions in the sale at my local crafty shop. A few of the stamps in the set are clearly Spring-like but I thought there was enough for me to use throughout the year. And, you know me, I can't resist a punny sentiment!

I am entering the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday - too cute.

September Sweet Treat Box from Paper, Pen and Plan

 Hello. I'm here to share what's in my monthly Sweet Treat box from Paper, Pen and Plan.  

 If you want to see the contents of the box in more detail I did a quick two minute unboxing video which you can see here.

As well as everything in the box subscribers get access to planner printables.

You will get a secret code in your box!

Using stash from the box I made a little double page spread in my Travellers Notebook. The gorgeous felt A6 Travelers Notebook Cover is available here from my friend Jaine's Etsy store.

So, if you want to know more about how the boxes work, order a one off box or subscribe to a monthly box simply click here. There's also a friendly Facebook group here.

 

The girls at Paper, Pen and Plan sell loads of cute planner bits and bobs over in the Etsy store here.  They also stock some gorgeous Simple Stories and Lawn Fawn goodies.  Oh, and I know some super cute Washi tape has just been added - and it's selling fast!

Quote code LIZ10 for 10% off - happy shopping!

happy birthday

Hello. When lacking in inspiration and ideas who you gonna' call? No, not ghostbusters! A Penny Black stamp and Blueprints dies, it never fails.

Pick out some papers, this time they are all from Doodlebug 'stars and stripes'. Die cut the background pieces using My Favourite Things Blueprints 14. Stamp 'London Calling' by Penny Black, colour and cut out. A button, twine and sentiment - job done.

I am entering these challenges -

Penny Black and More - all creatures great and small
Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - bright colours

I wonder who the little hedgie is calling?

a fairy

Hello. There's that doily stamp again! This time I've used it along with 'garden fairy' from Stamping Bella. Not sure about stamping the sentiment over the doily stamp but hey ho it's done now. Lesson learned for future!

you are beary special

Hello. Have you ever bought a stamp, put it away unused and then about two years later use it and now wonder why you have never used it 'cos you're really quite pleased with how it turned out? Well, that very thing happened to me with the doily stamp I used on this card. In fact, it's still on my desk to be used again! The bear and all the flowery images are the 'bear & bird' stamp set by Waffle Flower.

I stamped the doily using a Versa Magic chalk ink 'mango madness'. The bear and all his trimmings are stamped using Versafine 'onyx black' and coloured with ZIG real brush pens.

I am entering my card into the Seven Hills Craft Challenge. It's a colour challenge and I chose the first option. The product I bought at Seven Hills is the Waffle Flower stamp set.