It's about time!

Iiiiiiiiiiit's Photodump time!!!!!

Hey everyone! So sorry I have been M.I.A as of late. I have been totally scooped up and carried away by life and my poor blog has been left a tad neglected. But never fear! I am BACK and am going to really try and keep a regular update going =)

So, without further ado, here is a collection of cards that I have made between my last post and this one. Here we go ...

This one is a New Home card that my parents ordered for their friends who recently moved away.

I made this for my brother when he got his first ever job!

One of the cards from my new collection.

One of two thank you cards I now have in my stash =)

This was ordered from a Church friend when her nephew turned one.

I put this one together for my boyfriend's birthday

I made this for my friend who lives in Canada!

And last but by no means least, a card my parents asked me to make for my Uncle.

I promise there is more to come, so watch this space! And by the way, just because I haven't been able to update my blog, that doesn't mean I haven't been able to keep taking peeks at yours!! =)

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I'm still alive!

Hey everyone! It's been waaaaaaay to long since I last posted, but I am into my 3rd week of my new job and I don't have as much time to blog now. I do have a huge update to do so keep watching this space =)

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Sorry it's been a week!

I really don't know where the time goes! I mean, I haven't exactly been rushed off my feet - I've been off them mostly because I sprained my back falling off a horse and have been an almost-cripple for a week! I'm still not quite right but I am definitely much better.

I've still been sending my brain into a tizz though, coming up with ideas for things to sell at the Christmas fair. (I've also just heard of one happening in September and am debating whether or not to give it a try.) I've been on hundreds of websites and looked at hundreds of tutorials, and made a visit to Hobbycraft at the weekend to buy some supplies. £68 worth of supplies to be exact, and that was with some money off! There's still a couple of things I need that weren't in stock so I will have to go back, but the girl on the till sneaked another voucher into my bag so I'll use that. Thank you lovely girl! =)

I've just been talking to Gileng and she says she has overbooked sellers, so I agreed to share a table with someone. This means I can't get too carried away and that's probably a good thing ... I've been feeling waaaaay too inspired lately!

I found this blog during one of my inspiration hunts and I want to be this woman haha! Kerry makes some amazing and really beautiful things and sells them at lots of craft fairs. I've picked up so many useful tips of her, I'm so grateful!

I feel another trip to Hobbycraft is on the cards (pardon the pun!) pretty soon, and since I have no plans this week (apart from Toy Story 3 on Thursday!), I will be going home every night and crafting my socks off!

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Exciting news!

So, today I went to see my friend Gileng for lunch (a fellow creative head) and we talked about our jobs and what we want in the future and about life in general really. She is the wonder woman behind Purble Bell Designs and was in some ways the inspiration behind me setting up Purrfect Papercraft. I'd thought about doing it for a while but didn't think it would take off, then the next think I know Gileng is out there doing it and loving it!

Anyway, she held a fair in Christmas '09 and I was gutted i couldn't make it. She's arranged another one at the end of this month but I am at a wedding that day so can't make it again! She mentioned today that she's been thinking about hosting another Christmas fair this year and asked me if I would like to have a table! I was thrilled! She used to make cards but now makes jewelry, gifts, accessories, homewares and amazing cupcakes! (One of which she gave me today, yum yum!) She's so talented and it would be an honour to work beside her! She said I would be the only card maker there, which is exciting in itself!

Here are some photos from her fair last year ...

I knew I would have to start thinking about Christmas soon (and its not hard considering we skipped Summer this year and went straight to Autumn!) but now I will have to go into overdrive and work really hard to get lots done! Plan, plan, plan!!

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Happy 60th!

One of my Mam's friends hits the big 6-0 this weekend and my Mam asked me to put together a card for her. So I thought up a design, then took all my papers and embellishments to Mam and showed her what I was thinking and asked her what colours she'd like. She's very particular (as I have mentioned before) so that was the easiest way! Anyway, here is the finished outcome;

I think it's rather snazzy!! What do you think?

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Busy busy!

I can honestly say I've made more cards over this week than I have in any other week since I satrted!! I've finally got my spark back, and am once again really excited about card making. I've been to the library and had a browse through some books, I've looked online for inspiration, and I dug out my stash of papers and got busy. I love all the cards I've made which makes a nice change coz there's been a fair few times when I have been unsure. So ... on to the peeks!

These cards are made with some Buzzcraft papers I got on Ebay. They came the day after I bought themm, and I turned them into cards the day after that! I have to go to the craft shop and get some wire for the stems, but other than that they're prettymuch finished.

I love all the light colours, and I love how everything matches. I've never had anything matching before, I've always bought seperates and matched things up. This is definitely the way forward though haha!

In my last post I posted some photos of my new collection. I'm in the right frame of mind to carry on making cards like this so there could be loads! Again though, I need to go to the craft shop as I am running out of cards!

I've brought everything into work with me today so I can make some when it's quiet, but .... I forgot to bring my white card! Duh! Oh, also, many of the cards are one-of-a-kind, as some of the papers I only had 1 sheet of and can't get any more of. I guess that makes them special =)

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All in a days work!

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend =) I finally got myself into action and made some cards! Here are the three that are totally finished.

The first is a 'thanks' card. I was sitting looking at my Papermania letters and this was what came to mind. So now I have a grand total of two Thank You cards!

These next cards are some that sprang to mind when I saw my heart-shaped stencil. I found some paper that I'd forgotten I had and used that on these cards. I love the hot pink, for some reason it makes me think of summer in some exotic location! These are part of my new collection that I'm putting together =)

I haven't stamped them with "Happy Birthday" or "Thinking of You" as I think a blank card like this can be used for any occasion. They're the kind of cards you want at hand for a last minute occasion you've forgotten about haha!

Did you make anything this weekend?

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A new request!

My Mam's friend at work rang her the other night to ask if I would be able to make a card for her and what the process involved. I almost choked on my dinner when I realised what she was talking about haha! I think she wants a wedding card as her daughter is getting married soon so I'm quite excited, I love making wedding cards. So, I need to make a trip to Hobbycraft and buy in some supplies. I haven't been there in ages so I imagine I'll be in there a long time having a good mooch around haha!

There isn't as much available online as there is in the shop so I can't really show you much picture wise.

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A huge Thank You!

I just wanted to take the time to thank everyone who has posted a comment and/or followed my blog =) I get warm fuzzies every time I get an email notification about any kind of activity surrounding my blog! I really feel like it is finally beginning to take off and I'm so pleased.


So, thanks again! And keep it coming haha!

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A personal project...

I've been interested in them for a while, but art journals and inspiration journals have really been catching my eye lately. I've always loved to scrapbook and collect images of things I like / that inspire me / that I'd like in the future. I'd really like to take the time to sit and make a proper journal, something along the lines of these pretties;

[Images are all from here]

Have you ever made an art journal?

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