Getting into the 'spirit' of Halloween

Hey!

Ready for day two of the Clearly Besotted Stamps sneaky peeks of the new release? I hope so! If you're playing catch-up then check out yesterday's sneak peek here. The new release is available to purchase on Friday 5th September at 10pm (UK time).

Yesterday I got a little festive with Eastern Delights. Today it's time for something a little more spooky with a grown-up twist for Halloween. Halloween Spirit is a simply spook-tacular stamp set featuring fun (and creepy!) images and sentiments. My eyes were immediately drawn to the sentiment used here and although I'm sure Stephanie was thinking of spirits associated with Halloween when designing this, my mind turned to the kind of spirits you can drink *wink*.

So cue a custom-made label to put on my bottles filled with a special brew containing a spirit (or two!). I love the fact that word 'spirit' is the focal point of the sentiment - totally perfect for this idea! It might be hard to see on my picture, but I stamped the tiny cobweb stamp repeatedly to build a spooky background to my label and then simply stamped the sentiment, a spider and a bat. I'm not kid ding when I say that this literally took minutes to create so it could be easily mass-produced for a party.

Well that's enough of the spirits for me at this time of the morning LOL! Why not pop across to Stephanie over at CBS HQ to check out even more sneaky peeks with links to the rest of the Design Team who are sharing teasers too? Who knows, you might even find a few more spirits on your blog hopping adventures today *wink*.

As always, thank you soooooooo much for stopping by today. It feels good to be back blogging again - I've missed you guys! :)

An Eastern Christmas...

Hey!

Happy Tuesday! Happy September! Happy Clearly Besotted Stamps sneaky peek time! :D

Yup, I can't believe that time is flying past so fast, but I'm not complaining when there's fun to be had with the new Clearly Besotted Stamps release. The release is available for purchase on Friday 5th September 10pm (UK time!).

I was spoilt for choice for what to tease you with today. The whole release is fabulous (I know I say that every month, but it's true!) and I've managed to find time to whip up a few projects. I guess it's always easier to create when you're totally inspired by the goodies sitting on your desk *wink*.

Today's card features the new set, Eastern Delights, and I've put a little spin on it to cater for Christmas. The set features beautiful, intricate Eastern designs that are perfect for pattern-building. I couldn't resist stamping Christmas trees with it. I'm quite impressed that I've made a start on my Christmas crafting already! The colour scheme is certainly not traditional when it comes to Christmas, but puts a little nod towards the Eastern influence of the stamp set. :)

Right. Gotta keep it extremely short and sweet for today, but I'll be back tomorrow with more CBS sneaky peeks for your viewing pleasure. In the meantime, why not pop across to CBS HQ to check out sneaky peeks of the release - you won't be disappointed!

A papercrafting catch-up...

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Happy bank holiday weekend! :D

I'm sorry that there's not been much but tumbleweed over the last few weeks. I'm still settling into the new job (and loving it!) but I'm starting to find time to create again and boy, does it feel good! I've had few people saying that they've missed my creations - you're too sweet. I hope this post shows that I'm certainly still crafting. :)

So here's a little catch-up of what I've been up to:

1. Firstly, I was interviewed by the lovely Tam of CardMaking Artists. She was far too kind and sweet about me! I'm honestly just a simple gal that likes making cards (and cups of tea!) but if you want to check it out, or check out the great site in general, then you can do so here.

2. Hmmmm what else have I been up to? Well the amazingly talented Els Brige invited me to be a Weekend Guest on her blogeroo last weekend. Daunted? Slightly. I mean,  have you seen Els work? Or seen her previous guests? So. Talented. August is proving to be the month I have to create a ton of masculine cards so pop across if you want to see one of them. Here's a sneak peek:

3. It's more work-related than my personal papercrafting adventure but you might be interested. I had the total honour and pleasure of interviewing BoBunny. To do this as my job is a serious dream come true and I still can't believe it. BoBunny is certainly company that looks so fun to work for! The full interview and a free BoBunny Christmas stamp set and paper pad can be found in Simply Cards & Papercraft 127. :)

4. Finally, although you may not believe it from judging the blogeroo, I have honestly been a busy papercrafting bee. I've been working behind the scenes on a fabulous new bookazine called Die-cutting Essentials. My job was to play with the amazing free gift that comes with the issue: a set of 5 star-shaped nesting dies. Is that really work? It certainly didn't feel like it!

I had a blast playing with these dies to cater for many different occasions. The total icing on the cake was seeing the finished publication arrive at our offices and seeing my projects on the cover. :)

I'm not gonna be a sales-gal, but I think it's a great bookazine with an awesome free gift. Grab your copy here if you're interested.

Well. I think that's about it. I'm just about to sign off here, go and tidy up the total disaster zone that is my desk and hopefully find more time to create over the bank holiday weekend. Yay!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend whether you've got that sweet, extra day off on Monday or not. :)