Fun and Cute....no not me, the card!

Hey!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend so far....it's soggy at our end but we've got a nice date night planned including popping out for some Mexican food and a trip to the cinema. Just gotta love lil' nights out like that ;D

Thank you so much for your really positive comments about my video tutorial - y'all so sweet! I'll definitely think about doing some more - lemme know if there's anything else you wanna see...within reason of course LOL!

Today I'm squeezing a card in before a deadline (as usual!) if you haven't already checked out Moxie Fab World, the other week they challenged us crafty peeps to try different styles of cardmaking with their Card Style Week . Now I went easy at first with the Clean and Graphic style, and there's just no way I'm even attempting the Shabby and Vintage, but I found I could challenge myself a little and go with Fun and Cute:

Card Recipe
Stamps: Hero Arts/PTI(sentiment)
Ink: Memento Black/Distress Ink Antique Linen
Card: PTI Vintage Cream/Kraft
Paper: Original Japanese Washi Paper
Accessories: Promarkers/PTI Cream Twine/Glossy Accents

This card totally came together from the Moxie Tuesday Trigger for this week. Finally! I get to play along with a Tuesday Trigger!

Those lanterns reminded me of an old Hero Arts set I had which needed some inky lovin'. To make up for my neglect, I dressed up my Japanese Doll with original Washi Japanese Papers - I like to think she's got style! Oh and I complete covered her hair in Glossy Accents "Because she's worth it!" LOL!

Loadsa dimension going off on this card btw but the thing I like best is the twine used to hang my lanterns from!

So y'see I am spending my time wishing I was at CHA creatively still...what shall I make next? LOL!

Catch ya later!
Aimes
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Aimes on the Big Screen!

Hey!

Happy Friday, Peeps! Why do the weeks zoom by so fast when I'm on my summer hols?!

So if you didn't know already or you've been hiding under a rock for the last week, it's that time of year where I sit here, eager to get any sneak peaks from the CHA show! I'm totally jealous of anyone who manages to go y'know ;D

So how does a gal pass the time wishing she was there? Well she decides to getting around to stuff she said she'd do, but she's never done! So I decided on being super brave and I'm now featured on the big screen!!!!! What movie, you ask? Well I'm not on that big screen, but I have finally answered a few requests and have uploaded a little video I made last night to show you how I make my lil' bows for my projects. How else could I pass the time whilst I sit here jealous of everyone at CHA?! LOL!
So here it is, Aimes comin' at ya (well my voice anyways!) and showing you how to make the most easy, peasy bows ever! Huge credit goes to my very own mum for suggesting this technique to me. Mum, you've saved me many hours of ribbon fiddling with this, THANK YOU!!!!

Now before you criticise, I'd like to point out that this was filmed at night whilst my guy was out (I just know he'd make me crack up if he was around!) and not using the most fancy shmancy equipment! But after a million takes I'd like to think that it at least shows you how I make my bows and that's the main aim of the video, right?!

Enough babbling - Enjoy!



If you can't see the video try viewing it here

So I now expect you all to have the most gorgeous bows on your projects of course *wink*! And as you can see, I then put the bow I made in my video to good use :D

Oh man I just ♥ these cards (am I allowed to say that?!)

I've gotta stop now and move onto a different design now though methinks LOL! But seeing as I've made these now, I figured that I could enter them into the Moxie Fab World: Card Style Week challenge for Clean and Graphic Cards. I have to say I think this style is my fave of all and one that I'll never tire of!

Thanks so much for stopping by and for checkin' out my premiere on the big screen - tee hee! Who knows how else I'll spend the time trying not to wish I was at CHA!

Catch ya later!
Aimes
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'chair-ishing' the holidays!

Hey!

Happy Tuesday!!!! I'm so happy that school's out for summer; 6 long weeks of pure inky-ness (oh and a few boring household chores too, but let's not think about them!)

Well I didn't waste anytime getting creative and yesterday spent hours creating a tip in my crafty corner - it's all part of the creative process in my book ;D

Today I'm featuring not one, but TWO cards. Well it's the same card but using a different colour but that still counts as two right?

These cards are for our new challenge on our PTI blog; the theme is friendship. I have to say that this theme is totally appropriate for both Kate and I seeing as we spent this past weekend together in person along with our other crafty friends Caryn and Steph. We shopped til' we dropped, chatted non-stop and finally managed to see Eclipse at the cinema! It's rare I get weekends like that so I really treated myself both with food and clothes shopping *wink*! Needless to day, gotta work off the treats in the gym for the next 6 weeks now LOL!

Full deets and a couple more pics of these cards are over here if you're interested! Oh and there's a rather funny pic of Kate and I on our weekend together posing in matching tops we were trying on during our girly shopping spree! Oooh and you know that if you live in Europe and play along with our challenge, you could be the lucky recipient of the sweet lil' PTI stamp set, Fly Away!

So don't delay, play along today!

Catch ya later!
Aimes
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