Addicted to Digital???

I've almost forgotten what it feels like to craft with actual paper and glue. All my craft creativity  right now is digital, working on this project - the scary thing is that I'm getting quite addicted. When I started out creating the CD Rom I thought I would be creating something for other people to use. Now, I've come to enjoy the images and style so much that I'm desperate to start using it as a real product.















I just love this Sumo wrestler, how about him on a card that says "Big Hugs" !

I just wanted you all to have another sneaky peak. I'm so excited about this project and can't wait to share it with the world. Remember, you saw it here first - LOL!

I'm still alive!

Just a really quick note to all to let you know I am still alive and well! So much is going in around here right now so I must apologise for abandoning Blogland so much lately. I'm still working, (but not for too much longer, hopefully, and have also started University full yime too. We are working really hard on the CD rom and it's staring to look really cool, I'm so pleased with some of the work, but that also means that all my time is used up. I've only ventured into my craft room to view the mess with horror over the last month and can't wait for a free day or two to play, just for the fun of it. I'll post some peeks later this week - promise. take care all x

coming along nicely...

I've really missed Blogland lately but there are only so many hours in a day, and so many of mine have been taken up with working on the CD rom. It's really coming along nicely and starting to take shape. I'm so pleased with how everything is looking and can't wait to share it with the world, I hope you all love it as much as we do. The main problem I'm having is we keep coming up with more "must haves" to include.
 Ofcourse there are lots of gorgeous girlie images but I know how hard it can be to come up with interesting cards for men and teen boys, so with that in mind I've included lots of Sumo wrestlers, Koi carp fish, birds and so much more. I thought I'd give you another little sneek peak.
 I'd love to know what you think so far. There's still a couple of days left to sign up, follow and leave a comment for a chance of the great goodie bag. x

My first scrap canvas

Have you ever tried using your craft skills for home decor? I love to do this. Why not have a try at some scrap canvas.
Simply take any box canvas, you can pick them up at so many places really cheaply. Then paint your background colour in acrylic paint, I used a lighter colour, then the blue and painted a crackle medium over the top.
The photo was mounted on navy cardstock and ripped and chalked the edges. You decorate however you like, ribbons, flowers, brads, accents - you choose. The wording was cut from a Cricut cartridge, I think it was Joys of the Season!
Soon, I'll post the gorgeous "secret" canvas I made with Lindsay Mason - keep tuned in.
Remember to sign up as a follower here on the blog, (you probably need to open a google account - some people have struggled a little to leave comments) and leave a comment telling us your name and the area where you live. There's a bumper blog candy up for grabs.
Any problems and you can email me at...notquitemarthastewart@hotmail.com
Good luck x

sign up, sign up

Wow, have things been crazy, crazy around here! The fun stuff that has been keeping me out of mischief is my new secrect project. It's a secret, but I'll tell you about it!!!  In my last post you were treated to a sneaky peaky at Kimoni, just one of the cute images on the CDrom I'm working on. Both me and my trusty techkie have been working almost non stop to get this together, and we love it. I hope you will too. We hope it will be ready in the Autumn.
As I'm sooo excited about this, I'm feeling particularly generous and decided to give one lucky person a huge bag of blog candy.  All I can tell you is it will be a host of  paper craft goodies. So, all you have to do is enter the draw by leaving a comment with your name and home town and then sign up as a follower on the blog.
A winner will be drawn at random at the end of August. So sign up and good luck x

what'cha think?

Hey everyone, it's been a while since I contributed to Blog Land. Things here have been crazy busy, after my small operation it took for ever to get rid of all the after effects, pain, tiredness and feeling completely doped up all day!! I'm fine now though, it's wonderful to now walk faster than the very elderly ladies that over took me a couple of weeks ago!?!
I did manage to get some serious scrapbook time behind me whilst in recovery mode and completed 2 ( yes I did say 2) albums of our 25th wedding anniversary cruise of last year.
Lots of stuff is going on at home too which has occupied most of my time, seriously, I would much rather be crafting than dealing with most of it.

Anyways,...onto the good stuff. I'm taking the plunge and venturing into the strange wild world of CDrom production. I know the card isn't anything too fancy, (it took all of 2 mins to put together) but take a look at the image, do you think she is as cute as we do? I had a whole load of digi stamps that I produced and with a massive amount of help from my baby son have started work on a cdrom full of them, complete with backing papers, sentiments and lots more.
So, we created the cute image and both the background papers. Now, this is just a little glimpse of what we have but I'd really like your feed back. What'cha think?

ooh lala

When my Beginners French class ended last week, I wanted to say a special thank you to our great teacher, Muriel. I knew months ago what kind I wanted to make and ofcourse, it had to have a French theme! I love pop up cards but had never made one before, so with a little help from Google I did it. Hope you like it.

The card itself, is a double sided A4 from Kanban which I scored and folded in half, making an A5 size card. Using a sheet of Papermania  Signature Chatsworth Vintage A5 pad, I wrapped it over the spine when the pop up part was complete, that way it covers all the holes! This paper is gorgeous and has a linen feel.

I adore this Martha Stewart lace punch, simple black card stock transformed!
The sentiment (Merci) is hand written inside a stamped label and then cut around and set with foam pads.

Check out on your search engine for tips on pop up cards, it's basically done by just making a couple of slits from the spine of the card inward to the length of where you want your object to pop up! By folding them inwards it creates a sort of step/stand for you to adhere your image to. Just make sure that before you cut or glue anything, fold it all flat and make sure all parts are concealed when the card is closed.
                                                

maybe you can see better in this picture?





The Eiffle tower is cut from Cricut Destinations cartridge. When doing a scene like this it's important to remember perspective, so the tower is cut at about the same height as the tree and the lampost which are in the middle ground. The railing and bike are in the foregound and are also large in comparison but it helps with the illusion of distance and depth of field - wow, doesn't that sound scientific!!!

The bike, railing, lampost and tree are all from the Cricut Heritage cartridge.











 I used some Glossy Accents to highlight and a little Stickles in green on the railings to give a more metallic impression. I was rather pleased with how it turned out, I almost didn't want to give it to her!!!