Woodware Design Team Challenge - Around the world

I chose to make a very simple card for the challenge using this set

FRCL084 Oriental Elements

I have made up the layout of frames and squares using 'Chippies' which I covered with paper.

It highlights the importance of the tea ceremony.

Go to the Woodware blog for other ideas for 'Around the world'

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Lavender and Lace

It's fun making large tags! Build up a stash and you will always have something ready to put on a card...
I've used quite a lot of stamps on this tag:
FRCL225 Butterfly Medley
FRCL226 Flower Medley
FRS241 Many Happy Returns
The lavender comes in the form of the embossing powder I have used on the butterfly and corner of the tag. The lace in the punched butterfly.

Pop along to the Woodware blog for other designs.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Blooms

To complete the challenge I chose to use this set:

FRCL134 Flowers and Stems

and a big Woodware punch that creates a very nice flower pot.

In the set of flower stamps you have solid and open stamps. You also get the little flower and some leaves plus of course some greetings.

Pop along to the Woodware blog for other ideas for this challenge.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Sketch

A very simple card from me this week. I have gone back to using a very simple greeting from this set

FRCL171 All Through the Year

You could use up leftover strips of patterned paper and card. I've used papers from a new 6 by 6 pad that Woodware will be stocking. I love the combination of purple, yellow and green

I've added faux stitching and some pearls to lift the design.

Pop along to the Woodware Blog for other ideas using this sketch.

The Moon Walk London 2013

Hi Everyone

I normally keep my blog to share creative ideas but I wanted

to let you know that I will be walking a half marathon to raise

money for Breast Cancer research.

It's on the 11 May 2013 in London

you donate straight to the charity. Any amount would be greatly

received! here is the link

http://www.walkthewalkfundraising.org/team_woodware

My training is making me a lot fitter but most of all this is a cause

close to my heart as my mum has had breast cancer. She is well and

fit now due to her excellent treatment and her fighting spirit.

So please, please sponsor me!!!!

Woodware Design Team challenge - Animals Wild and not so wild

This little piggy is not wild!!... It's a great image to bring a smile to a poorly friend's face.

I have used this stamp and the wording is included with the piggy.... apart from the zzz which I added by hand.

FRS130 Hog Rest

Pop along to the Woodware Blog for other ideas on this theme.

Woodware Design Team challenge - Shinny Silver

Late posting again... picked the wrong day in the schedule!

This is one of my new stamps that I have stamped and embossed with silver powder. It's very crisp and clear.

FR133 A Good Friend

Background paper comes from a new pad Woodware will be stocking very soon.

I've added Mark Richard Silver Metals to decorate the card. Also some ribbon of course...

Pop along to the Woodware Blog to see other designs.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Wedding Stationery

Another large word stamp to add to my growing collection...
FRS236 Huge Mr and Mrs

The 'Mr' and 'Mrs' are separate stamps as is the '&' so you can mix and match accordingly. There are also small greetings included. 
I have paper pieced using the 'Copenhagen' collection of papers.


I made a Silver wedding anniversary card for some friends using this card as a base for my design. I wrote their names into the 'M's to personalize it. 

Pop along to the Woodware Blog for other design ideas for this challenge.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Sketch

I liked my little gnomes so much that I have drawn a couple of larger images for this Spring release.

Great for a man's card or just for fun....

FRS129 Fishy Wishes

I have distressed the edges of the panels and paper with black ink for a more masculine look.

Pop along to the Woodware blog for more ideas using this sketch

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Baby

I have added to my Huge words collection.... Baby seem to be an obvious choice to add!

I have really taken to faux stitching on my large words...

FRS238 Huge Baby

small words and greetings are included with the stamp.

Using all these baby colours together means that it does matter when you make up the card... girl or boy. 

New gingham 'Candi' is a perfect addition

Pop along to the Woodware Blog for other 'Baby' designs.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Bubbles and Bubblegum pink

Apologies for those waiting for this post but blogger has been annoying me and I gave up.... but here we go again.

I have used one of my new stamps due out very soon...

FRS133 Good Friend
FRCL226 Flower Medley

For the stamped flowers I have used a Kaleidacolor inkpad 'Berry Blaze'

The fancy border comes with the greeting. There are another three similar word greetings each with a border.

Hope you enjoy this card and pop along to the Woodware Blog for other ideas from this challenge.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Heart Felt Wishes

More paper piecing but this time I have 'faux' stitched some of the letters

I used this stamp:

FRS220 Huge Love

The greetings below and at the side are included in the stamp.

A few 'Candies' finish it off nicely!

Pop along to the Woodware Blog for other 'Heart Felt Wishes'...

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Sketch

Nice and simple sketch but very effective layout. 

I have used this stamp:

FRS114 Blossom Teapot

The greetings come in the set so you are ready to go!

Why not pop along to the Woodware Blog for other ideas using this sketch

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Vintage Hearts and Love

Still recovering from Christmas! Why is it so tiring...

This was quite a difficult challenge for me as I do not often do 'vintage'. 
So I've gone for quite a simple layout. I chose the 'Skagen' range of papers that Woodware distribute which has a sheet of vintage images and a muted colour scheme. I punched out three images that I liked using a 3" heart. The edges of the hearts and background panel are sponged to add to the vintage theme.

I used one of the greetings from this set to turn into a vintage Valentine

FRCL171 All Through the Year

The pink 'Elements' and polka dot ribbon pick up on the touches of pink in the images.

Pop along to the Woodware Blog to see other designs using 'Vintage hearts and Love'

Woodware Design Team Challenge - A little bird told me

This challenge was easy as I have a set with the words 'A little bird told me...'
FRCL210 Sitting Pretty
I love making tags as you can use them as toppers for cards. I cut my own shapes but also have some well love Sizzix dies which have been used over and over!
I've used Tombow pens for the colouring, added some Mark Richard Elements  and of course... ribbon.

Pop along to the Woodware Blog for other ideas on this challenge.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Tags or Card Toppers

Here are some cute baby tags I made using the following set.

FRCL057 Baby Zone

I've strayed away from Christmas!!! ho ho ho... to a baby theme. Made a nice change.

I coloured in the images using tombow pens and a water brush to achieve a water coloured look.

Very simple and quick but ideal to attach to a gift.

Pop along to the Woodware blog for further ideas.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Sketch

I have strayed from the sketch... slightly... but it's sort of close! Just think outside the box [lol]

Another card using 'Frantage' embossing powders and 'Chippies'.

There is a little bit of stamping on the piece of background paper behind the snowflake using this background stamp

FRS233 We Wish You

I have layered up two snowflake 'Chippies'

Couldn't resist those 'Glitter Domes' again....

Pop along to the Woodware Blog for other ideas using the sketch.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Christmas gift

Apologies for the delay in my post but I hit a technical snag with my blog... photo space! Seems I have my full allocation of pics and they want me to pay for more space... so I unfortunately I have had to go back and delete some pics!! Nothing for nothing in this world....

For this post I have used a set of Stampendous stamps

Time Flies

and some number 'Chippies'

I thought it would make a nice present as you could include a CD of pics taken along the year.

I coloured the 'Chippies' with Rocket Red Gold Brilliance ink and highlighted with a Sakura gold pen.

I have used Mark Richard gold 'Metals' and pale blue 'Candy Bonbon' to bling up the tin.

Pop along to the Woodware Blog to see other Christmas gifts ideas.

Woodware Design Team Challenge - Black and White Christmas

As  soon as I saw the challenge for this week I knew I wanted to use my 'Noel' stamp. I've been dying to see it in this colour scheme.

FRS219 Huge Noel

As I didn't have any suitable black and white papers I decided to make my own using some of my new background stamps.

I have used the three following stamps;

FRS233 We Wish You
FRS227 Curly Stitched Background
FRS230 Tiny Dots

After cutting out the relevant letters I sponged the edges. This time instead of paper piecing I have raised the letters using foam pads. The ribbon has been heated with a heat gun to make it extra curly.

Follow the 'Black and White' theme on the Woodware Blog this week

Patch Snowman

It's amazing how using a different colour scheme changes a stamp. After showing you my pastel snowman I thought I would show you a more traditional colour scheme. Don't you just love the bubbles [Glitter Domes] coming out of his pipe!