ARE YOU ALL READY FOR IT!!....

Malcolm and I affectionately smile every time anyone asks us 'are you all ready for it', which we are asked many times by many folk at this time of year.  Well it's happening tomorrow whether we are ready for it or not, so....

'We wish all our customers, friends and bloggers, a very, very, Merry Christmas' xx

Here are a few Christmassy teamie makes to cheer us all on our way below.  My son has just brought me up a very nice long gin and fruity mixer with ice and apple slices (he bought me the gin for Christmas), which I will drink as I blog, and hope I get to the end of the post still sober - ha ha!

Several bright and cheerful makes by Sylvie....

Two more with the lovely snowmen from Joanna and Daniele....

The snowmen appear again amongst the images below, kindly sent over by Alison (who won the stamps in a blog giveaway recently)...

Lovely Alison can be located at craftytrog.blogspot.co.uk
Loving the watercolour backgrounds here Alison!

Another festive make by one of the teamies, but sadly I am not sure who right now (my system has failed me here), but I love it anyway...

 Then here is a beauty by Coco (who is having a year out)...

 Finally this evening I have a couple of bauble makes by lovely Joanna, and as the saying goes that 'Snowflakes are a winter's butterflies' I thought it appropriate that I would add them here, and I just adore these beauties....

Must make some myself next year!!

No links tonight - too time consuming!

.... and as I am now ready for my next G&T, that's it from me!
Have a great 'IT' everyone!!

Jean x

SHADOW BOXES AND WEEKEND SPECIAL OFFERS..

We've just sent out a Newsletter (hope you are on our website mailing list?!) and it featured some fabulous Christmas ornaments made by teamie Joanna..

 ..and here is another..

I love them - must have a go at these myself, so pretty!  Thanks for making these Joanna, taking the step photos and writing up the instructions, you are a star!

We have put many of our Christmas themed stamps on special offer over the weekend coming to celebrate Joanna's ornaments 'how to' projects.  You will find them mixed up on the Special Offer pages HERE and HERE.

We also showed you this very gorgeous Shadow Box by Daniele..

Daniele made this for our recent Hochanda show but unfortunately it didn't arrive until just after the event even though she had sent it first class - such is the postal system sometimes!  It is so beautiful it deserves to feature prominently I hope you will agree!  Lots of lovely sparkle on those butterflies and crackle on the background.  The flowery images are from one of our A4 Glossy Sheets and the butterflies from another Sheet that I was going to link to next but it seems it isn't on the site - must rectify that on Monday!  The Shadow Box itself is an easy 'build it yourself' make by a Polish company Scrapiniec, which you will find HERE.

On the show we also had this beauty by Flo..

It's amazing the different looks we can get with the one item! Scrapiniec also make all these lovely lasercut items too which you can find Here.

Daniele's delayed package also contained cards she had made for the show, and this one is particularly deliciously and delicately coloured, with that adorable little wheelbarrow bottom left..

Wow thanks ladies.

That's all for today folks,
Back soon,
Jean x

MAKES MADE FOR HOCHANDA.....

We had a great visit to Hochanda in Peterborough last Friday, accompanied by some very great makes by the teamies...

Firstly these beauties by Sandra...

....Using stamps CI-411, CI-449, CI-417, CI-415, and more.

 As well as these lovelies by Flo...

....Still loving those little birds from CI-230.

Plus some magical makes by Coco...

CI-302 and CI-185 both looking good here.

Lastly this evening the fabulous ornamentals below by Helen and Joanna...

Gorgeous, with the robin from CI-483.

Hope you managed to catch the shows?!

Bye for now
Back soon,
Jean x