A packet of the Flutterbys from American Crafts came fluttering my way last week and I couldn't wait to add them to a layout of my DD (this is one of my favourite photos of her when she was little). I decided to add some glitter to the edges of each butterfly and then attached each one separately with a glue dot behind so they stayed securely in place. The papers are from Fancy Pants Love Story. I cut the heart envelope on my Craft Robo using a file from the Silhouette store.

The flowers were die-cut from plain white card using a Tim Holtz die and then spritzed with several different glimmer mists, scrunched up and when dry I layered them up and finished with more glitter.

Don't forget the draw for a packet of Flutterbys on the post below, just become a follower of the blog if you're not already and then add your comment with your suggestion of a design you'd like to see.....

Fancy Pants - Winterland

Fancy Pants have done it again ... the latest Winterland collection is just beautiful.  Full of soft colours and images, its such a joy to use.

This layout was actually a scraplift ... although, I'm sorry I can't give credit, as I was given it at a recent crop to do by Lorna - who I think was fed up of seeing me move paper around, and not do a lot :)  And, to be honest, Emma and I did the same layout, and we tried to see who did it faster.  Now, she'll say she did ... but don't listen to her LOL.

More inspiration...

Welcome to the weekend, I hope everyone has got something nice in store, whether it's chilling on the sofa, a nice walk in the fresh air or some retail therapy! If you haven't already you will want to check out the sale, there are lots of amazing prices there so a good time to stock up. Here are a couple more projects, the first is a layout, using Fancy Pants 'On a Whimsy' These papers are great as some of  them already have a pretty background on them which make a good basis for your layout.

This card uses the same papers (the more muted back of the papers) along with some pretty Flower Stickers from Me and My Big Ideas. I love working with stickers but to make my life easier I like to stick them onto some thin card or paper first which means I can play around with then design and also I can add foam pads for a bit of height which is what I did with some of the flowers on my card. To finish off I used some Liquid Pearls to add some random swirls amongst the flowers, and some pearls to finish off the centres of some of the flowers.

I hope these projects give you some inspiration, I'll be back soon with more!

Clare x

It's Go ... Go .... Go

It's all systems go here ... the sale has started, and is in almost every department, so go get a bargain ... and also February's kit, has just gone on sale ... and already selling fast.  

This month you'll find papers from two collections, Fancy Pants Love Birds, and Glitz, Love Nest.  But don't worry, you'll not find this kit too lovey dovey LOL.

Do come back tomorow ... I've got an amazing layout to share with you, with papers you'll find in our Sale. 

Not just for Valentines

A Love Bird is forever ... is not just for Valentine LOL.

Today, I uploaded some of the most beautiful papers ... Fancy Pants, Love Bird .. they, are without a doubt gorgeous. Heavy weight cardstock and sticker embellishments, are just what you expect from Fancy Pants, and these don't disappoint.



I've taken this layout from the Fancy Pants website ... it just shows you want can be done with their papers ... but do check out their blog ...oohhh it's wonderful, and the latest post on it, shows you a great project with the square stickers