Clearly Besotted Challenge #2 - more spots!

Back again, I actually had 3 cards to make last week for special people so used dots/spots in all so I could enter in challenge for my favourite stamps, just love the simplicity and clean crispness of Clerly Besotted Stamps, have quite a collection now, lol!
Hi, back again.....

This is a simple tag card, I love these as they're cute and neat, I'm not a fan of larger cards.......
I have used a lovely marmalade orange for the dots from Background Builder, have given dots a little glam up with stardust Stickles as its for a glitzy lady!! Congratulations at the bottom is from clearly Besotted Happy Ever After -  not just for weddings!- have just pleated some gingham paper from Craftwork CaRds and made some little Rosie blooms using card Candi, again from CWC, have used ink pad to dye seam binding to match, and here's the finished little tag card......

Hope you like, even a little!

Clearly Besotted Challenge #2 - Spots and more spots!

Hi everyone!
I love spots, dots and polka dots and have been having fun with my fab new stamps from Clearly Besotted, I just love them all and have collected quite a few now.... intend to have them all one day, lol!

I have  used them to make a card for my beautiful sister who is not well at the moment and is recovering from a really huge operation, I saw the sentiment and put the card together specially for her and don't normally big up my own creations but I do love this (apart from bad pic as using iPad at night) and am entering it in Clearly Besotted Challenge # 2, hope you all like too...........

Big hugs!

Time Flies.....

Morning Everyone!

Hope you are all feeling great after the lovely sunshine this week and ready for another sunny lazyday, maybe  with a little crafting too!

Before I forget, I have a special message for Nana Pat, congrats lovely Pat you are the winner of  my Candi bloom cards and craft surprise, please email your details to me at cardsandcandi@hotmail.co.uk and I will get your parcel off to you 1st week in August, congrats again and thanks!

Time Flies -  I love this collection and have used it lots for today's blog creations in the form of tag cards and a cute little envelope book with lots of room for little pics, keepsakes or even receipts.  The flowers and butterflies are so versatile and the papers are sooooo lovely, hard to cut into them but that's what they are for and the finished article, I think, is worth it!

The tag cards are from the new tag books and I just use a little card, cut down, and attach to the back 
for your message and so that the card stands. Butterflies, flowers, stickles, ribbons and a few gems with some chipboard and lovely pearly card, all from Craftwork Cards with the exception of the dotty ribbon and some of the gems/pearls.  Have a little look and hope you are inspired to get to play with your Time Flies collection and if you don't have it already you need it! Hope it's not too many pics, (not the best as using iPad) but the book needs a few...........

Envelope  book....

Hope this has inspired you a little......

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, keep safe in the sun and keep happy, smiling and crafting!

Candi tags and bags......

Morning Everyone! 

Hope you have all enjoyed the brilliant sunshine this week, long may it last I say!  No tutorial today I'm afraid, have been just sitting making some flowers and then turning into tag cards.  I love tag cards  just for a change.  It was only when I was photographing them that I realised I had been in an orangish mood this week, must be the influence of all the sunshine!  Even a little bag card for a friends daughter is orange (an old one from the early CWC days, lol!!).  Anyway, hope you like what I have created today using lots of fab Craftwork Cards papers, flowers, bunting, ribbon, just take a look and see for yourselves - lots!!...............

White tag cut from great digi card stock, stamped dots with starlight stickles to glam up, papers from pretty little prints downloads, matching Candi roses, ribbon dyed with ink pad to tone in with colours

I love these Kraft flowers and just popped in a largish Candi bloom to fill the centre, I loved this one so much I just stuck it on the wall beside my desk. -  This ones's for me to keep!

Both above tags are made using tea dance papers and lovely printed tags with flowers made from matching Candi.....

This is an old card from CWC, I have used a stencil and some glitter paste to create the design on background.   Also used lovely  white flowers which I have sprayed orange to match and then made a Candi centre in yellow with a hint of orange,  I love the oversized flower on the bag. 

Hope these have inspired you to get out your Candi stash and have a little play, look forward to seeing some creations....... cardsandcandi@hotmail.co.uk - thank you !

Have a great weekend and stay safe in the sun.  Keep smiling, happy and crafting........

Baking in this heat - crazy!!

Not sure what I was thinking of but we couldn't sleep because of the heat so got up and decided to bake with hubby as sous chef! A crazy idea as by the time the bread had risen for the second time and the biscotti was twice baked, everywhere was soooo hot and I'd had two showers to try and cool down (London was really sizzling!!).

Anyway, here are the fruits of our labour, rye bread with walnuts and figs which was great with a big green salad for dinner as too hot to cook or even eat and sour cherry, cranberry and almond biscotti with zingy orange for afters with a nice espresso.........

Keep happy! 

Bows and Candi.........

Hi Everyone,

It's Friday again, which thankfully means the weekend is upon us with hopefully more wall to wall sun shine, it just makes everything seem so much better, I think anyway.   I definitely needed it this week, it's been one of those you just want to pass as quickly as possible, luckily it's nearly out of the way, lol!!

I think everyone has forgotten Candi this week, lots and lots of sun bathing!!,  so I have put together 3 very quick cards this afternoon, I have been waiting for the mail to arrive with the fab new bow pads (Click here to see under new products on web site) so I could incorporate into cards for blog, he finally turned up just before 2pm which didn't  leave me much time but here goes anyway -  Candi and bows..............

A little Christmas pressie on a small scalloped card, I love the smaller cards!,  some fab red Candi 'blinged' up with a dab or 2 of star dust stickles, couldn't resist using lovely striped card from cover of the bow pad for present and fab bow from Christmas pad for the lid! 

Time Flies - the latest beautiful new collection,  Candi bodice and centre to the fab bow from Vintage Chic pad.  The base of mannequin is 'marbled' with perfect pearls...... 

 

Lastly, a bunch of Candi flowers tied with another bow combo from Vintage Chic with matching butterflies punched from bow paper.......

As you know, we love  your comments and to see what you do with our great products so please feel free to 'show off' and send us pics of your makes.  Monthly Challenge pics to Jo (jostreet1973@gmail.com),  Focus on You pics to Tina  (sparklygirltina@gmail.com) and Candi pics to myself, cardsandcandi@hotmail.co.uk.  

Don't forget that CWC are also on Pinterest,  a host of cards  and creations to keep you entertained for hours on end..... be warned it is addictive and time flies when you're having fun!!
Have a great weekend, keep those pics rolling in - pics to me means  Candi prizes!
Keep happy, smiling and crafting....

Candi Tutorial No. 5 - my Candi hydrangea.......

Morning Everyone!

Another Friday, it's July, the tennis is nearly over, and apart from the fact that it's Candi Club Friday tutorial time - all the weather gurus have promised us a weekend of sunshine, everything crossed that it happens and I will be a happy, happy Mars!

On to Candi now,  a very simple tutorial this week, with two very simple cards to show off my pink hydrangeas (and paper downloads, can't believe how easy it is to have your favourite papers at your fingertips , I have used Blossom  and Moorish -  See here) 

Just a couple of easy steps to this flower, I did find though that it was a little bit hard on my hands and arm, lol - all that Candi scrunching, it takes a few layers to get a good bloom! Glue your circle (any size you fancy) and add candy  'petals' underneath up, build up by adding layers of scrunched Candi  and popping a couple of very scrunched bits between 'petals', after a couple of layers keep Candi as scrunched as possible to give some height to the middle of the bloom and some definition also.  Leave to dry for a couple of hours and if you wish to 'tweak' petals a little do so when completely dry. If you want, at this stage, you can add a  tiny dot of liquid pearls to the centre of each petal. Once created, use however you fancy on your creations or cards!!  

I have done 2 very simple cards with just one flower each,  have used stamped stems (not hydrangea 
stems really but ok!) with leaves and a vase, and double stamped and cut out one of each and  over laid for some height and definition on the card.

A sentiment, (I think the Tea Dance one goes great with Blossom download - so versatile), liquid pearls, some pretty pink string and all done,    Hope  you enjoy........

As you know, we love  your comments and to see what you do with our great products so please feel free to 'show off' and send us pics of your makes.  Monthly Challenge pics to Jo 
(jostreet1973@gmail.com),  Focus on You pics to Tina  (sparklygirltina@gmail.com) and Candi pics to myself, cardsandcandi@hotmail.co.uk.

Don't forget that CWC are also on Pinterest,  a host of cards and creations to keep you entertained for 
hours on end..... be warned it is addictive and time flies when you're having fun!!
Have a great weekend, keep those pics rolling in - pics to me means Candi prizes!
Keep happy, smiling and crafting....

A couple of cards!

Happy Thursday folks!

Fingers crossed for sunshine today please....... No matter what the day brings a little sunshine always helps!!

Just a couple of cards that I made for my Craftwork Cards Candi blog last week.  I love using Candi to make blooms and then use the blooms on my cards.....

I've used lots of lovely papers from the new Downloads section of Craftwork Cards website, a great economical way of keeping your favourite papers forever.......

Hope you enjoy!  Have a lovely day, keep happy,  smiling and crafting.........