Arriving 1st July- Christmas

 Hello everyone.

A little heads up post to let you all know that the July to December mini catalogue starts 1st July. 

Sale a Bration also starts for the month of July and August.

If you spend £45/60 euros you will receive free selected product.

I will post a link on Friday.

Japan Pop Show

 Hello everyone and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  My weekend with the family was amazing.  The Japan Pop Show (Comic con) was just fantastic.  

It didn't start off very well as 1 min into our journey, just as we left the house I spilt my coffee all over myself.  I hadn't put the lid on my to go cup properly.  So a quick dash back to the house and a change of clothes later we were off again.  We stayed overnight in a beautiful town called Quintin as we went in our camper van.  We decided to make it a little holiday.  There are fantastic palaces for you to stay in your camper which are completely free in France.  We were also able to top up the water and empty our waste.

So onto Sunday.  We arrived at the venue and my daughter finished getting ready.  As we pre booked the tickets we were only in the queue for a few moments as our bags had to be searched.

We had a slow walk around first just to see what and when everything was happening.  My daughter also managed to meet up with some of her Cosplayer friends.

I was like a kid again, it was wonderful especially seeing the Star Wars cosplayer group, Alliance Imperiale.  

My daughter is also a huge Just Dance fan and Dina the Just Dance champion of France was also there.  So my daughter spent a while dancing along and also manage to get herself on stage to join Dina.  My daughter picked an extreme dance and did amazing.  She wasn't far off Dina's score.

We then managed to grab a photo and a chat with Dina which was just fabulous.

Before we left there was just time for one last photo with the fabulous Captain Marvel who to my surprise spoke in English to me.  I did mange to tell her that Captain Marvel was my favourite character in the MCU.  I was then told that it was great to see me supporting my daughter.

I had a wonderful day with my daughter and do feel super proud of her,  These events aren't everyone's cup of tea as my husband was a little bored and my son was a little bit to young, but I am so pleased that my daughter has discovered cosplaying and that she can express herself.

I didn't expect to write so much but I just wanted to share with you our day.

The next big event is in October which is Geek Days at Brest so I can already feel my wallet getting lighter and my daughter asking for another costume.

Thanks for stopping by, May The Force Be With you and have a Plus Ultra day.

Daring Cardmakers - Midsummer

 Hello everyone and its so close to the weekend and I hope you have something nice planned?  We are going to a sort of Comic Con type of event as my daughter is a cosplayer.  I love going as I get to see my daughter just be herself and dress up as her favourite manga characters.   I do find that I get a little excited at these events especially when you see the Star Wars characters and the time and effort they use to create their costumes is just amazing.

So here we have this weeks challenge from the team at the Daring Cardmakers.  Miri is our lovely host this week and would like to see you be inspired by midsummer and nature.

I decided to create a bee card using the Ladybug Builder Punch.  I just punched two body's out, one in black and another in yellow and cut the yellow part into sections to create the stripes.  I also added some wings using vellum.

I did use a retired die set to create the honey comb on the card.

My garden is alive with bees at the moment which is just so lovely.  In the garden there is one huge flowering bush that they seem to love and the noise that comes from it is amazing.

Thanks for stopping by today and please head over to the Daring Cardmakers Blog for more lovely inspiration from the Design Team.

Have a lovely weekend.

Daring Cardmakers - Vamos a la playa - Life's a beach

 Hello everyone and its nearly the weekend.  I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine.  Its a bit hot here in France and to hot for my day job which is a cleaner.

So I hope this weeks challenge from the lovely Miri at the Daring Cardmakers will help to cool us down with thoughts of the beach. Miri would like to see any sort of beach element on your cards which could be seashells, flip flops, sand etc...

I have used the gorgeous Friends Are Like Seashells stamp set and matching dies to create my card.  I have also used the stunning 3D embossing folder which coordinates.  

I also decided to stick with the blues as its a lovely fresh colour just like the sea.  The colours are called costal cabana and Bermuda bay, they even have beachy/sea sounding names.

I then finished the card with some lovely iridescent gems as I do love a little bling.

Thanks for stopping by today and please head over to the Daring Cardmakers Blog for more lovely inspiration from the Design Team.

Have a lovely weekend.

Daring Cardmakers - Pearls

Hello everyone.

I am back and creating for fun and what better way than to join in with the challenge from the Daring Cardmakers.  I love a challenge as it helps with the craft mojo.

Miri is our lovely host this week and would like to see pearls on your cards as its the birthstone of June.  

This could be a flat back pearl, a dimensional pearl drop, pearlescent paint or card stock or perhaps an image of a pearl in its shell or even some jewellery.

I decided to make a new baby/shower card.  I have used the Brilliant Rainbow Dies to create the pretty pink rainbow and added a flat backed pearl heart to the centre.  You could easily change the colour to blue for a boy or a neutral colour if the sex of the baby is a surprise.  The sentiment came from the retired turtle friends set.

Thanks for stopping by today and please head over to the Daring Cardmakers Blog for more lovely inspiration from the Design Team.

Have a lovely weekend.