Mementoes In Time

Teacup Card Template

With Mother's Day approaching very rapidly, don't forget there are heaps of ideas for card and other projects in the Projects and Tips section of the website, so why not hop over and have a look? There are free i...

Well we have been busy over the last few weeks haven't we? It is definitely time for a break, after all that crafting, so we will see you again in the New Year of 2013. We can relax that we made it through 2012 at least!

Thanks to everyone who has supported the site over the last year, either by commenting, uploading photos, downloading templates or by joi...

A big welcome to all our new members. We can't list all the names, as there have been so many this month but welcome to you all!

At the time of writing, we almost have 900 members and subscribers, which is great, so thank you to those members who take the time in their busy lives to:

• leave comments and 'tha...

Sadly, I've been away from the blog for a while, for various reasons, but I suddenly realised how close we are to Christmas, so I've knuckled down to come up with some new card projects that I'll be running through over the next few weeks.

So, if like me, you are a bit behind, why not stop b...

A big thank you to one of our lovely members, Law. I've just received an exciting parcel, with lots of goodies, including die cuts and even a Quickutz die! Thank you so much Law, that was so sweet of you!!

Continuing our occasional series 'Men Are Creative Too', here is another effort from my better half, made to commemorate our anniversary.

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We love to see what you have made with our templates, so how nice to stumble upon these corset cards, made for a wedding shower, using our Corset Card Template. They have added their details inside and kept the outside simple, with a lovely ribbon and some adhesive pearls.

I thought you might like to see the other beautiful card we made at the August Craft Show, with the lovely Maria from Stamp It. The focus of this card is the stunnin...

Well, I can't believe it has been a year since the last time I blogged on the August Craft Show, but a year has indeed rolled around. I thought I would just write a quick run down.

As the show is only on for three days, I always make sure to turn up on the Friday to see the best bargains and get in early to the classes. This year, I was really torn between the

I've been meaning to write about the Craft & Stitch Show 2012 for a couple of weeks but have been so busy that it has definitely been on the back burner. However, as the rain pours down outside and I have a cup of tea and a spare few minutes, I'll post some photos. I go to the show every year but don't often do classes but as I was passing the Scrapmatts stall, I saw that they were running some mini-c...

I have been asked recently, 'why aren't all the templates on your site free', so I thought I would just answer that query on the blog, to clear up any confusion.

We do have to pay the provider for the running of this site. We didn't want to have any advertising banners and we wanted unlimited capacity in terms of storage etc and this means that unfortunately, we have to pay for it.

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Well 2011 has been quite a year!

Not only have we increased the number of members to almost 300 at the time of writing but we have launched lots of new downloadable card and chipboard templates, provided heaps of new freebies to members and added lots of items to the webstore.

It really has been an exhausting year, made worthwhile by those...

Wow! I can see that the site almost has 290 members and subscribers. Will we make the 300 by Christmas? I guess, we'll just have to wait and see.

When we hit 300, there will be another giveaway to mark the occasion. This might not happen until the New Year but watch out for the announcement!

Who said men aren't creative? After complaining that there weren't many challenge entries this month, my husband went off and produced this lovely creation.I have to say, I was lost for words......

I'm not sure i...

After 43 years, I finally get to meet the Queen, well technically I didn't meet her but I was within a few metres of her, as you can see from the photos...oh and those hairy arms in the last photo aren't mine!

Melt Art and Using UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel)

So here is the last one in the series of class rundown blogs from the Craft Show and this one was probably the most stretching of the classes.

I am a little embarrassed to say that my husband is probably more 'crafty' than me. He has a creative side, which he keeps hidden most of the time but does surface from time to time. In fact, he does most of the sewing in this house, makes unique cards for me and he can ice a 'mean' cake.

Over the last ten years, he has turned out such wonderful creations as a Scooby Doo Mystery Machine, Teletubb...

Alcohol Ink Projects and Techniques

In this third post, we'll be looking at alcohol ink techniques. A couple of years ago, I received a big box in the mail, full of alcohol inks, sent from US. I don't think they should...

Distressed Stains

The second class run by Maria, was really inspiring and although, I don't often choose to make c...

Well, I promised a blog about the craft show on Friday, so here it is! I'm going to split this one into four posts though, as there is so much of it.

Distress Inks