Days 11 and 12

Happy Christmas!!!

I hope you are all enjoying the festive season. We have decided to extend the festive cheer and our Christmas Countdown offer for days 11 and 12!

So for all those who have emailed to ask if the offers are still on the answer is yes and they will be until New Years Day!

We have so many exciting things happening in January I just can't wait to share, but for now I am going to treasure some time with the Little'uns, and recharge!

If you are wanting to check out our fab offers then hop on over to our website.

Day 10

Day 10 of our 

For today and tomorrow we have the fabulous Angel Wings

and Fairy Wings

If you would like to check out these stamps (or any others) please hop across to our website. 

Christmas Countdown - Day 9

Wow the months is just flying by so for Day 9 of our 

We have the wonderful Gardeners Delight

 And Sprouting

If you would like to check out these stamps (or any others) please hop across to our website. 

Monthly Make Monday: Totally Vintage

Well Tuesday!!

I just love this card from Sue using Decembers' Monthly Make and the very popular Vintage Minis that were featured on Hochanda!

I really want to get playing with these sets more but I must finish my Christmas cards - it has been a very hectic week on the school front and it is only Tuesday!!!! So some crafting is definitely required I think!

Anyway for step by step instructions on how to make this card check out Sue Blog suedocreation.blogspot.com

Or if you would like to find out more about our Monthly Make and all it contains then please visit our website craftyroodesigns.co.uk 

Christmas Countdown - Day 8

On day 8 of the 

Tyre Trackz and Awesome Boys are on offer with a massive 25% saving

So, for today and tomorrow (15th and 16th December) you could save a massive 25% on both of them.

If you would like to check out these stamps (or any others) please hop across to our website. 

And pop back later as I have a fantastic monthly make idea to share with you!

Christmas Count Down - Day 7

Day 7 on our 

It's the turn of Lilly Doodles and Sunny Doodles to be on offer,  So, for today and tomorrow (11th and 12th December) you could save a massive 25% on both of them.

If you would like to check out these stamps (or any others) please hop across to our website. 

Christmas Countdown - Day 6

Boy what a morning! I bet you thought I had forgotten no just a hectic school run.

Day 6 on our 

Today I HAVE TO make some Christmas cards or else they wont be getting to where they need to be on time!

I have decided to use the Christmas Wreath and Christmas Greetings stamp set so let's pop them on offer too! So, for today and tomorrow (11th and 12th December) you could save a massive 25% on both of them.

If you would like to check out these stamps (or any others) please hop across to our website. 

Christmas Countdown - Day 5

Today (and tomorrow) we have the fabulous Crafty Jack and Jalopy stamps on offer with a massive saving of 25%!!!

If you would like to check out these stamps (or any others) please hop across to our website. 

Monthly Make Monday: New set!!!!!

Whoops!

I had forgotten to share this Decembers Monthly Make! Well here it is ....

Sue has been busy making some beautiful cards this month and I got busy making a notebook! But can you spot my mistake????

So, here is Sue's first card for this month and the best bit is she used bits out of her bit box for this one!!!! If you would like to find out how to make this card hop across to Sues blog suedocreations.blogspot.com

Or if you would like to find out more about our Monthly Make and all it contains then please visit our website craftyroodesigns.co.uk 

Four Calling Birds.....

It is definitely getting harder to try and come up with ideas 

"On the Fourth Day of Christmas my true love sent to me:

Four calling birds...........

well, we don't have 4 calling birds but we do have 4 Christmas Trees, I know very loose link there! All four of our large Christmas Trees are on offer for Today and tomorrow (7th  & 8th December).

If you want to find out more check out our website.

And it is Monday so pop back later and I will be sharing one of Sues wonderful creations for Decembers Monthly Make.

Three French Hens

Umm this might be a little tougher than I thought

"On the Third Day of Christmas my true love sent to me:

Three French Hens...........

French Sunflowers are the closest thing I can think off ! So for today (5th December) until the 6th December (inclusive). There will be a massive 25% off Flowers Grow, Sunny Doodles and Mini Make No.3.

IF you want to find out more check out our website.

Two Turtle Doves

Wow, you definitely loved our day 1 offers! So lets see if you like day two's just as much..

"On the Second Day of Christmas my true love sent to me:

Two Turtle Doves"

Well, no Turtle Doves but Doves do fly and so do Butterflies so today we have the fantastic Baby Butterfly and Build Your Own Butterfly on offer which a massive saving of 25%.*

*This offer runs today 3rd December to the 4th December Inclusive.

So if you want to check out these offers hop across to our website.

Christmas Countdown

It's December!!!! When did that happen?

So we have decided to run a couple of offers over on our website we are calling it our ....

Every other day between the 1st December and the 24th December we will be having a special offer on two of our stamps/sets. These offers will be loosely (very loosely some days!) based on the Twelve Days of Christmas......

"On the First Day of Christmas my true love sent to me:

A Partridge in a Pear Tree"

Well, we don't have a Partridge but we do have a Tree and all trees have leaves at some point....

So our first Special Offer is on the lovely Tobias and the fantastic Leafy Doodles stamp set and I might have popped a few other offers in there too!!! 

So if you want to check out our fab offers then head on over to our website.

And if you want a giggle pop back on the 3rd (Thursday) to see what I can come up with next.....

Monthly Make Monday: With Love

I hope your sitting down!!!!! 

It is Monday and I am posting this weeks Monthly Make inspiration! Shocking I know!

This MONDAY's card is lovely, Sue and I always look at stamps differently and for this one Sue uses the hessian back ground stamp as a poppy head! 

For more information on how Sue has made this card please click here

For more information about our Monthly Make please see our website 

The countdown begins.........

So over the past few weeks you may have noticed I haven't been as chatty. Well the reason for that is we have been getting ready for Crafty Roo's big debut on the telly box!!!! 

On Thursday 26th of November we will be on 

                   

Exciting I know!

For those of you who I have spoken to over the past few weeks and shared our exciting news with your response has been over whelming! Your kind comments and support are truly touching so THANK YOU! I just hope I live up to all your expectations!!!!!

We will be sharing some of our favorite stamps and also a couple of new designs. But most importantly we will be sharing as many ideas as possible.

So, if you get chance I hope you can join us next Thursday at 10am, 2pm and 5pm!!!!

Monthly Make Monday: Thinking of You!

Ok I know it's not Monday! Though I could do with a few extra days this week.

Today I am going to share a really quick card from Sue but I hope you will agree it is a beauty...

For more information on how Sue has made this card please click here

For more information about our Monthly Make please see our website 

Monthly Make Monday: Gate Fold Poppies

Hi, it's Monday so that means only one thing Monthly Make Time!!!!!

This month's set seems to be running out the door, so Thank You all for your support! 

So on with the inspiration, I just love the back ground Sue has created on this card.

For full details on how Sue has made it please visit her blog.

For more information on our Monthly Make please visit our Website. 

Monthly Make Monday: New Set!

Well, it's November so it means a brand new Monthly Make set to get our teeth into!

November to me means poppies so here they are ....

Both Sue and I got very carried away with this set, so this month you have a whopping 6 cards to choose from when using your Make it Kit!

And if that's not enough Sue has gone overboard with the ideas too! So here is the first one from Sue

For full details on how Sue has made this card please visit her blog.

For more information on our Monthly Make please visit our Website.

Monthly Make Monday: Penny-Farthing

Every month Sue seems to make 1 particular card that just blows me away and makes all the time spent working on the stamp designs just worth it, and this has to be this months! Don't get me wrong I love all the creations Sue comes up with but this one wow!

She has teamed our Monthly Make set up with the Mini Cog Corners stamp set and they just work...

Even the inside is just wonderful!

For step by step instruction on how to make this card please check out Sues Blog here

Or if you are wanting to find out more about our Monthly make then please visit our website 

Monthly Make Monday: Lavender Days

Wow this week has whipped by, we have some very exciting news to share but that can wait for another day! Today is all about Octobers Monthly Make I know it is a little late but here goes..

Today's card has been made using the Lavender stamp, Sue has very cleverly inked the bottom of the stamp using green and the top using lavender how beautiful!

For step by Step Instructions on how Sue has made this card please visit her blog

She has used the same technique to make this beautiful gift box.

What a beautiful set these two make. For details on how Sue has made this gift box please visit her blog here.

Or if you are wanting to find out more about our Monthly make then please visit our website.

Monthly Make Monday: Cowslip

Wow where does the time fly, I can't believe it is Monday again, I think someone has sneaked an extra one in this week!

So, it is Monday and I get to share with you another of Sue's lovely makes for this month, she has made it so hard this month to choose! 

But I have to, so, this week I will share Cowslip, lovely isn't it!

If you would like the step by step instructions of how to make this card then hope over to Sue's blog here. 

Or if you are wanting to find out more about our Monthly make then please visit our website 

Monthly Make Monday: Penny-Farthing

Here is the first card to share with you that Sue has created for this months Monthly Make.

Its really simple to make but so useful for blokes birthdays! 

I think I may give this one a whirl later this week as it's my father-in-laws birthday! I hadn't forgot honest! I just didn't realise October was running away so fast!

Anyway here's the card  

For step by step instructions on how this card was made please hop across to Sues Blog suedocreations.blogspot.com

Or if you are wanting to find out more about our Monthly make then please visit our website 

Octobers Monthly Make.

Wow what a weekend! 

Firstly thanks you to all the lovely Ladies and Gents who stopped by to say hello at Happy Stampers on Saturday. We had such a  lovely day and my stand-in assistant (Mr Crafty Roo) didn't to too bad a job - though don't tell him I said that! It was great to get to chat to so many of you and share ideas and tips! And you definitely seemed to like our Monthly Make so thank you again for all the kind and constructive feedback it is really appreciated!

So today has been a lovely lazy Sunday catch up with the Little'uns and we finally got around to planting some potatoes for Christmas!!! So please keep your fingers crossed for me as the carrots we planted back in August never grew and Little Lady was not impressed!

Anyway, back to the monthly make this months set went down a storm at Happy Stampers so here it is a little latter than planned but well worth the wait.......

Sue has made some fantastic creations this month and I can't wait to share them with you. But in the meantime Sue will be posting step by step guides on her blog at www.suedocreations.blogspot.com over the next week or so (there are quite a few to share lol!).

If you would like more information on our Monthly Make then check out our website.

Monthly Make Monday: Leafy days and Apple Tree

I haven't lost the plot - honest! 

This week has been a funny old week and it is running away at an alarming rate, Sunday we got meet lots of you lovely people at the Ross Papercrafts Show in Hull. We had so many kind comments, so Thank You! 

Yesterday we had a very exciting day, we got to share our passion for all things crafty and if you all keep your fingers crossed for us, we will be able to share some very exciting news soon!

Later today we will be launching Octobers Monthly Make and then Saturday we are off to Happy Stampers Northwest! Even Mr Crafty Roo is having a day out, Nic has decided she wants a day with the little'uns this weekend so Mr Crafty Roo gets to be my assistant for the day, he has big boots to fill so wish him luck! 

So enough wafflings for now, let me take a breath, and share with you the last two cards from Septembers Monthly Make! 

This first one is my favourite card Sue has made, it is beautiful! The texture and feel she has created is just amazing.....

 I fancy giving it ago in oranges and reds. For full details on how Sue made this card visit her blog suedocreations.blogspot.com

And this final card she has created would make a fabulous Retirement card, don't you think?

For details on how Sue made this one check out her blog here.

Edinburgh Workshops - Morning

Last weekend was the wonderful Ross Paper Crafts Show in Edinburgh and we had such a lovely day, even the traffic was on our side!

We got to run two workshops, the first session was the messy one were we played with inks, water, bubble wrap you name it we used it and created either a note book or two cards.

Here was the starting point.

Everyone was given the same instructions and materials but that's as far as it went they had to add their own flare. And wow these ladies went for it...

So thank you to you all for taking part it was fun! And sorry Shirley it was messy too!

I will be adding the details of how to make these notebooks in the next few days so please pop back.

And don't forget if you have a craft group or would like us to take part in a workshop near you then please drop us a line at kym@craftyroodesigns.co.uk to find out more.

Monthly Make Monday: New Home

Whoops I almost forgot!

It's Monday  so here is next fabulous card created by Sue using Septembers Monthly Make.

For a step by step guide on how to make this card check out Sues blog  www.suedocreations.blogspot.com

Or if you would like more information on our Monthly Make then check out our website.

May your Christmas sparkle

Crafty Roo HQ is all busy at the moment getting organised for our next shows, we have 3 shows over the next 3 weeks, so it is case of trying to get all those ducks lined up - but you always one waddling off in the wrong direction!  

So, whilst Little Man has decided to have a quick 40 winks I thought I would take 5 minutes and share with you another of our new Christmas Stamps "May your Christmas Sparkle" and it has been teamed up with the Sparkle Flourish.

This one was so quick I even shocked myself!

All I did was cut a 7.5 inch square piece of white car and embossed the Sparkle Flourish a few times on the right, then distressed over it, mounted it onto a bigger piece of blue card an tied a ribbon down the left hand side and mounted onto an 8 inch square base card.

I then stamped the saying onto ta piece of white card, trimmed it down and lightly distressed it. then over the top I added stardust embossing powder to really make it sparkle and then mounted it too onto blue card.

Finally I attached the saying to the card and added some gems and pins.

If you like our stamps, why not check out our website.

Monthly Make Monday: Autumn Days

Morning! Well it's Monday again so it can only mean one thing! Another beautiful creation made using this months Monthly Make.

I just love the border Sue has created how simple it do but how beautiful!

For a step by step guide on how to make this card check out Sues blog www.suedocreations.blogspot.com

Sue has used the border inside the card too!

If you would like more information on our Monthly Make then check out our website.

With Love

On a roll!

We have been back at school for a week and a bit now Little Lady is settling into Year 1 nicely, Little Man is enjoying the time to himself, and I am getting a little more time to play and share more ideas with you. So here goes another Christmas idea to share.

I hope you like it ......

For this card I used our Christmas Tree- With Love and Christmas Wishes Stamps.

I started by cutting an A4 piece of kraft card down to create a DL and onto the fromt of the card I stamped Christmas Wishes down the front and then distressed it. 

Onto the left over piece of kraft card I stamped and heat embossed the tree. I trimmed it down so it was 1.5cm smaller on each side. The trunk, heart and star were coloured in using distress ink and a waterbrush.  

When it was dry I distressed and doodled around the edge. I then mounted it onto a piece of white card added a white brad in each corner attached some ribbon around the bottom and attached it to the center of the card.

I love how quick this card was to make, if you like these stamps why not check out our website