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Well, what can I say it has been a while!!!!! 

But I have been busy, hopefully I will have bumped into a few of you out and about over the past couple of months whether it be at one of the Ross Papercrafts Shows or at Happy Stampers! It has been lovely to meet you all and share some ideas.

I have also been working on some new designs, which will be on the website shortly and more importantly I will be making samples with over the next few days. But in the meantime here is a little beauty Sue has come up with.....

And as a lot of you know Little Lady took part in her first dance show this weekend and she loved it and can't wait to do another one! As for Little man he is happily cruising around getting himself into all kinds of mischief.

Buttons and bits

Well the school holidays are well underway at Crafty Roo HQ and so far Little Lady has gone through more tubes of glue and more rolls of tape than I care to think about! But a few buttons managed to escape the sticky mess and got turned into this little beauty.

To make this card I stamped our new Button Mum saying onto a piece of handmade paper and tore around the edges.

I then cut a 5.5inch square piece of white card and distressed around the edge, onto it, in the two opposite corners I attached two 10cm squares of handmade paper.  Around the edges of the white card and the handmade papers I doodled some stitches. Around the left hand side I attached some ribbon and lace. This was then attached to a 6 inch square kraft card.

The sentiment was added to  the centre of the card and buttons attached around the card to finish off.

I hope you like our stamps, if you do why not check out our website.

Spring???

After the arctic conditions on this mornings school run I thought I would cheer myself up with a bunch of tulips.

This card can be adapted for any occasion. 

I started by cutting a piece of pink and a piece of white card 5.5 inch square. Across the bottom of the pink card stamp your sentiment, place the white card over the top of the pink one and mark on the white card there the sentiment begins. Now tear across the white card, so that when it is on the top of the pink card you can see the sentiment and there is a slight border. Next stamp the tulips all over it , distress around it and attach it to the pink card. Doodle around the three un torn edges of the white card, attach some ribbon across the center of the card and attach it to a 6 inch square Kraft card.

Onto a small piece of white card stamp the tulip 3 times, colour them in doodle around the edge and amount onto pink card. Attach this onto the base card.

Finally Add two card candis to the top corners of the white card and a clear gem on each corner around the tulips.

I hope you like our stamps, if you do why not check out our website

OH NO!!!!!!!

So, what do you do if you drop a Jelly Baby or two????? 

Make a card of course......

To make this card I dusted off the Jelly Babies with a paint brush and covered them in a Sealer and left them to dry. 

I then cut a piece of white card 5inch square and about a thrid of the way up the card I stamped "You're so sweet" and the hearts and kisses from our new Valentines Greetings stamp set, coloured in the hearts and doodled around the edge. This was then mounted onto a piece of yellow card, brads were added to each corner and this was then mounted onto a 6 inch square card.

Next I cut a small piece of white card big enough for the three fella to fit on and a larger piece in yellow. I doodled around the edge of the white piece of card and mounted this onto the yellow, added brads and attached this to the card.

To finish of the card I attached the three fellas and added glossy accents to the hearts.

I can't stress this enough DO NOT EAT THE SWEETS!!!!!!!!  But how cool hey!

Mothers Day.

I know its a while away but I was given some handmade papers and all I could think was how gorgeous they would look with Daisy Doodles so here they are, beautiful hey!

To make this one I stamped detailed Daisy onto the handmade paper 6 times and the detailed leaf 8 times and cut them out.

Onto a cream piece of card I stamped Mother into the centre and distressed around the edge using purple ink. Next I wet a piece of kitchen towel and stamped the solid Daisy stamp onto it then onto the card to remove the ink from the card. when it was dry I then 2nd generation stamped the detailed Daisy stamp in purple ink. This was then mounted onto a pale purple card and then onto a dark purple base card.

I two opposite corners I added a metal emblishment and across the bottom I added some cream ribbon. In the top left hand corner I arrange the cut out flowers and attached them to the card. Finally I added some Stickles to the flowers.

I can believe how quick and easy this card was and also howmuch i love those handmade papers!!!!!

I hope you like our stamps, if you do why not check out our website

Happy New Year!

Wow, I hope you are sitting down!

Yes I  am finally getting around to sharing some ideas! So here goes.....

As some of you are aware we have been asked to run a few workshops of the fantastic Ross Papercrafts Shows, the next one is being held in Doncaster on the 14th of February at 
Balby Carr Community Academy,
Weston Road,
Balby,
Doncaster,
DN4 8ND

So, for the Doncaster workshops we have decided on a bloke theme, in the morning workshop we will be making two cards.

And in the afternoon we will be playing with inks and glue to make drinks mats (Cup not included!)

So if you are nearby or fancy a day out why not check out a fabulous show and maybe even join in one of our workshops, it would be great if you could join us!!!!!!!!!!!

If you have any questions about our workshops or have any questions please drop us an email kym@craftyroodesigns.co.uk we would love to hear from you!

Christmas Fair

Well, where has Christmas sneaked up from? It only feels like yesterday we were starting school and now we have been working on donations for the School Christmas Fair.

This year Little Lady decided we had to make something for the School Fair and cakes just wouldn't cut it "Mummy we make cakes for school all the time!" She's right they run a monthly cake sale with the proceeds going to a different charity each month, which is great but donating cakes just wasn't enough for the SCHOOL CHRISTMAS FAIR!! 

So we whisked up 50+ sweet bags......

These are soooo easy to make Little Lady helped make everyone!  The stamps we used are our Little Holly Stamp and our Christmas Greetings. And lots of glitter glue.

So 50+ bags of sweets you would think would be enough, and in most cases you would be right! BUT! To Little Lady NO! She decided she wanted to make some toys, yes you read that right MAKE some toys. So after a few discussions, Little Lady won I ended up crocheting monsters and minions.....

SORRY, WORST PICTURES EVER!!!!!

Yep, I have learnt to Crochet!!!! It has only taken me till the grand old age of ** but I have finally done it! Many people have tried to teach me over the years, I have driven them mad as I just couldn't get it, but for some reason about two months ago it just clicked and I LOVE it!

So for my next challenge I have to make Little Ladies Nativity costume! Drum roll please! She has been cast in the oh so vital roll of CAMEL. Yes it is the ideal roll for her she gets to plod along at her own pace in her own little world and I have to figure out how to make a camel costume (minus the head!) oh the fun!

And a post from me would be complete without a picture of Little Lady and Little Man in all their craziness.....