Leann Chivers Craft Inspirations

Crafty Inspiration and ramblings about life in general

Blooming Camera……… July 7, 2009

Filed under: General Chit Chat and Ramblings — leannchiverscraft @ 9:16 pm

………………. has gone and given up the ghost! Ive got loads of photos to upload, my popcorn samples, and also the las C&C samples I did with the Classic ladies and just as importantly some lovely sunsets from my recent weekend in Keswick …. as soon as its fixed Ill upload them all. Im busy working on another show – Im on C&C on the 25th and 26th of July and also working on some top secret Crafters Companion stuff too MWAHHHHH HA HA HAAAAAAAAA (evil laughter) which your gonna LURVE.

Will be back soon with updates and Photo’s ….. in the meantime if you want to see popcord Samples mine are in the designers gallery on the Crafters Companion Website …..

http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/members/member_gallery.html?page=10&gallery_id=5

You may need to register as a member to view them – but Ill upload them here as soon as I can

Hope your all well

L x

 

Blooming take that June 10, 2009

Filed under: General Chit Chat and Ramblings, general — leannchiverscraft @ 9:49 pm

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO went to see take that on Saturday night and they were FANTASTIC…. but our seats were poop! so ive had to borrow these pics off a friend who was there (hope you dont mind Nikki!) who que’d from 11am in the morning to get a good position. However, I am much too old for that and wanted a seat, but the view from where we were was very obscured by the stadium roof! Their singing was amazing though – all live and sounded just as good as a recording, true professionals! I dont think Ill go to a standium again, but if they go to a smaller venue Ill pay 10 times the ticket price to see them, I managed to indulge my girlish fantasy that is Gary Barlow! SWOON – LOL

Leann x

PS – if your wondering about the funny costumes the whole concert was based around the “circus” theme :)

 

Blueberry Hill re-vamped in a Messy way! June 10, 2009

Filed under: general — leannchiverscraft @ 9:24 pm

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Hi all

Ive been looking at the lastest card I posted and thinking I like it but there is something missing ……. well I’ve realised wat it was a Messy rabbit…. added this lovely party messy and I think it finishes the card off just nicely!

Hope you’re all well

L x

 

Another whirlwind weekend….. May 15, 2009

Filed under: 1 — leannchiverscraft @ 8:23 pm

Hi all,

Sorry ive not been around a lot – ive been prepping for a POTD show, I’m doing on Sunday on IW – BUT before I get there ive got so much more fun things coming too. Getting the train in the morning to London as its my SIL’s hen weekend, we are off to see Hairspray tomorrow night in London, then on Sunday a trip to covent garden and and then off to Peterborough for POTD launch on Sunday night…….. and shows all day Monday before heading home around 10pm (to treat myself ive booked a first class ticket home – no ive not come into money it was a really cheap advance fare only £35 – so travelling home in style – Ill need it as I wil be jiggered) then back to work on Tuesday morning……

off to finish packing so be good and Ill see you soon …….

Leann x

PS – Id really appreciate some moral support and a couple of emails on the show! LOL

 

I found my thrill……………………. May 5, 2009

Filed under: General Cards, General Chit Chat and Ramblings — leannchiverscraft @ 7:33 pm

……………………………..On Blueberry Hill

On blueberry hill ……when I found you
The moon stood still ……on blueberry hill
And lingered until ……my dreams came true

Oh OK I’ll stop singing – its not pretty anyway!, and get to the point.  I have in my possession an A4 pad of FABULOUS papermania Signature Range Blueberry Hill papers and O how I love them, love them, love them ………………… I bought the new docrafts magazine at the weekend and saw these papers (so I persuaded hubby that we needed new plants in the garden the following day – there is a craft shop, and papermania supplier at the garden centre I decided we need to go to, because they have nice plants!   heheheh he believed me!.    So I rushed home and made this, I also used the free stamp from the front of the magazine which are very useful indeed (I dont’ normally say that about free stamps, so that is a huge compliment too!)  The papers are in lovely shades of palest pink and blue and cream, with lovely florals, bold corner rose designs and pretty plaids and paisley - YOU NEED THEM! – and they are soooooooo ME!

So here’s what I did – I cut and scored a piece of A4 card to make a 6″ x 6″ square card (or 5.75 x 5.75 if you would like the true measurement!) matt and layerd a piece of the beautiful pale blue with pink roses paper onto a piece of pale pink card to make a frame.  I then used the Cuttlebug paisley embossing folder and cuttled a piece of pale blue core’dnations ………(I forgot to tell you about the core’dinations – this is also an essential if you Love your cuttlebug as I do! – Ill tell you more at the end…..)  sanded to give texture and reveal the colour, then inked around the edge with some contrasting pigment ink.  I cuttle a pice of pink in the same design and inked the edge in a toning pink colour.  Wrapped Ribbon around both pieces and layerd on the front of the card.

I then stamped the greeting (using my free stamps) inked the edges of the matts and adhered to the front of the card using foam pads.

I looked at the card and thought hmmmmmmmmmmm – so I decorated the back too – with the lovely paper as you get soooooo much in the pad I could afford it! and I think it adds a sense of absolute luxury to the finished design.

Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by …..

Leann x

 Oooo PS I said I would tell you about core’dinations, this is a sand-able card stock with a coloured core which is perfect for the cuttlebug, and ripping and tearing BUT this new one has a coloured core with a white wash finish so when you emboss then sand it reveals the lovely subtle colour through the white wash – its absolutely stunning, I love it, its made for the cuttlebug!

 

Cute Companion Fest April 26, 2009

Filed under: Crafters Companion — leannchiverscraft @ 5:18 pm

Hi all

As promised, here are my samples for the Cute Companion Indoor and Outdoor Stamps.  I absolutley loved working with them, and I think Noah the duck is my absolute favourite – closey followed by little April with her brolley – and little meg and ………… Oh Ok I just love them.  I’ve purposely not used the background themes, so I could show how fab the stamps still are with out them, hope you enjoy looking at them and that they provide you with some inspiration when they arrive in the post ………….  dont hide!  I know you’ve bought them!

Happy Crafting for the rest of this beautiful Sunday

L x

 

Quick Smirk Card – for much loved Niece April 12, 2009

Filed under: General Cards, General Chit Chat and Ramblings — leannchiverscraft @ 10:52 am
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Inside

Inside

Best Niece

Best Niece

Hi all – quick update today. Just cracked this off for our Niece who’s birthday it is next week, Ive used the new Smirk range of 8×8 papers, rubber stamps and embellishment tote – if you’ve not got these, you need them, there fabulous for tricky teenage and young adult cards, cute but funky, not to babified (if thats a word) I love them and the papers are amzingly good quality at 150gsm – Im going to invest in the 6×6 papers too as they’ll make fab quick but very effective square cards. Oh yes the word nice and the scalloped tag were cut on the Cricut. Off to eat my eggs!

Happy Easter
Leann x

 

Quick Update April 10, 2009

Filed under: General Chit Chat and Ramblings — leannchiverscraft @ 8:42 pm

Hi all
Just popping in for a quick update – realy busy at the moment creating samples for a show your just gonna love! – Will post the samples on the day of the show and let you know there here :)

I’m celebrating today too – I’ve lost another pound which brings my weight loss to 12lb – have to keep going becuase ive a wedding in july and don’t want to look like Jabba in a dress!

Off to finish the wedding invites :(

See you soon
L x

 

Purple Haze March 16, 2009

Filed under: General Cards — leannchiverscraft @ 10:49 pm
I’ve updated this post with the image mounted on a dark card base, as I could not get rid of the feeling that something was not quite right!  so here we are – its over to you Light Card base or Dark card base (poll at the bottom for your votes :) )
Purple Haze

Purple Haze

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Can you tell that I love these create a scene stamps?  This one has been stamped in Dusty Concord Distress Ink, then the colour “pulled through” with a damp brush, layerd on some matching card stock and finally some glitter highlights and a cute bow……. Can’t help thinking something not quite right though!  I think I should have used a cark card base instead of white…………… there’s always tomorrow night to try that!  Thanks for looking

Leann x

Glitter highlights

Glitter highlights

 

 

Create-a-Scene……… March 15, 2009

Filed under: General Cards — leannchiverscraft @ 10:13 pm

…..also bought this Sheena Douglass theme plate at the NEC, and I love it…. Wrestled for a while trying to get a good impression, but think it was worth the wait!, not for the feint hearted, it takes a while to paint, but was very therapeutic… this is going to be for MIL on Mothers Day.  Background stamped and coloured with Lyra’s, front foreground stamped coloured and decoupaged over the background.  Simply matted onto some gold mirri and onto the base card, the main design is so detailed I did not think it needed anything else!………..  apologies for the photo quality, its late, my son is in bed and I am trying to keep the noise down! …………..

Create-a-Scene (my retirement home!)

Create-a-Scene (my retirement home!)