Quick Card

Just a quicky. Something i rustled up whilst dinner is on the go. Oh, and a sneak peak of the motif up for grabs soon. xxx

Freebieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Time!

Ok so as promised, i got a freebie for you. Beautiful set of 10 papers. Yes, 10 papers, in gorgeous pink tones. I hope to have some motif to go with them soon, but i have yet to think about that one lol.



you can download this freebie from here

I also want to take this opportunity to ask everyone to head over to Top Topper Shop Janet over there has very kindly agreed to add this kit to her may newsletter. She offers a huge range of decoupage printed sheets, and some lovely downloads.

i'd love to see what you create with your new papers so please feel free to drop me a message with a link. xxx Jo xxx

The power of colour

I've been having a quick play this afternoon, Basil, My pooch, was being particularly cute today so took a few picies, and decided to have ago with some digital scrapbooking. Papers used are from a new milly kit which details of will be available shortly. Ive used the exact same layout but the second has more colour, just to show you the power of colour. Enjoy!





Thanks for looking Jo and the team

Play Time!!

I actually got a little time to play this morning, after Vicki's lovely strawberry Sundae she created for the DT, I got in the baking mood and made some lovely choc chip cookies, then got thinking (yes my head does hurt) With credit crunch time upon us what an unexpensive gift this would make, for a child or an adult alike. Heres what i came up with.



Click the picture for a bigger view.



Team them with a recipe card, and its just makes the most adorable gift.

Heres the recipe i used.

400g Plain flour
200g Caster Sugar
175g butter
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 small packets of cooks choc chips

here is the method

Cream the sugar & butter togther, combine the eggs and the vanilla extract together, before adding them to the butter mix and whisking well. In another bowl combine the flour with the baking powder and the salt, add this to the butter, egg and sugar mix. Mix well until a dough forms. Divide dough into 2 lumps, wrap in cling film and refridgerate for 1 hour. Unwrap your dough and sprinkle your work surface with flour. roll out the dough and sprinkle the choc chips onto the surface and need in well. Cut out with cookie cutters (i just used a drinking glass, as i had no cutters) Bake on a greased baking sheet for 10 mins at 200, They are done when they are slightly springy and golden around the edges. Leave to cool.

I used a kilner jar from Lakeland which you can find here



and some boring plastic sleeves and end caps which look like this



and can be found here You buy the end caps seperately, just so you know.

Before i go my sister was wearing these fantastic socks yesterday and i just had to take a pic, very Milly-esque



Don't you just love them...

Quick off the mark!

We're not even at the end of our first week of may and i've already had a lovely card entered by the lovely JanJ for this month on going challenge. Beautiful card! i love how it looks teamed with brown.



and a beautiful card from scotspanda



Also a quick welcome to the team to Tracy - aka - Ellabella. Tracy joins the DT team, this month you can view Tracy's blog here hopefully we will have some inspiration to show you of hers soon.

In closing just a little inspiration from this months freebie, a sneak peak of some of the little motifs.



Thanks for reading jo and the team

Easter Project

So i've actually found five mins, to have a play around with some paper crafting!. Creating new stash takes up so much of my time that i rarely get the time to just sit and play. It wasn't just for my own benefit though. i created a simple little template that i'm sharing with you to offer something just that little bit different at easter. Easter eggs these days seem to be so expensive for the amount of chocolate you actualy get, and whilst us crafters are creative and are already eyeing up the easter eggs in the cupboard wondering what we can do with the box, it still naffs me off that you pay through your nose for attractive wrapping. Belows little project makes good use of tescos eggs at 99p for about 14, and the new papers in the post below.

you can download the template here

happy easter guys xx