Berry Tree

Hello everyone, Kitty here. I'm back with another creation i have made for Dreamess....

I made this card using one of the new Christmas designs called Berry Tree. I really love this stamp think it's got to be one of my fav christmas ones from all the latest releases. The papers are all from the Christmas Extravaganza CD Rom in Brown & Mint. The sentiment and tag are also from the cd. I made the flower using Flower Shapes 3 Stamp and i paper pierced it. I simply added some twine, pearls, glitter and lace!

Thanks for popping by today :)

Kitty xx

Trio Of Christmas Cards

Hello everyone, Kitty here! Today i have a trio of Christmas cards i have made using the fantastic new Christmas Extravaganza CD Rom.

 Winter Trees

Reindeer

Snowman

Everything on these cards was made using the Pre Made Sheets from the CD. These really are brilliant as it has all the elements you need to create a card. Whether you are a beginner, need a quick card or just fancy something simple to do these are perfect! I made all of these earlier this week when i was still feeling poorly, i really wasn't up to doing much but i missed crafting and wanted to do something. All i added to these cards was a bit of glitter and some pearls and gems.

I will be back with a stamped card very soon )
Kitty xx

A big update...

Wow, August already!

I'm so sorry this blog isn't updated too regularly - but I'm working on getting some sort of updates coming often! We're going to be sorting out a Design Team call so be sure to check out the facebook page where all the info will be listed.

We released SO many new products this week - or last... time flies! - and we've been having a play with some of them.

Here are some everyday cards made:

The one above & below have both been made using the Dragonflies stamp set - on the card above, the lower backing paper (with the triangles on) has been made using lots of pink ink pads & the gorgeous Triangles new release! I've used the swirl that comes with the Dragonflies to make the top backing paper.

Here is one of my favourite stamps - the Cupcake Stand! - it was recently featured in Simply Cards & Papercraft too! The above card uses papers from the new releases Christmas Extravaganza CD Rom and some gorgeous Paper Flowers.

Here's the card that was in the magazine: 

The above sentiment used is part of our Circle Sentiments (Everyday 2) pack for just £3.00! And the smallest paper flowers are in the Dreamees shop too! 

The two cards (above & below) are made using the Teapot & Cup stamp set which I LOVE. It comes pre-dotted for you but if you mask off the dots using cellotape, you can get it plain too! On the above card, I've use Flower Shapes (3) for the flowers and then Flower shapes (2) for the leaves - they've been stamped onto coloured paper & I cut up the flower (2) into four sections to make the leaves! 

We've also got the gorgeous doilies back in stock which are just £1.50 for 40 AND the green gingham ribbon!

This card uses our gorgeous Crispy Lace Ribbon too - we've used white on this card and doesn't it look gorgeous as a huge bow?!

And these two use our Perfume bottle stamp set - the cards both use Gorgeous Girls CD Rom for the papers - again, the gorgeous doilies are used on both cards. The top card does also use the small heart that comes in the Perfume bottle stamp set to edge the topper - with a pearl in the middle! And, speaking of pearls, the bottom card has the perfume bottle covered in them!

I hope you love all these cards... and now for my favourite part...

CHRISTMAS CARDS!

Now then, this one at the top is one of my favourite cards I've made in a long time... it's been made using the Snowglobe stamp set (£3.00) and the Christmas Owl stamp set (£3.00) - I stamped the baubles from the Owl set inside the snowglobe, added dots around using Blossom Pink promarker, Cool Gray 1 promarker & Tan promarker and added some glitter! The sentiment comes with the snowglobe & the papers are from Christmas Extravaganza! I've also used some Crispy Lace Ribbon along the centre - stone I think!

The next three cards come as ready-cards on the new CD Christmas Extravaganza - I've created 10 sheets (each with a different topper images) that has all you need to make a quick and effective card. You get all the pieces, the topper, the embellishments AND an idea of how I put it all together - but of course, it's completely up to you whether you use the idea I've given you or have a play yourself! Plus, it's such a money-saver 'cause everything is on one sheet!

And on the above card, it's proof you can add your own embellishments such as the corner, metal charm, ribbon & doily! All the other parts came on one sheet.

Above is the Christmas Pudding from the CD - and check out the cute postage stamp which is on the CD too! The flowers are on the CD, but we also do that shape as a stamp set: Flower Shapes (4)

And here's the Christmas Pudding stamp - I paper pieced it used Christmas Extravaganza, added a doily & nabbed the sentiment from the Snowglobe stamp set! Flowers are made from the CD (they come pre-patterned) though you can do the exact same thing with the stamps & some off-cut patterned paper!

And here's one made with the Let it Snow (Tree) stamp set - papers from the new CD and the tree was paper pieced too! 

I've still got these gorgeous Christmas stamps to have a play with, and about 50 cards that need making for Great British Craft Fest. where we'll be setting up at in just 1 weeks time! 

AND, we added a huge amount of embellishments to the online shop yesterday (I was lucky enough to get an hour & half off to visit a supplier yesterday morning!) so be sure to check those out in the New Products section!

I picked up the best-selling ivory teardrop lace (1/2") in black & white now too so check that out for just £1.00 per metre!!

Oh and before I forget - the best place to keep up to date with all the newest cards (and some sneaky peeks that I probably shouldn't share but still do!) is on my instagram account.

Please do bare in mind though that it is a personal account so there will be some extra pictures (like the rainbow that appeared among the heavy rain & gorgeous sun a couple of days ago, and my new favourite pair of shoes...) but they are very few & far between since I post about 5 - 10 cards daily!

You can find my instagram account HERE

Right - now I'm off to make some more stamps... guess where I'm going to be shipping to very soon? China! We've officially got our first international stockist... Day by Day crafts in Hong Kong, China!

It's so, so exciting here at the moment & I honestly can't thank all of our customers and stockists enough for their support - I've been hoping Dreamees would take off and it's a dream come true that it is doing.

Have a wonderful day, 

Hayley xx

Paris in Pink

Hello!

Well I'm back to my old favourites now with a pretty little project for you!

Yesterday we went into Mansfield (yep, we took a trip out in the thunder and lightning - there were hardly any people about so it was great!) and there's a shop that we LOVE to visit, just because it has really cute alterable products.

This is a Jewelry box that I picked up for £3.99 and it originally had a photo-frame aperture in the top (heart shaped) - I've covered it over with some special Paris papers that I've designed (these will be available with the new stamp releases sometime this week!) and then I've treated the top frame like a card front.

I've used our BRAND NEW upcoming stamp sets for this box - this includes the following:

Perfume stamp set (5 stamps!!) - £3.00

Paris (4 stamps - original size of the Eiffel Tower is 12cm tall!) - £3.50

Flower Shapes (Set 2) - £3.00 (I've used this for leaves!)

Flower Shapes (Set 3) - £3.00

The only ink pad colour I've used is Gathered Twigs and then I've used some gorgeous ribbons, pearls & what-not from our online store!

Pearl trim (as shown around the edge of the box) can be found here

Here are a few more pictures for you:

There's plenty of glitter on the Eiffel Tower (which is damask patterned!!!), dotted on the flower petals & leaves, on the postage stamp and the Fleur-De-Lis (which makes a gorgeous backing paper by the way!).

The Made With Love sentiment comes with some shell-shaped patchwork stamps that will be released soon too:

Finally, here are the outside edges & the inside of the box - I've just used some of the Paris papers I have designed (releasing along with the stamps) and then I've just cut out the Fleur-De-Lis & Postage Stamp with an edge then distressed with Gathered Twigs.

I'm SO pleased with the results here & I hope you like it too!

Berry Wreath Cards

Hello!

I just wanted to share a couple of Berry Wreath cards (by request!) and surprisingly, when I promised to post some, I realised we didn't have many at all.

Here are the only other 2 (alongside the original 1) that we have made with the Berry Wreath - these will be on our display wall at Summer Crafting next weekend (13th/14th of July - at Doncaster Racecourse - tickets are still available for £5.00!)

First off, this is my ultimate favourite colour - I LOVE anything Purple and especially this deep purple I've used here.

On this card I've used backing papers from Christmas Essentials, some normal black card, some Die-cut snowflakes from our CraftROBO/Silhouette CD Cuttables 2 which I've coloured with a Black promarker, some of the gorgeous Purple Crispy lace ribbon (only 50p per metre!!!), a strip of teardrop lace that I found and didn't realize I had, a doily, lots of flowers, pearls and a touch of glitter!

And this card was sort of by accident - I'm going through a phase of being tired of using the same colours so I mixed it up a little here. Papers are from  Christmas Essentials again, more snowflake die-cuts, some baubles from the accessories section of Christmas Essentials and I added some glitter to the paper flowers too! Oh and there's a doily peeping out from under the topper too!

Hope you like these cards & I'll see you soon!

Hayley xx

Christmas scene!

Hello!
Here I am again with another Christmas post (Sorry, I know we're only just getting used to 20 degree heat and a little bit of sunshine!) - I've been making a winter scene in a frame today, though I've just got around to finishing it off!

Sorry for the poor lighting, my camera's not great in the evening so this is instagrammed.

I've used papers from the Christmas Essentials CD which is just £5 and the Bare Trees stamp set which is £3.

I printed out some navy blue plain backing paper and distressed the edges with Faded Jeans distress ink, placed the square inside my frame (which is taken from the Templates & More CD). I added dots in the corner of the aperture so that my stamped trees would be in clear view.

I took out the square of navy paper and stamped the large and small tree side by side in clear Versamark and embossed with WOW! powder (Silver).

I then ripped two 'hills' out of paper, edged them with cool gray 1 pro-marker (along the ripped edge) and added glitter. These were then overlapped, just below the trees to give the effect that the trees are surrounded by snowy hills!

I used the snowflake from the Berry Wreath stamp set to decorate the edges of the navy paper, stamping it in Faded Jeans and adding a silver gem in the centre of each snowflake (close up below - sorry for the poor picture again!)

I added rock candy glitter to the branches on the trees and a little bit of glamour dust dotted in the sky for stars.

I secured the navy paper inside the frame and glued up the sides, adding strips of backing paper to the outside and to the top of the frame.

I've added some pearl trim similarly to garlands around the top and bottom of the frame, and used the flower set (1) shape (also available on the Christmas Essentials CD)  to make poinsettias in opposite corners.

I finally used the sentiment stamp (from Bare Trees stamp set) to make two flags in the lower corner.

Hope you like it!

Hayley xx

O Christmas Tree

Well the sun is out now and summer is here so of course in the craft world that means its time to start Christmas Crafting!! Christmas always starts in July and i LOVE Christmas it's my favourite time of year even all the preparation i just love it so naturally i love crafting for Christmas! I just LOVE all the new stamp releases and I just had a play with the new O Christmas Tree Set....

The papers are from the Christmas Essentials CD and i stamped the O Christmas Tree three times and decopaged the middle one to make it stand out. The sentiment also comes on the stamp set which is available for only £3. I used the edge of the tree stamp to do the edge.

You can find all the new releases on the Dreamees website :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Kitty