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hey everyone welcome to my blog.my name is tara. im 20. and i go to college studying health and socail care level 3. im all new to blogging so please bear with me. i hope u like looking at my cards. i have been card making for about 4 years i think .... i enjoy card making.x

Wednesday, 24 December 2014

christmas :)

hello bloggers !
i just wanted to write up a quick message to wish each and everyone of you a happy christmas and a happy new year and i hope you all have an magical christmas !.

have a good 1.

crafty girl xxx

Tuesday, 23 December 2014

hello everyone again . 
hope your all well and your all getting ready for Christmas ! cant beleive its christmas eve tommrow ! where has the time gone. 
today i felt abit creative again so i made a card its an birthday card today for my little cousin for her birthday ! . 


how i made the card 

the image is from the Disney frozen film - i found an copyrighted image to use so i could color it in myself. i found it through Google images. 

i used an 8x8 card blank . 

we are memory keepers scallop circle and oval dies  . cut 2 scallop shapes and 1 oval.

Marianne snowflake die ( i think ) i cut out 3. 

hero arts - happy birthday stamp.  

memento ink - summer sky for the sentiment. 

holographic card stock - from create and craft - for the snowflakes

american crafts 12x12 cardstock - tropical or brights sets. (blue)

die namtics - alphabet dies

my craft studio - everyday essentials glue. 

for the image i used alcholol marker pens - specturm noir - kasiercraft - graphic. 

the blue gem stones are from kanban. 


here an image of the card i made. please feel free to comment on my posts. 
have a good day everyone. 
enjoy.
crafty girl xxx





Monday, 22 December 2014

hello everyone 
how are you ? hope your all well and getting ready for the Christmas holidays :).
im sorry that i havent posted much latley , hopefully in the new year i will be blogging alot more :). 
please feel free to comment on my posts i would apprishated it ! any feedback would be welcome . its nice to know what other crafters think of my creations and my blog posts that i put up. 
i hope each and everyone of you has a safe and magical christmas . merry christmas and a happy new year new everyone. 

crafty girl xxxx


on the 21st of decemember i decided to make something a little different for a change. i decided to make a tim holtz themed christmas tag 

i used the following 
rangers tags 
Tim holtz distress ink - walnut stain. for the background. 
tim holtz sizzix stamp and die sets - tree blue print (659379) 
memento ink for the tree stamp  - black
bigshott 
double sided tape. 
white card stock from a shop where everything is a £1. 
tim holtz marker pens from the second relies -  
gathred twigs - for the stand 
squeezed lemonade - bubble
festive berries - background on the tag
mowed lawn - tree
peacockfeathers and salty ocean - bubble


hope you enjoy ! 
crafty girl 

this project was taken from tim holtz compendium of curiosity book 3. for ideas and inspration.





Monday, 3 November 2014

newest make

hello everyone , 
sorry i haven't posted much lately, hope your all well :) 
today i decided to make a card as its my uncles birthday coming up so i thought i should get right too it. :) 

well i made him a card today its a dog themed card as he has a dog named charlie :) and he loves him to bits so i thought i would make him a doggy themed card. 

to make this card i used the following
xcut square dies 
dog themed dies - not sure on the make sorry. 
tim holtz distress ink - vintage photo i think.for the sqaure back ground 
finger sponge dobber. 
spectrum noir pen - tn4 for the ears
smash pen for the outline of the ears. 
recollections sentiment stamps - happy birthday 
poundland white card stock 
black memento ink for the paws on the background of the card and the bones i used tim holtz vintage photo. - i used the cuts out from the dies (waste) to use it as a stencil :) 

i hope you like my card please feel free to comment on any of my cards. would be very greatfull :) thank you for taking time to look at my page and to read this post. 

craftygirl xxx

here is my card
this is the front 
on the back i put a bone and a paw on the back of the card. 



Friday, 26 September 2014

making craft dies into stamps.

HEY EVERYONE 
OMG !!!! 

you can make your craft dies and turn them into stamps ! yes stamps ...just with some funky foam . it stamps out really well and you can even clean it and re use it .

heres is an example of one i used a spellbinder fairy die and some funky foam - from a shop where everything is a £1. :)

iam going to be making some up later on today and i will post them so you can see more :) enjoy and have fun ! 





happy crafting x
crafty girl at heart x


Monday, 25 August 2014

birthday card

helloo everyone
sorry ive been a little quite. as today ive made a birthday card. by the way i need to clue down the pieces on the card.

ive used :
create and crafts topy turvy card stock - pink and yellow

flowers embellishments - cuttle bug die from anna griffin (flower layer)

frame die - crafters companion die"sire - classical frame. 

butterflies are from xcut 

the border die - sizzix tim holtz border die - washer border (657826)

on the flowers i am going to add sliver gem stones.



Wednesday, 2 July 2014

A Thank Card and gift bag

hello everyone :) 
i recentley left college after 6 years .. i made my tutor a thank you card and a gift bag .. this was for the name plate which in was the last post i done...

for the thank you card i used the
spellbinders fairy die
prima - hello pastle paper pad (a4)
joy crafts flower die
xcut flourish die
little darlings greeting stamp - gratefull stamp
spellbinders thank you die.



A gift bag 
my first ever one that i have ever made :)
i made a gift bag for my tutor for her present that i had made her for her present. 
which is in the last post i done. hope you enjoy. any questions please just ask .... x 


for the gift bag i used the following 
prima - hello pastle a4 paper pad 
cricut exlpore for the thank you 
candi from craft card works 
flowers and bow is from card craft works.