Pixie Winner

Thank you to all who entered our recent little Pixie Stamp draw. The winner was chosen at random at random.org:

That's Leigh Jones . Congratulations Leigh!

I need your addy please. You can submit that here.

Watch out for more sweet candy soon.....

CHA 2010

Saturday already! Crikey! Where did that week go? Been a mixed bag weather wise with grey days and sunny days, but no snowy days thank goodness. Business can't cope with another bout of "complete standstill"!

.On to much happier subjects, as we come, yet again, to CHA time; this is where all the manufacturers of the yummy stuff we like to play with come out to tempt us with even more yummy stuff to play with! I see that Basic Grey will be presenting FOUR new ranges, and here are sneak peeks from their CHA banners:

"Green at Heart"

"Cappella"


"Kioshi"




"Max & Whiskers"

They are not giving too much away there. The Basic Grey ranges are substantial these days with a myriad of coordinating products so it'll be interesting to see them all. When we get them you can find them here.

Bo Bunny have SIX new collections, here's something from each collection:

Sophie

Roughin It



Mama Razzi




Jazmyne


Flower Child





Paradise

What ya think? You will be able to see what we get in here - when we get it :-)

LOTS of Prima, wow those guys go to town! We should be getting our Prima order within the next week or so, so keep an eye out for that (here's our Prima department). There are some beautiful collections amongst our order, for example:

Flight of Fancy Collection - Pastishe Collection - Raspberry Tea Collection - Shabby Chic Collection - Strawberry Kisses Collection - Umbrella Collection - Watercolour Rainbow Collection - Belle Arte Collection - Debutantes Collection - Love Story Collection - Pebbles Collection - New - More Lace Ribbon -Say it in Crystals and Pearls Collections -New E-Line Flower and E-Line crystal and pearls collections ..and more.....

How can you NOT love Prima???

Plus there are loads more goodies from lots of other manufacturers; I could fill the blog with all the stuff I would love to have for the shop! What have you seen that you absolutely must have? What are you loving and desperate to get your crafty mitts on? I would love to know so leave a comment :-)

Bye for now and thanks for visiting ♥

A little Pixie Candy

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Just sitting creating a card using one of our Delectable clear stamps and thought I would offer the one I am using as a little Pixie candy for one of you. The candy will run for one week and will be drawn next Sunday morning.

Just enter your name and blog in Mr Linky below to be included in the draw.
It would be great if you could mention it on your blog too :-)

Good luck :-)

Monochromatic

Bright and sunny here in London today and for the first time in I don't know how long, the first thing I did was NOT to put the heating on when I got up this morning! I know it could change at a drop of a hat but the sun does bring with it sweet memories of warmer days, and it would be so nice to be able to step outside your door without instantly freezing into a Madam Tussuad worthy replica of yourself! Don't ya think?

If you are feeling a little cold then stay inside and check out our challenge for this week on Dottie's World. I am giving a £10 voucher to one of the participants over there so why not pop over and join in?



The Sunday challenge this week was set by the lovely Gunn. Gunn wanted to see shades of white to cream with a little brown.



I adhered to the rules for the front but veered well away from the main road onto the beaten track for the inside:


Quite a nice contrast I think with the cool white hues on the front and the warm earthy colours inside.

Pop over and join in why don't ya, it's super fun :-)

Here is what I used for my card:
Image: Pixie available both as part of a download bundle and also as a Delectable clear stamps . I coloured her in with Copic markers. It looks like I used Gold Stickles on her wings but in actual fact I added a touch of brown hues and a little crystal Stickles.
Papers are the new Basic Grey Origin ({heart} that collection) and the white glitter paper is K&Co Smitten speciality paper. I used ivory plain cardstock for the base card.
I used Flowersoft Polar White for the petals on my Pixie.
Lots of Pearls. These were from the K&Co Blue Awning range but we have lots more at Charmed. The pearls inside I coloured with a Copic marker to get the colour I wanted but we have lots in all coloured (check out the e-line Prima pearls for value).
The inside elements are from the "Pieces" pack from the Basic Grey Origin range. This is something new in their collections, there's a similar pack for Sugar Rush too. I also used one of the new Canvas Tags (Origin again) for the front of my card.
The little heart rub-on inside is a Fancy Pants rub-on.
I really roughed up the edges and used my Tim Holtz Paper Distresser for the job.
The frame used as a centrepiece is a large white Basic Grey metal bookplate. I think it makes for a very special card.
Brads are Basic Grey
Mini Felt Fusion floral ribbon on the front
The Glittery paper was cut with one of my Martha Stewart Deep Edge punches.

I think that's it :-)


Have a great Sunday and thanks for popping by the Charmed corner of the Web ♥

Sketch, Hearts and a little distressing....

Another challenge card for Dottie's World DT. A super sketch challenge this time set by Nicole.

The card is also entered into Creative Card Crew Challenge - where the challenge was "distressing" and A Spoonful of Sugar, where the theme was "Hearts". The distressed element is the edges where I used my Tim Holtz Paper Distresser, and a liberal use of my distress inks.

Here is the sketch from Nicole for Dottie's World:

Products used:
Image from the Sugar & Spice digi-stamp bundle. I coloured in with Copic Markers.
Paper: Basic Grey (Vintage Floral from the Sublime collection) and black plain cardstock
Bows are made from black satin ribbon. Flowers are K&Co paper flowers.
Sentiment is a rub-on - K&Co I think. The hearts are Fancy Pants rub-ons.
I always use Distress ink for edges etc
Pearls are Blue Awning pearls coloured with Copics to get the shade I wanted.
I used Nestabilities for the shapes and a Tim Holtz Paper Distresser for the rough edges.


Pop over and see what the other design team members have created for your inspiration. I hope you will join the challenge.

Thanks for popping by ♥

New Goodies!

We have been waiting for the new Basic Grey collections, Origins and Sugar Rush, along with Imaginisce Sweet Cheri and Glimmer Mist, and due to adverse conditions there were delays. At last they arrived today and we could ship the pre-orders that had been waiting.

Many shops may stock Basic Grey but very few stock entire collections - we do. Each time a new collection is released the amount of products within each grows. but you will find them all at Charmed. This time they seemed to have exploded and each collection was literally bursting at the seams! Pop over to Charmed Cards & Crafts and check them out :-)

The Sweet Cheri range is perfect for Valentine and include those adorable clear stamps for under a quid!

Not had time to craft this week so I thought I'd show you a little layout I did for the Charmed Craft Talk journal circle recently. The theme here was "Space" and that could be interpreted in many ways. This was my interpretation, largely because I crave a little "me time":






Thanks for looking :-)

B-ring out the Old, B-ring in the New

A great challenge on Dottie's World for our Digi-stamps this week, where Adele asked you to b-ring out the old and b-ring in the new: "dig out something from your stash, blow off the dust and put it to use with a new item that you have recently bought or been given as a pressie! As long as you use a Charmed Download, the rest is up to you."

My card uses some old twine (but unused I hasten to add) and the new items are a few Silhouette designs that I purchased last week.

I used a Charmed download from our new Sugar & Spice bundle and coloured her in with Copic markers. The frame here is a Quickutz Silhouette download design.

For those of you waiting the new Basic Grey is arriving this week, along with Imaginsce Sweet Cheri and limited edition Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - these are new to Charmed Cards & Crafts but we will be stocking the ranges from now on.

Thanks for popping by :-)

Easel Cards

This type of card is just fab. It takes a simple card and makes it look complicated and dead difficult. Have a look how to make these cards right here on the Charmed Cards & Crafts site. If you haven't visited our idea section then I implore you to look, we have some fabulous work from our design team.

You can make them as complicated or as simple as you like, they always look great.

I used Imaginisce Perfectly Posh paper
Queen & Co's Mini Felt Fusion has been wrapped around the top.
Prima Lace for the bow
K&Co Que Sera Sera Adhesive Gems
Prima Sugar Coated flower
I coloured the image with Copic Markers
a Tim Holtz Paper Distresser was used to roughen the edges of the paper.
I created the personalised greeting myself.
Nestabilities was used to cut the scalloped frames.
There's also a Basic Grey Glazed Brad on there - from the Sugared or Sultry collection I think.

Did you know that we are probably the largest K&Co and Basic Grey stockists in the United Kingdom? We stock a huge selection from these two giants, as well as many other fab ranges, such as Prima, Bo Bunny, Fancy Pants, Karen Foster, Hot Off The Press, Martha Stewart, Imaginisce and many many more. Charmed Cards & Crafts really are your one stop shop :-)

Thanks for stopping by ♥

Candy Winners

Happy New Year to you all! I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and wish you all the best for 2010.

Using Random.org as always here are the two winners for our blog candy this time:

Winning both bundles, Boy Oh Boy and Sugar & Spice and the two stamps:

Winning Boy oh Boy and Sugar & Spice:

Congratulations both and commiserations everyone else. Thanks for taking part xx

Number 85 is

Laney' Place

and number 48 is

Renata Elenbaas

Laney I need your postal address and email address and Renata I need your email address. You can submit them both to us here.

We'll have more candy soon so keep an eye out for that :-)

Christmas Candy

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Fancy something sweet? I promised you a little candy and here it is. All you have to do is to leave a comment and link to it on your own blog to be in with a chance of winning. I have added Mr Linky but no idea if it works LOL PLease leave a comment in the normal way too after you have posted the link.

One person will get the whole lot and another will get the "Boy oh Boy" and "Sugar & Spice" bundles.

Good luck and Merry Christmas.