Clean and simple advanced - meet Wenche:)

Lately I've been drawn to the clean and simple style. It's a style hard to manage for me, and I'm so amazed by what others are able to create. The Norwegain scrapbooker Wenche is probably one of the best I like at this style.



What I really like is her way to use colors and the fun pictures she takes of her two boys, just look at this:



This is probably one of my favorites:)
Look at that little Winnie-the-Pooh, eating his yoghurt. Translated the title is: "Winnie-the-Pooh doesn't only eat honey":)


With so little Wenche creates the most beautiful LO's, less is certainly more in her albums!



I certainly recomend a visit to her blog to look at all her work! It's a lot of inspiration there!

Such a talented lady!

I am of course, talking about Stephanie Garbett! I have been following her blog for a long time now, and was thrilled when she became part of the Scrapbook Magazine DT, meaning we could all admire her fabulous Scrapbook pages even more!

Stephanie has a unique style, and her scrapbook layouts are instantly recognisable. Always incorporating her trademark stitching techniques, her work is bold. colourful and captivating. I can not count the times I have taken a second and third look at a page and seen yet another detail I didn't notice before.

By now you have probably seen some of Stephanies fabulous work somewhere, but if not, she is also on many other design teams, including Scrap, Paper, Scissors and Scribble, Scrabble.

This talented lady's work is sure to have you scrolling down for more, so free up some time (you will need it!) and sit down to admire the work on Stephanies blog, 'Stephanie Garbett'

Carries Cages

Let me introduce ... Carrie, a wonderfuly talented lady, whos work has been a love of mine for a long while now, sure to make your jaw drop! Her creations and range of crafts is amazing, she can work wonders with any medium and what she can do with ink and paper, well I will leave that for you to enjoy looking through.

So pull up a seat and prepare to be amazed, Carries blog is one that will have you visiting again and again! Enjoy! xx

A Load of Old Pickle..........

I don't know about a Load of Old Pickle but there is certainly a Load of New Cards over at Kerry's wonderful blog. I loved the fresh colours and feeling of lightness in her creations. Her designs and beautiful colouring all add to the beauty of her cards. I really like the areas of white space she creates on her cards too. Pop over and visit Kelly HERE.

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The amazing Irene Tan.

Every once in a while, an artist who really inspires us comes into our crafty lives. Someone who not only makes the most stunning pieces of art work, but who you can constantly learn from.

For me, this person is the extremely talented Irene Tan.

A mother of two from Malaysia, Irene Tan is a most gifted artist, who as she says, "loves the beauty of combining art and creativity with the magnificent world of scrapping and crafting."

This is so apparent when you look at her many gorgeous makes on her blog, which if you spend the time to study each one, you will see just how much time and care Irene must put into them.

Irene is always coming up with new techniques using a myriad of materials and ideas to achieve her breathtaking makes. What i like about Irene is that she is only too willing to share these techniques, so there is always something to learn from.

Even as a long time fan of Irene's work, i found myself unbelievably sidetracked looking through her blog whilst writing this post. Far too many lovely projects to look at, which is never a bad thing! From scrap booking and card making to altered art, Irene has something for everyone.

So pop over to Irene's blog "Scrapperlicious" and spend some time admiring her work, without which the world would be a much duller place!

Thank you Irene.

Cool Catz

Teresa is so talented that when she has a new idea she literally makes it come to life!!

Here she wanted to make her layout look like the pages of a book opening to reveal it's contents. The design of this layout always makes me go Wow, It is so 3D it nearly comes out of the screen! Her attention to detail is incredible just look at the little hand-cut birds on the bottom...so cute and so clever.


More amazing layers and hand-cut letters, flowers and hearts of every size and style.

Teresa made this layout to show off her new coffee mug......it must be some special mug to be given the Catz grand treatment!! Look closely and you'll have a hard time figuring out where the layers start and end.

So please click HERE to visit Teresa at "Scrap-This" where you will discover that not everything is Black and White but it is also pinks, greens and blues and pretty rosy from where I am sitting.

OutsideThe Lines ....

this is an amazing blog owned by Linsey, omg I must of lost hours trawling through her blog finding scrummy cards like these ....

To wonderful creations like these .....

Pop on over to Linsey's blog Outside The Lines and say Hi!!!

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schwooo! by stampinangie

Hi everyone! Today I get to bring you another one of my favorite paper crafters. Angie Tieman and her blog, schwooo! by stampinangie. This first card was published in the January/February issue of Paper Crafts magazine. Gorgeous!

I just love Angie's style. I've been admiring her work for almost a year. I always look forward to seeing her new creations. I'm inspired by everything she makes.





















I love the distressed edges and the use of pom poms.













I love her layouts and the perfect use of embellishments.



















This last card is one of my new favorites. I love the woodgrain paper and the stitching.


Make yourself of cup tea or coffee and enjoy Angie's work today. Have a good weekend everyone.

Hello, Come On In, Welcome to Funky Phresh

If you want to take a trip HOME, then pull up a chair and let's visit this amazing blog together. I don't think I've ever stumbled upon such a place that made me feel this way. It's like going back home for awhile. I want you to meet Nathalia and her beautiful creations. Not only will you see her love of crafting but her love of family and life jumps off the pages as you go along.
I can honestly say she can do everything. Take a look at these beautiful cards. So many patterns and layers and techniques to admire. You can't take it all in with a glance, if you are like me you want to put them up to the light to be able to see every little fold and crease. Not only do we get a pretty picture, we get many pictures and angles and tutorials that tell us exactly how she made them.




Did I mention shapes?? Thought not. Nathalia has no favorite shape, be it square, round, oval, or boxed, she never misses a beat.





If the card doesn't fit, never mind, she will create a gift bag.



I'm so glad I happened upon Nathalia's little house on the web. She is such an awesome artist and I'd like to thank her now for allowing me to share her creations with all of you. Thank all of you for visiting with me today and be sure to visit her blog. She has so much more to share. This was only a glimpse into her beautiful world.
You can also see her creations at The Cuttlebug and Caardvark's challenge blogs where she is on both design teams.

Inspiration Jumping out of this blog

I wanted a certain shaped card for one of my projects so I googled it, this wonderful blog came up in the search and I found what I was looking for!!!

Mel Stampz is a blog owned by the wonderful Mel as well as being a wonderful crafter herself (lots of her work features on the blog) she gives tutorials, links to other amazing blogs, etc

Mel has all the posts put into categories, which is a fantastic way to find what you are looking for. Here is just a small picking of photos from her blog ....





As you can see Mel gives fantastic photo details, she also lists all the materials you will need, she even lists the materials that she used. There are 27 photos for this tutorial.











Did I mention there are 100's of links to other places where you can find templates, tutorials, videos, etc on Mel's Blog.

Do go check out Mel Stampz, you will be amazed at all the Inspiration there is on this blog.

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