Key to my Heart - Smash*

Morning all!

This week at my mum's craft shop challenges we don't want to see any cards!!! shock horror i know! what could i do????

I've not been smash* ing for a while now mainly because i'd hate to admit it but i kinda went off it, but i've slowly been taking my time and carrying on with some of my smash* books and even started in the new memo range eeeekkk!!! 

So today's project i've decided to show you a page from my Eco Green smash* book! I was undecided on what to use this book for for quite a while then the lightbulb moment struck and i thought i could use it for sayings and inspirational quotes and stuff so i took it and thought yay i love this idea! smash* a page around a quote!

Today's quote is ' Thought i have the key to your heart, I guess you changed the locks'

I had real fun designing this page and the computer doesn't really give the full feel to it!

*Recipe*

*Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angels
*DSP - MME
*Punch - 3 in 1 classic Martha Stewart Butterfly
*Lace - From Stash
*Quote - Pintrest
*C/stock - Pink Petticoat - Bazzill Basics
*Key - Dear Lizzy
*Smash Book - Eco Green

Thanks for stopping by! xoxo

The Great Outdoors...

Morning all!

I must admit i'm a person who likes to be in places where i know, where i know where i am and where i'm going! home is a great comfort, but then again i'm one to moan when i get stuck in a rutt and all i'm doing is being in and then i'm nagging hubby to take me out (don't drive as yet) so then i like to go explore new places i've not been before, one of the reasons i've been to so many craft shops up and down country tho there are still a few i need to go to!!

Talking of which it's a brand new challenge at My Mum's Craftshop this week it's all about...

THE GREAT OUTDOORS 

So i got my thinking cap on and decided to smash* all about my walks with Oakley, for those who don't read my blog, Oakley is my mums adoptive dog she had from a rescue center! he's been with her just over a year now! and he's a right character! hehe, i love to take him out n about discovering parts of shropshire i never even knew existed! it's amazing how much stuff and walks and routes are in your towns when you go looking for them!

These pages can be blown up by clicking on them!

I used a few pictures i've found around pintrest and on the internet along with american crafts stickers and washi-tapes from washi-tapes.co.uk!

Here's the two pages together! 

As most of you know i'm slightly addicted to smash* ing hehe!!!

Hope to see your great outdoor creation over at the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by! xoxo

Washi-tapes!!! **discount code**

Morning all!

I'm here this morning to share a few things i've been working on! I'm such a bad blogger of late life has gotten in the way and i've not done much as i've had to deal with things life throws at ya! so apologies for those who follow me!!! i'll be back in the swing of things soon!!!

Alot of you know i'm addicted to my smash* ing at the moment and i've gotten into 12x12 scrapbooking of late as well! seems card making has taken a step back at the moment! but hey ho! one of the tools or embellishments i love whilst scrapping and smash*ing and also can be used for cardmaking is WASHI TAPES!

They seem to be ever popular at the moment and i know for one my tape collection is growing by the day! 

This was a few weeks ago's photo but now it's grown out of the drawer onto a cake stand i'll have to dig another piccy when my battery is charged!

but i'm well into the 130's now lol opps!

Where can you buy them you ask??

www.washitapes.co.uk

Washi Tapes is run by a lovely lady with an addiction to these beautiful tapes! There postage is only £1.99 or free over £50 and they also ship internationally!!!

As a reader of my blog!!! i have a special discount code for you!!! enabling to save you 10% off your next order! it's only valid one time per person! (so you'll have to keep an eye on my blog for future codes! hehe)

that code is... NOW EXPIRED PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON MY BLOG NEW ONE COMING

Just enter this code in the relevant code box at the checkout to save!!!

so here's some smash* pages i've created using these wonderful tapes!

I also have a number of links below to my smash* videos i've posted on youtube so you can see these pages and more!!! using these fantastic tapes, i'll be posting more projects soon! you can use them for absolutly anything from decorating pages, cards, houshold items the list is endless!!!

*My Smash Folio (blue) part 1
*My Smash* Folio (blue) part 2
*My Orange Smash* Folio Part 1
*My Pink Smash* Folio Part 1 *My Black Smash* Folio Part 1 *Update to Orange Smash* Folio Part 2
just click the links to be taken to the videos! and don't forget your voucher code! prices start from £1!! how fab is that! 
Thanks for stopping by! xoxo

NEC Haul....

Morning all!

I have no creations to share today just some video's! I went to the NEC show friday had a fab day!
thought i'd share what i brought along with the new smash*!! hehe I picked up some fantastic bargains i'm off in the craftroom to create today!
I actually went well over budget so i have erm... 3 vid's to share hehe!

Part one! lol

Part Two!

And finally the new smash* I soooo need more of these books!!!

Thanks for watching and 

Thanks for stopping by! xoxo

Me Again!

Morning all!

Ok i'm sooo bad i've been such a bad blogger these past few weeks life has just overloaded itself on me and i've finally been able to catch up and breathe!! hehe!!

I'm here this morning as i've a new addiction yep you heard right if you've seen my recent hauls and facebook status's i'm TOTALLY in love with Washi Tapes! Infact my newest count was 118 rolls of tapes this morning!! eekkk!

I've been playing with the newest collections straight from Washitapes.co.uk! Have you seen there site! O...M...G!! it's to die for! they have some beautiful tapes and you can use them for so many things (watch my blog as i'll be showing off more tapes soon and ideas i have whirly around in my head!

But for today i thought i would leave you with my latest Smash* Post about what i've been upto recently including starting my Black Smash* book here's the video!!

Be sure to subscribe to my channel i've more crafty things in the pipeline inc tutorials and bits and bobs!!! And don't forget www.washitapes.co.uk is the newest crazed place to be!!!

Thanks for stopping by! xoxo

Buttons & Ribbons Smash* Post

Morning all!

It's a brand new challenge over at my mums craft shop this morning!
Gosh these week's are flying by!
I thought i'd give you a sneak into my Orange Smash* Book which is all about craftyness inspiration

(Please note the photo's in the photo are took from google/blogs etc but each has it's watermark on i take no credit for the actual images they are used to me for inspiration because i love the artist's work!)
This week's challenge is:

BUTTONS & RIBBONS

So i thought i'd show you my inpiration pages... of my smash* book!
(Click to make larger)

Hope to see you at the challenge!!!

Thanks for stopping by! xoxo

More Smash* Adventures..

Morning all!

It's 4.23am here right now in the UK! I can't sleep again! that's what the nightshirts do to ya!! I thought i would pop by with another Smash* Adventures post i finally completed my Retro Blue Folio Yesterday so i'll be filming that when I've got half hour to spare so i can show the final results!

But today i'm here with another new smash* folio that I've dug out and started!

This is the Yellow International Travel Folio, it has some fab pages from all over the world inside, i decided that i would keep this one for trips and holidays and I've got around to creating a few pages to show you today!

 

(You can click the pics to enlarge)

These pages i wanted to smash* in some remembrance from mine and hubby's trip to London after we got married back in 2010. The Phone box was already there as a page so i thought this was ideal for my London pages being that London has lots of these!! hehe, I've not finished these pages I've still more photos and bits to put on but so far i have a piccy of hubby with a lady in silver from lecister square and one the opposite side i smash*ed in some postcards and a Buckingham palace tour guide i had from our trip.

 

(Click images to enlarge)

These next pages are about me and hubby's trip to the annual German Christmas Market in Birmingham last Christmas, I'd never been before and I've always been a lover of German food! so we decided we'd go with my mum and my step dad, we started our day off by catching the train to Birmingham with my mum and going shopping around the bullring, i actually found this ace little shop that's like a japanesse version of Ikea and they had some cool little notelets things and washi tapes that i had to buy! We met up with my Step dad a little later on as he knows what my mums like shopping BOORRRRING!!! lol

We had a great time looking around the German stalls i was amazed there all like giant sheds that are so decorative really enjoyed seeing all the different lights and things so took lots of piccys!

We even had some Gluwein (my fav!) he-he hiccup! and i tried Saurkrawt for the first time, didn't realise it's just cabbage lol

All in all it was a fab day and i kept all my train tickets and piccys for my smash* book pages above!

Before i go i know some of you are Smash*ers yourself! If your on Facebook there's a new group called...

K&Co Smash* Addicts (Official group as seen on Smash* Stories Blog)

We have a fab Competition running at the moment to win this....

£50 worth of Washi Tapes from the lovely www.washitapes.co.uk! perfect for smash*ing and cardmaking or scrap booking! So if your a Smash*er pop along to the link above to join in the fun! If your a non-smash*er Charisma Cardz this week have the same give-away prize see here for more Deets! 
Thanks
 for stopping by!
xoxo

My SMASH* Adventures Orange Folio Part 1...

Morning all!

It's that time of week where a brand new challenge is live over at

My Mum's Craft Shop!

I wanted to do something a little different than a card this week so i thought i would share my New Orange Smash* Book! with you all!

I decorated the front tho this piccy was taken before i stuck all orange buttons on the spine lol using sakura pens and matching different colour pearls.

Now this week's challenge is Fab and Funky! and we're being sponsored by forgotten scraps! so i thought how cool would it be to create a page with all my ''forgotten'' scraps hehe!!

I added a smash* pocket to store all little things! This Orange Folio is my Craft inspiration book! so i've printed zillions of things i've found on the internet and from people who inspire my crafting to go into my book!

This is my double page first pages spread basically sums up my book in four words!

Those are two cards i've created (you'd of seen them on my blog before) there the two i love the most so wanted to keep them! not quite sure what happend to the pearls on the first card lol bit wonky! i'll fix that hehe!!

So why not stop by! and have a peek at the challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!  xxx

Youtube Smash*ing Video...

Afternoon all!

I thought i'd pop by to show you a couple of new SMASH*ing things!

Firstly i have a brand New Video up on youtube! Please subscribe to my channel as i'm uploading several videos soon! and im getting abit addicted in videoing!!! lol

Here's the new video...
(Excuse the quiteness hubbys in bed!!!) lol


The link is HERE


Also if your a Smash* fan and would like to join our NEW OFFICAL K&CO SMASH* ADDICTS group right here on facebook here's the link (Click here!) (As seen on Smash* Stories Blog!)

Have a fab afternoon whatever you may be upto!!

Thanks for stopping by!

SMASH* Adventures Part 8..... The Adventure continues

Heya all!

I thought i'd post a few piccys of my updated blue smash* folio, it's virtually finished so i'll be adding my final touches and doing a youtube Smash* video very shortly to show my Blue book compleate! I have started my orange folio and also have smash*ed a yellow folio page too, so much for sticking to one book at a time hey!!??? well.... it's addictive!!!!

Click the photos to view larger images!

The page to the left is all about Hahaha Jokes, funny things i've heard or jokes i want to remember!
The page to the right well... i loved the horsey picture and wanted to keep this page about things that made me smile (mostly things about my hubby) he even posed for a piccy look!!! bless!

Left - Page is about my family, what little i have left that is :( things i wanted to remember i love the smash* page from the mini note pads where i could fill in the blanks!
Right - About my week what i usually do! Motel is a very american word but i didnt want to cover it because the word reminds me of my old job working in a hotel!

This page is a typical week for me! i kept it over a whole week! and even found out what happend years ago on the day i wrote about! including a song of the day something that sticks in my mind, i find i'm always humming in my brain a new song each day! I kept a record of the weather and the Highs and lows of temp too!!! hehe!

Left - That was me then... seemed fitting to make that page about when i was younger (around 16!) naughty girl back then! lol
Right - Books! something i wish i had more time to read! i love reading and i used to read so much back in the day something that i've let slip over the years but want to get back into! maybe this will kick start it again!!!

I've so many more pages to share of my blue folio but i'm going to finish the last few pages and video the book! so fingers crossed my next Smash* adventures will be a new colour folio!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

SMASH* Adventures Part 7 - All About The Craze

Evening all!

I thought i'd pop by and share a little more of my SMASH* adventures with you! I must admit i'm not far done with my Retro Blue folio now i've even started (well i say started) not so nearly finished with the orange folio either now lol i've gone and delved right into my books! I've had so many lovely e-mails from my followers and friends asking me lots of questions about my books and things about them so i thought i'd do a little Q&A post!


Where do you buy your SMASH* Books from?
There are quite a few craft companies here in the UK that stock SMASH* such as...
*Crafts u love
*Oyster Stamps
*Craft Obsessions
*Craft Island

Though my personal choice is Oyster Stamps they're not only the cheapest but also there customer service is fantastic!

What about accessories?
I do use the SMASH* accessories alongside my books however i find myself digging to the bottom of drawers in my craftroom for those embellishments i brought years ago that haven't seen daylight for so long. You can use virtually anything crafty in your books! here's a few ideas:

*Peel offs

*Stickers

*Journal pages/tags
*Ribbons and scrap papers
the list is endless really!!!

What do I SMASH* ????
Anything Really tho i have one of each colour theme SMASH* book now so i've decieded to keep each book on a topic.... here's an idea of what i mean...
*Retro blue folio - All About Me
*Simple Orange folio - Craft Inspiration
etc etc you can keep your smash* books on any type of theme! Here's a few piccys i've not shown before of my blue folio...

Can I make my own????

I don't see why not some double sided papers and a bind it all will be a must or something similar, tho i prefer them ready done else i wouldnt want to cover up some beautiful papers!!! haha!!

What's my favourite colour Book????
Your all waiting for me to say PINK right?? well... sorry it's not acutally my favourite I absolutly love the Doodle Red Folio and i'm dredding starting that one as i love all the papers i dont wanna cover them hehe!!!

Is it for me????
Well... i've tried the 6x6, 8x8 and 12x12 scrapbooking and soooo can't do it not like those american's who simply create some works of art!!! this is perfect for me there's no right or wrong way of doing it and i love it!!! Smash*ing is all about doing it your way not others! sure you can grab ideas.... see even i do... here's some i created from inspiration from others...



See how i mean you can smash anything from recipets to labels to postcards to anything!!! possiblities are endless!!!!

Do i have to compleate it all in one go???
NOOOOOOOO!!! smash* Is designed to be picked up put down smash in smash out n about! you take it at your pace!!

Where can i get cool images???
Join pinterest.com!!! you'll never be short of images to smash*! there's so many cool things on there!

Ideas??
I get my ideas from everything... from day to day life, from blogging, the internet, smash stories blog, youtube... have a browse on google for smash* there's lots of inspiration!!!
I'll leave you with a few more piccys before i go! any Q's e-mail me!!


Have a lovely evening all! I'm off to catch up on my ZZZZZZzzzz naughty hubby woke me at dinner and not been able to get back off since hence me being here!!! lol good news is tho i thought i was doing 8 nights in nope!!!! im off monday!!! yay!!! crafty day whilst hubs in bed (maybe i get my own back) nah i'm not that cruel!

Anyways thanks for stopping by today!!!

My SMASH* Adventures Part 5....

Morning  All!

I thought i'd do a Smash* update as so many of you are asking and e-mailing me nagging to show more of my book! yep it's true i've got about 7 pages left to do of my blue folio so i've a few piccys to show this morning! I'll keep updating this next week so watch out for more Smash* posts from me as they'll be coming quick as i've really knuckled down and smash*ed my heart out this past month!! hehe addicted well and truly!!




First up is my opening page!! all about me, random facts piccy of me in wedding dress (that'll be the only time you'll ever see me in a dress) lol!

Inside page now, this was orignally green so i covered it with some really cool bo bunny grid papers that i had in my stash sorry the name escapes me for now! just a little intro into what my blue folio is all about (me if ya hadn't guessed lol)

I must admit this page scared me a little so that's why there's not much on it but i wanted it to be simple! hehe

My next two pages are all about happiness, being happy is important to me! so naturally i had to smash it!!!

Sorry not much writing today i'm soooo tired from this christmas lark at work i'm zonko'd good news tho i've three days off yay!!!

Off for a cat power nap!

Thanks for stopping by and i'd love to hear what you think!