My Favourite Things #June

So I thought I'd round off the month with a little favourites post. Probably to sum up the products I've used the most this month. Stuffs I love.. stuffs I don't love so much (which is hardly gonna be the case..) and share my opinions with you guys. :)

First up, you should already KNOW it's gonna be SU! In Colour 2010-2012 cardstock which I've been using for many of my cardbases as well as accent pieces and the like. I've been steering away from Kraft lately, not because I'm not still madly in love.. just because.. having a bright coloured card base seems to make those summer/ brighter projects POP more. KWIM?

What else do we have? Ohh!! How could I forget?

Lawn Fawn - Harold's ABC's. I've used these babies on almost EVERY card I've made which required a custom sentiment. Damn they're cute. So easy to use and so.. did I say they were cute? They're so cute! I know over the past month I've shared projects which I made a while back, before my little Lawn Fawn set came on the scene.. but trust me - you'll be seeing waaaay more of this set on up and coming projects here at Cartolinas! :) Hope you don't get sick of me, or them!

I've been gravitating towards a few patterned paper pads over this past month, with a couple being My Minds Eye. So let's begin with some Lost and Found - Blush. I know it's an old collection, but I just love it. The mix of pinks and very light blues is just delicious. I love it so much infact, that I made a whole album with the damn thing! ;) Photos to follow in the coming weeks.

 

I'm also in love with My Minds Eye - On The Bright Side Two. The most perfect thing for summer, and for those tricky male cards too. Perfect combo, don'tcha think? LOVE all of the woodgrains. Earthyness. Love. :)

 

Enough of the paper now, it's making me want to order more. Because I'm greedy like that. I have an addiction to paper which I openly admit too.. so instead I'm gonna share some of my favourite.. RIBBON!!

From the ONE & ONLY The Ribbon Girl. Let's see..

15mm Aqua Satin Ribbon

 

10mm Tiny Aqua Pom Pom

 

9mm Brown/White Spot Organza

 

Mmm, brown and blue. My favourite. You gotta check out their shop it's growing all the time. Truth is, I could list the whole lot and it'd be my fave. 9 times outta 10, the ribbon and fibres and twine you see on my cards is from these two lovely ladies. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

So last, but not least.. THESE TWO companies.

TIDDLY INKS

SOME ODD GIRL

No explaination needed!!

That's all from me. Enjoy browsing the links - I hope I've stimulated your crafting needs! LOL.

My Favourite Things #October

So.. is everyone else's Blogger being a frickin' pain?! Sheesh, I wish they'd just sort. it. out!! Here is my favourites post for this month. I'm totally behind.. with like.. everything. Including sleep - which is never good!! I don't even feel better for the extra hour I had in bed this morning. Never mind!! At least my phone went back automatically so I wasn't like an hour early for work! LOL.

 

So first up we've got some.. 

Jenni Bowlin Tiny Circle Alpha Cardstock Stickers

They can be found HERE at Sarah's Cards LTD. This is personally get mine!! I love using these to add personalised sentiments, and on the odd occasion, names, to cards. They're the perfect little size for card makers and you can get them in loadsa, loadsa colours.

On the theme of alpha stickers I'm also loving Cosmo Cricket mini alpha stickers and Sassafras mini alpha stickers, although they ain't as mini as the others.

 

Most of you know I was on a WOC kick a couplea months ago.. well now I think it's Liquid Pearls HA! I only own White Opal and Baby Blue - but hell, they're gorgeous. So quick and easy to fill in blank areas on cards and stuff.

Hmmm.. what else?!

Only Saturated Canary Digi Images of course! ;) See Krista's amazing Etsy shop full of digi goodness HERE. Here are a few of my faves..



On the line of images.. over the past couple of weeks I've developed a new found love for LOTV images. I own like.. 18.. and I just NEVER wanna colour them up. Know why? Because I can't. They always turn out poop.com. So about a week ago I stamped a load of Christmas ones and sat in bed and coloured. Not only was it really theraputic (it took me foreva) but I was actually quite pleased with the results! ;) The images are ready and waiting for a few of my custom orders so keep your eyes peeled over here for them. I would love to hear your opinion on them.

Think I'm gonna wrap this up now and get stuck back into the Xfactor. Sophie and Misha in the bottom two?! WTH is going on?!

Lots of love. :)

P.S Brace yourself for Christmas over at Cartolinas. HA! I'm gonna be Christmas till Christmas now. Excited as EVER!!

My Favourite Things #August

#1

Luna Bitterfrost

DARE TO BE DIFFERENT Collection

from Pollycraft

'Nuff said.

#2

Staedtler Triplus Fineliner.

DARK BROWN #76

In case you haven't noticed.. ;)

#3

Stampin' Up

PILLOW BOX DIE

I have a few halloween treats in store for this little guy. Roll on October - although saying that I have a few halloween cards using some new digis in the pipeline.

My Favourite Things #July

You all know Kellie Waffle Winnell, right? Check out her blog HERE. She is the owner of Tickled Pink Stamps  and runs the awesome Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges which I am a proud DT member of for the next 6 months! Well over at her blog she has a run down of her fave things over a couple of months at a time - see her recent ones HERE.

Aside from this being a good read, I thought it would be a brilliant idea for meto do. I think it would make me appriciate the things I already have, instead of 'needing' to buy all of the lastest things you see out there in blogland.

Hopefully if I schedule one of these posts for the end of each month I can keep adding to it so it will be ready to post on the day with the stuff I have favourited (sp? - infact, that aint even a real word!) over the month.

JULY FAVOURITES

*Labels Fourteen Nestablities*

Whether I use them for a backdrop behind my image or as the main focal point on my card I just love the unusual shape of them. The largest shape is perfect for 4.4/4.5" high images so things like Some Odd Girl digis and the standing Pinkettes fit perfectly and are a lovely size to colour. The inward curves down the sides are just right to fit some WOC goodies, such as 10mm and 15mm roses. Which leads me onto one of my other faves.

Which leads me onto one of my other faves.

*Wild Orchid Craft Supplies*

I am quite literally in LOVE with the flowers they supply. I am a relative newbie to the whole deal, but I have learnt a lot. Enough to know that these will be firm favourites of mine for a long time to come. I started out with a few bags of cherry blossoms and 15mm roses in various colours back in March.. and now I am hooked. I have like 6 boxes FULL all seperated into colour family. You know what I'm like.. I mainly use the smaller sizes, such as 8mm, 10mm, 15mm roses, cherry blossoms and aster daisies, but I'm going to challenge myself to use the bigger 20mm and 25mm ones. I try to list ones I've used in specific projects in my supplies at the end of each post - loads of people have found this helpful so I'll keep trying to do the same in the future.

I'll try and update the post with a picture of my boxes. :)

Talking of colour coordinating stuff (you see how everything is linking up here, HA! I've planned this well, yes?)

*SU! & PTI Cardstock*

I recently sorted out all of my SU! and PTI cardstock into ringbinders. A seperate wallet for the full a4 slices and a one behind for the scraps. Nothing can ever go to waste - the cardstock from these two companies is just too delicious! I love being able to coordinate stuff with the patterned papers I'm using at the time. Finding products that match is one of the fun things for me about piecing a project together.

*The Ribbon Girl*

My most fave online shop for ribbon and charms. EVA. I don't shop anywhere else for the stuff. The service and quality of the products is second to none. Mary and Andrea are just lovely, I cannot praise them and their shop enough! I'll update this to add my two drawers full of ribbon from TRG and some odd lengths of some SU!

Finally for this month..

*Coffee*

I have been a little bit ill towards the end of this month, so this little beauty has helped me get through the days without 10+ nana naps every hour! HA! I hope it clears up soon - it just zapps me of all energy, but I haven't let that stop me crafting! *big grin*

That's all I got for ya today, be sure to stop by on Thursday for the new Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge! ;)