A Little taste of chocolate...............................

 

 

 

Well thanks for popping by today. Don't weekends go far to quickly! can't believe Sunday evening is nearly upon us :( I still get that back to school feeling, where I panic that all my homework is not all done.

 

As I was work free this weekend and taking in the fact that the weather was glorious yesterday we took a trip over to the Red Squirrel Sanctuary and sand dunes at Formby point. We spent a lovely day walking with Alfie and I had even packed a picnic! for lunch. We were all disappointed that  no squirrels were spotted, only magpies and wood pigeons.

 

Sunday evening is my time for some chocolate so today I thought I would share this make with you. A treat box for someone deserving of chocolate! Again I have been delving into my stamp designs from a while back.... all still available. Just pull the ribbon to reveal the treat inside the box, sit back and enjoy! Yum...Yum..

 

Hugs Clare xXx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Kiss the Cook..............................

Good afternoon and thanks for popping by. Many thanks for all your lovely comments on the magazine, I really enjoyed reading them after what turned out to be a really stressful week! I hope this week is going to be better ... so far I haven't seen a magpie on its own so here's hoping! Or perhaps I should avoid looking out of windows all together.

 

 

All that aside, I had a really good workshop over at Craftrange on Saturday. So I thought I would share with you one of the projects we made. I have had rusty wire withdrawal symptom's of late and needed to include some and I thought it would be good to use a stamp design from a little while back, all mixed together with the colour scheme of my newly decorated, but not quite finished yet kitchen as this where I am going to hang it.

 

 

The papers are My Minds Eye Kate & co. have used the following rubber stamps Molly the Chef MB0108I, Stitch Border 2 MB0161 and a mini Molly cupcake. I have used my Copics Pens to colour and because I have time... here are the colours. Just one thing my photography certainly needs to improve!

 

Skin E000, E00, E01 & E21

Cheeks R20 &RV10

Hair E50,E51, E33 & E44
Chefs Hat & Apron W00, W01 & W03
Blouse Y21, Y23 & Y26
Bows & Trouser BG70, BG72 & BG75
Cupcake Case YG91, YG93 & YG95
Shoes & Bun E31, E33 & E35
Strawberries Y21 &YY23

 

Well best dash the sun is finally shinning and Alfie needs a walk

Hugs Clare xXx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally a blog and Magazine.... all in one day

Good morning on this very bright and sunny day! Just wanted to let you know that Molly Blooms Birthday Parade is now out there in your local craft shop for you to buy. I hope you enjoy what I have designed and written in this the second edition of the Molly Blooms Mag. It may... and I hope it inspires you to have a go at creating some of the projects. Everything is included from the stamps, papers, ribbons and buttons so get creating now. Turn to page 43 of the magazine to be with a chance to win £150 of Molly Blooms Stamps.

 

I must give a big thanks to Jones Crafts of Nottingham who kindly sent me all the lovely KaiseCarft products which are featured in the magazine.

 

Well I am over at the Craftrange in Burnley on Saturday running an all day workshop, so if your all hot and bothered and fancy cooling down, why not come and join the rest of us in there fully air conditioned workshop! You just need to bring a small packet of Skittle sweets and a paint brush and all will be revealed on the day! Contact Craftrange direct if you are interested.

Well that's all for now, back soon.
Hugs Clare xXx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just a blog to say...

Good afternoon!!

Hope you are all well and having a wonderful weekend...

I thought I would just pop by and tell you about my recent blogging absence. I have been very busy over the past few weeks you see with work for the new Molly Blooms magazine which will be on sale at the end of July!

I haven't forgotten about you which is why I wanted to post this recent sample featuring Chocks Away to keep you all inspired! I think it would be ideal for Fathers Day which is coming up soon! 

Right, that's my break over...I must go and tidy up this mess...  

   

Thanks for popping by..

Hugs, Clare xXx

Spring has (nearly) Sprung!

Hello!
Wow what a blustery evening...spring is definitely in the air though and I for one cannot wait for a little warmth of the sun! How are you all today? I've been over in the lovely Lake District today to teach a workshop. A brilliant morning had by all ( I hope)! I just thought I would pop by and share this card with you, featuring Molly and her bicycle! A lovely bright and cheerful card, I think that it would cheer any rainy day up...

Hope you feel inspired...and have a lovely evening!

Hugs, Clare xXx

That Sunday Night Feeling...

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend and managed to get some crafting done! As I let you know on Friday, I was at Jobo crafts yesterday with a group of lovely ladies. So I thought I would share one of the projects with you...just incase you were suffering from that dreaded Sunday night feeling and needed some inspiration for the week ahead! We made this windmill card, using a stamp from the new Summer collection and of course the card featured my trade mark buttons! I hope you like...well I'm off to put my feet up and probably have some Sunday chocolate (a long standing tradition in our house!)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Hugs, Clare xXx

Hmmm PINteresting...

Evening all!

 

Just a quick blog to let you know about my new venture onto 'Pinterest' where I will compile ideas and inspirations! If any of my lovely followers have a pinterest page, please feel free to pop by and have a nosey! You will find me here:

 

http://pinterest.com/clarerowlands/

 

Anyway...back to the weekend :)

 

Hugs, Clare xXx