I really wanted to experiment with some gilding flakes and some oriental themed stamps and also some washi papers, so Mum’s birthday card seemed the ideal time to have a play with some craft goodies. Continue reading

I've been twitterpated!! You can now follow me on Twitter!! https://twitter.com/#!/polly_purple Continue reading

Hello!! sorry if my Blog is feeling a bit neglected, I have been quite busy making things, and getting my Folksy store and facebook page up and running And If you wish to check out my facebook page, here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Pollypurplehorse/153703224697978 Continue reading

Another first for me, I have joined in with the June Bugs monthly listing club!! we all try to list an item each day and post about it and help support each other, hopefully this will help achieve sales for all of us :-) And already i have seen some really gorgeous items listed, far too many to list individually, but head on over to Folksy to check out all the goodies!! http://forums.folksy.com/forums/6/topics/294637 **edit** looks like my listing for today, has been featured on a Blog already, thank you!! http://tales-trainee-teacher.blogspot.com/2011/06/venturing-into-june-bugs.html?showComment=1306943710602#c2520624404225685220 Continue reading

Ohhh how lovely to see that the Robot Dad card has been featured on another fab blog!! Clover Jewels - New Beginnings It is a feature to spotlight some Folksy Stores that have less than 5 sales so far, and there are some really nice items featured from some very... Continue reading

I designed and handcrafted a Robot Dad easel card that would be suitable for either Father's Day or Dad's Birthday, using one of the chipboard robot and cog elements from the 'Lil Robots' range by 'My Minds Eye' I also used some embossed silver mirri card and a real metal... Continue reading

What a nice surprise to find out one of my Gorjuss Girl Easel Cards is being featured on a Blog this morning!! http://myblogfinallymadeit.blogspot.com/2011/05/random-saturday-handmade-folksy.html#links This is a great Blog 'Uniquely Yours' and has lots and lots of really interesting items, you can while away a few hours just looking at all... Continue reading

Well there's a first time for everything as they say, and today i finally got around to putting a card in my Folksy Store!! Totally new to this, but hopefully my little Gorjuss Girl won't be lonely for long. I decided one of the little Gorjuss Girl mini easel cards... Continue reading

Mum and Dad's Wedding Anniversary is coming up and I wanted to make them something a little different to the usual cards. I know they quite like the Art Deco theme and I had some papers and images from Debbi Moore Designs that I thought might be suitable but didn't... Continue reading

I loved the Vintage Rose papers from Craftwork Cards and thought they would go very well for Mother's Day cards. I had an idea to try pinwheel flowers, I've seen them a few times and they always look really good, so thought I'd have a go myself and combined it... Continue reading

Yes it's been a long time since I blogged Lots of things have been going on in my life and being made redundant after 26 years and being ill sort of made me lose my creativity I'm only just starting to feel able to maybe craft again and so hopefully... Continue reading

Oh dear!! I fear I have the most terrible camera skills in the world!! Which is such a shame as it means I can’t do justice to one of my latest creations…… I saw over at Craftwork Cards that they have a Sketch challenge and immediately thought that would be... Continue reading

Saw the gorgeous Gorjuss range of decoupage packs and fell in love with them, I was having a hard time choosing which selection to go for, in the end I bought 3!! I thought I should have another attempt at making an Easel card and using my favourite Purple, and... Continue reading

Time to try out another stamp from the Sugar Nellie Lucky Bag, this time it is 'Peek a Bunny' and I needed some inspiration, so found a great sketch challenge over at caardvarks (May Challenge) This time I stamped, coloured, shaded round the edge and cut out my image, mounting... Continue reading

It's Allsorts Challenge 1st Birthday and they are having a Blog Hop, so here's a birthday card!! Purple is my favourite colour, although i try and not make too many cards in it these days, however I couldn't resist the combination of Purple and Lime, especially when teamed with a... Continue reading

I recently bought one of the Lucky Bag stamp sets from Funky Kits and was very pleased with the stamps!! 4 beautiful character stamps and 4 small accessory ones I particularly liked this one, isn't she cute!! 'Catch a falling star....' I copied the sketch from Allsorts Challenge and got... Continue reading

I love the Penny Black Hedgehogs and decided to try out another image from the T for transparent 'wonderful' set, wasn't sure how to use it in a layout, but I saw the Penny Black Saturday Challenge had a sketch to try this week which gave me some inspiration. I... Continue reading

So I spotted a Challenge to make an Easel Card over at Daring Cardmakers and I could combine it with the challenge over at Charisma Cardz too, although I had seen quite a few of these cards lately, I hadn't actually attempted one yet So here's my first attempt, I... Continue reading

Just recently bought my first ever Penny Black stamps, I couldn't resist the T for transparent 'Wonderful' stamps set. I think the images are very versatile, suitable for lots of different occasions!! So the first image I thought I would test out on the new Smooth cardstock from Craftwork Cards... Continue reading

Been a little while since I posted, my Camera has not been operational!! Anyway, I had some free Bonus papers from a magazine laying around and decided to have a little play with them They immediately spoke 'Japanese' to me, and so I made a card in my usual manner,... Continue reading

I needed to make a little bunny Easter card for my niece, I had a cute bunny stamp that came free with a recent magazine and thought it was such a simple clean yet cute design that would be just right for my little niece The only problem was that... Continue reading