A collection from the past week....

Hello everyone, I hope this finds you well?  I've suffered with Migraine for the last few days so very little got done, here are some bit's I've managed to finish off, hope you like them :o)

Small but stylish this geniune gemstone Black onyx necklace with sparkly silver ball spacers and rhinestone rondelles.  At just 18" long it's finished off with a lovely heart shapes toggle fastner.

Rose Quartz and Re faceted shell pearls in this necklace with knot shaped metal beads to finish off the 'pendant'.

Silver plated hand designed earrings with purple tigers eye stones.

Rose coloured two tone glass beads and mystic coated Rose Quartz make this a lovely Rosary.

Black Sardonyx, Rose Quartz & black Obsidian nuggets make up this set.

Zebra Jasper, Citrine nuggets and Champagne Clay Rhinestone 'Disco' ball beads for this beautiful trio.  The necklace is extra long on this one but couldn't fit it in the photo.

It's a Tribal thing....

Hi Everyone,

Here's my little make for tonight...I think it's pretty tribal like and is made using genuine Jasper.  Jasper comes in many varierties and here I have used Picture Jasper and Red Jasper, a little different to my usual (whatever that is lol) and felt a little out of my comfort zone, but I'm trying to broaden my horizons - what do you think?

A little something special.....

Hello again, well the weekend is almost over - I swear I don't know where the time goes! I thought I'd share my little makes for today, these are a little something special using genuine gemstones, pearls and 925 Sterling Silver......did you know that the Pearl is one of the birthstones for the month of June?

I hope you can see the beauty in these simple earrings, the camara doesn't quite do them justice....these are 925 Sterling Silver and genuine white Pearls and beautiful Amazonite. 

This is absolutely beautiful - genuine Peachy Potatoe Pearls with a Champagne Rhinestone clay 'disco ball' in this stretch Bracelet.  I've just seen something similar in a jewellers and I was SHOCKED & STUNNED at what they where charging!!!

Well that's all for today - if you require prices or would like a bespoke piece making please don't hesitate to contact me.   Until next time........bye and have a wonderful evening xx

A little mix.......

Well here we are, another weekend of rain to look forward to, so what a good excuse to play with all your crafty goodies, I really don't know where this year has gone and can't believe we're already halfway through June! 
As most of you know who follow my little bloggings, my card making has kind of taken a back seat since discovering I have a talent for jewellery making - well I'm pleased to say the urge to make cards is slowly starting to return and I now think I'll be able to happily juggle both :o)
Here is a last nights efforts, please let me know what you think, I love to read your comments.

Dragon Earrings

Stretchy bracelet with crackled green glass & Jasper beads with a contrasting handblown glass centre piece and curled silver wire with bead.

Beautiful Browns in this lovely glass bead stretchy.

I just adore Giraffes so this was my first thought when asked to make an anniversary card for a friend. I think it works well, don't you?

Another of the Crafters Companion/Hunkydory collaboration depicting the gorgeous Humphrey range.  Humphrey's mum & dad celebrate so is perfect for this anniversary card.

Happy Crafting and positive wishes coming your way from me :o)

A new blog.....

Hi all,  how is everyone?  I've been very remis with my posts lately as I've been really busy....this new jewellery making bug is really lasting but I've actually managed to make a few cards lately - here are my latest makes from both the jewellery and card worlds.  Love to know your thoughts.  I so also sell my jewellery so if there's anything you're interested in then please ask.

A different turn in Shamballa bracelet in this Peridot green rhinestone balls and citrus crystals.

A stretchy purple Shell bracelet with an amethyst coloured charm



Green crystals and shell beads in the memory wire bracelet

Ankle bracelet in genuine gemstones, simple and stunning in 925 sterling silver, real pearls and rainbow moonstone

A lovely little A5 card using the Nigel May A May Zing CD rom

Simply Cute as a button - thats Humphrey and family and above from the Cottage bears range.  This is the collaboration between Crafters Companion and Hunkydory - such quality and in stereo!!

Purple dyed Howlite skulls for this macrame bracelet with haemetite beads for contrast

Stunning light blue and haemetite for this one.

Pink Rhinestones and 2tone crackled glass beads with a lovely silver square embossed with hearts.

Dark blue rhinestone balls and frosted blue glass beads for this shamballa

One for the Boys DaisyDoodles Challenge

Morning all,
This weeks Challenge from Daisy Doodles is 'One for the Boys'.  Here I've used Ryan the Footballer and it's a pack which includes 4! backing papers and only $3!  I've made a simple matted and layered 8 inch square card and printed off the Ryan image and coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens.  I've finished it off with a simple rosette made using my Hougie board, topped with a Spellbinder round die cut with a peel off sticker for the sentiment.  So come and join in the challenge and have a look at the fab images for you to collect at Daisys Store.

Daisy Doodles Easter Challenge

Shades of Sympathy

Hi all,  this weeks Daisy Doodles challenge is entitled 'Easter', but as I'm all 'Eastered' out I thought I'd show you just how versatile a digi image can be and how it can be used in an alternate way.  Also I wanted to show how a digital image could easily be altered using one of the many graphics packages around at the moment, especially if you where lucky enough to get the 'free' Craft Artist Professional disc this weekend!!  I thought this image would easily adapt to a Sympathy card which are very difficult to tackle sometimes, so I've taken the Floral Cross digi image and brought it into my graphics package and changed the colour to a brown line to go with the theme I have in mind. I've then added a sentiment to match the them in the same line colour.  I've printed this off onto cream card and coloured with my Spectrum Noirs and inked the edges to add a little further interest.  I've then used a sheet of the Ebony Floral Papers, again changing the colour to brown in my graphics package, to blend even further I have used a brayer over this with several shades of brown inks to cover the stark white background.  I have then matted all together as shown, onto an A5 brown centura pearl card base and added a punched ribbon edge which has also been brayered. 
So, get yourself along to Daisy's Challenge blog page and join in the fun....

This card is also being entered into  Emma's Crafty Challenge - Chocolate   due to it's lovely shades of chocolate ie dark, milk and white!  (even thos some of it looks a little pink in this photo - it's not)