To Blog Or Not To Blog ...

.... That is the question that has been on my lips for awhile!

Seriously how do they do it? 

You know, the people who write the most amazing blogs showing off their beautiful creations day to day!???  I am in total awe and would so love to be able to do the same.

So what is the solution?  Is there a solution …… ??? 

I am wondering if I shouldn’t blog and stick with a facebook page to share my work on.  There is always a hub of activity on there and to be honest that is where I tend to follow all my favourite artists, companies and creative friends … along with non crafty friends and family too!! 

Yes I know that a blog is a great place for sharing tutorials and listing all the fabby product you have used to make the creations with …. But ….

Anyhoos!

I have taken the thinking cap off and here I am stealing a few minutes while the little people are out canoeing trying madly to catch up on sharing a few of my creations! 

These little creations were made from the March/April release from DO Crafts and were shown at my demos. 

The goody bag for March/April was filled with some gorgeous items ranging from new Urban Stamps, Forever Friends Krafty Notes and one of my fav lines All Aboard.  Here are a few of the cards I made with it

The Forever Friends Krafty notes is a pretty range with soft pastel colours

And I teamed it here with the owl Urban Stamp … which I have done with other papers!  Such a cute stamp!

I shall save sharing the All Aboard product as I think it deserves a post on it’s own!!

Till the next time I post!

Beckie J

Ruby Rock-It May Blog Hop!

Hello Ruby Rock-it Fans!  Welcome to our May blog hop!  

We are featuring 3 ranges that reach our softer side...Arcadia, Mother Nature, and Reminisce.  These are all so delicate and dainty on their own, and blend just beautifully together!  

I created this little card using the Reminisce products.  The colours are soft and pretty and I love the peach, cream and mint green together.

Products Used

Ruby Rock-It 12 x 12 Card Stock Reminisce - Stopwatch

Ruby Rock-It Reminisce Quilling Kit

Ruby Rock-It Reminisce Die-cut Pack

Ruby Rock-It Kinda Krafty Chitter Chatter

Ruby Rock-It Reminisce Trimmings

Ruby Rock-It Arcadia Pearl Combo

Ruby Rock-It Fundamentals Embossed Cards - Steampunk (A6) 

Xcut Leafy Lace Punch

Papermania Capsule Card

 I made this card for a challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers Challenge blog as the colours fitted in perfectly with one of the colour combo challenges.

The little die cut pack is filled with sentiments, journaling blocks and little frames. 

I also adore the quilled flowers that were made from the Reminisce quilling kit.

So why not come and hop along with us, leaving comments at each blog [including mine!!] to be entered to win an awesome this Ruby Rock-it prize pack!  

Here's the order in case you get lost along the way...Remember to start at the Ruby Rock-it blog!

RRBF BLOG
Kris Berc
Carrie Walz

Beckie Dreyer <=== You Are Here :)
Erin Yamabe
Pattie Beltran
Lisa Webb
Becky Olsen

June Goh

Liana Suwandi

Lisa Novogrodski

RRBF BLOG

MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ONCE YOU’RE DONE HOPPING ALONG!

RUBY ROCK-IT RULES-LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT'S BLOG TO BE ENTERED TO WIN OUR AWESOME PRIZE PACK. COMMENTS MUST BE POSTED BY TUESDAY, MAY 7TH AT 11:59PM PST TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE RANDOM DRAWING.  WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON OUR RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ON WEDNESDAY MAY 8TH! 

 Now time to head on over to the wonderful { Erin Yamabe's }blog to see her beautiful creation!

Thanks for stopping by

Beckie

Ruby Rock-It *Kinda Krafty* Blog Hop

Hello Ruby Rock-it Fans! Welcome to my blog!

Today, we are celebrating our beautiful New Kinda Krafty range, that made it's debut a few weeks ago, and has been very well received!  It is full of bright and bold contrasts against a beautiful neutral kraft background!  

I used the RRBF {sketch challenge} this month to create this layout.  Don't forget to take a look and enter your take on the sketch!

So come and hop along with us, leaving comments at each blog to enter to win an awesome Ruby Rock-it prize pack!  You could win your very own KINDA KRAFTY range!  Here's the order of blogs in case you get lost along the way!

RRBF BLOG
Kris Berc
Carrie Walz

Beckie Dreyer <=== You Are Here :)
Erin Yamabe
Pattie Beltran
Lisa Webb
Becky Olsen

June Goh

Liana Suwandi

Lisa Novogrodski

RRBF BLOG

 RRBF Products Used :
Kinda Krafty 12 x 12 Cardstock - Count The Ways
Kinda Krafty 12 x 12 Cardstock - Cloudy Days
Kinda Krafty 12 x 12 Cardstock - Spot
Kinda Krafty 12 x 12 Cardstock - Tickets Please
Kinda Krafty 12 x 12 Cardstock - Journal It
Kinda Krafty 12 x 12 Cardstock - Chatterbox
Kinda Krafty 12 x 12 Cardstock - Quad
Kinda Krafty 12 x 12 Cardstock - Banner Time
Kinda Krafty 12 x 12 Cardstock - Stripe
Kinda Krafty 12 x 12 Cardstock - Tag It
Fundamentals Trims - Kraft
Fundamentals Kraft Accents
Fundamentals Kraft Alphas
Bella! Bling - Black Floral Strip

Thanks for stopping by my blog, make sure you leave a comment on each designer's blog and then on the Ruby Rock-it blog once you are done hopping!

Time to hop on over to the talented {Erin Yamabe blog} to see what she's been creating :)

Beckie :)

RUBY ROCK-IT Kinda krafty BLOG hop RULES-LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT'S BLOG TO BE ENTERED TO WIN THE kinda krafty PRIZE PACK. COMMENTS MUST BE POSTED BY SunDAY April 7TH AT 11:59PM PST TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE RANDOM DRAWING.  WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON OUR RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ON MOnday, April 8TH! 

A CC Club Give Away!

Hello everyone!  I am here today to share with you some things I have been making with the new Creativity Club download ... Easter Delight.  It is filled with cute Easter bunnies, chicks, tulips, flowers and those gorgeous spring colours.  

Perfect for making a little gift box and card for someone this Easter.

After many um's and arh's I finally asked Santa to bring me a hougie board and after watching an episode of Create and Craft last week, I have been hooked on making this little box that was shown on the show.  I so need to get the books to play some more!!

For the card I used the Xcut Oval dies and then the posies to cut out the flower shapes which I filled in with other posies.

I have been really enjoying creating with these fab downloads which have been designed by Jill Pryor.  

Do you look like them!?  Would you like to have a play with next weeks download??

Yes!?!  Well the lovely manager of the Creativity Club, Emma Collins has given us a wee prize to give away!

To enter just leave me a comment about why your would like to create with the download and I'll choose a winner on Thursday Night.  The only rule is you must craft with it over the weekend and blog about your crafty make.

Good Luck!

Thanks for stopping by

Beckie :)

NB A winner will be chosen from comments left here and on my facebook page :)

St Patrick's Day

Hello!  Spring showed it's face the other day but it now looks like winter is not ready to let go today!  So what better way to spend the day with the latest Do Crafts Creativity Club downloads, Spring Green.

Of course these are perfect colours for spring especially if you tie in some yellow or purple but I love that they have a real Irish feel to them so I couldn't resist teaming them up with the new Gorjuss girl stamps from Do Crafts and made this .....

The Do Crafts Creativity Club has amazing downloads for it's members to create with so why not head over and take a look.

Have a great weekend

Beckie :)

A Brilliant Few Years With ....

.... My Little Shoebox!  

I remember receiving the phone calls from My Little Shoebox after I applied to be on their DT a few years back asking me to be on the design team.  Obviously I was super excited as well as totally amazed that I had been chosen!  But now my term has ended and I'm rather sad :(  

I adore the paper collections that the owner, Helen Chu, has designed they always made (and will still make) crafting a whole heap of cheerful bright fun.  I have enjoyed the new friends I have made while on the team and loved seeing all the creations that people have made with the MLS goodies.

Though this year at CHA, MLS didn't release any new papers, they have bought out some amazing new bags and they have the same cheerfulness as the papers did.  I was lucky enough to be sent one of the bird cosmetic bags!

How fun is this!?  

I loved it the minute it arrived and I have had difficulty keeping it away from little people!! This little bag has been with me all over the place and is the perfect size for fitting into my gym bag so I can make my self all pretty after a session at RPM!!

As you can see I don't have a lot of make up but it fits perfectly in the bag.  A huge bonus is the mirror that always comes in handy if there isn't one around.  The outside is PVC so I don't have to worry about where I put it down.

It truly is a wonderful little cosmetic bag and I would highly recommend it for your gym bag or hand bag!

Make sure you pop on over to the {My Little Shoebox website} to see all the other wonderful bags and accessories that are on offer.

Have a great day!

Beckie

Daring Cardmakers Colour Challenge

Good Morning!  

Last Friday over on the Daring Cardmakers blog it was the colour combo challenge and it was a beauty!

With green being on of my favourite colours I was really looking forward to this challenge so much so that I delved deep in to my 'old' stash and dug out some Basic Grey Sultry.

The stamp is one of DO Crafts Urban Stamps.  Love this owl, it's a brilliant size and I love how easy it was to build up in different pieces of patterned paper which I had stamped on.  The Sultry papers are beautiful and the colours matched the colour combo beautifully.  The other DT members have made some amazing creations too so please head on over to the {DCM blog} to have a look.

Have a great day

Beckie :)