Thermomorph Review! Embellishment Packed & WOJ Christmas Card!

Hey guys! 

So i was asked a few weeks back if i'd review a new product to which i was really thrilled to have been asked and of course i couldn't wait for it to arrive! So what is it??! i hear you ask! but before i do go on to tell you all about this new product, My review is fully 100% my own opinions and i've not been paid or influenced in anyway shape or form... soo....

Introducing Thermomorph! 


So what is it?
On there website they say
''Thermomorph is an amazing new moldable plastic compound that can be used in numerous different ways. Hack things, fix things, make things and sculpt things, with Thermomorph it’s all possible.

It’s super easy to use, boil a kettle of water and pour some into a bowl, sprinkle the required amount into the water and wait until it turns clear. Once clear Thermomorph becomes pliable for around two minutes, mold into the desired shape using your hands or tools and then wait to cool to room temperature at which point it sets rock hard again."

So when i received the product which is purchasable from Amazon Here  currently priced at £17.95 RRP:£19.95 for 500g. and is made from polymorph granuals. I was actually amazed at how big the jar was! it's huge!!! then my second thought kicked in, ok so big jar... is this stuff going to last me... will i get a lot of use out of it?! well because of what i wanted to use it for... put it this way it doesn't even look like i've used any at all!!! a small pinch goes a lonnnnnnng way! 

So what could i make with Thermomorph, well the list is really endless but me being a crafter i've wanted to make my own embellishments for ages! so i set about reading the instructions (which are soooo easy!) and with the help of a few molds i have the first thing i made was this...

The flower on the left is the original piece i took a mold from and melted down some Thermomorph and added a sprinkling of cosmo shimmer powder to and walla the pink flower on the right was the result! Ok! so that took me literally 4/5 minutes to do and cure and it's ready to go! I was instantly sold on this product! amazing! so i carried on making more....

To which i added mica powders, glitter sprays, distress inks to! and i love the results!
Another important thing i found is i had some over hang on my embellishments which i was able to snip off and save and remelt to make into different shapes! which i thought was fab so if you make something you don't like remelt it and start again! That's a bonus in my book!

I couldn't believe how simple it is pop the pellets in water that's boiled (be careful not to burn ya fingers) i used a Popsicle stick to pick up the see-through plastic and mold'd in my hands you've got a few minutes to add colours or whatever! then it sets at room temp! simple! so i kinda went a bit mad....

*Left to right*
Coloum 1 - White embellishments just Thermomorph left to set naturally!
Coloum 2 - Added distress ink (becareful can get very messy! ink covered hands take it from me! haha)
Colom 3 - Added mica powders
colom 4 - Added very fine wow glitter
Colom 5 - added chunky wow glitter
colom 6 - mica powders and chunky glitter

I fully recommend Thermomorph to any crafter it's fab! even my husband is coming up with ideas to use for it, i'm yet to try painting it and embossing with it ooohhh the ideas are really endless! a total need for any crafter and it's a product i'll defiantly be buying more off that's for sure! So here's my latest Card creation including some Thermomorph embellishments that were hand created by me!

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place

* DSP -  My Minds eye

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

*Image - Whiff Of Joy
*Embellishments - Thermomorph 

*Other  - Pearls 'meiflower', flowers 'prima', findings 'ebay', Brads - That Craft Place, Charm from stash, Pins - Maya Road

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
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Mousin' Around...

Morning all!

I'm here this morning with a new creation from me i've recently started all my christmas cards and my craftroom is starting to look like a converyer belt in a factory haha! i'm sure i'm not alone! I must admit i'm not a fan of starting early and septemeber happends to be very early for me i'm normally a last min christmas card maker and this year it seems to have hit me early?! no idea what's going on there!

I've been neglecting my blog so much the last few months i've had so much to do at home work and life in general i've changed a few things so i have more time to create and blog again which i'm sooo looking forward to getting back into!

You may have seen back in July i started a monthly post of what i'm lovin' if you haven't you can catch that here each month! And one of the things on my list was the Tim Holtz Distress Markers! I'd wanted to have ago with these when i first saw them come out, when i saw the price i ran for the hills abit dissapointed they can't be refilled! but an opportunity came up where a friend couldn't get on with them so i brought them from her at virtually half the RRP so i couldn't really resist (not that it takes much at all)!!

So I was super excited when they came and had to drag hubby 17 miles to the nearest art shop to buy the right kind of waterpaper!! haha! and This gorjuss Henry mouse from WOJ is the first thing i coloured! and i love the results! ok so i'm no proffesional and super star with colouring with these or any other pens but i'm chuffed at the results and i'm a strong believer that with practise anything is achieveable.

I will say this i love how these pens blend and it does take a little practise so don't be put off if you have brought them and are struggling!!! i LOVE them now i can use them properly have a look round for tutorials you'll pick up no end of tips!

Back to my card! I've heat embossed some wooden snowflakes and added pearls and gems to the middle of them, embossing powders are from WOW something else i seem to forget i own! (do us crafters have amnesia or something) i forget i own the simplest things!

I love the merry christmas ribbon i was lucky to pick up 10m rolls of red and green last year for the bargain price of £1! so handy for christmas!!! the sentiment ticket is a whimsy stamp something else i love! Papers are a mixture of Basic Grey and MME. I've inked the edges of my kraft cardstock and all the papers with Jumbo Java and used gold mirri card behind the ticket die! to which i seemed to have lost in the midst of my craftroom hmmm... maybe the cat ate it?? seriously wouldn't put it past them!!! And finally i used some prima gems to finish the other corner of my image! 

I'd like to enter my Card to the following challenges -  Paper Shelter Challenge -  #83 anything goes Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes Whimsy Inspiration -  anything goes (ends Oct 10) Creative Craft Challenges - Anything Goes (Week 2) Corrosive Challenges - Animal Companions (ends 29th Sept)   That Craft Place -  Bling (ends 29th Sept) Crafters Companion -  Gold Pretty Little Ribbon Shop -  (Must use ribbon) - Bling or sparkle Creative Inspirations - Bingo - White, Snowflakes, Ribbon & Ribbon, Pearls, Stamp
I'd really love to hear what you think to my distress coloring or any tips/techniques or even tutorials you've found! Hit me with links to your blogs i'd love to see your distress coloring too!!!

Thanks for stopping by! xoxo
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Cute & Funky Christmas

Morning all!

With christmas right round the corner it was only natural that this week's challenge at My Mum's Craft Shop be Cute & Funky Christmas!!

I've used my favourite mouse today! (sssssssssshhhh don't tell those housemouse's that) seriously lovin these henry's from woj at the moment! so darn cute!!! anyways... I wanted to do a different colour combo for my christmassy card today don't get me wrong i love the traditional colours but i've always been one for different things hehe!

So out came all my papers and ribbons and christmas things once again! And i came up with this........

I'd like to enter it to:

*ABC Christmas - Anything goes
* Papertake weekly - fav christmas colour theme
*Passion for promarkers - Celebrations
*Crafts and me - christmas

*Recipe*

*C/stock - Stampin' Up! Tempting Turquiose
*DSP - Basic Grey Joyeux noel
*Stamp - WOJ - Henry Iceskating Mouse
*Die cuts from - papermania
*Gems from stash
*Ribbons - American Crafts and stash from my buddy emma!

Thanks for stopping by today! hope to see you at the challenge!

Hugs & Kisses...

Good Morning all!

Oooo how nice it is to be back to my normal days off (she says just had a weeks hol!) haha!

It's a very special weekend coming up this weekend for me!

I've been married a WHOLE year!!!

My gosh it's gone so very quick!

You'd think my card today would be for my hubby but it's not that's a suprise for him as he's already seen this one (shame!!)

Infact.... As you may have noticed the changes on Charisma Challenges! Yep we've two talented teams of Designers now! hosted by myself and Gemma! And this week it's My Team's Turn to kick off the new challenges.... so i've set the challenge of....

BINGO!

Nope not the actual game but the crafting version you have to pick 3 of the following in a horizontal line of vertical line (big words for this time of the morning!!) haha

They are...

♥ Flowers , Gems, Circles ♥
♥ Pearls, Masking, Ribbon ♥
♥ Glitter, Squares, Charms ♥

Naturally I had to go for... Flowers, pearls and glitter! hehe!!

There are some fabulous sponsors this week so why not pop along and join in the fun, who knows you maybe lucky enough to win a prize!! or even be in our top 3!!

This week's project i've dug an oldie friend of mine out Mr WOJ Henry! I absolutly adore this mouse!! and this one is such a cutie hugging his big red heart!

I've gone for a shabby chic kinda feel with my card today which was quite by accident, the pink paper is a favourite of mine by K&CO unfortunatly even tho i brought this yonks ago i can't for the life of me remember what it's called! The sparkly dotty paper is from DCWV Nanna's nursery girl stack another of my fav's at the moment!

I added matching american crafts spotty ribbon and finished with a big ivory satin bow which i love!! hehe The sentiment is actually from the QVC patchwork pal's collection but i thought it was absolutly ideal for this card as it colour matched and the perfect sentiment for henry!

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

♥Papertake weekly - anything goes
♥Passion for promarkers - Hugs & Kisses
♥Crafts & Me - Anything Goes
♥Totally Papercrafts - Bling it up
♥Sir Stampalot - Whatever ya fancy

♥Recipe♥

♥ DSP - DCWV & K&CO
♥Ribbon - American Crafts & Poppicrafts
♥ Stamp -  WOJ

♥ Medium - Promarkers & Prismacolor
♥ Flowers - Wild orchid Crafts
♥ Pearls - Stash
♥ Stickles - Icickle
♥ Spellbinders - Flowers 6

Thanks for popping by and for any comments you may leave me!

Autumn Whimsy..

Evening all!

It's strange for me to be posting on an evening! welll... i'm back at work now boo hiss!! but in 7 weeks time i have another 2 weeks off with my hubby so looking forward to that! it'll soon fly by!



I've been playing with some of my new stamps which i had for my birthday including the lovely Autumn Charlotte from Whiff Of Joy! I must say i've used the fantastic new fine nibs from leteraset for the promarkers in this image and i absolutly adore them! fantastic creation whom ever thought of it!

 I was challenged by my buddy Shannon, to create a card that had no magnolia, no cuteness, no glitter and no pink! oh and i had to use a marianne die! i must admit in my first attempt i cheated so wanted to give the challenge another go!

My card today has lots of elements to it including lots of swirlys that i adore yet haven't been able to use the die because i couldn't get the flaming card stock out of it, so i brought some ejection foam and walla!!! it worked a treat and i'm thrilled i can finally use my die!

 I've even managed to sqeeze my favourite flowers in from wild orchid crafts i love the vibrant wild roses espech in orange (stock running low now) so need to order! hehe but ssssh dont tell hubby!

 I've this thing that i love different unusual sentiments, not the wording the actual sentiment itself, i had a massive box full of all different sentiment things for a wide range of occasions, and was thrilled to find my american crafts no holes buttons which i purchased yonks ago (like everything else) haha and thought it went with my card just perfectly!

I've even dug out my trust prima leaves, i don't tend to use these often mainly because i totally forget what i actually have up in that craft studio! but love the colours and they matched my card so well!

Have you noticed the colour combo!!?!? totally love it and totally not me but i really like it, think i'll be using this one again! I've used these tiny little cute spotty and non spotty buttons from papermania something i brought on a whim and never got round to actually using them.... again the same with the little bow!

The metal corners i've sadly ran out of so if anyone knows where i can buy more i'd be really grateful as far as i know they're from we are memory keepers my last little too! i love the fact they have a tiny indent on them so you can add a little gem in the corners!

I've also (my gosh a long post) used my new Recollections punch which i bagged in a bargain a few weeks ago at QVC shop near me i got three border punches for about £11!!! Lush ribbons are from poppicrafts, i wish michelle would reopen the shop i miss poppicrafts they were my fav for ribbon and little bits and bobs!!

Anyways enough of me rabbiting i've an anniversary card to get made for me and hubbys 1st anniversary on sunday! Yep i can hardly believe it's gone that quick!!!

Here's my card which i'd also like to enter to the following challenges:
♥Craft your passion - anything goes
♥Kaboodle Doodles - in the garden
♥Art Impression stamps - Inspired by nature
♥Craft us crazy - anything goes
♥Stampin' B's - Use ribbon

♥Recipe♥

♥C/Stock - Stampin' Up! Always artichoke & Real Rust
♥DSP - Papermania
♥Stamp - Whiff of joy Autumn Charlotte
♥Medium - Promarkers

♥Flowers - Wild orchid crafts

♥Die - Mariannes

♥Buttons - Papermania 

♥Ribbon - Poppicrafts

♥Bow - Papermania

♥Metals - We r mem keepers

♥Leafs - Prima

♥Sentiment - American Crafts

Thanks for stopping by today!! and for any comments you may leave me i love to read them all!

Seeing Tartan!

Morning all!

Can Hardly believe it's the 4th Feb already! it was mine and hubby's 4 years ago we met yesterday! hehe

Anyways I'm here this morning to let you know there's a brand new challenge at Crafty Catz, it's also a sad day too! as i've chosen to step down from Crafty Catz for personal reasons, mainly because i don't feel i can commit 100% to them at the moment i have sooooo many things to do right now I will miss the girlies tho!!!

'Tartan / Plaid'

When i first saw this challenge i was like OH MY GOD!! What am i going to do???????

Then with the help of my trusty Basic grey pad's I remembered the Jovial pad from christmas had a lovely pattern in it! So here's what i came up with!

I love cris-cross cards and don't really make enough of them! I wanted to keep my card simple to show off as much of the DP as possible! and of course i had to use my gorjuss whiff of joy city girl! i adore this stamp i think she's one of my favourite WOJ's!

Here's the card when put together...

*Recipe*

*C/stock - Stampin' Up! Real Red & Basic Black
*DP - Basic Grey Jovial
*Flower from stash
*Sentiment - LOTV
*Stamp - Whiff Of Joy City Girl
*Medium - Copic Markers / Promarkers
*Stickles
*Ribbon from stash

Thanks for stopping by today and i hope to see you at the challenge!!