Storing Mini Misters

A while ago I saw a block organiser for Mini Misters on one of the UK shopping channels. The price put me off - and also the fact that it came with 12 Mini Misters. Why should I buy another 12 misters although I had already a sufficient number at home?

The cheaper solution:

I have got two Letraset desktop organisers for ProMarkers, but usually only use one for work in progress. So I simply put the Mini Misters into the second desktop organiser. They fit well and are now handy and organised whenever I want to work with them.

But this is an item where shopping around really pays off. I have seen the desktop organiser recently at prices between £4.50 (at Little Claire) and £7.99 - a massive price difference for such a small item.

Blissful Summer Card

Standard sizes cards are nice, but I wanted to try my hands on a more unusual shape.

The card below measures 8"x8". The front is created from six triangular shapes, which are running through the bottom left-hand corner and are then trimmed off along the spine of the card.

I used the following products for this project:

• Little Claire's 'Blissful stamp'
• Joy! Crafts and Marianne D dies for the flowers
• Leaf dies from Little Claire
• Oval and scallpoed oval dies
• Linen textured A4 card from Southfield
• Textured 12"x12" card in co-ordinating colours for the card front
• Textured cardstock in soft colours for the die-cut shapes
• Glass smooth 200gsm card from Southfield (as base for the stamped image)
• Black Memento ink pad
• ProMarkers
• Adhesive
• Toolbox essentials

I loved working on this project. Just be aware that it is a bit time consuming to create the 'spiky' card blank.

Blog Candy at Craftie-Charlie

Jane and Charlotte from Craftie-Charlie have not only got the new Trimcraft products in stock, they are also giving away fantastic blog candy. The goodies include a DCWV Linen Closet matstock, a Memento ink pad in Rich Cocoa, an EK Success punch, ribbons and much more.

Click here to have a look at the details on their blog.

More Smirk For Her

I have recently created more Smirk For Her projects. Full instructions and a list of required products for the cards below can be found in the Trimcraft Project Gallery.

I hope these projects will again provide some inspiration for other crafters.

Colour Charts for Easy Reference

At the moment I am creating my own colour charts for my ProMarkers, Derwent pencils, Sakura pens and Distress Ink Pads.


For the colour charts I created a layout in PowerPoint, added the details like names and numbers for the individual pens, pencils and ink pads and printed these details onto the cardstock I am using most of the time. Collecting everything in poly pockets and a flexible folder keeps the sheets nice and tidy and keeps it all together for easy reference.

Although I still need to add some pens the folder has already become my permanent 'companion' whenever it is crafting time. I would not want to be without it any more.

Yes, it takes a bit of time to put all the information together. But now it is so much quicker and easier to match up the colours with cardstock, background papers and each other. It saves a lot of time in the long run and leads to better results when colouring in images.

Smirk For Him

I am currently working with the great Smirk For Her and Smirk For Him collections. The products are really crying out for some fun cards.

Full product listings and step-by-step instructions for all cards below are in my Trimcraft gallery and also in the gallery of official Trimcraft projects.

The sentiments on the third and fourth card have been created by myself. Please feel free to use them for cards for your personal use, but do not use them for competitions/challenges or pass them out as your own.

Smirk For Her

I have recently completed the first cards with the new Smirk For Her collection by Trimcraft. The images and colours are even nicer than with the earlier products. And the Smirk For Her products are just crying out for glamourous and girlie cards. It is really fun to work with the collection.

Full product listings and instructions for my first Smirk For Her cards are in my Trimcraft gallery.

And watch this space. More projects are to follow soon.