As a craftsman (well women) I love a good tool. And if you give it to me in kit form even better! But the real bonus is when it comes beautifully packaged in a handy and sturdy tin. Oh and a little bit of pink helps too. This is what the new AC i-Tool kit offers you along with its super functional tools inside. This all in one kit is all I need when I need to create on the go. It has everything I need all in a very cute tin that is compact and travel friendly. I used this kit along with a single adhesive to complete my Project Life Cover page for 2014. I really needed nothing else apart from a few embellishments to dress up my page. I liked that I didn’t need a stack of things to be creative and didn’t even have to be at my usual work space to complete the page.

Eyelet setter

This makes for a really handy gift for anyone starting up a creative hobby like card-making, scrapbooking or even for back to school teenagers. I know my niece would love a kit like this. this is a fabulous gift and a must have for every crafter.

Have you seen the new Marion Smith Scrapbooking papers and embellishments? well they are a real treat!

i love the soft colours and designs of the papers - so beautiful!

some washi tape and Teresa Collins words add even more charm to this range.

There's a new challenge up over at Scrap Africa - recycle! right up my alley! With the challenges i like to make tags - they are a quick and easy reference for me to just play and create and experiment and get things done of course.

i used this tag as my starting point for a gift tag - it's from a new fitted sheet i got a couple of months ago and i just love that recycled emtini liner cardstock it is printed on! i only used the 'care instructions' part of the tag though

i used Graphic 45 and Dina Wakeley stamps for my background...

some coloured ribbon, washi tape and pearls add some finishing touches!

we hope you will play along, so hop on over to the blog and see what everyone else did with this challenge! hope you are having a wonderful week!

There's a new challenge up at Nuts about sketches and this is a great one - i loved everything about this sketch, and i loved how my layout turned out! i did a LOT of Christmas layouts last year for a lot of different reasons, but this was a really special one (even better up close and personal).

this was of my regular friends' Christmas dinner we had together. i used a single sheet of Prima patterned paper for this layout - the piece on the left hand side running down.

the remainder of the paper was cut out and you can see that below - the feather and rose grouping. just love that. i combined it with some Heidi Swapp and Teresa Collins' elements and cut out bits from papers. the red and black striped tape is a Heidi Swapp product from way back when and it just worked beautifully.

i used the die-cut circle i made on my Cuttlebug using washi tapes, with some stamped images inside it. a few diamante were added to finish it off.

i used this beautiful washi tape to add some delicate writing to the top edge and the gold just picks up on the gold in the photos and in the paper. a few gold confetti circles works really nicely scattered amongst some other elements.

and here's how i got to that die cut again as written about it here

hope you feel inspired - i love scrapping themes but not necessarily using themed papers and elements. it can be done to suit your style - and this one is right up my alley! have a wonderful week and thank you for popping by - followers of blogs are special people and you are truly loved and valued! thank you!