new layouts

Hi all
have finally managed to add some of my new layouts to the top of the blog :D
The first is called beach babe and is of Jessica, this layout was made using my monthly kit from BPM. The photo is of Jessica playing in the sand. I printed it in both BW and colour cutting Jess out of the colour copy and placing it on the BW photo.
The next is of jack playing in the sand, the PP did have a white centre which i cut out and replaced with blue bazzill.
Girly girl: Rob took this bad photo of Jess but it was such a funny moment i decided to use it any way. She had just been using my makeup!! again the papers were used from my monthly kit.
For those of you that have been waiting on the bind it all, its here!! so expect lots of projects and mini books to be coming soon. Also new in the shop is some great velvet flock and gold leaf that are perfect for stamping with.
Ok gotta dash the shop is closing this afternoon as i am off for a make over!! I know its long over due hahahaha

YOU JUST HAVE TO SEE THIS :D

This was posted on uks earlier today and it is sooo funny click here to see this eBay listings description and then if your sides are splitting and you want some more of this hilarious woman's views visit her blog by clicking here.
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Bank holiday madness

Hi all hope you are planning a great bank holiday weekend? Ive been told that its gonna be a hot one!!! *shock* So i think I'm going to take the kids shopping LMAO and then to the park maybe. I am so in need of a shopping trip, its my sisters 25th birthday party next Saturday and she is having a night at the Oscars theme. So its long ball gowns all the way!! I am really looking forward to the party and the pictures of it are going to be fab! need to start buying black PP and soon i think.

Before that though is the Tamworth crop tomorrow and i cant wait really they all sound like great girls. Ok a little mad maybe but fun. Ive got another CJ to do and had some more pics printed off last night to keep me busy.

Have done quite a few layouts too this week so once i remember the memory card i will pop them on here. I know Ive been saying that since last week but will promise to do it soon.

OH and coming into the shop next week we have some fab products. First up on Tuesday is the bind it all tool. along with all the wires and extra bits you will need for it. :D along with some 7gypsies products.

Then later in the week we will have the new glitter girls board in stock this board is called the Illusion Board as it has so many identities. It is a 7 in one board and the first to include a alphabet and numbers! It also has a monogram holder, a bow and a scroll. But the bit i think is the best is it not only has a embossing boarder but for all of you with the book of trix it also makes the boxes for these without you having to keep turning your card around!! how fab is that. They are on pre order from yesterday and will cost £14.95.

Also in are the cute mini decoupage books from le suh and lots more ;) so if you wanted to pop in to the shop now is the time to do it :)

good weekend?

Hi all hope you've all had a good weekend? mines been spent chilling and not doing a fat lot actually ;) *bliss*

I seemed to scrap so much last week that i decided to give the creative juices a rest LOL. although i did get a CJ done and i am so pleased with it. Nina your in for a treat :D. just one more to do and im all caught up YAY!!

Had some great news last week too... paperdolls has been nominated for business success of the year award! still cant quite believe it. we will find out in November if we have won the regional heat. But you know what I'm not too fussed about winning it is just great that we were nominated and all that hard work is being seen by some one other than us.

And this weekend i have my first school reunion. I'm sure that makes me old doesn't it? LMAO. not sure if I'm going yet still waiting on babysitters etc and a friend that wants to come, well I'm not going on my own now am I, no matter how much i liked them at school. But be sure if i do my camera is coming with me.

Also scattered along this post you will see some more designs by the wonderful Denise. she really is a busy girl and is now enjoying a much needed I'm sure holiday. hope your having a good time hun.

The first one is actually amazing!! i love this card so much. the way it stands is just fantastic and is made using the blond moments spring fling papers. And second is the delightful card using basic greys Lilly Kate papers and a glitter girls peel offs.

right off to eat have a go day all.

HO HO HO

Morning everyone, I hope that you are all having a crafty day? if the inspiration is a bit on the thin side don't worry as today as promised here is some of our new design team member Denise Evans beautiful creations. And also some instructions for the first card to get you going ;)

And in case you are not feeling the Christmas spirit yet? Ive added a card that i have made using crate paper zoom, It is perfect for little boys that are car mad.

OK the first card is called SNOWMEN IN THE FOREST and is made using the following products from our new Christmas dovecraft ranges.

"TIS THE SEASON" 6x6 paper pack

Dovecraft peel off stickers DC043

Dovecraft "TIS THE SEASON" funky brads

white card blank 15.5cm x 11cm

1, cut 3cm off the right hand side of your card front

2, Cut a piece of snowman/trees paper to 15.2cm x 7.6cm. Glue onto the card front (a tiny white border will show)

3, cut a 10.5cm x 15.2cm piece of red/green stripe paper. glue this to the inside of the card.

4, place two Xmas tree peel offs top and bottom of the right hand side of the card.

5, Place a snowman peel off onto the white card and trim very carefully round the edges. Then mount using sticky pads between the Xmas trees.

6, next cut two angular pieces from the stripy paper, to fit across the width of the front of the card. on the narrower one, place a happy Christmas peel off, then glue it to the bottom of the card front. Mount the wider strip onto white card and push a FUNKY BRAD through and fix to the front of the card with sticky foam pads.

Well girls i hope that gives you some ideas and inspiration, see i told you Denise's cards were fab and if you scroll down the page we now have a show reel displaying all of Denise's cards! It will be updated once a month so keep an eye on it for new ideas and designs. Next month Denise will be working with our brand new range ;) but more on that later hee hee hee

OOPS forgot the none Christmas card durrrrr here is it using crate paper zoom collection.

New design team member!!

Hi all

I am so pleased to be announcing the newest member of our design team!! (shes on the left :D)

And it is the very talented card maker Denise Evans. we would like to welcome her to the paperdolls team and say a huge well done for your efforts. I know I cant wait to see what she comes up with using Paperdolls products!

You can already see her work in our Nuneaton store but in just a few days they will also be online for those of you that are a little further away to see. Denise's cards are truly stunning with a very modern touch to them, what she has done with the new Christmas papers that we now have is amazing! I wasn't joking when i told her that i was going to have to keep them hee hee hee.

Having Denise on the team also means that you ladies that are able to pop in the shop will be making some of her designs for our Thursday makes and takes, for anyone that hasn't heard about it yet: Make and take day is held every Thursday between 9.30 and 11.30 am. It is free to do and you don't have to book just pop in!

And for anyone that cant make, it some of the cards and the instructions will be added to the blog on a regular basis! See i told you it was exciting didn't i.

Apart from picking our new design team member we have also been busy cropping, Nuneaton crop was great fun this month and i managed to get loads done for a change!!. I will try and upload some of them tonight for you to see:D And a week on Sunday is our very first Paperdolls Tamworth crop which i just cant wait to go to and meet all the nut cases ;) that i have been chatting to online in real life. I sure it will be a hoot!! If anyone is interested in attending please email me as we are nearly full now.

BEST GET GOING NEED TO EAT ;)

inspiration anyone?

Hi all hope you are having a great weekend, we are!! the sun is shinning and i am about to get some scrapping done. Ive been a little stuck for inspiration lately and so have been surfing the net for some site that i think have the best of the best in terms of inspiration and so i thought id share them with you!! Of course you have paperdolls here :D ;) and for you card makers that may be feeling left out as i always post layouts keep your eyes peeled on Monday as we will be announcing some fab news :D anyway other places to get your mojo back...

Firstly and i think may favourite is the little book of sketches blog spot it has sketches for everything from CARDS! layouts and ATC's. All you could ever need and more i think, i love they way that on this site everything is so easy to find. If say you scrap in 12x12 there are sections for 1 photo layouts 2, 3 and 4 or more. For card makers you can select square or rectangle card sketches. Anyway don't take my word for it have a peek for yourself.

page maps is very similar and has sketches for cards and scrapbooking layouts and one everyone should have in their favourites! Again it has any easy format to follow and loads of different categories. I especially love the new circle maps on this site (like the one i have added at the top of the page) and have already printed some out for the crop tomorrow to see what i can come up with.

So have a good weekend, try afew of these sites out and if you are cropping tomorrow in Nuneaton i will see you there!

sunshine at last

Still great weather wise here and hopefully you are getting more of the same where you are. What is strange how ever is that inside paperdolls shop we now have sooo much Christmas stuff it is starting to look like Santa's grotto!! Honestly all the new dovecraft Christmas ranges are in along with peeloffs, brads sticky ribbon you name it we have it!!

And Ive actually been scrapping last years christmas pictures too!! with all the yummy products in store it was hard not to, and i really didn't want to be getting to Christmas again and have last years pictures still sitting waiting to be scrapped so it made sense to do them now. Along with all the beach pictures i have got it has been keeping me happy, swapping from hot to cold in my layouts.

Other than that we have been celebrating here as on Sunday Mum and Ian celebrated their 2nd wedding anniversary :D so a huge congratulations to them. To celebrate we all went down to western super mare (spelt wrong i think?) for the day and enjoyed some fabulous weather and got some great pictures too. Jess even rode on a donkey!! you know who is going to be using the wanted collection soon don't you!

Of course we also have all the new stock coming in thick and fast over the next few weeks so we have some fantastic bargains to be had. They will be online in the next few days so keep your eyes peeled! And here is a few of my latest layouts to inspire you.

This layout was completed as part of a sketch challenge at back porch memories. I have used the crate paper zoom collection which goes perfectly with these pictures of Jack and Jess on a ride at fantasy Island.

And here is another layout this time of Jack and Rob enjoying some together time on skegness beach. I have used the rusty pickle chipboard shapes, bazzill and primas.

RUBBISH BLOGGER

Hi all
* THE DATE FOR THE NUNEATON SUNDAY CROP HAS CHANGED DUE TO DOUBLE BOOKING IT WILL NOW BE HELD ON THE 12TH AUGUST INSTEAD OF THE 19TH*
i am such a rubbish blogger, a whole week and no posts!! it really is awful. But never mind will try to do better next week and even add a few pictures when i get home tonight.
I have been trying out the great free classes on offer from the online company big picture scapbooking. Yes i said free!!! there is some great downloads with audio messages from the teachers that can be downloaded (or uploaded?!!?) to your MP3 players etc from the class teacher. Then if you love them you can choose to buy more classes that are all really well priced. And don't worry about having to buy lots of supplies either, for most of the classes you can use what is already in your stash!! So that's my plan for my day off tomorrow, put on my headphones and get some scrapping done. Why don't you treat yourself as well!
Also my back porch memories kit came!! and i love it so much, hopefully it will go with my down loaded classes and i will be able to do two things at once ;)
The picture at the top is of what i received and it is just as lovely in real life. I would recommend it to anyone that fancies a surprise in the post. And if you do decide to have one don't forget to say that i have sent you!
Also in the shop we have a great special offer!! spend over £10.00 in store and get a mini sewing machine for only £5.00. It comes complete with lots of different threads too. It really is a great buy but like i said they are limited so pop in soon to get yours!
Have a good afternoon all :)