Happy 4th July!

Happy 4th July to all my American readers - have a great day!
Wish I were there to celebrate with you!

*Please note, as always, these craft projects should not be copied directly, similar submitted to magazines or entered into competitions. The photos are also copyright to me and should not be taken from my blog without permission. Thanks for your understanding and abiding by the copyright laws.

Football Mad Card

This simple card has been created using the Daisy and Dandelion rubber stamps. The footballer elephant is the perfect design for my soccer loving friend who is a keen supporter of Everton FC (hence the dark blue shirt!) I stamped the football background and added extra embellishments to complete the card.
{If you're reading this Steve - Happy Birthday!}

*Please note, as always, these craft projects are designed by myself. They should not be copied, similar submitted to magazines or entered into competitions. The photos are also copyright to me and should not be taken from my blog without permission. Thanks for your understanding and abiding by the copyright laws.

10 Ways to Get Your Craft Work Noticed:

1. Blog about it.
2. Build your own website, showing what you have created.
3. Open a shop online – well known shops for crafters to sell their own unique handmade items include Etsy and for UK crafters try Folksy among others.
4. Exhibit at a craft fair, or international gift fair – who knows who may spot your work!
5. Take your products to local shops to see if they would stock them for you – (this is often on a sale or return basis.)
6. Send out a press release to various publications about your work and where readers can purchase it.
7. Distribute business cards wherever possible. Send out with all products sold, distribute locally, on local notice boards and to local businesses.
8. Exhibit at an art gallery – hold a press/ preview night.
9. Have a stall at local school fayres, church fetes and charity events. Offer your products as prizes in the raffle and get some advertising in the school/ church magazine.
10. Start demonstrating, teaching or run a craft club and take your products along.

There are of course, many other ways to promote your work. These are just my top 10 to get you started – if you have any others to add, please feel free to leave a comment.
Good luck!

Crafting Crazy!

What a busy day! My little fingers have been crafting so hard they're almost smokin'!
I've had a number of commissions and articles to work on recently for national crafting magazines. Working hard on Christmas themed projects (despite it being such a beautiful summer's day today!) From cards, scrapbook pages, using crafting gadgets to ceramics, it's been varied to say the least. I've had some interesting dilemmas to answer!

Trusting you all like my new header then? I think it's good to have a makeover...maybe I should try and get one myself!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday to fellow bloggers at Crafts U Love. Have a great weekend!

Mini Makeover

Do you like the new header? Creative Crafter UK has had a 'mini' makeover.
What do you think?

Striking Patterns

Here are some more projects I created using the Drip. Dot. Swirl. book by Von Glitschka - I love the striking combination of the black and white Wrought Iron pattern combined with pinks. Here I have created some floral feminine cards and a co-ordinating gift box.

Beautiful Beaches

Just returned from a lovely break and enjoyed the sunshine. The weather today is gloriously warm, the perfect day for walking along the beach! Here's my latest scrapbook page created using some of Von Glitschka's wonderful patterns as featured in his Drip. Dot. Swirl. book. I'm so addicted to using his patterns on my crafting projects - they're so eye-catching and versatile. This simple layout uses the blue Carbonated pattern found on the accompanying disc.