June Day 19......

June Day 19: A snap shot of your day. Can be words, pics or both

OR

Craft something that has a lacy theme

When I woke this morning it was dull, grey & cold....that cold I even

 had the heating on for half an hour! So I planned that once

all the jobs were done I was gonna hole up in the craft room &

craft away while watching the Christmas crafts on tv!

Managed to get 2 DT cards done......then postie came....bringing

me a cross stitch chart I ordered for a planned Christmas pressie for 

one of my sons. He loves all things Native American and the plan is

to make the 3 panels into a wall hanging, so I spent the best part of

the afternoon sorting out aida & threads & putting my sewing frame

together.......guess what I'm gonna do tonight lol! So that was my

day.....not quite as planned.....but good anyway! Oh, and the sun

came out too, ended up being quite hot & got lots of washing 

dried.....oh, what an exciting life I lead lol!

 xx

Nutcrafters midweek reminder!

Good Morning....hope you're all well & having better weather

than we have.....it's freezing here so I think once the nasty

jobs are done I'm gonna go play in the craft room!

Wednesday is Nutcrafters day and today we have a reminder

for our current challenge of "Food and/or Drink" as chosen

by our lovely teamie Helen. You can check out the

full rules here AND  there's also a freebie page.....so no excuses

lol! Come join us.....we'd love to see you!

Thanks for calling today

Jo xx

June Day 18......

Didn't think I was gonna make it today....It's my eldest son, Richard's

26th birthday and oooh, I'm so full of birthday cake!

June Day 18: Crafting muck ups, tell us how you got round them

OR

Craft something that has dots

So, crafting muck ups I've had a-plenty! Usually smudged ink, spilt

coffee, sometimes even paw prints! The most recent one was

just after I coloured an image......I dropped my marker pen....and it

landed nib first! I didn't really want to waste it as for once I was quite happy

 with my colouring so I simply dotted lots more dots around the whole 

image.....don't think it really counts as the double for today but

here's a pic

See you tomorrow!

xx

June Day 17....

June Day 17: Tell us how to do something, can be a craft technique

that's as old as the hill but your take on it

OR

Craft something that has the colour red in it

The only thing I can think of for this prompt is to share how I age paper.

I usually stamp or print my image first on whatever paper I'm using, then 

dip a tea bag in some very warm water, squeeze gently so's it doesn't drip

 too much then just dab it over my image....the more you dab the darker

 the paper. Then when you've got the colour you want, screw the paper up,

 then open up and let it dry! Here's a card I blogged a few months back,  

using a printed, tea bagged script from Romeo & Juliet!

For the colour red, here's a pic of a cross stitch project I started

last Winter.....I finally finished it last night!

All the little red blobs round the top, in the pudding and the

holly berries are tiny seed beads.....I think I dropped more

than I used! Not sure what to do with this, was thinking

maybe the front of a recipe book but then I'd probably 

drop  Christmas pud mixture all over it! Any suggestions?

Rightio, off for some stew & dumplings.....be round to visit

 you all later!

xx

June Day 16......

June Day 16: When you're not crafting what do you do?

OR

Craft something that celebrates marriage

Well, that's an easy one....when I'm not doing all the "Mum" jobs,
which like most of us Mums, takes up most of my day.I usually get
up about 7ish and potter about all morning, maybe nip to the shops
then have an hour in the craft room after lunch before the kids
come in!

I love to curl up on the sofa (in my craft room) with a good book!

Me at one end, Miss Rebecca at the other, a mug of coffee

and that's us happy! I'm just about to start reading Game of Thrones

as I love the tv series! I like to sew too but I suppose that's crafting

isn't it? Nothing fancy as I'm not that good, just cushions and bunting

and bits & bobs for our house and cross stitch too....I'm just about to

start a cross stitch Christmas present! I've always fancied making a rag

rug too.....can't wait for those long, cold, dark Winter nights...

I seem to get so much more done! 

No double today....been pottering in the garden.....it's ever so warm

yet the sky is so grey it's almost black!

See you tomorrow

xx

June Day 15......

Well. here we are, halfway through our month long craft blog

challenge......and I'm loving it! Kairen has given us some fantastic

prompts, there's some fabby ladies taking part.....and I've 

managed every day.......so far! So what do we have today?

June Day 15:  A day in your crafting life, can be words, pics or both

OR

Craft something that celebrates love

I've had a lovely, lazy day full of cats, coffee & crafting.......but oh my, look 

at that mess.......can't even blame it on Miss Rebecca

And the double...yep, another wall hanging for Miss Rebecca, poor

girl, her bedroom is full of my bits & pieces, hope she likes this!

At bedtime she always says to me

 "love you right round the world & back again"

so I was so chuffed when I came across this digi....it's perfect!

So that's it for today....wonder what tomorrow will bring!

Jo x

a challenge ot two
anything goes at 613 Avenue Create
die cuts at Melonheadz
teens at the Crazy Challenge
love at Inky Chicks
anything goes at Through the Craftroom Door
anything goes at Aud Sentiments
digis only at Charisma Cardz
punch/die cut at Southern Girls
girly girl at Creative Corner

Steampunk or Vintage with Sparkles!

Good morning......and what a dull, grey morning it is! And now

it's raining.... I think today is gonna be a craft day!

So first, to start the weekend, we have a new challenge over

at Sparkles and the theme is Steampunk or Vintage!

A new one for me as I've never made anything Steampunk

but it is a challenge so here goes......

I used the Papermania Chronology disc and simply printed

out a couple of sheets, inked the edges, matted them onto black

card, added some die cut cogs and that's it!

We have the fabulous Crafty Ribbons sponsoring us 

and here's the fantastic prize they're offering:

As usual, you have a month to play and you can make any craft

project you like.......just so long as it fits the theme! Full rules

and the gorgeous DT makes are all over on the main blog!

Thanks for calling today....hope you have a lovely weekend!

Jo x