Happy New Year and My 5 Favourite Creations of 2014

Hi friends, hope you're all well & had a fantastic Christmas!

Just wanted to pop on & wish you all a wonderful New Year and to

 say thanks for being such great blog buddies. I've had a mixed year,

lots of ups & downs, some rotten news health-wise......but I do have lots

to be thankful for and I'm looking forward to sharing blogland with you

all again next year......HAPPY NEW YEAR, my friends....wishing

you all the very best of everything!

So today I'm joining in with Debby and sharing my 5 favourite

makes of 2014..............

1 - a mini album for my daughter (Bex) for her 12th birthday pics

2 - birthday card for Bex, she wanted it on her wall so I altered an

old photo frame for it

3 - love those sweet Sugar Nellie images, gonna use them much

more next year

4 - I have a bit of a dark side & especially love Delicious Doodles

images......and black & purple

5 - last but not least, a D'Arcy's Diaries image and another fav

colour combo in blue & brown

That's it then, my 5 favourite makes of 2014......thanks for looking!

xx

Share an Oldie on Friday!

Morning lovelies, hope you're all well!
So here we are the last Friday before Christmas......are you all done yet?
Almost ready here, just need to pop & get some more wrapping paper
today & the food shop on Monday then that's it......let the festivities begin!
First though, I'd like to join in with Erika over at Snappycrafts &
share an oldie! I'm sharing a Christmas card this time, I made this one
for a friend last year & she just told me she loves it that much she's put it
out again this year!
Rightio, that's me for today.......if you fancy sharing an oldie pop on
over to Erika's......will be great to see you!
Thanks for calling!
xx

Something to do with Gifts at Nutcrafters!

Morning lovelies, hope you're all well!

Just popping in to remind you of the challenge going on over at

Nutcrafters........the theme is SOMETHING TO DO WITH GIFTS!

Sadly, time has run away from me this week & I've not been able to make

anything but you might have noticed that I love making tags so I

put together a little collage of some of the tags I've made using some

of my favourite Nutcrafters images....and I popped last weeks gift bag

in there too!

It's a longer challenge than usual this time so you have until Jan 5th to

play...........hope to see you there!

Thanks for calling.........see you soon!

xx

Anything Goes with Sparkles Challenges!

Morning crafters, happy Monday......hope you all had a lovely weekend!

It's time for the last Sparkles challenge of the year and it's our Birthday..

....Sparkles is 4 years old and so our lovely Shaz chose the theme of

ANYTHING GOES!

I wanted to make a card that would be suitable for any occasion so 

decided to go with a peach/brown colour combo. The papers were free

 with a mag, the decoupage teddy is from a sheet I've had for years but 

sorry, I can't remember where it's from. Sentiment is LOTV & ribbon &

lace is from my scrap box.

We're sponsored this time by the very generous Di's Digi's offering

our winner a $12 to spend instore!

As usual we like to see any & all makes just so long as you stick to the

 theme & if you're low on inspiration then why not pop on over to the

 main blog here & check out the gorgeous Dt makes!

Rightio, better go get a move on, lots to do today....thanks for calling.

xx
challenges I'd like to enter
anything but Christmas at Penny's Paper Crafty
anything goes at Sister Act
anything goes at Corrosive Challenges

Share an Oldie this Friday.....Magical Moment!

Morning lovelies....hope you're all well!

Ooh, it's a cold, wet & windy day here.....was planning & popping out

and finishing the last bits of Christmas shopping but I think I might 

just stay put........maybe get all my cards written ready to post instead.

So today I'm joining in with Erika over at Snappycrafts where we're

invited to share an oldie. This week I've chosen to share a digital

 scrap page using a pic of my daughter when she was an angel in her

school nativity play, It's one of my fav pics of her & I took it at the 

same time as a professional photographer who came in to the school to

 take pics of the play for the local newspaper. My pic was slightly blurry

 around the edges which is why I turned it into a digital page but the

official photo is truly stunning.....worth every penny I paid for it lol.

Rightio, better go get on with some jobs........thanks for calling, hope

you all have a lovely weekend!

xx

Something to do with Gifts with Nutcrafters!

Morning crafters, hope you're all well!

We have a new challenge for you over at Nutcrafters this week, the theme

this time is SOMETHING TO DO WITH GIFTS!

I decorated a gift bag this time, it's very similar to a tag I made a little

while ago but I love the colours so thought why not use them again?

Apart from the bag & the gems everything I used came from my scrap

 box.......you'd think I'd be at the bottom of that box by now but no, still

can't see it......although I suspect us crafters are all the same.......we don't

like to throw anything away lol!

Here's a close up of that sweet little snowman.

So that's my make for today...... we'd like to see your tags, bags, wrapping,

 boxes.....anything & everything to do with gifts is fine! You can find

 all rules & some gorgeous Dt makes over on the main blog here.

Thanks for calling........have a lovely day!

xx

challenges I'd like to enter
Christmas at C.R.A.F.T
Winter at Brown Sugar
fav Christmas colours at Craft for the Craic
Winter at Crafts 4 Eternity
anything Christmas at A Gem of a Challenge
all about Christmas at Paper Creator's Crafts
anything goes Christmas at Pile It On
anything goes at Corrosive Challenges
Christmas at Crafty Boots
anything but a card at Cutie Pie
blue & brown at Deep Ocean

Quick & Easy!

Morning crafters......hope you're all well & had a good weekend?

Today I have a super quick & easy card to share....my son James asked if

I could make him a card with 'one of those real old bikes' on it......and he

 needed it straight away.........like in five minutes lol! 

Lucky (for him) I had a Penny Farthing die just waiting to be used!

Some simple matting & layering, a sentiment & a 5x5 card blank and

that was it.......done........thankfully both James & the recipient loved it!

Rightio, that's me for today.......I hear the housework calling! Thanks

so much for popping by & whatever you're up to have a lovely day!

xx
challenges I'd like to enter
Birthday with sentiment at Creative Card Crew
anything goes at Papertake Weekly
anything goes at Seize the Birthday

White on White with Crafty Calendar!

Morning lovely crafters......hope you're all well!

It's a beautiful bright & frosty morning here on the Yorkshire Coast & we're

 gonna go get ready for a walk around the Town's Christmas Market....I'm sure

 there'll be some fab things on offer & maybe even some tasty treats to

 munch on while we're browsing!

So today sees the last challenge of the year over at Crafty Calendar & the

 theme this time is WHITE ON WHITE.....perfect for this time of the year,

 don't you think? As usual, no more than 3 entries & you can make anything

 you like....just so long as it's a white on white make!

I made some more tags.....I never have enough tags & this year I've found

 them quite addictive to make lol and they're a perfect way of using up some

 odds & ends from the scrap box. For these two I used 2 dies, an

embossing folder, some paper twine, 2 snowflakes & a sprinkle of glitter!

We have the fabulous Elphine House Australia sponsoring us this month

here's the fantastic prize they're giving our lucky winner!

Don't forget to pop over to the main blog here where you can see

the rest of the Dt's gorgeous makes!

Thanks for calling.....whatever you're up to hope you have a lovely

weekend......see you soon!

xx

challenges
anything goes at Sparkle N Sprinkle
white all round at The Crazy Challenge
anything goes at Papertake Weekly
all things Christmas at Crafting by Designs
Christmas at C.R.A.F.T
Winter at Brown Sugar
Winter at Crafts 4 Eternity

Sharing an Oldie this Friday!

Hi crafters......hope you're all well!

Are you feeling all Christmas-y yet? All a bit manic here right now

but I think, at least I hope I'm on the home straight now. I'm looking to

get everything done by the end of next week at the very latest so's I

can have a bit of a breather before the big day lol,

Today I'm joining in over at Erika's where we're invited to 'share an oldie'..

.....an oldie of the craft variety, that is lol! This week I'm sharing my

marker holder....I made this a while ago (there's a page on my blog

 here).....I was so chuffed to see my lovely blog buddy Sandra was inspired 

enough by this to make one of her own I decided to share it today.

I've since made another to hold my Copic markers, I could have just added

onto this one but as they're in 2 different places it made more sense

to make a separate one.

Rightio my friends, that's me for today......thanks for popping in, I'll 

be round to see you all real soon.

xx

It's a blue Christmas with Sparkles Christmas Challenges!

Morning crafters.......hope you're all well!

Can you believe it's December 1st already......oooh, I'm so excited,

I love this time of the year.....all the rushing around, the shopping, the

food lol and the lists......I have lists for everything & anything!

We're putting our Christmas tree up today & once Miss Rebecca gets

in from school we'll decorate it.....if you listen carefully you'll

probably hear us singing along to some Christmas tunes then once 

everyone is home tonight there'll be the 1st mince pie of the

season.........and maybe a small glass of Bailey's too!!

So today I have my Dt make for the last Sparkles Christmas challenge

of the year......our lovely leader Shaz chose the theme, she chose

IT'S A BLUE BLUE CHRISTMAS

A nice, easy theme for me cos I love blue for Christmas....... I love tags

too & never have enough so it was an easy choice to make tags!

They were so quick & easy to make too......scraps, a die cut snowflake,

border punch, gems & a piece of ribbon & that's it......done! 

As usual, you can make anything you like just so long as it fits the

theme & you have all month to play.......and for your inspiration we have

some gorgeous Dt makes over on the main blog here.

Our sponsor this month is the fabulous & very generous Marianne design

offering a prize of either 1 stamp/1 die OR 2 dies......wow!

So that's it for today......thanks for calling & whatever you're up to

have a lovely day!

xx
challenges I'd like to enter
Winter wishes at Clear it Out
anything but a card at PDE Linky Party
anything goes + twist at Completely Christmas
anything but a card at QKR Stampede
dies & punches at Winter Wonderland

Share an Oldie this Friday!

Morning crafters........hope you're all well!

Well, it's Friday again, (these weeks sure are flying past, aren't they?)

so that means time to join Erika over at Snappycrafts where you

can share an Oldie this Friday! I'm sharing an altered frame I did for

my daughter......I used one of my most favourite D'Arcy's Diaries images

 from Tedy Bo, papers from Gorjuss, sentiment from LOTV and lots of die 

cuts and bits & pieces from my stash!

Rightio, that's me for today......thanks for calling & whatever you have

planned.....hope you have a lovely weekend!

xx

ATC's

Morning crafters, hope you're all well!

Just popping in to share a couple of ATC's, these were made for the November 

theme of 'Anything Goes' at the little swap group I run.

I used up a few more bits from my scrap box, distressed the edges, added a 

couple of die cut toppers & some pearls & that's it.....nice & easy.....but pretty!

If you fancy joining in with our swap there's a page at the top of my blog!

Rightio, better go......got to do some food shopping today. Thanks for calling,

see you soon!

xx

Oldie for Friday!

Morning crafters, thanks for dropping by my little piece of the WWW....I hope 

you're all well. It's a cold, dark, damp day here again although I don't mind a

 bit........I love this time of the year, don't much like sending my girl off to

school in the dark though....thankfully 2 friends call for her & the 3 of them

all walk up together.

 Today I'm joining in with Erika over at Snappycrafts where we're invited

to share an Oldie on a Friday! Patricia joins in & seeing her post inspired

me to join in......I've recently been looking back over an old post of a

little scrapbook album I made for Miss Rebecca for her birthday ........

.......she has asked me to make one for her best friend for Christmas....and

I really need to get cracking lol. If you want to, you can see the

original project here. 

Rightio, better go........can hear the housework calling me & better get on

if I have any chance of having a crafty play later. Thanks for calling,

see you soon!

xx

Rapunzel!

Morning friends.......ooh, it's cold & dark here today, think I'll be staying

 put.......even the dogs have gone back to their bed!

Today I have another finally finished cross stitch piece, this one from a

 chart that came free with a magazine many moons ago!

IRL it's stitched on bright white aida & looks fab, think I might stitch 

this piece onto a cushion cover as Miss Bex is a little too old for a

Rapunzel pic in her room at the grand old age of 12 lol!

Have a lovely day, folks......thanks for calling!

xx

Boo!

Morning crafter......hope you're all well!

Just popping in to share a couple of Halloween themed ATC's I made for my 

little swap group......and if you fancy joining us have a little look at the

 page at the top of my blog!

I started with the right size base, then added some scraps of paper from a

 Kaisercraft paper pad, sprayed them with some Dylusion ink, added some inky

 circles with a ink spray lid, doodled around the edges then lastly added some

 die cuts that had been spritzed with Perfect Pearls!

That's it for today......got the food shopping to do then gonna hit the shops

& try for a few more Christmas pressies.......thanks for calling!

xx

The Big Guy (Santa) with Sparkles Challenges!

Morning crafters, happy Saturday......hope you have something nice

planned for the weekend!

Over at Sparkles Challenges we have a new theme for you, our Caz chose

 the theme of THE BIG GUY (SANTA), any & all makes featuring

 the big fella are welcome! As usual we have a fab sponsor

A surprise prize for our lucky winner!

I made the simplest of cards this time, quick & easy to put together, cheaper

to post too! I used just one piece of paper, one piece of card, one stamped 

sentiment & one topper......I did add extra glitter although it doesn't

 show up too well.

There's some gorgeous Dt makes over on the main blog for your inspiration 

& you can find all the rules & how to enter too.....hope to see you there!

Rightio, that's me for today.......thanks for calling & whatever you're up to

 have a lovely day!

xx

challenges
anything goes at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long
anything goes at Brown Sugar
Christmas is coming at Crafty Catz

It's all about Christmas with Crafty Calendar!

Morning crafters, just popping in to share my Dt make for the latest

challenge over at Crafty Calendar, the theme is ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS!

A nice, easy theme for you......anything crafty so long as it's Christmas related!

I made a couple of ATC's this time, starting with kraft bases I added pieces

of distressed paper that had been swooshed through some splodges of ink left

on my craft mat......lovely, messy inky fun lol! The trees are scraps of paper

rolled around a pencil & then flattened....all edges inked then layered on top of

each other til I got the tree the size I wanted. Miss Rebecca drew me 2 little

plant pots, I coloured them with Copics & once everything was in place I

added a sprinkle of frantage & the stamped words......and that's it!

Love the rustic feel to these.....I'm thinking my Christmas mantelpiece

will have a real rustic feel this year, lots of wood & frantage & a

bit of distressing too! But back to business......You have all month to

play over at Crafty Calendar & this month we're sponsored by the fab

Scribble Designs offering our winner 3 digi stamps of you choice!

As usual there's some gorgeous Dt makes for your inspiration & some 

equally gorgeous entries too.........you sure make our job difficult!

Rightio, better go do some nasty ironing.....my lot are back to school

& college tomorrow.....peace at last lol!Thanks for calling, see you soon!

xx

challenges
holidays at Perfectly Rustics
anything goes at Party Time Tuesday
anything goes at Divas by Design
Christmas at Fab 'n' Funky
kraft at Little Red Wagon
anything goes at 4 Crafty Chicks
anything goes at Brown Sugar

Christmas Candy with Sparkles Christmas Challenges!

Morning lovelies & a very happy 1st November to you all.....how did
we get to November so quickly?? Hope you're all well & have something nice
planned for the weekend.......I'm gonna pop into town again & do some more
Christmas shopping.....on a bit of a roll here, I think.....and all my cards
are done too although there's bound to be one or two more once the boys
realize how close Christmas actually is lol!
Anyway, enough waffle......I'm here to share my Dt make for the latest
challenge over at Sparkles Christmas Challenges where this time the theme
chosen by our lovely Jennifer is CHRISTMAS CANDY!
As usual we love to see any & all crafts just so long as you stick to the
theme & so for my make I have a piece of cross stitch, maybe not quite the
candy Jennifer had in mind but I hope it'll be ok lol. Sorry about the dull photo,
the aida is a brilliant white & sooooo hard to photogragh! This month we're
sponsored by the very generous Marianne Designs with a prize of either
2 dies or 1 stamp & 1 die & if you're low on inspiration then look no
 further than the gorgeous Dt makes over on the main blog here.
Rightio, better go get my face on before I hit the shops.....thanks for
calling & whatever you're up to......have a lovely weekend!
xx

Halloween with Nutcrafters!

Morning lovelies....thanks for popping by my little blog!
Today I have my Nutcrafters Dt make to share.....our lovely Helen
chose the theme of Halloween.....well I'm just about all Halloween-ed
 out lol so I coloured this little miss in Halloween colours.....she's
 off to a sleepover with her friends & she's carrying her book of scary
stories lol!! As usual, there's fab prizes to be won.....you can find
all details here & there's some gorgeous Dt inspiration too!
Rightio, I'm off to town today..........haircut for Miss B & some
Christmas shopping for me.........wish me luck!
Thanks for calling......see you soon!
xx

Glass of red, anyone?

Hi crafters, welcome to my little blog!

To be honest I don't really like wine, I'd rather have the grapes lol but I did 

enjoy stitching this piece....and it's finished! I have no idea what to do with

 it so if you have any ideas or even if you'd like it just let me know!

All routine has gone out the window this week, kids are on half term

& so we're having an easy week...........gonna do some more Christmas

shopping & Miss B is off to get her hair cut tomorrow which might mean a

 little trip to the craft shop lol. Got my Christmas cake to make

too......I usually do it the 1st week of the Summer hols but this year

gone by that fast & I didn't even buy the ingredients until September!

Rightio, that's me for today.....whatever you're up to hope you're

having a lovely day!

xx

Free your mind........

Morning lovelies.......happy Saturday.....hope you have a fun weekend planned! 

For today I have a tag shaped bookmark to share....I used to have  an English

 teacher called Mr Smart....but he was so NOT smart lol, he was the scruffiest 

fella I've ever met but he had a passion for books like you wouldn't believe & I 

thought he was fab.....and that passion has passed from me to 2 of my kids......2

 out of 6 isn't bad lol! He always used to tell us that reading would free

 your mind......hence the sentiment......a little tribute to Mr Smart wherever he is!

The gorgeous image is from The East Wind & all the little bits are from my

 stash, the torn pages are from a coffee damaged Dictionary so you might well

see more bits of pages popping up in my crafting......I hate waste lol.

Rightio, that's me for today.......got lots to do!

Thanks for calling......see you soon!

xx
challenges

anything goes at Party Time Tuesdays
words at The Sailing Pineapple
anything goes at Inspiration Destination
2/3 word sentiment at Aud Sentiments
get wordy at Southern Girls
anything goes at Brown Sugar
anything goes/layer it up at Creative Fingers

Winter Weather with Nutcrafters!

Morning crafty bloggers........hope you're all well!

Just popping in to share my reminder make for the latest challenge over

at Nutcrafters. We've gone with a Winter weather theme this time & as usual 

there's fab prizes on offer! You can find all details over on the main blog

here. There's some gorgeous Dt inspiration & if you don't have a

Nutcrafters image then there's a freebies page here.

I went for quite a simple make this time cos my card is gonna be for a

 little boy.........and hopefully all little boys love Snowmen lol!

Thanks for calling today.........see you soon

xx

challenges
suitable for a child at Craft for the Craic
anything goes at Sister Act
child's card at Come & Get It
inspiration pic at Christmas Card Challenges
any Christmas card at My Perfect Life
snowman at The Glory of Christmas
snowman at Holly Jolly

Be.....

Morning crafty bloggers......hope you're all well!

Just popping in to share a tag........a friend asked me the other day what

 Steampunk was.......I tried to explain (but not very well) & so she asked

 me........'if I was Steampunk what would I be?' Now I do love a

challenge.......so here it is..........a Steampunk version of little old me!

Methinks we both have a lot to learn lol although I did have a great

time creating my tag & she's still no wiser..........Google here we come!

I started by giving my tag a coat of Gesso, once dry I added some 

builders tape for texture, when dry I sprayed with my fav Dylusion inks.

The dress form was painted with Gesso, given a layer of Crackle

paint then rubbed over with an ink pad. The skirt is a piece of

cheesecloth sprayed with Dylusions & the belt is just a snippet of chain.

Cogs & wings are die cuts brushed randomly with some bronze mica

 paint & I added a few gems to the centre of the cogs.

I loved making this, I'm really loving trying my hand at the different

styles of crafting........I'm especially loving mixed media!

Thanks for calling........see you soon!

xx

a challenge or two....
anything but a card at All Crafts Challenge
super fly at Papertake Weekly
texture at Divas by Design
anything goes at Inspiration Destination
tag it at My Time to Craft
Steampunk Couture at Steampunk Challenges

Autumn/Fall colours with Sparkles challenges!

Morning crafty bloggers......hope you're all well!

Today see the start of a new challenge over at Sparkles, our Vickie chose

AUTUMN/FALL COLOURS

as the theme this time.....just perfect for this time of year don't you think?

A tag from me this time cos I love making them right now.....I wanted

a rustic feel to this one.........I love all the colours & textures of Autumn.

As usual, we like to see any & all crafts just so long as you stick to the

 theme & we have a fab prize from our very generous sponsor:

Don't forget to pop over & see the gorgeous makes from the rest

of the Dt......there's something to inspire everyone!

Thanks for looking........see you soon!

xx

ingredients

papers - Bearly Mine

leaves, hessian - the Works

letters, brad - stash

challenges

anything goes at Crafty Girls

mini cards or tags at Card Makin' Mamas

Autumn at Crafty Catz

tag at Card Mania

falling leaves at Crafty Boots

anything but a card at Dream Valley

More finished x stitch!

Morning lovelies, hope you're all well!

It's blowing a storm here today.....did all night too.......was worried the garage

 roof was gonna blow off..........but it's still there thankfully! Still stormy 

though so think I'll be staying put today! I have another piece of finally-finished

 cross stitch to share today.......just a shame it looks  so dull & grey in the

 photo,  IRL it's a lovely bright & colourful piece on white aida.

Love these cold & dark nights......all snuggled up in my craft room getting

on with lots of little jobs that need finishing.

Thanks for calling.......see you soon!

xx

Wall hanging or Scrapbook cover???

Morning lovelies, happy Monday........hope you're all well!

Did you all have a lovely weekend? I spent the entire weekend holed up in my

 craft room, got caught up on some Dt work, had a little play with a mixed

 media canvas I'm working on......in fact I had a real nice time, a lovely 

weekend all round! So for today I'm sharing my 1st Halloween make of the year.

 It was going to be a wall hanging but then I thought it might make a nice

 front cover for Miss Rebecca's Halloween scrapbook.......what do you think?

I used a gorgeous image from Faery Ink designs called Bee-You tiful Pixie Fae,

I know she's really a Bee but I think she looks fab all coloured up for

Halloween!  I followed the colour palette challenge over at Cosmic Strawberry,

 there's 2 palettes to choose from although I think I almost used both lol.

 

Rightio, my friends, better go do some of that nasty housework....thanks

for calling & whatever you're up to have a lovely day!

xx

ingredients

papers - Bearly Mine & stash

image - Faery Ink

coloured with Cpics

Dylusions, cheesecloth - stash

bunting die - Sizzix

fancy circle dies - Spellbinders

challenges

Halloween at Faery Ink

#6 at Cosmic Strawberry

Halloween at Bearly Mine

anything goes at Papertake Weekly

lots of layers at MilkCoffee

anything but square at Polkadoodles

Halloween at Sweet Pea Stamps

2 or more die cuts at Pile It On

Halloween at The Corrosive Challenge

Boo at A Little Bit Crafty

Candy Winner!!

Morning crafters, hope you're all well!

Just popping in to let you know the winner of my little

candy giveaway......and the winner is......

****DIANE****

Congratulations Diane, if you could email me your address I'll

get it in the post to you!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered & keep watching, there'll

be more candy soon!

xx

Christmas in October with Delicious Doodles!

Morning guys.......happy Friday, hope you all have something nice planned

for the weekend! I'm here with my Dt make for the latest challenge

over at Delicious Doodles where the theme for you this time is

CHRISTMAS IN OCTOBER.

As usual, any & all makes are welcome & you don't have to use a Delicious

 Doodles image.....but we love it when you do.....and why wouldn't you lol!

You have until next Thursday to join in, we'd love you to come join us!

I wanted a non traditional Christmas card & I think old frosty face fits the

bill perfectly....he's called Evil Snowman & you can get him HERE.

Rightio, off to get the jobs done before the weekend.....thanks for calling

& I'll see you soon!

xx

ingredients

image - Delicious Doodles

papers - Fancy Pants

sentiment - LOTV

banner die - dienamics

paper string - stash

coloured with Copics

challenges
anything goes at Crimbo Crackers
layer it up at Christmas Card Challenges
anything goes at 613 Avenue Create
any Christmas card at My Perfect Life
Christmas in October at Deep Ocean
non trad Christmas at Tip Top Tuesday

Nutcrafters Midway Reminder!

Morning crafters.......happy Wednesday!
Just popping in to share my midway reminder for the latest
challenge over at Nutcrafters.....I picked the theme this fortnight
& I chose 'Something New'......doesn't have to be the latest this, that
or the other.....could just be something that you've not used before!
 The Dt are showing off some of the
gorgeous new images soon to be available.........they're soooo cute!
I made a little tag, this ones going on a gift for a 2 year old so thought
I'd better keep it quite plain & simple lol.
You can find all the rules & add your entry here & if you haven't got
any of our digi's we have a freebies page here.
I'm off wallpaper shopping later so thanks for calling & whatever
you're up to have a lovely day!
xx
challenges
clean & simple at A Gem of a Challenge
tag at Card Mania
anything but a card at Dream Valley
anything goes at Holly Jolly
anything goes at Papertake Weekly

Trash or Treasure?

Morning crafters, hope you're well!

It's a cold, dark morning here.......and I love it, the next few months

are my favourite time of the year...........I'm so not a Summer person lol!

Today I'm sharing a couple of ATC' s I made as part of a swap group

I'm in on Facebook.....my swap partner doesn't have a blog so I think it'll be  ok

 to show them now. The theme was 'MEN' and I was inspired by the junk I

 found in the kitchen drawer! Yep, the kitchen drawer.....I was clearing it out 

one day wondering why on earth there was an assortment of odd screw,

 washers, plugs, etc., when one of my sons said 'Don't throw them away, I need 

them'! Looked like a load of old rubbish to me, hence the title I chose:

'One man's trash is another man's treasure'

I started with the ATC sized card of 3.5 x 2.5 inches, slapped on the Gesso,

 added bits of sandpaper, builders tape, webbing, some die cut cogs & all

 the bits from the drawer! I gave it all another coat of Gesso then used 

 mica paints & some spray inks til I got the colourI wanted. I made an inky,

 painty, sticky mess but heck, I didn't half enjoy making them lol!

Rightio, my friends......I'm off to get the jobs done.....whatever you're

up to have a lovely day......thanks for calling!

xx

challenges
anything but a card at Charisma Cardz
anything but a card at Creative Corner
anything goes at 613 Avenue Create

It's candy time!

Morning my crafty friends, followers & anyone who just happens to have found
 my little corner of the internet......hope you're all well & having a lovely weekend!

Ours has been very quiet so far, my blooming IBS has flared up bad & so I've not

really been in a crafting mood.......but I have had time to finish my crafty tidy
up & sort out! I've found a few things (as you do lol) that I've never used....some 

freebies with a mag, some things I have duplicates of & so thought I'd put it all

together as a little candy.

 Here's what to do if you'd like to win:

1. I'd love you to be a follower of my little blog - no candy only blogs!

2. Pop my candy pic in your sidebar & link back to my blog.

3. Link up & comment below to let me know you've done the above!

I'll leave it open for 4 weeks......good luck!
xx

Bingo with Crafty Calendar!

Morning crafters, hope you're all well & have something nice planned for the

weekend! It's cold, dark & damp here so perfect crafting weather lol.

We have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar today and the 

theme is BINGO .....a fab theme giving you lots of options......here's the card:

I used the right hand column of Sparkle, Die Cuts & Blue......but of course you

can go for whatever line you fancy,,,,,,or maybe even a full house lol!

We're sponsored by the fabby Robyn's Fetish offering the winner 3 digital

stamps of your choice!

As usual, we love to see any type of craft project so long as you stick to the

 theme, you can see some gorgeous Dt makes & the full challenge rules over on

the main blog HERE.

ingredients

image - LOTV

sentiment - LOTV

papers - Bearly Mine

snowflakes - Marianne & Sizzix

everything else - my stash

challenges I'd like to enter

anything goes at Christmas Card Challnges

week 38 at My Perfect Life

use kraft at Sentimental Sundays

anything goes at Sister Act

anything goes at LOTV monthly challenge

Something New with Nutcrafters!

Morning lovely crafters......hope you're all well!

Just popping in to tell you about the new challenge over at Nutcrafters!

I got to choose the theme this fortnight & I chose SOMETHING NEW as

our lovely boss Katie has some super sweet new images that'll be

available soon! My image is called 'Coy Snowman'.........isn't he just

gorgeous......I turned him into a tag cos I never have enough of

those come Christmas & I think a handmade tag makes a special gift

a bit more special, don't you? And best of all......everything on my tag

is from my scrap box lol.....am determined to get through it lol.

You can find all details about this challenge & check out some gorgeous

Dt makes over on the main blog HERE.

Don't forget, there's still a few days left to enter my candy here.!

Thanks for calling......have a lovely day!

xx