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

Sparkles Christmas - For a Child

Morning crafty friends......hope you're all well.....and a happy October 1st

to you all! Well, this year sure is flying past & to help you on your

way we have a new challenge over at Sparkles Christmas. Our lovely

Helen chose the theme of  FOR A CHILD. We're sponsored by the fab

offering either 2 dies or 1 stamp/1 die.

As usual, any & all crafty makes are welcome just so long as you stick to

the theme & if you're low on inspiration you can pop over to the main

blog & see the gorgeous Dt makes!

I needed to keep my card nice & flat for posting & not too fussy......and I've

just noticed that sentiment is a bit wonky lol.....I'll have to straighten that!!!

ingredients

image - Pink Gem Designs

paper - scrap box

coloured with Spectrum Noirs

sentiment - the Greetings Farm

gems & ric rac - stash

challenges I'd like to enter
non trad colours at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long
anything goes at Completely Christmas
anything goes at Sister Act
clean & simple at A Gem of a Challenge

Don't forget, there's still a few days left to enter my candy, you can

enter HERE. I'll be back soon with my 2nd post of the day! Thanks for

calling!

xx