June 2015 ATC Swap!

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

Time for a new ATC Swap theme and this month we're going with

ZENTANGLE

As usual, ATC's should be 3.5 x 2.5 inches, you make & send me 4 & once

everyone's arrive I'll send you 4 back......and if you could enclose a

stamped addressed envelope that would be great!

(UK only swap)

If you want to play along leave me a comment to let me know you're

in......and so's I know to watch out for Postie!

Have fun!

xx

p.s - All May swaps received, thanks....they're awesome as usual!

I'll post them out to you this week
xx

Summer Fun reminder with Oddball Art!

Morning friends, happy Monday......hope you're all well & rested after the 

weekend! We've had a scorcher of a weekend & it looks set to continue for

 the next 2-3 days at least. As some of you might know, I'm one of them misery

guts that doesn't like the heat so I'm not too impressed lol!

So today I have a reminder make for the Summer Fun challenge going on over 

at Oddball Art, you can find all details here. I made a necklace this  time.......I 

made the charms by stamping onto shrink plastic then colouring with my Copics.

 Next, I die cut the shape then punched a hole at the top to hang the charms..

.then the fun part.......heating the charms with my heat  gun til they shrivel up

 & shrink! Every time, I think it's not gonna work cos they twist & turn under 

the heat & then it just happens....they magically flatten out to a smaller 

perfectly formed version of the original & then I usually whack it with a heavy

 object just to make sure it stays flat lol! I love how the colours intensify once

 it's shrunk....makes my colouring look real good lol. I attached the charms to a 

long seed bead & pearl necklace.......reminded me of the times my friends & me

 used to sit for hours when we were kids threading beads on to lengths of

 elastic........love beads we used to call them & we'd wear strings & strings

 of them.......happy days! 

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

xx

ingredients

image - Annie has a sweet tooth - Oddball Art

coloured with Copics

Xcut scallop oval die

beads etc - my stash

challenges I'd like to enter
anything goes at Crafty Gals Corner
anything goes at Fresh Brewed Designs
anything goes at Simon says Stamp
anything goes at Eclectic Ellapu
anything goes at Craft Your Passion
girly at Dream Valley

Sharing an Oldie this Friday!

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

Anyone any idea how we've got to Friday so quickly? I swear these weeks are

 moving faster than they should.....no wonder I never get done all the things I

 planned .............well, that's my excuse anyway lol. Today I'm joining in with

 Erika over at Snappycrafts where she invites us to share an oldie,craft style..

...... a just for fun look back at past craft projects......simply visit Erika, leave

a comment to let her know you're joining  in & you'll get comments back!

 I've chosen to share a Christmas card this week..........my favourite time of the

 year & something I love to prepare for. Me & Rebecca usually start in July

 once she's broken up for the Summer holidays......only 3 weeks to go!

I can still remember making this card...might even use the same design this

year, maybe just change the colour scheme.

Rightio, lots to do today....thanks for calling.....see you soon!

xx

Canvas Heart

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

This canvas has been sat in my craft room for a couple of months

now, you know when you think it needs a little 'something' but don't know 

what that 'something' is? Well, I decided to share it anyway lol.....and as

it's for me if I ever decide to add something then I can share it again lol!

I started by giving it a coat of Gesso then drew the heart shape freehand.

Then the fun part.....scrunched up tissue paper & more Gesso to give

the lumpy bumpy effect! 

Once dry I added a light green acrylic paint, wasn't

quite happy with the colour so took a wad of kitchen roll & dipped it

into some teal green paint. Just by dabbing here & there I kept going til I

was happy with the colour. For the heart I used just one sheet of 12x12 paper

torn into strips, I used a distress marker to highlight the joins then edged

it with some ric rac. The flowers were fussy cut from another sheet of the

 same paper & I filled the centre with some beads.....last but not least, I 

added some Tim Holtz chit chat stickers!

So that's me for today....would love to know what you think. Thanks for

calling......see you soon!

xx

Too cute!

 Morning friends.....no crafting to share today, just wanted to pop on & show you a couple of pics of our new housemates, aren't they gorgeous? We've had them for a week now, they're so good & great fun.....but still haven't got names!

They love to spend their days playing in my dining room.....and their evenings snuggled up

on the sofa!

Have a lovely Sunday!

xx

A bit of gingham....

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

Anything nice planned for the weekend? We're not doing too much...

...our Nic took his last exam yesterday & has now officially left school....think 

he was as emotional as I was lol & my boy Chris has an excitingday ....

....THE VAMPS are playing a concert in our town tonight & Chris gets to cook

 for them....one of the perks of being in Catering College!

I'm pretty sure we'll hear them from our house lol....or maybe we'll just

hear the hordes of screaming girls lol.

So for today's crafty offering I have a little gingham heart.....I cut the 2 large 

heart  pieces freehand, stitched on a cream felt heart to one piece then

 stitched them both together, stuffed them & added a ribbon for hanging, a 

little cream bow & finished with a wooden snowflake!

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

 you have fun....& a little crafty time!

xx

Sami Stamps GDT & new release!

Hi friends, happy Friday..........hope you're all well!

At the beginning of June I was lucky enough to win 1st place over at Sami 

Stamps.......and Sami invited me to join them as GDT for today's new

 release.....of course, I said yes please! Sami gave me this fun image to use & I 

have to be honest....I don't think I've ever coloured a frog before lol. I wanted 

to try & get some texture to his body so first I coloured him with pencil 

crayons then coloured over that with Copics. For his glasses I used glossy 

accents, then some simple matting & layering, a computer printed sentiment

 & that's it........job done!

Do pop over & check out the new release, they're all fun!

Thanks for popping by today.....see you soon!

xx

One slice or two?

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

Something different to share today....well, I would share if there was some

 left.........but we ate it all lol! My fav meal right now is a big bowl of homemade

 veg soup and a slice (or two) from a homemade white crusty farmhouse loaf...

...mmmmmm, delicious! We bought a breadmaker a little while ago & love it....

..it's so easy, just chuck in all the ingredients, switch it on.....& then while

 it's baking I get to go sit at my desk and play lol. 

Thanks for calling......hope you manage some crafty time today!

xx

Steampunk book page

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

Ooh, it's a bit breezy & wet today......and I was gonna spend the morning in 

the garden too.....oh well, might just have to shut myself in my craft room

instead........after the jobs are done of course (wink wink) lol!

Today I have a book page to share.....5x5 & the theme was Steampunk.

I started with a base of Dylusion spray inks, they are soooo nice...I used a

bottle top to stamp random circles with mica paints. I brushed the same paint

over a Tim Holtz weathered clock die cut, Cheery Lynn die cut cogs &

the die cut wings. The mannequin is from Craftwork cards & covered with a

layer of crackle paint, I then added die cut wings, a cheesecloth

skirt & a chain belt....added a gem to the centre of the cogs & that's it!

The left side was left plain as that's where the holes are to be punched to

hold the book together. Rightio, that's my lot for today.....off to go grab a

cuppa & have a wander around Blogland...thanks for calling....see you soon!

xx

challenges

anything goes at 613 Avenue Create

steampunk at Eclectic Ellapu

anything goes at Craft Your Passion

Men, men, men, men, manly men, men, me!

Yep, me & Bex live in a house full of men who all watch Two & a Half Men

 & find much amusement chanting the 'Men, men, men, men........' theme

tune.......and it drives us mad lol! Today's crafty offering is a card I made for

Bex's best friend Jess to give to her Dad for Father's Day....some simple

matting & layering, distressed edges and a kraft & black colour combo and

that's it....job done! Talking of jobs, I've got lots to do today, especially if

I want to sneak an hour at my desk later lol. Thanks for calling today &

whatever you're up too.....have fun!

xx

ingredients

papers - He Said She Said

card - stash

memento ink

scallop die cut- Xcut die

fishtail banner die cut- Dienamics die

letters - Xcut die

'tache & glasses cut on Silhouette

challenges

it's a boy thing at Crafting for all Seasons

dude at Fresh Brewed Designs

just for boys at Creative Corner

for the boys at Left of Center

Father's day at QKR Stampede

it's a guy thing at Come & Get It

Father's day at Crafty Boots

anything goes at Craft Your Passion

Summer Fun with Oddball Art!

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

A bright & beautiful morning here on the Yorkshire Coast today....

let's see how long it lasts lol.

So today sees the start of a new challenge over at the Oddball Art

 Challenge Blog where the theme is SUMMER FUN! 

As usual you can win some of Lizzy's fab digis.......& you have a month

to play so why not come join the fun, we'd love to see you!

Oh, and if you fancy treating yourself you can use code DTJO10 to

save 10% on any purchases in store!

Oddball Art Challenge Blog

Oddball Art Facebook Challenge

Oddball Art Etsy Shop

Oddball Art/Lizzy Love Rubber Stamps

Rightio, that's me for today.....don't forget to pop by & see the gorgeous Dt

makes from the rest of the team! Thanks for calling .....see you soon.

xx

ingredients

image - Oddball Art

papers - freebies with a mag

gems & ribbons - stash

coloured with Copics

sun - Sizzix die

challenges

tag at Mod Squad

anything goes at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

anything goes at 613 Avenue Create

anything goes at Art by Miran

anything but a square card at Whimsy Stamps

Sharing an Oldie this Friday

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

Can you believe it's Friday again?  The year's flying past so quickly I'm

struggling to keep up lol....but I am so looking forward to the Summer

holidays....I do love it when the kids break for Summer. Bex & me have 

lots planned & I'm thinking of setting her a blogging/crafty type challenge

for the month of August....watch this space!

So back to business......Friday is Share an Oldie day hosted by the lovely

Erika over at Snappycrafts, it's a weekly look back at past crafty projects,

why not pop on over & join the fun? My crafty offering for today is one

of the 1st cards I blogged & entered into a challenge.....& the 1st that won

 me a prize.....oh my, was I excited when I saw that! I can still remember

 actually making this card, was so chuffed I managed to use up a fair

few paper scraps too!

Rightio, that's my lot for today, thanks for calling....see you soon!

xx

ingredients

image - Magnolia Tilda

papers - stash

flowers - stash

sentiment - LOTV

ribbon/lace - stash

pearls - stash

coloured with promarkers

Fancy Folds with Crafty Calendar!

Morning lovelies.......hope you're all well & have something nice planned

for the weekend! Bright & very breezy here today so methinks I'll be

ploughing through the mountains of washing I always seem to have!

First though, I have some exciting news...........myself & Sue are now the

 proud co-owners of  the Crafty Calendar challenge blog! Lynne, the previous

owner had decided to step down due to ill health & rather than close the blog

she very generously handed over the reins to us two!

So today sees the start of June's challenge, the theme is FANCY FOLDS

and we're sponsored by the fabulous Aurora Wings who are offering a

prize of  $15 to spend instore..........you will be soooo spoilt for choice!

We were lucky enough to receive a sponsor image, I chose Turtle Kiss &

after colouring her with my Copics I made an easel card, I added lots of die 

cuts, distressed layers, cheesecloth, pearls, some paper flowers & finished

with some chit chat stickers from Tim Holtz.

Rightio, my friends, that's me for today.......thanks for calling & whatever

 you're up to......have a lovely weekend!

xx

challenges
anything goes at Papertake Weekly
anything goes at Penny's Paper Crafty
anything goes at Brown Sugar
for the girls at Left of Center
anything goes at Sister Act
splish splash at My Sheri Crafts

Sharing an Oldie Friday!

Morning friends......hope you're all well.

I've really missed my craft room this past week or two and I'm so sorry

for my lack of commenting, posting etc............life's thrown me a few

 curveballs recently & I've realised (again) how quickly things can change.

But you know what? I still have a lot to be thankful for & I'm sure once 

things start to settle down I'll find my peace at my craft desk.

So for today I'm joining in with lovely Erika over at Snappycrafts as

she hosts the weekly look back at older crafty creations. I started out as a

papercrafting as a scrapbooker  & this card was one of my very early

attempts at card making......and I still kinda like it lol. No stamping & 

colouring involved, just some simple decoupage, a peel off sentiment &

some ribbons. Rightio my friends, I'm gonna leave it at that for today but

I'll be back tomorrow for the new challenge over at Crafty Calendar.

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

xx