Altered frame!

Morning my lovely crafty, bloggy friends......hope you're all well!

Still not much crafting/blogging going on in our house......Rebecca has gone back

to school today & I'm feeling fine so fingers crossed we're back on track!

Today I'm sharing an altered frame, Rebecca loved this card so much & it had been

spoilt a bit with some fizzy pop so I decided to alter an old frame for it to hang on her

wall........first time I've ever done this so be gentle with me lol!

It started off an old mahogany coloured frame, a bit battered & unloved, the glass

was broken long ago, don't know why I hadn't thrown it out really!

So first I gave it a coat of purple paint, them a coat of black. I then sanded it back

a bit so's some of the purple would show through & to age it a bit. I made some

paper flowers with some Gorjuss scraps, added some die cut swirls, some 

punched flowers & some pearls. I then added one of my favourite metal corner

embellishments , I cut a banner from more scraps & added some die cut letters.

Last I added random splodges of Tim Holtz' distress crackle paint.....love that stuff!

So that's it.....would love to know what you think! I'm off to catch up on the nasty

housework now, thanks for calling......have a lovely day!

xx

challenges I'd like to enter

anything goes at Through the Craft Room Door

anything goes at Inky Impressions

anything goes at A Step in the Dark

what else can you do at Charisma Cardz

punches & die cuts at Southern Girls

anything goes at Crafty Catz

anything goes at Crafting at the Weekend

anything goes at 613 Avenue Create

Another wrap bracelet!

Morning my crafty friends & bloggers......hope you're all well!

First I just want to say thanks for sticking around this last week or so....things seem

to be getting a bit better (fingers crossed) at least, I'm feeling much better, not sure the

same can be said for Rebecca.....she's still really struggling with an ear infection.

We're having a huge change around at home too.....all my lot still live at home & 

although we live in quite a big house, with 5 growing young men & a 12 going on 20 

year old daughter we need all the space we can get! Sooooo.....I've given up my

craft room......but that's not as bad as it sounds lol....I now have the biggest

bedroom in the house (it's huge!) &  would you believe I have even more storage 

space AND more work space! I love it too, it's so quiet & peaceful....I have a place

 for everything.....now I just need to find the time & the energy to craft lol!

So today I have another double wrap bracelet to show you made with my favourite

chocolate brown colours & a toggle fastening.....love these style bracelets, I think they

look fab all layered up.....& I think this would be perfect for Autumn time!

Rightio, that's it from me......with a bit of luck I'll get to spend some tome in my craft

room tomorrow & get caught up on Dt makes & maybe even catch up on Blog

every day in June challenge! Thanks for calling.....have a lovely day!

xx

Anything but Square with Nutcrafers!

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

First, I want to say I'm so sorry for not being around much recently.....I've been

a bit poorly......I swear I seem to get every bug going & now Rebecca has an

ear infection!!School sent her home on Monday then Tuesday morning phoned me to

ask why she hadn't been in school on Monday!!!!!

So today we have a new challenge over at Nutcrafters, our lovely Helen chose

the theme of ANYTHING BUT SQUARE.....I really struggled with this one as I

haven't crafted in about a week (eek!) & I'm not really happy with it, it looks much

nicer IRL but anyway, it's done now!

As usual, fab prizes to be won....all details on main blog!

Don't forget, if you don't have any Nutcrafters images there's a freebies page here!

Rightio, that's me for today.....off to TRY & book a Doctor's appointment!

Thanks for calling & have a lovely day!

xx

Make a Scene with Delicious Doodles!

Morning  my lovely crafty friends......hope you're all well!

This post was scheduled to go live on Friday morning, no idea why it didn't so huge

apologies to my teamies......I've been poorly for the last few days so I've not been online!

So down to business......there's a new challenge over at Delicious Doodles and this

week the theme is MAKE A SCENE! As usual, there's 5 of Teri's fab digis for the lucky

winner but don't forget......you can enter only once unless you use a Delicious Doodles

image & then you can enter twice!

I chose to use the digi 'In the Harbour' & I coloured it with my pencils.....I know I'm
 gonna need a lot more practice but I had fun trying lol! I thought this card would
be just perfect for a male so didn't add to much, just some stamped letters to make
the sentiment.....papers from my scrap box & I used a piece of kraft card too!
Don't forget to pop over & check out the rest of the teams' gorgeous makes!
Thanks for calling today & whatever you're up to.....hope it's fun!
xx

Day 18: Craft/blog everyday in June!

Hiya.....just popping in with my Day 18: craft/blog every day in June post

and today's prompts are:

Day 18: Take a pic of or describe your craft space OR Craft something with a Christmas theme

This is the pic I shared last year.....not much has changed, there might be just a little bit

more stash than last year lol but it's all pretty much the same & still my favourite

room in the house! 

xx

Recipe for one challenge over at Nutcrafters!

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

Today I'm sharing some inspiration for the current challenge over at Nutcrafters

where the theme is RECIPE FOR ONE.....our Sylvia would like you to use:

1 image

1 backing paper

1 sentiment

1 button

1 ribbon/bow

I'd puzzled over this all week......then it came together so easily, I do like this style of

card where the backing paper shows through.......watch out for more! All bit's

were from my scrap box, the sentiment is LOTV & the fab image is called Shining Armour

& he's available over in the Nutcrafters store!

As usual, fabulous prizes on offer....you can find full details over on the main blog

here.......and if you don't have any Nutcrafters images there's a freebies page here.

Rightio, that's all from me.....don't forget to go check out the gorgeous makes from

the rest of the Nutcrafters team......I'm off to go get my jobs done then eat some Birthday cake

.........it's our Richard's birthday today, he's 27..........oooh heck, I do feel old lol!!

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

xx

challenges I'd like to enter

for a Dad/special male at MilkCoffee
anything goes at Paper Crafting Journey
just for boys at Creative Corner
anything goes at Sister Act
for the boys at Cupcake Inspirations

Day 17: Craft/blog every day in June!

Today's prompts are:

Day 17: Describe your perfect afternoon OR Craft something with an animal theme

Would that be a perfect afternoon or a perfect craft-er-noon....or maybe both lol?

I think my perfect afternoon would  probably be a cold, dark Winter's afternoon, we'd 

probably be snuggled on the sofa watching a Christmas movie, there'd be

chocolate involved, the Christmas tree lights would be twinkling away & there'd be a 

lovely tea cooking away in the slow cooker!

My perfect craft-er-noon would probably be a Winter's afternoon too, it'd be cold & dark

 outside, toasty warm inside.......I'd be making Christmas gifts & cards etc, music on, probably

 both dogs under my feet, a huge mug of coffee .......& maybe a biscuit.....or two!

No time for the double today so here's some pics of some of my pets:

Alfie's favourite spot!

Mad Milo!

Miss Milly!