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