June Day 13......

Day 13: What do you want to learn to do? Can be crafty or non-crafty

OR

Craft something that has stripes

Oooh, that's easy......1st, I'd love to be able to stamp perfectly, 2nd, I'd 

love to be able to colour in that perfectly stamped image.....perfectly!

3rd......I'd love to learn to drive.....I did go as far as getting my

provisional driving license a few years ago, as for actually

learning....I just daren't and now I think I'm too old lol!

It's been a busy day today....got some good news for a change and I 

managed an hour in the craft room so I got to do the double!

The stamp I used, along with the paper, was a freebie with a mag I

bought other day....

What would you like to learn to do?

See you tomorrow

xx

June Day 12......

June Day 12: What's your favourite medium to work with

OR

Craft something with a sporty theme.

This is definitely the toughest prompt so far......because I don't really

have a for sure, go to,  favourite. Some days it would be 

colouring....Spectrum Noirs are my fav markers at the moment. Other

days it's digis....I love the convenience if them.....and they print

perfectly every time! Some  days, if I'm in the right frame of

mind, I'll sit & stamp lots. Stamping is definitely NOT my favourite..

.....I really struggle with it, but I love all the gorgeous stamps out

there so I have to keep trying lol! Dies, oh my, aren't they fab??

I do envy those clever crafters that make the most gorgeous cards

using only dies. So no double today but going with the

sporting theme, here's a pic of my rugby league mad son, Nic!

See you tomorrow!
xx

Food & Drink with Nutcrafters

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

Today we have a new challenge starting over at Nutcrafters and

the theme, as chosen by teamie Helen is Food and/or Drink.

1st place will receive a £10 spend instore at the Nutcrafters store.

To win this prize you must use a Nutcrafters image, but if you don't

have  one, don't worry......there are some freebies on the main blog!

2nd place will receive 2 digi stamps or one stamp sheet.

Full rules and the fab DT makes can be seen over on the main blog!

For my card I used one of the new Limited Edition, Teen Trio,

coloured her with Spectrum Noirs, added some punched flowers, 

pearls, ribbon and the paper is from Dovecraft!

Thanks for calling today & happy crafting!

Jo x

challenges
anything goes at Aud Sentiments
anything goes at Digi Haven
bingo (die cuts, ribbon, flowers) at Crafty Friends
kraft at Paper Makeup Stamps
teens card at The Crazy Challenge
for a girl at Deep Ocean Challenge

June Day 11......

Before I start today's post I want to say thank you so much

for all your kind words on yesterday's post. The fact that you take

the time to visit my little blog and leave such lovely comments

warms my heart.....you're all fantastic!

June Day 11: Dish the dirt on your biggest spend

OR

Craft something for a child recipient.

So for today Kairen wants us to dish the dirt on our biggest spend..

......oh dear.......now before I admit to anything, I don't drink, well only a

little at Christmas, I don't smoke.......and I do feed the kids........honest!

I was going to say my biggest single spend was my Big Shot......but

that was a present from the kids......so maybe it was my Spectrum

Noirs.......but they were a present too! So it will have to be my Pro/Flex

markers, I've had them for a fair few years now & when they started to

run out I tried the Spectrums......and I love them! So now the dilemma is do I

stick with the Spectrums which are much more affordable or do I try

and replace the Pro/Flex markers....jury still out on that one!

After my pens, it would have to be my papers....oh my, don't you just

love the smell! I even have some paper that's older than my kids...

....and that's just sad! I have it stashed in drawers, on shelves, in boxes

under my bed. I put myself on a stash ban at the beginning of the year and 

still didn't run out....but guess what......sometimes I just don't have the

 right paper  ;)......bet I'm not the only one lol!!

I've gone for the double today and crafted something for a child,

although it's not particularly child like it is for my daughter!

It's supposed to be a wall hanging but I didn't have enough of the 

gingham ribbon so for now it's not hanging anywhere.....no doubt Miss 

Rebecca will use it as a bookmark! I used black card for the base,

a snippet of purple paper, the image is from D'Arcy's Diary, the heart

is Memory box, the flowers are Elizabeth dies & I used Spectrum 

Noir pens. Can't wait to read about your biggest spend...be honest now!!

xx

a challenge or two
anything goes at Aud Sentiments
anything but a card at C.R.A.F.T
for a girl at Deep Ocean challenges

June Day 10......

Day 10: Have a rant, go on get it off your chest

OR

Craft something that has the colour purple in it.

No double today so a rant it is.....

I've started this post a dozen times today, then re-typed and re-typed
again.......
My eldest son is almost 26, he's 6 foot+ tall, has hair longer than mine,
 tattoos, piercings.....he is disabled and he uses a wheelchair. Nothing to do
with his appearance, he doesn't take drugs and drinks only occasionally....
..............it's because he's had 3 strokes, the 1st at the age of just 20.
I'm my son's carer.....and a lone parent.....not because I'm too lazy to work,
or wanted a bigger house or any of the other things that are mentioned
when talking about lone parents
but because my son needs a carer.........and because my man died.

So now I'm a single Mum of 6 gorgeous happy,  healthy (well, almost!)
 children. My 2nd son works, my 3rd son is
at college & works 4 shifts a week voluntary in a charity shop....the
other 3 are all still at school. They're all kind, polite, honest, reliable kids,
 all great students and I'm so, so proud of them all! I hate that people
assume things without knowing the facts, I hate that people judge on
appearances....that's one of the reasons I love blogging so much....
....nobody judges anybody. I think the other day my favourite quote should
have been.......
"Don't judge a book by it's cover"

See you tomorrow xx

Father's Day/Special Male at Lexi's Creations!

Morning all....hope you're well! It's a bit dull & overcast here

but we have just the thing to cheer you up & get your week off to a

 wonderful start!

We have a new challenge over at Lexi's Creations and the theme is:

Father's Day or Special Male

As usual, we welcome any & all crafty creations, just so long as

they stick to the theme and we have the fabulous

sponsoring us with the lucky winner receiving a £10 store spend!

We lucky DT girls get to choose one of Lexi's images for our makes

so for my card I used the super cute Wip, available here.

Don't forget, you can check out the rest of the fab dt creations

over on the main blog along with the challenge rules, there's not many:

2 entries, follow the theme & new creations!

Rightio, that's it from me.....off to tidy up!

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

Hugs Jo x

challenges
Father's Day at Anything Goes
Father's Day at Creative Belli
Father's Day at Stamp n Doodle
Father's Day at MilkCoffee
use ribbon at Here Come the Boys
Father's Day at Craft your Passion
Father's Day at Eureka Stamps
manly/Father's Day at Tammy's Scrapin' Corner
for/from Father at Pile it On

June Day 9......

Day 9: Tell us who your favourite crafter is, doesn't have to be anyone

 famous, just sing their praises

OR

Craft something for a male recipient

No way could I choose a favourite crafter, that's just too hard!

But if I had to, it wouldn't be anyone famous, it would be all

my lovely blog friends....they're all fabulous!

So I went for the double today....with some help from Miss Rebecca!

I wanted to try some of that distress crackle paint....I had an idea for a 

photo frame I wanted to try so thought we'd test it out on something else

 first! We made an ATC using some embossed card, inked it in red, stamped

the image in black then heat embossed the centre of the heart with a 

clear embossing powder. The whole thing was then covered with

the distress crackle paint, matted onto black card, some black gems

for the corners......then we realised we'd forgotten to write in the banner

 lol! And the crackle paint is fab.....doesn't show up much in the

photo but it really does crackle, will definitely keep practising!

So we probably won't be giving this to anyone but it was made with

a male in mind and at least we got to practise getting inky......and

oh boy, did Miss Rebecca get inky!!!

See you tomorrow!

xx