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Aud Sentiments - LOVE

2012-01-26T12:36:00.000Z

Love is in the air - doooo be doooo. Are you feeling the lurve? Well, we are all feeling the love over at Aud Sentiments because that's the challenge this time round!

We have been sponsored by Mami Doodles and TLC gave us another fabby free sentiment to use. The great thing about Aud's is that things are very flexible - so we can choose whether we want to use the sentiment, use the sponsor's image or whatever. This time I decided to use the Mami Doodles image - well who could resist that cute mouse?

I did my usual dippy thing and forgot to adhere to the rules of the challenge!!! The challenge is to use the word LOVE - yep, I didn't! Well, I did eventually, but not to start with...I had to use some more of my fabby plaque thingies that came in my Crafty Weekend goodie bag....the weekend that keeps on giving!

Cuuuutttteee! Hope you get the chance to join in with the challenge - go on...spread the love!

Engaged!

2012-01-21T15:08:00.000Z

No, not me silly! Tony's cousin got engaged over Christmas so I quickly made these two cards....its taken a while for me to get them on the blog!

I cut the ring out with my ecraft and then blinged it to within an inch of its life! Oooo, notice those little congratulation word thingies....they were in my crafty weekend bag - I THINK they were from Crafty Emma???

The sillhouette was also cut by the ecraft - never let anyone say it can't cut intricate stuff!

And a closeup of the cut. Considering it has no sticky mat, I am really impressed with it!

Well thats me for today - see you sooooooon

Delicious Doodles - Winter Wonderland

2012-01-20T07:35:00.000Z

Ooooo I did find this challenge a....ermmm challenge! Think my mojo ran away on me! So - for this challenge we would like you to show us a winter birthday card! We want to see wintery colours on it. Yep, sounds so easy....so why did I find it so hard?!

The image is called Crofter's cottage and I think its just gorgeous left as plain as possible - so I just added a little blue in the sky and a little green here and there - used chalks for the really soft look. The frame was cut out using my ecraft.

Please do pop over and look at the other DT work! Link is on the left hand side of this post!

Blog award - up for grabs!!!!

2012-01-19T18:43:00.001Z

Hiya all

I have been quite busy lately and really havent had the chance to bloghop as much as I would have liked! SO, I thought I would invite people to leave me a comment and get the chance for a blog award! The plan is that you leave your blog on a comment on this post - then I will pop round and leave a lovely comment for you!

Every so often, I will also give out the blog award. I dont want to say that I will give it to X number of people, or how often for two reasons...first, there might be no comments on the post! Second, I might want to award it to more than one person. Third (yes, I know I only said two!) I might not remember to do it when I say I will so dont want to fib!

So - here is the award!

If you want me to pop over and visit - and possibly win the blog award - then just leave me a comment below!

Aud Sentiments - LOVE

2012-01-19T18:22:00.000Z

Hiya all

Just a quick "heads up" that the challenge this fortnight is LOVE! I dont show off my card until next week - but there is a fabby sentiment up for grabs from TLC over at AudSentiments so why not pop over and grab it!

Archers beware!

2012-01-18T22:09:00.000Z

My hubby does archery - yep, kinda unusual hobby I thought. However, the more people I talk to, the more people seem to do it! Strange!

Its hubby's birthday so I made him two nice simple cards - here they are:

The first one is actually images of archery equipment - who knew???

thanks for popping by today

Aud Sentiments - Use your scraps!

2012-01-12T16:59:00.000Z

Our challenge over at Aud Sentiments is to use up your scraps! I dont know about you, but I save lots of scraps! I keep them all colour-coded in two accordian files - and I ALWAYS go to them first. The only thing with doing that, is I dont get to use all the yummy new papers I have!

So of course, when it came to using my scraps for this challenge it was easy....so I thought I would limit myself a bit more and insist on using a piece of scrap from the last card I made, which was on my table at the time. You saw that card last week - the Delicious Doodles one - feel free to scroll down!

I also threw in a doily - never really know what to do with them! And I pinched my mate Shell's idea of bunting - now that would use up even the tiniest scraps!

How cute is that image???? I printed it quite small so it was a bit hard on the eyes to colour - but I did enjoy doing it and love how it looks - just so dainty. I think I might send it to a friend of mine for her daughter who is doing ballet.

We have another gorgeous sentiment from Paulette of TLC. Remember if you use this sentiment for the challenge be sure to enter your name twice for the prize drawing. I didnt use the sentiment this time - we have the option but I had already made my card - however, it would be perfect for a friend of mine, so I suspect I will be using it at sometime soon!

For this challenge we are so excited to have Floppy Latte as our sponsor. They are giving the winner a $15 GC. Thanks so much!

Here is a little bit about Stitchy Bear which is one of the companies that have their stamps at Floppy Latte...
"Hi my name is Stitchy and I am Co-Owner of Stitchy Bear Stamps...we started this store April 1st, No Fooling haha..I live in upstate New York with my husband and two TEENAGE adults haha, I do say that loosely as they think they run the show here, NOT...
I been creating stamps for a little less than a year now and I am totally addicted to the craft..I started about 4 years ago making digital scraps and I knew there was much more out there, so a friend of mine introduced me to digital stamps...and the rest they say is history...I look forward to seeing all the beautiful creations come through...good luck everyone..stitchy xoxox"

Oh - and some fabby news - we have two new DT members - please pop over and spread the love if you get a chance!

Wilma
Krista

Thanks for popping by today! I have been very busy in real world lately and havent been visiting much recently - but I am missing everyone soooo much that I am gonna be making the rounds soon!

Delicious Doodles - Something NEW!

2012-01-06T18:42:00.000Z

I am normally quite adequate at crafty things - I can cobble something together and have it look halfways ok anyway. I have done all sorts of crafts and love finding new things to do. However, there is one thing I have never really got to grips with.....crochet!

About a year ago we had the craze for crochet flowers on cards....I can do that I thought....yeah, right, I couldnt! Years ago, I crocheted a dog blanket, but never mastered granny squares - just straight forward crochet.

I saw this challenge and decided I would challenge myself to crochet a flower for it....I spent 3 evenings learning how to do it....I spent two of those evenings just doing straight crochet (so I could get the feel for how to hold the yarn and move the hook) and then I made a flower! No mess, no fuss - just did it! And it is here on this card! Yes, it is tiny!

To keep going with the same theme, I picked Teri's new image too - I just loved it as soon as I saw it, but just couldnt do the gothic thing to it so I went pink and purple - YAY!

A little close up of her!

Thanks for popping by today!

Merry Christmas! ....and Happy Hanukkah!

2011-12-25T08:26:00.000Z

Lots of love to all my blogging mates! Have a good one!

Ruthiex

Quick rustle up!

2011-12-24T11:14:00.000Z

Isnt there always someone you forget???? We had a visit over from some new neighbours yesterday, and they brought a box of chocolates -eeeeek! So - a quick rustle up this morning and we have a little something for their children. Phew!

The test-tubes are plastic ones from ebay and they are filled with mini smarties (which are now natural colours, so no bright reds!). They were hanging from our tree as decorations! Hey, ho - still have another 8 of them!

I cut the template with my ecraft (of course) and the gems and ribbon are from my "Crafty Weekend" goody bag!

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Storage Jar snowflaked!

2011-12-22T20:58:00.000Z

My husband took Joshua gift shopping the other day. Josh picked up a jar of Liquorish Allsorts for Nanny, but they were £12! Josh has a budget of £5 each present, so this was waaaay out of his pocket. So, they carried on and then Tony spotted some acrylic storage jars. He bought two packs of Allsorts and the jar with the idea that I would "do something" to them. Of course, out comes the ecraft!

So - here is the first picture of the plain storage jar - looook, you can see my laptop!

Here is the jar with snowflakes! Cut from vinyl, using Lettering Delights snowflakes via Make the Cut and cut on the Ecraft!

This is the lid - its actually a big pain in the butt to get the pictures!

And here is the final thing, complete with Allsorts! I think she will really love it as she can peel the snowflakes off when Christmas is over and use it as a plain jar.

Thanks for popping by today - I know people are really busy and probably have little time to blog hop!

Aud Sentiments - DT CALL!!!

2011-12-22T15:05:00.000Z

Hiya all

For this challenge we are so excited to have Sassy Cheryls as our sponsor.

We have another gorgeous sentiment from Paulette of TLC. Remember if you use this sentiment for the challenge you get two entries! Just right click the image to save it.

OK, now onto the challenge. We are doing an "Anything Goes" challenge because it's time for another DT call! If you are interested in joining our team all you have to do is put DT next to your name.

Here are the details about being on the team...
Make a card/project every other week
Comment on the entries (we have a system so you are not required to comment on all of them)
Vote on the winners
Be active in our Yahoo group
That's It!

I chose to use another TLC sentiment. I have to confess, I was really late getting this done and thats when the TLC sentiments come into their own - they just ARE the card! Nice and easy!

I cut the notes and treble clef using my ecraft and then used paper candy as embellishments. Couldnt be easier - yes, its not the best looking card, but its kinda ok!

Thanks for popping by today and make sure you hop on over to Auds

Delicious Doodles - Christmas Embellishments

2011-12-09T07:43:00.000Z

OOOO - a nightmare challenge for me this one! I am not good at all at sticking "things" on! Hey ho, I had a go -and isnt that the main thing about challenges...accepting the challenge!

Ok thats it folks! I need to go and lie down in a dark room now!

Go on, treat yourselves, go and see the "proper stuff" over at Delicious Doodles!!!

Little Christmas Wreath

2011-12-08T19:38:00.002Z

I keep seeing this sort of thing around and thought I would have a go. Not overpleased with it - but dont hate it!

I made the paper rosettes. The flowers, little gold berries and white snowflakey stuff (love the technical term?) are all from my crafty weekend goody bag!

The wreath is only about 6 inches wide, so its not big. Small enough for our fireplace x

I think its a little plain - anyone got any good suggestions? Do I add some more rosettes in the gaps (perhaps in a lighter colour?)?

Have just added a middle bit in....better/worse?

Thanks for popping by!

Aud Sentiments - Christmas

2011-12-08T16:49:00.000Z

Hiya all

Thats it - I have officially caught the Christmas Spirit! YAY! I had to wait until the Christmas Tree went up - but the second it did...ping!

Our challenge over at Aud Sentiments is to use a winter holiday sentiment. So that would include Christmas, Hannukah....erm, yeah....and.......erm, anything else you can think of!!!!

For this challenge we are so excited to have Prairie Fairy as our sponsor. They are giving the winner a $15 Gift Certificate to their store. They gave us some digis to play with - I am going to be using one later on, but for the actual challenge I have gone with the free sentiment from Paulette of TLC She is giving a prize away to one lucky randomly chosen winner.

Here is the sentiment.....

and, here is my project! I have to say it was nice and quick - and easy! But it looks really great on the shelf where we usually put the tissues - such a change to have a decorated box.

And a close up of the sentiment....

And thats me done for today - gotta rush off now, but I look forward to seeing all your entries!

Felting Fun!

2011-12-07T16:27:00.000Z

You know when you have a fancy to do something? How much better is it when you actually have the stuff you need waiting around at home - instant gratification!

Here is what I wanted to do....needle felting figures. Yeah, I know, it could have been waaaay more exciting, but thats just me!

This is Fred the penguin! There is no sewing on this - its all just needle felted together - lots of fun and quick results too!

This is Bob - the alien! Ha ha ha - he makes me smile! Love the wonky eye!

And this is Fred the penguin, fresh from the shower with his towel wrapped round him! Yeah, ok, its no different to the first one - but I am sure he has a definite funny look on his face in this photo!!!

Thanks for popping by

Team Christmas Presents

2011-12-06T18:36:00.000Z

I have a great team at work, in libraries. They go out and do all the visits and promotion for us - and they are really lovely people - and boy, they work so hard!

I always want to buy them a little something, but it has to be the same sort of thing for each of them (no favourites) and it cant be too expensive (there are seven of them). So I thought I would do the same as I did last year and just buy sweeties. I decided to pretty up the tops and this is what the finished one looks like:

The image is from Bugaboo - so cute! I added sakura glitter pen to the beak, bells, belt and antlers. I then covered the beak and bells with crystal effects, love how they look. And finally, a little glitter!

These have to stay in a bag under my stairs, so I am not going to stick the rest of the toppers on until the day, that way I dont run the risk of them getting ripped or scrunched.

Hope everyone is feeling in the Christmas Spirit!

Thanks for stopping by - Rx

Recycled tshirts - into a messenger bag! ....and a new tshirt!

2011-11-27T19:16:00.000Z

Josh has just got to the point where he is outgrowing a lot of tshirts that he really likes. So we sorted through, grabbed out all the ones that dont fit, but have fabby images on the front and I hit the internet.

So, the first plan was to cut an image off the front of one tshirt, then sew it onto the front of one that fits. This was just as easy as it sounds - I heatbonded it first, just to make sure it didnt stretch as I was sewing it.

Then I offered to make a Josh a messenger bag for school - I mean, its just one long strip, folded and sewn, add a handle...job done! Yeah, right!

It took a bit more working out than I thought it would, so I dragged in hubby to give me a hand and together we worked it out.

And here are the results....

The tshirt he is wearing is the one I put the image onto.

And the bag! To stiffen the fabric and take some of the stretch out of it, I heatbonded the front and back of the tshirt together.

I used the sleeve to make a pad for the handle. And it took two tshirts in total. This is the view with the flap up

And, yet another view!

I'm really pleased with how it came out (and the tshirt!), not sure I will be making another one anytime soon!

Next on the list is a throw made out of the rest of the tshirts! I am thinking it will be easy, but then I thought the bag would be easy too!

Thanks for popping by

Delicious Doodles - Hairy Legs

2011-11-25T07:47:00.000Z

Teri is a really good DT boss, cos she asks for input from everyone - so we all get to contribute ideas for challenges etc.

Well, the list was in the sidebar and I added a suggestion or two - and then I looked down at my legs and .....ermmm, yeah...they were HAIRY! The challenge was born! My legs are now perfectly smooth I hasten to add!

So, we decided to use the title for the challenge and interpret it as anything with Hairy Legs - so that could be animals, spiders, MEN!

I chose this image, which I have printed off before but never used - I loved it the first time I saw it!

The flourish was yet another goody from our Crafty Weekend bag - did I mention we got lots? AND, I made the glittery background paper using a glitter spray I already had and then adding a new one that I got....in the goody bag!

I took another shot to try and show the glittery paper!

Well, why not pop over and join in our Hairy Legs challenge?

Aud Sentiments - Anything Holiday!

2011-11-24T20:17:00.001Z

We had some seriously fabby entries last time, it was great looking at them all.

This time the theme is any winter holiday sentiment and we have Polka Doodles as our sponsor. She is giving the winner The entire Magical Winter CD Set! . She also gave us a couple of images to play with.

We are also having a little play with a new idea - Paulette at Create With TLC. is giving everyone a sentiment to play with each challenge, makes it much easier to join in methinks! You dont have to use it, its there if you choose to!

Please stop by her blog and give her a big Thank You for joining us in our challenges and making such beautiful sentiments. She also has a many freebies on her blog and a ton for sale in her store.

Here is the sentiment.....

....and here is my DT entry.

I cut the little pyramind box out of a Lettering Delight file on my ecraft. The image is Polkadoodles and the snowflakes were also cut out on the ecraft.....then glittered to within an inch of their lives!

I coloured the image with copics - am having lots of fun with these still. I am loving the results I get.

And lots of faux stitching - I pinced the faux blanket stitch technique from Scrappy, one of the other DT girls - her link is in my sidebar!

And thats me done for today,dont think anyone has noticed that I didnt include a sentiment eh? - hope you all have a fabby time!

Now THIS I like!

2011-11-22T21:59:00.000Z

As you may know, I have an ecraft....and love it! Its so easy to set up and use. And it just does what I want it to do - no fussing about!

I was going through some cutting files I have and thought I might cut a decal for my coffee mug thingy....so I chose a ....coffee mug thingy!!!! Doh! Perhaps I should have put something pretty on there!

'Tis really cool though - I love it!

Thanks for popping over - I suspect I might be finding LOTS of things to put vinyl on now!

Mobile Phone Back!

2011-11-13T10:49:00.000Z

I got up this morning and decided I would have a go at cutting sticky back plastic with my ecraft!

I cut a butterfly from the fundamentals card and it worked well. Then I decided I would design a "back" for my laptop - then I looked at the size of the laptop and got scared! Start small, methinks! SO, I grabbed my phone.

Nice little design later (using flower flourishes from lettering delights) I started to cut it...but I was using scraps of old plastic stuff and I failed miserably - I am pretty certain its because the plastic was old and wrinkly (no one say anything!!!). Not to be defeated, I decided to cut it from pearl paper and sticky back it in place - not ideal, but there was no way I was gonna wait until I went and bought some more plastic!!!

And....here it is!

OK, it would have looked better in vinyl, but for my first attempt I am sooooo chuffed with it! Need to get on ebay and order vinyl FAST!!!!

Things I would change in the final version....cut the vinyl larger and work out where the camera and speaker phone needs to be (just too lazy this time round!) AND make sure I put it on straight! Mwah ha ha ha!

Thanks for popping by

Mwah ha ha!

2011-11-12T17:17:00.002Z

Delicious Doodles - Remembrance - bad taste post alert!

2011-11-11T06:21:00.000Z

This post features a card of dubious (at best) taste - please don't view if you are sensitive!

Ok, here is the tale....I suggested this challenge for Delicious Doodles, I thought it was appropriate because it is Remembrance Day today in the UK.

Then I got a really bad taste idea in my head, it made me chuckle, but it was bad taste so I dumped it to one side.

I then checked out the other DT member's wonderful creations and thought that I couldnt possibly add another poppy to the mix - so I went to the bad taste option again! It still made me chuckle! So, I thought I would make it - but not onto an ACTUAL card, just onto a blank front - I mean, there is no way I would send this to anyone, but (and sorry for this) it still makes me chuckle!

So here it is.....

....and let us never speak of it again!

Now, pop on over to Delicious Doodles and go look at all the really fabby stuff over there!