Been away far too long!

Well hello stranger I haven't written for soooo long, it has taken me most of the day to remember how it all works. But I'm back to crafting again after the long break.  

I have been very busy over the last 7 months with lots of crafty things to show you all. 

 So what have I been up to. One of our  holidays  last year we traveled to Turkey, it was my first time visiting Turkey and I must say I really enjoyed it.  It was just the girls (Mum, Daughter, Sister and Me) it was so nice to relax by the pool with a book in the sun also spending some quality time with my family.  We all experienced a Turkish Bath and massage which cleanses the skin giving you a longer lasting tan and it worked! I have tan line even now 7 months later.  

I have also branched into making my own cold process soaps, its a lot of fun but I always seem to make an awful lot of washing up! Pictures to follow. 

More news later I want to show a commission that I created last week for an 18th birthday. I made up a box and a band with 18 on the front (so out of practice taking photos forgot to take one of the box)

  I used copics to colour, paper roses which got a splattering of picket fence crackle paint. The cream flowers and butterfly I molded from the new modge podge glue, love this as its so easy to paint.  

Anyway that's it for me tonight I'll be back tomorrow with another make. 

Tando Creative - Black and White Challenge

Good morning everybody.  Hope you have had a lovely Christmas and New Year. I know, I know Christmas seems a distant memory now but this will be the first time I have posted on my blog for a while. 

Age's ago I apply for a spot on Tando Creative design team, sadly I didn't get chosen, but it was very close.  I was however, luck to be chosen to be guess designing for Di and the team all through January and I'm very excited about it. I really hope you like what I have  created. 

Do pop over to the challenge blog and see what the other ladies on the team have created for your viewing pleasure.. This week the challenge is Black and White and here's my contribution. I not sure what these are called I just called it my chipboard screen.. 

Produces used

Tando Creative - Mixed Media Chipboard pieces 74mm x 138mm

Prima papers

Sizzix butterfly die, 

Tim Holtz dies 

Melt pot for flowers

Sweet Stamps images 

Red and Green Colour Scheme - Sweet Stamps Challenge

Hello everyone, hope you are all fine and well.. I have another Christmassy card to show you today using our challenge theme over on SWEET STAMPS and this week its the colour theme is...

  "RED and GREEN" Our prize this week is a $20 spending spree in the Aladdin's Cave of Craft - known as Sweet Stamps online Store  and if you use a Sweet Stamps image you get two entries into the draw.

The flowers I made with the new poinsettia die from Cheery Lynn. Which I coloured by using a mini mister, perfect pearls, distress reinker - Barn door and water. 

For the centres I used gold glass glitter.. 

This is one of my favorite stamps from Sweet Stamps. I love that you can adapt it to suit any occasion. I got out my copics and prisma pencils to colour with for a change been a long time in colouring with this method. Really liked the soft tones and I just had to glitter the wings.  

COPIC Sketch Blending Set TEA ROSE Fairy Queen ATC Merry Christmas Fancy Microfine GLITTER RITZ Glitter Distress Reinkers Distress Ink Pad PEELED PAINT Distress Ink Pad ANTIQUE LINEN Distress Ink Pad BARN DOOR Distress Ink Pad WALNUT STAIN Fanciful Flourish Left Die Little Stackers COVED RECTANGLE Dies Silver Stackers COVED RECTANGLE Dies

Grumpy old Men and three of something

Hello everybody, Tuesday again. Those weekends seem to go by in a flash, especially when you are having fun. I didn't have anything planned so the whole weekend was spent crafting!! Heavenly Bliss... 

Over on Sweet Stamps this week our challenge is to use 3 of something..So head on over to join in.  The prize this week is a $20 spending spree in the Sweet Stamps Store (an aladdin's cave of pure crafting heaven!)

I would also like to welcome our new sweeties to our Sweet Stamps Family and congratulations to Kendra on becoming DT Leader.. 

Senior Team Leaders 

Kendra Sand {DT leader} - Wisconsin

Calypso Bastian - California

Jacqueline Hill {designer} - Michigan

Shelly Schmidt - Illinois

Tamara Morton - England

A warm welcome to our NEWEST Sweeties:

Annette Andersson - Sweden

Bonnie Sharp - Canada

Carolyn LaBille - Minnesota

DeNetra Bates - Georgia

Denise Paxton - Scotland

Erika Selander - Sweden

Irena Kowalczyk - Poland

Irit Shalom - Israel

Jovita Torres - Arizona

Karrie Snider - Canada

Lisa Lahiff - Ohio

Monica Edwards - Florida

Roxie Glaza - Michigan

Right onto my card for the challenge

I couldn't resist this stamp from Sweet Stamps.  This grumpy old man is called "Lyle", he is such a dream to colour up! (links at the the end of the post)

I have used one of the new release dies from Cheery Lynn. Its a border die called Burlap and as always lots of gorgeousness.  The rolled flowers are from Marianne Designs and the leaves are another from Cheery Lynn

Here's a close up of grumpy old Lyle..

and one of the flowers, which I have made out of core'dinations cardstock..  

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Vintage folk - Sweet Stamps Challenge One or more Stamped Image

Hi everyone, this week is going to fly by as here in the UK we are still on Easter vacation, so I have another week off of work (plenty of time for being crafty) ;D

As is Tuesday we start another challenge over on Sweet Stamps Challenge blog and this weeks theme is 

"More than one stamped Image"

Come on over and join in the fun for your chance at winning $20 to spend in the fantastic 

Sweet Stamps Store.  If you use a Sweet Stamps image your name will be entered twice into the prize draw..

Sweet Stamps also has a Facebook page please head on over and connect with us to keep up to date on all the Sweet goings on at Sweet Stamps.

I so love these fashionable folk stamps, they are just so vintage and in style right now.  The male stamp is called "Gentleman Joe" he looks wonderful on a steampunk style card.. The lovely lady stamp is "Lady Sarah" Sweet Stamps have a range of these stamps to suit all tastes..

  

 This is a corner die cut from Cheery Lynn that I have heat embossed with black embossing powder.  Love how it looks like forged metal.

 Can you see the mannequin die? this one is from Die Versions and is called "Dress Form".

Other crafty bits 

Tim Holtz - Film Strip

Prima - Engraver paper pad

White Gesso for the edges

Black embossing powders 

Enjoy the rest of your day 

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Gardener Gayle - Seeing Double

Hi all, what a weekend! I have come down with a dreadful cold and sore throat, but we soldier on.. 

As its Tuesday I have my DT card to show you for Anything goes Challenge Blog and this fortnight the challenge is "Seeing Double" so anything on your project as long as their are two of them. I have used two corner embellishments that I have used embossing powders and heat embossed in white.  I have done the same with the metal butterfly. 

The lock I have used Rock Candy crackle paint and then added the metal key which I'm sorry to say I didn't take a close up of as its really very decorative.  

The gorgeous image is of course from Saturated Canary.. I believe she is called "Gardener Gayle"   

Craft list 

Saturated Canary - Gardener Gayle

Lilli of the Valley Sentiment 

Metal Corner embellies 

Tim Holtz Border Butterflies Die

Tim Holtz - Lock and key Die

 Spellbinders Nessies 

My Favourite Things Rolled Flowers dies

Rock Candy - Crackle paint 

Distress inks 

Ribbon and flowers from stash..

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