Cold Weather Brings Craft On

Long long time no seen, no blogging, no crafting, but here we go!

C for CUPPA

Craftbarn Challenge "C" (oops forgot to take pic of my alterated dictionary!) Cup
Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Mr Leeds United Snowman

Blizzard hit a West Yorkshire house. Thankfully only in a craftroom :)

There is a house.

Mr Leeds United Snowman.

Standing strong together, 

we gonna see through snow! 

We are so cold, 

we shout it out so loud, 

we love you snow, snow, SNOW!

(I hate snow and cold but well...)

Kraft

Sassy Cheryl's one Snoman digi stamp

Marianne English Cottage 

Marianne Poinsettia

Marianne Fir (Spruce?)

Prismacolors

Twine

Art Deco Snow Tex

20 Years and Counting

Contemporary wedding anniversary card.

Sizzix Framelits
Spellbinders scalloped oval
Unfortunately cannot remember the stamp who's or name even
Colorine Spectrum Noir
DP stash
Number Sizzix Lipstick Love Letter
Tonic Petal Pairs
Stamens from Malaysia.

Thanks for visiting :)

Sweet Kiss, Eskimo Kiss

Winter is coming. Watched too much Game of the Thrones? Nah, winter IS coming. :)

Usually I choose digital stamps from Mo Manning, but couldn't resist when I saw this :) This is a "real" stamp. :D

Kraft
Mo Manning Eskimo Kiss
Memento Tuxedo Black
Rockablock
Prismacolor pencils
Lyra pencils
Prismacolor fine line markers
Deco Art Glamour Dust
PVA craft glue
Go Kreate

Tutorials I keep next to me "all the time" are from Dorcas' blog. Well, it's not helping if I just "keep" them next to me! Her tutorials are my favourite craft books. :) Her colouring skills are amazing and Dorcas' tutorials are wonderful step by stap to follow. :)

These challenges were running in my head:

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Winter
Ladybug Crafts - Winter
The Cupboard Trilogy - Frosty Winter
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes 
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 
Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - Clean and Simple

Thanks for visiting :)

Few Months Till Summer

There's not much of daylight at the moment, and if there is, it's hiding behind cloudy and foggy weather. This Sassy Cheryl's digital stamp is just perfect. It cheers you up and your pencils and markers really want to get the job done. Good or bad, doesn't matter, as long as I enjoy it!

It's clearly school closing for summer holiday 

and girl celebrates it with new markers she was given.

She's painting grass green and daisies blooming. 

Heh, almost coloured one marker red, 

then of course it would be easy to say 

she's painting town red. ;)

Image Sassy Cheryl's Marker Artist
Kraft

Prismacolors

Lyras

DPs probably from Laura Ashley collection

Gems from stash
Fiskars corner scissors

Brads WRM

That's it!

This is also for

• Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - must include Kraft cardstock - Holiday Gifts (markers)
• Digital Tuesday - include a digital element -#188 Girly (digi stamp)
• Cute Card Thursday - C5 - Girls only
• Use Your Stuff - JFF - Patterned Paper
• Pile It On - Anything but a Christmas Card

:) Till next one

Lady in Gold

Nice to blog something for a change! It's not that I haven't done anything, it's just something... Don't know. Without further ado

Lady in Gold

Stamp is a freebie from one craft magazine 'Creativity'. 
Ink Versamark watermark
Embossing powder Gold (will check the label soon, whose it was)
White card is from Papermill Direct, it's white hammered around 250 gsm
Purple also from Papermills, around 250 gsm
Cardblank Craft UK 6x6
Golden lines Sakura Gold marker pen
Pearls bought from China

Card is made for 

• Less Is More - #95 Glitz and Glamour
• Catered Crop - Silver/Gold project
• Oldie But Goodie Challenge - must use something at least 6mts old  & state what it is-  Anything But Christmas (cardstock at least 12 months old, embossing powder older than me probably and Versamark also from Ice Age ;)
• Cute Card Thursday - Girls only
• Allsorts - #182 Bring on the Bling

:)

Till next time 

White Sox

If I followed baseball, my knowledge would be more than what I gained from A League of Their Own.

This is anyway Baseball Tilda playing for Chicago White Sox.

Image - Magnolia Baseball Tilda
Ink - Memento
Colorine - Promarkers
Card blank - Craft UK 6x6
Lace - Stampin Up punch
Frame - Nellie's
BP - wallpaper
Satin ribbon - stash
Roses - stash

Thanks for visiting :)

Challenges

Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia - Anything Goes
Magnolia Down Under - WoW 
Totally Tilda - BINGO* (lace, dry embossing, flowers)

Nice Colours of Autumn

Autumn is full of colours, different shades of red and green, grey and all. Kids are back to school, and in our house, it means son continues his electric engineering studies. Good for him! Good for me too, he fixed our cooker <3

This is "sort of" DT card for the very first 

Awesome Crafting Facebook group challenge #1

"Nice Colours of Autumn"

Awesome Crafting group is a group of likeminded craft loving people. 

We share tips and advise, love bargain hunting and relaxing.

We also have monthly crafting challenge, surprise prize draws etc.

It also works as our craft stuff flea market!

Image: Mo Manning gorgeous Carolina

Background: Impression Obsession Cover-a-Card Pine

Die cuts: Spellbinders 

Tag die cuts: Stampin Up

Buttons: Woodware

Kraft: Stash

Sentiment: Woodland Folk

Ribbon and twine: Stash

Couple of challenges for this one:

• Mo's Digital Challenge - Buttons
• Do You Stack Up? - 3E – Kraft & twine
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything goes (last challenge)

• Simply Create - must be digital/papercraft - Always anything goes

• Lexi's Creations - Autumn Colours (ends 15th Sept) 

• Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 

• Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - must include Kraft cardstock - Autumn Colors

Thanks for visiting :) xx

A Shoe Tower --- Really?

Where to go for a good looking, holding minimum of 72 cards, easy to lift and move around card stand?

1. Look around for ideas. Find a great idea from Leikkaan Mervi's blog .
2. Shop around.
3. Buy a Revolving Shoe Tower! (£6.58)

Height 84cm (33")
Diameter 28cm (11")
Base diameter 22cm (8 3/4")

This one holds stamps and stuff. I went through drawers and found "few" pots and tubes of glitters and glues, now they all are just there easily to grab. This works perfectly for me, because doesn't need lots of desk space, and of course the price was GREAT :)

Binder rings would be good (as on the pic), but because of they are quite pricey, I might settle with key rings. Argh, it will take ages to twist and curl them around. Well...

Easily holds 72 cards and more if you want to go and show your cards.

Thanks for visiting :)

Exploding Box Freebie

I saw a bit different exploding box and thought, well, I'll try something. 
No decorations or anything, because I just wanted to publish the freebie.


1. Here's the box. 

2. Another pic of the box.

3. This is very very very easy to make, and I drew a sketch.
You need 21 cm x 21 cm square.

4. Lid/top/hat
You need 13.5 cm x 13.5 cm square. 

Hope you like it. :)

E and S

Another wedding "card" :)

3 tier cake and acetate box with carrying handle.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Handmade Roses... again

Lucinda makes astonishing paper roses, never seen as beautiful as hers. Been drooling over this tutorial and of course want to share my first attempts with crafting bloggers.

Second set (and the first)

punch used Tonic petal punch
cardstock around 200 gsm white hammered
hot glue
distress ink to give colour
wet glue + glitter

Pop over to Lucinda's and you will be amazed how gorgeous her creations are.

That's all for now. Thanks for visiting :)

New Life in Recycling

Finally I have a clock hanging on my craft room wall, 
and how beautiful clock it is! 
Well, my opinion counts :)

Simple, clear numbers and ticking the time.

1 x LP record

1 x clock mechanism

numbers by Sizzix Alphabet Dies "Lipstick Love Letter"

Spellbinders Octagons

kraft card for numbers and the middle

cream card for scalloped octagon

That's it. :)

Thanks for visiting :)

What a Heck of a Challenge!

Lovely title? If you just knew the ladies behind this new Challenge Blog you would agree.

Mandy and Mandy are two really creative women and they make you laugh and will laugh with you. 

If you live in West Yorkshire, you should go and visit the shop and have a chat. Wonderful, warm welcome, even more wonderful prices and very inspiring creations. 

Now the big news:
(This is an advertisement)

Heck of a Challenge

Welcome to our New Challenge Blog and DT call

Hello everyone and welcome to our new challenge blog.
After months of planning (and pestering by Lisa lol) we are finally up and running.

The challenge will be monthly with a new theme set on the 1st of each month. 

All types of Craft are welcome and you can enter more than once but each entry MUST be a different type of craft.

The first challenge will start on 1st September .

before that time we need to recruit a DT ...and build up our followers.

If you would like to enter our DT call please email lisa.coe@btinternet.com telling us a little about yourself with some examples of your work and a link to your blog if you have one.( ps anyone from anywhere can apply)

The DT call ends 15th august.

Also we have Candy up for grabs to celebrate our new challenge.
Just display our badge on your blog with a link to the new challenge blog, 
spread the word and become a follower.

New Life for Old Mug Tree

New Life for Old Mug Tree 

and more

I like recycling and finding low price solutions for my craft stuff. Here are few ideas. 

Old mug tree. Sentimental value is priceless and of course it is nice. My friend, Andrea gave it to me almost 20 years ago and here it is now on my craft desk.

Those bags, what are they? They are left over CD bags from CD storage boxes and they make perfect stamp pouches.

Glass coffee jars are good flower jars. My friend Sharon saves these particular jars for me and I really appreciate it.

CD storages. 99 pence each from discount store made perfect marker pen carriers and they look cool. Keep marker pens nicely and easy to carry if needed.

CD racks from ebay, 99 pence each. Now they have a new life keeping stamps and miscellaneous pens and markers on order. Biscuit tins holding glues and stickles :)

More recycling stuff coming soon. LP record is a clock on the wall and shoe box with old table lamp is a perfect light box! :)

In 'artford, 'ereford and 'ampshire 'urricanes 'ardly hever 'appen

My very favourite musical with wonderful performances from Rex Harrison and unforgettable  Audrey Hepburn among many many others.

Why telling you all this? Because of this beautiful stamp!

If you look at the butterfly you'll see the screws! Hih, those are from Tim Holtz collection, small screw top brads. Cool, innit! :)

Image - Kraftin Kimmie's Eliza bought from That Craft Place
Colorine - Prismacolor pencils
Embossing - Tim Holtz embossing folder
DP - Tim Holtz Kraft-Core Nostalgic Collection
Metallic butterfly - Dawn Till Dusk Crafts
5 x butterflies - Anna Griffin punch
Touch of Distress Stickles
Ribbon, pearls and bp - stash

With great pleasure I would love to join these challenges:

Clearly Inspired -  Things with Wings
Fashionable Stamping Challenges - no digi allowed - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes
Mark's Finest Papers - Nature
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Paper Play Challenges - Layer It Up
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Penny Black and More -  no digis - Whiskers and/or Wings
Pile It On - Add Some Metal
Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sisters - #93 Things with wings
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Things with Wings
The Crafty Pad - Show some Metal
The Ribbon Girls -  Must use ribbon - BINGO* (ribbon-pearls-image)

Thanks for visiting :)
Oh yeah, it would be lovely. Lovely. Lovely!

Johnny and Maria, Part II

Remember this?

Today it was the Part II.

Congratulations, Mr and Mrs.

All cream and red. I made those cream roses yesterday and wedding cake tiers I made earlier, but today was the all decorations. Everything was covered with cream hammered card, then lace, then roses.
After cake was glued on the base, I thought pearls would give the final sweet touch.

Edit 6 August 2012
Before the wedding I asked bride's sister, what's the colour scheme and Jodie told me it's cream and red. I've now seen few pics and I think those 3 red roses are a good match!

3 roses symbolize a 3-core marriage, husband, wife and God.

Of course I had few challenges in my mind

Dawn's Crafty Cards & Friends - #1 Anything Goes
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes
Simply Create Too -  Week 1, Anything Goes 
Decorate to Celebrate - must be party decoration 
Divas by Design - #46 Flowers
Incy Wincy Designs - Anything but a Card 
Jackson's Digital Expressions -  Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - PTT #79 Anything Goes
Twisted Tuesday - Free For All- Anything Goes
Amusing Challenges - Anything Goes 
2 Sisters - #103 Anything goes 
Catch The Bug -  Anything Goes
Stamp Man - Week 2, Anything Goes / Celebrations
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting!

Sunshine and Tupu

Yep, this is my sister, Tupu. I'm useless to keep contact but when I saw this image, I "had to have her" and honour my sister. Poor lass, broke her ankle and had pot for 12 weeks!!!

It's been weird not been blogging, but I've been so so so tired. Love coloring and making things, but oh dear, how I could sleep 20 hrs a day. :D Old age, old age... I thought the older you get, less you need sleep.

Image Mo Manning
Coloring Promarkers
Sky Prismacolor
Ribbon Stampin Up
Buttons Papermania
Design Papers Born to Shop and Bazoo collections
Die Cut Spellbinders
Strawberries covered by UTEE (first attempt, LOVE the stuff)

Challenges for this

Bronte and Bella's Challenge (Mo's Digital Pencil) - Anything Goes and Thank You

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting :)

Dance the Night Away

I've been waiting for to blog this card. I love it and I think even got the colours right ;)

More

More

Close up

Image Mo Manning Little Irish Dancer digi stamp 

Colorine Prismacolor pencils

Cardstock cream linen

Glitter Papermania

Florals Unique by Annemaritta (yeah, that's me!)

Gems Poundland 

Challenges:

Bronte and Bella's Challenge (Mo's Digital Pencil) - Dancing & singing

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - Easel or more than one fold

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - All Things Girlie
Lia Stampz Challenge - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show... -Anything Goes 
Gingerloft - Fancy Folds
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Jackson's Digital Expressions -  Anything Goes + using some sort of Colour media


I hope you like this one. <3

Happy Couple

Yesterday postman Pat dropped an envelope and in that very envelope was this gorgeous stamp! It was a surprise present from a friend and this is my first colourine and finished card using the stamp.

Image - Kraftin Kimmie
Colorine - Prismacolors
Kraft - Samuel Taylors
Die - Go Kreate
Gems - Papermania
Swirls - Joy Crafts
All the rest - stash

Challenge or maybe more:
Kraftin Kimmie - My Favourite Kraftin Kimmie Stamp
Make it Monday - Always Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting :)