Sketch Saturday #22

Another lovely sketch over at Sketch Saturday and this one came together really qickly for me (1/2 hour and that is really quick for me!) The bright pink cs is coredinations the scalloped circle cut on Robbie from paper by Raspberry Road Designs, flowers and brad PM, 2 lines of silver peeloffs and giant black ricrak behind the flower oh yes and some black adhesive stones. TFL and now I am off to bed and hopefully having a lie in tomorrow! (wont hold my breath though! lol)

SCSC #4

Over at SCSC it was a sketch and a fantastic one it was too, I didnt think I was going to get this done in time this week but I have (only just!) I've used PM papers, flower and brad, coredinations cs stamped with Anitas stamp using black ink and silver pearl embossed, added some sparkle to my flower with a sakura stardust pen too! TFL

A quick hello!

Wow the course I have been on this week was fantastic, best bit of training I have done in years and I really enjoyed it. As an added bonus we finished at lunch time today so I thought I'd sneak in some extra crafting only to find printer is playing up again so I think I am gonna have to go out tomorrow and get another one as I cant put up with it only working when it feels like it! Anyway I'm off to make a card from some paper I've already got! lol back later.x

Friday Sketchers # 25

Yes I know I said I probably wouldnt be back but as I was checking out which challenges I still have to complete this week I came across the lovely sketch by Claudia Rosa over at Friday Sketchers and here is my interpretation of it. Made this using JS Victorian Christmas cd for papers and image, then put cs thru BS using swiss dots folder, added some ribbon and a little silver snowflake. TFL and now I'm off to bed!

CCT challenge # 33 The stars at night

This week CCT said This week we would like to see some stars or something spooky on your cards. I opted for stars and used PM paper, coredinations cs punched with xcut ribbon punch then threaded some blue and silver organza ribbon thru then mounted some more of the paper ontop with the trees punched out and finished off with a silver peeloff. TFL Today on the course was really hard and emotional and tonight I am feeling totally drained and my cold is starting to kick in big time so not sure if I'll manage anymore tonight but hope to be back tomorrow night.

ABC challenge N is for Nature

we would like to see you using nature to inspire you this week. It can either be a creation using images (stamped or otherwise, eg leaves, flowers) or the colours of nature. this was the challenge over at ABC So I wracked my brains trying to think of what I could do. (not an easy task especially after 7 1/2 hours of training! not much left to wrack not that there was much there in the first place!) anyway after digging thru my stash I came across these fabric flower pieces that were bought as complete flowers from a cheapy shop then pulled apart so now I've put some back together but in a different order! and used a big brad to hold them, mounted them onto a circle of coredinations cardstock embossed with a BS stexture plate and sanded. Background paper is PM then a few peeloffs added. TFL Had another good training day today but a bit nervous about tomorrow as we have to put what we have learnt into practice with some of our residents and they are going to video us too! Scary!

Spoonful of Sugar challenge 22 Halloween

Over at Spoonful the challenge this week is Halloween and I've just finished my card in time! I embossed some white cs using the fiskars texture plate and BS then rubbed my ink pad over this, mounted it on to the card add the spider confetti and finally Spider Dottie coloured using sakura glaze pens then wrote Happy Halloween round the edge in sakura stardust, looked better in my minds eye! lol. TFL

MTTC challenge #36 Personalise it

Over at MTTC it said This week's theme is 'Personalise it' - make your project more personal and put a name on it. So I decided it was time my craft room really became mine! I used PSE5 and did it all digitally with a freebie kit from ShabbyPrincess - Promise. My door plaque once printed was stuck onto mount board and then holes and eyelets added with my cropadile and ribbon from my stash. As you will no doubt have noticed the plaque uses the same name and papers as my blog title, well this is my little playground as its where I come to play with my stash and unwind after a hard day. TFL I enjoyed making this. Had a great training day but it was very intensive so crafting time definately required to unwind too tonight but probably not too late! (famous last words! lol)

PTW challenge Frightful but delightful

PTW is This weeks challenge is a halloween one! Anything you like - cards, bags boxes tins etc etc as long as it's Frightful but delightful!! so I have used the gorgeous pumpkin Dottie from Charmed coloured using wc pencils and sakura glaze pens, paper is Raspberry Road Pick of the Patch add on Freebie, coredinations cs, PM flowers, anitas adhesive ribbon, brad from stash and the pumpkin layered stickers I bought last year in the £ shop. TFL as awlays.

New Award

Thank you Lea for this award. These awards are always so nice to receive and always difficult to pass on! either because the receipient I want to pass it on to already has it (usually the case) or becuase I cant decide on only a small number of people to pass it on to! So I would love to pass this award onto:

Ruth, Adele, Sammi Natasha and Nicky and thank you all for sharing the wonderful work that you do, I love dropping by and seeing what you have been up to along with the many other places that I love to visit.

Dotties World Challenge Spotty Dottie

After leaving last weeks challenge to the last minute I have managed to persuade my printer to play along with this weeks challenge over at Dotties World! No I am not asking for a pubescent Dotty in need of a tube of Clearasil, but I would like to see some spots. Yep, today I am setting the challenge here on Dottie's World, and this is what I would like you to do: SPOTTY DOTTIE I want to see SPOTS. It doesn't have to be Dottie, you can of course use any of the downloads. BUT I don't just want to see a circle or two. Printed Dottie witch and background papers which are Raspberry Road, coloured image in using sakura stardust and metallic pens to match the pendant I made. Then added some ghost table confetti I got last year and some small black adhesive stones. Hope I used enough spots. TFL. Dont know how much I'll be around during the week as I am on a training course Mon-Fri 9-5 so will depend on how shattered I am after getting home and doing tea but hopefully I'll have enough energy to be around otherwise I am really gonna fall behind with all the fantastic challenges. :(

Dotties World Challenge - Not a Card attempt 2!

I'm back with another attempt at this challenge and this almost didnt happen too! Printer and me have fallen out big time! I am now going to have to rely on images and paper that I have already printed out til I can afford a new printer I have had this one about 4 or 5 years and it has worked hard! but even so it shouldnt just give up on me - doesnt it know how much I NEED to craft! Oh well time to get resourceful I think and use up all that paper that I have lying around the craft room! Anyway this second attempt uses a coaster blank that I got years ago for putting xstitch in so I cut out Rudolph and mounted this onto some PM paper to which I added a few dots of sakura clear stardust. The great thing is, is the back has a little notch in it which makes it easy to take it out and change the image inside so this coaster can be changed to suit my mood/time of year etc. Not sure that such a cute image suits my mood tonight though! lol! TFL

Dotties World Challenge - Not a Card

Louise decided it was time for a change and threw down this challenge - Make something using a Charmed download but IT CAN'T BE A CARD! Great challenge Lou! Well I have made something that is not a card but as per usual it hasnt turned out quite how I wanted it to so I may well be back later tonight with another attempt and I think I have now decided that me and shrink dont mix very well! I made this for a friend who collects witches but I'm not sure if I will give it to her or not at the moment. My printer is still playing up big time which could mean I'll need a new one - gulp! but I did manage to print the main image onto the shrink then I over coloured it with sakura metallics and stardust pens, took ages to shrink and it hasnt shrunk as neatly as I wanted! Added the leather cord and a silver bead to finish it off. Sorry its not a great pic but no-one around to help with that so am wearing it and taking the pic! lol! TFL

Sketch Saturday #21

Another fabby sketch over at Sketch Saturday which I didnt think I'd get done in time but I have jsut managed it before I go to bed! Sorry not sure about the papers, I think the pale pink one is PM but not sure about the other, anitas sticky ribbon, PM flower and brad, coredination cs and the image was sent to me in a pif so dont know whose it is, and now I really am going to bed! Night all. TFL x

SCSC #3

Over on the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge blog the challenge this week went like this "This week there is no sketch but a theme, set by the lovely KIM which is "Blue, White and a little bit of snowflake!". Again any project can be made as long as it fits with the theme." So here is what I came up with .. Snowman cut from mountboard using sizzix die then the same cut from a piece of cordinations that was then embossed using fiskars plates thru the BS then sanded to give the lighter core thenI stuck this to the mount board and added the shiny blue hat and scarf and coloured his twig arms and added googly eyes. He was then mounted on to some white card embossed with swirls (fiskars plates again) and the backing paper is from Raspberry Road Designs and all finished off with some silver peeloffs. TFL Today has been a day off but I have spent most of it trying to complete paperwork for work or trying to sort my printer as it keeps telling me my cartridges are faulty again even though I've just put new ones in, it really is frustrating me! - not bad when actually I thought I was going to have a lovely day of crafting - typical huh! Oh well I'm on an early tomorrow so will be heading off to bed shortly but hope to catch up with you all over the weekend, have a great one. x

StampSomething challenge - sketch something

Well this is my card for the challenge over at Stamp Something I have used Birthday Dottie, PM papers, adhesive paper ribbon from Lakeland which I stamped with red ink and a red ballon cut using a quickcuts die and self ahesive gems from the £1 shop. TFL

Ria on Dartmoor

Just thought I'd quickly add a couple of pics from Rias weekend on Dartmoor, the first is of her having a rest having relieved herself of her rucksack and the second one is one she took and is rather proud off, says it really gives her the feeling of religion, I must admit I am impressed with the pic too, no dount she will manage a scarpbook page or 2 eventually of the pics she took, she didnt take many as the camera was playing up (typical!) TFL Right I'm off to bed now, stuggling to keep my eyes open but I so wanted to get the CCT challenge completed, think I'm going to have to start combining my challenges if I'm running out of time but I prefer to keep them separate! Goodnight. x

CCT challenge # 32 Autumn (Fall)

Thanks CCT great challenge, autumn colours are lovely but I struggled to find the right image! while I was looking thru my digi kits for inspiration for papers I came across this digi stamp from the Raspberry Road Designs Farmhouse collection and the rest just flowed so to speak. The image is coloured using wc pencils and whispers pens, the background paper is from another Raspberry Road kit- Burlap Buddies, which my printer eventually let me print after much shouting at it! lol it is being rather tempermental at the moment and is most frustrating! The card and ribbon are both from my stash. TFL

ABC challenge M is for Male

Oh the dreaded Male themed card, thats the challenge over at ABC well its not called 'the dreaded' but thats how I feel about trying to produce effect male orientated cards! Well there I was pondering what to do when suddenly I remembered that I had coloured in Super George while I was sat with my back playing me up so then it was a a case of searching for the right papers which are Raspberry Road then I used some stamps that I have had in my stash for a while I picked them up at Lakeland Plastics whilst visiting my mum some time ago! (always knew they would come in handy eventually! Now that its finished I love the tag but am not so sure about the background anymore! might have to do another using a different background but at least I have managed to complete another challenge and just in time again too! TFL and thats all from me tonight as I'm on an early shift again tomorrow, so night night all.

Spoonful of Sugar challenge 21 Sketch

Spoonful Of Sugars challenge 21 was a sketch by Lim, I really enjoyed this one and used my xyron cutter which I havent used for a while so that was good, cut the photo corners with it, then embossed them, papers are PM, card is coredinations, main heart is a quickcuts die and the tiny hearts are a sizzlit, the peeloff sentiment has been coloured using whispers permenants. TFL Right off to try and get another card done tonight, so might be back later.