WooHoo I won again!!!

I entered a competition on the Crafts Beautiful forum a while back, in fact I had forgotten that I entered, so when I received the email congratulations I was thrilled to bits!

I won this brilliant beading Starter kit from The Brighton Bead Shop I have wanted to have a go at beading for a while now, but kept putting it off because of buying all the bits & bobs, but now I have enough to have a good try at it.



Watch this space :)

Look at this

I have just received this fantastic punch, it's so easy to line up & use! I just know that I am going to get so much use out of it, because it's so versatile & I completely love it. Thank you Sally. Not only that but I have finally bought me a white uni signo pen, this little darling writes on dark backgrounds like a dream. There is no more keep going over the doodling for me Yippee!!!

If you like what you see & want one too, just contact Sally through her blog!

The Cropadile, have you got yours yet?

I sometimes wonder if I am the only crafter without a Cropadile. I have not bought one before because I have weak wrists & stiff hands due to Arthritis & really thought that I would not be able to use it. How wrong I was, recently at a crop my friend allowed me to use hers & it is so easy to use & cuts through most things like butter.


This tool is definately on my must have list & I will get one soon!

Ooops I've been tagged!!!

By Caroline.........thank you.....I think! :)

It seems that I must tell you 7 random things about Me.......hmmm, lets see!

(1) I have a sister that lives in Australia

(2) I love to hear the tick of a clock, in a quiet room

(3) My partner is 8yrs my junior

(4) My favourite soaps are Eastenders & Neighbours

(5) I hate wearing shoes

(6) Outdoors I walk with the aide of a stick

(7) I have a sea gull tattoo'd on my right thigh

Now I have to tag 5 more victims...opps I mean people :))

Jules

Martine

Rachel

Leona

Denyze

Please comment here girls when/if you have accepted the Tag, because I would love to read your 7 random things ;)

Do you ever have one of those day??

When you seem to have been busy doing lots but, have nothing to show for it at the end of the day! Well I have had that all weekend, it seems. I have been helping Alex take & edit photos of different things for his Uni assesment, different everyday gadgets that aide the blind in their homes to make life easier for them. Crumbs, a real eye opener {no pun intended} for me, & very interesting at all the help out there. There seems to be a gadget for almost everything, anyway between doing that and battling a losing battle & wasting shrink plastic {something I haven't used before} I have been finishing off a few crafty jobs that have been hanging around for a few days, ready to post tomorrow. I did in fact manage to successfully use the shrink plastic, but it prefered the oven to my heat tool.

So all I have to show today is a few ATCs & one of those was a RAK :)

The lighthouse is the shrink plastic ATC for a swap

The Hedgehog & the Tilda are both for a swap

The black & white ATC was a lovely RAK from Caroline & it was here very 1st attempt at ATCs , so I feel very honoured. Thanks Caroline, it's lovely & it really made my day opening the envelope after the one containing my phone bill :)

Hopefully tomorrow will prove to be more productive!!!

Eclectic Mini Book

I am thrilled to be the guest designer for this weeks Arty Girlz challenge!

The challenge this week is 'Ribbons' and is sponsored by

Molly Daydream who I can personally recommend for their superb quality and excellent customer service, as I purchased ribbon and charms from them to make my sons wedding favours etc.

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I learned how to make this mini book during one of the crops that I attend, I have decided to call it an 'eclectic mini book, because each page is different. They are made up of different shapes of chipboard, acetate, a cd rom, a chipboard frame, paper & plywood. If you wanted to make something similar, you could also use file cards, wage slip envelopes, packing slips etc. whatever!

A cropadile is a really useful tool for making this type of project, as making holes in differnt materials then becomes so easy to do. So many different techniques can be used as well, such as painting, sanding, paper shaping, cutting, and more!

The papers used in this project are Dream street's 'Hugs & Kisses' range.

Lake Cargelligo

I am still plowing through my photos from 2 holidays in Australia. This photo was taken back in 2000 during my 1st visit & I remember saying to my sister {now an Aussie citizen} "those flowers are glorious, so vibrant" & her replying "Jane they are weeds" But, they sure looked like flowers to me :)

All products used are from my supply of subscribed Scrapagogo kits. The paper was pre printed with the trees, so I simply applied glossy accents to the green berries & added Hambly rub on leaves as I wanted to keep it all simple!

I'd love to live here!!

The photo on this LO is the view to the small strip of beach, where my Sister & her family walk thier dogs. I deliberately kept the LO simple as I want to keep the focus on the photo!

Everything except the brads, were from my March Scrapagogo kit, I just love the combination of chocolate brown & duck egg blue!

Papier Mache Mask

Here is a papier mache mask that I made yesterday as my entry for the Arty Girlz challenge #29 the subject this week is Black & White.
I painted the mask white, then decopatched it using Paper Napkins & a combined glue & gloss solution. I then simply added gems & ribbons.

Right I am off to check out some other challenge blogs now ;)

Distressed Angles

Here is my ATC that I created for the Tags, Toppers & ATC's challenge #2 The theme for the challenge is 'Glitter'