Had myself a perfect afternoon crafting in the peace and quiet...I had the house to myself ALL afternoon and apart from being rudely interupted by the TESCO home delivery man (and then having to put the shopping away!!!) I sat for about three glorious hours creating!
Unfortunately this happened:
But despite all that chaos I managed to create this layout which is one of the photographs that the fabulous Kirsty Wiseman insited on taking of me. I love these scrumptious new papers too, manufactured by SEI they are double sided and are foiled too. I really like their papers at the moment. The plain cardstock I have used is my new favourite card...core-dinations...beats Bazzil hands down, which was my previous favourite but is in the second league now as it does not have that all important core!!!
The journalling on this reads...
"I don`t always look this good! Airbrushed by Kirsty. June 2008"
And then being a true Cardmaker/Scrapbooker I used all the bits I had left over and came up with this:
You could say I have had a blue day today!!!
Well Turquoise and green anyway...off now to complete another layout...good old pink this time!!!
Oh the shock and shame of it, I have not done any crafting for over a week...I know its been that long because I couldn`t find my X-cuts today and they were still in my teaching bag...from last Friday!!! Okay I do have the excuse that I have been ill but I can`t believe it has been a week since I made anything. I feel so much better physically today but I am exhausted from lack of sleep, my bed looked very inviting while I was upstairs just now!!!
Okay this morning I finally got my backside in gear, got out my new stash of
Core-dinations...omg this card is to die for, you can sand it, tear it, emboss it and the core is a contrasting or tonal colour... yummmmmmeeeeee...I am so easily pleased sometimes!!! I also had a stash of flocking, now I have never used this before and had a little play and personally have decided I like it better when it is stuck with a dry adhesive...just call me a double sided tape girl...so to make some little embellies I have stuck some DST on some card, die cut it and then peeled away the backing to reveal the adhesive...stick on your flock and voila...little flocked flowers! Be warned though this stuff goes everywhere and my desk is now covered in a light sprinkling of white flock. I have also stuck DST directly onto a card to add a "flocked ribbon".
So all the ladies that are booked into my workshop on Wednesday at
Edwin Allen These are the cards you will be making...using Core-dinations and flocking and...cutting apertures...yes with a craft knife!!!
Oh and have a look at this little beauty, I love it nearly as much as my new camera...Introducing my new phone....
Tis called a "Tocca" and I am having a bit of trouble getting to grips with the "touch screen" but I will get the hang of it...eventually!!!
Thanks for looking I am off to do some scrapping now xxx
I still have this nasty little bug, I say bug but I think there are hundreds of them taking over my body and rendering me completely useless...I had to cancel a class tonight because there was no way I could even face the thought of standing up in front of 15 teenagers and being in control...I hate being ill...I hate not being able to run up some stairs or walk down Oxford street without needing an extra large cannister of oxygen to return my breathing and heart rate to normal levels...Argggggggggggggg...
I have been ill for FOUR days...I have got NO work done, I can`t be bothered with my new phone, which is seriously annoying me...I just want to be able to function...My survival kit instead of double sided tape, scissors and an abundance of Basic Grey Papers are these:
and these which were bought for me today by a very sweet friend...
I am planning on working ALL weekend, I have two workshops and a couple of classes to prepare all for next week...But I did manage to get my little hands on some Coredinations card which I am very excited about and I have a couple of Jars of fun flock to play with too. I need to get some scrapbooking done too...250+ pictures taken last weekend are begging to be played with...watch this space!!!
...and this is how I feel...like little men are inside me wringing all the energy and vitality out of me...I did the ironing earlier this evening then had to sit down, and promptly fell asleep...Then I had to cook tea, had to have a little sit down after that too. I have a horrible hacking cough that when starts little men are hammering at my ribs and spine with picks and axes...But apart from that I am okay...good to go.
I was teaching today and was totally rubbish, I just did not have the energy to be enthusiastic about it so for anyone who attended my class who is reading this I am sorry.
I am meeting a friend for lunch tomorrow and I have a shopping trip with another friend planned on Friday ... I have to get better I am a lady wot lunches!!!
With my camera and the kids and got these little gems...I took the piccie of my gang and Harry tok the piccie of me
This was while waiting for a bus into town where I had to buy a gift for Mia`s little friend who is having a party tomorrow...well I came back with a little present for me too;-)
I have been oohing and ahhing over this little babyliscious superfine beauty for about four weeks and resisting temptaion every time I saw it gleaming at me with its sheer beauty and loveliness
It`s all mine and got a cracking £70 off it tooI do love a bargain, I have taken over 100 photographs with this little baby already. No doubt 5000 more will be taken and upoaded over the next week...boring...........!!!
Thanks for looking xxx
Mia`s mini book of miscellaneous photographs is somewhat completed...I have used book rings to bind this so I can add extra pages as and when I want to, so it is not finished but an ongoing piece.
Have made this book completely from scraps or leftovers of layouts...I am really pleased with how its turned out and although nothing really matches it kinda flows...Mia loves it and that is the main thing.
Complete album
Front cover
Inside Cover
Page 1...Silly
Page 2...Happy
Page 3...Gentle
Page 4...Natural
Page 5...6
Page 7...Sisters
Page 8...Too cute
Thanks for looking xxx
Results of day off work!!!
Had a bit of a play today with something a bit different, the shabby chic style keyring is made from a wooden heart blank, bargain 69p for three from Hobbycraft, painted with a baby blue acrylic paint, white spots added I then drilled a hole and attached a giant jump ring. Beads were then threaded onto an eyepin and attached to a keyring, gingham blue ribbon finishes it off. Had fun making this and the beaded dragonfly.
Beaded Dragonfly
Used Jewelery macking techniques to create this pretty little dradonfly, which has a brooch finding attached to the back.
Scrapbooking on Canvas
Have been experimenting with this technique after wanting to try it for so long, luckily I work in an Art and Craft shop so blank canvases are always at hand. I am particulartly pleased with this little six inch square one though as I was able to paint with acrylics, use some gorgeous patterned paper and incorporate some machine stitching too. Plus the photo was begging to be scrapped!!!
Scrapbooking
I have also had the chance to catch up with my very neglected scrapbook albums, I have two on the go at the momnet, one for the girls and one for the boys.
It has been nice to be able to experiment with a few new ideas, especially the black and white photos, which are fabulous because you can choose the colours you want to work with and are ideal for very busy photographs. I am hoping to be able to get some more scrapbooking completed this week as I have booked this week off too...yippee!!! I love my job but it has been lovely to have some serious Craft Time.
