Potterz crafty Paradise

Sketch time at Papertake

2012-02-28T13:37:00.000Z

Hi all hope you are all well.

It's Sketch time at Papertake Weekly

and Dawny has not failed to come up

with another cracker.

We are sponsored this week by the

fabulous team over at

Simon says stamp.

So pop over to Papertake and have a go.

The image is a Digi called Nevaeh from

Saturated Canary digi on Etsy.

She is coloured with Polychromos pencils and

blended with sansodor.

The Papers are from Papermania's Rose gardens

and Prima Botanical paper pad.

I've edged with Antique linen distress ink.

Sentiment is from LOTV.

Ribbon from stash.

Short and sweet today still busy

with the blanket squares.

Thanks for looking

Hugs Angie x

Get Krafty

2012-02-21T13:34:00.000Z

Hi all hope your well.

I don't know where time is going, half term

flew by in the blink of an eye, my son

had a fantastic time in Paris with school.

He even enjoyed looking round the Louvre

which is so not him.

Wonders never cease.

It's time to get krafty over at

Papertake weekly.

So lets get that kraft card out and

have a play.

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous

Ribbon Girls who have

a £10 voucher up for grabs.

I thought i would finally have a go at

colouring onto Kraft card.

I have seen lots of beautiful cards where

this technique has been used, let

me tell you it's harder than what you think.

I struggled a bit with my shading and had to

pile the colour on quite a few times.

I was quite pleased with the end result, though

more practise is needed.

The Kraft card is from Papermania.

I used my Polychromos Pencils and

sansodor blended with paper stumps.

The papers are from doodlebug (i think)

I found them shoved in with another paper

pack, i remember buying them as loose sheets.

Hold that

Yes they are Doodlebug i just had a look and

it's printed on the back Durrr!

The flowers are Prima.

Sentiment is from Tim Holtz.

Punched leaves Martha Stewart.

Marianne Creatables die shape.

Ribbon and Lace from stash.

Well that's all folks so please pop over and

have a look at the challenge and see the other

DT's cards they are fab.

Thanks for stopping by

Take care

Love U

2012-02-14T13:42:00.000Z

Hi all hope all's well with you.

It's Papertake time again and this

week we have a colour theme.

Black, White and Red all over.

(with the exception of hair and skin).

This weeks sponsor is

Whiff of Joy.

I have made another valentine card,

i give one to Beth every year so this is

for her.

I have used this fabulous Teddy Bea image

i had actually printed it out a while ago with

all the extra balloons to use this idea,

and have been waiting for the right time

to use it.

I have used promarkers to colour her in.

The sentiment is stamped with

Tatty Teddy alphabet stamp set.

I have used a Marianne creatables die.

Ribbon and Gems from stash.

Please go and check out the wonderful
work from my fellow Dt's and

i hope to see all your fabulous card over at

Papertake.

I am also going to enter my card into this times

Teddy Bo and co challenge which is

Love is in the air.

Here is just a quick pic to show

how the daffs are doing.

As you can see they have

started to open, they are beautiful,

they make me smile every time i go into

the kitchen.

Lets hope they are the promise of

warmer weather to come.

Thanks for stopping by today

Take care

Cosy Ta dah

2012-02-10T10:44:00.000Z

Ta Dah

Hi all hope you're well.

It's last day of school for my little ones

then we can have a week off.

It should be a nice peaceful one as

my eldest is off to Paris with school

(alright for some).

So there will be no sibling rivalry.

Here we are then i've finished the cosy.

Actually it wasn't to bad to do really,

quite easy, i love the pleat effect.

Flitting around blog land a lot of people

seem to be using wooden needles these days

so i thought i would have a go.

Searching on eBay i came across some

Cath Kidston goodies

And wooden knitting needles.

The best thing is they're all

unwanted Christmas gifts so are

brand new and half the RRP.

I've got a nice little set happening here.

I must say they are really good to knit with

smooth and unlike my metal ones warm in your hand.
I would recommend them.

Oh well it's back to blanket squares again

I will finish, I will finish.
Just keep saying that to myself.

Take care

With Love

2012-02-07T12:10:00.001Z

Hi there hope you are well.

It's getting to that time of the year

when Love is in the air.

and it's no different over at

Papertake weekly.

This week we have an

Anything goes week

with the optional extra of using a heart

or do a love theme.

we are sponsored by the girls

over at Lili of the Valley

I have gone

super size with this card

it's my first 8x8 card

and gosh it was hard to fill up.

I decided to go large because the image

was way to big for my usual 6x6.

I had to find extra bit's then to fill the space.

The image is SWALK stamp from

Crafters companions, and coloured with promarkers.

The sentiments are from an old

stamp set i have from Elusive images.

The flourishes are from a Tim Holtz die.

Papers are from Joanna Sheens romance CD ROM.

The heart button i made out of a heart

cut out of cardboard and coloured with

distress inks. Punched holes and then

triple embossed with clear embossing powder.

I made a few of these in one go in all sorts of colours.

I think i will give it to my other half for

valentines day.

please check out Papertake and see all the fabulous

work the other DT's have made.

I have had a pause at the moment with

the granny squares

when you have to make 400 +

they can get a bit samey.

So i'm having a bit of a break.

Looking through the latest copy of

simply knitting i came across a

fab pattern for a tea cosy and

in my favourite colours to,

so i just had to make it.

Here's a sneaky peak of were i'm up to.

This was yesterday afternoon the

sun came out so i sat in the

conservatory it was bliss.

I'll be back when it's finished to show you

until then

Take care

More daff pots

2012-02-06T16:35:00.000Z

Hi all hope you are well and not

to cold.

Well as usual it has snowed everywhere

in the country except on us in the

North west, all we had was rain.

Which then froze, it was pretty yuck really.

I have seen some of the snow pic's

people have posted in blog land and

they look wonderful.

oh well we can dream.

The reason for today's post is to

show you what happens

when you find something addictive.

You might remember my post from last week

Well

They multiply

Wow i have just noticed looking at

the picture from last week and

then this one today how much the

daffs have grown.

Yes i did buy some more when i went food shopping.

The daffs were a good bargain, i got them

from Morrisons they had them on at 50pa pot,

half price so i couldn't resist.

Then once i got home i had to make the pot covers,

luckily they are quick to make as i couldn't

wait and

If you are wondering

no
i'm not sick of pineapples yet.

Take care

Wildflower Fairy

2012-01-31T12:37:00.000Z

Hi all hope you are well.

I have had a big push lately with the blanket

squares i've done another 80 odd or so.

I have got so many other things i want to start

but i've told myself i'm not allowed

to start them till what i've got on the

go at the moment are finished.

Otherwise i'd have bags of projects that just won't get

finished.

Anyway enough wool and onto a card.

It's time for another Papertake Weekly

and this weeks challenge is a

Dawny Sketch.

I love sketches half the battle for me is

layout and following a sketch is just

brill, not much thinking is needed.

I have used a gorgeous digi image

called Wildflower Fairy from

Saturated Canary Digi's off Etsy.

I thinks she's the artist behind the Sassy stamps,

she has a lot of wonderful images you can buy.

I have used a mixture of copics pro an flex markers

to colour her in.

Sentiment stamps is from a flower fairies stamp set.

Papers are from Pink Petticoat vintage rose

collection.

Ribbon and lace are from my stash.

Please go and check out the other
dt's work over at Papertake weekly.

One last thing
Oooooooooo!
look at last my
Hyacinthe bulbs are out.

They smell as good as they look.

Thanks for looking today.
Take care

Pot of daffs

2012-01-28T19:37:00.001Z

Hi all hope you are well and

enjoying your weekend.

Just wanted to share with you a little something

i made last night.

You know how it is, i happened to be passing

my local yarn shop and somehow the

car seemed to stop right outside.

Who was i to argue so in i went to have a look.

WELL

Staring at me from the shelf was

some gorgeous

Louisa Harding Ianthe yarn

in some yummy colours so i had to take them home.

i love the muted tones

Looking through blog land i came across

tins that had crochet covers on them see here.

My mum had bought me a pot of daffs so

when i saw these i thought what a great idea

and had to make one

Guess which yarn i had to use.

I used a Pineapple rings tin instead of tuna.

I used a mixture of crochet stitches

Double, Half Double and treble.

And

Ta.. Dah..

I'm really pleased how it turned out.

I left long ends when i changed colours,

after i had sewn the edges together i pulled

all the ends out of the top,

then made them into a tassel to cover the join.

The tin fits the daffs pot perfectly.

It now has pride of place on the kitchen windowsill.

The only thing now is they are quite addictive,

i might have to buy some more pineapple tins

when food shopping next week to make a matching set.

Good job we all like pineapples.

Thanks for looking

Take care

Spring is in the Air

2012-01-24T13:26:00.007Z

Hi all on this dull and miserable wet

Tuesday hope your are well.

Aren't you just fed up of this weather, they were

even talking about lack of vitamin D this morning on

the BBC, i think we are all suffering.

Well it's Papertake time again and this week

the theme is

Happy Highlights

We want you to highlight part of the image

or paper with something like

Glossy Accents, Glitter or decoupage.

This week we are sponsored by

Bugaboo
Who have 7 digi stamps up for grabs.

I have used one of the images available from

Bugaboo. This one is from the scene it range

called Ladybugs.

I have used my Promarkers and Flexmarkers

to colour it in.

I used Glossy Accents on the Ladybugs.

Papers are from K and Co best of paper pad.

Sentiment i found online as a freebie digi

image.

Flowers are Prima and i have used

Martha Stewart punches for the leaves and

the background.

Ribbon from the Ribbon Girl.

Pin from stash.

Please go and check out the other girls DT work
they are all just fab.

I took a picture of the roses i bought

whilst food shopping last week

Aren't they just gorgeous and cheap to.

I bought them from Aldi £3 for 11 roses.

They had them in all sorts of fab colours.

I got pink as it's my favourite colour.

I'm also on with making a Granny Square
Spring blanket and with the amount of squares
i've got to do it will probably be spring before
i finish making them.

I've got 400+ to make, i've forgotten the total off the
top of my head but i have it written down
in colour combo's so i don't loose my way
and have to recount.

Fortunately they are not to big so you can make a square
quite quickly and i'm finishing them off on the back
as i go so i don't have to do it all at the end.
I can imagine that would take days in itself.

I'm aiming to try and get it finished before our
first VW show in the spring.
I also fancy making some bunting to go
round the van as well.
I think i'm going to be a busy bee........Buzz.

Thanks for looking
Take care

Cosy time for Tea and some wool

2012-01-20T10:48:00.000Z

Hi all hope you are well.

I thought i would share with you the

quick project i have just finished,

in between all the other two projects on the go
at the moment.

The cosy is a pattern from a book

that had strawberries on the top

but i wanted to brighten it up

so decided to make rosettes in all

colours to add a bit of a spring feel.

I don't know if the internet is a good or a bad thing

i keep coming across some gorgeous

patterns for things that i want to make.

This prompted a trip to my local wool

shop. They must have thought it was Christmas

again when i walked in

there was so much gorgeous wool.

This first box is some wool i got

for my stash, you could call it

just in case stash.

If i come across something that takes my eye

I've got some wool to get going

straight away.

I bought this alpaca to make a

knitted cushion which are all the rage in the

shops at the moment.

It's gorgeous to touch it's so soft.

This last bag is some Aran

for another cushion.

All i need now it about 30 hours in the day

to complete them all.

Thanks for looking today

Take care

Buttons,Bows,Bling and Blooms

2012-01-17T13:35:00.000Z

Hi all hope you are well.

We are all back in the swing of things again after

Christmas, that seems such a long time ago now.

It's Papertake weekly time again and

the challenge this week is

All the B's

Buttons, Bows,Bling and Blooms.

Pretty straight forward really

just pile it all on.

This is a card made for

a friends Granddaughter.

The image is from Wee Stamps.

Coloured with Polychromos pencils and

blended with sansodor.

Papers from Papermania.

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I have added glitter as my bling on the image.

Sentiment computer generated.

please pop over to the challenge and

check out the other DT's fabulous work.

Thanks for looking today

Take care

Blooming Lovely

2012-01-11T09:57:00.000Z

Morning all hope you are well, it's still

dull and wet here in the north west.

So here's the promise of spring

to cheer us up.

Yesterday i was writing about the

daffodils i bought, well look what

i found

I painted this as you can see back in 2010.

I was sorting out stuff the other day and

came across it, It's been sat in the pad

since i painted it. Well i thought

'Wow, I painted that!'

looking at it again all this time later,

it's better than i remember.

So i have put it into a frame which instantly
makes it look better and thinking

of putting it on my kitchen wall.

I sketched the image from a book of flowers and

painted it with watercolours.

Talking of flowers look whats

finally decided to flower again

My Orchid is flowering again.

Yippee!!!!!

It's been so long i had actually forgotten

what the flowers looked like.

I remember now i bought this one because

it looks like someone has just got some

paint and put splodges on it.

It must be a year ago since it last flowered but

it's well worth the wait, and there are two stems

so i should have quite a few flowers on it.

Oh well time to go, i might bake today

I'm in the mood for a cake.

Thanks for looking in today.

Take care

Molly fairy at Papertake

2012-01-10T14:10:00.000Z

Hi all hope you're well on this dull and

miserable day, it's so yucky and dark,

but there's no rain.

Roll on spring.

When i was out this morning i

decided to cheer myself up

with the promise of colour by buying a

pot of daffodils. In a week or two

they will look wonderful, I'll post a picture

of them when they come out.

It's time for another Papertake Weekly

and this week's theme is

Die Cute Special

We want to see a die cut something on your card and

make it cute.

We are sponsored this week by the

fabulous

Stamp Fairy

and the prize is £10 to

spend in their on line shop.

I have used one of the digi stamps you can get at

The Stamp Fairy store

she is called Molly fairy on swing and is

easy to colour.

I used my copics and glitter pens.

Sentiment is computer generated.

The die cut shapes are made with a

Go Kreate frilly die.

The papers are from a freebie pad that i got

with a mag last year i think they where

from Pink Petticoat.

Flowers are from Prima and i used a black

pen to make the stamens match the paper and

finished it off with a green brad.

I was a bit miffed when at the end i put glitter

glue on her wings and the ink bled a bit.

I wasn't about to start again so it had to do,

I'll not do that again. Glitter glue and

digi images do not mix.

I don't know if you have notice but i changed the

name of my blog only slightly.

Instead of Paper Paradise I've changed it to
Crafty paradise. What with all the
crochet, knitting, the occasional beading, cross stitch
and very rarely painting i thought it best.

Well thanks for taking a look today, and please pop
over to Papertake and check out the other
fabulous DT's cards they are so good.

Take care

I'm back

2012-01-09T10:29:00.000Z

Good morning all hope to find you well.

You may have noticed the lack of posts recently,

apart from the Papertake Weekly posts

i decided to have a little break over Christmas time.

I went cold turkey......ish on anything papery which

freed up a lot of time to divulge into the new

love of my crafty life Crochet/Knitting.

What could be better than looking at a basket
full of brightly coloured wool.

don't they look scrummy.

This is the wool i'm using for my latest project

here's a sneaky look at it so far.

It's going to be a scarf, but actually i love

the way it looks over my wool basket.

I might have to make some more to trim it.

Looking around blogland i have seen a few

flower scarves and thought they looked so lovely,

but could not find a pattern, then i found out that

the pattern came from a Japanese Crochet book.

Not being able to speak or read Japanese buying the book

was a no no. So i decided to get a close up of one of the flowers and made a pattern up myself and this is

what i came up with, I'm so chuffed with it.

Listen to me, I've only made 9 at the moment

there's another 37 to go

i may not feel the same in a bit.

I also wanted to show you a couple of fab pressies

that Santa brought.

He brought me a new knitting bag to keep all my

hooks and needles in it's so gorgeous. I also got

this fab book which is actually a tin full of

loveliness.

Aren't these sooooo yummy.

This is what you can make, but it's so

lovely with little iddy biddy balls of wool in such delish colours i might have to just stroke it for the time being.

Ok i've got to be good now and actually get some

housework done the laundry basket it close

to overflowing. I don't know! this housework

keeps getting in the way of some serious crafting.

Lol.

Thanks for looking today

i'll be back tomorrow with this weeks

Papertake challenge.

Take care

Happy New Year

2012-01-03T14:51:00.001Z

Hi all and a Happy new year, hope you

had a fab time over Christmas hols.

Nearly back to normal now, the kiddies are back

at school tomorrow.

This weeks Papertake challenge theme is

Anything goes with the optional extra

to make a card for or with something new.

A new home, baby or even using some of the new

stash you got for Christmas.

We are sponsored this week by

Lili of the Valley.

I have used some of the new stash i got, i treated

myself to some of the Simply Sassy stamps from

Funky Kits. I also got some spellbinders dies.

The stamp is Cinderella, i have coloured her

with Promarkers.

Sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.

The papers are GCD Ella Blue.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts.

It's great when you have new stash, can't wait to

have a play with it all.

Please pop over to the Papertake challenge and

check out the rest of the DT's inspirational work,
they are just so talented.

Thanks for looking

take care

Time for a Sketch

2011-12-27T13:10:00.001Z

Hi there Hope you all had a fabulous

Christmas and Santa brought you all that you

asked for, he did in our house.

We had a quiet one at home with the family

it was lovely to have them all there.

Plenty to eat and a ton of chocolate, we

were all stuffed. Lol.

This weeks Papertake challenge

is one of Dawny's sketches to

follow which is great when the old

mojo's still on it's Christmas hols.

This weeks challenge is sponsored by

Simon Says Stamp.

The image i have used is one of my favourite

Tilda, i had actually painted it a

while ago and it was waiting to be made into a card.

It's painted with Distress inks on water colour

paper, when it was dry i sprayed it with

pearl mica spray.

The papers are from First Edition Love letters

paper pad.

I used a Martha Stewart heart border punch

on the bottom edge.

Sentiment is from Tim Holtz.

Flowers is made from scraps of paper cut

with a Marianne Creatables die and the flower

is a blossom from Wild orchid crafts.

So hope you all pop over and have a go and

check out the inspiration from the other DT girls

they are fab.

Thanks for looking today

Take care and have a

Happy New Year.

Last Christmas card

2011-12-20T12:51:00.001Z

Hi all well it's Papertake weekly

again and this time

the challenge is

Last Christmas card (of the year).

We are sponsored this week by the

Fabulous Ribbon Girls

Andrea and Mary.

I have used a fab

Teddy Bo image and coloured it with

Promarkers.

The Papers are from Papermania's

Silent Night paper pack.

The Merry Christmas stamp is also from

Papermania.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts.

Leaves are from a Martha Stewart punch.

Thanks for looking today

hope to see you over at Papertake

take care

Christmas Cosy

2011-12-18T10:58:00.000Z

Good morning all hope you are well.

Only a week to go now, my kiddies are on

holidays and it's beginning to feel a lot

like Christmas.

I love the week before Christmas, just slowly

building up to the big day, lots of Christmas

films on the telly and the kids getting more

and more excited. There's nothing like it.

Here's the Christmas tea cosy i

said i would show you all, now it's finished.

Yes it's a Pud. I found the free pattern

off the Internet. The holly pattern is from a

book i have and the berries i made up myself.

I just love it so much I'm now making a matching

coffee pot holder, so watch this space.

Oh well better go and make breakfast for everyone,

It's a late one Seeing as it's Sunday.

Might even use the tea pot.

Thanks for looking

Take care

Christmas crochet

2011-12-14T09:15:00.007Z

Hi all i'm back with the little bits

i said i would show you.

This is the first one, i found a free

pattern on the internet for these

crochet hearts and thought they

would make fab tree decorations.

This was my first go.

I used DK wool and 5.5mm crochet hook

which made it loose and you could see all the stuffing.

So i had another go using DK doubled up and

that was so much better, a lot tighter and

fuller.

They are so easy to make and quick too.

I added pale blue pearl beads and some

bells so it jingles just like Santa's sleigh.

They are now hanging on my tree

and look so cute.

I have also made my first Tea cosy

This is for my Mother in law for

Christmas. I can show it to you all

as she doesn't own a computer so won,t see.

The cosy is knitted, i followed a pattern

out of one of my books.

The poppy and leaves are crocheted.

I chose these colours as she has a Rayburn

cooker in the same blue and the tiles that

surround it have red poppies on them.

You'll have to excuse the photos

it was such a dull day here and i really

struggled to get a descent photo

and had to brighten them up a bit on

the computer. They're not to bad.

I really enjoyed making this that I'm half way

through making a Christmas one for myself.

i will share it with you when i have finished.

Thanks for looking

Take care

Favourite Christmas colours

2011-12-13T12:41:00.001Z

Hi all OMG what's happened

to the week, it just seems to have

disappeared. This weeks not going to be

much better. It's the last week of school

and there's all sorts going on, roll on Friday.

This week at Papertake weekly

our challenge is to make a Christmas card

using your favourite Christmas colours.

What could be more Chrismassy than

traditional Red and Green.

This time we are sponsored by

WOJ.

I have done a bit of paper piecing with this fab

Christmas tree stamp from woodware.

The papers are a mixture of Craft Creations and

Papermania.

I cut a Go kreate scallop die circle and used a

Karrs snowflake stamp round the edge with

Fired Brick distress ink.

The sentiment is also stamped with the same ink

and edged with glitter glue.

Not long to go now are you nearly ready?
I got the rest of my shopping done yesterday,
just got to wrap them all up.
I start off making a good job of them but soon get
fed up and the rest look like a dogs dinner.
wrapping always seems to take ages!

I've been doing a bit of crochet and knitting
for Christmas and have a few things to share.
But i think i will keep you in suspenders and
save that for tomorrow.
Gosh I've not said that saying for yonks..LOL.

Thanks for looking and hope to see
you over at Papertake, go check it out.

Take care

Papertake Weekly Anything goes

2011-12-06T12:45:00.001Z

Hi all hope to find you well.

How's your Christmas shopping going?

I've done a bit, but I've

still got lots more to do though.

This week over at Papertake weekly

it's time for an Anything goes with the

optional extra of adding something dangly.

As always this challenge is sponsored by

the fab Girls at Lili of the valley.

I decided to make my image the dangly so

stamped the LOTV snowman twice onto

a spellbinder circle.

I then coloured it in with my promarkers.

I got some of those fine tips you can add

onto the bullet end of promarkers, wow these

are so fantastic, you can really get into the little

nooks and cranny's of the image.

The papers are from First Edition.

The snowflakes and flowers are both

Marianne Creatables dies on plain white card

embossed and glittered with glamour dust.

Snowflake corner stamp is from Clarity stamps.

I used a Go Kreates scallop die to cut the

aperture out of both the card and patterned paper.

I'm going to have to get a wriggle on and make some

more Christmas cards. I don't know why but i just

can't get that motivated, i even thought the other

day about buying some (slap my hands) i didn't,

but i might!

Thanks for looking

take care

My first Crochet Cushion

2011-11-30T09:52:00.002Z

Hi all just a quickie. Here it is

my Crochet cushion.

I have used granny squares on the front

i got the pattern here

I made a giant granny square for the back.

I sc round the cushion to join the two pieces

together and left one end open and put

buttons on to fasten it.

I have made it to go on a shabby chic chair i have.

I wasn't going to paint the chair but looking at it
on the photo's it looks dull and drab,

so i might have to touch it up.

Thanks for looking today

take care

Soar

2011-11-29T13:09:00.000Z

Hi all hope you are well.

Wow where are these weeks going to,

it's nearly December already.

I need to start getting organised.

Here's my card for this weeks

Papertake Weekly.

We have a sketch to follow

from the wonderful Dawny.

The prize this week is from the fabulous

Simon Says Stamp.

so go and check it out and the other
DT's work they are fab.

I bought some of the new

Papermania Urban stamps and

couldn't wait to have a play.

The two sets i bought were

Botanical and Birds.

The paper is from Bearly Mine Vintage lace.

Sentiment from Tim Holtz.

Ribbon and lace from stash.

Got a bit carried away with the glitter again

this time i used a quicky glue pen and glamour dust.

I used dew drop memento ink pads in pear green and

Angel pink and a versa magic chalk ink pad in

Gingerbread and Malted Mauve.

I've not been a good blogger lately, slap hands.

I've been busy crocheting and i

have nearly finished a cushion so i will

let you all see it soon, promise.

Thanks for looking

take care

Christmas Cracker

2011-11-22T12:29:00.000Z

Hi all hope you are well.

We have a cracker of a challenge over at

Papertake Weekly

Christmas Crackers

which is sponsored by Wendy's

Digital delights.

You can make anything Christmasy

I decided to make a cracker.

I hunted on the net for cracker template's

and came across this one.

I cut a large window out and put acetate

behind. It's perfect for three tea lights.

The papers are printed from

the Seasons Greetings Artylicious CD ROM.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts.

The snowflakes are made with a Marianne

Creatables die with silver mirror card.

Ribbon from stash.

These crackers are a great size for any
little gift and great fun to make.

So please pop over to Papertake and
check out what the other
DT's have been up to and
maybe have a go.

Thanks for looking
take care

Let it snow

2011-11-18T09:44:00.000Z

Good morning all hope you are well.

Well here it is the other Christmas

decoration i have altered.

It started off life dark blue with snowflakes and

dots on it, which was OK but i wanted to play.

I started off painting it with several coats of

Acrylic white paint.

I then used a brilliance ink pad in blue

and stamped the snowflakes.

using a Clarity corner stamp.

I then used a silver brilliance pad to stamp

the swirls, this is the New years swirl from Magnolia.

I struggled a bit because the silver ink pad it's extremely

old and had nearly dried out.

Must buy new one.

I then edged it with silver stickles and dotted

Star dust stickles on the snowflakes.

I haven't had much time for crafting at the moment

i'm half way through repainting the main rooms

in the house. Giving it a bit of a refresh

before Christmas.

It seems to have snowballed really.

I only meant to do the hall, which turned

into the conservatory and now the lounge.

I then thought i might as well do the kitchen while i've

got all the paint stuff out.

So i can't even see my craft corner for all the

stuff that had to be moved.

Oh well best get back to it.

Thanks for looking

take care

When is a card not a card?

2011-11-15T13:25:00.000Z

Hi all hope you are well.

This weeks Papertake challenge is a

good one.

When is a card not a card...When it's a.....

Ooh, so get those thinking caps on

and see what you can come up with.

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous

Ribbon Girl.

Here's what i came up with

When it's a

Box of Chocolates

Yum Yum.

I've done really well not to eat them

they are still sat on my desk.

I made an easel card to fit on top of the

choccie box.

I used a large Go Kreates frilly die for the card

i backed it with Tatty Teddy papers.
The images are from a Tatty Teddy clear

stamp set, Coloured with

Polychromos pencils and sansodor.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts.

Ribbon and lace are from my stash.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's

work there's some great ideas.

Thanks for looking today

take care

Christmas Clock

2011-11-13T22:06:00.000Z

Hi all hope you are well.

I thought i would show you my latest

project. I actually bought this clock

from B&M bargains for £3.99 what a bargain.

The great thing is, it was easy to take apart

to get to the face to decorate.

I've had it since the summer, I've been trying to decide

what to do with it.

So i finally decided to make a Christmas clock.

I have used this super cute Tilda from the

new Christmas range, i think she is my favourite

at the moment she is just totally gorgeous to colour.

I have stamped her onto card and

coloured her with Polychromos pencils and

blended with sansodor.

I stamped the snowflakes straight onto the clock

with Ultramarine Stazon and repeat stamped

several times to get some faded flakes.

I then glued the Tilda in position and added

Star Dust Stickles.

I painted the clock with white Acrylic paint to

make it whiter, to go with the shabby chic bit's

i have and the blues will match the

Blue, silver and white theme of my Christmas tree.

I really enjoyed altering this clock,
(I'm glad i bought two).
I just have to decide what to do with the other.

I have also just finished altering another
cheap Christmas decoration but i will save that
for another day.

Thanks for looking today
take care

First Christmas at Papertake

2011-11-08T12:36:00.000Z

Hi all hope you are well.

It's Paperake time again and this week's

theme is

First Christmas

although you probably have quite a few

Christmas cards under your belts already.

This weeks challenge is sponsored by

The fabulous Dies to Die for

the prize is a £10 voucher to

spend in their shop.

I have used another one of the new Christmas

Tilda stamps, this one is called Holly Tilda.

I coloured her in with promarkers.

I dug out my Vintage Christmas flower soft

to trim the edge of the image.

The papers are from Papermania's

Silent night set.

Sentiment is from Lili of the valley.

Ribbon from my stash.

Beth loved her Letter B and her bath bombs

she used one the other night.

It was lovely there where little flower

petals inside it that slowly fizzed out,

and it smelt gorgeous.

I wouldn't say they where cheap at

£1.99 each but for a treat they where

lovely.

She's asked if we can get more, maybe.... for

stocking fillers.

Thanks for looking today

Take care

Bath Bomb box

2011-11-04T10:56:00.000Z

Morning all, just thought I'd show you

what i got up to last night.

I had bought these fab bath bombs for

Beth a while ago they are like

little cakes.

To be honest i only remembered about

them last night, so had to whip up a box

to put them in.

It's a good job she's away a school camp

then i didn't have to try and make it in secret.

I made the box on my Scor-pal using some kraft

card i got from Papermania.

Cut out a viewing window and put

acetate in.

I used a stamp i got with in new

Me to You clear stamp set.

i stamped with Vintage Photo then i also

stamped with Versa Mark and used

gold twinkle embossing powder.

Finished it off with a lining of fuchsia

pink tissue paper and a matching ribbon.

We have to go and collected her from camp

after lunch so she will be home later

to open the pile of presents she has got.

Thanks for looking

Take care

Birthday B

2011-11-03T16:47:00.000Z

Hi all hope you are well.

Just a quickie

here is something i have made for Beth

it's her Birthday tomorrow.

We had seen these large letters in the

craft shop and she kept saying "ooh i would love

one of those all painted".

Little did she know i had already got her one

and had decorated it using her

favourite Tilda.

The butterflies i cut using a spellinders

die and some Tim Holtz grunge board.

I couldn't just get it to cut all the way through

so had to finish it off with a knife.

I then painted the Letter and butterflies with

Acrylic paint in White and Pink.

The flowers are from Wild orchid crafts.

Lace,gems and Buckle from my stash.

By a funny coincidence it's my Dad's

birthday tomorrow as well.

Spooky or what.

Here is the card i made for him

He loves photography so the fab

Teddy Bo image was perfect for him.

I have coloured him in with promarkers.

The papers are from Raspberry road

Beach Bliss set.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

I have used vintage photo distress ink.

I made the photo corners with brown packing paper

and gold embossing powder.

Thanks for looking

Take care

Steampunk Dress

2011-11-01T12:08:00.003Z

Hi all hope you are well.

The Kiddies are back at school so i can get

back to normal, i never seem to have as much time for

crafting when they are at home.

Before i get onto this weeks Papertake card

i wanted to say a big Thanks to the team over

at Simon says stamp challenge

I won last weeks challenge

WooHooo!

a massive $50 voucher to spend in their

store.

It took me all of five mins to spend it

and more (don't tell hubby).

Can't wait for it all to arrive and have a play.

Right this week over at Papertake

it's an

Anything goes week

with the option of adding bling and sparkle.

Which is sponsored by the

fab girls over at Lili of the Valley.

I have tried something a bit different this

week. I love the new stamps that Kanban

have done in the new Steam punk range.

I saw them on C&C, ummd and ahhd

then managed to get the Vivien set off

ebay. The dresses are just fabulous.

I have also tried another new technique

colouring onto kraft card, that's a lot

harder than you think.
I have only tried with my Polychromos pencils
at the moment, it did

look good, i then sprayed the dress with

Crafters companions Spray and sparkle

glitter and it dulled the colours down a lot.

I'll not do that again.

The papers are from Raspberry Road

Renaissance set. I got the clock and old

advert images off the internet which i distressed

with old paper and vintage photo distress inks.

I have added Platinum glitter glue for a bit

more sparkle.

That's all for now hope to see you at

Papertake

Thanks for looking

take care

Papertake Sketch 61

2011-10-25T12:00:00.002+01:00

Hi all hope you are well.
We're having a lazy day today, It's half term, My
14 year old is still in his pit. My daughter is
watching Angus, thongs and perfect snogging,
it's 11 o'clock and I'm sat here at the
computer still in my Pj's.
I might stay in them all day,
let's just hope there's not a knock
at the door Lol.

Well it's time for another Papertake

Weekly Challenge again, and this week

we have one of Dawny's fabulous

sketches to follow.

As it is sketch week we are

Eclair's as promised

2011-10-21T14:20:00.000+01:00

Hi there here you go then

they turned out alright.

I made 6 Eclair's and used the rest

of the mixture to make

profiteroles.
They just need cream and chocolate now.

I also made some cupcakes while

the oven was on.

I am really chuffed they

came out well and they

taste good as well.

Though not good for the waistline.

Thanks for looking

Take care

Let it Snow

2011-10-21T10:02:00.000+01:00

Hi all hope you are well.

Just a quickie today i have made another

Christmas card with one of the

new Magnolia Tildas that arrived the other day.

This is Tilda with Snowheart, she is

so cute.

This time she is coloured with promarkers

i used

Skin: Blush, Pastel pink, Sunkissed pink.

Hair: Vanilla, tan, Cocoa.

Outfit: Violet, Lilac, Meadow Green,

Forrest and bright Green's.

I shaded with Ice Grey 1,3,5.

The Papers i have used are from Craft Creations and

Papermania.

I used my Slice machine with the Basic Card

ti cut out the star shape.

The Seam binding is from the Ribbon Girl.

Sentiment is from LOTV.

Tim Holtz flourish cut out of Pearl

core'dinations card.

Brad and pins from stash.

I'm going to enter this into

the following challenges.

Passion for promarkers - Star's

Ribbon Girl - Colours Lilac and Green

I love Promarkers - Ain't it Cute

I don't know if you saw the new show

the other day Kirsty's Crafts on channel 4.

She had a go at making Eclair's Yummmm!

I've never thought about it before, but they

seemed quite easy to make.(Famous last words)

So I'm going to have a go today.

Ha Ha don't laugh

Depending on the out come

i will show you what they come out like.

So if you don't hear about them from me

they ended up as a soggy mess in the bin.

So as they say watch this space.

Thanks for looking today

Maybe see you later with some pic's.

Take care

Twinkle twinkle little star

2011-10-19T10:29:00.000+01:00

Hi all hope to find you well today.

Have you seen this gorgeous girl

from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits.

She's called wish upon a star

isn't she the cutest and she is

fab to colour.
I have used a mixture of copics and Promarkers,
the wings were coloured using a gold glitter pen.
I stamped around the image with a star corner
stamp

I seem to be on a roll at the moment

with my Christmas cards this is the

third this week.
I can feel more brewing as Mr Postie
delivered my Magnolias from the new
Christmas range yesterday, can't wait to get colouring.

The papers i have used are from Papermania's
silent night collection.
I have dry embossed some gold card.
The sentiment is from LOTV.
Lace, ribbon and pins from stash.

I'm going to enter into the following
challenges.

Simon says stamp - Inspired by a Fairy tale or
Nursery rhyme (Twinkle Twinkle little star).

Bunny Zoe - Lace it up

CLP - Sketch to follow.

Oh well off to stamp my new Tilda's now
thanks for looking
take care

Spooky Hues

2011-10-18T12:08:00.005+01:00

Hi all hope you are well. We are getting in the

spooky mood this week at Papertake weekly

Our challenge this time is to make a card

using Spooky colours.

That doesn't mean it has to be a spooky card

just use traditional spooky

colours.

The fab prize up for grabs this week is

a spooky coloured mini kit from the Ribbon Girl.

Wow lovin all these gorgeous

ribbons what great colours to.

I have used Hazel digi image from

wee stamps, isn't she just the

sweetest.

Out came my Polychromos pencils

and Sansodor, these colours went

perfectly with these BooVille papers

from Raspberry Road.

I bought a 12x12 piece of purple

core'dinations card and die cut

the Tim Holtz Weathered Clock and Flourish.

I also made a rosette using my Scor-pal at

1cm intervals, i saw somebody make them on C&C

and had to have a go.

I then sanded it all to give it a distressed look.

The trick or treat sentiment i found

scouting the Internet for freebie's.

The spiders webs are printed onto acetate, i

think they came off a Joanna Sheen CD ROM,

I printed them years ago and found them recently

while searching for something else,

but i just can't remember

which CD it was off hand.

Leaves are made using a Martha Stewart punch.

The flowers, gems and pin are from my stash.

I am also going to enter my card
into the following challenges.

Charisma Cardz - In Stitches
Simon Says Stamp - Halloween
Addicted to stamps - Halloween
CES - Forever Autumn.

Thanks for stopping by today

take care

Autumn Tilda

2011-10-15T16:11:00.000+01:00

Good morning all hope you are well.

I was in the mood for a good play last night,

so out came all my embossing powders,

distress inks, dies and a list of

challenges to enter.

Ooh what fun i had getting messy,

Fortunately i had this Tilda image already

coloured with distress inks on water colour paper,

she was already done in the colours i wanted to use.

Over at the Shabby Tea room they have a

photo inspiration challenge with some

lovely autumnal colours.

Rooting through the Raspberry Road paper set i have

i came across this one out of the

Josephine set that was perfect. The stripe paper is

from the same set, i printed it on both sides of the

paper to make it double sided for the flower.

The flower is made from a Doo Hickey die from Magnolia,

The challenge over at TOMIC this week is to use

a Doo Hickey die.

I then had a play with gold twinkle embossing powder

on the edges of the flower to give it a distressed look.

Just Magnolia challenge theme this time is

distressing.

The image is cut with a Go Kreate die and i

have inked the edges with

Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo distress ink,

i then again just touched the edges with gold embossing powder. I stamped a swirl stamp around the edge of the image with vintage photo ink.
I then put this on top of a Weathered clock die
from Tim Holtz that i gold embossed.

The digi sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly,

cut with a nesti circle and inked

with the same distress inks.

The leaves are both Martha Stewart punches.

I used brown parcel paper and vintage photo

distress in to colour, then while the ink was still

wet i sprinkled iridescent gold embossing powder

that i made up with clear embossing powder

and some gold mica powder on to give it a

metallic look.

I am also going to enter this into

Stamping for the Weekend challenge

they have the theme

Colours of Autumn.

Thanks for stopping by today

Take care

Get in shape at Papertake

2011-10-11T12:00:00.000+01:00

Hi all first of all i would like to say a big

Wow and thanks for all

your comments from last weeks challenge
and a big Hello and welcome
to all the new followers.

We had a brilliant time with the

blog hop and without further ado
here are the winners of

my Hop prize's

The Martha Stewart PATP

goes to

That's you Sue C

The Cupcake pincushion

goes to

That's you Stargroves (Anne)

Well done Girls
Please could you email me your name and address
then we can get these in the post for you.

Now onto this weeks
Papertake challenge.

We have a theme this week which is

Get in Shape

we want to see three
different shapes on your cards.

We are sponsored this time
by Whiff of Joy

I have used
Square,rectangle and circle.

I have finally made my first
Christmas card for this year,
one down loads to go.. LOL.

It all started with wanting to have a play
with my inktense pencils, so i
dug out a trusty Tilda and some
water colour card and had a play.

She somehow ended up being different shades
of brown so i settled on vintage style.

I have used Tim Holtz alterations die's
Weathered clock and Tattered Flowers.
I never thought i could use these not having a
sizzix machine
but then found out (Thank heavens for You tube)
that you can use these in a Cuttlebug
just using 2 B plates

HURRAY!!

Glad i didn't get rid of my bug when i got my Caliber.
I had them on order
before the demo had finished.
They are fantastic i just love them,
something else i can start collecting now.
Don't tell Hubby.

I used old book pages inked with
Vintage Photo distress ink for the flower.
Flowers are from Wild Orchid.
Sentiment from LOTV.
I used platinum and star dust stickles,
Lace is from my stash.

I'm also going to enter my card into this weeks
Just Magnolia challenge.
I think i must have had a premonition or something
because i made my card last Wednesday.
Looking at the challenge on Friday
they have an Anything goes with an
option theme which is
Coffee and Cream.
Spooky or what.

Anyway

that's all for now
Thanks for stopping by today
Take care