Time for a Sketch

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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