pink and blue

using papers from colorbox and a freebie from one of the crafting magazines, I have made this lovely box in a bag (you can find the template here) 

again found this on pinterest - I am becoming so addicted to it!

obviously the box is inside so you cant see it, but its the same colour as the flowers which I used a punch to make then stuck on some gems, I have used craftwork cards sentiment and used a stampin up punch to make the frame for that

I have filled it with pink and blue crafting items for a lucky crafting friends birthday

supposed to be a secret!!

ok another pinterest idea from me!

every year at our crafty bunch Christmas party

we don't have a secret santa, we all pick names out of a hat and make a place card for one of the other members who go to Sues club.

I have tried to hide the name on here but it wont seem to work, so hopefully shes not a blogger!

I used paper from Kanban, and cut the flower and holly on SCAL

added a little bit of ribbon

inside are some chocolate coins in a little plastic bag 

(unfortunately I had to eat the other chocolate coins to make sure they weren't poisonous before I gave the little package!

you can find a link to the template here, (you will need to scroll down to find it but her blog is well worth a browse anyway)

although again, me being me, had to alter it slightly for what I wanted!

off to see what else I can do with my last annual leave day!!

thanks for looking

Paula 

Gift Bow

recently within our WI we asked people to donate old books that we could give to guide dogs for the blind (not so the dogs could read them, so they could sell them)

someone donated an old family law book that was tattered and out of date by about 500 million years, so thought I might use it to recycle

now instead of crafting, I have become addicted lately to pinterest, and dreaming of all the fabulous ideas I could make!

I saw inspiration here and thought I would give it a go

however, I had to change the dimentions slightly to fit on the page, when they have advised to use 11 inches, I changed to 10, therefore had to make all pieces 1 inch shorter, in future though I will keep the middle piece at 3 1/2 inches as mine is too small

as I am also a lazy crafter, I have been playing with SCAL and made a cut file of all the pieces, so I dont have to stand over the guillotine cutting out the pieces

I most definately will be making more!

I have used some more pages making things - I will eventually get around to posting photos

thanks for dropping in

Paula xx

back in blog land

I haven,t uploaded any pic for ages, so thought I had better show what I have been doing

have invested in a new sewing machine so decided to have a play with different techniques, all the cushions are envelope fold at the back.

could do with going over them with the iron again I think!!!

Ella's Pinny!

got my new sewing machine last week, so been having a play, made Ella this tabbard (pinny gramma) she loves it!!

have done some aprons with just a front both with Maisie on and also some cammo ones for boys (pictures to follow) 

I have so many sewing ideas I want to try!

message board

 my first attempt at making a message board, have been and purchased some more material now to have a serious go at these, is a blank canvas frame, covered with 2 layers of wadding, then covered with material and ribbon for the criss cross, buttons sewn on and then another thinner board covered with material on back and then all stapled together, very simple, but am concerned now that I wont make my money back on these now I have bought dearer material!! can see me just using as gifts for friends and family!

I'm a winner!!!!

Yayyyy!!!

I won a lovely giveaway at very berry handmade

some beautiful fat squares, not got them yet but so looking forward to receiving them

really have some gorgeous fabrics on their site oh and patterns and also great tutorials of what you can make!

would deffo recommend you go and have a look at whats on store there

summer clip board

flip these are addictive, have decided to make 1 more, although I do have some clips left so maybe I will do some more at some point

I bought a pack of papers from America on my last holiday there and this paper is from that stack

so bright and colourful, just right for summer

The images is die cut on the cricut only 3 layers used this time

and the clip - 5 for £1

recycled card to make the board, added about 6 layers to give it some thickness

challenges

love to create - summertime fun

crafty individuals - summer ball

divas by design - to die for

simon says - anything but a card

cute card thursday  - here comes summer

CRAFT - colour challenge

charisma cards - summer

DYSU - inspired by a movie - grease

delightful challenges - anything goes

polka doodles - trooping the colours

allsorts - any die will do

and finally

OSAAT - summer dresses

blimey, cant believe I managed to fit this into so many!!

took a while to make though

boofle

lots of folds today for boofle, papers a bit bright, again I have braved cutting into some 12x12 paper from my stash, cant remember what make it is Im afraid, thought I would add some brown to it then boofle from do crafts and a sentiment from craftwork cards

a bit of ribbon from my stash and thats it really

quite a simple card but wow its bright!!

challenges

craft your passion - flips and folds

do you stack up - inspired by a movie - the green mile!!!

craft your days away - teddy bear

bag it

ooo errr mrs

again another non me type of thing

didnt want to do cards so thought I would do a bag instead I sprayed the mannequin and the gears die's with perfect pears spray, the backing paper is from craftwork cardss and I have added some rafia to it, then stuck it to some dark brown card and onto a 'takeaway' type bag

thats about it really, wasnt that adventurous, however the design for me is an adventure!!!!

challenges

crafty card makers - no cards,tags or atcs

tuesday taggers - anything goes

divas by design - to die for

simon says - anything but a card

allsorts - any die will do

little fisherman

oh I just love this lili of the valley image

had it for ages but just never gotten around to using him

I love the paper too, struggled to cut this as its double sided but have managed to get both sides used on this card

I used some nice white card and dry embossed lines around the square as a frame for the image

I added a sentiment from craftwork cards and some rafia just to finish off

challenges

love to create - summertime fun

cute card Thursday - here comes summer

charisma cards - summer

MAWTT - happy birthday

delightful challenges - anything goes

marks - score lines

thanks for stopping by

Paula

xx

ring a ring a roses

have been making some more brooches!

really love these, so therapeutic to make, cut out on sizzix machine with very thick felt - so difficult to get hold of!!!

I actually have used the hot glue gun to hold these instead of sewing this time, then sewed the pin to the back and glued onto a leaf from the thick felt (think its almost a cm thick this one!

challenges

crafty card makers - no card, tag or atc

tuesday taggers - anything goes

just soooo un me!!

heck this is just not me at all is it!!

although I actually do like it, distress n inks just dont work out when I try

plus just dont like getting inky hands

and cant stand the mess

anyway.....

this week at craft club I decided I was going to try something different

had the manequin die cuts and papers, so cut some tim holtz cogs out on sizzix, added some card candy and ribbon, used pearl spray (forgot the real name for it) and thats it

made a nice gift box, think I am going to have a go at making some home made truffles to go inside now

challenges

crafty cardmakers - no cards, tags or atcs

creative card crew - 1,2,3 = 1 mannequin, 2 papers, 3 cogs

tuesday taggers - anything goes

moving along with the times - craft cardstock

little bug!

good morning!

lovely sunny day here today, hope it means summer has finally arrived!

have been playing with embossing tool now! made a background to add my image from lili of the valley to rather than backing papers, added some fab carnations from wild orchids, cut some leaves off my cricut and thats about it, very easycard, but think it works well

challenges

pink elephant have a picture inspiration - lovely red summer image, which I think just about sums up this little bug!

love to craft's challenge is summertime fun

divas by design also have a summer theme

lili of the valley is in the garden

hoping the summer is here to stay for a little while! wont hold my breath!!!!

now do I wear summer outfit for work today???

thanks for looking

Paula xx

a little bit tropical

Had to  make a birthday card for someone who likes parrots!

found this a bit difficult to think of what to do really, so went to trusty old greeting card factory for an image

teamed this up with paper from bo bunny, really hurt to cut into this as its double sided and I just love the colour and texture of it - but am trying to get out of my addiction for beautiful paper!

decided on an easel as I havent done one of these for ages and just added some ribbon from stash and green card and buttons, used some red thread on buttons just because I thought it was a bit too 'green'

challenges

Lexi's - happy birthday

pink elephant - masculine

Tuesday throwdown - critters (are birds classed as critters????)

papertake weekly - 321 (3 buttons, 2 ribbons, 1 image)

divas by design - summer

simon says - summer inspiration

charisma cards - male card

DYSU - male/boy

delightful challenges - male

alphabet - j for journey

polkadoodle - summer scene

phew.....

not bad for 1 little card, even if I did use one of my fave papers!!

recycling old stuff!!

I needed some clipboards for our WI but didnt want to spend a lot of money on them, went out shopping today to get some but couldnt see anything suitable, then in the 99p shop saw 5 of these clips for 99p (who would have guessed it in the 99p shop)

so decided to make my own

my auntie works in a factory and often brings me home old card that would normally be thrown away, but knows I like to mess around with card and papers

I cut 8 pieces of the card 11x9 ins and glued them together, then I covered back and front with papers I brought home from America last year (not sure of the make, they were in a pack of 50 for about $7) I then did a bit of paper piecing by cutting the lovely ladies off the forever young cartridge on my cricut, the clothes are from bits of scrap in my scrap box

then I lastly added a clip and actually am quite pleased with how they turned out!

would have liked to do a bit more embellishing but then I wouldnt be able to use them properly as would be a problem when writing on the paper

challenges

love to create - recycling

allsorts challenge - paper piecing

easy as 1,2,3 wellington

aww I am going do craft mad arent I

heres another wellington from their range, the image is from a sheet of wellingtons, the script paper is also from that range, and the stripy paper havent a clue where that was from originally (has been in my 'cant bear to throw away that bit' box for ages) buttons and brown card from my stash, and have cut the sentiment frame on my cricut

challenges

pink elephant - masculine card

papertake weekly - 3,2,1 (3 buttons, 2 papers, 1 image)

try it on tuesday -  anything goes

charisma cards - male card

do you stack up - male card

delightful challenges - male card

so simple

anniversary boofle

aww boofle you are fab! so many uses from the decoupage pack I bought, this one I have used with portobello road papers from do craft, have recycled a heart charm from a lindt bunny (oh the sacrifices I have to make for crafting)

I want to use this for the challenges at

love to create - something recycled

cupcake craft  - red, white and blue

craft your passion - anything goes

crafty creations - charm

poodles parlour - red white and blue

just us girls - red, white and blue

and

secret crafter - red, white and blue

have had a nice day playing with craft stuff, been productive too!!!

thanks for stopping by

Paula

xx

recycled drinking chocolate tin

I maded this little tin out of a thorntons drinking chocolate canister, I cant believe I forgot to take a photo of the tin before i started (perhaps I will have to buy some more)

I used some paper from my stash, not sure where its from now, some lace around top and boofle decoupage

hubby cut me a hole in the top for pennies to go through but think i need to have a mess with it to tidy it up a bit!

using this for challenges at

love to create - something recycled

and

try it on tuesdays - anything goes

candy alert!!

hey everyone take a look at ME AND MY MAGNOLIA blog, candy up for grabs!

how kind of her!!

I wont wish you luck though as I want it all to myself!!!

xx

pampered critters

Here I am again

cant sleep so may as well put time to good use

have bought the tulip and friends CD and not used it yet

so printed off this cute image, and I had the tulip paper pack already so used somed of that, layered with pink card and some pretty pink ribbon I brought back from the States with me

I want to use this card for challenges at

tuesday throwdown - critters

craft room challenge - 4 legged family

papertake weekly - 3,2,1

(3 mice,2 ribbon, 1 paper)

allsorts - ice cream colours

leader of the pack

well like I was saying............

I am going to use up some of my papers before buying some more, although to be fair, I have been so tempted today to buy some more of the british themed paper, but I was good and resisted!!

The backing paper I have used for this card has been in my stash forever!  and I even cut into a 12x12 piece for this small card.  The image is from the cards for men magazine, which I also have had a while.

I printed the sentiment off and layered all onto green card

challenges this card is going into

Lexi's creations - Happy Birthday

Pink Elephant - Masculine card

CCC - song inspired

Try it on Tuesdays - anything goes

Marks - black, white and a colour



heart to heart

I have been browsing the do crafts mag, and saw some beautiful hanging hearts (which I collect actually) so thought I would give it a go, picked out some double sided 12x12 card which I wasnt too upset about using (think it was out of one of those bargain packs) while I did a sample, think its from my minds eye (could be wrong sorry) anyway, stuck to the letter of the tutorial, however, the card was a bit thick as it tells you to fold each piece in half before curling, also wasnt as smooth as it could have been because of the fold (when I looked closely neither was it in mag)   

so then I tried again, with paper that was in a bulk buy, and halved the size of the strips, but still used double sided so it didnt matter, it was much better this time, easier to bend and looks better overall!  I think if not using double sided card/paper folding would be necessary but I think double sided, thinner strips are the way forward!!

I will be making some more soon!

thanks for looking xx

challenges

craft your passion - anything goes

moving along with the times - not a square

oh I do like to be beside the sea side

I bought 2 sheets of this Micheal Powell range from Do crafts before thinking about what to do with it! have really struggled but then went with something so simple!

double sided paper from bo bunny (which almost killed me to cut into) layered with burgundy and white (the image and sentiment) and added a bit of burgundy ribbon

the challenge at cute card Thursday is water water everywhere, CRAFT is a male card, charisma cards is travel, delightful challenges is summer fun, Lexi's is happy birthday and thats not bad for a little card like this I dont think!!

thanks for looking

Paula

xx

Welly Bobs

here is wellington bear, bought some sheets of die cuts of him, really impressed with this range

didnt use the papers this time though, have teamed it up with some paper from the FF retro range

simple to do, just added some navy card from my stash and layered it onto a scalloped craftwork card

simple really!

challenges

CCC - song inspired (be my teddy bear - or wotever its called - you know the one, Elvis sang it!!)

and

CRAFT - male card

swingin'

again time to use up some of my beautiful LOTV stash, had them for ages, just dont like using them, they are too precious!  Bought them at the NEC a couple of years ago, but have to let go!!

stripey paper sent to me in a swap, no idea where its from, the spotty is from FF retro range

buttons from stash and some lovely lovely card candy!

simples!

challenges -

LOTV - one for the boys

CRAFT challenge - male card

charisma cards - travel

delightful challenges - summer fun

OSAAT - man in your life

Too Lip

I always wonder why my bit box is always over flowing! Mainly because I have lovely bits of paper, not quite big enough for any of the projects I want to do  but just cant part with them

so....

my aim is to use some of them!

The card is just a plain white 5x5in card, I used cuttlebug and swiss dots to emboss just over half the page (wanted to do less of it but their wasnt room in the machine for that!  The paper and image is from do crafts tulip range, I cut a circle on the cricut in green and some flowers on there too, then layered, the green pearls I havent a clue where they came from, found them lurking!!

going to use this for challenges

craft room challenge - birthdays

CCC  - song inspired (Happy Birthday)

allsorts challenge - ice cream colours

cute card Thursday - water water everywhere

delightful challenges - summer fun

special friend

I am suffering with my back at the moment, which means I can't sleep and cant sit still for long, although its a pain, there is some advantages - I manage to get some crafting done!

I decided its time to stop using new stuff and root to the bottom of my stash, especially my beloved papers which I struggle to cut in to!

the papers I have used are from the forever friends retro collection.  The image is from lili of the valley

not quite sure where the ribbon came from, and I printed the sentiment off the computer.

scalloped card from craftwork cards

I am going to use this card to enter the challenges at

craft your passion - anything goes

tuesday throwdown - friendship

and

charisma cards - travel (well ya ride a horse dont ya)

quite pleased with this card, need a horsey friend to send it to now!

thanks for looking

Paula xx

Jamberry Nails + GIVEAWAY

there are some freebies to give away from jamberry nail sheilds if you go and  check out Tamaras blog 

**easy to apply, simply heat with a blow dryer and apply
** easy to remove, heat and remove
** long-lasting – lasts up to 6 weeks on toes, 2 weeks on fingers, or longer!
** affordable – each sheet comes with 18 “strips”, enough to do up to 4 sets of fingers/toes
** covered in a high-gloss protective coating so no top coat is needed
** won't damage your natural nails
** can be used over acrylics or gel nails
** they come in over 150 designs!
**No wait time for drying!

I really need some of these for both fingers and toes! off to check out the website now

ttfn x

 

whiskey fix

for fathers day have made my dad a box to fit 2 minature whiskeys in, got the idea from do crafts magazine this month which has a wine holder, however didnt do the outside cover for this, and think in future might have to hange my dimentions as bit.

I have used black card for the box and then some double sided distress paper from We R memory keepers

again a boofle decoupage. I love this dude!

forgotten what its like to have fun crafting after studying since September!!

want to use this box for the challenges at

papertake weekly - anything goes

moving along with the times - anything but square

and

OSAAT - for the man in your life

now off to have a play with some other paper stash!!

ttfn xx

For You Dad

ooh don't ya just love this range from Docrafts

Boofle is so cute, have bought tons of decoupage with him - didnt invest in the paper, have to make myself be strong and actually use up some of the stuff from my stash instead!

think this paper is from the forever friends retro collection

the sentiment is craftwork cards and have cut the layers using punches from stampin' up

actually have enjoyed doing a bit of decoupage again!

I am going to enter this card into challenges at

CRAFT challenge - male card

and

love to create - fathers day

and

OSAAT - man in your life (hes one of the men in my life)

lots of flowers

I love this range of stash from craftwork cards

however never quite sure what to do with it so its been sat in the drawer for a while

very simple card to do but I am happy with it, ribbon and buttons from deep down in the stash I have had for ages

I want to use this card for the challenges at

polkadoodles for lots of flowers - think I might just qualify with this card, there a couple of flowers there!

and

allsorts challenge for ice-cream colours - now might have to go and find some to eat! (ice-cream that is not flowers)

thanks for looking

xx

another door tag

made this door sign for Freya who likes yellow and giraffes!

the flowers were from wild orchid crafts, ribbon and gems from my stash! 

cut the words and the tag on the cricut

hope she likes it



I want to enter this for the challenges at

craft your days away - bingo!

CCCC - tag

papertake weekly - anything goes

divas by design - chocolate (the colours of cadbury flake - didnt realise when i was making it but obviously advertising works as thats what i wanted to eat after making it!)

looking forward to seeing what you think of it!

just got back into blogging again after a long break, and hey look!!

came in the top 3 for my 'crowning glory' hanger

its going in for another competition at the WI meeting this month, will let you know how I get on there too!

thanks Crafts 4 Eternity

xx

Door Tag

I decided its time to try something a bit different!

so using my cricut and SCAL cut a large tag shape from some thick board I had, then cut patterned papers from do crafts - tulip range

I have the cd tulip and friends so printed and cut out a tulip image, added some ribbon and flowers from wild orchid crafts

the letters were cut on cricut using the storybook cartridge

and thats it, a lovely door sign!

I am going to use if for the challenges at

OSAAT - use a digi

CCCC -  Tag you're it

papertake weekly - anything goes

and

MAWTT - anything but a square

quite enjoyed making this one, been able to play with all different embellishments!

thanks for looking

Paula

 x

Throne Room

decided to have a go at some hanging plaques/door signs

this one is with a jubilee theme - using portobello papers and ribbon

have cut some thick board on cricut and covered with paper on the back and front

am going to use this one for the challenges at

polkadoodles for jubilee theme

crafts 4 eternity for royals

and again

craft your days away for red white and blue

thanks for looking

Paula

xx



fathers day card made using portobello papers and ribbon, cricut storybook card to cut the words

quite a simple one to get me back into my blogging

I am going to use this card for the challenges at

love to craft - fathers day card

and 



craft your days away - red white and blue

thanks for looking

Paula xx