A-tish-oo

It's my craft club meeting on Tuesday so I had to come up with a project for the ladies, a friend led me to the instructions for these sweet little boxes for tissues, what with all the coughs and sneezes at the moment they will come in handy.

It's made from one piece of A4 card and really easy. It was a quick sample so just grabbed nearest patterned paper and a Lili of the Valley topper, added some gorgeous flowers to finnish. You can find the instructions here

White on White with a hint of pink

I'm on a roll this week, the next creation is for the Crafting with Attitude nightly challenge on facebook - the theme being white on white. I love these but must admit to feeling out my comfort zone.

I used the swiss dots embossing folder, my favourite and most used, along with some new Sizzix dies the Ornate Plate and centre dies from the nesting Damask frames, I added some swirls too, all inked in Spun Sugar distress ink, added a bit of bling and gorgeous flowers to finnish.

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013

I admired this challenge last year and saw some amazing creations, I had previously joined in with the 12 days of Christmas challenge which I loved so thought this year I would have a go. It's been a while since I've done anything "inky" so this was a good way to get back into it. You can find the details here

I didn't have some of the required components but improvised - I have since bought a Chronology stash!

Hope you like it.

Lost mojo been found

unfortunately it's in Christmas mode but beggars can't be choosers lol. I decided to try and find some challenges to help me out but it looks like most of them are due to restart later this week. I found the Sketch and Stash challenge - a layout always helps.

and also Fussy and Fancy with the theme Furry Friends, not sure about hedgies being furry but the teddy certainly is.

The Penny Black stamps I've used are new ones from the Sirstampalot sale, coloured with Promarkers and Papermania papers. It's a night in for us, no change there an as the TV is so rubbish I may well do some more crafting. Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year xx

OMG it's still here, it may be covered in dust and cobwebs, what am I talking about - my blog of course! I have just joined a Facebook group called Crafting with Attitude and it's sister group Creative Moments on Bloggers Network so thought I better see if mine was still there. I made a feeble attempt at Christmas cards this year, making about 2 dozen and cheating using Lili of the Valley coloured toppers, as lovely as they are I felt really guilty. On the otherhand I've been juggling my gorgeous 6 month old Daughter who seems to have stolen my craft mojo.

I have actually made a card tonight - hopefully the first of 52 for the Crafting with Attitude one a week challenge.

I used Docraft papers and Penny Black stamps bought in the sale at Sirstampalot coloured with Promarkers. If all goes to plan I should be back next week with another Christmas card at least. I'm going to try scrapbooking too, just waiting for the postie to bring the Forever Friends New Arrival one - guess who for! Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year.

Here again at last with some brayering!

Well I said it would be a while and it has! Finding it hard to fit in crafting, but the mojo is slowly returning, the spending certainly is lol. A while ago I saw Barbara Grey using the Splodge Away mat on Create and Craft and she was raving about it. Well never being able to master brayering I thought if she says it's good it must be, so I ordered one (direct from the company I might add) Anyway when it arrived I was very sceptical it didn't look any different to the usual inky craft mat. I eventually got round to have a play and was amazed, I don't know what the secret to it is but it works! Having only had a quick play I decided to get inky last week, I watched a tutorial on You Tube and this is what I came up with, for a first attempt I was really pleased.

I improvised with distress inks, stamps used were Kanban dandelion, Stampscapes Oak branch and Clarity bird and scored the criss cross background using the Stampin Up diagonal plate. My next card was Hubby's Anniversary card which was on Thursday - 15 years, how time flies. I am over the moon with this card and cannot believe how well it came out, hope I can do it again! Having acquired the inky bug I've stocked up on Adirondack inks (lots more needed!) the gorgeous image is from Stampscapes UK

Just as well I was pleased with my card as Hubby didn't show much enthusiasm lol. Right as everyone's in bed I think it's time for a play, I've done enough browsing this weekend and spent a fortune on Memory Box dies. Have a good week and hope to see you soon x

Long time no see

Wow I can't believe how long it is since I posted on here, may be a while before I post again lol.

For those of you that don't know, the latest addition to our family "Isobel Amber" or Izzy, arrived 8 weeks ago after a long 12 days of being overdue and having to be induced. All was well in the end and she is the apple of everyone's eye.



Needless to say I have had little time for crafting let alone the mojo, but today I decided to shape myself as it's craft club next week and needed to come up with something to make. I've gone for an easy option of Clean and Simple.

My first one was made to fit in with the challenge no 79 over at Less is More "Blue and Green"



I used Distress Inks and Markers in Crushed Olive, Bundled Sage and Stormy Sky, the stamps are Hero Art.

Here's two more I made





I think I'll be making a lot more of these in the future if I am to carry on crafting.

See you soon