finally finished our canvas, I started it weeks ago and had put it aside so I could finish some other projects. so yesterday I was in the mood to craft so I got it finished.....there is alot of prima going on here, I got carried away! hope your all creating away in this rotten weather
mini canvas created with prima "en francais" paper collection and prima bicycle clear stamp :) I also played with ranger antiquities verdigris embossing powder along the edges of the canvas xx
its nearly here....cha jamboree this sunday 15th april with create with kate in the hudson bay hotel athlone, so looking forward to a day of fun and playing. here is another sneak peek :) see you there xx
its coming yay!!! on the 15th april kate from create with kate will host a fun packed day of crafting, classes, demos, shops and much more,all the latest goodies straight from the latest cha show, I can not wait, super excited! click the link here to follow for all the details...sneak peeks coming soon :) xx
hello! sharing an altered tin that had contained mustard from tesco's, decorated with prima paper, flowers, pins and general prettiies things. I changed the tin colour with splodges of alcohol inks too :) thanks for swinging by, hugs xxxx
hello!! how are you? hope you are all well. creations the last while with me seem to be a feast or a famine, so sorry!!! I have some quick make cards that I put together using october afternoon sidewalk collection.
another card created with the free websters pages with this months simply cards and papercraft magazine.
here is a sneak peek of a layout on the docrafts website, click here to check it out :) there is some wonderful inspiration there so why not have a nosey too!
and finally a video (in 2 parts) I did this morning to show you a little bit of a craft/bits&pieces haul/shopping spree I did, I have shared the cards in this post too on the videos :)
hello all, hope you are all well and happy. we had a lazy sunday here yesterday and I had an overwhelming urge to put paint on paper all day, so after all that had to be done in the house (or as much as!!) I had an hour to spare before "call the midwife" started on bbc1 last night, new favorite programme, hope it doesn't end soon, anyhoooooowwww I grabbed a sheet of watercolour paper (leftovers) and made myself put down some colour and pencils lines, without thinking about it, and boy was that hard. I realise I don't create enough because I over think, I think too much about what I am going to do, paint, or make and need to just get on with it, and what happened surprised myself. I manage to create a little painting and messily done too ( I definitely over think and try to be neat when painting, this is stopping now!!) she/aka green haired girl appeared so quickly on the page and I was done with her layout and coloring in within the hour, result..happy days...........I am definitely painting like that again :)
so I sat down with coffee in hand at my desk this morning waiting on the kids while they fought, shouted and basically killed each other trying to get ready for school (mornings are pure stress here!!) and I spotted my painted lady from last night, so in a moment of stress and escape I decided I wouldn't just put her away in my folder, I was going to use her, make something of her and make a video................so kids off to school I parked my bottom done and got on with it and this is the result :).............amazing what stress and some get up and go does for ya, hope you enjoy it, first time editing a video so hopefully I will get the hang of it and get to share more, have a great day, hugs xx
p.s distress watercolouring video didn't happen last thursday as I ran out of the watercolour paper I use for the inks and picked up the wrong replacement one in the art shop....arrgghhhhhh.......will be watercolour paper shopping on saturday ....sorry !
hi blog/crafty people, hope you are well and staying warm, it is so cold here, it seems the weather is going backwards and all over the place at the moment.
I finally finished another configuration, I have created a video instead of taking lots of photos. I really need to make more of these, I forgot how much I enjoy them, configuration boxes I mean not videos! although I am running out of space to store any more creations around the house at this stage.... big hugs take care xxx
hi!! I am back with some more makes at last, below is sophie's birthday card which was saturday, created using a magnolia stamp and one of my most favorite paper collections of all time, "romantique" from prima, there are no words for how much I love this paper range, its perfect...in my eyes anyway!
and the next make is a little diary and pen I covered so I can scribble down wedding thoughts, needless to say I didnt do much scribbling!! off today to finish putting my configuration box together, hopefully I will be back with that tomorrow...if I can keep my bottom in the craft seat long enough!
..............yes I made stuff......I actually made them before christmas, thought it was about time I shared them :) I have been going through a shaker stage. I use to make them all the time, I was fascinated by them. I don't know how my love for them died off, maybe I just over did it!! but it was rekindled, I was so inspired by lollyrot 7, they lovely maria, I got to glitter and glass playing...........and of course I just had to shake a gorjuss girl up too!!! hugs xx
papers are mme lost and found and october afternoon, gift bag by papermania, inks used for coloring, distress ink pads.#
I am a bad blogger the last while, real life is as mental as ever and making things has just had to be put on the shelf for a bit, I hope now when everything is sorted and ready for christmas I will have some time to play with my stuff!! here is a little tag that I made a few weeks ago, betty, karen and myself had a play date and were determined to actually make and start something instead of sitting there chatting and eating cake :)
we created similar tags, all done with the same technique of debossing and paint scrapping in anticipation and excitement of tim's 12 tags of christmas starting.
todays crafting mission is to try and actually make a card after we get all the rest of the christmas decorations up..........hope it happens!
hello!! hope you are all well, here is the grunge paper & envelope album I created along with the girls of crafting ireland who held their first online ustream class saturday night, I had a brilliant time joining in. I didn't get all my album finished on the night so I spend this morning sewing and gluing to finish. hopefully the girls will do more classes soon, just loved it!! hugs xx
hello all, this is the first of my pages for the book all about me. I started this book last year and hadn't done anything to it since, I really needed a push and some motivation and this group did just that, thanks ladies. rather than creating pages on me and I decided to do them on what I like, which is still technically me!!. so here is my first official group page and number 4 in my book, looking forward to adding to her every month and seeing all your work too, hope your staying warm and dry during this horrible weather!
my first page is another favorite/pretty....."wings"
tag playing this week :) also have worked on another wooden piece, but I want to add a few more bits and pieces first before I take its pic :) hope you are all well, have had yet another mental few weeks, maybe in a few weeks time I will be able to share with you what has been going on!! hope you are all well, big hugs mandyxx
