SSC 100

We made some tags at Craft Den last week and as usual I didn't finish mine, but for once I managed to finish it off at home.  Rather like the result, so am going to enter it into Hels Sunday Stamper challenge.

Started with a chipboard tag, covered half with TSS metal in pink, other half I used Viva Terra, painted the terra with Espresso acrylic, also put some of this onto metal, then wiped it off.  Swiped some Viva precious metal paint in blackberry over painted terra.  Made a tape sandwich with new Paperartsy bird die with brown TSS metal, put through Big Shot in a Cuttle Bug folder.  Finished off with a T!m flourish painted with Espresso, T!m tag and corner piece, added sentiment.  All ingredients used can be found at Craft Den.  

Look what I've got

When my friend Jill arrived yesterday she brought me an old newspaper she had found around her house, as you do.  I couldn't believe it!  It was an issue of The Times dated Monday 27 March 1882.  She thought I could cut it up and use it.  Cut it up, has the woman gone mad????  So thought I'd scan a couple of bits and share it with you all.  Please feel free to take it and use it.  Sorry it's not very straight, but it's early, sure you'll be able to still use it.

WOYWW 47

This is my desk first thing this morning.  I'm following Dina Wakley's on line journaling course which I would recommend to anyone, very informative and full of ideas.  

You can see from this photo that I'm managing to fill the storage unit that my hubby made for me, he's already got an order in from one of my friends, lol.  Stamps, Viva paints and pastes, Moleskin journal, Big shot.

I've got a friend coming today and we're going out for lunch, so she will want to have a peek in my craft room, oops, sorry studio, so have had a mad tidy and quick vac and this is the result.

Couldn't help just placing the new T!m papers on my May page for the 365 Art Journal which I am taking part in which is being organised by the wonderfully talented Kate Crane.  And don't you just love my fabby pink leather journal?  I can't stop stroking it.

Don't forget to take a look a Julia's blog to see what other people are up to.  Now you all have a good day.  I'm over the moon because I've been really ill for the last 10 days or so because I've had a terrible reaction to the chemo, so after seeing the consultant yesterday      he's stopped it and hopefully will not have to go back on it again, fingers crossed, just having to cope with the steroids and the 2 stone weight gain!!!!!

Sunday Stamper Challenge Week 100

I didn't know what to do for this special challenge, it's week 100 and Hels has got some great candy up for grabs, pop and take a peek at some stunning work.

This is one of the hearts I've made for my grandchildren.  It was very difficult to photograph because the light comes straight back when the flash hits the metal.  It's much more vibrant in real life and the gold viva paint down the left hand side really stands out,and you probably can't make out her name under the red heart.

Below is the one I've done for Charlotte, who we call Dinky.

New Home - SCD challenge 48

My friends who moved to Hampton around a year ago have moved house again!  I've told them I'm fed up of making welcome to your new home cards.  They haven't been able to find a house they like to buy so are renting, I now call all their houses, costa fortune because rents  down there are horrendous compared with up north.

Background coloured with DI's, old book page, again DI's, Wendy Vecchi stamp and sentiments, clock stamp is Paperartsy.  I decided to put a couple of tickets on seeing as they say 'northern' that's just in case they decide to come back here.  They will see the irony in that, lol.  What's interesting is that their new landlord is one of the actors on East Enders, I told them that's good enough reason not to take the house, now if the landlord had been on Coronation St, that would have been different.

I'm entering it in this weeks SCD challenge, which is 'H'.

WOYWW Week 46

I'm afraid this is a 'staged' photo as I'm working on something which I have to finish for tonight and and I don't want the recipient to see it.  So some things are works in progress....

I've decided to catalogue my stamps as I seem to be buying some of them twice, I'm sure none of you have ever done that, yeah right.  So some of my latest purchases already stamped, 365 Art Journal front, a piece of paper I bought yesterday, a magnolia image, I know not my style, painted with DI's waiting to be made into a card, and on the left hand side is a little book we made last week at Craft Den.  I used the new Sir T!m papers which are fantastic, I love them, just waiting for photos to be added then I shall give it to my sister-in-law.  

Yesterday we went to Barnsley flea market, well what an experience.  Now I don't want to upset anyway, but can you explain why someone would want to buy a pair of second hand shoes that had holes in the soles?  Anyway, I was hoping to pick up some interesting second hand books, particularly with tables in.  When I explained this to Maurice he said he'd got some old text books from his student days which I could have.  Couldn't wait to get home and get my hands on them.  This is one of them...

He's written his name and the year on the inside cover, bless.  5/- was a lot of money in 1961.  Besides lots of pages of tables, there are adverts and I think the one on the right hand side is brilliant

I love the book so much that I don't want to destroy it by using any of the pages, so will have to go searching again.

Hope you all have a good day and take time to pop over to WOYWW and have a nosey.

SDC No. 5 It's a Girl Thing!

Just managed to get this uploaded before the Stampotique challenge ends tonight.  It's supposed to be 'girly' but somehow I may have put too much black on it, lol.  Still I've put some bling on the corners, but it may not show up too much.  First time I've entered, but I love all these stamps.