WOYWW - crafting day with buddies & Happy Halloween All

Hi all, well doing this post later than usual as i have a week off....yippee,funny how i havent managed much crafting though....lol Anyway the reason for todays post is to join in the weekly blog hop held over at Julia's at the Stamping Ground. So this is the tables (all 3 of them) squeezed in the kitchen for a crafty meet up on Sunday.

You can imagine how much mess craftystuff we can make.......lol and we had a fun day making cards as we are all on the design team now for StampnCraft and yes those bowls do contain nice snacks :)

So feel free to zoom in and have a nosey and if you want to see more craft desks then pop on over to the Stamping Ground to join in Whats on your workdesk Wednesday,x

WOYWW- a different desk!

Well thought i would show you a different desk for a change and this one was my desk on saturday when i meet up with some good friends that i met via docrafts. And even better it was in a craft shop :)

Excuse the pic as taken on my phone on the spur of the moment. I was completing a box album that i had started weeks before! On my desk you can see the box being covered with dp,to the left,dst, tim holtz distressing tool,tissues(for my rotten cold)can of coke (essential to get the brain moving)my crafting gloves to keep hands warm, clear bag contains tools,ink pad,glue,water and yes there are chocolates in the background....lol. Also you can see Sandra's hands at the back :)

And the reason i am sharing my desk with you can be found here which is hosted by the lovely Julia

If you want to see the finished album and the new stash i brought you can find the post  here

Right off to nosey at some blogs before work,x

Finished box album and goodies :)

Well pleased to say with some help from my buddies,i think my mojo is coming back. Had a fab day at StampnCraft where you can  rent tables from the lovely Beth,had a super lunch and even craft shopped :) so a good day in all. I had started making the album base with Angie back a while using her clever instructions, mountboard and book tape and then painting the background.

and then yesterday managed to cover it all in between chatting and having fun

and today was just adding the finishing touches

Made this for my Aunt Sue who will be 50 next week so now need to get cracking on her card.

and finally had a little shopping spree whilst there,it would have been rude not too.....lol

Got a sizzex stamps and matching dies set,inkpad, dst, plaid & snoflake embossing folders,card blanks, ruler washi tape,card candi, corner die and a cute christmas stamp.
Am slowly getting used to my splints at night which are helping with the numbness and pins and needles but still waking up,fingers crossed for a full nights sleep soon. Off to nosey at some blogs now,x

WOYWW and its another woywwer!!

Hello everyone in blogland,its that time of the week again were we take a deep breath and reveal all and i only mean our desks......lol
I am lucky enough to be able to go to a craft meet once a month where i have made many good crafting friends and one of them is the lovely Amanda who makes the most cutest cards and she also posts on the WOYWW blog hosted by the lovely Julia so thought you might like to see this photo taken at sundays meet, i am on the left proudly wearing my woyww badge which i know Amanda is desperate to get hold of  :)

And i can just see Sher's lovely elbow to the left,it was a good day. Right here is my desk for you to peek at

Picked up a new decent paint brush and been having a bash at the watercolouring lark using my distress inks and its hard work! I stamped my image on 3 kinds of card to see what works best. To the left is my distress ink colour chart,images,water pot,brushes,inks, whimsy monkey stamp,acrylic block for use with the inks,towel,and my new dies and magnet card waiting to be put in their storage case.

And this is the best of a bad bunch!! Used langton hotpressed watercolour paper for this one and it worked best,got a long way to go but enjoyed playing around. Off to link up to Julias's before work and watch out for a visit from me,assuming life is a better calmer,x

UPDATE - had a issue with my background not working any more so have changed for a new one for now til i find the right one,sorry if you couldnt see my posts earlier,x

WOYWW and some tables

Hi all,can i first say how gutted i was to miss last weeks anniversary woyww but my internet decided to go down on monday and not come back til late thursday by the time then my mojo went into hiding!
I know you are here blog hopping from the lovely Julias world wide blog hop where we all get a chance for a nosey peek into everyones craftrooms and particulary desks.
So as i only managed some crafting on sunday when my buddies came round,this is a picture of the tables and yes there are 3 there ready for action in my front room

All set to make a pocket album so instructions printed off,my mat and tools ready,green pop up bin(most used craft item),trimmer,martha stewart board and in the red box glues and tapes and if you peer closely as i know some will....lol, there are nibbles in the clear bowls.

And this is a action shot and amazing how quickly we fill up the tables with all our craft goodies :)
My album is nearly done so aim to finish decorating the cover today after i have popped into work but going to enjoy visiting your blogs first.So remember if you wish to join in the desk hop just pop over to Julia's at Stamping Ground and away you go,x

Magnetic post it holder from Bristol meet

Hi all,hope you are all well in blogland,had a fab time at the Bristol craft meet on sunday,lots of laughter, good company and shock,horror even some crafting......lol
Well i hadnt managed to finish mine there,think it was too much talking :) and only just finished it now amid lots of noise,music and chaos as youngest son painting his room so my crafting is on hold!

Ingredients used

Card for base and layering from stash

papermania boofle papers

gathered twigs distress ink

martha stewart around the page punches

cross stitch tilda coloured with promarkers & paper pieced

martha stewart lace flowers

kort & godt pearls

stampin up background stamp

eyelets and pencil from stash

magnetic sheet on back

The instructions for this were from a tilda magnolia magazine,sorry dont know which one but was easy to make. Off to do some blogging and then the joyous washing up!

Thanks for taking the time to visit me,x

WOYWW and new goodies :)

How naughty of me to have not posted anything between now and last woyww...tut,tut....................lol
I have a sick note so does that count!  Anyway bugs are on the way out and my crafting mojo is alive and kicking :) So you have come here via your reading list or most likely from Julia's blog 'Stamping ground' and you want a nosey at my desk so here it is

Well whats on there today,ahmm lets see,theres the start of my two tags for the tag swop over at Docrafts, along with the stash i am using and if you look closely i have my new yummy distress inks,just waiting to be used.In the pot to the right are baby wipes (ease of travel to meets),versamark pen and on top of my tim holtz dies is the last cat food lid that i have been using to make the cogs on the tags. Saw that tip on my rounds around woyww last week and need to try the embossing with them next.

Side view of my desk

 Went to the Yeovil craft meet on sunday and though i didnt finish anything apart from colouring a image(totally pooped to be honest) i had a fab time and managed to purchase some new craft goodies as we were above the craft shop :) so this is my new stash along with my new inks from oysterstamps

My new stash

Right nothing left to do but go to work now and catch up on your blogs later,thanks for taking the time to visit me  and if you want to see some other desks hop on over to here,x

Cascading card

Hello everyone,another strange weather day,sun in the morning and then hail,rain and thunder this afternoon! Good excuse to craft though......lol. Am going to the Yeovil craft meet soon (details here if you want to join us or leave me a comment here) and need to make 3 demos of the projects we are making so this is my first one

So what do you think,its quick and easy to make and i had fun using my new cherry lynn die 'fanciful flourish' which i brought from pinkgem.  It folds flat to go in a A2 envelope(made on my martha stewart board)

ingredients for card

12 x 12 card stock(used offcuts for diecutting)

cherrylynn 'fanciful flourish' die

oval nesties

stampin up 'whimsical greetings' stamp

stampin up lavender lace inkpad

stamping up 'pocket silhouettes' stamps

kort & godt pearls

ek success butterfly layering punch

12 x 12 paper for envelope

martha stewart board

Right off to make my next demo card,hope to be back soon!

Thanks for popping by and if you leave a comment i will always repay the visit,x

UPDATE - here is link for tutorial



Owl Wall Hanging and new stash

Hi all,hope you enjoying this gorgeous weather,been out for a long walk,done the dreaded housework so now its play time and i have finished of a wall hanging that i started to make when i had a Cricut playday at Sandras house. All made using SCAL,my fave part of my Cricut as love tinkering and changing around.

I used core card,ribbon from stash and a Tim Holtz paper pack (retro grunge) which was rather lush and just right for the colour i needed,here is a close up of my fave owl,isnt he cute.

Had a lovely morning with hubby yesterday exploring charity shops looking for bargains and whilst out managed to gather this little lot.

Gesso and charms were from the Works,going to have a go at making my first altered book using these fab tutorials here  hence the gesso and the charms were a bargain,reduced to 59p each and then buy one get one free so you can see i went a little mad.....lol.Picked up a £1 chalkboard which i am going to alter to go above my desk and found in one the charity shops these playing cards for a bargain price of 10p and last and not least got these lush ribbons in Lidls on the way home so a good shopping trip :)
Now i just need to decide do i start my altered book,do some more tag pages or stamp some more images as i have decided to catalogue my stamp collection....ok i know i am mad but i like to do those things.....lol
Any way have a fab day and thanks for visiting,x

For my mum

Thought i would show you the rest of what i have been making my mum lately. This is for Mothers Day and i made this when i had a cricut crafting day with Sandra and Sophie and used the Enchanted sparrow paperscape svg file which i purchased from here.

Used paper and card from stash and added gems to the flowers and ribbon to hang it up.
Also made a napkin fold card for mum as its a special birthday for her and wanted to make a different style card,also made a box to contain it.

You can find the instructions for the napkin fold card here.

I have been moving stuff around again and have changed my craft room layout so keep a eye out for lots of pics on my next post.Off to have a nosey at your blogs,x

Felt day projects

Hello everyone, well i had a lovely day meeting up with some docrafters and having a felt day. We had fun making little feltie characters and playing with the felt though i ended up being attacked by the glue gun several times....lol
Anyway this is my fave thing i made yesterday and its going to a good friend at work for her birthday

robin keyring

Hoodie wolf

Heart hanging

Felt brooch

Well seem to have got a bit blurry on the last two pics........oops..............lol
Had great fun anyway making these and looking forward to making some more. Off to get some more tissue as full of cold so dont get too close,x



Mini album finally finished :)

Hi all,well this is a project i started at the last Bristol craft meet and was awaiting some finishing touches.Have decided to use it as a photo album of this year and aim to use my camera more and not just for taking pictures for here or my docrafts gallery.

front cover



The album is double sided and has pockets for tags and loads of mat for photos so i have no excuse not to use it.

I used First Edition Isabelle paperpack for all the mats,tabs and even on the butterflies.

The butterflies are from my favourite punch (EK success butterfly layering punch) and you have the option of cutting out 3 butterflies which you can use on your own or layer up.

Tags for inside were cut out on my cricut and i then added tabs which were made with the stampin up tag punch which i nabbed off sue......lol. Its on the top of my wish list at the moment along with a hundred other items i would love!

Well i have finished it just in time as tomorrow i am off to this months meet......lol
Off to catch up on your blogs and thanks for taking the time to visit me,x

Snowy winter village album

Hi all,how are you all in blogland,thought it was time i added something to mine or else you will all forget me.....lol. Anyway this is a demo album for a craft meet which will be held in Yeovil on 30th October. Angiebabe found the tutorial here and looked for volunteers,should have run really but it was good fun making it and raiding my xmas stash,used DL envelopes.

Had to hand draw the houses and added doodling to them and the trees

Used a tim holtz snowflake edge die which i nabbed from angiebabe and card from my stash

The cards go in the album and await some christmas photos and journalling. Hopefully everyone will enjoy making this at the meet. Also went last minute to the Westpoint craft show and got some new goodies.

I brought a EK success butterfly layered punch which is fab,the new tim holtz distress inks,some mica powders and xmas stamps,more blending foam pads, card blanks,red tape and some cashews for hubby.
Off for a nosey at your blogs now,hope you are all enjoying this lovely sunshine,x

My wonky Advent Calender

Hi all,well had yet another fab time at the Bristol craft meet,well worth the two and a half hr drive! Anyway i wasnt going to make the project this time and had my bags packed with other items but i am always easily swayed and though its quite repetative i enjoyed making this.

Now dont look too close as its a bit wonky....lol.its 4 sided and has 24 drawers and thank heaven for peeloff numbers is all i can say!
Am going to use it for my beloved dog Sam at christmas to hold some treats as he is not allowed chocolate.

Fell in love with the bauble stamps and bauble punch which i had nabbed from Sue so need to go and buy those now. used distress ink for the bauble stamps and white ribbon on the drawers and lots of white card and papermania textured card. A tip for next time if i make another one that is!! is to really crease the card well to get a neater finish. Anyway am sure my Sam will be most happy to get whats in the drawers at christmas.

Handbag card made at Bristol meet

Hi all,well having a catch up day on projects that i have started but not finished.....lol. Completed a scrapbook and this handbag card which was our project for last months craft meet and as i am going again tomorrow thought i had better do it and add to my blog before i go!

Enjoyed making this using 12 x 12 card and my clare curd papers,added flowers,chipboard letter,brads,pearls and ribbon from stash. Sorry dont have a link for this one but am sure if you go and message sue over at her blog she can help you out.

This is the inside of mine and its going to be used as a retirement card and i have cut blanks of card for people to sign and then be glued inside but wont add til all signed just in case someone makes a mistake....lol
Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog and i like to repay the favour so see you soon,x

Chest of drawers and a hello :)

Hi all,well just in case you thought i had vanished i am back....lol. Have gone back to work after the summer holidays and its always a shock to the system to be honest so a distinct lack of crafting! and a scare today with my lappy and the blue screen of death but phew uninstalled some corrupt drivers and seem to be ok.
Anyway Tanmo and Angiebabe two lovely ladies i have met through Docrafts came around for some crafting play time and this is what we made

a cute little mini chest of drawers. I found the instructions online and will add the link when i can find it,its somewhere in my very long favourites file! link for drawers is here
Really easy to make using the large nesties and i used the ones that fit in my big shot and the bottom two drawers open and the top one is attached to the lid and lifts so very cute.Going to use this to hold some jewellry as a pressie.
We also made some adorable advent houses but i havent take a photo so will do that for next time as i am slowly going through my not completed projects.....lol
Right off to get ready to watch the celebrity big brother final,x

Crafting day and my makes :)

Well have had a fab day crafting with angie and tanya (buddies from docrafts) and think my mojo must be returning at last! Went blog hopping and found some projects which i enjoyed making.

This is a gift bag and i had good fun distressing all the paper, instructions for this can be found here

Also made a wiper style anniversary card which i am going to put away for someone who happens to love pearls so i went a bit ott with them....lol. The instructions for the wiper card are here

and lastly a christmas card,love this image,not sure what it is as i stole angies stamp to use it....lol

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and do have a go as the tutorials for both projects were really easy,x