Needle felted landscape

Hi all,well yesterday I went with Kelly to a felt and fibre exhibition and to catch up with Joan who does needle felting.
This is her most recent piece of work and its stunning, picture doesn't do it justice I am afraid and its enormous in real life.




So once home decided I was going to have a play with my needle felting kit that I already had purchased. So you start with a felt base and then let your imagination run wild




Not too sure of my trees but they are on now




Adding more foliage and poppies




And finally the finished landscape and I have to say I am really pleased with it and look forward to making another one




If you are interested in learning about needle felting and attending a workshop with Joan you can contact her Here

A snippets card

Hi all,just a quick post as off out to a exhibition with Kelly. Going to meet a lovely lady called Joan who does felting and see all the other artists work.
So I had made this card the other week using scraps of card and my new SU pansy punch and matching stamps set and happened to mention it to Amanda at the Bristol craft meet who said I should enter it into the snippets challenge over at
Pixies crafty workshop .



So no whole sheets of card were harmed in the making of this......lol
SU pansy punch, SU flower shop stamp set,only used one from the set to make the flowers and leavers, Swiss dots embossing folder and all card from my scrap drawers and a stamped greeting.

September Tag and WOYWW

Hi all,well now I am back at work with the children,time is certainly flying by and no craft time at mo but I did have a fab time on Sunday at the Playday
So this is my desk from then and you can spy lots of inky goodness, Tim Holtz layering stencils,stains etc. my drink for energy,box contains tissue tape, wipes and phew no sign of the giant cookie I had eaten lol




This is the finished result inspired by Tim 's tag which you can find Here. After attending the afternoon workshop in Coventry with Tim has made me join in the tags challenge for the first time




Ingredients used - stencil paste, layering stencils, distress stains ( mustard seed, peacock feathers and seedless preserves ) . I followed his step by step instructions and added some of my ideology embellishments and chitchat labels to finish off. Loved getting inky especially with the ribbon :-)
Right I am off to link up to WOYWW with Julia and if you haven't heard of if before details are all Here.

A Tip from Timmie and craft meet photos

Hi all,well hope you are all well in blogland,I have had a fab day at the Bristol play day yesterday catching up with friends, lots of chatting, yummy food and even some crafting :-)
Thought I would share a tip with you that Timmie aka Tim Holtz shared with us at the Coventry workshop.
This will stop your glossy accents getting all blocked :-)
All you need is a plastic tag,I found plenty on son's bedroom floor!




Insert in bottle when not in use ( trim according to size of bottle )




Fits neatly inside the lid so able to close still and viola no blocked bottles :-)
Have been using this method ever since and it works




And I would highly recommend the scrubby as your new best friend if like me you get very inky




Before picture - messy alchohol inks




After picture - just add soap and water and hey presto and I think I even converted Noreen and Amanda with it




And finally some photos, Sher took this one and my first thought is twins lol
It's me on the left hard at work and Kelly busy colouring




L to R is Noreen, Jackie and Sue




And Tracy and June both looking very crafty




L to R is Kelly, Jane and Amanda
Forgot to get one of Amanda with her latex gloves on lol




L to R Amanda, Sher, Noreen, Jackie and Sue




It was a small group this time but according to Jackie's decibel meter on her phone we were just as noisy lol
Will be back tomorrow to share my tag I made x

Happy Birthday Fiona

Hi all,well hope all is well in your world today. This card is for a work colleague and I had another go with the 3d decoupage.



And also went a bit mad with the stickles on the cake but you can see the raised bits better on this close up


Stamped Wildrose Studios 'bees with cupcakes' several times and coloured with promarkers and then selected different sections of stamp to cut out and 3d. Used labels 8 nesties, AnnaMarie designs 'spotty' card, Dovecraft 'back to basics' paper and gems and letters from stash.
Well slowly coming down from the ceiling after my adventure last week, pics and details below :-)
Off to do some blogging x

WOYWW - a rather special desk with Tim Holtz

Hi all,well I haven't joined in WOYWW for ages due to being busy at work or having a tidy desk lol. But am stuck home today waiting for a new cooker. So thought I would show you my home desk and my fave desk of all the one I was at when I attended the Tim Holtz workshop in Coventry last week.
So this is my desk which I shared ready for action




And yep now we are talking crafty lol half way through making my tag book and what can you spy? I have to say I am now hooked on the distress stains. We were given so many goodies to play with and use in our tag books and even more at the end




And of course I had to have my pic taken with Timmie aka Tim Holtz and look at our smiles and the matching shirts weren't planned...lol....honest




My completed tag book which I adore




And last but not least sorry Tim but Mario just happens to be my favourite and when he knew me well that made my day lol




And I also had the pleasure of meeting the lovely BJ who I first met via WOYWW




And finally this is my desk at home, shock,horror,started last night to churn out a few tags for a craft meet on Sunday, was brave enough to leave over night as need to diecut a few more today. I got the Tim Holtz cargo stencil dies and they are just fab




So that's it for me,will spend the day hopping around your blogs, cutting more tags, doing paperwork and hopefully stroking a shiny new cooker. If you want to see more pics of my Tim Holtz adventure have a look Here and Here.
Right off to and link up at Julia's over at Stamping Ground

Completed tag book from Tim Holtz workshop

Hi all, well I had a fun time Sunday finishing off my tag book with photos from the workshop and embellishments.
So this is the tags i had done at the workshop all inky and ready for action




Using my new alpha tiles




Getting down to some creating




The little tags go over the pics with journaling underneath and yes it does say smitten as I was :-) Sandra had to pick me up of the floor lol




My signed apron which is hanging in my craft room




The lovely Tim,and I adore the wishbone on a safety pin




Some of the tags were interactive and you could flip them up, really easy to make using half a tag and tissue paper




My shopping list has grown since this workshop :-)




Think the embellishments just make the tag book pop








Yep even Sandra was messy and the cardigan stayed white!




And Angie proudly showing off her tag book with Mario next to her




Lots of smiles that day and lots to remember :-)




Yep worn out,been a long day and the excitement leading up to to also but so worth it




And my fave pic of the lot,going to get this one framed












And so much attention to detail in his workshop












My finished tag book which i will always treasure




So that's it,feel quite sad now but don't worry got some new goodies coming my way so shall have my own adventure in the craft room x