Mermaid Book

1st Project for the year was this Mermaid book.....

My inspiration came from a tub of Frantage Micra Fragments I bought but never used, I totally loved the colours & they reminded me of fish scales.

The image is a Saturated Canary stamp which I put onto Neenah Cardstock.

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens & Pencils....

Skin... Pens... FS2,3,4,5 & 9 

Skin Pencils... 5,8 & 9 

I used Blending Fluid to blend the times together.

Hair... Pens... EB3,5,8 & TN 3

Hair... Pencils... 100,104,110

Tail... Pencils... 65,67 & 71

Shell Top... pencils... 114 & 117

The main part of the mermaids tail I used Collall All Purpose glue & added the Frantage Blue Micra Fragments. I then used Glossy accents to the tail top & Fin & her eye.

Left it to dry whilst I worked on the book.

The book I used Collall Tacky Glue & used a sheet of card I had for many years but never found anything to use it for I then I added 2 sheets of Colorcore card. 

I used Collall red liner tape to attach the Ribbon.

All around the bottom I threw lots of Frantage on to give it a feel of a sandy sea bed. 

The Frantage colours were...

Embossing Enamels... Chunky White, Shabby White, aged silver, aged gold, aged Ivory & aged bronze

I then used Collall 3d gel to hold all the decorations.... buttons flowers, gem stones & card candy. After I added the flowers whilst the gel was still wet I added more Frantage to hide the bottom of the flowers & gems.

The Die cut I used to cut out the glitter card was Diesire Grace Frame. I didn't need to emboss it. I used Collall 3d gel to keep the frames & Mermaid in place.

The shell is a real shell that I sprayed with Gold paint & then whilst still wet added glitter so that it matched the Shell top on the mermaid. To hold the shell in place I used Collall 3d gel & on the underside edge that would touch the book front I used a thin smear of Collall all purpose glue. The ribbon & metal embellishment were added using Collall all purpose glue & then again used with the pearls in the die cut.

I made this book yesterday & seeing it now I totally love it. It does weigh heavy as nearly a full tube of Collall 3d gel was used but I know everything will stay in place now :) xxx

Happy New Year 2015

I received my Fab parcel from Joanna Sheen yesterday (New Years Eve) totally amazing service as It was lightening delivery. I was out & did not get home until late so left it on my craft table to open on New Years Day. I was sooooooo excited to open the discs as House Mouse & The gruffles are just gorgeous. 

Flicking through I seem so many images I loved that I decided to make a New Years resolution card. 

I don't personally make resolutions as by 2nd January Iv always broken them!

So this card is for all that are making the New Years resolution of losing excess pounds they put in over the Xmas period.                   

              xxx GOOD LUCK xxx

My 1st card made in New House

Well with the craft room now sorted I actually enjoyed sitting & browsing through CDs I had bought & never used & ended up not being able to resist using Makey Bakey Mice Christmas CD ROM it's well cute :) the Decoupage, backing paper & sentiment are from the CD & then I added a few polystyrene balls to a bag & added a little glitter & shook the bag until they were coated to make mini snowballs. I then used Collall tacky glue to add the fake snow & mini snowballs. The baubles Are held in place using Collall 3D gel. I added some brown ribbon & some pearls & I'm looking forward to making the box. It will have to wait now until tomorrow as I'm starting tea now then I can have a bath & watch some TV. xxx

Home Made Fat Balls

Ok......
so I bought a tub of 50 Fat Balls but the amount of birds that visit soon left the nets empty, so last night I put some thick bread & sesame seed rolls into the blender to turn them into bread crumbs, added peanuts & bird seed & then melted some lard. I then moulded them into balls. I left them in the fridge over night & this morning Iv opened the empty nets & placed the new fat balls inside. I used bakers twine to sew the tops & left some length to the twine for hanging the Fat Balls up. As I was sewing the nets up my German Shepherd dog stole one & tried to do a runner with it, he loves eating nuts as my parrot regularly throws them out the cage to him. I had my hubby hang them on the bird stand & Arch way & so far so good as they love them :) xxx

Internet is up & running :)

Ok so the post I wrote last week has only just been sent but how fab things can become within a week :) Poor Satallite installation man was mugged by us all to get our gadgets connected to the wireless router lol. I was unable to post comments unless I was in town which is an hour drive away & I haven't been out much, I'm enjoying the new house & surroundings to much. 

It was all go today with the Satallite being fitted & then the chimney sweep arrived early which was a good job as the lounge chimney took him over an hour to clean. The bedroom fire place is now up & running & I wanna go bed early just so I can watch the fire in bed. My Drs medical went well but I have to go back on Thuraday with weather permitting as we have bad weather coming in but with freezer full & store room bursting I'm ready to be snowed in now. I'm sure broadband will go down when bad weather hits us but that's something I can cope with as long as it's not off for 4 weeks lol xxx

Internet........ Pants!

Ok so yesterday was the day I waited for BT to arrive to set up my Broadband. I placed the order 5 weeks ago & text messages & emails had been coming in to the countdown. BT man arrived nice & early & my day was planned to sit & play on the Internet all day to get back into the swing of it. Then! The words I didn't want to hear we are to remote to get any broadband :( we have a telephone line but the line is to old to be able to receive internet :( i now have to spend the day looking at satellite broadband company's. I think a phone call to BT is in order as now I'm sick of the messages coming in from BT saying my broadband is up & ready! I think it's time they started to listen to actual people instead of automatic robots sending messages out which is wasting my mobile phone contract internet. 

On the bright side..... I'm still loving my new house & now my Daughter & Grandkids have moved in the house is filled with love & laughter. 

I'm also looking forward to my new Doctors medical as I'm sure my stress levels are extremely low & BP pressure is perfect. Life is good :) xxxxx

New start

Well I'm here in my new house & to be honest.... WOW I totally love it. I wake up to birds singing & it's such a relaxing environment its a dream come true. It took two lorry loads to bring all our stuff up but now most of the boxes are unpacked & things have a place. I never know where to find things in their new place but that's part of the fun. I love my bedroom and I could stay in that room all day watching the fire, but it's time for me to get back into the craft room. I don't know what to make its like all my inspiration is back in St. Helens so I'm going to go sit in the room & look for something to finish rather than look for something to start from fresh. 

Yet another.... Scarf

Sat and knitted another scarf this morning same as last nights just different colour. Thank God I have no more spider web bobble wool left as I'm bored with it so going have a rummage & see what I have to knit something different ;) xxx

New Scarf

When I start something I really can't stop! Just made my Mum a spider web bobble scarf in her favourite colour. This took two 50g balls of Papillion wool measures around 120cm in length. Only 8 stitches plain knit & an hour to make xxx

Knitting needles out

Ok so I got bored with watercolours not picked them up since day 2, I know when I'm not good at something & give up easily. But no crafting is turning my brain to mush! So this evening iv sat down & knitted a 1x1 Rib Scarf using Jumbo Chennile wool. It knitted up really fast took about an hour to make it 130cm scarf & it's real warm :) 

Water Colouring Day 2

Ok so I finally opened the water colour pencils & had a go. Being able to paint is something Iv always wanted to try but never got round to it. The 1st image i coloured was Pollyanna Pickering's Tiger Cub, I used watercolour pencils direct onto Crafters Companion Water colour card & didn't add water. Here is the result. 

I then coloured one of Sheena Douglas stamps in again on Crafters Companion Watercolour card but this time added water, I wasn't impressed with my colouring ability & added some paint splatters which I actually quite like.

Today Iv just sat down & tried something different to my 1st 2nd & added water to the card & then painted the 1st image again, it's still wet but I actually prefer it to the 1st Tiger Cub I coloured.

Pretty chuffed I actually tried painting, Idon't  think painting is for me but at least I can say I have now tried it xxx

Monday morning......

Today my Hubby is going to help his mate rebuild his racing car engine. It's the 1st day I'm going to be left alone in the house with no craft room! Usually he goes out & I lock myself away crafting so today is going to be soooooooooooo boring with my stuff packed away! I reckon it's going to be back to watching how to colour DVDs & have a play with watercolours. Such a shame Iv had them so long & never opened them so looks like today could be the day they finally get used :) 

Happy 9th Birthday Crafters Companion

Hi all, I didnt expect to pop in again so early but Iv seen my last project being shown & can now share it with you.
Crafters Companion 9th Birthday was a great way to also say  "Thank you" for getting me back into card making. So I designed a clock, & best thing is its really easy to make & I did a tutorial for you to follow so you can all make it using Crafters Companion new Big Board.
Here is the link to the Tutorial & I really hope you all have as much fun making it as I did. 
For you who say "I can't make it" If you can make a box you can make this! Now go play with your craft stash & I will see you when Iv unpacked in my new home xxx
http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/blog/blog/2014/10/tutorial-grandfather-clock/

Last 2 Scruffy Little Cat Cards Knickers & Bra

These were the last 2 cards I made for the assignment & I can tell you I had soooooooooo much fun. I have made these card shapes for so many years now that I dont need a Template when I cut them, They are so easy & Fun to make & great for 18th, 21st, 40th Birthdays or even Hen party invites.

Knickers Card...

Products Used...

Scruffy Little Cat (Holly) Stamp

Spectrum Noir Pens...Skin FS 2,3,4,9 TN4
Lips CR8
Eyes GT1, True black 80
Hair TN8 OR1,2,3 20,24,19
Clothing LV 1,2,3,HB1 82,80

Accessories  JG 5,2,1  49 108,110
Collall 3D Gel & all purpose glue
Kraft card for base

Neenah card for stamp

Light decoupage card for fabric Cd..Design 5 colour 6

Lace

Pearls

Ribbon

Diamante pearl

Spray & sparkle iridescent

Insert from CD

Bra Card....

Products used....

Scruffy Little Cat (Louise) Stamp

Spectrum Noir Pens...Skin FS 2,3,4,9 TN4
Lips CR8
Eyes GT1, True black 80
Hair BG10,9,8,6,4 120,118,116
Clothing 80,82,78

Accessories  I,2,6 CR 8 80,82
Collall 3D Gel & all purpose glue
Kraft card for base

Neenah card for stamp

Light decoupage card for fabric

Lace

Pearls

Ribbon

Diamante pearl & Spray & sparkle iridescent

Insert from CD

Happy Halloween Scruffy Little Cat Halloween Hat

This was the 3rd Card I made for the same assignment & I really let myself go with it, I love the fun side of Halloween & these 2 stamps were perfect to play with.
I was un-decided if to go for a huge Cauldron card or the Hat card & obviously you see I went for the Witches Hat.

Products I used....

Crafters Companion Products...

Scruffy Little Cat Stamp (Chanel & Lola)

Spectrum Noir Pens & Pencils & Blending fluid & Paper stumps

Chanel

Skin FS1-7

Eyes 80,81
Lips DR4
Eyes BT 2, 120
Hair LG 1-5 45,46,47
Dress OR 1,2 TN3 20,21,22

Accessories 118.119.120, 107,108,105,106

Lola

Skin Fs1,2,4,7

Eyes BT2, 17 19, 120

Hair, LV1,2 HB3  38,39

Suit LG 1,5  45,46,47

Accessories 46,47,48,27,32,37,38,20,21,22,78

Collall 3D Gel, All Purpose & Tacky Glue

Colorcore Card stock & sanding pad

Products from my Crafty Stash

Wooden embellishment coloured with True black pen

  Glossy accents, 

 empty mini bottle that I filled with Glitter

ribbon, charm, gems, wooden embellishment

Web Stencil

Howdy Scruffy Little Cat Card

This was the 2nd Sample card I made for the same assignment as the Shoe card.
I tried something new which I enjoyed the final result butting getting there was messy!
I drew the shape I wanted & covered it with small pieces of masking tape & then inked over it, the embossing powder & Frantage then was added to the whole hat before I started to decorate it.
Fun card to make but can't see myself making many more messy projects unless I get gloves ;) xxx

The products I used are....

Crafters Companion Products...

Scruffy Little Cat stamp (Jessica)

Spectrum Noir Pens...

Skin FS1-5

Lips DR2,4Eyes GT1, True black
Hair FS9 EB3,4,5,8 & 98,107Clothing, Hat & Boots IG 1,2,3 & TB 2,3, EB3, TN 2,3,4,5,6
Collall 3D Gel & all purpose glue
Die’sire Essentials Stars
Extras from my Craft Stash...

Cactus LG 2,3,4 & OR 1,2 TN 2

Co-ordanating papers from Scruffy Little Cat disc Design 1 Colour 2

 Masking Tape,

 Frantage Aged green embossing enamel, 

Frantage crushed Glass Glitter, 

Bronze embossing powder,

Tim Holtz Distress inks, 

Flowers, Ribbon, glossy accents & gems.

Scruffy Little Cat Shoe card

Here is a DT card I made for Crafters Companion.
This assignment was my favourite, they needed Scruffy Little Cat Samples so after looking through all the Scruffy Little cat cards I could find I decided to opt for making cards like I used to make. 
The materials I used are.....

Crafters Companion Products....

Spectrum Noir pens & Pencils

Skin FS1-5
Lips DR2,4
Pearls FS1,2
Eyes GT1, True black & 107,108
Hair FS9 EB3,4,5,8 & 98,107
Clothing & accesories GB1,9

Blending Fluid & Paper stumps

Collall 3D Gel & all purpose glue
Die'sire essentials hearts for sentiment

Spray & Sparkle

Other Products from my own Craft Stash

Own drawn Template, glitter card, gems, glossy accents & ribbon

Nearing the end.....

I still have a few cards to share with you before my journey ends with Crafters Companion, but I won't be able to share them today as they were for future shows & I don't want to spoil the goodies they have in store for you. 

I'm moving house in a few weeks & after my Drs appointment today I will finally be boxing up the rest of my craft rooms & maybe one day I will feel inspired enough to unpack them & pick up a craft knife & score board again. 

A few weeks back I purchased various watercolour goodies & a DVD I know I can draw but Iv never been able to colour in the images very good so I may dig out my painting stash (If I can remember were I put it!) xxx

October's Inspirational challenge card.

This was to be my last inspirational card I would make for the Challenge team, such a fabulous team. Seems weird when I think back as Iv never entered a challenge before so to make cards to inspire people to enter a challenge was a good feeling :) 

Last samples from Moonbeam Meadows

I made 7 samples from moonbeam Meadows & here are the rest of them.