More Handmade presents

This was the variation garden book that my MIL was given - same as before but a different stamp used - this one was a lot more fiddly to cut out!!







This was Aunties book - simple stamp to use but cute to look at :-)





A post it note holder - did a couple of these but only took a photo of this one for some reason!

Object D'Art

This was my starting point for the Object D'Art challenge 'The Frame'




This was the finished frame. the photo is of my first car - a Mini (original type!!) I used old car keys & key fobs along with stamps to decorate the alcohol inked base. The Mini wording was die cut using Go Slim Sizzix coloured with whisper pens & highlighted with a silver pen. Metal glue came in useful in this project!



Loved creating this :-) Thanks Jennie for the challenge :-) It's amazing what sort of things you find have been kept isn't it!!

Visitors (with pictures!)

Well here are the first friends that came to play :-) I used Whisper pens to colour. Colouring when you are laid down is not the easiest thing to do! but it kept me busy for a while colouring Pringle & Pen Pal who are are Sugar Nellies.

Next Winifred Rabbit came & I decided to use the new chalks that I got the other day from Tracy at Creative Treasures

And here is a snap of my visitors all together :-) Aren't they cute? I just have to decide what to do with them now :-)

Garden book project

I made this book a little while ago as a present using my new to me then Bind it All. I used a stamp which I coloured with my small limited set of Whisper pens supplemented by some chalking. I decoupaged parts on the stamp - some with 2 layers, some with 3. I added the title panel & blooms.

I took it into Sticky Fixers our craft club to finish off the stamping inside - Months & seasons - on one of our free weeks. We try to do a lesson on one week & a free week the next so that we can finish things off or do our own thing - it's nice to see what the members have created :-)

The members liked the idea & asked if I could please to do a lesson to make one. So when Maddy was away, they didn't let me forget & as requested, I took the lesson......................

Not much actual crafting today

Did a Craft Shop visit this afternoon with Maddy. We had to get some raffle prizes for Craft Club (that is our excuse & we are sticking to it!!) We had a mooch round & found a couple of bits ourselves that had to come home with us :-) You crafters know what ~I mean :-D We were quite restrained bearing in mind that we are going to Harrogate to the Great Northern Papercrafts Extravaganza Cardmaking & Scrapbooking show next weekend so need our pennies for then!

It's our lodger's birthday tomorrow so I had to make a card for him when I got back from Crafty shopping, before I did a viewing at the house & preparing tea & doing some ironing - you know, all the things that get in the way of crafting!!!! ........... Result follows

It's a really nice stamp & I also have the car one too which says Classic. I also did some work on another card but that one is shhhhh atm .............................. will reveal at a later date..............................