Wait a year!!

I can't believe it has been over a year since I last posted 

something on here! Where has that time gone? 

I have separated from my other half, moved house and 

got a new job so it is all change for me and my boys, 

all for the better too.

I really must try and make more things to put on here

 as my inspiration and mojo keep making an appearance 

every now and then. I would also like to take part in some 

challenges but always forget about them till it is too late to enter.

Here is a couple of things I made using the wreath pattern from Docrafts 

( here is a link  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGViZJXHM34)

I know a wreath is a Christmas thing but I just wanted to have a go 

and here are the results

Made using Stampin Up Old Olive patterned paper

Made using Basic Gray paper and the stamps are the free ones

 that came with Creative Stamping Issue 15 

they are great this time around

A trickle of inspiration

Well it isn't much but I have had some inspiration over the past few days, a little help from my crafting friends at Creative Minds Craft Group
Elke and Sylvia, Thanks Ladies you have been a big help.

Last week we were playing with inks and I made quite a few backgrounds with inks and water.

Then this week I was determined to make at
least 1 card but instead I made 6!
Yes they are only small 4" x 4" but they are still cards.
I was really happy with them but some need finishing off a little.

and I just had to share this photo as although I didn't really enjoy the snow Oscar did..

Hope you have a good day.

Dabbler's Birthdays

I thought a good way to get my mojo flowing would be to join the birthday list for Dabblers, you send everyone on the list a card on their birthday and then when it is your birthday, everyone on the list sends you one. It is really amazing to see all the different styles of cards that come through your door and makes it all worth while. I have sent cards to Pauline, Elvie, Lesley and Liz this month hope you all had a good day ladies. Here are the cards I made but apologies as I cannot remember who I sent which card. 

 

 

 

 

I used the free papers and toppers from the latest issue of Making Cards, my aim this year, to use up some of the many editions I have and actually make them into cards.

 Hope you like them.

Happy New Year

I know it is a little late, but better late than never. Well Christmas is now just a memory and a hole in my bank account but don't want to dwell on that have got Christmas this year to save for. Hope you all had a good one though, I did, nice and quiet, spent with family. I have made a few resolutions for this year, I won't go into too much detail but one of them is to do more crafting and keep my blog up to date, I want my mojo to stick around this year and it seems to be flowing at the moment. I have so much stuff that I am going to use up as much as I can, before buying anything new....we'll see how long that will last! 

Here is some Snowman Soup packets (Hot Chocolate sachet, Candy Cane and mini marshmallows) I made up for Lesley at Little Treats in Spondon, Derby for Christmas. These were fun to make, used up a lot of my old papers and proved to be quite popular.

Here is a card I made for
Sheila and Dave's 25th Wedding Anniversary.

Picture isn't very good as was taken inside whilst dark but it was the only chance
I got to take it before giving it to them.

Hope to be back soon.

Christmas Is Coming

I thought I would show you a few cards I have made recently, I decided to use stuff that I already had in my stash and done nothing with...I have got several Making Cards magazines that I have bought over the years and never used the free papers so hopefully I will be posting more soon.

 I have even made a start on some Christmas ones as it will soon be here!

Hope you like them

 

won't keep saying sorry

Well as the title says I won't keep saying sorry for not posting, that's all I seem to do on here,

 my laptop is dead, this computer is temperamental! and I have had a serious lack of mojo... nothing new, that was until I came across a wonderful craft group
called Creative Minds Craft Group thanks Elke and Sylvia
for boosting my mojo and giving me some inspiration.

Here is a card I made for my Sister and Brother in Law's
wedding anniversary last month, simple but I like it.

Then this week I made some samples for Sheila over at
 Crafty Ways using
Hot Of The Press Vintage Christmas Magazine 2012

It is a lovely magazine, only wish I had a printer so I
could print of some of the sentiments on the free disc.

the white bit is where someone ripped off the sellotape without care!

Hope you like them.

A little bit of Mojo!

Hello Everyone,

April is nearly over but what happened to March!

 I must of blinked and missed it. 

I thought you would like to know I have found a little
 bit of mojo, can you believe it?

I knew it was lurking around somewhere, 

just hiding very, very well!

The cards I have made are 5" x 5" as they are the only 

size of envelopes I have.

I hope you like them, please feel free to leave any comments.

Also some other news which you can see better over on Facebook.

I bought some beads of Jewellery Maker.com and they run this competition called Chosen By You, where you send your choice of 10 items from their website and if they use them on their program, you get what has been made with them. Well I came home today and there was a parcel waiting, it was from them! my choices had been used on 22/04/12.

It has made my day.

This is the picture from Facebook.

Still Here

I thought I had better make an appearance whilst it is still February, just to let you know I am still here. I have been so busy with work that other things have been forgotten about, how sad is that.

I am going to be helping Sheila over at Crafty Ways with a Scrapbooking club or Crop as they are known. I'm really excited about that as I haven't done any in ages. Also going to be doing more Jewellery making and see if I can't stand a few stalls this year, you never know! I will keep you all updated as best I can.

Last year we did a Stamping Sunday event at Spondon Village Hall and it went really well, so we are going to be doing another one on Sunday 20th May 2012 from 10am till 4pm, keep that day free and I will update you when I know the full details.

I would just like to add a Thank you to everyone who sent Birthday cards and/or pressies.

Xbox Controller Card

Here is a tent card I made using an Xbox controller as a template, I had to pry it out of my son's hands though! I made the card for my Brother-in-law as it was his birthday yesterday. I think my nephew was very impressed with it, he even asked if he could play on it.

 I also wanted to share a picture I took of our tea, a humble pasta bake but I just loved the way it turned out.

Needless to say it was lovely.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Well it will all soon be over, but what ever you are doing this Christmas have a wonderful time and enjoy yourselves. I know my posts have been few and far between this year but I am going to try and update more often as I do like sharing with you all.
My dining room has a floor now and my Christmas tree is up so it does finally feel like Christmas, I am ready for it, I think.......

Missing my crafting...

I am still awaiting my floor to be finished off, I think I have been forgotten about and just cast to one side...that is the problem with renting, what the landlord says goes! Anyway the thing I miss the most is the dining table....strange I hear you say but I do all of my crafting on that table and it is tucked away in the garage, I am itching to get it out and get crafting, maybe I should just do it as I really need to make a start on my Christmas cards, I have already had some wonderful ones given to me. That's it I'm going to go and get it now and spend all day, except when I have to go to work! making my Christmas cards.
Be back soon, hopefully with some pictures.

Awaiting a floor ?????

I'm sorry for lack of posts just lately but that is because of lack of craft room, well dining room really! There was a problem with the floor, we only noticed it when the fridge started to tilt to one side (not a good thing) so it had to be moved into the living room!!! then the rest of the room had to be cleared to make way for the workmen so they could come and see what was really going on with the floor, it all had to go into the garage (boohoo) I think I am having withdrawal symptoms. Anyway the workman came and took some of the floor up and saw that the floorboards were rotten, apparently there was no ventilation. So I had to live with a hole in the floor for a week until they then came to take it all up and fill with cement, it was like a sauna in there in there for a day, the water was running down the walls, that was last week and yesterday the man who is going to put the laminate down cannot come till next week if i'm lucky! Half of me is glad it is a rented property but the other half of me thinks that if it was my own house it would be sorted by now!! So I am still without a craft/dining room till next week, fingers crossed it will get done soon as I need to crack on with Christmas projects. Bear with me until this is fixed then I will get back on track.