Wednesday, March 13, 2013

NOTE/MEMO HOLDER 


Hello and thank you for stopping by ....  here is a project I finished yesterday for a little competition over at UK & Ireland craft swap group on Facebook ..... the group is now open to the WHOLE world so feel free to join in the challenges that are on there ...


I made it from chipboard and cereal box and covered it it paper from  First Edition called Isabelle 

and the journaling spots were just some scrap card I had left over from another project .. the metal embellishment was a gift from my friend Sandy   the envelope is just made from craft paper and I stamped along the bottom and added some tissue tape with post marks across the top ... the flowers are ones i have had in my stash for years .... oh I have just remembered I for got to put my altered peg in as well lol ...  i had better take some more photos lol .... 

Well here it is lol  all I did was add some paper flowers and some bling : ) 


Thank you so much for stopping by 

Tina xxxx

Blogs I am entering 


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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

NEW CHALLENGE at LEJ Designs 


The theme this week is  ALL THINGS SPRING ....  what a great choice for getting us all out of our winter dull drums  ( is that one or two words ??? hmmmm not sure but my mum use to say it all the time ) 

Any way such a great theme for us all to have a go at ...

I used Lindsey's (www.lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk)

Blossom from the Floral and Nature digi stamps ...

Such a beautiful image to work with.   I decided I wanted to to look as though it had been left to grow wild and thought the best way to show that was with the cut out 3D card ... i was pleased at how it had turned out ... hope you like it too ..

Many thanks for stopping by and don't forget to join in with this great theme ... oh and if you have used one of LEJ's designs simply put LEJ after your name when adding your link for a chance to win a extra prize .... 

Thank you as always for taking the time to stop by and I love reading all your comments (good & bad )  

Tina xxx

Blog Challenges  I am entering ....

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

WOW I WON ....

I am so excited to announce that I won over on www.eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk
with my box

Thank you so much for picking me .... I am so thrilled : ) xxx
Tina 


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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

New Challenge 


A new challenge has gone live today love at www.lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk
and its all about BUTTONS ..... I LOVE buttons the ones that go on clothes as well as the chocolate ones ...

Before I post my photo I just want to say that a friend of mine recommended a website to me called "Artist Trading Post" so on Sunday I had a good look around the site and placed an order with them ... as I was talking to my friend and telling her what I had ordered I realised I had forgotten something ... I had already received an email from them confirming my order so I sent a reply asking for someone to phone me so I could add the forgotten item.   I have to admit I didn't think I would hear anything but low and behold a really nice man phoned me on Monday morning... and then to top it all off my order arrived this morning .... I was so thrilled and the customer service is FANTASTIC .... I highly recommend www.artisttradingpost.com

SO .... Here is the card I have made for the design team this week ....
The image is from LEJ Designs and is the Daisy digi stamp ... I just re-sized it so I could have the flowers coming down in size.  Then I picked out some buttons for the centers of the flowers .... I would have loved to put some bright orange buttons in the centers but sadly I could not find any in my stash ..  

Don't forget to stop by www.lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk
and join in the challenge .... 

Many thanks for stopping by I would love to read any comments you are kind enough to leave for me 

Tina xxx

Challenges I am entering 


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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Crafty Emblies New Challenge 

 Well it is now my 2nd DT entry for Crafty Emblies www.crafty-emblies.org and this months theme was WINGS .... I decided as it was near valentines day I had to do something with a heart and i just HAD to do it pink : -)  sorry all you pink haters ....

I used a box from my stash and painted it white first then gave it a 2nd coat of metallic pink paint (from Tesco in the kids art section ... they have loads of 'colour's and its REALLY nice and cheap ) 


I covered the lid with some lace from my stash and edged it with 2 different types of lace and some Washi tape, then I moved on to the heart which was painted pink then I stamped some script on to it then, dry brushed white over the top.  I gave the wings (from Crafty-emblies ) a light brushing of white paint and then glued it all onto the lid.
I wanted the box to look like it had to be opened with a key so used the key hole (Crafty-emblies) at the front and used 2 of the tiny 'screw' brads (Tim Holtz) in the holes on the lock .  then to finish it off I made a small dangly charm to hold the key (from Crafty-Emblies ) which is hanging from a chain ...
The base of the box was done in the same way as the heart ..

Crafty-Emblies ...www.crafty-emblies.org are now also doing a Paper craft challenge too ... so why not enter both challenges OR which ever one takes your fancy and enter .... check out the website and blog for more details ... 
www.crafty-emblies.org

Thank you so much for stopping by 
Tina xxx

Challenges I am entering 

www.charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk
www.challenges4everyone.blogspot.co.uk
www.allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk
www.tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk
www.eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk
www.sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk
www.joyfulstamper.blogspot.co.uk
www.glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk
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VALENTINES' DAY 

 Hi everyone this is a re-post from Valentine's Day as somehow I lost my original post  :( 

 Here is a wooden heart I made for the love of my life..... 

I started with a wooden heart (oooo sounds a bit like an Elvis song there....) and I used my Crop-o-dile to punch a hole in the top.  I then used the Tim Holtz alcohol inks to stain the wood, and wiped it over with a baby wipe to soften the colour a little.

I added some Washi tape to the bottom left and some rolled paper roses made from the Financial Times.... (I LOVE the colour of that news paper, I am not some financial whizz kid ... sadly... I just really love the colour...) and added some pearls to the centers (they are a pale green )

I stamped an image from the Chronological stamp range and tore out the bit I wanted and inked it using TH Distress ink Brushed Corduroy.... after adding the ribbon I was still thinking it needed something but didn't know what so I sent a photo to my friend ( Thank you so much Sandra Crossfield ) who suggested I tried some gilding ......  I then stamped the word LOVE over the heart using indigo blu gilding flakes and flitter glu and I think it really works .... hope you all like it 

Thank you for stopping by it means a lot to me 
Tina xxx



Here are the challenges I would like to enter 

www.dreamvalleychallenge.blogspot.co.uk 
www.the squirrelandthefox.blogspot.co.uk
www.creativecreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk
www.lesiscreations.blogspot.co.uk
www.emergancycrafterschallenge.blogspot.co.uk
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Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Tuesday

Hello everyone ... I hope you are all fit and well and having a blast crafting what ever it is you love to do ...

As you may know I am part of the LEJ Design team and their new challenge has gone live today ... the theme is 'Anything goes' so what not enter seen as you can add whatever you fancy ...

pop on over now and see what the Design team have created to hopefully inspire you  .... http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Here is what I made ... it was the perfect opportunity to create something for my gorgeous new granddaughter and LEJ's Mozica fitted the bill perfectly...



Don't forget to hop on over xxx

and THANK YOU ALL FOR STOPPING BY 
Tina xxx


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