Hello everyone 

It is LEJ's new challenge .... LOVELY LACE ...

I found this digi image in the 'Romantic' section on LEJ's website and thought it was perfect for this challenge 

I decided to do an easel card so the lace could be seen better  then added some more lace to the other places on the card ... the silver plate things are from a belt I found in a charity shop .

I really liked this digi image and it is so perfect to adapt to anyones wedding as you can use the colour of the couples theme ...

Please enter the competition HERE   

Thank you for stopping by 

Tina xxx

Hello everyone 

It is LEJ's new challenge .... LOVELY LACE ...

I found this digi image in the 'Romantic' section on LEJ's website and thought it was perfect for this challenge 

I decided to do an easel card so the lace could be seen better  then added some more lace to the other places on the card ... the silver plate things are from a belt I found in a charity shop .

I really liked this digi image and it is so perfect to adapt to anyones wedding as you can use the colour of the couples theme ...

Please enter the competition HERE   

Thank you for stopping by 

Tina xxx

LEJ DESIGNS

New Challenge over at LEJ designs Challenge blog and the theme this week is CUTE CUTE CUTE 

Thank you to everyone who joined in last weeks challenge xx

Here is my card 

I saw this image on LEJ and knew it was perfect for this challenge .... I coloured her using Promarkers and Copics.  The embossed White background was free with a craft magazine a few years ago.  The punched out corners are from a punch from Stampin' up.   

PLEASE stop by LEJ and enter the challenge, and if you don't want to enter the challenge drop by the website  and have a look at the wonderful Digi images drawn by the lovely Lindsay 

Thanks as ALWAYS for taking the time to visit my blog 

Tina xxxx

Eclectic Ellapu New Challenge ...

Hey everyone .... Eclectic Ellapu have another great challenge for you all to take part in ..... THEME ... the colour purple ... butterflies being the main focus .... I had fun doing this one so here it is 

I decided I wanted something hanging and pretty.... I added the lace around the outside to give it a softer edge

I stamped the background with a script stamp then sprayed some dylusions ink from up high.

The fan charm was off a necklace I found at a car boot sale ... I love that charm : ) 

SO PLEASE PLEASE  stop by Eclectic Ellapu  and join in the fun xxx

OTHER NEWS .......  

I am so so excited to tell you that I was approached by a lady who works for Crafters Companion who had found my blog and loved the work I have done and she asked me to join her design team for a range called  Die'sire .... of course I jumped at the offer and am now apart of the design team ... I am just waiting for my package of goodies to arrive so I can get started .... I have had a good look at the website and can't wait to get my hands of some of their gorgeous range ....

Thanks for stopping by 

Tina xxxx

LEJ DESIGNS

Hey again ..... LEJ designs new challenge went live yesterday ..... I am a bit excited about this one ..... Well mega excited to be honest .... The theme ..... CHRISTMAS IN JULY !!!!!!  I love love love CHRISTMAS .....

Here is what I made

I have to admit .... I am very pleased with it .... It is made from a cereal box , the base and mantel shelf are foam board and the detail on the fire surround is 3 coffee stir sticks glued together.. there is one each side of the fire open bit and 3 above the opening ...

The clock is an LEJ designs digi images which I printed 4 times and decopaged so it would be free standing (it has a small piece of card behind it to prop it up .... the stockings and the gingerbread man are also LEJ digi images (brand new designs ... how super cute are they !!)  

The candle sticks are made from 2 small wood circles 2 round beads and a tube shaped bead ... I used a glue stick cut into small bits for the candle its self and stuck a small piece of wire in the top for the wick which i dipped into black paint to make it look like it had been burnt .... then painted the whole things black ...

I also decopaged the stockings 

I hung 3 large beads onto invisible thread from the mantel.

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the snowman and the parcel are also LEJ digi images which I resized, cut out and coloured onto card .... (the box is also a new design ) 

the fire in the grate is made from the top of a washing powder box, I glued some diamond shaped beads to the bottom to give it fancy feet and painted it all black .... I got the twigs from out of our street where we have a grass verge and some HUGE trees ....( I got some VERY strange looks form the neighbours when I was collecting the sticks lol ) 

I also glued a small stack of logs (twigs) on the other side of the hearth just to finish it off ...

Thank you once again for taking the time to stop by ... Please leave a comment if you can as I would love to know what you think : ) 

DON'T forget to join in the challenge 

Tina xxx

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RECENT MAKES PART 2

RECENT MAKES PART 2

No Waffling today ... just photos ....how happy are you now lol : ) 

                                                     I was asked to make a Pig stuffed toy for a lady I know for her friends birthday .... I sewed the snout on at an angle as I wanted the pig to have a cheeky grin ..

I put a pipe cleaner inside the fabric so I could get a curly tail 

An Easel card I made .. It had to have a bow, button & a handmade flower

Detail on the envelope .... i like to decorate this so it matches with the card ... I also think it is just that bit more special for the person receiving it ..

My friend Sandy came round last week for a craft day and we both worked on boxes that we had ... this is mine 

This is the lid of the box .... i used a mask that I had and polyfiller to get this effect ... then painted it a few colours before I decided to gold this Bronze/gold colour 

I love it and i am so happy with how it turned out ... the frilly lace was cream , I tried to dye it black but it came out this charcoal grey which I LOVE ..

Many thanks for stopping by ... Please leave a comment xxx

Tina xxx

Recent Makes

Some things I have been working on 

I am in a group on Facebook called UK & Ireland craft swaps and for the month of July I am hosting some swaps ..... My first swap is for an altered clock .... please stop by and join in if you can... The group is an international group and anyone in the world can join .... we have swaps that are just for the UK and international swaps too .... they are a GREAT  group of people and always up for a giggle ...

So back to my post .... here are some things I have been working on ... hope you like them 

This is a box I made for my Friend Carole  and it is so she can organize herself with birthday cards etc.... she liked the one I made for myself so I made this one for her ..

These are on the top of the box and I love how they turned out .... i inked them in red ... stamped in stazon black then put on Glossy accents ..

This is for a swap I did on my facebook group and it was a Faux gum box swap ...

There are some great tutorials on Youtube on how to make these ... i followed one by Deborah Hemsworth  ( that is also what she uses on Youtube ) 

I used a spellbinders die and made these oval tags for inside the gum box 

I sued some papers sent to me by my friend Kerry (youtube Kerry Denyer ) 

This was so much for to make ... just hope my swap partner likes it 

Here are a couple of cards I made recently 

Many thanks for stopping by ... Please leave a comment I love to hear what you think 

Tina xxxx