winter tres ATC

 

over on ATC-UK the theme for the challenge is winter trees. i came up with this. i made it by using brushos sealed with pva glue followed by die cut trees covered in embossing powder, the bottom of the snow is also using embossing powder. i then finished it off with some star gems. x

Snowy

over on be Facebook there is a challenge this week to make an atc with the theme snowy and this is what I came up with. Using an embossing folder, distressed ink and gems. Simple but effective.
  

Sad News

 After a few weeks making and sorting out xmas cards and decorations im finally back into crafting but dont feel like doing much. a friend of mine passed away on my 30th birthday earlier this week. was a huge shock and so unexpected, im trying to keep busy but its hard, and also i cant imagain how hard it must befor the family of his. i have told them im here if they need to talk but i just dont know what to say other than sorry for there loss. hubby is goinf to manchester tomorrow to try and fix a car for a friend so hoping i may do a bit of crafting then. xxx

Twisted disney ATC

 This week over on ATC-UK the theme for the weekly challenge is twisted disney, i had never even heard of it before so had to do a bit of searching on it before i made mine, i used a few different papers, an image, gems and distressed inks around the edges. x

Mince Pies

Today i have been getting into the festive season. i decided to have a try at making mince pies and it went well. they are so easy to make. simply mix 8oog of flour to 400g mix to breadcrumbs, all a little water to make into a dough, roll out thin and using 2 different sized cutters cut out 24 of each, the bigger one for the bottoms and the smaller ones for the tops. put the bigger ones in a fairycake tin, put in a small teaspoon of mince into each one and put the smaller cut dough on top . brush all with milk and pop in the oven for 20 minutes. 

 

Cute Cat Card

 

I received the cat image from a fellow crafter. its soo cute i just simply had to make it into a card. i layered coloured papers, stuck the cats to the backing and then added ribbon and a few butterflies. x

Unicorn and rainbow themed atc

 

made this ATC today to add to the challenge running on ATC-UK today. i used backing paper, distressed ink, stickers and a unicorn die cut out. x

Purple

 

Decided to dye my hair today. Hubby lightened my hair earlier on in the will but just got round to actually dyeing it. I went for my favourite this time. It's a dye called vivid violet by live XL by perminent dye. Love the finished result x

Sunflower card

 

got this lovely sunflower stamp the other week and decided today to give it a go. i stamped the image using memento ink and coloured in with promarkers. layered paper on the card and stamped out a sentiment using distressed ink.

Trying out my new fairy die cutter

 

Today i had a play with a new die cutter i got a few weeks ago but only just got round to trying it out, i made this atc by using brushos sealed with pva glue, backing paper plus heart gems and my fairy die cutter. also used some heart shaped gems to finish and an embellishment with the wording fairy on it.

White chocolate chip cupcakes

 

I'm going to visit a friend later for the last time until lockdown is over. We are having a Chinese take away together tonight. I thought I would make some cupcakes as a nice surprise as I know how much they see liked by my friends and her family x

Using up bits n pieces

 Today i have been using up some bits n pieces to make atcs. this in my fav one, made using pieces of backing paper, ribbon, gems, paper flower and peel off corners. x

ATC - Fly

 

I have been making some ATC's today to go in my November swaps folder over on ATC-UK. i have been using up bits and pieces and came up with this, backing papers were from scraps that i had. i die cut the bird and stamped the words fly on it. x

Magnolia birthday card

Today i made several cards but this one is my fav of them. done using a magnolia stamp, coloured in with promarkers with multiple layers of backing papers, ribbon, birthday sentiment and die  cut circle the girl is sat on, really enjoyed making this one x 

Smirk birthday card

 

I made this card today using smirk decoupage, peel offs and a heart punch on the two outside corners. its a little diffrent from my usual cards but i really like this one x

Chocolate chip scones

 

I'm going to a friend's house tomorrow for the day so thought I'd would make some scones to take with me. Naturally I had to try out a few to make sure they were ok lol and they are yummy.  X

Gorjuss themed ATC

 

I made this atc today. i used watercolours for the background and then i did the gorjuss girl out of decoupage sheet i had. also wrote love in the sentiment box. x

Birthday card

 

This card as made wrong - upsidown! so have finally got round to fixing it. i just cut our the card front and stuck it up the other was round on a new card x

Chocolate chip cake

 Fancied something sweet so decided to treat my hubby and self to a cake. X

Bart

i made started making this atc a few days ago, i used brushos, waited for them to dry then put pva glue over the top to seal it. i then used a die cut shape, little Bart picture, heart and gem to finish it x

 

ATC for weekly challenge

 

This week over on ATC-UK the theme is bohemian. this is what i came up with x 

Pink and Black bracelet

 I made this pink and black shamballa style bracelet this afternoon using pink and black cord and some beads. x

Medallion ATC

 

This week over on ATC-UK the theme for the week is medallions and i came up with this for it. made using a stamp, distressed ink and promarkers. 

New craft bits...

 

I have got some new craft bits from Hobbycraft. Can't wait to have a play at some point. Going to make some bracelets today though do doubt it will be today. Something to look forward to though. Also going to home cool a ham pizza for tea tonight. X

Forest themed ATC

 

I have been busy the past few weeks so i haven't been posting on my blog, this included a weeks holiday to Cornwall which was great fun. one of the challenges on Facebook for the week was an ATC with the theme of forest. i used watercolours for the background, memento ink and promarkers. the tree stamp is a stampin up one. x