Valentines day gift from hubby

 

For valentines day i bought hubby a bottle of whiskey and he asked what i wanted so had a tri around the local craft shop and i chose these goodies. i got decoupage, stickers, backing papers, stamps, and an alcohol ink. cant wait to have a play :) x

Scrapbook Page

last year my hubby and me went to cornwall for a weeks holiday, i had never been before and i loved it. we took loads of pictures whilst we were there so i could make a scrapbook. here is the second page of my scrapbook. made this one today. x
 

Bread and Butter pudding

Been meaning to try out a recipe for bread and butter pudding for a while so a few days ago between myself and my husband we gave it a try, it came out nice and tasted even nicer. plan on making this again sometime, x
 

Gorjuss girl birthday card

 

I have made a change from making ATC's today. i made 3 cards and a scrapbook page, i made this card by using a stamp for the grassy background, a gorjuss girls stamp, coloured in with pro markers and cut out with my craft knife, i then stuck it to the card followed by a few butterflies stamped and coloured in, to finish i added the birthday sentiment, i just love how this one has turned out. x

Horse ATC

 

Today i made this horse ATC. i did the background with alcohol ink. the tree was stamped using pigment ink and then i added green embossing powder and melted it. finally i cut out the horse and stuck it on and this is what i came up with. x

Simple ATC - tree themed

 Today i had a play with my inks, i made this simple but effective ATC (if not  a bit messy making!)

all i used was alcohol ink and distressed ink with a tree stamp. x

i won the challenge

won the atc challenge over on ATC-UK , next theme chosen by me is outdoor sports, come over an join in with the fun. winner gets their winning atc as picture for the week and gets to choose the next theme.

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Tree ATC's

 

Today i have been playing with alcohol pearl inks with stamps, coloured in with promarkers and also used glitter on some of them. x

Gorjuss girl ATC

 

My sister Tanya requested an ATC using a gorjuss girls stamp. i had this little cutie in my stamp collection and came up with this. i used pro markers to colour the image, a stampin up tree image, alcohol inks and drew the sun.

Just messaged her with it and she loves it. really enjoyed this one as it was a challenge due to the theme she wanted . i normally have a stamp or two for each media and subject, but i DONT! have too much craft stash lol. you can never have too much.

Pocket Tag

 

This months tag swap over on uk jammers was a pocket tag, i have never made one before so this was a first for me, i really enjoyed it though and look faward to making more. x

Trying out my new inks

 

Today i made this ATC using my pearl alcohol inks i got the other day. really like the effect you get with these. this is my first attempt with the new ones, i had a few other inks i have been using but came across the pearl ones and love them. very effective but messy and addictive. x

New crafty bits

 

Today i went to garners garden centre and i went into the craft section (gotta be done!) i got some stickers for my scrapbook im starting, plus some alcohol pearl inks for making cards and atcs, im quite new to these but i love them, got 3 today so got 7 in total now to play with, also got some binder rings, card blanks, craft knife blades and a decoupage pack x

Tree ATC

 

Today i have been in the craft room making ATC's and ghe tee one shown here was my fav of the lot. made using alcohol inks, distressed ink, stamps and stamped sentiment plus embossing powder. took a while to do this and love it, i have already swapped it within 5 minutes of being on a swap site! x

bitz n bobz ATC

 

I received a envelope today from my sister with some made ATC's but also a few little bits to go on some so i came up with this, used completely of all she sent me, still got a few bits left to use another time. also made a pocket tag today but cant put that up yet as its a surprise to a swap partner when we get them. 

Victoria sponge cake

 

Hubby had a drs appointment this afternoon so thought i would make a cake as a nie suprise for when he got home, as you can see some of it was eaten before we took a photo! tastes yummy though and easy to make, all you need is -

8oz sugar, 8oz flour, 8oz marg and 4 eggs. 

Bargain stamps

 got these lovely stamps the other day for a bargain price of £20 :)

Girly card

Today i made this card as well as a few others but this is my fav of the set made. made using topper, backing paper, ribbon and a bow. x
 

nostalgia ATC for a challenge over on ATC-UK

 Today over on ATC-UK the theme for the weekly challenge this time is nostalgia. i havent used this stamp for a while but thought it was perfect for the challenge, made using a phone stamps, black paper and white card, simple but efffective.

ATC using up odd bits

Have been using up a few odds bits and pieces including some stickers so i put some bits together and came up with this. x
 

ATC's made this afternoon

 

Today i have made some ATC's ready to swap. x

Sagittarius ATC

 

This week over on ATC-UK the theme is star signs. my star sign is Sagittarius so i came up with this. found this one hard as didnt have anything suitable so resorted to printing out a picture but all looks good now x

Fairy Birthday Card

 

I got this lovely die cut set for Christmas. not felt like doing much crafting lately but getting my mojo back so thought i would make this one, i love the image, love anything fantasy so i really enjoyed this one. first card of the year x

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