31 January 2008

ATC fun!!



For an ongoing swap- pulled my mojo together and had fun with these!

26 January 2008

Art Journal


Oh I did a page in my Art Journal- just loved this tree image from a Hero Arts stamp and the birdie too!
Jenni Bowlin paper
Promarker Pen
Various Ink Pads
Watercolour Pencils
Aqua Brush
Ranger Paint Dabbers
Ranger Stickles

Scrapping and inky delight!!!



Had fun scrapping these 2 LO's at archie's last week (waves to archie)
It was a chance to play with my Tim Holtz Grungeboard and i LOVED it!!!

Cuddles:-
Patterned Paper :Making Memories Noteworthy ;7gypsies and Fancy Pants
Prima Notelets
QuicKutz Finale Alphabet Grande
QuicKutz Revolution Calendar Die

Love:-
Pattened Paper : Jenni Bowlin; Crate Paper
Queen & Co Felt Ribbon; Prima Notelets; Tim Holtz Grungeboard; Ranger Paint Dabbers and Distress Inks
QuicKutz Tangerine Alpha

22 January 2008

15 January 2008

Some New Stuff...

.......I've seen on my Cyber Travels!!!
Gorgeous new Timmy Inkiness *swoon* he's inspiring us again at Tim Holtz Blog


QuicKutz have some new shapes for January and as a lover of rainbows I am pleased to see one in the collection ()plus I am absolutely PANTS at cutting arches!!)


Lovely roller stamps from Glitz It Now-


AND ever lovely and new Magnolia stamps!!!

14 January 2008

Tilda Time




I LOVE these stamps!!!!

3 January 2008

New Year!!!!





Decided to use my Christmas money to invest (!) in a Cuttlebug. These dies were sooooooo cute!
It also means I can get the odd Sizzix Die to cut chipboard and so on- cool!!

18 December 2007

Tim what are you doing to me??!!!

So he launched me into a world of gorgeous inkiness when I saw him demo in Birmingham a few years ago. He tempted me to buy some more of his goodies with his '12 Days of Christmas Tags' on his blog (not that I resisted too much!!).
And for several weeks I have been most desirous of Tim's new creation 'Grungeboard' which has been hinted at to 'DH' in none too subtle terms!!! ENJOY!!

13 December 2007

Fa-la-la-la-laaaaa la-la-la-la!!!

Tis the season to be Jolly Fa-la-la-la-laaaaaa la-la-la-laaaaaa!!! *jingles bells*
Dare 75 sees us getting festive with lots of ideas for Christmas scrapping and papercrafting!

I just LOVE these Doodlebug Houses and had to make to with the glitter and sugarcoated paper also from Doodlebug. Hopefully I made a frosty home suitable for the little people who may be out and about at this time of year!

Don't forget to check out Tim Holtz's blog to enjoy his gorgeous tags he's been making- I certainly plan on getting inky this weekend and having a bash at some of those gorgeous tags!

5 December 2007

More Gorgeousness from Sir Tim

For divine Chrissy tags on efor each day of Advent go to Tim Holtz's Blog-it's full of YUMMY inky goodness!!!

3 December 2007

Snowy Tilda


I am loving these little stamps so much!!
Watercolour pencils and planty of glitter (well I HAD to didn't I??!!) and the beautiful Rhonna Farrar papers that came from Jill @ ATDML thank you so much Jill!!

A rather glittery weekend all round for me!
I've been having great fun opening presents from my Secret Santa- Day 1 was a fabulous chipboard snowflake which I have been busy decorating!! *waggles painty fingers* here's a sneaky peaky

it's super twinkly so I am a happy bunny!

Yesterday I opened my 2nd Advent present and it was a set of the beautiful Pretoria papers from 7gypsies and today I have some matching buckles and handles! My Santa knows me too well!!

So After opening my lovely papers yesterday I decided to crack on with my TALL Doodlebug House. I wanted it to be Christmas/Winter themed so I decided to use the Rhonna Farrar papers again- they are glittered designs- stunning! It's nearly done now- just needs some Chrissy trees and it will be ready!

Speaking of Christmas Trees 'Miss Acorn' and 'The Tall Blonde One'accommpanied me to Homebase on a hunt for sticks of glue for the glue gun (the Doodlebug House!) and we spotted a rather lovely WHITE Christmas tree.
Well we had a white tree when I was a child and I must say I do have a soft spot for them- I think my parents might have first seen them when they lived in Singapore in the 60's. We've been trying to decide whether to go artificial or real this year as we have the new addition to our family- Miss Willow F Beagle!
The kids liked the white tree too so the deal was done! I invested in some rather snazzy blue LED Chrissy lights for the tree (white cables!)so we've gone all hi-tech at last!! To be honest I was fed up of the 'will they , won't they' work with the old style lights each year!!

So Advent is off- calendars are being opened, Secret Santa pressies are creating a very excited ME and the tree is bought, cards are being planned and Pressie shoppping is well under way!

2 December 2007

Dare 73- Childhood Faves!


This week Childhood Favourites in my case I thought about my own when I was six.See the Dares at Collectively Yours.

Supplies
Paper from Paperchase (idea pinched from the lovely GreyParrot!)
7 gypsies Gaffer Tape
Ric-rac, Antique Lace and tags.

29 November 2007

Ooooh lovely stash!!






Oooh I'm loving the Queen & Co Felt Fusion ribbons at Scrapshed - happy to say mine arrived today and I am ready to play!!!
YAY buttons!!! After drooling online at the Basic Grey buttons for YONKS I was delighted to get some from Make the Moment Last and they are lubberley. Oh I can reccomend the velvet ric-rac too....how perfect velvet AND ric-rac does it get any better??!!!

Number's Up!!!!!


We see numbers everywhere and we used them as a design point for our layouts in Dare 72.
Numbers can be used as a graphic image or as a journalling reminder- so many ways, go see them all on the Collectively Yours Blog.
My layout celebrates 2 glorious days inJuly 2007 when the 7th and LAST Harry Potter book arrived. I read and read and read and was put through and emotional wringer!! But it was so worth it!!

Supplies
DCWV Once Upon A Time paper
Playing card
Glitter
7gypsies Journalling Stamps
Hero Arts Stamps
America Crafts Alphabet Stickers

27 November 2007

Tilda Time


I have finally played with one of my Tilda stamps! It's a friends 5th birthday this week and this Tilda stamp reminded me of her! Daisy D's paper and Watercolour Pencils.

23 November 2007

I CAN cut it!!!


....my KI Memories Lace Cardstock that is!!!!
Oooh there was much stress and talking to myself before I attacked the cardstock withthe paper trimmer but I managed it!!!

Supplies:-
KI Memories Cardstock
American Crafts Felt Flowers
QuicKutz Leaf dies
MM journal boxes
Cosmo Cricket Gretel Paper

21 November 2007

Fabulous New QuicKutz

Lovely new shapes from QuicKutz for the Revolution. Might have to have those Tattoo style ones- rather like those!!!

Yummy Shopping!




I LOVE stash shopping *grin* this month I went to PaperArts and Artbase to get my mitts on some of the delicious KI Memories lace cardstock. I have been VERY brave and actually CUT a piece of it and used it on a LO!!!

15 November 2007

Chipboard- Dre 71


Dare 71 and we all played with chipboard! See how many ways we used it at Collectively Yours.

Supplies:-
Rustly Pickle Paper
Creative Imaginations Stickers
TLC chipboard
Li' Davis Letters (covered)
QuicKutz Katie Font
Ranger Acrylic Paint