Magic Fairy Drops – Sweetie/Favor Bag

I love “spotty buttons”, they are so pretty and have been wondering how I could use them in my sweetie bags, then I remembered these Poundland fairy stickers I’ve had for ages, perfick!

 
I’ve used a die from Nestabilities Label Set 8 that fit the width of my cello bag.

And as my sister would say “It’s all in the detail.” so I have added a small heart sticker and faux stitching to the back of the topper too

I’ve put 50 grams of drops in the bag and would ask about 75p for them.

Pilfered Wooden Spoons

I am a terrible tea leaf ….. but when I saw these wooden spoons in the sugar/sweetener/stirrer section of a snack bar called Yums, I couldn’t resist popping a few in my bag.

Any ideas what I can do with them?????

Film Lovers Card

This card was made for a gentleman who had just completed his degree in Media and who also loves films. I’ve used this digi scrapbook set from http://www.scrappindoodles.com/ for another card a while ago, it’s pretty verasrtile.

 

I’ve made a simple decoupage layers for the camera, tickets and clapperboard, added a few crystal stars and some dimension paint for the popcorn.

I have quite a few digi scrapbooking sets, but I am afraid I don’t use them often enough, it’s only when I use them on a card like this that I realise how brilliant and simple they are to use.

Knitted Liquorice Allsorts

How cute are these?  But I can’t take the honours, my mum knit them for my sisters birthday, they must have driven her crackers!  She has far more patience than me!

They had seen something very similar in Covent Garden on a recent trip and my mum went straight out and found the knitting pattern to have a go. She said they were a devil to sew up and stuff!

Subject of Great Desire …..

Nuff said ……. !

Royal Wedding Card – Fit For The Future King And His Bride!

This card measures 5 ins x 5ins and is made using white linen effect card and M & S mini gingerbread people!!!!

It’s sad but sometimes I make myself laugh and this card is so silly I just couldn’t help it!

This pack of mini M & S gingerbread people has been sat on my desk staring at me and daring me to make something with them for a couple of months now. Then I had a Ulrika Moment ….

And came up with this …….. just right for today!

Royal Wedding Badges

Well ……. I had to make something to celebrate the Royal Wedding …..

Father In Laws Birthday Card

This card is probably in very dubious taste, which is why I have left it a few months before posting it.  The weekend of my Father In Law’s birthday there was a gas explosion in our village, as it was right next to his drive, his fence was seen on national and local tv that night and in the papers the next day.

It was a BIG explosion …… but lovely Colin knew nothing about it until the police went round to the doctors to get his number to phone to see if he was OK!

Easter Monday Bargains

Yesterday we nipped over to a local Bank Holiday car boot sale and market and then to our own Village Fair  I didn’t go looking for anything in mind, but I was dead chuffed with what I found…..

….. like this craft knitting cotton ….. I’ve been after some for a couple of years now, as I’ve fancied knitting dishcloths as a funny yet practical sort of present for several Christmas’s now (I’ve even got some “knitted by …..” labels to sew on ready!)  So no excuses now, 4 x 100gram balls cost me £2.50 (I haggled a bit), which I think was a bargain.  I’ve cast on 25 stitches on (old) size 3 needles. I’ve done a bit of research on Google and there are whole websites solely for dishcloth knitting patterns, but I’m just going to work a loose garter stitch square to start with.

This small embroidered tablecloth cost me £1.50 after another bit of haggling. The cloth itself is quite discoloured, but the stitching is exquisite, so I am going to risk washing it gently by hand, but do you think it would be sacrilege to cut it up to use as panels on a cloth bag  and/or making it into cloth badges/buttons?

This deep picture frame may prove to be a bit of a pig in a poke ….. unfortunately the cardboard frame has writing on (the names of the flowers), I am hoping it will paint over in cream, and then I want to make little panels with punched butterflies in each space ….. but it was only £1 and I am if that idea doesn’t work I’m sure I can do something else with it.

Finally at our village fair I found this unopened box of wooden building blocks for £1 – there’s 48 blocks in all and I’m thinking that this sort of thing is quite popular as home decor at the moment ….. do I paint them in pastel shades …. or leave them as they are .  I think I would like to spell friends name out with them …. but it’ll take a bit of time to work out how I can maximise the number of names or words I can get from the one pack.

Bird On A Branch Card

This card measures 13cm x 13cm is is made using a ribbed effect kraft card.

I thought I would try something a bit different, as I have never punched a shape out of a card blank before. I made the circle out using my 1 3/8” plain Stampin Up punch and then covered over it on the inside of the card with a blue Bazzill paper.

The bird was punched using my Stampin Up 2 Step Bird Punch (117191)  from  brown card and the wing from a remnant from the card blank. I’ve then added a blue flat back gem for the eye to finish the card.

This is a design I will use again and again, as my first attempt it is rather austere, but it wouldn’t take much to brighten it up by changing the colours of the cards and papers used and perhaps adding a flower or two.

What’s In My Posh Sweetie Bowl Today ?

Well……  it wouldn’t be Easter without M & M’s Limited Edition Easter coloured peanuts and chocolate beans would it????!!

Kiss Me Frog Card

This card measures 13cm x 13cm and is made using a very rough fabric effect card that I have had for years,  it was probably from one of those Paper Cellar fill a box type displays.

I just love frogs but the thought of kissing one to see if it is really a spellbound handsome prince doesn’t really appeal, I ain’t that desperate ….. yet!

The frog was part of a huge pack of self adhesive foam frogs from Hobbycraft.  I’ve added googly eyes and a crown,  then  covered him with Ranger Glossy Accents as a successful   experiment.  The self adhesive letters are from Papermania and the lily pad and little hearts are made by using punches.

Not Such A Bargain …..

I saw this very small table as soon as we drove onto a carboot sale site in Devon a few weeks back, I was determined to get it and couldn’t believe it when the man only asked £3 for it, I had visions of covering it with lovely papers or giving it the shabby treatment  …….. however when we got back to the car we discovered why it was such a bargain …..

It’s riddled with woodworm!  At the moment it’s been confined/quarantined to the garden, I think it’s going to cost me more in woodworm stuff than it cost me to buy ….. but it’ll take more than a few creepy crawlies and some pongy potions to put me off!

Royal Wedding Card Challenge.

I've never done a challenges and only enter competitions on the rare occasion, but this docrafts challenge tickled my fancy http://www.docrafts.com/article/RightRoyalWedding-CardMakingChallenge/AID592!

I’m not going to post the card I’ve made until the big day,  but if you’d like a sneaky peak .............. http://www.docrafts.com/project/Something-A-Little-Bit-Different-Using-Mini-Gingerbread-People/p3303663 but be warned, it's very silly!

Home Sweet Home Card

This card measures s12.5cm x 12.5cm and is made using linen effect card.

I went a bit mad with the doodling on this card!  I wanted a homely patchwork feel, but I am not too sure about the choice of colours, the Stampin’ Up pens I used were a bit darker than I first thought they were when I started colouring.  You’ll also notice that the colouring is not of Promarker standard, but perhaps it adds to the not too perfect rustic/shabby charm.

Object Humungous of Desire ……

I was on the Island of Capri this time last week!!!!!!! ….. It was truly stunning …..  and while I was waiting for a mini bus to take us round the island I saw this poster and just had to take a picture of it.

Have you ever seen such a BEAUTIFUL watch? Oh my life, desire isn’t a strong enough word, this is sheer unbridled LUST of a material type nature! …….. I have since done a little research  ….

It’s called the Capri Mulitijoy Watch and cost 190 euros,  about £166.72 ….. now how many cards would I have to make and sell to have this on my pudgy little wrist and can anyone translate the Italian website for me when I have saved enough?

I was in Capri on a school trip studying Classical Civilisations, so it was all work and no play …..

Exciting News – Scrap’ n Easel

I had an e-mail this week from Marlo L Letterle, owner of ContainYa Crafts asking me if I would like to review her new Scrap’n Easel, making me the first person in the UK to lay my little mitts on this product, how exciting is that?

But I thought while I was waiting for it to wing it’s way from the US I’d give you a sneak preview.  I am really looking forward to seeing  how it works, especially seeing how it feels working on a slant and the potential of it’s display mode, as I am struggling getting my cards photographed at the right angle at the moment,  Embellishments etc. can be held in place by magnets allowing you to really play with a design before finally putting it altogether which is also an interesting prospect. 

I’ve added these links just in case you’d like a closer look: http://www.cricutcartridgestorage.com/

http://www.scrapntoteblog.com/

http://www.containyacrafts.com/

Somewhere ……. Over The Rainbow Card

This card measures 12cm x 12cm and is made using a white linen effect card.

This has got to be one of my all time favourite cards, exactly what I would love to receive and very less is more.

The background square is a lovely iridescent blue card on to which I have stuck a rainbow from a pack of Poundshop stickers. The pack was made up of princesses and castles etc. all of which I’ve used,  all I was left with were some rainbows which  I didn’t have a clue what with until I had my Ulrika moment …….

My hand was shaking as I hand wrote the “Somewhere ……” as I wanted it to be just right. Now all I need to get it in an envelope and in the post as I know someone who it’s just perfect for …….

Daisy Thank You Card

I’m not sure about this card ….

The daisies are made using two different sized daisy punches, with a flat backed gem in the centre.  I think it’s too busy!

Easter Egg Flower Pot

I’ve finally done something with the little 4cm tall flower pots I wrote about a while ago.  It was a case of find an egg to fit, then decorate the pot, and finding an egg to fit was the hardest part.

In the end I found that the hollow eggs in Tesco Egg Hunt bags were the best fit and as they aren’t covered in logos or writing, look a lot prettier than cream eggs etc.  I still had to pack a little tissue paper in the bottom, but I am pleased with the results.

I put a ribbon round the top of the pot, but don’t think I really needed to as the small punched daisies and leaves covered them up.