WORKS IN PROGRESS...

Since moving into this lovely new 'studio' I have had a bit more room and time to craft for myself...I now have two tables - one for me and one for orders...makes life so much simpler...

 Birthday invitations for my middle daughter Libby and her friend Isabelle who are having a joint skating party next month(they both go to dance lessons, hence the ballerina!)...have loads of these drying at the minute and have very messy hands...and I have also just mastered ghosting...yayyy...

 

 This has been sitting on my shelf for eons and I seen one as I was zipping thru cyberspace the other day so set to work adding dictionary pages to it and I have some wings drying and will add lace, embellishments, etc and I bought some super grungy looking wooden cotton reels from Simply Create today (50% off everything instore) that I will sit it on..

and last but not least a canvas that I have had covered with music sheet for ages and I have painted with a couple of different blues and some white, added some bunting and used the fab Sew Stamper roller ink to get the curvy lines...these are brilliant and I NEED to get some more of them...it came in one of my Scarlet Lime kits...

 

That's me for today...Thanks for looking

xxx

12 TAGS OF 2012...

Last week I managed not one but two tags for the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2012 for swapping with Sonja...

 This first one is the September one using metal...this is sheetmetal I found while transferring rooms..not sure it worked as well as the stuff he used but hey it was free...

This is how it turned out with the application of alcohol inks... After this step Tim buffed with steel wool but not having any I just left it as it was and I have to say I really like how it turned out...

 The typewriter stamp is from Unity borrowed from Sonja and also not having many metal embellishments I have had to improvise but that's what it's all about right? The numbers came from my Scarlet Lime mixed media kit and the letters and other bits and pieces from my stash...

This is the second one I did and this is July 2012...The principles used are the same but different stamps and embellishments(forgot to take progress pics fro this one...oops! Will try harder next time!!)

 

So that's me for now...I will be working on some birthday invitations for Libby and her friend Isabelle's skating party next month and I have an order for 5 skull and crossbones name plaques and I am also working on a mixed media canvas...

 

Take care and have a great October hols(that's our last day of school for two weeks now)

FINISHED...

Finally got my stuff moved through...it's only taken me three days...

 Look how much floor space there is for some new projects I have up my sleeve;0)

 

 Believe it or not there is still loads of stuff in the other room(most of which is not craft related so looking for somewhere else for it)...please don't look at all my scabby furniture...couldn't justify kitting the whole room out in 'nice' furniture so am making do and there will be some refurbishing going on as I go along...

 

I have two and a half bin liners for the skip and a couple of bags stuffed with some stuff for the school art cupboard...

 

I am thinking that I can finally get on with some real work now as well as doing some of my own art projects which have been sorely missing in the last year.

 

It's a bit of a treat having it finished finally as we have had the most horrible year since last October and more devastating news last week which has totally thrown me again.

 

Anyway hope all is well wherever you are and give your loved ones a hug tonight even if they don't deserve it cos you never know what is round the corner..take care...xx

WISH ME LUCK...

Today I am moving into my new craft room and I have the task of moving....

 

 THIS...

 

 THIS...

 

 AND THIS....

 

 into HERE...

 

 HERE...

 

and HERE...

 

Wish me luck...I may be gone sometime...eeek!!!

ANOTHER WEDDING ORDER...

This is another wedding order that I had from a lovely bride called Claire who it turns out has married the bride in the post belows brother...

 

This lovely heart is huge..30cm I think and it's been painted in the shabby style with a rubbed back top layer which I am quite liking at the moment...it was very nerve wracking doing the wording on it and I have to admit to messing it up...only once though:0)

 

 This was a present from the bride to someone else who is getting married this weekend...

 

 and last but not least these are some cute personalised hearts...

which I think look awfully sweet on the gift backs for her bridesmaids...

Have quite enjoyed doing these...

PICTURES....AT LAST...

These are some piccies of the bits and pieces I made for my next door neighbours wedding which we unfortunately couldn't attend due to being in Edinburgh for the Tattoo(see the post below)...It sounded like a lot of fun and I'm sad we missed it....

 

 

 

Signs...I used the Cricut to cut out the letters and mountboard for the base...was very tricky trying to work out the right sizes for the letters...I went through a lot of trial and error with these...

 

 

Bunting...I cut the first one out from calico fabric using the Big Shot and then stamped with a large text stamp and the second one is hand cut and also made from calico with a lovely red heart stamped in the middle...

 

 

Cards...The bridesmaid one is made from one I seen on Pinterest...it caught my eye and I thought it would make a nice wedding card...

 

Confetti...These were made using up a 6x6 pad of papers and then edged with vintage photo distress ink...they are actually quite tricky til you get the hang of it...

 

and a Thank You bunting for the Thank You cards...

 

That's it for today...I hope Blogger is nicer to me in the future and will let me upload my photos...xx

NO PHOTOS:0(

Not sure why but I am having problems uploading photos to my Blog lately....anyone else having the same problem...it just says they can't be uploaded...In the last post I left it for a few days and it worked but have just tried for this post and it's the same message:0(

I was going to upload some photos of bits and pieces I made for my neighbours wedding last weekend but instead you will just have to admire my new blog template which I think is really sweet and colourful...was time for a change and I just love the wee bunny rabbit in the corner:0)

Have a great Monday everyone...xx

EDINBURGH ROYAL MILITARY TATTOO

Last weekend Allan and I headed down to Edinburgh for the Royal Military Tattoo...we have been once before a number of years ago...

Edinburgh Castle in all it's glory...

 

 The military pipes and drums...

 

 Some of the very talented dancers...

 

 The Americans did a superhero rendition complete with light show and these are the lights for Popeye the Sailor Man...it was followed by Batman, Superman, Spiderman and a couple of others...

 These(apart from the pipes and drums) were our favourite...The Top Secret Drum Corps from Switzerland...they were fast and furious and put on a fabulous show...

 More pipes and drums...

 

 The spectacular end with all the acts taking part...

 

Some fireworks above the castle...

 

I have managed to cross another item of my list for the Scavenger Hunt...still got a few to go though so I better get my skates on...xxx

SCAVENGER UPDATE...

Another couple of photos ticked of the Scavenger list...

 This is Niamh under the movie poster for Brave which we went to see last week with all the girls plus one extra....unfortunately the battery in my camera (which I took especially!) went flat before I took the first picture:0(

 Now this next one is slightly pushing it...It's not actually a pier as such but the harbour entrance in Aberdeen...so I suppose that's a bit of a cheat...not sure where exactly our nearest pier would be...

These are just a couple of shots from Niamh's birthday party which we had today at the Foam Factory...much fun had by all...Her favourite present was Merida's bow and arrow set from the film Brave...bestest present EVER!!!

MORE SCAVENGER HUNTING...

Well I managed to get another 3 of my list from the photo scavenger list over this last week...

 This is Morgan in goal for Dyce the other night, a good action shot, although the less said about the score the better I think...

 This is Lex the Clydesdale horse from Landmark...he was a proper working horse at one time I think but he now just does log pulling demos at the centre...if you haven't visited here before you should...it's a fantastic day out for all the family...

I know I have already done #12 but I couldn't resist another for the maze...it's a brilliant one and no matter how many times you do it you still get lost in it...

 This is my clothes line shot as this is where most of our clothes have been dried this summer:0( There has been very little sun in this corner of the world for quite a few months now and it's starting to get a wee bit depressing now....kids are back to school a week on Tuesday so that's probably when it will come out...

 This is just a random I took of Niamh wearing her new jacket for school...she looks very smart I think and she seems happy with it which is the main thing (with her!).