A Pencil and coloured pencil Freebie for you

 I wrote this little story about our hampster, Snuffy, for my girls when they were little, so that must've been blur-blur-blur a hundred decades ago and came across the book in the attic looking a bit worse for wear, so decided to copy all the drawings to my laptop. Then thought, would this one be any good as a freebie??  Well, not a forever freebie, just one for this week... Anyway, I'll see how this goes...or doesn't go, and may add another one or two, later... If my printer was printing properly, instead of printing like it's had too many gins, I had an idea to make all the pictures into little gift cards... hmmm. I think I'll just go and kick my printer... any recommendations for a new printer/scanner, welcome! GO HERE to download. Thank you for stopping by!

Coffee Stains Always a Freebie papers

  These'll save you  getting messy with the coffee! I've done quite a few today, but these two I thought were the best ones (which doesn't say much for the others!)

 This one won't be crumpled when you print it out, it'll just look crumpled! They are always going to be  freebies, so just click and save.... Thank you for stopping by!

Its Definitely WOYWW!?Day #777 I think!

 Hello WOYWWERS! First I'd like to say, sorry if I'm not getting around to you all, but I am! It's just that the comment bit, where you click on to leave your comment... has not always been working for me for some time. I even have a problem leaving one on my own blog!  So that's another blogger problem I have to add to the list.

Above is what I did with last weeks geliprint mishap, where it stuck to the gelPlate... I made these into ATC's. This week, I've been busy with dogs, so decided once they'd gone back to theirs homes, and I'd tidied up, (Long job) I'd just  potter about, sticking things to other things... Keeps my mind from going into meltdown. I needed some storage boxes... so covered these. The bigger one was once a wine bottle box, just cut in half. I've used tons of scraps and coffee stained book pages and for the first time....

I used this....and liked it. Last month I went all the way over to Hobby Craft to buy the large container at half price with my birthday coupon, only to find they didn't have any left. 😒

I don't know what the difference is between the green and the black lid, as Emma, my daughter gave me the nearly empty green lidded one... anyway, love it and must get some more! (The BIGGER one!)

This box was cut in half... and I can still make another one from the bit I cut off, and the smaller one below, was also covered in the same papers, which were darken first with TH distress Oxide,

 

  I also made...

 bag tabs, with papers from a very old crafty callender by Cardmaking and Paper Craft, over a decade ago. (I never throw anything away!)

 Tags,tabs, labels, and bookmarks made with scraps and packaging.

..Envelopes. I saw someone making an envelope journal with bigger envelopes so used up some of my 6x6 papers...hoping to turn them into a 'little envelope journal' later and...

....Just Labels, because my printer is still not printing properly, it's all fuzzy and out of focus, I can't print out any labels, so I stamped some instead.

 

Some are backed onto that brown recycled card and some are left as paper/thin card.

 

That's it I think! Pop over to Stamping Grounds 777th week of WOYWW!? Thank you for stopping by!  (Scroll down for freebies, they should still be there, if not, email me)                      

And-what is on my work top this Wednesday? No! Its T for Tuesday!

 I've been very busy this week... so,  of course I've lost days again. Had dogs to stay while their family had an urgent visit somewhere. I'd washed all the towels, blankets etc and put them out to dry and the line broke... again! Shhish! I'll backdate this post otherwise I'll confuse you, or me! For T stands for Tuesday, I usually show my boring breakfast... but my blender for my whizzed up friut juice suddenly stopped. So I ordered another one... They texted me saying they were out of stock and they'd send me another one, the same, no!  Told me it was a three in one, no! Told me it was the same price, again, NO! lies all round. So I've asked for some change... quiet a bit of change actually... Pigs will fly over a frozen Hell before I hear from them again! *

   And!! changing the subject, I found out, after the car had been in for it's MOT and service, there was this little sign on the dash board, like a clock, a lollipop and a number. I thought it may have something to do with speed... but no, I could still go as fast as I wanted ...until... I got onto the faster roads and it would NOT budge above 40mph... you should've seen the queue I had behind me! I stopped in a car park, panicked then, played with the dials and levers, very scared I would make it worse... like, not being able to drive back over 5mph... but, it worked. Phew. So, I'm afraid, yesterday, the real Tuesday was spent playing with crafty stuff (to calm me down)... more on that in Wednesday's WOYWW post... (that will be late too) So, about the above breakfast picture.Todays breakfast is with a new tea drink, Elderflower and Lemon. It comes in a bottle and not a tin.  Definitely my favourite.  Not poridge, but Crunchy Nut CornFlakes plus fruit... also a favourite... plus, coz I needed a smiley face, later, I made a loverly cappuccino with cream and a dusting of chocolate, served with a couple of chocolate chip cookies.(Don't tell the diabetic nurse) That's it for now! Pop over to Elizabeth and Bleubeard! Thank you for stopping by.

*up date...a text just came through...they will get back to me about the blender. in 48hours.

*up date...one week later... not got back yet...

A Freebie, On a Monday!!

 

 This is Owl's Tree...although I think she's a little bit big for it... Something a lot smaller, fits through that front door! Sorry, I know I promised this extra one sooner... but I keep forgetting I have to email it to myself first. Pain in the butt! Right...So? How do I do that again? Oh yes... I remember. Go HERE to download. A comment would be lovely! No sharing the unwatermarked picture anywhere! Don't forget, Wednesday's freebie is still available...if not, just email me! Thank you for stopping by!

It's A Friday Freebie. Knitty Kitty

Yesterday I was house, dog and Professor sitting, and there was a lot of knitting going on.... so I thought, while I was there, I'll draw a Knitty Kitty and here she is! Go HERE to down load.  Sorry it took me ages, but since blogger has stopped me loading my images through the 'upload from computer' icon on the blog and only allows me to upload via, 'photos' -the only way I can get anything into 'photos' is to email it to myself! Well, it's waaay past my bedtime... actually it's nearly time to get up!! Look out for another freebie coming over the weekend! A comment would be lovely!! Thank you for stopping by.

It's WEDNESDAY! What's On Yours???#776

 Morning Crafty Peoples. It's a WOYWW day, again! Pop over to Stamping Ground and join in!! As you can see...still no luck at adding a new background to my blog! Never mind...To stop me thinking about it, and going in and probably deleting it all by mistake, (like I nearly did to my digi store) I thought I'd play with my smaller Gel Plate.    I'm waiting for some crafty goodies to arrive from Craft Stash, as they were having a sale, and seeing with the extra VIP discount it means the T Holzt inks I want/need, will be cheaper than where I normanly buy them, which is Emerald Crafts in Lyndhurst. Sadly they will be closing their doors at the end of the month after about 17-18 years! Where am I going to buy my large bottle of Collall glue from!? I was going to go up there this morning, but then I had a message that my package would be arriving in an hour (yeah ok) So I played with my paints...disaster!! The paper stuck to my gelplate... I took a picture of my mess, and even that came out blurry...Then!!! ding ding on my phone, (not on the front door) and my package had been delivered! Yay!

So, with my new goodies, I salvaged my mistake... and used my new inks and oxide inks over some stencils (I had in my stash) and way hey! I think that will do for some ATC's.

My Craft Stash package contained TimHolzts inks and oxide, and a notch and corner punch, which was less than half price. But I think my baragain of the week, from a charity shop, was the 'as new' six hole puncher, for £3, seen in the left hand corner.  I've been looking for one of those for ages, so, a lucky find! Now, I'm off to Emerald Crafts for my last look before they've gone forever. Have a great WOYWW!? week. 'See' you all later! Thank you for stopping by.

Ps...I am going to do a freebie later! 

Oops....I forgot it was T For Tuesday!

 Sorry peoples, had to go have another blood test early this  morning...forgot it was T for Tuesday, went shopping....Came home  about midday, starving!!  So had a hot Chocolate and a hot Cross buttered Bun and scoffed it down in one, (naughty naughty naughty) watching Ceri on YouTube doing his  Swap and Make with PM Part 1, 2 and 3 and 4... SO! There's no breakfast pictures, aren't you lucky!! Just an empty plate, mug and glass.

I'd quickly cleared out my shopping bag as I'd been 'book and magazine foraging' in the second hand shops, ready to do I bit of cutting out... The Magazine's were easy, I have no trouble cutting them up, but when it comes down to books... no! I find it very  very hard! (unless I manage to buy two the same) I hunt out books that I like to look of, no matter what the subject, if the colour, the size, if it feels right when you hold it in my hand, and the price it right, I instantly fall in love with it! 

Today I  found that oh so cute tiny, 'Love Sonnets by Shakespeare'. 'The Readers Digest Field Guide To Wild Flowers of Britain' (which I know I won't be cutting up... as I have a few paperbacks with almost the same pictures and, '1,339 Facts' ~things like.... A queen ant can fertilise her eggs with sperm she's stored for 30 years' ...Lord Kitchener had four Spaniels called Shot, Bang, Miss, and Damn...'The Statue of Liberty wears size 879 shoes...' and the first mouse was made of wood! (that would be a computer mice, of course...thank you Mae!)

And then there's the magazines... I've started cutting out some pictures for a potential Glue Book.... I still don't 'get' them, but it's fun... and I need fun, as everything is going wrong! I am  SO fed up with blogger. Obviously, it's not bloggers fault that 'The Cutest blog has disappeared too, taking with it  all it's freebie backgrounds (and the links one needs to add, so you can see the background) but it doesn't help that now I can't add a new back ground. I practised on my digi blog... AGH! And thank goodness I did, because it went completely black, took away the template, and Ike's header she made me... and then, I couldn't add anything! But!!! Today, nearly a week later...the template appears to be there and I've got Ikes topper back ...so I'm playing with it...not sure what I'm doing! Anyone who does know~give me hints, please! One last thing, the Diabetic Nurse, very nice lady, said my 'whatever it was' (numbers/grades, I have no idea) has halved, which is a good thing, and to keep doing what I'm doing!   Mind you, they said that to my John and a few months later he'd suddenly passed.

So here's a sheet she gave me, of the good the bad and the ugly... food that everyone should be eating...or not eating. Hope it's helpful. That's it for now! Hope you've had a happy T For Tuesday Day! Thank you for stopping by!

Forever Freebies Painty Mess's

 

Sorry there's not been any freebies lately, but the fact that I can't just load pictures up to blogger, and have to email them to myself first, is becoming a real pain! And now, as you can see, my backgrounds on both my blogs have disappeared! Probably because where I downloaded them from years ago, The Cutestblogontheblock has also disappeared, which cuts off the link I had, I guess, to wherever they saved their blog designs...Anyway just so you know that I am still here, I'm adding my two painty messes I made the other day, just in case they might come in useful. Just click and save. I haven't finished them yet, as I want to add a few more scribbly bits, not sure what yet! 

 

I'm probably going to use the original 12x12 to make ATC's. or even journal covers, Who knows! Thank you for stopping by
 

Whats On Your Worktop #775 and a spot of Painting!

 

  What's On Your Worktop #775 already?? Yep, time waits for no one! Well, it's afternnon here. Lola's a sleep, (little dog that's staying with me at the moment) so I've nipped into my craftroom to quickly do a WOYWW!? post, that's going on, every week, over on Stamping Ground! I've done a bit of 'slap it on painting, covering an unwanted 12x12, and hoping I'll be able to turn it into tags, atc's, postcards, journal covers or something else. (Or just something that my brother in law will put into that dirt great skip he's promised to get, when I've gone...) I've sort of followed Ceri The Crafters YouTube tutorial, for the April 2024 colour combo, Makers of Mixed Media Art and Artist Facebook group, using Cream, Magenta and Teal, plus black, white and gold too, if needed. 

It's not finished yet...waiting for it to dry then, I'll add some scribbles or use my Posca pens to make shapes or even do some stamping.  

I also made  another sideways pocket tag (idea from SevenPlaza I think)  using the village's monthly church 'Link' magazine. Bluebells for spring. I think you may've already seen the other one, made from a masterboard a little while back but it wanted to join in too! Short post today, as I'm house, dog and Professor sitting tonight while Mrs Proffessor is out. Lola's coming too and she soon lets the other dogs know who's boss! Here's a picture of her this morning.... so cute!

Added this morning, Little Lola.

Blogger is still not letting me load my photos in the 'normal' way, so it takes an age! And have you noticed??? My background to my blog, has disappeared!! It's just, black now, looks like I've fallen into the darkest deepest abyss... oh well, that's me alover! That's it for now, off to house/dog/Proff sit! Thank you for stopping by! See you over on Stamping Ground later!

Time For T on Tuesday. My Whizzer's Broken

Lola sitting on the Prof's lap.

 It's Tuesday, so I'm popping over to join in with Altered Book's T is for Tuesday. Above is Lola. She's staying with me at the moment and is stopping me doing any crafting! Above she's sitting on the Proffessor's lap as I spent the morning keeping him and his two dogs company while Mrs Proff was out.  I made us coffee and toasted two hot cross buns for our elevenies. As you can see  all Lola wants is Cuddles and to chase any cats that come into the  garden, or go for short walks or shopping in the doggy pram or visiting anyone. It's about all I can do! No Crafting allowed! 

Coffee with The Professor.

Oh yes...and filling her bowl with chicken, she loves chicken. My breakfast was a disaster this week, as the engine part of my fruit whizzer just sopped. It hums but longer whizzies!

Arrow pointing to broken base

Here it is...broken. Now in the other cupboard hidden in the darkest corner is a monster of a machine that John used a lot.. and it has an attachment jug.

Even that jug weighs a ton. I put the fruit in...with a bit of water.... and turned it on. It has 10 speeds and a palse...

Here it is, all moooshed up, but not as smooth as the other smaller lighter smoothie jug....(and some of the water leaked out from the bottom!)

So I took the old base into town (Lola came too) and visited all the shops I expected to find something simular... did I heck? No... "Oh, these are not really being made anymore..." or "You could try on line..." There was one, that had the grinder and the jug.... but no smoothy jug.... or a smoothy on its own. Now, if I were John, I'd take it to bits and mend it! So, after all that, Debbie my sil. sent me some online links and I did find some too (lord knows who they are) that had just what I wanted for over £110! (they weren't even half that new!)Then, the next add had the same for £49.... but who are these strange people? I'll try Debs links...later. But first...here's pictures of the Professors dogs.

   They were both resued all the way from somewhere near Greece.

 

  At the end of the day...I was totally wacked out. (Debs said I looked tired, I think she meant, old) So I got out my Harry Potter mug and had some Hot Chocolate!

 

 Now? Where's that odd looking screwdriver? I'll have a look at that base! Hmm, I feel better already... Time for Lola cuddles. Thank you for stopping by!  Pop over and join in with Elizabeth and BleuBeard over on Alteredbooklover!

Happy WOYWW!? #774!

 

Happy WOYWW!?#774.  Yes, Blogger's being a pain again! Two posts this one and another one with Easter Cards, just disappeared! And were published, naked!! I mean...with no pictures or writing or anything...just the title. Very Odd. Strange. Anyway. It's a very short post. This is what's on my kitchen top this morning. Numbers ready to be stuck onto my new Garden Waste bin. And stuff left over from making a card. So, pop over to StampingGround and join in! Thank you for stopping by!

Happy T stands for Tuesday!

 

 Happy April! First of April yesterday, which means... today, Tuesday the second, is the first time I put out my new Garden waste bin. (I lead such an exciting life...not) There wasn't much in it as it's been soooo wet, still it's the thought that counts. So I share my Breakfast this morning with T stands for Tuesday only it was very disappointing coz my blending thingy suddenly stopped working over the weekend, so no whizzed up fruit drinks for me, til I get a new one. Instead, I have been putting the fruit on my porridge... and managing to eat it with no added sugar. (yurk) Blogger's still being a pain about loading up photos and it taken me nearly all day just to get this far! So, I'll be very late joining in...

This mornings breakfast...

 I made chicken soup with the left over Easter Chicken...

  But best of all...Tom's lovely snack bought in the bike shop/cafe.

And last but not least, I have Lola staying with me and she wants a cuddle! Lift me up Lyn! That's it for now. Pop over to the AlteredBookLover and join in!  oho and my freebie birthday digi is still available via email for another week.

Thank you for stopping by.

Happy Gnomey B Day David!

 

   I was invited to a Birthday Party sometime back, which all happened this last Easter weekend, I wasn't sure I'd go, because y'know, not having John to go with but then, I thought, well, why not? Go! Pop in, say hi, pop out again. Ok! But first. You have to make a Birthday Card. (Of Course) I knew I wanted to make a kind of garden scene...and would use a fancy fun fold flip out card.. or whatever they're called (my favourites) with a gnome,  flowers, dogs, maybe cats, a chicken... couldn't find a chicken, even though I know I have one somewhere...

 

First of all I started off with the stamped image by  Woodware and coloured four of them with my ProMarkers so that I could later 3D the image. Then the rainbow looked a bit odd having grass at the bottom so I found my 'cloud' dies and used them at the bottom. Seeing David's small garden is divided into sections, veg, flowers, etc I added carrots. The dog is supposed to be Big George, who I used to walk a few times a week ages back. For the background behind the gnome and the clouds in front, I used different shades of blue Distress Oxide and also used the same mixture of blue ink on the topper plus some blue mirror card. 

Because my printer is still printing out blurred images, I hunted through my many folders of downloaded freebie papers from magazines and found these rainbow/cloud papers already printed out on good paper. I then made more 'grass' using different shades of green distress Oxide  and I also diecut out some 'grass'

Some of these are LawnFawn images. The wheel barrow, pots, watering can, some of the flowers, the little folk and trowel, come from Die-cutting Essentials magazine #113, the balloons, dog house, little dog and treats are LawnFawn. All are coloured with Promarkers.

The little garden sign I drew myself. (I had a stamp, but it was pointing the other way) The Rainbow/cloud background paper, you can download for free from HERE (you may have to sign in) These papers  originally came with Paper Craft Inspiration Magazine #138 May 2015! Just to prove that the oldies are the besties!

On the back of the card, I've added a place to add your sentiments etc.

That's it from me! Hoping to add this to some challenges later! Thank you for stopping by!

Challenges

Tuesdaytaggers.blogspot-rainbow-colours

mixitupchallenge.-anything-goes-optional-fancy

cinspirations.-season-of-spring.

ilovepromarkers-anything goes or add button