Thursday, 23 June 2011

Butlers Abroad has 500th Post Blog Candy! (CLOSED)


Shhh! I shouldn't be telling you this but Butlers Abroad has a 500 post give away...I mean..the more of you who join in the less likely I'll win! Oh! Just click the link to find out more!! CLOSED


This Post has had over 500 hints from Anonymous people advertising. Why?? No one comes back this far, no one reads blog candy and I NEVER add them to comments, so NO ONE's going to read them! They are always deleted at sauce!!

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Wednesday's Worktop Watch

Morning WOYWWers! I'm just sooo behind with everything I'm supposed to be doing I'll type very fast. Pleese xscoose the smelling mistakes!
The 'map' I was trying to get done last week is now finished and framed, and not a minute before it was due. It's wanted for an auction. I was asked to add to the cartoon map... Geysir, Volcano, Plane, a troll and their school Symbol, which I can't find anywhere... all a bit vague really...so this is what I came up with. Any more ideas would be welcome! (I have a few hours left!...a minute...two seconds....) All the little pictures on there were full size A4 reduced down to very teeny-tiny squares. I didn't want to draw straight onto the map, in case I made a mistake! (I did try, it was a disaster!!) The island by the way is suppose to be Iceland, but I've never know an island to keep changing shape! Not one map I found was the same so, I sort of drew my own version of it... hope I haven't missed chunks out! I'll blame it on Global warming!!
My PiF hasn't come yet :o( so I can't show you it, maybe next week! Can't wait!
The other side of my craft room is filled with the makings of the map... so I've done you a 'one day Freebie Map' this week and a little crossed-eye dog for the week... well...it's two in the morning and I couldn't think of anything to draw!
Now that most of my 'have to do jobs' are nearly done, I hope to get round more of you this week, I think I missed most of the middle row... it kept growing longer and longer!!
If you're new to all this blogging about, but love to have a snoop around tons of crafty spaces, why not join in, just pop over to The Stamping Ground! Bye for now. This is on timer as I'm....not here...
oh no....I've just spotted a mistake.....I've signed it 2010, dam, bother, hoggleswobble!!


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Poochie Pup (CLOSED)

Here's Poochie, he's a little cross-eyed pup! Please don't share my digi's send people here to download them! Thank you for all your past comments and for stopping by!
SORRY YOU MISSED HIM!

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Skull Island: ((closed))

Sorry You missed this one day digi, but it did turn into a three day digi!
Thank you for stopping by!

Sunday, 19 June 2011

A Quirky Squares Theme Thingy

Hi peoples! Hope you're all well and have so far had a fabulous weekend. It's been raining here in Britain, but then we do need it! Luckily it's held off a bit for today. Meanwhile, it's time for another Quirky Challenge! This time it's my turn to set the theme. So I thought I'd do something other than a sketch as I always do a sketch. Instead I've chosen a bit of a Quirky...
Recipe Theme Box!


Very easy challenge. All you have to do is choose any three or more of the squares (or even all of them if you're feeling very clever!) and make something crafty, ie... you might like to choose to use four brads and three backing papers, with a digi...or, five flowers, Coffee and cream with embossing. Or...an embossed acetate card with a digi and some ribbon. The idea is to use no less than three of the boxes.
This challenge is kindly being sponsored by Craft Ribbons! And Robyn's Fetish.
Here's my card. I've used a Robin Fetish Digi Puppy Paws. As soon as I saw him I knew I just had to make a card using him...the other members of the team have used a lovely dragonfly and Teacups... (short purse to think) Nah, Puppy wins by a mile!! I've made his eyes a little darker though.
I've used PinkPetticoat backing papers matted over some nice shimmery plain brown papers and some freebie 'paws papers' by Pixie . The link has been on my side bar for ages, or go here to download them. Don't forget to leave some love.
I printed the puppy out twice. Then coloured them with ProMarkers, cut out the best one and after curving him to make him pop out, I fixed him over the top of the first puppy using silicone glue. (after I'd die cut and embossed him with my deckled edged Nesties)
So, what have I used? I've used a digi, three backing papers in Coffee and cream, and brown, five flowers (the bottom flower is a double) and added four card candi's, four brads and some embossing.
For my ribbon or lace I've used brown raffia instead.
As you can see, or you might not have noticed, I couldn't decide on the sentiment....
The fonts I've used are all freebies. 'Sorry You're Paw-ly' is called Hornswoggled... I love that name! Hornswoggle!! It's my new swear word! And you can download it HERE
The sentiment 'Hello!!' is called Appleboy BTN and you can download that HERE (You'll also find Appleboy Outline Here)
That's about it. Pop over to Quirky Craft's to see the rest of the DT and GDT's fabulous makes and to check out my bad spelling! I'm off out for the rest of the afternoon so this is on timer.
**Update...Remember that Father's Day card I couldn't find... yes it was this one, sitting behind me all the time!!! This is how it ended up. Font used this time, front and inside, is called Candy Buzz BTN and you can download it for free HERE! (Some sites do charge) I've added paw prints and a smaller 'flipped' puppy to the inside along with two ladybugs from Penny Black Stickeroos. (plus the 'chewed' corner!) The insert sentiment and puppy dog was done in Word.
I like this card sooo much better, than the painting bear for the post below. Me-thinks my dad might be getting two cards this Father's day!! Thanks for stopping by!!
Challenges
Crafts4eternity.-embellishment-beginning with R (Raffia)
Southerngirls-anything-goes.
Alphabetchallenge-G for Get Well
Littleredwagon.-for dad
Papertakeweekly-dads/lads
Craftuscrazy-fathers day and/or masculine
Wagsnwhiskers-one for the boys
Thepoodlesparlour-anything goes
Freshbreweddesigns-Put a little song in your heart
My chosen songs are-(click to hear the tunes!) Daddy Wouldn't buy me a Bow-wow
and How much is that doggie in the window.

Happy Fathers Day Dad

Happy Father's Day to all the dads in blogland!! This is Emma's card to her dad on this Fathers Day. A lovely picture of them both at her wedding. It's a lovely photo and I must get it printed out and framed (In a big frame)
As for my card to my dad...ah..now where did I put it? It's somewhere safe but of course I forgot where! So I found this one, which you've seen before ages ago, I've revamped a bit. Dad likes doing a spot of painting...with an easel and oil paints or water-colours.... so this was as close to that as I could get!
I usually (sometimes) put To Pop on the card and he growls at me, so....this time I didn't...unless of course you turn the card upside down.....the A is sooo round it looks like an O and I'd run out of D's so they are P's.... but no one will know!
Now, how many of you are now trying to turn your computers up-side down to see!?

Quirky Sneak Peek in Squares....

((Wave))) Hi Peeps! A Quick post to let you know there's another Quirky Craft's challenge coming up later today. The winners of the last Challenge should appear any minute over on the challenge blog!
Here's my sneek peek of my DT card for the new Challenge. Is it a clue? It could well be! It's my turn to set the theme so I hope you'll all come and join in!!


ohoo that was a short post....!

Thursday, 16 June 2011

My Mini Craft Room

I really wanted to add my PiF tiny craft room to a few challenges so hunted a few out. And the fact that it's little picture won't appear in the inlinks thingy on my blog if it hasn't got a post of it's own! I've added a few more photos...very long post so just scroll down!!
After painting it, I added the 'wall paper' with mock coving and skirting boards, the bench was covered in wood effect sticky back paper. All the little books have staples and the sheets of backing papers are held together with a brad, so they look as though they were just thrown on the shelves as they are fan-able (is that a word?) or moveable, but can't fall off. There's a cup, which is really a seed pod, a bead held in place with glue and a pin...
The scissors and hammer are brads. Tiny buttons. Tiny punched out flowers. A pink square of foam for the cutting board. Rolls of tiny thread, and ribbon. Inches seemed to be a good thing to use as pictures or scrapbook pages. The spider, wine bottle and glass are confetti. Tiny 3D foam pads have been cut down to look like big foam pads. A lid was used for a (very filled) waste paper basket. A decoupage sheet was reduced to a very tiny size and has 'fallen' onto the floor. The carpet really is my craft room carpet! I used a tiny tag punch smudged with glitter to look like one of those glitter trays.
A WOYWW Banner is on the wall. A clock, storage jars and the cat were all cut from magazines. The 'pin board' was a tag, I cut little slits to hold the 'letters'. A mini me ((Loony Lyn) is on the front of one of the books. String, thread, paper, beads, and ribbons fall from match box draws. The pencil tub was just a glued roll of paper held by the white paper clip, which I left on. It was then filled with silicone glue and filled with cut down match sticks and tooth picks to look like pens and pencils. A tiny glass jar, which once held beads was filled with all sorts of bits and pieces. A very small cotton reel now appears to be a very large cotton reel. The 'card' is actually full size and was on a decoupage set, so you would know how the card would look once made up. I'd kept it in one of my draws and it just fell out as if to say, use me!! so I did...!

How it started, painted on my ironing board... and turned into this..




For one of my challenges there has to be a tag...
The little glitter tray is a tiny woodware punched tag

The notice board was a tag cut down and
there's the butterfly for the Tuesdaytaggers challenge

The last thing I stuck down was the little brown parcel under the counter. The tag on it reads to Debs! (who was my PiF partner) It's supposed to be the little craft room all wrapped up ready to be posted... Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges
Joyfulstamper-inspire me Fridays (back linked17th July)
Divas by design challenge-anything but a Card.
Going Grey with Scrap Creations: Anything Goes
KB Cute Monday: Bright Colours
Scrap Creations-Anything goes
Bearly Mine-Anything Goes
Totally Stampulious-Anything goes
Tuesdaytaggers- Butterfly and tag...
ok, I'm being a bit cheeky here...
there is a butterfly and there is a tag!!! Honest!!

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