It's Time For Tea Tuesday- 8th Anniversary!

Here's what I am working on this week. It was quite unbusy, but then things happened. Mr Jinks was nipped off to the vets again, he's ok in fact at this moment he's trying to push me out of my chair!  And then I had happy mail! That will, in someway still be there for  woyww's post tomorrow. Also, almost hidden but not quite are some of the ATC's, which I've made for the Tea for Tuesday 8th Anniversary!! but of course you aren't allowed to see them yet! (so, naughty Lyn. go and take that picture out now!) 

Ok. I started making these little cards. I've made them before HERE using the 12x12 papers. These are the smaller, 6x6, I'll make a little box case for then to go into. This time I've used bought cards and envelopes instead of making my own so they're smaller and I had a die cut that was just the right size!  A nice and quick little gift for grandaughter next time I see her. In the middle of the picture  are two late (or extra!) ATC's from Woywwers and some cutting plates, so I'll mention them tomorrow!

Here's my cup of cold tea this week! No biscuits though...I have a fasting blood test coming up...not that it will make much difference! Also, there's a glimse of some of my A4 stamps, which I keep in document folders and the envelope of the anniversary card I posted yesterday and...one more picture...

Jinx, finally wiggled into a space beside me on my chair and fell fast asleep! Well, he'll need that as we have Lola the Chihuahua coming today...so, I'll say night night...as I have to be up early to collect her! Happy Tea For Tuesday 8th Anniversary! Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Belated Third Anniversary Debbs and Pat.

Happy Third Anniversary Debbs and Pat...  I'm a bit late with this as Mr Jinx had another day at the Vets Hospital and then another visit two days later and he has another one on Friday too.  Same problem, he's having trouble 'going' again, so...  anniversary card got put on hold and then I didn't really like it. So I scrapped that and started again! Scrapped that?? Hmmm!? 'How can I use up all these scraps I have left over from making Lady Pam's card?'  thought me. A quick look on You Tube and Sam Calcott was using the same papers  I had, using up the scaps, so! Problem solved! And this is the result.

It's a little bit too busy I think and before the day's out, if nothing else happens to distract me, it might get changed again!  All the papers you can see are from Dovecraft, (now CraftLabel) I bought the whole bundle of everything that matched. So all the papers, the 3D topper, the peg, the pearltopped flowers, the gem,both the butterflies and the ribbon (it's there, hiding!) and much more, came from the Butterfly Kisses bundle.  The Happy Anniversary sentiment was a gold peel off sticker, which I coloured silver. I made an envelope to match using the paper you can just see inside and to the right of the card.  This card was made from scraps adhered to purple mirror card and then a pearl 5x7 card. So have a look at Sam's video where she very quickly puts together ten cards!! to my one! (Ok, it's on fast speed most of the time, but it's still impressive!) I rather like the circle one she did ... no, the hexagon! Maybe I'll try them another day. Thank you for stopping by!

And What's on YOUR Worktop This Wednesday!? #631

 

 It's Wednesday so nip over on Julia's Stamping Ground! And show us your crafty spaces! Here's mine. Forefront (if that's a real word) is cat food boxes cut up and inked and die cut into shapes for little roofs.Then I suddenly found myself in a crafty charity shop and buying some crafty goodies, which I never knew I really needed! Purple embossing Power, not opened so should be ok and some 'shimmering silver stencil paint' (dry brush formula) Don't ask me, I haven't a clue but I'll have fun finding out! (both 50p)

Then there's stamps and lettering and stickers and  metal charms and 18 Dovecraft 'designer Die cuts' that looked useful

Next is a pile of stamps from my stash, mostly freebies from magazines all about Time for Tea, as I'm making some ATC's for bleubeard and Elizabeth's ATC swap coming up. I have some ribbons and some papers to match as well.  The gnome card keeps trying to get into the picture. It was a  practice card, when I was trying to work out how to get the gnomes to move using magnets. I'll tell you all about that...sometime soon!  Sorry about the pictures, my poor camera's very old!

Thank you to  my new followers for following, sorry not to mention before. There always used to be an easy link back so I could link you here but that doesn't seem to be available anymore but I will link you when I find you! (meany Blogger) That's it from me! Happy Crafting! Bye for now!

This Weeks Wednesday Freebie! CLOSED

  Well, this is the last thing I thought I was going to draw for this weeks freebie, but I like surprizes! Hope you do too! I had a half finished dragon with two left feet and that  long-necked dog  I did a few weeks back, with a short neck  but here we are, I'm back to drawing silly Toadstool houses with rainbows and clouds! (There must be something in the water!) That's it! Bye For now!!

Tea For Tuesday

 I've been quite busy this week, but as usual, there's not much to show for all the mess! It's Tea for Tuesday so of course I've left my Tea mug (from Greece) smack in the middle of everything a long with an uneaten chocolate hobnob brownie biscuit (new one on me, hubby got them) and I have been sorting out bits and pieces to make a few ATC's for a swap that's coming up but that pile seems to be burried. The gnome card  top right, I will blog about later as it took me ages to get the gnomes to move! I used magnets, which kept bashing into each other and breaking!  The yellow card is just a cat food box, cut up. I've been making house roofs out of it! I mean, card houses not real ones! Then, I just had to see how my new Die (from The Works £3) came out. It's a circular Happy Birthday and it came with a balloon and the bit that's falls out from the centre. Really good I think! Then, you can see those little Unicorns. That was one of my freebies sometime back and I wanted to see how small I could get it to go. I want to get the unicorn to 'jump' over a rainbow.  The flowery card in the middle was going to be a mini album but I cut it wrong...

I've been visiting cats and loads, well, hundreds of fish this week to feed and give a bit of fuss too! Maybe not this one though!  

 

 Here's Jasper. He's very old and VERY noisey!!

 

And here's Kittle... She's a cutie. Loves rainwater. That's my T for Tuesday.  Thank you for stopping by! Bye for now!

Happy Friday! Here's A Bench Card.

 This is inside our  garage looking  towards the window at the back.  (Actually, it's out in the garden coz its nice and sunny!) I have finally added everything I think I can add to this Card and it still folds flat! It's called a Bench Card and here's Sam Calcotts YouTube Toturial on how to make it. Sam made a garden shed bench, so go watch!

I used mostly wood effect paper/card which I then drew in some brickwork and heaverly covered in Tim Holtz Distress Ink, vintage photo. I made the window, lined it with acetate and a drawing of the hedge/fence at the back of our garden. The little window handles are bits of some old earrings. (I knew they'd come in handy one day!) The bits on the bench I found in John's bin in the garage. The clock is made from stamping onto Shrink Plactic. There's bits of fussy cutting from Paper Nation, odd brads for tools, jug and the padlock and of course stamped shelves, which actually had crafting things on them but I don't think that matters! My craft room is just as messy as John's garage! 

Back View and a place to write your message

Yep...you'll probably even find a spider's web in a corner! What wasn't there until yesterday, some wire, the chain and the mice. Seeing this card kinda was the predecessor or forerunner? from the card below, it didn't have the mice as I didn't have the mice! (Lawn Fawn) But I wanted to add them as John's red tool trolly is really close by and I'm sure the mice would have just as much fun on his bench as they do running around this tool trolly! and, we've had hedgehogs and even a Blackbird's nesting in the garage! Thank you for stopping by! Later hope to add to some... 

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A Late Tea for Tuesday...on a Thurdsay.

Well, I guess Thursday begins with T too!  I used to join in with T is for Tuesday years back, but as a few of you know I disappeared into the real world for quite a long time!  Anyway, it's all about an ATC Swap. and I do love an ATC swap  (I really want to spell it as swop!! I mean?? Who said it should be spelt with an A?)  So, here's my Mug of umm....Hot Chocolate... I was really excited as some Crafter's Campanion crafty goodies arrived, so, I made a nice hot Chocolate, pushed back what was the yesterday's WOYWW desktop, scoffed down my  quadruple chocolate Cookies and then took a quick picture of what I've just made... A little Milk Carton type house, ready to fill with sweeties for the grandkiddies and my Christmas Reindeer Mug. (Which I actually bought from a charity shop for 50p!)  Be back later with the finished Milk Carton house. Thanks for popping by!

WHat's On Your Worktop Wednesday #630

It's a  WOYWW day, so hop over to Julia's Stamping Ground and join in! I've been turning my home inside out all week looking for a small white folded envelope with thirty pounds in it. I remember taking said envelope and putting in down while I very quickly nipped out to say hello to a doggy friend who'd come to visit. I then remember moving the envelope to.....Where? Haven't a clue! So, this week I have been going over and into everything in my crafty room to find this white envelope. I even searched the recycle bin in the kitchen...twice... hold that thought. As you can see there's not much happening on my bench this week. (John's finished card from the other week is HERE) and I'm still looking for a die cut letter 'A' that's mysteriously gone missing. Yep, I checked my magnets to see if it got suck there and no, it hadn't. I found some stamps without a home, so put them all together in a small Really Useful Box and will slowing put them back where they should be.  I bought Die Cutting Esentials magazine this week  coz I really liked the look of the dies. And some 12x12 papers from the Range. (first time in there for nearly two years!)  And there's this weeks freebie Robot before I changed his head! A week had passed and still no white envelope... hubby reminded me on Monday that it was garden waste day on Tuesday... So off I went to fetch the hedge cutters and the green garden waste bags. There was a bit off brown messy debris in the bottom of one of the bags. I shook it and then frowned... who put that in there, that's not garden waste! It was a bit of paper, half hidden... a white folded envelope... and inside, a bit damp....was thirty pounds. So it had been in the garden recycle bag all week... How?? I haven't a clue. Odd that my brain had been telling me to check the recycle bin in the kitchen though, Hmm? I promise more actual crafting next week... in the meantime, check out Stamping Ground and see what the other woywwers have been up to! Thank you for stopping by!

  

 

 One last picture. This is Lola, she came for a visit over the weekend. She has a cage to sleep in, but she's rather sleep on my sofa!