2nd Fab Friday Challenge

Here it is, another Friday, don't they just fly round. With the speed of time in mind that is what I have choosed as the theme - Time. You can have a play on the word (timeless, time flies), or just have images of clocks, the choice is yours.

I have been thinking just how quickly the days, weeks and months pass when you get older. When your a kid the 6 weeks holidays went on forever - now it would feel like 2 weeks had passed. Is is because then there was nothing really to worry about, no deadlines or to-do lists. How blissful.

Anyway, for my card I have used Tim Holtzs distress inks for the background, and stamped Old Father Time directly on the card. I have then stamped him again, this time on white card coloured in the image and cut it out. I then matted it directly over the image stamped on the card. I stamped two different clock faces, colour tinted them with distress inks and matted them onto the card, allowing them to fall off slightly (trimming off the excess). I'm not sure if the stamps I have used are still available. I bought them from the Art-Kure stand at a large show, many moons ago. The reference on them is FSP120 It's About Time - just in case you like them. I love them.

I hope this inspires you. Thank you all for joining in on the first challenge. Its great seeing your work, and its a great link to lots of new and exciting blogs and photobuckets - its a massive world out there isn't it!

Have a wonderful Easter, hopefully lots of extra time to get your crafting done!!

xxx

Fab Friday Challange

Okay, I know its only Thursday, but for once in my life I'm being early (whats going on..........!!!).

I realised tomorrow may be a bit busy, I'm on QVC in the morning (only a few min's in the 11am hour), then I have lots of work to do for Saturday night/Sunday morning, so all that waffle brings me to my first Fab Friday Challenge.........ta da


Beautiful and Bright is the challenge, so ATC's using lovely bright colours whether it is the cardstock you are using, a photograph of something bright, or even someone beautiful (and bright though!!). I quite like twists on the theme, as long as you can explain your twist.


My card is using lovely papers from Creative Imaginations. I used pink cardstock for the ATC base, then made a smaller layer from blue card. The blue card was attached to the base using a thin piece of card which folds down, and acts as a stand. I used the large check paper to partially cover the base, rub-ons (a wavy line and row of dots) close to the edge, and decorative paper strengthners with a brad - this also acts as a stopper when the blue front of the card is stood up.


The blue card has been decorated with the fantastic rub-on (I cut this in half, obviously saving the other bit for another project), then an adhesive tag which has been popped onto card, cut out and eyeletted. Attach with 3D foam, then add a cardstock sticker (matted onto yellow card and cut out), also attached with 3D foam.


The bright yellow thing in the photo is a matching envelope (not necessary for the challenge, but hey why not!!).


Well, that's my first attempt, I hope to do some more myself this week, which I can then send out to my "newies" joining the club (fingers crossed).


I look forward to seeing your wonderful creations.

xxxxx

Crumpled Corner Day

Urgh, its been one of those days. The kit I picked to work on had already been "distressed" by the dog when it had been delivered by the postie (the teeth mark effect wasn't one I was going for!!). I could not find one piece of brown card, and then each piece of card I seemed to pick was creased, and I have put my photo's somewhere silly, so had to start printing again. Okay, not really any trauma's there at all, so just a crumpled corner day, but annoying all the same. Winge over........

At one point today I thought to myself "I think I've lost my Mojo", funny what definitions we give to words without really knowing what they mean! I decided to look it up, do you know its an African -American word, it was a little drawstring bag which was worn as a type of charm to give protection or luck, obviously filled with various magical items. So I don't think I've lost my Mojo after all!! Phew

We were in QVC yesterday and met a lovely lady called June. She was the winner of the Breast Cancer Auction to spend a day with Dawn (she got me and JJ chucked in as well!!). It was a lovely day, we had the show as usual (with me and June making cards in the wings) then went out for a meal,Catherine also joined us. June seemed to have a good time, and we really enjoyed her company. We did have to go back in for a show at 10pm, but we were all light-hearted (but full bellied), so it flew by.

I have decided to do a weekly Blog Only challenge, it will be an ATC one and you can load your pictures onto your site, flickr or photobucket then pop a link on my blog. I thought it would be good as we can share the visual images then trade the actual card. I have a few idea's, but will make one or two cards then start the challenge on Friday. I have looked at various blogs with challenges and really like the idea, so thought I'd join in. Hope there are a few of you out there who are not challenged-out and will join in!

My last musing was where my crafting "career" began, we were chatting about it last night and it made me reminisce. My sister and I went all over the place doing craft fairs, we had a great time (although sometimes I'm sure I was hard work - especially when I got my day wrong and we'd turn up at the venue to find the craft fair had been on the day/week before haha). I dug out some of my little teddy keyrings which I used to make and sell at Craft Fairs. I quite miss working with Fimo, so think I may have to dig some out and have a play. I used to love the detail you could achieve. Anyhow, thought I'd pop on a photo of my box of bears.

xxx

Friday Night.....Saturday morning

Well how exciting are we, me and Nicky stayed in and played Settlers of Catan tonight (needed three players so Teela the dog had to join in, she lost!!), over cups of tea and cookies!!! It was good though. Just nipped on here and found Dan's blog, its great - go take a look
http://dan99.blogspot.com

Gotta go, White Strips are on Jools
xxxxx

Blogging

I've been spending some time checking out the fantastic blogs that are out there, for general crafting, not just ATC's - the inspirational idea's you can get are amazing. I also want to recommend Somerset Studio's Artful Blogging magazine - this features some amazing blogs for you to have a look at, arty and cool.

In the meantime I have of course been doing some work, I finished a charm kit for Saturdays QVC show, and today I'm working on some kits from Design Objectives - so plenty to keep me out of trouble. I have also done some club trades, and have updated my Flickr accout with a few more club member ATC's, have a nosey and see if yours is there!

Just a quickie (again)

I have been faffing about for ages trying to get recent photo's on Flickr, so it's now really late and I'm a little to sleepy to babble (hooray). Spent ages just trying to find my "very important pad" (why do I never just put it back in the same place - oh no, has to be somewhere new and incredibly stupid every time - is this just general dizziness or a part of my brain that loves to search for things so makes me hide things and thereby setting up the next game!!!). This is the little red book that I write everyone's details in when I take photographs, I use the term everyone loosely, as that wobbly part of my brain interferes here as well and there will be a lovely card with no idea as to who the artist was.

I have loaded quite a few new photo's along with some work I did for the lovely people at All About Crafts at Stitches (hello to Gill, Andrew and Tom). It was a great show, its great as you bump into so many of your crafty buddies, and lovely to work alongside Liz Welch (check out the link at the bottom of my page if you haven't been lucky enough to see her work - fantastic). Really there's no time for work with all the gossip you need to catch up on - but of course lots of work gets done as well. Great show, and met some really nice people (Alison if you are reading this that really means you!).

Anyway, as promised not to much waffle, I have lots to do tomorrow as I am prepping for QVC on Sunday and my head hasn't been working very well this week so need to get the creative energies flowing - I've already eaten my Easter Egg so looks like it back to the biscuits - thank goodness for chocy biscuits!

ttfn

xxxxx

Just a Quick reminder........

I just wanted to pop on and remind members of my club that there is a section entitled "Thank you, no Thank You" specially for all of you who may wish to pop a thank you message when you have received another members ATC. Have a look on the old posting (think it was September, but I could be very wrong).

That was a quickie........I didn't waffle

hooray