Week 40…. Still playing catch up.

Living in the Welsh valleys, we are used to grey skies and wet weather but we have had some beautiful sunny days in October so we have been out exploring. 

There nothing like the couloirs of Autumn. 

 All dies, stamps and paper are Elizabeth Crafts Designs and please let me know if you’d like me to let you know which sets I use.

Thanks for looking, have a great week. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Week 39 in my Weekly memory planner.

 My daughter booked a weekend in York for my 60th birthday and we had an amazing time. 

All dies stamps and paper used are by Elizabeth Craft Designs and designed by Esther Glas 

It’s been a while….. about 12 years 😱

Back crafting and found a new love for Elizabeth Craft Designs planner essentials designed by Esther Glas over the past few years.  It was the big 60 birthday in August and felt now is the time to re visit my blog. Here are a few pics of my recent weekly memory planner pages. 

Polka Doodles Challenge

Week 1 - Shades of Grey and Sketch.

Here is my entry for this weeks Polka Doodles challenge.............

..........thought i would have trouble with the "Grey" part of this challenge but I think it's turned out okay!

The image is from Polka Doodles "Pretty Sweet" CD rom and so are the papers which had been coloured with Black Soot Distress Ink. I used promarkers Cool Grey and Lavender to colour the image. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (one was coloured using the grey promarkers) and the Lace, ribbon and hat pins were from The Ribbon Girl.

Thanks for looking

Andrea

Polka Doodles Challenge (week 50)

Hi.....

Below is my entry for this weeks Polka Doodles challenge

The image and sentiment is from "Pretty Sweet" CD coloured in with Pro Markers and I used my Silhouette SD to design and cut out the window and picket fence. I painted them with PaperArsty Fresco paint and crackle glaze. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and seam binding ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

 

Thanks for looking.

Andrea.xxx

Poolka Doodles and Ribbon Girl challenge

I haven't posted for almost 6 months.......I need to find out.........Where I can buy Time!!!
I decided to have a go at CD crafting and what better way to start than with a Polka Doodles CD rom. I was far from disappointed, Nicky Hall's designs are stunning and the CD is so easy to use. Fab designs, fab papers and lovely sentiments too.
This is the card I made from the "Pretty Sweet" CD rom and I decided to enter it into Poolka Doodles weekly challenge blog and as the Ribbon Girl's challenge is Lilac and Green I thought I would enter it there too. This is the first time for me to enter these challenges, so wish me luck.

I used -
Polka Doodles CD rom "Pretty Sweet" (papers, image and sentiment)
Promarkers
Ribbon Girl - Seam Binding & Flat Lace ( coloured with promarkers)
Wild Orchid Crafts - Paper flowers
Tim Holtz Alterations die - Hanging sign

Thanks for looking, hope you like it.
Andrea.xxx

Simon says stamp and show Challenge and Sunday Stampers

"Show us your hands" is this week's theme on Simon says Stamp and show and "Men" on the Sunday Stampers challenge.

There are plenty of hands and just one "little man" on the letter "F" (Hels.....I hope this counts towards your theme???)

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by..............Andrea.xx

Alter it Monthly - Challenge

Alter it Monthly's theme for May is "WOOD" and I had the perfect little box to alter.

I painted the box with white acrylic paint and then distressed the edges with mushroom dabber..........

.........I used Tim Holtz fragments and papers for the top...........

 ...............and the inside.

 

This is the first time I have entered this challenge and I am hoping I find the time to join in again next month.

Andrea.xx

Simon says stamp and show Challenge

I haven't blooged for ages as there's been lots going on but I've had a few days off and decided to join in the "Simon says stamp and show challenge - Buttons"

Here's my entry....

This was a frame I bought in the £1.00 shop. I covered it in white paint and added some tissue tape and ribbon. The flowers and leaves I made following a You Tube video by Creations with Christina. (so easy!!) and the inside is Tim Holtz paper and stamps, a few buttons and hey presto!!

Thanks for stopping by..........Andrea.xx

WOYWW..........Been to see T!M!!

Did I have a good time.......I certainly did, the whole day was brilliant!!

Lin from LB Crafts and Leandra from PaperArsty put on the most amazing event from start to finish and Tim was fab and  I was also lucky enough to win a prize..............woo hoo!!!

...........It's a canvas bag that was specifically designed for the CHA trade show. He signed it for me and it now has its special place in my craft room. :)

Didn't get to finish my project in class and its currently on my desk awaiting the finishing touches.

Fingers crossed I'll get to finish it the weekend!!
Sorry I didn't get round to visit you last week, I came home on the Friday and I think somebody pinched Saturday and Sunday............. I promise to do better this week!!!

Off to work now :(

Happy WOYWW see you soon Andrea.xx

P.S. If you've arrived here on the off chance and are wondering what's going on hop over to Julia "Queen of the WOWWers" blog to find out what it's all about. Link is on the side of my blog.

Tim Holtz &Crafts International Blog Candy

Quick post, just to let you know I had a fab time at the ArtsyCrafts workshop with Tim and I'll let you know more over the weekend and for all those who weren't able to make the workshop there is some fab candy up for grabs on  Crafts International blog.

http://crafts-international.blogspot.com/2011/02/half-term-candy.html
Hop over to be in with the chance of winning.

Andrea.xx

WOYWW..........Off to see Tim!

Well this is how my desk looks this week.....( taken this morning at 6.00am - still very dark, can't wait for the spring!!!)

My desk is all nice and tidy and clean, already for the lovely new stash i NEED to buy tomorrow at ArtsyCrafts with Tim Holtz.  In the envelope is my ticket and badges ready for the workshop and the scissers and pokey tool are all I need to take with me..........very exciting!!!!!!

 This is what I've been up to this week.........My mum's friend has been married for 50 years and they've gone to South Africa for a holiday and she asked me to make a photo album for all thier holiday pictures. (not the best picture!)

Apologies for the rubbish pics this week, I'll try and do better next week!!

Okay I'm off now to get myself organised, i'm  leaving this afternoon about 3:00ish so can't promise I'll get around to visiting many of you until the weekend.
Have a great WOYWW......... Andrea.xx

P.S. If you've arrived here on the off chance and are wondering what's going on hop over to Julia "Queen of the WOWWers" blog to find out what it's all about. Link is on the side of my blog.

WOYWW and I'm back!!

Hi Guys, I'm back and hope you are all well.

I'm not sure where the past 13weeks have gone but I have missed you all. I have been peeping at your messy creative desks but just not enough time to leave a comment sorry :(
Just like to say big Hello to Lavinia (Lavinias Paper Emporium) for leaving a comment on my blog a few weeks ago to check I was okay. Thanks Lavinia.x

Okay what have I been up to........

• Had a fab time in DisneyLand Paris even though we had one or two snow showers!!
• Christmas was brilliant....seems such a long time ago now.
• Dylan has had his 11th Birthday.............he is growing up so fast.
• Finished my 6 month secondment and gone back to my old job......hooray!
• Been making lots of cards

and my tickets for Tim Holtz arrived........ only 8 days to go Woo Hoo!!

Here's a few pics
My daughter Kellie, Son Dylan, my darling little Granddaughter Katie-Louise and of course Mickey!!
Disneyland paris in the snow.....very magical!

and a few of the cards.

And last but not least here is my workdesk this morning

Its good to be back and hopefully I'll catch up with you all later or over the next couple of days.
Happy WOYWW..........Andrea.xx

P.S. If you've arrived here on the off chance and are wondering what's going on hop over to Julia "Queen of the WOWWers" blog to find out what it's all about. Link is on the side of my blog.

WOYWW '76'

Hi Guys,

This is my desk as I left it last night at 9:00pm last night.......... had to go and watch 'I'm a Celebrity'!!!

Very neat and tidy, with a fab new set of stamps from PaperArtsy waiting patiently for the weekend to come so I can have a play. and to the left is a some of the Christmas cards I have made ( still loads to go !!)

I had a really busy weekend last week - Saturday getting everything ready for the car boot sale( and the Sky man coming) and Sunday doing the car boot sale.

Now here's a question for you..........How mad am I ???????

I normally leave for work around 6:15am  Mon - Fri (stupid o'clock)......... To go to the car boot sale on Sunday me and my daughter left the house at 5:00am (really stupid o'clock)...........100% mad I think!!

We did have a good laugh though and made a few pennies for our trip to Disneyland Paris  - only 29 days to go......Woo hoo!!

Catch up with you soon, happy snooping.........A.xx

P.S. If you've arrived here on the off chance and are wondering what's going on hop over to Julia "Queen of the WOWWers" blog to find out what it's all about. Link is on the side of my blog.

WOYWW '75'

Another quick post from me as I should have done this last night. I've had a different job for the past 6mths and it means leaving at stupid o'clock in the morning.......never mind only 23 more days to go!!!
Not much on my work desk this week as I've been busy 'spring cleaning'. I'm either 6 months to late or 6 months too early :) There is a reason behind the 'domestic goddess' tendencies - The Sky man is coming to fit a new box and multi room. All Corners and skirting boards are sparkling so he can fit new cables without having to battle with the cobwebs!!!!
Anyway here's my desk........a really quick Christmas card on the stand, made out of the gorgeous Paper Arsty Christmas papers.

and you know the 'push back' technique that a lot of you use out there (you know who you are!!!) Well I haven't really got much room in front of me to master it so I gone for the 'side way' technique and the 'pile high' technique this week and I think I've definitely mastered it!! What do you think?? Good job Mr Sky man isn't going in my messy room!!

Thanks for all the fab comments last week, see you all soon,

Happy Snooping.........A.xx

P.S. If you've arrived here on the off chance and are wondering what's going on hop over to Julia "Queen of the WOWWers" blog to find out what it's all about. Link is on the side of my blog.

WOYWW '74'

Neat and tidy for me this week........sorry!

I was busy on Monday making my challenge entry for Simon Says Stamp and Show and Compendium of Curiosities (better pic in the previous post) and my 10yr old Son was playing along too and there's not really enough room for two in my craft room. There was so much stash everywhere I had to tidy up and this is as I left it on Monday night.........

Here is a pic of Dylan's  - Twinchie, he was following the Compendium of curiosities challenge too! (sorry about the rubbish pics, It's so dark at 6.00am)

Off to work now, see you later.........A.xx

P.S. If you've arrived here on the off chance and are wondering what's going on hop over to Julia "Queen of the WOWWers" blog to find out what it's all about. Link is on the side of my blog. 

Challenges

Here is my entry for two challenges this week. Simon Says Stamp and Show and Studio L3 Compendium of Curiosities.

The background is a  canvas painted with white acrylic paint and then touched up with Hazelnut paint dabber, The pink flower is paper stuck to Claudine Hellmuth's sticky back canvas and die cut using Tim's tattered florals and the blue one is paper stuck to grunge paper and then die cut. The Wendy Vecchi butterflies are stamped on the same pink and blue paper . As for the Key, you'll have to hop over to Studio L3 to find out how I did it!!!

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.........A.xx

Spooky Book!!

I love joining in with the challenge blogs but a few weeks ago someone came along and pinched my spare time (not that I had much of it to start with!!) and the weeks seemed to have passed by. This week I've had a weeks holiday from work so I've no excuse. This is my little 'Spookay' Book that  i am going to enter in 'Simon Says Stamp and Show' and as there is 'Extreme Masking' on it I thought I would enter it in Linda's Compendium of Curiosities challenge No 19 (I've missed the other 18 weeks!!)

Here's the front.........

 The inside...........

and the back cover...................

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

 

A.xx

WOYWW '73'

Hi Guys.......missed you all last week as I was feeling a little under the weather or more like under the duvet with a cold!!! but I'm back fighting fit this week so here goes......
This is my desk this morning. WIP is a book, to put all our Halloween pics in and I'm going to enter it in a few challenges, so need to get it finished today!!

Thought I'd share this with you.........

This was taken on Monday afternoon in Aberavon, Port Talbot and I live about 10mins away.......how lucky am I??

See you all later......A.xx

P.S. If you've arrived here on the off chance and are wondering what's going on hop over to Julia "Queen of the WOWWers" blog to find out what it's all about. Link is on the side of my blog.

WOYWW '71'

I had a fab time this weekend at LB Crafts, Lin is a brilliant teacher and believe you me it is well worth the drive because this is what I made...............

and now for my desk, I went for the long shot this week so you can see all the mess!!

My WIP Christmas arch has finally got some metal on and with any luck it will be finished by next week!!
Short and sweet from me this week as I have to leave for work in 10mins and I've still got my PJ's on!

See you later..........A.xx

P.S. If you've arrived here on the off chance and are wondering what's going on hop over to Julia "Queen of the WOWWers" blog to find out what it's all about. Link is on the side of my blog.