Housebound for the day.......

Waiting for delivery men.  Unfortunately none of it was for me, OH had been spending online, good thing is he now moans less when he is at home and my packages of crafting goodies arrive :-)
So at least I had time for me, and that means time to craft.  Thought it would be nice to use up some of my stash that I had had for a while, so out dame my 'paintbox poppets' from Crafters companion, and rather than make cards I thought I would use my 'sweet treats' board and make a milk carton, and decorate each panel with a different decoupaged topper

Then I thought I would make some notelets and a box to hold them in.These were made with Crafters Companion 'special birthdays' kit. The box was made on my boxer board and the cards are 5 x 5

Getting ready for Easter

Thought I would start early for Easter.  Wasn't sure what to do, then I remembered I had some house mouse decoupage that I had never used because it was traditional decoupage and I had never got round to cutting it out.  So.......for 2 nights I sat in front of the TV and cut them out, and really enjoyed it. So far  I have made 2 into cards, hope you like them

Some recent makes

As part of the talkies group we have been having ATC swaps. For those that don't know these are Artist Trading Cards which are small cards 2.5" x 3.5" and the are mini works of art. You use them to showcase your artwork. Here are 3 I made recently. They are small decoupage pictures which I set on an inked background

New year's resolution

To start blogging at least once a week, if not more. Now Christmas is out of the way, finally getting used to being retired, my crafting life had once again started.
Last year "my thing" was decoupage, and although I still love it, my "new thing" is die cutting. Having finally succumbed to treating myself to an EBosser, my collection of dies has taken over my craft room. Spellbinders, Tonic and Tattered Lace, I can't get enough of them so I would like to share some of the cards I have made recently.

It has been so long

I can't believe it is nearly 2 years since I last posted but only excuse is that life got in the way. So much has happened in the last 2 years, my Son Roderick got married at the beginning of the year to lovely Nicola and the are now expecting their 1st baby. That will be grandchild number 3 for me, my other 2, Owen and Aidan are now 71/2  and 21/2  respectively. I also got made redundant 2 weeks ago and as I am now officially a pensioner, I have decided to retire, hence now having the time to start blogging again. Haven't really got into retirement mode yet as my brain still thinks I am just on holiday.  Maybe now I will get time to craft and to catch up with everyone's blogs. I also have an actual craft room now so let the fun begin........

Pumpkins for Halloween

Well Jiggy has one ..........

Camera didn't seem to want to play nicely but I hope you can still see the 2 fab images on the card.  'Jiggy's Pumpkin' and 'Dusted Autumn Border' both of which you can find over at DragonLair designs.  I just love Janette's dragons and this little cutey has found a lovely leaf to sit on with his glowing pumpkin lantern. I printed the border on a computer generated background and decoupaged the leaf then Jiggy on top, coloured with ProMarkers, with some bling added to his wings.
Remember there is still another week to join in the challenge over at the challenge blog.

Have a good weekend and Happy Crafting
xx

Bedtime......

My card this week for the Stamping with the Dragon challenge

The THEME this week is BUTTONS AND BOWS abd this cute image can be found here

and the Sponsor is 'STAMP FAIRY'

Stampfairy.com is a young company owned and illustrated by Gerda Burghardt. She creates cute and whimsy images for young and old, inspired by life, love and 4 cute cats. The StampFairy-Store launched in November 2010 and is steadily growing. Gerda and her wonderful DesignTeam are running and sponsoring challenges for crafters. Every friday Stampfairy will be offering at least 1 free Digi for download, so be sure to stop by. You will definitely want to check out that cute shop, you will be sure to find something for your crafting needs.
 This weeks prize is 
$10 GIFT CERT FOR STAMP FAIRY
 All you have to do is make a card or any other project just as long as you include buttons and bows and then pop over and leave your link on the challenge blog

Have a good weekend and Happy Crafting
xx