Day 5 of Wild Card class- Light em up!

Yay, got the last class done today- I love to put lights in cards, so had tons of fun with this one :)

Day four of Wild Card Class....on Sunday (day 7?)

Well, got behind a bit- work- the weekend etc got in the way and I was determined to perfect the fantastic water shaker card! The first few went very wrong- but I've cracked it (I hope) and here they are....I'm SUPER impressed with this technique and will be doing loads more now that I have my leakage problem under control ;)

I kept going and made a 'plain' old shaker card also an achievement for me, my friends know that I don't measure....this makes these sorts of cards challenging! LOL!

Thanks for looking- and if a tutor sees this- thanks a mill for the class- it was fun to be poked into doing a bit for a change. I wish there was another week to go, although it will probably take me that long to get caught up on day 5.............. I will do it...................

Day three of Wild Cards card class

Day three brings pop-ups! Went with a Christmas theme this time. This card was tricky to photograph but it's a pile of Christmas presents and two deer. I like this card but it's very bulky to close.

Wild card class day two-Movement. Magic slide card

My first attempt at a magic slide card, inspired by a movement class taught by Kristina Werner. I hope Mum doesn't see this post before her birthday!
On the left, the card is 'closed' and on the right, I have pulled the tab across to reveal the inside of the card.

Wild Card Class from onlinecardclasses.com

Hahahaha! I can't believe how long it's been since I've blogged.... too busy project life-ing I guess!
So I started an online card class yesterday called wild cards from onlinecardclasses.com
I just needed something to get me going again in the cards/crafting department. So take a breath and get inky! :)
This card is a shaped card from day one.

OMFG!

Well, in my defence it's been an incredibly busy and difficult year again...it's been incredibly difficult and busy for a few years now.......I think maybe we all deserve a break so that we can gather our thought, take a deep breath and look at life from outside hospitals and such?

Anyway, have started documenting 2013 in a scrapbook, yes! you heard it right, I have committed to a whole years worth of documentation-week by week. So far so good ;)
My good friend Kate is to blame or thank, depending on the mood, for this rash decision! And introduced me to Project Life (check it out) but I won't be held accountable should you become hooked.

Anyway, really enjoying it, we're halfway through March and I'm still up to date, up to speed and full of enthusiasm for MY project life :) I have a feeling that I may need a new book every year and keep it up!

So, I took a couple of pics of a couple of pages and here they are in their out of focus glory Oooops!

Valentine's

And here we are again. It barely feels like five minutes since the Christmas festivities began and it's suddenly Valentine's day! I made this card for my darling, it was a quick one, only taking two weeks but it was worth the effort I'm sure you'll agree LOL! I love this one and think that I'll adapt it to make pretty birthday cards too. As the pupsters get older I'm sure I'll manage to get a little more uninterrupted time to craft- no giggling Kate!

 Here are a couple of pics of the offending puppies.... They're just darling and we rescued them from the pound just before Christmas. They're hard work but worth it :) ask me again in 6 months time!

Ah, before I forget, here are the bits that the kiddies made for their parents for Valentine's!
They made a suncatcher decoration from card with a layer of sticky plastic in the middle, which sandwiched tissue paper, glitter and other bits they liked. They added some beads to the string and voila! Very pretty :)

They also made a butterfly Valentine's card for their Mums and Dads. They traced the shape, cut it out, decorated with whatever they liked, did a bit of stamping (the kids just love to stamp!)  and then attached a packet of lovehearts to the middle for the body of the butterfly. They were delighted with their creations but not so happy when they realised that they wouldn't get to eat the sweeties! hehehe. Never mind, I'm not entirely evil and spent two days making little bags for the kiddies which I filled with little packets of lovehearts for themselves. Phew!

Right! Off have a lazy movie day with hubbie! 

Long time again

Oh and I don't have time to write much now either.....Two new puppies have kept us seriously busy since the last time I was on. A quick card for a 21st and a quick layout of the pupstars!

Tim Holtz 12 tags

Ok, so I've only managed 3 so far, and 2 aren't even completely finished, but here is what I DO have so far!....it's been super busy *sheepish grin*

These last 2 baubles are the painting on metal technique on the left and utee over embossed card on the right....need to practise with these again ;)

Kids Christmas crafts

So we have been busy with the kiddies, crafting for Christmas.

the first one we did was a robin hand print decoration, paint hand with brown paint, finger paint a red breast, allow to dry, cut out and glue on eye and red spangles....seeemplz!

The second one is a cool snowman decoration, a kids sock, filled with rice, tied at the top and once more in the middle to make the snowman shape, then the kids decorated him with eyes, buttons and a happy smile.

Ooooopsie!

It has been a long time! Naughty me, but to be fair it's been a busy few months too and it's not likely to get any quieter for a while :)
I just wanted to post these pics of an Advent Calender that I just finished last night. I got the kit from my favourite shop, see it here!
It took me a few days, but I'm not the fastest crafter on the planet. They're cute little boxes that you can fill with your own little things- I love it!

Lily Pad Cards- Love it!

I became a Member of Lily Pad Cards today!  I love this site, there's always something going on and the Sunday vids are great! Check it out :)

Chicken Soup Recipe #44

A little card I managed to make on a dreary wet Sunday, acetate wings stamped with staz-on and a yummy Tim stamp, I might even manage to get something else done today LOL xxx

Chicken Soup Recipe #42

Yikes! I've been a bad blogger and a bad crafter, but what can you do? Sometimes life gets in the way:)
Anyway on to the inspiration for this one which can be seen here... Beautiful!
Here is mine- a card for my Mother in Law who is moving house. It says 'A new home' at the bottom but it's hard to see with the reflection from the opalites.
Thanks for looking :) x

Ah the ickle ones....

Have been seriously creating some great art!

For Mother's day they grew some seeds, sweet peas, and they made a card. I only managed one pic..but they all made a window card with acetate stuck in the aperture, added some peel offs (yes, I blush) and coloured them in with pro-markers. For Easter they have started making shrink plastic pendants for an Easter necklace. They've done an excellent job even while decimating my pro-markers, but really what did I expect? doh! I don't mind really, the kids were so delighted with the results! By the way, shrink pastic is great fun and pro-markers are excellent for colouring in said plastic (and everything else) have a lookie here if you need supplies :) Excellent stock and speedy service!

so seriously....

Finally I have some energy back-feeling better but my voice still sounds like I swallowed a frog, some might say nice and husky? please please let the snot be gone! (I know I can say this coz few read the blog haha!)
Anyhoo...it's now April and I've been feeling like shit most of March, I think it's time that I get totally better now and get back with the programme!

On the bright side, the weather is doing just that and last weekend Brian and I spent most of it in the garden, preparing the beds, the greenhouse, planting seeds and yes...again chasing the damn hens out of the afore mentioned. We did remark to eachother that we need to do the gardening BEFORE we let the hens out of the run for a roam..Hmmmm, deja vu from last year? Yes indeedy! And I will endevour to remember all Summer long ;)

Here is the apple tree that will give us a lot of luscious apples this Autumn! She's looking good unlike her counterpart who fell over this Winter and had a rough time, we may get a few apples from her, but not the bumper fare from last year I fear.

Ahhhhh, the beds look so empty, but I love this time of the year, the promise of things to come, we have a little look every day to see if something has sprouted and are delighted when the weather forecast says that the growing is good. Really, it does! I've left space in one of the beds for Mum and Dad, their favourite veggie is being winged over from Europe in seed form, but I'm sure we'll get the endijvie to sprout and prosper by the Autumn :)

The greenhouse...a little plasticy one, but boy does it get warm in there! Plants are growing like the clappers and we have some early strawberries, beetroot, rocket and herbs on the go. I might have to put the geraniums back in as the hens are loving the tender green shoots...grrrr! Good thing their eggs are so tasty or they'd be for the pot!

Sick of being sick

so...2 weeks tomorrow, I've been sick sick sick, and quite frankly, I'm getting sick of it! Poor Brian has had it on and off for 4 weeks now and we just can't shake it.
The kiddies come in with a cough or a cold, you can't send them home because to be honest, there would never be anyone here if we did.....but really, when they're coughing up a lung in the manner of a habitual 60 a day puffer, they really should be kept at home :( It makes me sad for the kids too because if they feel half as crappy as Brian and I do, all they want to do is lie on the couch and watch cartoons.
It's also sooooo unfair on the staff and the rest of the kids when we catch the nasty bugs too......right, that's my gripe for the day- going to go back to the couch and sweat out the frustration

Kate's scrapping a poorly exposed photo Challenge

Thanks Kate! For the photo which I really love, taken on the i-pod on one of Brian's birthday parties(!!!) he has been such a good boy this year that he got two :) and the kick up the bum to actually scrap it, I've also printed off others from that great night in Dehesa and also from the party in Gordon Ramsay's and will do my best to scrap them soon!
If you want to take part in Kate's challenge, lets's face it, who doesn't have a few poorly exposed photos lying around? see it here and have fun!

Chicken Soup Recipe #32

Ahhh, pretty birdhouses and birdies :) I'll be making a few more on this theme, but here is the first one. See the inspiration here! Thanks Ladies :) x

Chicken Soup Recipe #30

Finally, it's finished! Old gig tickets that I've been meaning to do something with for ages and ages.

Thanks ladies!Inspiration here

Shows a slightly dodgy music past, with some good ones and a lot of excellent ones that have been lost in time and space- wish I'd managed to hold onto them all :)