trying to get ahead

hi world

this week i am trying to get ahead with the card making, i always seem to leave stuff till the last minute, so this year I AM  going to get ahead. there are a couple of cards i made today

 the stamps are from the artistic stamper, the mabel lucy attwell collection. i won the whole set last year . . .  in a lucky dip competition.

the pictures are simply coloured in with pencils.

 the top card has a  paper flower which is inked with distress inks. the tag underneath is cut from the backing card from papermania diamonte spots.

the  flower on the bottom card is die cut  synthetic leather, melted with a heat gun. the backing paper has been embossed using tim holtz music folder. 

i have recently taught myself (if you know what i mean) to stamp onto a bigger piece of card than i used to, so i can cut any shape i want using the nestabilities.

oh well 2 more to add to the card stash . . .  i should say first 2 in the card stash

janet

finally finished

hi world

i have  finally managed to finish a piece of beading. i started this bracelet several months ago.
 it is a very simple piece (i know , i always say that!). . . circular peyote, not as complicated as it looks, the twist comes from using different sizes beads. the center beads are swarovski crystals, they are very sparkly but also a bit scratchy. but i love it anyway. must get on with the next unfinished piece!

lovely blog candy

hi there

i found this interesting blog http://anartsoul.blogspot.com/ while hopping around WOYWW 85 http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/
 there is some interesting stuff on the workdesk, well worth a little look

nothing to show today, lots of house work etc etc, and lovely coffee meeting with old friend ( as in, i have known for a long time . .  not her age) i have not seen her for a while., so lots of catching up to do.

well you cant do everything, back to crafting tomorrow

instead here is a picture of sunset over phoenix, arizona. it was taken in the car so a bit fuzzy. eventually i hope to turn this into a hanging quilt. . . .part of my 12 year plan lol

janet

WOYWW85

Hi world

well again there 's no work going on on the desk today, at work all day.

last week i decided to make a journal of all the 'stuff' i buy for my mad hobby. 

just stuff like; things i brought and where and how much it cost. it could be useful and interesting in the future ( as long as it doesn't get in the 'wrong hands', especially the how much i have spent bit!).

yesterday i went craft shopping, like you do!

 on my desk is lots of lovely 'stuff  i  brought, i like to keep it on my desk for a while to admire it. then it gets 'stored' away for use later. i think i'm a bit OCD with the storage thing. but not tidy. . . you cannot be creative and tidy.

i needed to record my purchases in my journal before i stored it away.

anyway i put little scraps of ribbon, paper etc, i didnt put the gems in 'coz that would be a waste! i cut the paper i brought with the nestabilities i brought. i need to make another die book ( see previous post) as it 's full.

 i stamped all the stamps (from kars) and added some crackle glaze to the one i painted just to see how it worked as i have not used it before.  then i had to make dinner (which was late suprise suprise ) so i just left it as it was.

 how it should be messy!