I just had to add this photo as I'm so proud of my efforts to organise my craft stuff. I haven't got a whole craft room - sigh - violins playing please, but at least now I have got a TIDY corner! After what seems like weeks and weeks of trying to find some kind of system for storing stuff I've finally finished.
Now I just need to keep it like this - oh and find somewhere to put my clothes as all the craft stuff is in my wardrobes. LOL,
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Monday, 3 January 2011
Spoil Yourself...
I seem to be having a little craze on Penny Black images at the moment. This is another card using an image and sentiment stamp from one of the Penny Black T for transparent stamp sets. The spotty paper is a magazine freebie and I've teamed it with a textured fabric type of paper from my stash.
* Note added on Tuesday - do not look at the date on my card - some fool is still typing 2010 - sheesh what am I like?
The layout of the card came from this week's challenge at Sketch Saturday. I really love the triangular mat idea and will be using that again in the near future.
I'm keeping up with my resolution of doing the dreaded inners at the same time as my card even if they are very simple ones.
It's probably a good way to use up some of the millions of peel offs that somebody bought over the years. Who me? Never!
Other Challenges...
- Passion for Promarkers - Anything Goes (ends tomorrow- 429 entries - oh my!)- image is coloured using Promarkers
- Crazy4 Challenges - Celebrate something
- Simon Says - Time to Party - Celebrate
* Note added on Tuesday - do not look at the date on my card - some fool is still typing 2010 - sheesh what am I like?
Sunday, 2 January 2011
Penny Black Birthday Card...
Oh how lovely to be able to do some crafting again instead of just trying to sort out my craft supplies and bring some order into all my stuff. It's an impossible task anyway so I really don't know why I even try.
Today I had a little search through my Penny Black stamps and found this cute hedgie that I haven't used before. Had a little panic midway through this card (as you do) as when it came to cutting the blue mat for the image I hadn't enough blue card left. Eeek! There was enough to the oval you can see, but no larger. Anyway to cut a long story short the image had to be trimmed and a silver peel off butterfly added to replace the one chopped off during the trimming process. Saved by the skin of my teeth as they say.
The papers are from a magazine and have been teamed with a pale blue pearlescent. After such a long break from crafting I got a little bit carried away and even did the inner at the same time. Yikes, that has got to be a first.
Nothing too fancy, but I think it does make the card a little bit more special. My card was made with the following challenges in mind...
- Sweet Sketch Wednesday - I used their amazing sketch for the base of my card.
- Penny Black Saturday - 3 papers, 1 ribbon and 1 charm
Hope everyone is having a great start to their year. Thank you for visiting and for all the fantastic comments I receive. So kind.
Ann xxx
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