Saturday, 22 June 2013

And so the work begins...

Rising Damp, not the popular TV sitcom but in my Kitchen.

It is dropping apart, mould climbing up the walls sulphur seeping through the plaster eeek what a job we have ahead of us.

So the boys are here this morning fixing a new fuse box ready for the demolition work of the walls and units.

 

We will be going right back to the brick. We will be without a working kitchen for around 2 to 3 weeks once it gets underway.

So if anyone out there would like to take pity during this time and make us a roast chicken dinner it would be more than welcome ha ha!

 

Friday, 21 June 2013

Pass the Paper Mollie.

Oh the sweetness of this image, she has the most beautiful eyes. Most certainly a Daddy’s girl don’t you think?

Mollie by Mo’s Digital Pencil 

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Coloured with Copic markers and chalk pencils and teamed with paper from My Minds Eye, Cheery Lynn die, flowers ribbon and rose trim and a few pearls dotted here and there.

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Thursday, 20 June 2013

Blog Hop of the Month–Paper Piecing

Its blog hop time again and your chance to win one of two $5 credits for Mo's Digital Pencil too...so don't forget your comments on our DT's blogs along the way...our wonderful host this month is our fabulous Mina and our theme is Paper piecing.

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This month I used Yeehaw from Mo’s Digital Pencil and I love how it turned out.

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I paper pieced his dotted cardigan and it really makes the image pop.

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Next up is Gretha and she has made something jaw dropping gorgeous to show you.

Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there is a couple of spot prizes on comments left

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Wednesday, 19 June 2013

No Sewing

I found a lovely site for materials and haberdashery Terry’s Fabrics, I browsed it all ha ha! I have to do that before making my choices as I kept finding something else I would want.
I decided on a selection of plain organza I thought I could use it for inside of the gift boxes I make but I soon got to thinking of bows. I cut off a thing strip no sewing involved and tied it into a sweet bow for this baby card
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It worked perfectly.
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Papers used is from Kaisercraft, so many sweet elements in the baby paper pad.
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Terrys Logo in black square
I ended up getting two lots of PVC Fabric, I was going to cover some chair seats but I love it so much that I’m keeping it for the garden table, it’s washable so I will be able to use it over and over again, so sewing big bonus for me.
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Close ups
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there is so many designs in this I may need to pop back and get more.
I was thinking that these cut also be cut out to add to cards too as there is no fraying with the PVC Fabric.
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Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Live Life to the Full

I’m a great believer in living life to the full, we don’t know what is around the corner and some would say it’s best we don’t.
My card today says it all, not a bit of colouring done on this one, it’s more of a scrapbook style layout and all done from a Kaisercraft design paper pad.
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I simply love the aqua shades, just lots of matting and layering with this one, using black card to emphasize the papers.
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Adding foam pads to raise some of the elements.
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And finishing with a ribbon slider.
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