Lunch box

Afternoon all,

 Well I finally completed that lunch box. I'm really pleased with it and can't wait to make another. This time I'll try it with much paler papers. Although it was done as a money box I think it would look great as a letter keep. I remember my Grandparents putting important mail behind a clock on the mantle piece in the living room. I tend to pile them on the coffee table and then work through them. But it does show how times have changed as most of my mail is paperless these days as it's far more eco friendly. So I tend not to receive much in the way of snail mail. Though I do have a pen friend and we write to other and send handmade cards which I must say I really look forward to. The art of letter writing the 'old' way appears to be a dying art form as most people use email or type letters on their computer's and print them off to send.

Lunch Box

  I used some papers from a friend of mine, I think she picked them up from TK max. The stickers are Royal and Langnikel. The other papers are a mix of Heidi Grace(?) and Dessert Blooms from the First Edition range. I used a Tim Holtz die to create the rosette and a Marianne Creatable die for the roses and leaves.
  I've just caught a snippet of create and craft and the Kanban POTD. It was so nice to see that somebody has finally taken on board that some of us are not girly girls. I just wish now I could afford the multibuy as the toppers were gorgeous especially the tomboy style one's :-D. I love sport, football, rugby, hockey, formula 1 among others. I also love my cars, bikes and steam engines!! I don't even own a dress or skirt let alone a pair of girly shoes lol. Wow, whilst typing this my email was picked out of the cup again and I've won a Glitter Girl's card. I'm still waiting for my 'card' from Leonie's Grand Caliber show 2 weeks ago :-(, i do hope it didn't get lost in the post.


Happy crafting

Monday morning

Good morning all
Unfortunately I had a bad night last night with my joints so I'm running rather behind myself today. I stripped the bed last night and somehow managed to turn the mattress so all the bed linen is now being washed. I do love a fresh bed and hopefully I should sleep better now, hopefully.
Today's plan was to attempt to clean up before amercing myself in some crafting. I desperately need some therapy to get me through today. One of the tasks is to do that lunch box that I posted about on Saturday. I have cut out the chipboard but not chosen my papers that I want to use to decorate it. So watch this space!
The weather is beautiful today so KeishaBelle has gone out to play bless her. I've opened the windows up wide to make the most of the lovely breeze. It also makes it easier for Keish as she uses the small window to get in and out. When I open the big windows it means she doesn't have to jump quite so far. Being in a flat it's the only way she can go out. Spirit is sound asleep leaning against me for a pillow whilst I'm typing this! I love them both to bits as the really do keep me amused. I'm sure they don't realise they're animals.

Happy crafting

Lunch box

 It's been a fortnight since my last post so thought I ought to post and let you know what I've been up to. It's been a busy 2 weeks with appointments etc and very little crafting. I suffer with a few medical problems and find some things very difficult and no 2 days are ever the same. But crafting tends to get me through the hard times.
 I'm quite excited as I emailed into create and craft during one of Leonie's shows and was lucky enough to be drawn out of the cup. I'm just awaiting her make as she's asked for it to be made into something and then photographed to see what was made of it. Finger's crossed it arrives soon as this was a week ago Thursday during a spellbinders show. It's the 1st time I've ever been picked out of the cup.
 Today I want to try out a tutorial from the Graphic 45 blog:- Graphic 45 lunch box. I will post a photo once it's complete but do follow the link and try it out for yourselves. I've seen several projects on there that I want to have a go out. It's a chance to increase my skills in different things. Especially as my mum and I have the chance of a craft stall at out local Women's Section conference in November. This was because one of the committee members attended our yearly ploughman's lunch in August and had seen all my decorated gift bags on the tombola store that both my mum and I run every year now. I'd felt when we took it over that it needed jazzing up and have the creative skills went to town with decorative papers and embellishments managed to achieve just that and have managed to go from strength to strength with it. I just wish I'd remembered to take my camera with me to take a picture of the stand.

Happy crafting

It's been awhile...

It's been a very long time since I last posted. I've been keeping busy with my craft though things have been a little slow. I was lucky enough to join my very close friend Emma for a makeover and photo shoot. We had so much fun doing it. I've normally been very anti having my picture taken but just recently I've started to find my confidence in who I am. We had so much fun as did the photographer that he ended up taking over 200 photo's of us!!!! This year being the year for the Olympics, the Queens jubilee I just has to have pictures with the union jack. 

Me n my 'lil sis' Em

I'm a very big kid at heart and whilst out shopping with my mum we were trying to work out what treat we were going to have with our coffee when we got back to my mums for our regular craft get together. I saw a gingerbread gold medal with the ribbon and decided I wanted that. Typical me when I got back to my mum's I couldn't eat it till the obligatory photo was taken of me pretending to check it was gold!!!!! Well it just had to be done I dare anyone to say they wouldn't have been sorely tempted to act like a big kid and do the same thing lol. At the moment in between various jobs I'm thoroughly enjoying the Para Olympics, so far the competitors have been an absolute joy to watch. This morning I was watching the men's 1500 metres the first heat saw a lovely gentleman Omar Hassan Houssein run. Although he came in last place he showed real determination to finish the competition. Even with the other runners out lapping him he still manged to finish the race when I'm sure many able bodied people would give up. He really made me smile and the crowd were so wonderful standing up and giving him a standing ovation and encouraging him on to the finish.