Time for a cuppa

The monthly challenge on UKs  set by Sue was a colour challenge and her inspiration came from some of my buttons

use blue, orange and cream.

I've not had much scrapping time of late and I wanted to do this challenge, so this is what I came up with.  Quite basic but another photo scrapped.  I used Sue's fab tutorial for making the chevrons - easy peasy:)

Day 13 of Countdown to Christmas

This lovely planner has been made by Lou and you can find out how she's done it by visiting her blog: http://louscreativecraftworld.blogspot.co.uk/

There is another crafty idea for you tomorrow so I hope to see you then.

Day 12 of Countdown to Christmas

A lovely start to the week with Sarah's treat bags.

Pop over to her blog   http://sarahslittlesnippets.blogspot.co.uk/ and you will find out how to brighten up your Christmas wrapping.

Tomorrow Lou has a planner for us so I hope to see you then.

Reindeer farm

Chris has been busy making some reindeer for me to sell at my next craft fair.  He's made a pen for them so they don't escape :)

The two bigger ones at the front, Alfie and Daisy don't belong in this pen, they're a bit big!

Sorry the pictures aren't great, I should have taken them earlier when the light was better.

Day 11 of Countdown to Christmas

Have you got some Christmas papers you no longer want to use for your scrapbook pages?  Well Sue has the answer today,  make some envelopes out of them!

Further details can be found on her blog: http://miniowner.blogspot.co.uk/

Tomorrow Sarah will be sharing some treat bags with us so I hope you can come back then.

Day 10 of Countdown to Christmas

 I hope you are all enjoying the projects our team members have come up with so far:)

Today Morag is going to show us some techniques we can use on a wintery scrapbook page or card

and full instructions can be seen here on her blog: http://scrapbook-junkie.blogspot.co.uk/

See you all tomorrow for another crafty idea by Sue -  some envelopes to make for all your Christmas cards and you can use up your unloved Christmas papers.  Perhaps I'll see you then?

Day 9 of Countdown to Christmas

Well, it's Friday, the end of the week and a lovely gift box from Ali for you to have a go over the weekend:)

If you head over to her blog you'll find full instructions.

Day 8 of Countdown to Christmas

It's our eighth day of Christmas ideas from Creative Craft World and today we have a banner from  our guest designer, Natalie.

Head over to http://www.creativecraftworld.blogspot.co.uk/  for full instructions and perhaps you'll pop back tomorrow to see what we have in store for you.

Purple hair

Yesterday I had an appointment at the hairdressers for a cut and colour and before I left I asked Holly what colour she thought I should have put in my hair and her answer was purple.

Here is the result:)

I was very tempted by turquoise too...maybe next time!

Day 7 of Countdown to Christmas

Wow! where has that week gone?  Time flies when you're having fun and I hope that you are enjoying our crafty ideas.

Today Trish has made some Christmas cards using her Silhouette machine and you will find her ideas over on her blog Doodles and Swirls.

There will be something else for you tomorrow...

Day 6 of Countdown to Christmas

A fab scrapbook layout is Lou's project today and you will find more details on her blog here:
http://louscreativecraftworld.blogspot.co.uk/

Tomorrow Trish will have some Christmas cards for us so I hope to see you then.

Day 5 of Countdown to Christmas

Some fab tree decorations are Sarah's project today - here's a sneeky peek.

Pop over to her blog Sarah's Little Snippets for more details.

Tomorrow it's the turn of Lou - I wonder what she has for us?  

Day 4 of Countdown to Christmas

Another great idea from Sue today and it looks like something the children will love to make, cute reindeer noses.

Find full instructions at Sue's blog  http://miniowner.blogspot.co.uk/

Tomorrow, Sarah will be showing us how to make some tree decorations so I hope to see you then!

Day 3 of Countdown to Christmas

As it's the first Saturday of the month, we have our usual scrap map for you to have a go at with the chance of a prize.  Check out Creative Craft World for full details and I'll see you tomorrow for another exciting Christmas idea:)

Day 2 of Countdown to Christmas

I hope you enjoyed Sue's buttons yesterday, I thought they were fab and am definitely going to give them a go so with that in mind, today it's the turn of Ali who's made some Fimo embellishments.

Check the full instructions out here at ali's blog and perhaps I'll see you again tomorrow for our usual Saturday Scrap Map.

Countdown to Christmas

Today marks the start of Creative Craft World's Annual Countdown to Christmas, with 30 projects and ideas for you to have a go at in the next few weeks.

Today it's the turn of Sue who has some unusual tree decorations to share with us and you will find her tutorial here: http://miniowner.blogspot.co.uk/  with the chance of winning a prize!

Pop back tomorrow for a Christmas project by Ali.

Weekend crop

Better late than never, here are the results of my weekend away at the Cardinal Colours crop, last weekend.

I did two classes, one of which was a large canvas which I absolutely loved, although I did change mine from the original.

This is mine:

This is the original:

I haven't finished the book I made in my second class so I'll upload that at a later date.  Here are the other layouts I made:
the first page hasn't got a title yet, I'll see if Chris can come up with something.

Not much to show for a weekend away lol!

Creative Craft World Mini challenge

Naughty me, neglecting my blog again:(  I have been getting ready for my first craft fair so other things have taken priority so this is just a reminder to anyone who pops in here to check out CCW for the latest mini challenge.  It's on until 19th November so there's lots of time to enter and be in with a chance of winning a kit for yourself.

Robin redbreast and other makes

I wanted to play today so this is one of the things I made.

A little felt robin - he needs work but not bad for a first attempt.

I've also made a card for Adam's birthday which is tomorrow.  I can hardly believe he will be 25 - it doesn't seem 5 minutes since we brought him home from hospital on the morning following the terrific storms in 1987 when the gale force winds left devastation in the south of England.

Adam has started playing golf again so I went with a golfing theme.

Something else I have made is a little purse.

It has no fastening on it at the moment and I will add a press stud for my use but I have since ordered some magnetic catches to use if I decide to put them in my Etsy shop.

Two of us

We went away in Polly this weekend and I hoped I'd be able to get the weekly challenge done while we were away so I grabbed a Basic Grey kit, a wodge of photos and some double sided tape and hoped I'd be able to come up with something.  Of course I'd forgotten to taken loads of stuff including some plain cardstock but this is what I managed to come up with.

The challenge was to us a title from a Beatles song, use black and white, one or more circles and at least four lines of journalling.