WOYWW 178

That time of the week again, when we get to see what everyone else has been making - to join in, visit Julia's blog HERE. 
My first photo this week is not of my actual workdesk, but I was so pleased to get my new machine that I just needed to show you!! As you will notice from the cutting pad, I have been trying out lots of dies already and everything is working really well - dies that I couldn't cut properly before are now working perfectly.  I know it is supposed to be my Christmas present, but I just HAD to open it straightaway (and you never know, maybe he'll forget about it and buy something else as well!! ;-)

On my main desk you will see I have found more felt - I spotted these lovely bright colours in 'Doodlecraft' in Cookstown and needed one of each colour (well two of the teal coloured one!) I am now trying to make a cover for a tape measure - I have one that has an apple cover and thought I would try out a couple of ideas for our craft fair at the end of November.

There are also a couple of decoupaged men's birthday cards, just waiting to be completed and the lovely one, sitting up with the leaves on it, is from Julia and contains my WOYWW badge, so that I can wear it next Friday at the NEC and maybe bump into a few other WOYWWers!  We have worked out that we will need to leave home shortly after 4am as our flight leaves Aldergrove at 7:10! - are we mad or what!? (So annoyed that BMI Baby have pulled out of Belfast!) Anyway - it should make it easy for you to recognise me - I'll be the one with matchsticks holding my eyelids up!!

40th birthday

I was asked recently to make a couple of 40th and 50th birthday cards - so I made this one using the sketch from this weeks Sketch and Stash challenge.  The paper is from my new Nitwits pad from LOTV and the stamp is also from LOTV, coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.  I found some lovely blue and green cotton lace in my long neglected stash of bits and pieces, and it matched the colours just perfectly - mind you, I ended up nearly covering it all up again!  For the scalloped edges on the green panel, I used the SU scalloped border and corner punches - the green card is also from SU (certainly celery).  The blue card is from the Papermill - I bought a big box of A3 size sheets just before they closed down all their shops - you really miss having all that choice - mail order just isn't the same and the postage costs make it too expensive now, anyway.  The corner was made using a Marianne die and the scalloped circle is a Nestability die.   I added some stickles to her skirt and the flower in her hat and then Viva pearl pen to her necklace.

Baby with toy dog

We need more baby cards for the shop, so I made a boy one today following the Mojo Monday sketch for this week.  The blue and green card are both from SU - 'bashful blue' and 'certainly celery' and the paper if from one of the new Nitwits pads from LOTV.  The flowers and leaves are die cut with Marianne dies and the scalloped square is a Nesties die.  The ovals used for the sentiment are punches from SU.  As the 'Here come the boys' challenge this week is to use die cut and/or punches, I can enter it there as well.  The image is from SU and as usual I coloured it with Promarkers and Flexmarkers - so I think I can enter the PFP challenge as its 'Pets' this week (although, admittedly the wee doggy isn't real!!)

Birthday girl with cat!

I made this card a couple of days ago (actually it was in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep!) for one of Hannah's school friends who has a cat!  I followed the layout on this weeks Sketch Saturday challenge and coloured with Promarkers as usual.  I can't remember what pad the paper came from (well, I was half asleep at the time!) but the pink card is from SU, as is the seam binding ribbon. The happy Birthday stamp and label punch are also from SU. The colouring looks a bit strange - not sure whether it was the photography at that time of the night - or whether it actually looks like this!

WOYWW 177

To join in with the rest of us for WOYWW, go to Julia's blog HERE!

 

Back to felt again this week - no I have not made my cupcake pincushions yet - I was asked about a keyring like the dog pincushion from a couple of weeks ago, so I made three! Then I was trying out a rhinestone setter kit to use in school, so I made a lilac corsage/brooch with rhinestones in the centre.  I intend to bring all this stuff with me tomorrow, so that the girls in my creative craft class can choose what they want to make - the sidekick is nice and easy to carry, so I will just bring the smaller heart and flower dies which will fit through it.  For quite a long time now I have been thinking about updating my big old red original sizzix machine as a lot of the newer dies don't really work in it, but I couldn't decide whether to go for a Cuttlebug or a Bigshot - well after spotting the new Bigkick Vintaj on Minxys desk last week, I decided it would be perfect - right down to matching up with the colourscheme in my craftroom (and half the rest of the house!!)  So DH thought it would be a very handy Christmas present from him if I ordered it - just waiting now for it to be delivered!  Hopefully it will be here before next weeks WOYWW.

Yellow and black

 

Yellow and black are not colours I would normally choose, but its good to try something different and as the PFP challenge is 'Bee happy' this week, I thought I would try out this wee free stamp (from Papercraft Essentials) that had never been inked yet!.  The background bee stamp is an 'Anitas' one, sadly neglected as well and the bee-lated sentiment stamp came from Elzybells.  The colouring was done using Promarkers and Flexmarkers as usual and I have followed the new sketch on this weeks 'Sketch and Stash.'  After I had finished I found some black ribbon with white dots, that I now wish I had used instead of this plain black grosgrain, but eveything was stuck down by then so it was a bit too late!  The 'I love Promarkers' challenge is 'anything goes, so I can enter it there as well.

Birthday girl

A quick birthday card today, using a LOTV stamp, coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.  The paper is from one of the new Nitwits pads, also from LOTV.  The scalloped card and sentiment are both from Craftwork cards.  I will enter the LOTV challenge as it's 'Anything Goes' this week.