Stash and storage

Here it is........hmm, not good. Trying to find a solution to this bit behind the armchair. But I do like my shelves with all the glass jars.

So there you go, don't get jealous now.

Hopefully to all those crafters out there who don't have a lovely craft room, you won't feel so alone!

My Crafting Space!

Well here it is! Your impressed aren't you? This is why we no longer have our dinner on the dinning room table (which is in the living room if that makes sense). I took this today after a crafting session, note the absence of clearing the table before use...old Christmas cards, candles, hubby's book. Hmm I'm not a tidy crafter, my cutting mat space gets smaller and smaller as everything gets pulled out and discarded. But I do clear up when I have finished..sometimes it's the same week!

Now have a really good look. Notice the Inghams holiday leaflet, that was handy to put over the top of some glittery alphas when I had to lean on them to write the journalling on the Lo. Fluffy paintbrushes, one to paint gesso onto chipboard another to wipe off said glitter from photo. Back of the table my envelope for my receipts, bus tickets for Shimelles 2010 document challenge.

Now because you haven't fallen down in horror at the sight of my crafting area I am going to show you my storage area.....are you ready.....I would sit down if I was you.................

I will show you tomorrow, I don't want you to have too much excitement in one day!

New Year , New Challanges!

So this year I am going to be more pro-active in my scrapping. I joined UK Scrappers http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/ about a month ago and found a whole new world of inspiration and like-minded crafters. I have been really daring and decided to go ahead with TWO new challenges this year. The first is the house challenge and also Shimelle's 2010 document challenge. As they are both monthly, one at the start , the other at the end, I think I will be able to keep up.

The house challenge is going to be all about YOU, so there's a hurdle straight away, I do find layouts about myself difficult to do, but it will be interesting.

Shimmelle's challenge is......well I don't know yet but it sounds all very exciting. All I know is that I have to collect each months ephemera, take some random photo's and then wait for instruction at the end of the month. But it certainly sounds like fun.

So If you want a scrapping challange and you are not already a member of UKS, check it out now, you won't regret it!

Time to remember

As the New year begins it's time to remember those that are special in your life. This layout shows myself and my two closest friends. The journalling explains that although we don't always get together too often, true friends are always nearby to help, say the right things or just listen when they are needed. Jackie, Alana and Kelie-Marie, BFF.

The Collage Press Sweet Shoppe patterned paper,Bazzil embossed dots and turquoise cardstock picked up the colours in the photo. I sprayed some Pink Bubblegum Glimmer Mist onto corrugated card to add some depth to the layout. Also sprayed a nude chipboard butterfly and then added Crackle Glaze, Cherry Stazon Ink and Papermania shimmer pearls. Finished with a K & Co tag for the journalling and a small BG oval with our initials on.

I really like this layout, love the colours and memories it provokes from my Birthday get together last November.

Merry Christmas

I haven't done much Christmas crafting this year because I have been recovering from a nose op to hopefully stop my sinus pain! Well it's been over two weeks since the op and it is now Christmas Eve so I think I am a little to late to do any now. Looking at some of the photo's of the tree this year I remembered about this little Christmas craftiness. Robert's 1st Christmas bauble. It was really easy to do, Just write with a metallic pen onto a clear bauble and you have a really pretty Christmas decoration. It would make a really quick and easy gift for a friend or relative with a new baby. Like many households we have our traditions for Christmas and Robert hanging this from our tree every year is just one of them. He's 14 now!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

New Craft

After many attempts by my mother to teach me to crochet, I am finally on my way. Admittedly I'm a bit slow at it and quite often forget which stitch I'm doing or how to do it but I'm getting there. I can do double crochet and treble crochet but beyond that I'm struggling at the moment. I'm more of a 'show me' to learn type of girl and those crochet patterns are really not help full! The Attic 24 blog is really cool if you are interested in trying http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/(I dream that my efforts may look like hers one day). But in the mean time I'm practising squares to make a blanket......or maybe a scarf as it's taken two weeks to make three squares! Whatever it turns out to be it's a sort of Neapolitan Ice-cream crochet, check out these lush colours!

Friendship

I thought I would ring the changes and show you all a layout that isn't from my hols. This one is about how I'm really pleased that my son has found a really good friend in Archie who always supports him, have fun and makes him laugh. Played with some splattered gesso across the page and then layered a dictionary page, a paint chart and a printed overlay and then finished with a red paper clip, A mario 'shroom' (as Robert calls it) and my favourite-staples.