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Friday, 28 February 2014

Natalie & Amy's 'Flowers' Challenge

Good morning all, I am hoping this post posted for me as I can see my My Time To Create didn't last week. Isn't this weather really strange lovely and sunny one minute and raining and horrible the next!

This month at Natalie & Amy's Challenge we would like to see flowers, this can be as in the main image or as an accent of your project. I used the very lovely Humphrey's Corner for my card as I just love this image it can be used for so many occasions and why I didn't add a sentiment yet. I have listed all my supplies below and linked them all to Natalie & Amy's shop found HERE.

Supplies:-

Card Blank - 6" Square Card Blank

Card Stock - Core'dinations

Image - Crafters Companion 'Flowers For You'

Medium - Promakers & Flexmarkers

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Designer Papers - First Edition J'Adore

Gems - Mixed Colour Round Gems

Gem Grabber - Pick Up Pencil by Stix 2

Tape - Double Sided by Stix 2

Flower Border - Snapdragon Snippets #45861

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Ellie - Blue Grey 2, 3 & 4

Jeans - Twilight Blue, Polar Blue & Dolphin Blue

T Shirt & Boots - Yellow, Lemon & Soft Lime

Roses & Ribbon - Firebrick, Burnt Umber & Sunkissed Pink

Wrapping Paper - Linen & Satin

Leaves - Marsh Green & Fresh Meadow

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes
Baffies - Anything Goes
I Love Promarkers - Die Cuts
The Paper Shelter - Animals
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes
If any challenges are not valid please just delete, thanks.

Did you notice I actually did some colouring well that was done whilst I was in hospital having my nerve and muscle tests done and so that they could see the problem with my hands. The nerve test wasn't too bad a little strange to see parts of my body moving whilst I cannot feel it at all but the muscle test was a killer, so so painful and even today my legs are still going into cramps and feel like lead weights.

I must dash off as off to have some more bloods done today and then MRI scans tomorrow and that hopefully will be it for a while or at least until I get all the results.

See you all tomorrow.

Sunday, 30 June 2013

Natalie & Amy's 'Trash To Treasure' Challenge

Good evening all. I hope you have all had a lovely weekend, the weather has certainly been kind to us all here in the UK.

Today being the 30th of the month means it is time for a new challenge at Natalie & Amy's so this should have been up this morning, I had it in my head the challenge started on the 1st oops sorry ladies.

This month Wendy chose the challenge of 'Trash To Treasure', well I already struggle with this type of challenge but then having taken nearly two days to complete a project my lovely grandson came along and spilt a glass of coke all over it whilst it was drying grrr (You got to love them haven't you lol). I would have posted the picture had it not of turned to a pile of mush, so here is my very quick version of the first coaster I made.

I have had these coasters which came free in the post from the British Red Cross for ages and they were just sat in my box waiting for someone to either need them or the kids to play with them. Sophie my 6 year old step grandaughter loves everything pink, purple and girlie including fairies so this was made for her. I had made the whole family coasters from tiles and decorated with their names using vinyl awhile ago and Sohpie said she needed another one for her bedroom for when she was ill and mummy let her have a drink on the bedside table. As her bedroom is also pinks and purples that is what I went with.

I firstly removed the gloss layer from both sides of the coaster and that left a kraft coloured type layer to work with. I firstly distressed it with Tim Holtz 'Broken China' ink, then I ran some Core'dinations Core Essentials purple card stock through my grand calibur with a Crafts Too 'Hearts' embossing folder before sanding it back to reveal the lilac hearts and attached this with the Stix 2 Hot Glue Gun and Hot Melt Glue Sticks. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the name using the 'Cool Dots' font on Core'dinations Bling type card stock. For the other side I used some Dovecraft 'Back To Basics II' paper cut to shape and distressed. I did have a little fairy image on this side of the first one and an oddment of trim but hey ho that is how it goes.
All items are available from Natalie & Amy except the coaster.

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