Rainbow Poppy's Bits and Bobs

Altered mini frame

2011-01-08T17:31:00.001Z

This is a little memento of our holiday in Malta last August.

I found a lovely little keyring, and used a small wooden frame I was given.

Christmas tree decorations

2010-10-11T07:14:00.003+01:00

I have always admired people who could knit. My mum and grandmother were amazing at knitting, they made the most beautiful shawls and baby cardigans, and seemed to whip them up in no time.

I lose patience with knitting and need something quick and easy to knit. Years ago I discovered Jean Greenhowe's knitting patterns. They are quick and easy to follow, you can get amazing results in very little time.

The Father Christmas, angel and snowman have been on my Christmas tree for 25 years now.

There is a free stocking knitting pattern on Jean Greenhowe's website here. Scroll down the page.

The book which features this pattern is now out of print but you may be able to get a second hand copy, these are the details,

Knitted Toys by Jean Greenhowe

Published by Hamlyn Publishing Ltd in 1986

ISBN Number 0-600-50286-4

I hope I have inspired you to knit something for your tree.

Debbie x

Its a Creative World, simple things project

2010-09-24T07:22:00.002+01:00

This months word was inspiration, and this is the page I have created.

I wanted my page to be a collage of different techniques that I could use as a reminder.

I used acrylic gel medium to transfer a vintage photo onto a piece of canvas that had already been covered with a layer of gesso and stamped on. I covered the top with a layer of pva glue and the heat gun has given the wrinkled look!

I embossed a piece of clear laminate and then used black stazon to highlight the text. The butterflies were stamped with versamark onto black card and then I used perfect pearls so they would show up.

This part was created using alcohol inks on the reverse and then stamping with stazon on the front.

I used a dark piece of acetate (previously coloured using the floor polish/caught in crystal method) and stamped on it with white acrylic paint.

I used a stamp that I made of my Great Grandparents wedding and then distressed the top with green acrylic paint.

The final finishing touches were a couple of old stamps and bus tickets, and some utee embellishments I have made by making my own moulds.

Debbie x

Gingerbread things

2010-09-17T07:18:00.001+01:00

When my friend went shopping for nursery items I just loved the gingerbread and bunting theme. I decided to try and make a tissue box cover and a fabric container to match some of the things she had already bought.

I decorated plain calico for the fabric container, it is much easier to decorate while flat and then sew to the base.

I finished all the edges with a light blue paint and then sprayed it with a craft spray to seal the watercolours and paint.

I really enjoyed making these and my friend was really pleased with them too.

Debbie x

Birthday card

2010-07-10T08:57:00.001+01:00

My friends daughter recently celebrated her 5th birthday. As she wants to be a mermaid when she grows up, I decided to make her a mermaid card.

Art journal

2010-07-05T08:16:00.001+01:00

I was inspired to use different techniques by Milliande's website, which I found with a simple google search. I love trying out new techniques so Lynne and I are making pages for each other using different techniques. We have decided to keep the pages small these are approx 4" by 6".

I started off by masking off squares on the paper, and then spread a couple of spots of Adirondack re-inker lettuce over the paper, using a baby wipe. I dabbed the excess randomly over the paper ( I hate to waste anything,) and then stamped a flourish with white acrylic paint.

I took the masking tape off and drew random squares with watercolours and pro-markers.

Next I drew some circles with a progresso graphite pencil and then coloured them using cobalt blue neo colour water soluble crayons, blended with a paintbrush.

The saying blue and green should never be seen was stamped and handwritten. Extra detail was added to the painted squares with a white sharpie pen.

New home card

2010-06-29T08:54:00.001+01:00

My friend recently moved house so I made her a card, the move took quite a long time to go through so I can finally post her card online without spoiling the surprise.

I made the background using layered tissue paper in torn strips and the house and tree were cut using a sizzix die.

Funny things mini book

2010-06-26T08:18:00.002+01:00

I work in an infants school and the children often say funny things. I made this book for a colleague so that she can write down some of those things before they are forgotten.

Making your own cog moulds

2010-06-20T07:25:00.001+01:00

I was lucky enough to find some old cogs and clock parts from DH's Grandfather who used to mend clocks. I love the detail in them however realised making my own moulds would not be as straightforward as other items.

I used gel flex (blue) or you can used vinamould (red) to make the moulds, and silicone cupcake cases to pour the gel flex into. As the cogs have a very long spindle I needed to cropodile a hole in the middle of the silicone cases to make a suitable mould.

The silicone cupcase then had to be supported (I used small boxes and two small pieces of MDF to make sure the silicone case was flat and would make a perfect mould.

Once you have covered the cog you need to let the mould set and take the cog out. Then you need to cover the hole and pour more gel flex over the mould to finish it off.

I am still trying to make a suitable mould for the cogs with much finer detail, if anyone has any tips they would be greatly appreciated.

Debbie x

Painting on records

2010-06-15T07:27:00.000+01:00

Did you know you can paint on records? I found a couple of old records in a charity shop and decided I had nothing to lose. I used a cake decorating template for the flowers and white and pink acrylic paint.

You can use acrylic stamps too, as long as you dont over load the stamp and clean it straight away you can get some amazing detail on your records.

I have decorated my record so it is double sided, two layouts in one. I am wondering what else you could use to decorate records, any ideas very welcome.Debbie

Simple things Project

2010-06-07T06:47:00.001+01:00

I decided to make this months post, create a collection of all the things I like to use at the moment in scrapbooking. The butterfly background is alcohol inked. The embellishments (wing and butterfly) are handmade using my melt pot.

Simple things honesty

2010-06-01T06:40:00.001+01:00

Honesty. I have always considered honesty in my own children to be very important so when I found this quote linked with school and children I found a vintage photo of school children to use.
I used Lyndseys diary and inked the letters. The background has card stock put through a script embossing folder and inked or sanded to add extra detail.

Simple things Project

2010-05-27T06:33:00.002+01:00

I realise it has been ages since I blogged, other things have got in the way, and I haven't posted my simple things projects. This is a year long project for It's a creative world. The first page was simplicity so I used a dandelion clock, a piece of lace and some text paper.

Sketch challenge for Modscraps

2010-04-09T07:02:00.002+01:00

Ellie has a sketch challenge for Modscraps, although I don't often work with four photos I really enjoyed making this layout.

Make your own moulds

2010-04-08T10:10:00.007+01:00

My friend Lynne recently spent a couple of hours showing my friends and I how to use a melt pot. I am currently saving my pennies to buy one of my own. When I saw a lady at the NEC who was using aluminium foil tins and a heat gun to melt the utee I realised I could start experimenting while I saved.

After hours of googling, I think what I have is gel flex, (an identical product apparently is vinamold.) I had this product from years and years ago to make plaster moulds. What I like about it is you can re-melt it, if your mould doesn't work out, so there is no waste.

I melt mine in a jug in the microwave, check on it every 10 seconds, less if it is close to being totally melted as it can quickly go over the temperature and burn.

I have used silicone cupcake moulds to pour the melted gel flex over. It cools down fairly quickly and shows the detail of very delicate things.

Then you are ready to melt your utee and use it to make your own embellishments.I have used old keys, big jewelry from the 80's and little trinkets to make my moulds but the possibilities are endless.I hope you might be inspired to have a go at making your own moulds, I will be looking out for old fashioned keys etc to make more.
Debbie x

Fiskars sketch challenge

2010-03-24T08:08:00.006Z

This is my entry for the Fiskars sketch challenge.

I found it quite difficult to use this sketch as I felt the circles could be too top heavy, so I made my own flowers using organza ribbon.

Mothers Day Card

2010-03-15T06:43:00.000Z

I have been experimenting with canvas and embossing and decided to use my experimental bits to make a Mothers Day card for my mum.

Altered things!

2010-03-14T10:29:00.012Z

Last month my friend and I organised a fund raising day for a local hospice, to raise some extra money I altered some plastic boxes and lids into something useful.

I often find that I use the same recipes over and over again, they are always in different cookbooks, and if DH cooks, the pages are splattered with his culinary achievements, (a failsafe way to spot a good recipe in our house). I decided to make a wipe clean recipe book for those recipes we use time and time again.

The covers are plastic, they came from a large lid cut down into the right size, but plastic file folders or dividers would work just as well. The inside pages are printed and then laminated.

The box that my recipe book goes in has been covered with paint dabbers, and then I used a phone directory and decopatch glue to stick strips randomly on the front. I used a lime green paint dabber and a baby wipe to make a colour wash all over the cover once the glue was dry, and added a couple of embellishments and the word recipes.

The ribbon boxes had a clear see through lid, a friend suggested punching holes and after decorating I think it makes a rather nice ribbon holder.

The mini book has yet to be decorated, I used two sheets of plastic with holes punched in for the front and back cover and then cut half a sheet into squares to use as tabs on each page. A really simple idea but a good way of recycling.

Altered Canvas

2010-03-08T07:14:00.000Z

I altered this canvas for a 21st Birthday.

I used a cheap white canvas and covered it with turqoise paint. I then used a cosmic shimmer mist in purple violet to add a little to the background. I also punched some hearts and sprayed those with cosmic shimmer mist in aqua lagoon colour.

The swirls are cut from chipboard and painted green. I finished off the canvas with some tiny flowers and pearl dots.

Frugal Scrapping

2010-03-03T06:22:00.002Z

My friend Jayne taught a class at our fundraising crop, I loved the papers so much I was determined to use them. I can't show you the class, but I managed to make 6 more layouts using cardstock and some other scraps of paper I had.

I made this layout using a technique taught by Giselle where you cut scraps of paper into 2" by 1" and place around a photo.

The other layouts were inspired by photos in magazines and sketeches.

I hope this will inspire you to use up all your scraps, especially with papers you love!

I have managed two cards out of the remaining bits, and I still have a few birds to cut out.

Magazine Rack

2010-02-28T17:19:00.002Z

This is a photo of the magazine rack I altered for our charity crop. I used a sizzix die to cut out the swirls and the bird is a quickutz die.

I cant wait to see how other people altered theirs.

Tiny little glimpse

2010-02-01T18:37:00.003Z

This is the second of four items we will have for sale at the charity crop, all I can tell you is that this one will be quite useful for storage of something we scrappers love.

Valentine Charity Crop

2010-01-27T18:35:00.004Z

Faye Bertham and I with lots of help from friends are currently organising our next charity crop, with all proceeds going to St Peter's hospice.

We have had fun altering some items that we are hoping will sell on the day. This is a peak at mine.

And this is Faye's, the colours are absolutely beautiful, and although we started with the same item they have both turned out very different.
I will post a proper picture of both "items" after Feb 13th.

Exciting news!

2010-01-06T08:06:00.006Z

Well today has started really well, we have had loads of snow in the night and school is closed and then I found out that I won a prize in the Fiskarettes Christmas competition. This is the card I made for the competition, and I am ashamed to say have not given to anyone, I can't bear to part with it lol.

Making my own stamps

2009-12-28T12:49:00.003Z

As I can't find the button to upload this to UKS I am putting it on my blog. Had a stamp maker for Christmas and I am so delighted with my first stamp. I can't believe the detail that the stamp has, it's a photo of my great grandparents wedding.

I just need to experiment now with different types of ink etc.

3D Star card

2009-12-09T17:44:00.001Z

I have been playing around with making things 3D at the moment. I used my shapecutter to cut out a circle in the card and 2 stars in gold to slot together. The stars are stuck to the back using acetate, and the card does fold down flat when it's in a card.

Thank you card

2009-11-23T09:00:00.001Z

I made this card using Lavinia stamps, for the Fiskarettes challenge.

I wanted the card to be quite delicate so I stamped the floral background first with versamark and then applied perfect pearls. I also used a small butterfly stamp. I fixed the perfect pearls using a tiny bit of water in a mini mister.

Once the card was completely dry I stamped the image in the middle of the card and embossed with gold embossing powder.

I added pearl drops and cut out the letters to spell thank you.

Cute Mini Book with instructions

2009-11-21T08:43:00.012Z

I saw a book like this in a local shop, went home and spent hours working out exactly how to make it. I like the way the pages explode into a fairly flat shape making it ideal for lots of mini photos. Cut a piece of paper 8” by 4”

Then you need to fold your paper. I used a scoring blade as you can score all the folds accurately. If you don’t have a scoring blade you could use a bone folder.

Then in the middle of the rectangle, cut 1” in both sides, (dark blue line on the picture.)

Then you need to make the 1” square folds in each corner.

The folds in the books are mountains (going up towards you) or valleys (opposite direction) I hope this diagram shows you which direction the folds need to go in.

The pink lines are folds that go up/mountains. The turquoise lines are folds that go down/valleys. The black lines are where you have already cut your paper.

Once you have managed your squished together folds, you need to make a cover for your mini book.

Cut a strip of card 2.5” wide and 9” long. Use the scoring blade for folds at the following measurements. 2.5” then 2” then 2” and finally 2.5”

I glued a piece of ribbon on the inside of the card before I stuck the folded mini book on the top, this makes a nice closure.

I added lots of mini photos, the beauty of this book is that you can place so many tiny photos. They don’t have to be stuck completely to each fold, some of mine come off the edge but fold away beautifully when it comes to close the book.

Im going to try adapting this pattern to make a larger book, and will post instructions as soon as I have worked it out.

Thank you Carmen

2009-11-18T18:02:00.004Z

I received this award from the lovely Carmen, so thank you for thinking my blog is fabulous. I have to list 5 things I am obsessed with at the moment, and pass the award on to five other people.

1. I have become a bit obsessed with card making, apart from making card toppers and selling them on ebay to make a bit of money I have never really been interested in cards. I think the NEC and some of the lovely stamps I bought there are to blame.

2. Promarkers, I cant believe I have only just discovered them, I love the bright colours and the way the colours blend without damaging the paper.

3. I am determined to find time to properly find out how to use my camera on manual settings, it is a bridge camera but I really want to improve my photos.

4. Scrapbooking, mini books and altering things.

5. Creating a record of memories for my children. I have a number of little note books and scraps of paper all being collected with memories, funny things children have said in work and little things like notes the children left when they were younger.

As I cant pass this award back to Carmen, I am sending it to these people.

Jayne, at http://boringhousewifexx.blogspot.com/
Claire at http://www.curlylockspicsandpieces.blogspot.com/
Eleanor at http://www.paperseaside.blogspot.com/
Andrea at http://andreagourley.blogspot.com/
paper and string looks lovely, I often go to look at the shelves of buttons etc lol.

Combining border punches, School photo layout

2009-11-17T10:05:00.000Z

Did you know you can combine some border punches to make a new design. I used the fiskars ribbon punch combined with the border lace punch to make a new border. Line the ribbon border with the scallops on the lace punch. The layout is one of my DT projects for Fiskarettes.

Aluminium Tape and leaves

2009-11-14T10:00:00.001Z

One of the challenges on Fiskarettes was to use a leaf from your garden, I used a bayleaf to make a tag, but when I was experimenting I tried using some herbs from the garden too, They could make really nice lables for Herb containers.

Christmas Cards

2009-11-13T16:54:00.004Z

I've been making Christmas cards, the first one is for my Fiskarettes design project and uses a masking technique inspired by a post on Its a creative world, and the second picture shows cards I have made with a beautiful stamp and lots of stickles bling.

Astronimical clock

2009-11-06T17:05:00.002Z

I made this layout for the Fiskarettes challenge. The photos are of the astonomical clock in Prague.

Grungeboard Watch Straps

2009-10-24T10:47:00.002+01:00

Have had the most amazing weekend with fellow scrappers, we decided to have a go at making our own grungeboard watch straps, and these are the results.

I love Polar Bears

2009-10-23T18:39:00.003+01:00

A layout I did for the Fiskarettes challenge this week. I was really pleased with these pics taken at Berlin Zoo.

Felt Christmas Trees

2009-10-11T18:08:00.003+01:00

It's a creative world have a Christmas theme for this month. These are the Christmas tree decorations I made for my first post. They are really easy to make and an ideal way to use up all those little scraps of ribbon and buttons.

Modscraps Crop

2009-10-04T14:56:00.002+01:00

Had a lovely time at Modscraps crop yesterday Ellie asked if I would teach a class using bazzil bling templates. This is the layout I came up with. Lovely to see everyone and catch up, can't wait for the next one.

Cute mini folded book

2009-10-01T16:50:00.004+01:00

This is really tiny but so effective. Instructions are over on Fiskarettes.

Instructions for funky foam cupcake stamps.

2009-09-27T06:50:00.005+01:00

My post this week for It's a creative world, is making funky foam cupcake stamps, so I thought I would post the instructions on here too. They are very simple to make but I think they look really effective.

I roughly drew a cup cake and case onto the funky foam and cut them out. I added extra detail by cutting out rectangles from the cup cake case, and punching holes in the top with a cropodile.

I attached my stamps to an acrylic block using repositionable adhesive.

Stamp the cup case and top and then add a tiny circle stamp where the holes are. I have made mine slightly bigger to give two slightly different colours where they overlap.

Add a button and your message.

First DT post for Fiskarettes

2009-09-24T07:20:00.006+01:00

I've had such a lovely time playing with the Fiskars tools that were sent to me. This is my first D.T. post for Fiskarettes, the pictures were taken 20 years ago! They are my dd on the coffee table, (it was the best backdrop I had) Instructions along with tools used can be found here.

Guest Design for Scrapping Out Loud

2009-09-16T18:20:00.004+01:00

I was delighted to be a guest designer for Scrapping out Loud, the challenge was to use handmade flower embellishments, the different flowers and pages everyone has made are amazing. Not sure who had the patience to crochet the little flowers, but they look beautiful.

My page has pictures of our holiday in Berlin taken in one of the museums.

Guest Designer

2009-09-15T07:23:00.004+01:00

I was really pleased to be asked to make a page for scrapping out loud, the theme was making flowers but they had to be 3D, I had loads of fun playing around with vellum and paper. You can see it hopefully here.

In the meantime, this is another of the layouts I have made for DS's album. Very simple I know but it's got to be quick lol.

Fiskarette challenge

2009-09-14T18:42:00.001+01:00

I made this layout for the challenge on Fiskarettes, it was lucky the challenge fitted a photo I had out to scrap of DS, it will be his 18th in two weeks time and I have realised the 12" by 12" album I planned to do hasn't been started!

Fiskarettes Design Team

2009-09-09T19:42:00.005+01:00

I am chuffed to bits I have been asked to be on the Fiskarettes Design Team for three months. It's such a lovely blog to visit with loads of inspiration. Excitedly awaiting tools to play with (like I have nothing at home lol)

This is a layout I make with Modscraps monthly kit, all about our daft cat who hides on the wall waiting to ambush dh

Delighted

2009-09-02T17:22:00.003+01:00

I am absolutely chuffed to bits I won the Summer competition at Fiskarettes, with my blue mohican layout. It's a fabulous blog to visit full of fun inspiration and lovely people. They have another competition their prizes are always fantastic, if you haven't already take a look here.

Son's new hairstyle

2009-09-01T07:38:00.002+01:00

Simon has had his hair dyed red for Reading Festival. I wasn't expecting the leopard type print on the sides but I really like it. (It will be all cut off before he starts back at the 6th form on Monday) Apparently a celery stick was used, all very clever!

Felt keyrings

2009-08-31T09:13:00.003+01:00

These are the keyrings I made for my second post on Its a creative world. I love using felt and sewing and you can make them in no time.

Back from my holiday

2009-08-30T16:06:00.006+01:00

Just back from Berlin, we went for a week and had a fabulous time. I loved the colour of these jelly fish in Berlin Zoo's aquarium.

New Background

2009-08-20T08:17:00.001+01:00

I don't know what happened but I suddenly had loads of pop ups saying photo bucket bandwith was exceeded. So I have changed the background, kind of like these cute owls though.

Making my own stamps

2009-08-10T16:35:00.003+01:00

I decided to make my own stamps using funky foam, I am really pleased with the results, I know they won't last forever but I think they create a lovely effect.

Its a creative world

2009-08-09T13:00:00.008+01:00

I was so excited about my first post for Its a creative world, but got whisked away by DH at the last minute. This is the mini book I made using just one sheet of bazzil, a couple of scraps and some clear laminated sheets that were going in the bin.

HSS Summer challenge

2009-08-04T07:28:00.002+01:00

I have really enjoyed the challenges on H.S.S. This was a lunch challenge, with the theme of eating so I decided to use these photos from a long time ago.

Exercise my way

2009-08-02T17:04:00.003+01:00

I made this layout for a challenge on H.S.S. The challenge was to make something that showed how you exercise, the best kind of exercise is enjoyable, so I made one showing how I exercise my arms scrapbooking!

I like your style

2009-08-02T06:52:00.005+01:00

I received this from the lovely Carmen and I need to pass it on, I love so many blogs it is really hard to choose just a few so here they are.

Carmen already has one so I cant send it back but check out her fab ATC. Carmen
Jayne does some amazing layouts.
I love visiting this blog http://raebellus.blogspot.com/
And this blog by Amy Adams
And finally this blog by Emilie, there are some really lovely things to inspire you.

Top 10 reasons

2009-08-01T17:51:00.001+01:00

Just finished this layout for a challenge on H.S.S. I used the June Modscraps kit, the letters are cut out using slim jim alphabet and Yarn for the smaller letters. I have layered the photos using foam dots.

Blue Mohican

2009-07-21T18:20:00.008+01:00

Have had a few surprises lately. One of them was ds arriving home with a blue mohican, I have to admit I rather like it, although it was a bit of a shock, so I just had to do a layout about it.

I used the Modscraps June kit, only just had time to play with it, and I love the colours, it took a lot of nerve to cut into the lovely sparkly glittery bird acetate, but I managed it in the end.

I'm a creative girl!

2009-07-12T07:04:00.006+01:00

I'm so pleased to be on the design team for It's a creative world, I love all the inspiration on there and I am hoping I can contribute a little bit of my own.

I have been playing with shrink plastic making end of year pressies for people I work with. I am quite pleased with the results and it has got me thinking about different designs and attachments.

More cupcakes

2009-07-07T07:06:00.004+01:00

I covered this tin ages ago and was never happy with the result so I had a go at cup cake napkins, and I was. I decided to make a little cupcake out of felt to hang off the handle, I used lots of tiny beads which were hand sewn on and a little red button instead of a cherry.

Needle case

2009-06-28T11:12:00.003+01:00

Sorry pic is not square, it's now hanging from my tote. I got fed up of pricking my finger on needles and searching for the right one so decided to make an old fashioned needlecase. My daughter has now requested her own and promises to sew on a few buttons herself.

Technique Tree Book

2009-06-25T07:59:00.006+01:00

I won a voucher on H.S.S. for layout of the month, and when I saw the Disney Cuttlebug cut and emboss Halloween tree I couldn't resist. I made this book for Fiskars blog first birthday competition, http://www.fiskarettes.co.uk/index.php. I wanted it to be a record of techniques I can use and refer back to. Each tree covers a different technique, buttons, flowers, bling etc. The book ring at the side has more ideas with ribbon and the date I finished it is stamped on one of the tags. I will add to this book as I learn new things.

cup cake crazy cat

2009-06-19T06:44:00.004+01:00

I just love cup cakes and have been wanting to have a go at decopatch. I do like the decopatch papers, but I like napkins covered in cupcakes much more, so I decided to have a bit of an experiment and this is what I came up with.

Acetate layouts

2009-06-07T10:01:00.008+01:00

These are two pages I created for a class I taught yesterday at Modscraps. Had a lovely day, people seemed to like the technique and it was lovely to see everyone's layouts they were all really different.

24/7

2009-06-04T17:18:00.003+01:00

A layout of ds wearing his hat, I think it was glued to his head at one point.

Broadway Paperbag book

2009-06-03T07:48:00.002+01:00

Made this as a kit for our last charity crop. I used paper bags and some upholstery cord.

Decorated letter

2009-06-02T05:30:00.003+01:00

Made this for a friend it will eventually spell craft, I got the A. Was originally going to go along a car theme, but then decided I fancied doing little cup cakes.

Mushroom houses

2009-05-31T08:00:00.004+01:00

Made this double layout after a circle journal entry I was reluctant to give away. I used to love Enid Blyton books as a child and I wanted to live in one of those mushroom houses.

Jenny newborn

2009-05-30T17:40:00.003+01:00

First pic of dd when she was born, I have used blossoms butterflies and tiny pink buttons.

Mini Book in a matchbox

2009-05-27T07:22:00.003+01:00

This was a kit designed by Faye for our second Charity crop. The box is a matchbox painstakingly painted and covered with card. The book inside is all about the text messages the children send me. Some of them are hilairious and are a good reminder of the things happening at the time. Before I deleted them I wrote them down and now have a record(text speak and all) that covers just a month!

The dragon has moved on.

2009-05-23T07:44:00.004+01:00

The dragon and the beanstalk have gone! The dragon wrote to each class to tell them he was going to help children in another school with their writing, so yesterday afternoon the children decided they wanted to send a letter or make things for him to say goodbye. There were beautiful pictures in frames, 3D pop up cards and letters all in a special box decorated by one child.

On Tuesday some burnt leaves appeared and the ideas as to how they got there were hilairious, but my favourite was "well the dragon might have a cold, and used the leaf to blow his nose and fire accidentally came out of his nostrils, and that's how the leaf got burnt!

Euro Disney

2009-05-20T06:46:00.002+01:00

Grandma and Grandad took Jenny and Simon to Euro Disney, this was taken in the log cabin.

Park Life

2009-05-19T21:16:00.004+01:00

A really old pic of Jenny and Simon at the park. I used the Fiskars shape cutter for the border and the flowers and lots of foam dots.

The beanstalk again

2009-05-17T08:29:00.003+01:00

We have a themed week of dragons next week and book week. I had a lovely time Friday afternoon trying to create the shape of a dragon's tail with some green paper (no card big enough) and some gold card. After a lot of trial and error this is the final result. Can't wait to see the children's reaction on Monday.

Mini book

2009-05-14T06:24:00.000+01:00

I have made this book using lots of circles folded into quarters, the button is a plain (cheap) button and an experiment with sharpies. Have decorated a few more and will post when I have done something with them.

Updated beanstalk

2009-05-13T07:05:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Jayne a fairy appeared on the beanstalk over the weekend. We told the children the camera we left on ran out of battery so had a power point of a few frames of the beanstalk and the last one showed the fairy. They were adament that the fairy had purple feet to match the footprints on our beanstalk.

Tea Party

2009-05-11T07:11:00.000+01:00

This photo holds so many memories I decided to scrap it. I used the fiskars circle cutter to scollop the frame, Cherish alphabet, a sizzlit cupcake die and some buttons.

First Canvas

2009-05-10T09:10:00.000+01:00

I've wanted to try a canvas for ages, and this is my first attempt. I used Jillibeans papers and lots of 3d foam dots.

The boy's got style

2009-05-10T09:05:00.001+01:00

My nephew has very definite ideas about dress sense, think he is doing his non-conforming teenage years at 2!

Productive

2009-05-09T18:59:00.000+01:00

I have used white bazzil which has been flocked, the title has been hand stitched onto felt and buttons added.

Busy Day

2009-05-09T18:50:00.000+01:00

Have managed two layouts today, still trying to use paper I have had for ages. I have sewn around the edge of the bird in blanket stitch and the butterflies are cuttlebug cut and emboss with stickles in the middle.

Wide awake

2009-05-09T07:15:00.000+01:00

This is a photo I have been meaning to scrap for ages. I used my Fiskars circle cutter for the page border and the lace type interior border.

Old family photos

2009-05-09T07:09:00.000+01:00

Although this photo has a terrible crease through it, you can still see my mum and Aunt's face. I will really have to learn a bit more about photoshop and try to repair it in the future. It's a very simple page but I don't think it needs anymore.

Magic Beanstalks

2009-05-08T06:59:00.001+01:00

We have had a lovely time this week planting a magic bean and overnight a beanstalk grew. The children were fascinated until one decided to tell everyone it was fake.

That was until I got the idea (at 5 in the morning) to add a little something else.

The footprints created lots of excitement, even the Head Teacher had to come down and look. Last nights addition was a little fairy door. Any suggestions for new additions would be gratefully received.

Mini books

2009-05-07T07:17:00.002+01:00

These are a couple of mini books I have recently made. I love altering things, have recently used sunglasses cases and a plastic box to make mini books.

First time for everything

2009-05-07T06:51:00.000+01:00

Really not sure how this works I am a complete blogger novice. Fingers crossed the first post works