Zombie birds and paper flags.

It feels like I have had some VERY random crafty urges of late..

I think I blame pinterest. In fact I do blame pinterest.

I log on every day at the moment, just to spend 15 minutes finding beautiful inspiring images of "made" things.. it is like a drug lol!

I found a really cute picture of some fabric birds (a tutorial in fact) which looked easy enough...

*cough*

I can't decide if I love or hate them...

I have a feeling it's their eyes. I need to investigate small black ones, as the white glassy ones make them look like zombie birds. (shudder at the thought!)

Actually, I think I need to take them out of my bedroom before I go to bed, just in case.

these were made with some fabric scraps, so are not really well matched as they were "first attempts"... I will admit to having made a further three in a vain attempt not to make them so sinister.

So far no luck.

And then there was this ( pink tulle wreath) I started it thinking it would go in my house, but the more it came on, the more I realised it really wouldn't. It was obviously meant for a little girlie. It did turn out ok - though it took a long time. Worth it though, looks very pretty in real life. I gave it to my cousin's little girl who loved it *yay*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So after some mixed reviews of my alternative crafting... I thought I would give myself a scrappy hour to play with paper again. Phew.

I made this for the Fiskarettes blog using border punches and the everywhere window punch.

those cute flags came from the Make and Create August kit.

According to my random daily event list... I have some lego to tread on!

(but not before I put the zombie birds out.... yeeeep!)

PS: LEARN SOMETHING NEW starts tomorrow!!

WOOOOOOOOOO!

It is my favourite class of Shimelle's ever!

Yippeee! Are you playing too?

The Make and Create shop

I have mentioned it before, but I adore the embellishment kits that Anna makes over at

The Make and Create Shop.

I just love her homemade touches and unique lil' bits that she incorporates in her kits. I ordered the

Celebration kit because the colours are right up my street.. but each month is different, there is something for everyone in her shop :) 

What I love most is, having handmade touches to my pages without having to sit and handmake them myself lol! As a mum of a almost-four year old, quick fixes are my scrapping friend :)

Along side that - I used the gorgeous new mini kit embellishments which can be purchased HERE.

Such good value - especially as Anna hand makes them all!

I also used the Fiskars anywhere window punch on this page.. gotta love that punch!!!

I think we should all support handmade!

Especially when you get change out of a tenner for a embellishment kit and add on!

Catching up iPhone styleeee

I'm in bed... Thinking about how I've not blogged this week (Friday musing not included)
So via blogpress and iPhone pics, here is my week:
There was a cool baked potato *pinterest style*


There was a wedding... <3 awwww.


There was a polka dot dress...



There was iPhone photobooth


And a real photobooth



And glow sticks


And a new car.....


And the introduction of a GIANT bath time rubber duck...


There was a big mess on a rainy day


And then there was rainy fun times at the zoo...



























And this morning? Well.....
Zzzzzzz we're all a bit sleepy :-)

Location:From my bed

Friday Musing and Friday Freebie !! Digital stamp = Layer Pops

Hi!

You read it right - there IS  freebie this week!

But before I give it away - I am doing some pimping of the full kit release this week :)

It is called "Layer Pops" and is a kit of printable elements that fold, and "pop" to create 3D embellishments for pages, cards and crafts. They are really easy to use!

The kit has some pre coloured versions (as always!) for you to print and test straight away!

The kit is £1.50 and can be purchased HERE :)

 These are what they look like printed, cut and "popped" (simply folded where the tabs are)
I think my favourite one is the mixed flower one (middle picture, right side) 

They are lovely to colour too - the outline version lets you colour them either with markers / pencils etc or even digitally before printing :) I do however love me some promarker colouring :)

There are four designs in the kit

AND there is an extra one of hearts here for you now to right click and save - and print, test, fall in love with and come back and buy the full kit :-) *in my dreams anyway!!*

Enjoy!

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Friday musing 50's Glamour - Digital stamp

Hiya! Happy Friday to you all.

Did you see Little musings feature in Shimelle's sketch of the week?

Cool huh - and hello to anyone who is visiting me from Shimelle's link - nice to meet you!

This week, I am sticking to the retro theme of 50's glamour!

£1.50 in the shop... now!

And as bonus this week, you get a free set of journal cards with every purchase of 50's Glamour.

(six to a sheet ready to print and cut out)

Fiskarettes DT project

Today I have a crafty post :) I knocked up a quick cushion cover yesterday for my DT project over at the Fiskarettes blog, as Finlay is always always getting food and grime on the covers I have so I plan to change them slowly but surely... so naturally I made a cream one *facepalm* Oh well! 

It is Inspired by one from pinterest and is simple calico with hand cut leaves and tree machine stitched on, some might call that applique.. but really for my first attempt it is more of a try and trial. I do however love it, even if some of my zig zag is more zag zag  :)

Cute post

And by post, I mean actual postman delivered post.

And today I had some serious postal cute...

Nicola Kerridge posted a while back about doing a Pay It Forward crafty gift - the idea being, you receive something then you make something for someone else (or three people) in return, and then they have to do the same and the list goes on... and voila! this pretty arrived in the post today!

My apples will remain warm and un-bruised from now on! 

Bless.

Ok - so this next one is a bit out of context - but I found these gorgeous mini bird cookie cutters online, and have been playing around with iced biscuits.. these would make cute biscuits for the edges of coffee cups / teacups right?

And this gorgeous laser cut bird arrived from Ebay.. ridiculously cheap! about A5 in size

along with those leaves.

So cool.

But the COOLEST thing, was this.....

Two tins of sticker sheets. They are called "Masking tape" - but they really are normal sticker paper, patterned and cut to fit inside a little A6 tin.

I didn't realise how lovely they were going to be till they arrived!

Each piece is pre-cut into strips so you can just peel a little length off and use! Sweet and awesome.

 like so...

 eeeeep! I feel like I want to scrap NOW!

Bai!

Monday hybrid freebie - UKSCRAPPERS

 

 Hey hey!

My previous post harped on about how hybrids, with no coincidence that today was my turn on UKSCRAPPERS to offer up a free hybrid printable set.

This week I made you guys some card toppers (and plain toppers for journaling)

I hope you like them = simply print, cut, stick and embellish the space above the text for a quick but cute greetings card! Whaddya think?

Click on the picture below to go and download for FREE.

Here is a sample card :)

enjoy!

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Let's talk about.... hybrid baby...

Hybrid printables.

Are you covering your ears, screaming la la la la?

Well stop :) please?

If I may be so bold , I wish to bend your reluctant ear for a minute or two to talk about hybrid printables.

Obviously being a digi stamp designer I am somewhat biased towards printables.

BUT I want to dispel a few myths and common moans.

1: They are not the same quality as bought products:

Well - it depends on how your print them! Set your printer to photo or best quality and select the right paper type (matte or gloss) and you will noticed incredibly different results!

I ALWAYS set my printer to "Best Photo and Matte Paper" = It only uses a fraction more ink and the print quality is gorgeous. And lets face it, if you have purchased a digi stamp, you want it to look good!

2: They are lame

There, I said it, in the past hybrids have had a lame reputation - but there are some cool ones out there!!

My friend Leanne has made a board on Pinterest called "Printables"

And if you are on pinterest then all you gotta do is type printables into the search bar and hey presto, a world of joy and wonder and beauty just waiting to be brought to life.

3: I don't have ink in my printer.

What!? Why not? lol.

You are a creative person - else you wouldn't be here - enable yourself!

Don't worry if you think your ink will dry up if you don't use it regularly, just do a head clean once a fortnight on your printer and your ink will be fine! Failing that - USE IT FOR PRINTABLES lol :) Treat yourself!

4: I forget what I have stored on my pc when I am at my scrap table

Yeah, me too, it's a fact that this will happen UNLESS... and here's a cool idea...you pre-print :)

If you buy a digi stamp kit (Little musing kits always come with pre-coloured versions to save you time and to enable you to use on craft projects if colouring isn't your thing!) then why not print the coloured versions out and store in a little folder or tin etc.

A quick and easy way to do this is, is to pre- cut some textured bazzill or card to 6x4 pieces. If you have A4 card you like, simply cut into four. Do this till you have a little stack and then you will always have card at the ready. (This is what happens if you want to print on a PC) :

1: Open the file, select the image you want

2: Right click and select print

3: Choose the good settings - best photo, matte paper

4: Select paper size A6 or 6X4

5: Choose how many times you want the image to print, in this case, TWICE.

And then print :)

Now you will have a selection of pretty coloured images to scrap with, layer with, embellish up with gems or even journal on. Esp if you have downloaded some cute journal tag hybrids.

Still need convincing!?

Then feast your eyes on this selection of varied and beautiful images on Pinterest which came up when I searched for

HYBRID SCRAPBOOKING

see - the whole crafty world is at it!

PLUS IT SAVES YOU MONEY!

Once you have a printable stored on your computer - you have it forever! Print it over and over, change the colour of it in photoshop, add text, change the size etc etc!

PS: Thank you for all the "thank you" comments for the free hybrid postcards (post below this one) xxxxx

Going postal

I have been loving the Going Postal blog posts that Julie Kirk has been busily creating for you over at

Notes On Paper

and thought it was high time I took part and offered a freebie.

I designed three postcards all of which are below in this post and ready for you to save to your pc.

Close up.

I have recently (and due to Julie's going postal blog posts) joined a site called www.postcrossing.com and I have been receiving postcards, all addressed to Finlay, which I am collecting in a little polkadot suitcase for when he is a bit older, and a bit more curious about the world.
I have sent 15 postcards so far, and received 10. Some of them art artistic, some are photographic, but all have pretty stamps on and are unique in every way. I love seeing a new card pop through the door.
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To save the postcards, click on them and right click and save to your computer.

Print borderless on blank postcards OR 6x4 card.

And again....

And again...

I recommend popping one in the post to a friend you haven't say "hi" to in a while....

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