Anything Goes

Afternoon everybody

Thought I would quickly jump onto the computer to highlight a card I made to enter the Paper Take Challenge with an optional theme of Christmas Cards, and Crafty Sentiments this week which is anything goes with the theme for the man in your life.   I started to make this card when over at Rachels at weekend when we had a fantastic afternoon catching up and making stuff or at least I did not too sure about Rachel as I kept interrupting her cannot cut a straight line to save my life lol.

These images came as a freebie in a magazine can't remember which one I just added some backing card and embellishments rather cute don't you think

 

Am off to sort the veg out for tonight's dinner and brown the meat off ready to go into the oven.  Have also got to go the vets to pick Toby up as he had his little bits chopped off (ouch).

 

Am I being a bit thick here can't find the link to add my card to the crafty sentiments challenge so perhaps I won't be entering that one until it appears. lol

 

I will be back a bit later to do some blog hopping. 

 

Loads of love

 

Alison xxx

 

 

 

  

 

 

Here come the boys

Thought I would enter another challenge and this one is Here Come the Boys and the theme is Rocker Cards I think I have only made one Rocker Card in all the time that I have been crafting so this is way out of my comfort zone, not really happy with it but I think it's because it is way out of my usual style of card.

Fireworks are being let off again tonight and Bella is shaking like a leaf bless her I have tried to drawer my main curtains in the living room which are blackout curtains and very thick to muffle the noise but don't think its helping perhaps when I take Toby to the vets will get something to give her to calm her down, there is also a shoot going on in the big estate near us so as soon as she hears them shooting she wants to come straight in.

I used a Jayne Netley Mayhew CD to make this card have had this CD for years but hardly ever use it not sure why because when I get it out I think to myself must use this CD to make cards then it goes back on the shelf to collect dust until the next time I think about it.  I used a couple of Marianne Creatable to do the leaves and the bird the sentiment was done on the computer.

 

Am off to help sort the kitchen out I usually just supervise and get in the way lol

 

Will be back blog hopping shortly.

 

Love Alison xx

Sketch N Stash Challenge Number 125

Afternoon Everybody

Quiet day here today not doing very much did start to have a little potter around the house but gave it up as a bad job as the crafting room was calling me.  lol. 

I noticed I have a new member following me so Welcome Audrey and thank you for choosing to follow my blog.

I have won a top three badge at Sketch N Stash so my cards are not as bad as I think they are, we are all so critical of our own work why that is I don't know.  Well I want to enter this card into the Sketch N Stash Challenge Number 125 and the theme is fairy tale how cute is that.  I used a LOTV image and the papers are from New Baby by Docrafts which I thought went well with this card.  I used my wonderful die from La La Land  which I love the bow was done with a tattered lace Chantilly lace bow the resin flowers are from stash as are the leaves.

The sketch was provided for the challenge

 

am off to do a bit more blog hopping so see you later

 

Love Alison xx

Gable end box and crackers

Morning all

If this goes well it should post on Monday Morning at around 10.00.  Not much is happening around here at the moment the guys should have been here today to start the bathroom but they are running late on another job and won't be here now until tomorrow.  Toby is going in to have his little bits chopped off as we don't want him to father any baby Purdy Cats so Sorry Toby.  

I finished the box off that I started to make at Rachel's images and card are printed from Christmas Barclay CD from Crafters companion. 

Front of Box

 

 

Back of Box

 

 

 

Crackers made with Tonic Studio Die and printed card

 

 

 

 

Inside of box with crackers made so far this box will easily hold six crackers so have three more to make, I have put the bit that goes bang in it but no presents as they would not fit need to find something smaller but as these are my first batch will keep them for us to have at the dinner table on Christmas Day.

 

 

 

Sorry about the awful quality of the pictures but it is so dark here today that I had to turn the light on and it's not a good light really need to get myself a daylight Bulb for the overhead light.

 

I will be by blog hopping everyday via my ipad but for the next week not sure if I will be able to get to my craft area so scheduled posts only.

 

 

Loads of Love

 

Alison xxxx

 







Papertake Challenge number 84

 

Evening everybody

It is pouring with rain here and has been on and off all day trying to get washing dry is terrible thank god for tumble dryers.  I know I said I was not going to be able to blog for a couple of days but I wanted to get this card done for the Papertake Challenge and it has to be in before Tuesday so thought I better pop along and do it now before all the work starts next week on the bathroom.

Poor Bella and Toby were very frightened last night by the fireworks wish the shops did not sell them and the only way to watch was to go to a firework display as boys in the village were setting bangers off last night not fair on the pets.

My card tonight is a Dr Digi Image he looks a bit like Alan if he had a beard it would be Alan to a tee lol.  Poor man we do make fun of him and he just sits and takes it all and tells us that revenge is very sweet.

Here is sketch 84

And here is my take on it

 

 

I need to go and help sort dinner out as timings are not Alan's thing and as we are having a lamb roast think I best supervise.

 

I have scheduled a post for tomorrow morning but may try and get back in my craft room to finish some cards off and also enter a few more challenges if I can.

 

 

Will blog hop again after dinner.

 

Love to all

 

Alison xx

Guest DT spot for Joanna Sheen

Hi All

As you know I won a Guest DT spot for the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog and today I am airing a card that I made for the challenge and this weeks theme is "Food for thought" so any creation that features some kind of food/sweets/cakes etc.  I decided to go for a Housemouse image and sweets.

I decided to go with a red and green theme to match the sweets on the image, backing paper came from the Housemouse Triple CD,  used a memory box frosty border, snowflakes dies are ones I bought at Taunton and the bling I had in from lord knows when, found them when sorting my craft room out.   Hope you like it.

Why not pop along to see what the rest of the DT have been up to and enter the challenge. 

Love Alison xx

Anything Goes

Evening All

I had a lovely time over Rachel's today, I made a gable end box using sweet treats embossing board by Crafters Companion and some Christmas crackers using Tonic Studio dies and papers.   Thanks once again Rachel for all your help don't know what I would do without you there to help fix my little ahem (big) mistakes.  I have not quite completed these so will come back to you with a picture at a later date.

I also started on a couple of cards but these are also not quite complete yet so will showcase them tomorrow, I must make and schedule some cards for the rest of the week as I am not sure if I am going to be able to get to my craft room as we are having our bathroom turned into a wet room to make things easier for me.

My card tonight is for Crafty Sentiments blog - Anything Goes  and Challenge Number 4 at Scribble and Scrap I have used an image which is way out of my comfort zone as I am not very good at colouring but this turned out perfect me thinks, the image is from Scribble and Scrap and I coloured her in with a mixture of promarkers and fleximarkers, lace, ribbon, pearls and flowers from stash and the fern is a memory box die, backing papers were also from stash bought years ago and lovingly drooled over before cutting lol.

Am off to bed just now as my little eyes keep closing and I keep making spelling mistakes thank god for spell checker lol.  Will catch up with everybody tomorrow and try and finish my box and crackers to show you as well as the cards I started to make today.

Love Alison xx