New Challenge at Open-Minded Crafting Fun

Hi Everybody thought I would let you know that today we have a new challenge over at Open-Minded Crafting Fun and also a DT call so why not pop over and join in and put your name down for a place with a fantastic team.

This fortnight the theme is Fairy Tale or Fantasy and we have some fantastic sponsors

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I decided to use one of my own images from Digital Delights and his name is Sparky and he is so cute, used my spectrum noir pens to colour him and my castle die cut (can't remember where from now) and used some frantage in shabby white to add some sparkle.

Will pop by your blogs later today but have a few things I need to get done as I have a craft fair to attend tomorrow.  

Bye for now

Alison xx

AWOL yet again

Morning everybody sorry I have been out of action for a little while have been plagued by my Fibromyalgia massive flair up still not completely right but am getting there.

We are having the decorators in today to wallpaper one wall of the living room and then next week the painters will be here to paint the three living room walls and the hallway including around 8 doors that need glossing have decided to go for an acrylic satin white on the doors and frames as Alan is allergic to gloss paint suffers severe migraines from the fumes that it gives off.

I was asked if I could make a horseshoe for my neighbours granddaughter who is getting married the first week of June and this is what I came up with

I used my silhouette cameo to cut the horseshoe out and also the leaves I then decorated it with flowers I ordered from a girl on facebook who has a page called Petal Lu they are so pretty and are made out of tissue paper and the spiral's were from the Ribbon Girl.

I have another craft fair again this weekend in Exmouth which is quite a drive from here but Alan is coming with me and Sarah is staying home to look after Bella as Sarah's friend is coming from London for the long weekend.

Hope you all have a great bank holiday weekend will pop along shortly to check out your blogs but I will only be commenting on today's blog as I have been absent for too long to even think about catching up where I left off will be here until midnight else.

Love to all

Alison 

Challenge #77 at Crafting For All Seasons

Morning All, half way through the week already, I am getting ready to go to my Wednesday Morning Coffee Stop and will be back later to catch up on all your lovely blogs.

Today though we have a new challenge over at Crafting For All Seasons and the theme this fortnight is Things with Wings and I was lucky to be able to pick my image from the delightful Lacy Sunshine she is called Eleanor Tubing Fun and she is so cute.

The fretwork on the card was cut out using my silhouette cameo, flowers are from stash and she is coloured in using my spectrum noir pens, the backing papers are from a nitwit collection but don't ask me which one as they are all loose now in my paper stash box.

Ok so now it's your turn to get crafting and enter our wonderful challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create, please pop along and see what the rest of the team have been up to they have made some wonderful cards to provide you with inspiration.

Love to all

Alison x

Second post of the day

I have had a fairly busy morning went into Ivybridge and posted the candles and thank you cards off for Stephen and Gemma's wedding and picked up my elderly neighbour's pension for her.  I then delivered candles which had been ordered and had another order for two more.  I came home and started making those candles and took the soap out of the freezer which I made yesterday, I put it in the freezer to make it easier to get the soap out the moulds just in case you think I'm mad (which I probably am lol).

Here is a picture of my new soap mould which is Lime, Mandarin and Basil 

I have only made one of these just to test the mould out because it is so small the little baby is 2.5 inches long and 1.5 inches high.  I am not sure how much to charge for these but for my first one it has turned out really well.  

Am off to do a bit of catching up and will show you the rest of the soap tomorrow when it comes out the freezer, hopefully the green swirls worked still practising at doing that.

Bye for now

Alison xx

New Challenge over at An Oldie But A Goodie

Morning all we have a new theme this fortnight for our challenge over at Oldie But A Goodie (OBAG) and our theme is Anniversary and was chosen by my DT Sis Fran and this is what I came up with

 made a fairly simple card and used some flowery glitter acetate sheets that I bought at the Exeter Craft Fair about two years ago and have never used them but decided I would like to colour them and layer them onto this card I know it doesn't show but the writing and coloured backing sheet match the colour I have used on the flower.

So why not pop along and see what my team mates have been up to and enter the challenge, I wish you all good luck.

I tried to finish my bag and apron off yesterday that I am in the middle of making but ran out of white cotton and did not feel like getting into the car doing a 10 mile round trip just to get some cotton so when I am in Ivybridge this morning I will get some then.  I am then going to Plympton to deliver the candle order from the Fair in the Square last Monday.  

I was going to sit down and read but was bored out of my mind with nothing to do, so made some soap up in a Lime, Mandarin and Basil fragrance and used a bit of green colour especially designed for soaps, can't wait until later today when it comes out of the soap moulds to see what it has turned out like, all I know at the moment is that it smells lovely and yummy.  I have used Cocoa Butter in this batch as it makes a lovely bubbly soap that is fantastic on the skin.  

Well that's it from me for now, will be back later to catch up on everyone's blogs but please do pop along to Oldie But A Goodie and enter in the challenge.  

Love to all

Alison xx

Monday and a busy day ahead

Morning Everybody, hope you all had a good weekend. I am teaching Sarah at long last she says to use a sewing machine and how to cut patterns out started with something easy for her a child's apron showed her how to cut with a grain and also a pattern on the material, as I am making a shopping bag with lining at the moment so she helped me pin and cut that out.  Tonight we are starting to put them together although I have already started my bag as I wanted to put a lining in it and a pocket inside.  I am using material I bought at the Fair in the Square an old pair of floral curtains loads of material left so am going to make a couple of bags in different styles.

I also dragged Alan much against his will to B&Q yesterday as mentioned, we looked at new lighting for the living room, and some wallpaper and paint, am going for a brighter coloured wallpaper than I would usually pick but have also to keep in mind that we are not changing the carpets or furniture just accessories like the curtains and cushion covers plus some new lampshades for my lamps and a new ceiling light fitting.

This is the wallpaper I have picked out 

the background of the paper is not showing properly but is a beige colour thought this would look striking against the one wall where the fireplace is and the paint not sure about have two colours in mind so any suggestions would be a help 

Thinking of the one that is ticked although the colour is not shown at its best here this is quite a good match to the orange flower but obviously lighter so that it doesn't clash

or this top one again colour not shown at its best but this more or less matches the background of the paper 

My mind is leaning towards this beige colour at the top of this one but the love of colour I have makes me also want the one ticked on the top colour chart, help what would you pick.  

Anyway must go now as I am in the middle of doing a bit of tidying around, dusting putting things away, Alan gave the house a good hoovering yesterday and did the living room again last night after Sarah and I had finished cutting our items out.  

Will be popping back shortly to see your wonderful creations from the weekend.  

Loads of love 

Alison xx

New Soap Moulds

Morning everybody hope you are all enjoying your weekend, Alan is home today and am thinking of dragging him kicking and screaming to B&Q to look at some wallpaper and paint for the living room, will make it easy on him and try and get wallpaper that you don't need to match up lol.

I have bought some new soap moulds and thought I would give them a trial run, originally bought them to make bath bombs but thought I would try a batch of soap in them first and see if they sell.  The fragrance I have used is called Rice Flower and its a shame that we don't have the technology for you to smell this soap as it is so yummy.

I went to the auction yesterday and bought some lovely material to make bags with so you will be seeing these posted on the blog sometime through the week if I can get around to making them but don't want to overdo it as I have another craft fair coming up next Saturday at our local Garden Centre in Ivybridge, really looking forward to that, I have one other craft fair booked and that is for sometime in June so hopefully I will be able to get over to Rachel's at some point to have some crafty time with her, its been ages since we last met up.

The only cards I have made this week so far have been for my DT work so nothing to show you at the moment.

Keep warm, dry and well and enjoy the rest of your weekend. 

Love

Alison xx