I Believe In Fairies...

The theme over at One Stop Craft Challenge is 'I believe in angels/fairies'.. so I dragged out the enchanted forest digi kit as it's full of pretty fairy papers and embellishments.
The photo is from our graduation party, our mates dared us to kiss for a photo, wow not like we haven't done that before in the 5 months we've been together but hey lol. I love the wire word embellishment on the top right hand corner, it blends so well with the rest of the page :)

Long time no see....

Ok so I have been AWOL from my blog for a long time I know.. if anyone is even still looking at it anymore.. but things have been very hectic and I'm sorry I've lost touch with so many of you too. So anyway... I'm going to try and come back a bit more often now though nothing will be regular again till at least November when I'm settled in my new BA job and moved down south..

More to the point here's my first challenge entry in months... it's for the Lots To Do Challenge 'Paper Craze'. It used to be a naff plastic bangle so I decided to upcycle it.. I decoupaged it with white paper that has real green leaves in it, then I wrapped some green and black ribbon around it to add a bit of colour, and finally I added the large bow to give the bangle a main detail.

Crafty Creations Challenge #11

Ok so it's taken me forever to get last weeks Crafty Creations DT piece up.. in fact the new challenge comes out 2mo oops! I've had a pretty hectic time recently so I had to sacrifice some things and sadly crafting seems to be one of them... The theme was 'Sparkle' so I made a digi page of my best mate and I from new years eve.

I've used:

• Personal photo
• Enchanted digi kit
• Hearts & Flowers digi kit
• Love Me Forever digi kit

Kaboodle Doodle challenge #5

So challenge 5 over at Kaboodle Doodles is 'Not a card', now that's my kind of challenge as I can never think of enough cards to make to fit in with every challenge lol! So I decided to make myself something useful that I've been in dire need of for quite a while now... it's an earring board made from an old cork notice board.. So now I can display all of my handmade earrings on one boards o I can always find what I'm looking for quickly and easily :)


I've used:

• Cork notice board
• Morris dance papers
• Rock salt white paint
• Black garden netting
• 2 chocolate brown paper flowers
• 2 medium blue vintage rim buttons
• Strong staples

In other news... keep an eye out for the next Kaboodle Doodle challenge as we will be on the look out for new DT members :)

Crafty Creations Challenge #10

Well here we are challentge 10 and this week I'm being a little easier on you all with the theme... I guess fabric was a bit tricky so to get evryone back into the swing of things (including myself) I picked a simple one....
Recycling
So you can make anything you like as long as at least one part of the piece has been recycled from something old or previously used.
This weeks prize is... my DT piece.. so the winner will be sent my tape measure brooch, to jazz up their coat or handbag!

Crafty Creations Challenge #8

Here's this weeks DT piece for the Crafty Creations challenge where the theme is 'Bunnies' to fit in with the run up to easter... so make something with a bunny on it, be it sweet, chocolaty, fluffy or stamped....
I've used:

• Beige felt
• Dark blue mebroidery thread
• Dark blue silk ribbon
• Stuffing
• Blue paper flower
• Blue small button
• Badge pin
  

Rose & pearl necklace

Here's my most recent jewellery make to go with my new black and ivory dress for going out on friday night.. some of you may recognise the design from topshop, i just refused to pay £12 for it and i swapped the ivory ribbon bow idea for a black rose instead as it stood out more on the top..
I've used:

• 6mm glass pearls
• 2mm glass pearls
• Tigertail
• Black fabric rose brooch (good ol' primark)
• Silver clasp
• Silver jumprings
• Black felt
• Hot glue gun

Brown + 1

Here's my entry for this weeks Cupcake Craft challenge 'Brown+1' and I picked the brown + pink combo.
I've used:

• The greeting farm image (thanks kim)
• Pink & brown DP
• Hobbycraft sentiment stamp
• Medium brown bloom
• Red stickles
• Pink fabric chunky brad
• Chunky pick dotty ribbon
• Foam pads
• Pink inkpad
• Watercolour pencils

Cutie Sunday #33

So here's my entry for the Cutie Sunday sketch #33 challenge.. it's a birthday for a friend at uni who is nicknamed 'The Iranian Missile' so I tried to make a card that took that into mind..
I've used:

• Kaboodle Doodle 'alien kit' (rocket has been decoupaged)
• Blue card
• Large red button
• Medium orange button
• Black thin ribbon
• Orange chunky brad
• White hammered card
• Silver letter rub-ons
• Foam pads
• Blue ink pad

Jen's easter candy

Jen's offering some fab candy.. just look at all the goodies in that picture... hop on over and have a looksie!