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!

Crafty Creations Challenge #7

Here's my DT piece for this weeks Crafty Creations challenge which is 'Spring', my piece is my mum's mothers day present. Spring here in the UK means Mothers Day so I thought I'd try and get my mothers day bits done so I could show everyone them before she even gets to see them at the weekend.

I've used:

• 7 purple pearly buttons
• 6 x 8mm pearls
• Heart clasp
• 20 jumprings
• 4 eyepins
• 2 headpins
• 10 silver spacer balls
• 2 silver earring wires

Sketch-a-doodle-do

Here's my entry for this weeks One Stop Craft Challenge which this week is a sketch from Maggie.. I've used the sketch to make a card for a friend's birthday that is coming up soon, he's a football fan so this seemed to fit quite nicely with the shapes on the sketch. My doodled element is the whoosh lines for the football.
I've used:

• Charmed Craft George download
• Kaboodle Doodle morris dance paper
• Beige marbled card
• Blue dotty silk ribbon
• Black felt
• White felt
• Marvy pens
• Black marker pen