Linking experiments

Thanks to a little help from my friends, I think I might be able to add links to my blog. If it works (and I think it does!) I will provide links to loads of super blogs loaded with eye candy:)
Far Flung Craft

Today's playtime results

Today I played with FFC's new range of scrapbook cardstock. I love double sided papers and card, they take all the guesswork out of colour co-ordinating projects. Does this mean I'm lazy, not really! Just gives me a little more time to play with new ideas and techniques. I love playing more than anything:)

I spotted some luggage tags that I'd coloured a few months ago. One of them was perfect to use with FFC's new scrap papers. So I let myself play awhile to see what would happen. I'm sure my online friends won't believe that I really used all those charms... but I did, I promise...LOL

Click title to visit FFC gallery for more scans of the tags.

A great play session today:)

After weeks without a decent play session, I sent my mate Tracy a txt and asked if she could come to play today. It was lovely to catch up with what she's been doing. And she brought her new stamps to show me. Nice they were too:)

I decided to make that birthday card for my daughter to give to her friend. I wanted to do something a little bit different, so made a flap card. It took ages for me to decide on a layout I was happy with. Then, I used turquoise and cream, a colour combo I wouldn't normally choose. But it worked out rather nice eventually. My photography skills are improving albeit ever so slightly. ROTFLOL. All in all, it was a lovely play session. Thanks for coming Tracy.





Front of flap card. Left side opens like a book.





Card standing upright, right hand side is a flap that lifts up.





Inside of card with flap opened.
Photo taken on my very messy work area, notice the mucky heat gun! Now that definitely needs some more alcohol ink to smarten it up a bit.

Playing with beads

Last year I decided to try my hand at making jewellery. Didn't really expect to have any success because my central vision is bad. But after making a couple of handbag and mobile phone charms, I was hooked. Then of course came the addiction.....buying beads, chain, bead caps, oh and don't forget the tools! I searched the internet daily to learn as many techniques as I could.

I think papercrafts will always be my first love, but making jewellery is a close second. Middle daughter Sarah, loves fashion jewellery and is always eager to wear my latest creations, she even goes out to buy an outfit to match them! Here's a necklace I made over the weekend for her. I used a variety of beads in various shades of blue. I always found blue a difficult colour to work with in papercrafts, yet I have absolutely no problem using blue beads! Doesn't make sense does it?

Today I'm making a jewellery set and birthday card for youngest DD's friend at University. She shares my birthday (Jan 29th) and is a rubber stamp addict! I'm going to make her something special....got to encourage the younger generation to be creative, haven't we?

A Da Vinci card for DH's birthday

It's my DH's birthday on Wednesday so I had to make him a card. He would have known if I gave him last years card (cos I did that last year!)

It often takes me a while to get motivated at the beginning of the year. This year was tougher than expected...............due to a stressful time last year. I thought I might have to buy him a card..... shock, horror!

until I remembered....

Kristy and Faye sent me some of farflungcraft's new line of scrapbook papers to play with a few weeks ago:) I'm not a scrapper by any stretch of the imagination so I expected to have problems when I came to use them. Doncha love a challenge?

So today, I looked through the papers and the Bamboo "Batik Prints" really shouted *use me*. The colours are very good for male cards. So I stamped *self portrait* (stampington) onto vellum using black ink, attached it to a small panel of bamboo paper, layered it onto bronze pearlescent card, then attached the panel to a larger piece of the reverse side of the same scrap paper...pretty simple.....I love quick and easy cards.

Bet those papers will make wonderful Valentine cards too:)