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Tim Holtz had a blog challenge in April which I never got around to doing! So after following a link someone shared on one of my yahoo groups, I decided it would be a great technique to try out yesterday when Tracy came to play. I wanted to do a floral theme but I can't seem to associate grungy with flowers. First 2 attempts went into the bin! Still not sure if I like grungy flowers..... maybe it will grow on me eh?

New addition to the family

When our last Sheltie died, I swore I would never have any kind of pet again. (Apart from fish) My 2 younger girls persuaded their dad to adopt a baby kitten. I reluctantly agreed to their pleading and whining just to shut them up. I made it clear that I am NOT responsibe for any animal they get!
So they went to a local cat rescue. A cardboard box containing 4 kittens was dumped outside the rescue gates a few weeks ago and they needed to find homes for the kittens urgently. Amy fell in love with a tiny black kitten sitting alone in a corner. So after a £50 donation, it was arranged that DH would go with Amy to collect the kitten the following day. She is approximately 8 weeks old and very tiny. First 24 hours were worrying because she didn't want to eat kitty food or drink water (she was getting in the bath to lap at water near the plug hole for some reason! The owner of the rescue told Amy not to feed her milk. Why is that?

By the 3rd day, I was on the verge of taking the kitten to the vet! Then I suggested they try a different flavour kitty food. The little mite scoffed loads of tuna flavour. She continued to refuse the chicken whiskas. Day 4, I gave her a tiny piece of corned beef....and she almost bit my finger off! She appears to be a fussy little madam! She seems to be settling down now and is drinking water and eating small amounts of dry and moist kitten food. Thankfully she is litter trained so we haven't had to deal with that. She will be spayed when she's 5 or 6 months old. There are too many unwanted kittens in the world already.
She seems to like sitting on the sofa, on my desk, on the back of my computer chair, anywhere except the pretty girly pink cat bed. She is very sweet, I can't help falling in love with her.

Wednesday Stamper

The current challenge on Wednesday Stamper, is Two Tone.
Here is my card for the challenge. Thanks for a great theme ladies.

Stamps by Stampattack

Oriental ATC

After weeks of disruption due to DH painting and decorating, I finally got time to do something creative. This ATC was made with scrapbook paper from
Far Flung Craft
The flower is sticky backed fun foam from my gd's stash. I also *borrowed* her scallop scissors. hmm...... maybe I need to keep those with my scissors:) The holograph dots were a gift from dear friend *Legs*.
I took photos of our living rooms so might upload them later to show what I mean by disruption:) What a flipping nightmare.

Edited to ADD a scan of the ATC! duh!

What have I done!!

Oh dear, after months (or years) I finally let my DH start painting my litte craft room. He's only done the ceiling so far and I'm getting nervous......very nervous!
I've been trying to get myself and my stuff organised, it's an ongoing project.
About 6 months ago, I got some new shelves. They were designed to hold CD's, only I ripped out the plastic bits that hold the CD's in place. Never did get around to covering the shelves to make them look a bit prettier!
Anyhow, yesterday I realised that I hardly ever use my mounted stamps since they got put into boxes. Out of sight, out of mind. So I asked DH if he still had my narrow shelf unit hidden in the shed. Was so pleased when he told me it was! So he's taking down a pine shelf unit and putting my narrow shelving back up so I can get those mounted stamps out and use them again. Maybe it's time for me to have a real good sort-out. Got tons of stuff that never gets used so I think I'll give it to my grandkids school to use in the after school club. They don't have any funding from the education authority so art materials are always in short supply. Kids need to get messy painting and drawing, in my opinion. So there's one problem solved for me. I won't mind getting rid of stuff if I know it's going to a good home:)

I'm sitting here at my desk holding my breath, hoping that my husband won't start painting the walls in my room. I know they could do with a lick of paint, but where will I put everything? Last time he painted the room, he moved all my art supplies into the living room, and the bathroom, and the parlour (ooh that sounds posh!) We had nowhere to sit for 2 days because every chair and sofa was piled high with *stuff*. In case you don't know this, stuff is the junk we keep. And junk is the stuff we throw away after we've taken the *stuff* we need. Sounds a bit confusing but I know what I mean.
Oh NOooooo he's got the spirit level out now! This could turn into a very big job.
Can't stand the suspense. I'm going to go see what he's up to!

Wednesday Stamper

This week on Wednesday Stamper, the challenge theme is Sisters.


Background layer is alcohol inks on foil, then embossed with a cuttlebug folder.
The sisters image by stampattack was stamped on a background I made with home made shimmer sprays.

I really enjoyed this challenge. Thank you ladies for the inspiration.

more stamps I made

I'm having a great time with my imagepak stamp making kit. Made these 2 stamps yesterday. The one on the left, I had to chop a bit off cos one of the stems wasn't quite thick enough to get a decent stamped image.
Still a lot to learn about getting the depth/floor of the stamp right. I think I'll have a play with some photographs next to see what kind of stamps I can make with those:)...