A few of my favourites of 2016

Hi guys, hubbys gone back to work today and we have a delivery due, it could been from seven this morning, so guess who was up early!!!

so I was looking through my creations from this year and thought I'd share a few with you again, 

This of course had to be done, who can have a Christmas without Santa? well I mean I know you can but hey as I said, this just had to be done!!!

I painted, stenciled, decorated the sleigh and reindeer, then coloured and fussy cut out Santa, it was so much fun to do!! he he

These of course were my altered bird houses, scroll down my blog for the tutorial on how I altered these if interested or haven't seen it already, again i had so much darn fun doing these,

This card I made for my hairdresser, she came just before Christmas and told me she loved it!! so much she's going to take the 50 off , the front off and resend it as her own make!!, I told her cheeky ****** but if she wanted she could,lol

This violin I made from scratch, I got a flat drawing of the front of a violin off the internet, then made it larger, then I wanted it 3D so I made some strips for the middle sections between the front and back, very fiddly but again I enjoyed it, the flowers were the first ones I made using the fabulous Foamiran, so love this stuff as well,

I've picked this one because I love Wendy's images from all dressed up, she is coloured with my distress re-inkers and the gorgeous embellishments came from Tracy at Noor Design UK,

I also made these flowers on here but out of cardstock this time, painted with distress ink then shaped by hand, the beautiful papers, twine and chipboard were from Monika at love to craft and create.

And lastly my canvas, this is in my craftroom and when it's a dark drab horruble day i look at it and it reminds me of a gorgeous summers day, Yeah roll on summer, lol

Well think that's it guys, I've bored you enough!!!

I'm off to make a coffee, before the delivery man turns up!!

Wishing you all a very Happy, Beautiful New Year, with lots of good luck, health and best wishes,

and lots of happy crafting!!!!

Merry and Bright

Hi guys, I'm here today with a inspiration piece for

All Dressed UP using one of the latest December releases

Merry And Bright

I totally adore Wendy's images and this one is no exception, I just love her,

She's coloured using my distress re-inkers, and a little glitter on the bubbles and heart,

The papers are by Maja Design, flowers from my stash and I used a Marianne tassel die too,

This gorgeous snowflake charm came in the In the forest winter wonderland kit from Tracy, so love these kits!! then another flower from my stash and some Scrapiniec chipboard holly leaves,

Well I think this may be my last post before Xmas Day, so I'm wishing you 

A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy new year!!
Have Fun!!!

Santa Claus is coming to town

Hi guys, I've been playing with some mixed media again and a fabulous Santa's Sleigh from Creative Expressions which I have decorated,

I started off by painting all the pieces on both sides with white Gesso, when this dried I took a couple of stencils and grunge paste, I used a Tando Creative one on the sleigh and a Tim Holtz festive one on the deers, when dry I went over the top of the stenciling with a little distress ink using a damp wet wipe,

I made up the sleigh and the deers, ready to begin decorating the outside,

On the back of the sleigh I used some of the In the forest winter wonderland kit from Tracy at Noor Design UK, an enamel dot, shabby white larch cones, a shabby sprig, and the snowflake charm, which twinkles beautifully in real life, I then also added some Pomegranate apples, beaded stamens, moss and natural twigs, then a handmade Poinsettia with Foamiran and some stamens in my stash,

I used a Magnolia image from an older collection, painted with my distress re-inkers then fussy cut out, I added liquid applique for the fur, on the base of the sleigh I added some Dutch Doobadoo structure paste peaking it here and there for added interest,

I had already stenciled both sides of the sleigh pieces and I have left the inside of the larger one quite plain as I want to use the inner section for some sweets, so taking a lollipop stick and some  fabulous text from a paper by Studio Light, I cut out the text strips, then  adhered them onto the stick, when dry I added some structure paste here and there for a snow effect, a crystal effect snowflake which I had bought last year from Asda finishing it off,

Inside Side view 

I next decorated the deers, on this side I again used some of the larch cones and some of the  beaded stamens,

On the outer neck area, I tied some vintage seam binding bought from Tracy at Noor design UK, bells from the kit and a handmade smaller Foamiran flower,

On the inside of the deer I added some white twine as reins then a little of some gorgeous lace that was in the Yuletide kit again from Tracy, 

I decorated a gorgeous chipboard snowflake which I got from Monika at Love to craft and Create which I have added glamour dust over the top,

then I finished this section off with some Pomegrate apples, moss, fir cones and natural flowers, then  another wooden reindeer shape from my stash,

I then added a handmade Poinsettia again made with Foamiran, plus a cinnamon stick from the latest kit too,

I glued the white twine to the sleigh then added some more of the natural flowers and a couple of bells on the end of the twine,

Close up of the outside view

Full view again, 👀

Well as you can see it was a lot of work, but it looks fabulous, so much better then in the photo's!! lol

Well, I will be back before the big day, so i hope to see you later too,

Happy Crafting!!

Noor Design UK - Sparkle
Magnolia-licious - Anything goes
Lovely hanglar or sweet Magnolia - Anything goes
Marvelous Magnolia - Anything goes Christmas

Another couple of bird cards

Just because I loved them, lol

We are just back off hols, had a fab time, dry weather and great laughs, so we really enjoyed the break,

Before we went I had popped some cards I made with  these adorable digital images, well I then made a couple more, so thought I'd show you those too,

Again i coloured them with my distress re-inkers, just changing the colours slightly, love liquid applique for the fur trim effect,

This one I coloured the bauble and the bird similar and added tiny dots of glitter on the tree branch,

I then finished both cards off with a postage style stamp,

I am back tomorrow with a Christmas decoration, see you soon,

Happy Crafting!!

I have been good

Hi guys, here's my inspiration for this months all dressed challenge, as always it's anything goes as long as you use a all dressed up image, 

I just couldn't resist using this adorable image The night before Christmas, as I wanted to send it to my Granddaughter for Christmas,

I also decided to decoupage the image too, so I coloured her with copics and layered her up,

Hopefully you can see the layers on this side view,

And a closer front view, it was a little fiddly but I love the finished card,

the papers are some old Magnolia paper I have had in my stash for years lol,

The adorable shabby heart on the side came from the latest In the forest winter wonderland kit from Tracy at Crafteezee at Noor design UK as did the lace,

The gems on the sentiment came from the Yuletide collection again from Tracy,

Flowers and the chipboard leaves from my stash ,

We hope you find some time to join us this Holiday Season, but we wish you a very merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to you all,

We also have a themed Facebook challenge going on too, so check that out here,

We're on a little break for a few days, Tegan is seeing Santa on Wednesday, hmmm has she been good??? now that is the question, lol

catch up with you all soon, thanks for your lovely visits,