Yule Baubles.

I just adored this Xmas card
we made at Kate's card class the other week.
The stamping up punch and stamps
are really classy, and the colour
combo is one I love for Xmas.

Now I am not a fan of Xmas,
for many reasons.
It tends to be a huge stress factor for me.
You would think the fact I have not made
hardly any cards by this late date
would be stressfull....
But I am not worring about it
at all this year.

Anyway, I spent the afternoon,
stamping & punching.
I tried out various different inks
and a few types of card.

My fave ink turned out to be my new
distressing Xmas inks.

This was my Wednesday workdesk today.

So......taking inspiration from this pretty
backing paper I have been hording for some time,
I went with an unusual colour combo.

I really liked this, and have someone
special in mind for it already.

This one also has a new home in mind.
I tired to keep it simple and clean,
but am not sure it is not missing something.

Last one, and it may end up in the bin.
I can not decided if I like
it or it looks messy.......

The white snowflakes are embossed,
the ink is the same xmas distressing inks.

Hope you are all grand.
Love Teen xx

What's On My Workdesk Wednesday

What's on Your workdesk Wednesday?

I love Wednesdays....
I don't work on a Wednesday,
and try to make it a day
that I spend with a friend,
or craft,
and just please myself......

I don't always manage it.

But I did today.
I made 5 wee
stampin up Owl tags.

I can only give you a wee sneaky peek
as they are attached to my fave
brown bags with goodies in,
to give to Friends as gifts.

And since they have not received
their gifts yet.......


Talking of nice surprises.
Hubby won a 4.5 litre bottle
of whisky in a local competition,
and collected same dram on
his birthday.....so he was well pleased.

he it is, between two Labradors
so you can see how huge it is!

bit of this and that!

Hello, hello!
I trust this finds you all happy & well.

Three cards and three doggy photo's to share
with you before I go wondering to
catch up with you all.

A card for a lady at work with a special birthday.
This was bigger than normal for me, an 8 x 8 inch
since it was everyone in the dept to sign.

The butterfly die drove me nuts! I am not sure
if it is a duff die or what, but it protests at even
cutting through vellum!!!
It is my entry in the
~ Papertake weekly challenge ,
who want die cuts,
and my first entry in Flutter by Wednesdays
who want a butterfly on the card.

~~~~~T~~~~~

This one was sent with my cheque to Debbi
with my payment to the next Girls just wanna have fun day!
Are you going?
I loved the last one, and can't wait till October!

I am nae happy with the ribbon flower
at the top of the card, the button
is too wee and it just looks a bit faffy! lol.

~~~~~T~~~~~

The last card, I really like.
But the photo is awful!
I took it at the last moment before
I left for work, and it shows!

I have also just noticed that the wee
owl charm is facing the wrong way!

I am enetering this card in the Creative Inspiration challenge
who want text, but not a sentiment on a card!
( thanks Nat!)

~~~~~T~~~~~

So..... time for a doggy photo update!
Miss Poppy-dog has taken to claiming the foot
stool under the window.....
mainly to stop Bella getting up on it!

Which Miss Bella-Boo is not best pleased with!

But they still love each other....
Most of the time!

I hope you are all grand.
Much love

Teen xx

Sister, Sister x

It was my sisters birthday earlier this month.
I made a few bits and pieces for her.
This was a wee altered box, the first
one I have done, and I am not sure of the
end result but my sister loved it.

A beaded brooch.

My attempt of a shrink plastic keyring,
based on Kath's shown here.

Love is, is my sisters fave passage
and I have used this stamp
in various makes.

Simple earrings with glass cross beads.

The finished card,
inspiration from Tiets

I should have made another fold next the panel
the Fifty is on, the card was quite thick &
it didn't sit as flush as I would have liked.

The Love is stamp is used here again.

I am so behind on blogging.....again......
hope you are all well!

Love Teen xx

WOYWW butterflies and boots.......

Wednesday again already....
I am turning into my mother
"where do the days go?"

ANYWAY............

WOYWW

This is what I am wroking on today.
It is based on a design I saw the other day,
I don't know what you call this style,
but it is something special for my
much older sister
who is turning 50 next month.....
Even though she is ten years older
than me.....it does not mean
that I will be 40.....

Moving swiftly back to the card.
Tiets has this beautiful fold of a card
over on the Ribbon girl Challenge.
I have seen some of Tiets work before
and it is just stunning!

I am not sure how well my one will work,
the base card is slightly too thick
and I should have done an extra wee fold
to allow for it to fold properly.
It is still a work in progress.


Another work in progress.....

Miss Bella-Boo.....
she is a funny wee dog!
You ask her if she wants to go
for a walk and she gets up and collects
you her lead or some shoes....

This is her with my Hubby's walking boots...
yeah......both of them !!!
She can carry a fair load!
She even helps you pull
each lace to open them.

Happy Wednesday!
Love Teen xxx

birdies and puppies

Well....I am back again,
my old laptop died
and my wee netbook
is good for surfing but
a nightmare for blogging.

I have a new laptop
(Thanks Hubby!)

I am slowly getting used to
the new keyboard layout.
I keep hitting what I think is the
shift key, but it activates
the web and publishes
the post before I am done....


I also dont know how to activate
a spell check on this or facebook
when I leave a comment or write a post.
So many errors may appear
until I get that sorted out.


~~~~~T~~~~~

The next three pics are from
Kates card class at papercrafts.

Firstly.....a door hanging.
Sorry for colours, I haven't
figured out photo editing just yet either.

~~~~~T~~~~~


I love this next layered card.
It was meant to have some golden glitter on it,
but I haven't got round to that yet.

The white card is hammered,
and lifted up on foam pads.

~~~~~T~~~~~

Lastly, I really love this card.
The wee birdie is a stampin up punch.

I didn't line up my scollops properly.

~~~~~T~~~~~


Lastly....I had an amazing time at the SECC,
bumped into some friendly faces,
& thanks to a demo from the amazing Kath,
I can now use my fiskers shape cutter
that I have had for a few years
and never been able to use!!

It was mega busy on the Saturday,
and also amazing how many rude people
you can fit into such a packed place!
There was some real crazy shoppers!!!

My pal who drove me down
bought me this beautiful
Penny Black stamp.

I bought these 8 inch pre cut cards.
but to be honest they are
pretty thin & not sure I will use them
too often due to that.


Right......
a puppy update.

Bella Boo the blondie is 8 1/2 months,
and as cheeky as anything.

Now it looks like Bella and Poppy
arehaving a violent fight
but they like to play rough!
They chase each other,
hide and pounce on each other
all the time.
Teeth clack and fur is pulled....
but no tears are shed,
and they both go back for more.

This is their bed.
AKA the playpen.

Is Poppy smiling???

I love this next one the best.


Poppy fell asleep with her head resting on
Bella's paw.

Hope you are all well.
Much love Teen xx

Crafty Ribbons # 17

First of all thank you for the emails
asking if I was ok.
I didn't mean to worry anyone.

I am doing not too bad,
been busy with stuff....
and lack of MOJO again.
Bad combo.

Anyway....

Here are my (late as usual )
Crafty Ribbons Challenge cards.

I loved this Swiss Dot organza Ribbons!

You get so many beautiful ribbons to play with,
if you haven't given this challenge a go,
you need to check out their web site,
today is also Freebie Friday.

Anyway.....here are my cards.

This one is made of a stampin up stamp
and punched out circles.
You can't see it but the black card has a
lovely texture on it.

I used different thickness's of foam
pads to give the circles different heights.

~~~~~T~~~~~


Next an altered CD using my fave new
Sugar Nellie stamp.

There are wee white dots on her tee shirt.

~~~~~T~~~~~

I usually find I have real favorites
when my bag of ribbons arrive,
but there was just sooooooo
many to choose from.


A wee gift tag, the heart on the
white card is enhanced with glitter
sukura pen.

~~~~~T~~~~~


This one is the one I like the best.
It is Magna Sugar Nellie stamp
that I love. I cut out the mistletoe
they are hugging below.



Well that's me....
I have more to show you,
but need to go & see what you have all
been up to!



Hope you are are well.

love Teen xx

sunday stuff.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend.
It passed way too quickly for my liking.

A few days cards in one go as before.

This one uses doodle pantry
digital download.
And I followed a sketch on
Sunday sketch & stamp.

~~~~~T~~~~~


This is for a friends child,
and uses a digital download
from Wiff of Joy.

~~~~~T~~~~~

This one is for the same friends daughter.

It has my new sugar nellie stamp
it is called searching.
I love these basic greys papers.

I am entering it in Allsorts
who want summer days.
Secret Crafter wants summer holidays
And I love nothing more on relaxing on
summer days...

~~~~~T~~~~~

This last one is for my Aunt who will be 76.
I stamped the flower using fine
embossing powder and heat gun,
onto SU pink card.

~~~~~T~~~~~


Before you all panic about how big
both my dogs are,
they are on a two seater sofa!

Look at Bella's back legs....
LOL

Hope you are all grand

lots of love

Teen xxx

Tuesday mutters....

I am hating blogger tonight!
I published this post earlier this evening,
came back to check on something,
and discovered the text had
all disappeared!!!



First card is a never ending card.
You can see one in action
by LOTV here.


It starts here...

opens into this....

And then into this....

and ends up opening into this....

It can stand alone like this too.

I used Stampin Up and SeeD stamps.
the papers were all from my scrap box.

A lovely fellow crafter at work,
who I altered this notebook for,
showed me how to do this type of card,
and brought this notebook and images in
for me! Thank you !
( I know she has my blog address!)

I love how the hair and pig tails have
been decoupaged.

~~~~~T~~~~~

This card is for another lady at work,
her new baby Granddaughter
Ami was born yesterday!

I may have O'd on the gingham,
but I love it on baby cards!
The rabbit is a Cotton Bunny
from Sugar Nellie.


~~~~~T~~~~~



The next card is a challenge card
for One Stop Crafters Challange.
who want some distressing....
Blogger loosing all my text is
distressing me!!!

The flowers are See D stamps,
the text is my new Penny Black.
I have added the person's name to it,
but not sure if she reads my blog,
and since I only posted this today,
she might see it before it gets to her.

FINALLY!

I LOVED the new Twilight film,
saw Eclipse on Saturday and
want to go and see it again now!
It was the best of all three films.
But not sure what the stylists have
done with the Vampires hair!!!
Jasper had various styles
from a 80's shaggy perm...
to a blow dry and set!

But my boys were as gorgeous as ever!

Much love and vampire kisses....
Teen xx