What's on My Workdesk Wednesday

Crikey, Wednesday already.
So what's on my workdesk?
Well, I started off with a scrap
of paper, brown, cream, black and red
with butterflies on that I really liked....
I played around with a stamp set
using inks in similar colours....

Thought about making a card,
so coloured a sugar nellie girl,
but then realised there was
no cream in it and too much grey.

And so she ended up on the side
of an altered coffee creamer tin....

I am trying to colour the lid
with alcohol inks,
not sure if I am getting anywhere fast....


So it is now another work in progress...
*sigh*



Bella Boo is now almost mended.
Her paw is nicely healed,
and she is away for her first swim in
weeks to celebrate!

I put the dog bed outside while I hoovered
the living room......

And discovered this....

The other bundle of trouble
is in the dog house today.
She ran out the side gate
and spend twenty minutes
flirting with a handsome Alsatian.

Hope you are grand
Love Teen x

with love

Hello Peeps.

I am doing really badly at blogging this year....
but it is just how it is, I guess.


I have three makes to show you,
but I have lots of photos of show you.

The first is an altered box that
became a keepsake box for a friend
to give to her new great niece.

The stamp is my fave new sugar nellie Pip.

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The next is an altered book,
lots of playing around with this.
Embossing, inking, punching & water marking.


I don't have a binder so just alter notebooks
but always end up with the white bit
along the metal bindings.

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Lastly, a good friend of mine is having
treatment for cancer.
We are all missing her at work,
so I took a travel tin sweetie that another
work mate took back for us
from a cruise she was on and altered it.


I filled the tin with tim holtz tickets,
sparkly things, butterflies and
asked everyone we work with
to write a happy thought
on a punched piece of paper.
No names from anyone,
just something to help
when you need a wee pick me up.

Lastly......the two who always
make me feel better.....

Hope you have a smile on your face today xx

fun in the sun

Warning!
Many photos ALERT!

My Crafty Ribbon Challenge Ribbons
for Fun in the Sun arrived
this morning!
So guess what I spent today doing!

This is them half way through me crafting
for WOYWW
It's a bit of a mess.....
And to be honest
not 100% tidy yet... Ooops.

I decided to make a holiday fund tin.
I can not remember if I have
sent the lovelies at Crafty Ribbons
an altered tin before.

I wanted to make a big sun
using my nesties and a punch
to make all the sun beams.

I coloured the backing paper
using small ink pads and smudging.
Was a fab messy job!

The small golden ribbon is also
from Crafty Ribbons and such a great match
the other ribbons.
These ribbons were out of my comfort zone
but I really enjoyed the challenge.

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I took the image of the boat from the actual
ribbon and used card to make my boat.

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I loved this ribbon,
had a real party feel about it.
I took all the colours of the
balloons on the ribbon.
Then cut out the balloons.

I used embroidery threads as strings.

Regulars here will notice I have used
a Forever Friends bear,
which I love on other peoples
card, but due to me colouring them
so they look like they have been
drunk while applying make up
by the trowel ......
I usually avoid them.

I used my chalks on the white shimmery
embossed card to highlight the words,
and inks to edge again.

Trying to photograph an easel card is
hard enough.....
but add in a bored Bella-Boo....

who loved to grab the camera strap....

Butterflies and soggy doggies.

Two makes today.
First one is an altered tin,
that always reminds me of
my lovely Blogger Buddy Amanda.
Who made one of these last year for me.

I am entering it in the
Penny Black Challenge
who want lots of dots....

The last time I made one of these
I added a large bloom on the lid.
But I wanted to keep it simple
and use this SU sentiment.
The butterfly was sent to me
by another bloggy buddy Sammi.

This acetate card is for someone special...
my Mum!

It has some pearls on it,
my Mum's Birthstones,
so fits One Stop Challenge,
looking for Birthstones.
Passion for promarkers want Mythology or Fantasy.
A spoonful of sugar want cute & girlie

Secret Crafter's Sat Challenge want no patterned papers.

The wee bow behind the cutie's
head is attached to a bow
with a sticker that says Happy Birthday,
which....I put on the wrong way round...
This means I can enter it
into Allsorts challenge of tags this week.
Colour Create want Light Aqua and soft green.

Anyone for Anya want Don't be square
so its a rectangle.....

So I think that is everyone.....

Now for some Doggies....
It has been a bit of a Bella-Boo blog
But I can't seem to get any new photos
of Poppy with Bella being too far behind...

Unless you leave the garden hose
unattended.....something Poppy is not
daft enough to to take on !!!

But Bella-Boo is....
and she lost.....

Poor soggy doggy....

Hope you are all well
lots of love
me xx

Summer Fizz ~ Crafty Ribbons Challenge #6

I am way behind in getting these posted to
The lovely folks at Crafty Ribbons
But I have at long last got them to the Post Office,
so here they are !

Crafty Ribbons
Summer Fizz Ribbon Challenge!

The ribbons were really bright and colourful!
TBH I found them quiet a challenge this time.
I don't usually use a lot of these colour combos,
but I really enjoyed it once I got into it.

I always try to use the ribbon as the main focus
or an inspiration for the colour scheme.

I used my fave huge daisy punch for this one,
picking the squares of bold colours out
of the ribbon to make the backing.
Using a square punch to cut out pearlised
card......and TBH
I am really not sure about this card at all.
It seemed like a plan at the time!
I have take it out of the bin several times.

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This one uses on of the included Alpha Tags.
I used the bone tool to curl it up a bit .
The "Love, Laugh, Live" is on the tag.
I love the twisted cord in the paper
button centre....
I tried out my new cosmic shimmer mist
and managed to get more on my fingers
which now have a lovely orange stain ....

I used the beautiful thin yellow ribbon down
the red card, with yellow dragon fly brads,
red & yellow tiny brads in between.

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This decorated can is taking inspiration
from a gift Amanda ~ Scotspanda
I used my fave daisy & butterfly ribbon
to decorate this small coffee mate tin.


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And lastly.....a gift for Ali at crafty ribbons.
This bloom is like the blooms I made before
using my fave pumpkin ribbon that I adored

from previous crafty ribbon challenges.
So much so that Ali sent me most of a spool!
What a sweetie!