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

a piece of work

I fell in love with making canvas
pieces after doing one last year
at the first
Girls Just Wanna have fun
with Kath, Debbi & Anne.


The photos are again nae great,
as they say round here.

The first three here, were Christmas gifts.

This one was my Mother in Law, and very inspired
by the one we did at the girls day.

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This one is made using various bits from our
niece Robyn and her new husband Paul's wedding.
Including the menu, invitation,
the seed packet all the ladies at the wedding
were given for favours,
and some raffia held the menu scrolled up.

The birds were used to decorate the
hall, there was a bird theme
the whole way through the wedding.
I edged them with inks,
added stitching and gems for eyes.

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The next one is using photos
of a lovely friends wee girl.
What a beautiful wee honey she is too!

The last one,
is kinda personal to me.
It is representative to changes
in my life.

I really enjoyed making all of these.

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas.
Wishing you all many good things in 2012.

much love Teen xxx

buttons, bunnies and dots.

I am trying to keep my spare room,
or as it is now,
my craft room tidy.
A friend is coming to stay on
Friday for a few days.....
but I have had a couple of things to make.
And it looks like a a bomb has gone
off in there again!!!
Ach well.....
I will soon get it sorted again.

Righto.....

a pen pot holder requested
by a bunny crazy friend.
I made this from a recycled cardboard
tube that is like a really hard, bigger inside
of a loo roll, from a label machine at work
These get binned when we change the roll.

I will be after a few more of these!!!

Sugar Nellie Cotton Bunny.
No idea what the papers are.

I learned a few new tips
for colouring using pro & flexmarkers
when I was at Debbi's class on Saturday.

I have had this beautiful ribbon for ages,
I can't remember where I got it,
and was loathed to cut it,
but needs must!

Talking about Debbi, and her fabby colouring....
I was chuffed to bits to get this
bonnie card from the Queen of Promarkers herself.

I keep practicing colouring hair......
But how beautiful and shiny does it look
on Debbi's card!



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A late show......
A Kath inspired birthday card
for the birthday girl Kath!!
who also did a fab demo and class on Saturday!

Using a wee Sugar Nellie.

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And another Kath inspired card
for my lovely friend Anita.

The bright colours match
Anita's personality.


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Lastly.....
my little blood donor......
who is all recovered,
and loved the fact she got steak
in her evening meal for
a few days.

the first night it was just biscuits
she looked at it,
looked over at Poppy's dish....
and then looked back at me.....

"Where did the good bits go???"


I hope you are all grand.
Much love Teen xx

WOYWW christmas chocolate.

Whats on your workdesk Wednesday.....

Two makes and one Puppy dog to share today,
and only a few day since my last post!!

I have had a few comments about my
last of posting on here.
But.....well.....aye.....
anyway.......

Here we go with a card I made
at Kate's card class last night.
There is an owl too, but my camera
has gone flat before I took
a picture of it.

It is a fancy fold, not sure
what kind it is.
Lots of embossing, and a fancy
double bow.
I loved the end result.

Side view.

and fully opened out.

Next, this is what was on my workdesk this Wednesday,
a wee gift to post out to a friend.
It is not every day I start and finish something
on the same day!

A cover made, hopefully help protect
the chocolate bar in the post too.

Not happy with the embossing on the red flower,
the powder was a bit thick.

.......the goodie inside......

And lastly,
just one puppy dog in the photo today.
She had dug up all
the blankets and bedding......
but I don't know what the face is for!

See you soon.
Hope your grand,
love Teen xx

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

hearts and flowers

It has been a funny crafty time for me today.....
I have one card I made here that ended up
nothing like the sketch I was following....

But I am going to enter it in
Scrapbook sisters challenge who want
flowers, ribbon and gems.

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This one was meant to have a red & white
gingham heart on it, but the papers looked
awful with the red ribbon I wanted to use,
so it was replaced with this wee sugar nellie
I found in half coloured on my desk!

I also managed to tear the wee heart at the
edge of the white card I had punched.
But I still like this card.

Colour create challenge wanted Kraft/red with white or cream.


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Lastly.....my friend Anita makes the most scrummy
cupcakes and gives them as gifts in fab boxes.
She asked me to make a tag before.
These are some more I made based on the
boxes Anita uses.

Pink and white roses,
red and white dots,
pink gingham,
and blue gingham.

I also bought her some
"Made by Anita" printed ribbon
from crafty ribbons.

Pixie Dust want tags this week!

Hope this finds you well.

much love Teen xx

cakes and makes.

I have been busy with baking
this last wee while.
Muffins and cupcakes have found
their way into work.
These were carrot cake with
vanilla cream cheese frosting.

And a last batch of roast beetroot chutney
until new beets come into season.

The colour of this was just amazing,
the smell of hot vinegar not so much!


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Have made a few cards too.

This one was from a stamp that
had all nine wee dog pictures
all on the same frame.

I decided to cut each wee frame out
coloured the dogs and layered
each wee stamp up before sticking down.


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Slightly different but same idea for
the end result.

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The next card was one a friend asked
me to make, her friend was retiring
and looking forward to traveling,
now he has no ties to keep him at home.
He has no pets but a wormery!
She asked for worms and a passport.....

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Two birthdays in one week.
My sister's son Martyn
and my Brother's daughter Eilidh
have birthdays two days apart.
They were both 18 this year.

Eildih's card was one we made
in Kate's class at the House of Sugar.
As soon as I saw the card I decided to
keep it for Eilidh.

Pixie Dust want shiny cards this week,
so mirror card I think applies.
Lili of the valley want ribbons and bows.

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Last card is my take on

It is also my take on Erika's sketch
over at Sugar Nellie, including optional extra
of making it distressed.

Cute card Thursday want some distressing too.
Crafty pad want spots & dots,
the spotty paper is I think paper mania.
My time to craft want some scalloping.
(is that even a word?)

I am trying to keep up with blogging
and just when I found time
Blogger was being naughty!!

I hope you are all well.
Much love Teen xx

This & That

A few makes and a quick catch up.

Another wee exploding box.

This one is for a girl I work with,
who loves Sean Bean.

The girls over at Totally Gorjuss
want bling.....well there it that on the inside.

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Another lassie at work,
who has just become an Auntie
for the first time.

I know I have used this idea before,
after Kate used it at her card class,
but I love the effect of the paper piecing.
I am entering it in Crafty Pad
who want circles.


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Lastly yet another lass at work had a birthday.

GG tags I got in Inverness.


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My own gorgeous girls.

Sharing left over ice cream.


and a wee smile.

not too much going on here,
Bella was spayed on Thursday,
she has been very good,
but it is really difficult keeping her
calm and quiet.
She wants to run and play with
Poppy.....

Hope you are all grand.
Love Teen xx

Mother's Day.

Happy Mother's Day!
Have for makes to show you today,
but having problems typing,
I managed to slice my finger yesterday
with a huge knife so
my typing is worse than normal!

Anyway.......
Now I never ever put my photo online....
but this is me & Aliesha
who is now just over 5lbs in weight,
and just a wee sweetie!



First of all .....
this card is for her Mummy Amy.

This card is for my mate to give to her mum.

for my mum....

and lastly for my Mum-in-law.

I hope you all have a lovely Mother's Day.


And special hugs to those out there
who are missing their mum or child.
Or for those of us who would loved
to have been someone's Mummy,

love Teen xxx