tags, tags and tags

Two posts in two days....
Let's see how long I can keep this up for!

I had a lovely day with friends today.
Pressies take with me for a new home
and a belated birthday gift.

Now you know I love brown bags
with home made goodies in them,
so this will be no surprise to you.

Boys gifts, so some chutneys and jams,
but also some ciders as well.

Andrew made me some carrott cakes
to put in as well, but they were still baking
as I took the photos.

I am not good with manly crafting,
but hope this was ok for Dan.

I didn't stamp the bags, as I doubt
the boys are gonna be that fussed about them!

And for my best mate Rob.....
who is older than me by a few months,
but is always gonna be older than me!

This tag was for another lovely mate,
not sure what is gonna
go in her brown bag as yet.

The last pic is of my puppy girls
who loved joining us for lunch outside
at Brodie Mill, neat Forres.
Lovely food, strange service at times.



They girlies were fairly well behaved....

And only needed distracting a few times!
You having a good weekend??

love Teen xxx

Crafty Pad # 23 sketch.

Sunday again so soon.....
that means its Crafty Pad time!

This week we have a nice easy sketch:)
You may twist and turn it and add other embellis too if you wish. :)

Any entries using a Crafty Pad stamp will
have their name entered into the draw TWICE.:)

Any entries NOT USING a Crafty Pad stamp
will have their name entered into the draw ONCE. :)

The winner will get to choose a single stamp from The Crafty Pad. :) :)

June Doing the Race for Life stamp is exempt from the prize.

Us Dt girls have chosen Belinda this week.
I have turned the sketch around so
I could pop a wee tag in with a hidden message.

The papers are papermania and I used my
much neglected whisper pens this time.

The flower is punched from scraps
and the daisy border is also a crafty pad stamp.

Some changes on the DT team,
sadly saying goodbye to Dawn who
has done amazing DT pieces
and hello to Maxine.

much love tina xxx

Sunday spring cleaning...

I am not sure if it is the change in weather today
but I felt the need to do some serious Spring
cleaning, and almost got to the stage where it
looked much worse than before I started!
It was actually quite tidy before hand!

I have gutted out cupboards & there are bags now
for the charity shop, recycling, and rubbish.
I have sorted my craft room, puts spare
bits over to the playgroup, got stuff for posting.

And finished off these two cards!
I have used my distressing inks again.
Am quiet pleased with this one.
The text on the tag is the See D one
I used on todays Crafty Pad's DT card.
It is a slightly smaller card than I usually
make, but I need it to fit in a padded envelope
I have with images to be posted off.
I do love this penny black stamp.
I think I might invest in it.

This card is one I am making as a set for my sister.
The text is her favourite, so for her birthday,
I am planning to make her several cards
with this text on it for her to give away.
Well that's the plan!

The leaves are from my lovely mate Dawn.
The wee lassie is of course a sugar nellie.

I have started decorating a coffee mate tin
like the one Amanda did for me for my sister.
Pictures of that when it is finished.

I have done this image with distressing inks....
but am not so happy with the end result.
I need to edge it with the ink pad....
but dose anyone have any tips with
colouring the background, it just looks
a wee bit rough....I know thats
what distressing is.....but.....

Away to go blog hopping now....
much love
Tina xxx

two hearts

I spent this afternoon sorting out my craft area
AGAIN!!!

I had various heaps of scraps and bits.
Now the large pieces are sorted by colour in a basket of poly pockets.

Smaller bits & patterned scraps I can use for tags/Moo's/ATC's in a smaller box.

I have gathered together stuff for my blog candy.
I have a bag of bits for my niece who likes to craft with bits and pieces.
And a bag with stuff I know my friend will use.

Then after all my tidying up.......I got a wee of crafting done.


So with it being Valentines Day....
I thought I would make a tag and a card
both with hearts on them.

This one is for the Sugar Bowl Challenge #4.
Who want you to use one piece of patterned paper only.

I love this paper. Don't know who makes it.
I used it the other day on another card, so I don't have much of it left.
I will need to go back to paper crafts and get another sheet or three.
I am not sure if the pink heart works with the green black & yellow,
but didn't think a green or yellow or black heart would look any better!

And for this weeks Tag Your It Challenge...... the Girls are looking for

Love and Romance

The swirlie bits are velvety fabric that I layered on shimmery black card.
And the red card also has a shimmer to it.
The beads on it came from a bar of soap from a gift set,
and the straight black ribbon came from another Xmas gift set wrapping!
So it applies for
I used sukra red glaze pen but smudged it a bit trying to add a second layer before it was dry.
I actually don't like the feel of velvet so didn't really enjoy working with this paper on the tag.

Although I did enjoy the tag and the end product.

Did you get something sweet from the one who loves you??

18!

How did that happen?
My sister's baby girl is 18 today!
She is a funny, caring, loving girl....
well no....she is now, I guess, a young woman.


She was 6lbs when she was born.
A wee doll.

here is her card.....

and a tag,

which I am entering Weekend Taggers
who are looking for numbers

and since it has an 18 on it !

And a matching Eeyore!
Becca has always loved Eeyore!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!
I love you!

mouse & cake

House Mouse have a color challenge:

Cameo Coral (a slight peachy pink)
Old Olive (a rich olive green)
Night of Navy (navy blue in its finest!)

Thanks Chrissie for these wee mousies!!
I smudges the leap frogging mouse's eye
and he looks a bit evil now!!

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The next one is a tag for Tag you'r it.

Sugar Candy Kisses

Not sure about it.

It is for a 6 year old.
I used the Christmas tree embossing folder to make the cupcake base.

I must admit I made it after all the cold remedy's kicked in.
I think I well take it apart and have another go tomorrow.

Tuesday do's

I must admit , the thought of making Xmas cards is really not something I want to do.

But when I seen Linda's sketch on Just Birthday and Christmas cards.....and I made this


I did think...
oh it will make a nice Xmas card, it is such a nice sketch....
& a card most weeks will mean less stress at Xmas this year.....
but nope I just couldn't do it!
Maybe tomorrow?
They are giving away Faith Looks Shy stamp from Crafty Pad......

Talking of which have you wondered over to check out our Challenge this week?

Go have a look !

Oh and here is a sneaky peek at next weeks which I have done and emailed...GO ME!!!




Over on Arty Girlz they want you to do anything but a card
& today the invites came in for our mates Daughters wedding ....she has grown up so fast!

It is a beautiful pull out invite and the wording is so sweet.

Love fills a lifetime
and a lifetime begins this hour
when the two of us
(inserts names)
begin a new life together.

So this is my thank you for my invite and yes we will be there ~ acceptance.
So not really a card!




Look what I got in the post today!
Well, what me and Poppy got in the post from the Fabulous Dawn!!

A beautiful altered CD, a 4 x 4, an ATC and a moo!!!
Thank you my dear!!!
They are beautiful!

To do and done

So after getting my craft room all tidied up
and cleared away Xmas stuff all into one place,
I thought I will have a wee look and see what the usual challenges are up to
and maybe get some inspiration for the cards I need for up coming Birthdays.

OH MAN!!! I am a little bit overwhelmed with how many I want to try
and how many I will get done!

I also need to get two image swap done, two wallet cards to pop them into.
I have a few Birthday cards to do.......
and two cards for a ribbon challenge I have entered.....

This is becoming a to do list.....

Here is what I have done in the last few days.....

First one is for Sketch Saturday #33
I love Brown and Blue together and I thought it was a bit plain at first
but I kinda like the simpleness.

This sketch from One Stop Craft Challenge
is going to be for my God Daughter's daughter
Brooke who is 2....man that makes me feel old!
It was to have buttons or brads on it.

Tilda is sitting on a 2 but i think I should have made it a bigger 2....ach well.
The Tilda stamp is fairly new to me, it was a gift from Natalie, which I haven't used much, she is ment to have wee holly leaves on her bunchies, but I trimmed them off.
I know she is holding a Christmas decoration....But she is so pretty!!!
The buttons were part of my Santa pressies and the stash is all the rest.
I love the daisy stamp on it, coloured with sukra.


The Penny Black Challenge is to use embossing which the pink background is.
I decided to use it to make the wallet for an image swap so that's why it has Trixi's name on it.


I think the image itself came from Natalie cheers babes!
It is made using the first sketch on Becky's new challenge blog Sketch and Stash Challenge
I didn't mean it to have so much pink on it, and the large flower was not the shade I wanted
but it was all I had. And it looks ok.

And last be no least.....at Tag your it they want you to show off your new Christmas goodies.
I got my new cuttle kids Penguin die, my hubby went to the Falklands almost 14 years ago.
We had not been married very long and he send me a penguin soft toy every month.....for 6 months. He came home two days before our first wedding anniversary!
So I made this for him!!

Beautiful Frost

It was such a beautiful day here, cold but beautiful!
Minus 8 degree's C at it's lowest.
Had a lovely woodland walk with Poppy Dog.

I was happy taking pictures with my new camera.......
She was happy with a wee stickie.

I love how everything is dusted with the frost that
shimmers as the sunlight breaks through the trees.

You would like that it would be too cold to lie down
and chew a stick....
But it seems not!

Apart from the two DT cards I made yesterday
I have done very little crafting.
I did however sort out my craft area,
put away my new goodies,
and sort out stuff in my new storage thingy.......


Then made these wee Thank you Tag cards with my new Sizzex die.


Here are a few that are finished ready for posting.

keep warm xxx

Cards posted to me!

Well I received my first Christmas card today!
Thank you Linda!
It is beautiful!



Thank you to my lovely bloggy mates who also sent me cards & pressies,
I am sorry I have taken so long to post them here,
just been that kinda week......

Linda


Chrissy

Chrissy sent me the most beautiful Oracle Goddess cards and I love them...
The Art work them is just stunning!



Sammi

Natalie


Debbie


Kath


Vanessa


Gill

Briony

Here are some of thank you tags and cards I made and they are in the post to you and other mates who sent cards & gifts.
I sent some in the post with out taking pictures of them.....*ach well*






The crap one in the middle is the one I made for Emma!
I got the tag idea and borrowed the sizex dies from Emma, cheers babes!
The wee tags on the tags are shrink plastic ones.

These tags on the wine bottle were for next door after lending me the car last week.