book, button hole, bling & babies

I am sorry for all the pictures,
but I seem to be a better blogger
if I blog every few days,
so that means a few cards at once.

Thank you for all my get well wishes,
I am almost there.
The tail end of a summer cold seems to linger...

You know I was talking to some
of the girls at work about the ribbons
that you get inside tops....

well I am now receiving bags of ribbons
in the internal mail at work!
and at tea time,
and when staff come into the department!
It is very sweet of everyone!

If i was to show whats on my work space today...
it would be these....

I made this card for one lady who
gave me heaps of ribbons.
The wee bloom is a brooch
that comes off so you can wear it!
It is made with two bits of ribbon she
gave me this week.

I am entering it in My time to craft
who want a butterfly on the card.
Papertake weekly want in the garden


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This ribbon is also from the above stash!

The big text stamp is penny black,
the sentiment is hobby art.
and the lassie is greeting farm,
which means I can enter the card
on Anyone for Anya ,
who want the colour combo
pink, black and white.
I have decoupaged the brolly,
which is not normally something
I do, but I liked it.

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The blue ribbon is from above collection.
The green and silver is craft ribbons.
I am entering this in Color Throwdown
but I am not happy about how dark the green
and taupe colour turned out.

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I found this a real challenge to colour,
after deciding to make it the one for
one stop craft challenge
who want monochromatic.

This one is for a few other challenges too.
Creative Inspiration want sport related cards.
The boy is from Di's digital downloads.

Passion for promarkers want animals.
well there is a cute wee doggy there.

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This card I am not keen on at all.
It was an order for a lady at work,
for her elderly MIL to give to a friend who
was retiring from teaching.

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And lastly......
Cause if I put the photos
of my two furry babies at the top
of the post, no one reads below it !

My hubby was on night shift last night,
he came upstairs with both girls
to speak to me in the spare room....
and a short while later I
found all three fast asleep!!

But this is how they nomally sleep!

Hope you are well
much love Teen xxx

sniffles and scraps.

So after the whole getting ribbonsfrom
people's clothes at work the other day...
it seems like I have started something.
Loads of folks have heard about it,
and told other folk, and now,
I am getting wee bags, and envelopes
all stuffed with the ribbons from their clothes
delivered to my department!!
Crafting and recycling!
Two of my favorite all time things to do!

I have been full of the cold this week,
and ended up spending the day in bed yesterday
which delighted Bella-Boo who insisted on
being my hot water bottle !

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I got two cards finished today.
This one looks awful in the photo,
in real life the ribbon matches
the papers and the greens
of the paper and card
all work well together....

I am entering it in ~
Anyone for Anya, who say anything goes this week.
Creative card crew - to die for.
ABC ~ you and me.

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This card is for my Hubby.

I am entering it in a couple of challenges.

Allsorts want a heart on it.Oh Alice's
Sammi has done a lovely sketch...
then added a twist....
they want you to break the rules
and alter the sketch or do something
different with it.
Saturday Secret Crafter want aperture card.


I used chalk ink pads to colour the black card
after masking it off using post it notes.




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Now, please do not get ready to call
Rolf on pet rescue....
I know what you are thinking,
that poor puppy Bella,
she has nothing to play withexcept a glove...
well she is just fine with that!

with her being our fourth dog,
and the other three not being destructive
we have 14 years worth of dog toys
lying around.....
she is sorting that out fast.
if it has a tag, clothes, ears, hands, noses
or if it is a toy to be honest
she is chewing them to bits.
Her teeth are bothering her just now,
hopefully we are almost there
with the puppy ones falling out.

As you can see,
she has a terrible life here with us!

stuff & scraps

I was chatting to so some of my
work mates about card making,
and told them the wee ribbon bow
on the cotton bunny card I was showing
them had been cut from the ribbon
you find hanging inside tops.
It was the perfect colour
and I usually cut them off
as they just annoy me.
Both ladies said they cut them off
and bin them, proceeded to chop off the
ribbon from inside their tops and
hand it to me!


I made some wee cardss
and used their ribbons on them.
I have made one for each of them.

The backing papers are I think, papermania.

The other lady who was there has been
taking me in all her odd buttons,
so I made her a pair of earrings.

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I had Bella at the vets for her monthly
vet nurse check.
Our vets do this free of charge for their
first year so they get used to going,
being handled and they can make sure
they are growing fine and dandy.

Bella is sure growing !!
She is still Poppy-dogs baby though!

They spend almost all their time together.


Hope you are all well.

love teen xx

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.

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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.


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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

Friday stuff

I am so glad it is the weekend,
been a very long week....

Anyway.
Over at Sugar Nellie
Karen was giving away
this beautiful digital image.

I used this birdie to make
an wee notebook for a lady at work.
Who I discovered was a fellow
crafter when she saw a notebook I
gave another workmate.
This wee Birdie was a wee
honey to colour in .

If you pull the bow and look inside
You find a wee surprise.

This idea came from Amanda
who decorated a notebook for me last year.

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The next one is a order for
another lady I work with,
her wee Granddaughter is one soon.

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And lastly....
I am going to see new Twilight film
Eclipse tomorrow.....

So a wee bit of Jacob

I used my Twilight Downloads
from Pixie Dust again.
You know I love them!!!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

the beads bit

My blog header has been a bit of a
trades description problem for a wee while.
Not been beading for some time now.

I must admit I go between various
crafty hobbies from time to time.
I do enjoy my card making,
and I always tend to wander back to it.
This card is for a few challenges.
Papertake weekly want stitching.
A spoonful of sugar want animals.
Penny Black, want paper patching
I am not sure if I should call this
paper patching so will maybe have another go.

But the beads came out to playthese last few weeks.

These are such sweet beads that you can get at
Sugar Nellies.
I got two sets for me and these two sets
are for gifts for a friends
who all ready have the bangleyou thread them on.

A few makes to share with you....
My fave make so far...
green ceramic beads on cord necklace.

this wee bangle.

And a cord /bead necklace.

Also in purple.

And red with back.

Some beaded wrap around bangles .

And to end,
my fellow crafter....
AKA Bella the destroyer...

who is shattered
after raiding my craft room,
tipping out the paper scraps bin,
running down stairs and out side
into the garden with
the loo roll in her mouth,that was attached to the
loo roll holder.....
and shredding most of the leaves
of my beautiful bay leaf tree!

With her big sister Poppy-dog.

and yes Bella always sticks her tongue out when
she sees food!

Bless!

Sunday smigings.

What a beautiful day it has been here
today, hopefully you have all been enjoying
this glorious weather as well!

Some makes and bleathers to share.

This one is using my new Sugar Nellie
little cotton rabbits. I love these guys!
The embossing means I can enter it in both
The Crafty Pads & Allsorts challenge.
Hidden treasures want Ribbon.

Now over at Kath's blog you will see a post
about a crop in the North East of Scotland
on the 3rd of July,
which is not only going to be great fun
but is also fund raising for Save the children.
Now I wont be able to go, but wanted to make something
for this great cause.

They have asked you make
something in red and white and cheerful.
So here is mine.....

The plain red heart is held in place
with a small piece of fishing line.


Secret Crafters wanted strawberries and cream
so thats sorted here.
ABC wanted extra dimension.
I think the cut out and suspended heart fits the bill.

Here is the inside.

Got to have me some Edward....
my fave pixie dust of flirting Edward...
*sigh*
No reason for this card....

My cousin is getting married next month
this card for the happy couple
takes elements from their
wedding invite.
The embossed panel is shimmery
and slightly different shade of white
than the base card.

and to finish before I go blog hopping....

My babies,
It is getting harder to get a photo
of the two of them staying still!

Enjoy the sunshine
have a great week!

Love Teen xx