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

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!

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

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.

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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.

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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!)

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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

distressed or messed....so not sure

I adored the canvas we made at the
girls just wanna have fun day
with Kath, Anne & Debbi.

I got a few canvas frames to play with,
and this is my first attempt at one by myself.

I used Annie Sloan chalk paint,
this is cream, but I think I prefer the
whiter shade we used at the workshop.
Next time I think I will take the whiteness
away from the canvas.

The finished piece is made a
friend and it is her Dad
in the photo
when he was three.
I scanned it to make a birthday
card and had two spare copies
so had a wee play round with one.

Hope you are all grand
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

happy girls haven fun!

Happiness for me on Saturday
was spending the day crafting at the
"Girls just wanna have fun" day,
with Debbi, Anne & Kath.

Here are my makes.

Debbi's promarkers session.
A pen pot holder and a notebook covered.

We had the option to colour
the wee pearls, but as Debz said....
It was our notebook! !
LOL.

The second workshop for me
was the majestic grunge bag!

It was senciled and cotton shapes applied.

I have never done anything like this,
and bought two bags to try it at home.
I made the corners a bit more muddy
than I wanted but loved the end product.

And last but not least.
A Tim Holtz Home sweet home canvas.

If you get a chance to attend a day organised
by these three amazing ladies then jump at it!


Now my lovely happy girls.

Poppy is nearly always so serious!

And Bella.....
not so much so.....
she chewed my glasses on Saturday,
and a dog lead chewed through today.....

*sigh*
It is just a stage,
it is just a stage...........