Back into the craft room

…at last :) Although me room hasn’t yet had a makeover to maker it all pink n pretty…hehe, i’m just so glad to have me stuff back in there…to be able to use it again.It will be later on in the year before it gets re-vamped. As hopefully in a few months we should be getting a new kitchen :)…and when that happens…i shall be recycling some of the old white kitchen units and having them on the walls in me craft room instead of the 2 large silly shelves :(  (Oh did those for me as a suprise while i was at my sisters…lol) So once i have the units to go in there, that’s when i shall decorate,

Anyhows…right now Really Reasonable Ribbon are doing a ribbon organisation thingymibob…lol :) showing fabby ribbon storage ideas etc, so i figured that i would show ya me space including how i have some of my ribbons stored.

Firstly…below is me ribbons (or should i say just a few of them…lol) All sat looking pretty in me glass jars on my worktop.

This is the view by the door. Can’t wait till i have it all pretty…and have cupboards…but at least i have me space back! I’d kinda got used to using me pine desk in the conservatory so i decided to fetch it in with me…as it just fits…lol I just need a new swivel chair. It makes more sense having a seperate desk,instead of working on the worktops,this way i can have everything all set up how i want on the worktops,without having to move it all the time.

Now we start going around the room…

..me lonely cricut expression that i NEVER use :( I bet i’ve only ever used it a handful of times since i bought it…and yet i simply HAD to have it when i bought it cos i NEEDED it…yeah right…lol I can honestly say that i really can’t justify spending that amount of money on it as it just never gets used:( I think i’d rather just have a large die cutter and some dies instead…lol so

So that’s me little space..there is another shelf above this one..(but that’s me messy shelf so i aint showing that…haha)

For those that don’t know,this little room is at the bottom of the garden.When we had a new garage built a couple of years ago,we had this little room added onto the back of it.

TFL

Shaz xxx

Another left over scraps card!

I managed to *Squeeze* another card out of those left over bits of paper :) Sometimes i like to create really clean and simple looking cards, especially when i want to use a particular quote as the main focal point. (I love using quotes on cards)

This stamp…this quote is my most favourite stamp that i own …i simply love this quote!

I happened to come across another new challenge blog for me, and that is LESS IS MORE an absolutely perfect challenge blog for me for when iam in me clean & simple mode…..and not just being simple….lol Their challenge this week is ‘3 squares’…… This card also fits in with another 2 challenges too, the 1st being ALPHABET CHALLENGE who’s challenge this week happens to be ‘Q’ for quotes! And last but def not least PAPERTAKE WEEKLY who’s challenge is ‘Anything goes’ It’s been quite a while since i joined in with papertake weekly.

TFL

Shaz xxx

Creative Mint Challenge

The very Lovely Melissa Phillips is once again starting the Our Creative Mint Challenges. This is the 1st time that i have ever joined in with this as i have never wanted to link up my ‘feeble’ attempts to Melissa’s blog…lol  Seriously i love everything that this girl creates, the posts that she writes…they all just come straight from the heart…i could go on…but i won’t…i will seem like a stalker…lol ..but seriously Melissa’s blog is my most favourite blog in cyberspace!

Anyhows here are the 3 pics that Melissa chose. All 3 pics are from A CREATIVE MINT

Those pics are ‘droolworthy’ I simply could NOT resist joining in!! I think i may just have another bash at this when me ‘button boutique’ set arrives from papertrey :) *I so can’t wait for it to arrive'* :) When i was thinking of what to create i just couldn’t get the pic of the buttons out of my head..lol I do love buttons…especially pink ones:) I had no plans as to what i was even gonna create in the end i just pulled out some stuff, started cutting n sticking and this is how it turned out.

A few weeks back i managed to purchase a large book full of old sheet music (Love it) I used this as the main back paper. I stitched the nest paper strip on top. I managed to find my felt so just had to use it to create a large heart…and of course buttons…lol The buttons are basic grey as is the sweet pea rub on. Sentiment printed myself .The long tag and tape measure strip are K & CO. I hand crocheted the little cream thingy. I sparkled up a chipboard frame, it really, really sparkles but it doesn’t show so well in the pics. A bit of tulle and a few blobs of liquid pearls and the job was done.,,,ooh and a few pearls..just for good measure..lol….almost forgot, a crystal pin too…haha

TFL

Shaz xxx

Raise the bar challenge

I’ve created a quick card for a new challenge blog that i have come across called RAISE THE BAR Their challenge this week is MUG SHOTS….nah the don’t wanna see My ugly mug…lol they wanna see Mugs, hot drinks etc! As i mentioned in my previous post about using things up etc, i decided to carry on using the paper that was left from my previous creation…waste not want not and all that…lol…..and i dug out one of me old stamping bella stamps, i sold almost all me bellas last year, but kept back just a few of me faves and this is what i used on me card.

A really quick easy card this one…that is if you don’t take into account all the fiddly cutting to paper piece the image…lol
I stamped the image directly onto the card blank then paper pieced the image, then just added a matching border across the bottom. This is a great way of using those little scraps :)
TFL
Shaz xxx

Colour Create Challenge

I’ve created a card for the current challenge over at COLOUR CREATE CHALLENGE

I spent the past week clearing out all the stuff that was stored in my craft room so as i could go back to using it again.I just could NOT get on with just having a few bits n pieces to work with in the conservatory.Later on in the year i still hope to re-vamp the craft room, to make it look…pretty…but at least for now iam back in there…YEAH!!…lol

Because i was sorting thing etc i was finding loads of things that i’d forgotten about(as ya do) so i have decided to start using some of all this unused stash. I come across these papers and decided that they fit quite perfectly for this weeks colour create challenge. Heres the inspiration pic for their challenge this week.

You have to choose 3 fruits (colours) to work with, and the optional is ‘fruits’

I chose Kiwi, strawberry and cherry

This was a quick card to make. I actually used one of me Kars fruit stamps(The cherry obv…lol) Had them ages and never used them :( This has def gotta change..I MUST start using the things that i have.  I just layered up the papers ,stamped the cherries and then paper pieced the image. The pic makes me sentiment look wonky…lol..It’s not really wonky…honest…lol

TFL

Shaz xxx