The weekend

Well yesterday was National Scrapbooking Day (or so I was reliably told).   Unfortunately I did no scrapbooking although I did do a couple of altered journal pages. Vikkie has been well into doing these so I thought I would give them a go to see what the fuss was about. Well it was me that ended up having the fuss lol. Being the drama queen that I seem to be, I found the whole thing a bit messy and stressful, although I was pretty pleased with the results. The first one I borrowed the idea for and adapted slightly from a youtube video done by Rach0113. Her work is amazing and her stash must be amazing too as she always seems to be using different stuff. The 2nd one includes a Delta Goodram song and I found it a lot less of a strain to do, I must be getting the hang of slapping paint about or lightening up or something.
We had a bit of a drama yesterday too as Isla ended up in A&E getting her leg glued and steri-stripped as she managed to fall and gouge quite a deep and sizeable hole just below her knee. Hopefully her birthday today will go a bit better.

TFI Friday

I have no idea what I am gonna do next week when I have to work a whole 5 day week, what with holidays and school inservice days lately, next week is gonna be a culture shock.
This week has been pretty uneventful. Got to see the family photos we got taken the other week and I have to say I was pretty pleased with them, and many more nice ones to choose from than I thought there would be as I HATE getting my photo taken :S
On the crafting front I havent done anything since the fairy canvas. I have spent the past few days sorting out my craft supplies and thanks to a new storage box for my paper and card I have freed up a drawer and have now managed to get everything I might use in one room and not in a seperate cupboard where I tend to not look and find stuff hidden away when it is all too late. I am feeling very organised and hopefully I will get some crafting done this weekend.
Right off to work I guess :P
byeee x

Another canvas

Did this canvas tonight (just hope it aint too pink :O ) and I had to include my most favourite thing ever  ............... a glittery butterfly trail :)

Holiday Monday :)

Feel a bit less bi-polar today :)
Anyway I was off to Hobbycraft nice and early this morning to get some art stuff for Isla's birthday. Had suggested to her I would buy an easel in an effort to blackmail her into keeping her room a bit tidier (honestly she would live in a hovel if I turned a blind eye). So on the promise that she would try harder it was decided that we would get her one.  On looking yesterday online I was a tad horrified at the price and on further contemplation I decided that a free standing one might be hazardous to her bedroom carpet (I just had visions of acrylic paint splatters :S ) so today I went for an inbetweenie type one, can sit on the desk also doesnt look silly if it needs to be left on the floor (have to have my "not enough floor space when bedroom is messy" bargaining chip). I also got her some oil paints (which she has never tried before) and some palatte knives. I was really good and didnt buy much else to be honest although the acrylic stamps sets, especially the alphabets were calling out to me but I managed to resist.
This afternoon was spent crafting mostly. I altered a canvas which I am quite happy with. While I had been rummaging in my stuff I discovered sticky foam leaf shapes in autumn colours so I decided to do an autumn themed canvas (with a fairy as the focal point). Anyway here it is.

Sunday

I have nothing more inspired for the title of this post I'm afraid. Went to church as Iona was doing the bible reading, ate lunch, sunned myself  on my new sun lounger (very comfy) for an hour, got help importing images for the cricut (thank you x ) made a tag or two, cooked supper and ate same, imported a pic solo and made a card. Now I am in bed as I feel like crap for the second night in a row.

Hope everyone had a more inspiring day than me x

Day of crafty stuff and Royal Wedding

Well I had the TV on today from just after 7am when Mal left for offshore watching the media frenzy that was the Royal Wedding. Isla came downstairs and watched with me, while she was painting a canvas for Vikkies hubby for his birthday. I suddenly decided about 10.50 while waiting for Kate to arrive at the cathedral that I hadnt actually seen Iona, so I thought I had better check she was okay as she hadnt even come down for breakfast (and that is sooo unlike her!!!) She was still curled up in bed watching the wedding too lol. I wouldnt call myself a Royalist by any stretch of the imagination but seeing all the pomp and ceremony like that always brings a tear to my eye :S
I spent quite a portion of the afternoon crafting. With Vikkies help last night and with a little bit of shouting (on Vikks part) and sulking (on my part) I managed to update my cricut so I could do more with it. So this afternoon I had a bit of a play and got a bit of coaching from Vikk (not sure if that sounds dodgy or not :S )
Anyway I made a couple more tags (yes I am still obsessed) and a 12 x 12 page which I will attach. Hopefully tomorrow I can be even more productive.

Gonna get my head down as I feel knackered x

Found the elusive tags :)

I found the missing tags at lunch today, lurking in the dining room so here they are :)