Start of a new week

Hi everyone,

A new week and over the weekend some changes were made to the Crafty Emblies blog (. Now any entries to the blog challenge will be on an "Anything Goes" basis, so any entry of any type of project with any theme goes into the draw to win some Emblies goodies. So please all subscribed to the blog and take part, nothing ventured nothing gained as they say :)
There was a re-jig of DT members and I was very kindly asked if I would like to float between the Altered Art and the Papercrafting as I enjoy both and of course I agreed. I can choose to do one or the other or both projects in a month. This month I decided on doing both so I made a banner with the word CREATE incorporating scraps of paper packs I had and of course some emblies AND and altered CD which I really enjoyed making.

 

Remember to stop by the emblies blog and enter a project for the monthly challenge.

 

Off to do a bit more crafting today as the weather is so horrible

 

 

Tracy x

Mid week blog

Hiya everyone,

Nothing much to tell so far this week to be honest. Went back to work on Monday after being off ill las week but to be honest I am absolutely shattered. Slept for a while this afternoon so got no crafting done :(

The only crafty things I have done the past few days have been for the Craftymess Daily Challenge on FB. Yesterday was a black and white theme so I did a 12 x 12 scrapbook page of my younger daughter and her piano. I was quite hard I thought to do this monochromatic page, I think I instintively want to put another colour in the mix to make things pop when scrapbooking so although I got it done quite quickly I cant say I am that pleased with it :S but I guess everyone is more critical of their own work.

 

 

Another day the challenge theme was handmade flowers so I drew a Tim Holtz type tattered florals kinda flower and cut a few out of G45 paper that I had. Then I wet the flower shapes, scrunched them then dried them out so they go textured. I made a wire and lace leaf for a change too.

 



I am waiting to find out if tomorrows challenge will inspire me to get crafty as I aint been in the mood today at all :(

Anyway I will sign off tonight, have a great evening all.
Tracy x

Crafty Emblies Papercraft Challenge - WINGS theme

Hey everyone,

Hope you are all having a fabby day. I survived the dress shopping, Isla was ok as she had spotted a dress one day she was in the city with her mates, so that was quite easy as we just went and picked one up. Me on the other had found it a bit trickier. Anything that was cheap and something I would wear again and again seemed awfully casual for a wedding. I did try on one nice dress in Monsoon but it was something I couldnt see myself wearing very often as it was really dressy and no way would I justify buying something over a hundred quid. Did finally get a nice dress that was more expensive than I would usually buy but it is one I could wear to work eventually and could def wear with long boots to make it more casual, so I am happy.

Anyway getting back to the Design Team Project. I aint a big card maker but as it is a Papercrafting Team I decided to go with a 12 x 12 Scrapbook Layout.

The background paper has been in my stash for some time so I am afraid I dont know which paper collection it came from and other than that I just used scraps I had. The chipboard letters are from Stampin Up which I painted, the other font is cut using my cricut. I had a little chipboard name plate which I painted too and tied a piece of ribbon round. The Crafty Emblies items on the layout are the wooden wings which I merely covered in glitter glue, easy peasy. A few bits of braid across the layout to finish and a tag and hey presto all done.
This a quick easy layout which I think allows the photograph to be centre stage.

Anyway I hope you are all gonna hop on over to the crafty emblies challenge blog and leave a project there for everyone to have a look at and you might even win some goodies.

Happy crafting
xx

Crafty Emblies news

Hi folks,

Well today is the day that the Papercraft Design Team will be going live ........... ITS SO EXCITING !!!!

To explain for you any of you who arent familiar with Crafty Emblies - they are a family run business, with the husband and wife team of Judie and Pete producing their products. http://www.crafty-emblies.org/ please stop by and have a look at the lovely versatile wooden embellishments and items for altering they supply.

Every month on the Crafty Emblies blog - http://crafty-emblies.blogspot.co.uk/p/altered-art-challenge.html they have a monthly challenge. There are two sections the first being the ALTERED ART team which runs from the second week of each month till the next, and the PAPERCRAFTING team (which I am lucky enough to be a part of) which runs from the first week of the month, so that both challenges run alongside each other and are on the same theme. Please follow the link above as it will be much clearer there.

The blog also has blog candy on offer regularly and the prizes for the blog challenge up for grabs too, so it is def. worth showing off your creations for the chance to win a prize.

The theme running for this month is WINGS and I will be back later to update and post my Design Team project I made for this months challenge.

In the Crafty Emblies shop you can purchase a slot together dressform, which I actually used for the daily challenge on the FB group Craftymess yesterday. I painted it, then slotted it together (which doesnt need any glue btw as each section seems to click into place) then deorated it with material, netting, pearls and IamRoses flowers. Here is pic of the finished product :-



Right folks I have to shoot, going through to Aberdeen with Isla today, dress shopping - wish me luck lol
Have a crafty happy day
xx

Graphic 45 Design Team 2013 Audition

Hey everyone, just a very quick post today. I have decided to try out for the Graphic 45 Design Team 2013 call. I had to choose 6 projects to showcase so here they are :S

This was one of the hardest choices I have had to make lol but I am just leaving it in the hands of the gods and only hope the judges at G45 like what they see. I will keep you all posted if I hear anymore from them.

 

 

Eveyone have a happy, crafty Thursday :) xx

OOOH OOOH blog candy

Hey everyone
Just a very quick post today

Check out this fabby blog candy giveaway by Crafty Emblies. Their items are brilliant value and so versatile, can be used on cards and altered projects.
Stop by and have a look :)   http://crafty-emblies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/blog-candy.html

And on the subject of altering this has been my crafting effort today = an altered jar - covered in lace and material and decorated with a paper napkin, IAMROSES and of course a CRAFTY EMBLIE treble clef .

Hope you all like and are having a crafty day

Late night ramble

Hey folks,
Well it is 20 mins to midnight and this is late for me. My hubby has managed to waken me with his coughing so I have escaped to Iona's room. I am a light sleeper anyway but it is impossible to sleep with him making that racket lol
Hmm what have I been up to lately, well plenty crafting and I cant wait for the Crafty Emblies Papercraft Design Team Challenge to go live in a few days, it is so exciting. The Altered Art Team have already gone live with their Challenge and it was wonderful to see what everyone had come up with. Check out http://crafty-emblies.blogspot.co.uk
I have been pretty busy crafting and I have enjoyed making a couple of 12 x 12 pages which has been lovely as I guess I had been working more on altered art projects of late

I was out in the garden for a little while today but I was very sensible and only worked for an hour. I cant wait to be able to start sharing the garden with you but as yet it is still at the messy, and not very green winter stage the only thing that has started appear are my snowdrops and few daffodil stems.

 

Anyway that is enough for tonight I really should try to get some sleep. Mal is off to Dubai in the morning for a couple of weeks, so no doubt he will waken my at 3.30 am when he leaves.
xx Tracy xx