A Crafty Outing....

I am looking forward to a nice day out on Sunday. A crafty day, where I will be making not tutoring for a change.
I will be joining lots of ladies on a Crafty Bunch Workshop over in Telford. I will be there along with two other Jones Crafts DT members and the wonderful Darren Saxton who keeps us all under control and supplies us with our DT pack goodies, so we have to keep him happy at all times. Cake usually does it!!
Myself and the talented Hels Sheridan will be making the project designed and taught by Clare Charvill for The Crafty Bunch. Susan Jones, the lovely owner of the store, requested that the Kaisercraft Advent Box be designed to be used for something other than Christmas. So that is what we are doing and using the Graphic45 Couture Collection of papers.
It's so nice to go to a workshop and just join in the fun and play all day sometimes. So if you want to call back on Monday I will show u some pics of what I make.

If you want to to join in the latest giveaway by Jones Craft all you need to do is head over to the Jones Craft Facebook page and like the page and then guess how many buttons are in the glass.

Have a good weekend and I'll see you on Monday
P xx

All Rolled Up.....

I have a love of making flowers for my cards, scrap pages and projects. One of the ways I like is to punch circles and cut them into spirals. If you ink the outer edge it gives a lovely effect.
Another of my likes are the Spellbinder Bitty Blossoms Die. Again they roll up to make the flowers. It really helps to have a quilling tool in your kit, it does make life a bit easier. Dont panic if you haven't got one because you can always use your tweezers, just pinch the inside edge with the tweezers and keep twirling them round until you get to the end. Add a dollop (technical term) of either glue gel or tacky glue and away you go. I should just add that before you add the glue, and after you have rolled, you do need to let go of the flower. If you don't it will stay in a tight coil and not look natural. Most people struggle to let it go after trying to keep a hold on it whilst winding it up but you must.
Here's a crafty bargain for you....
The paper ribbons on this card, in all three colours, are from Wilkinsons. If you go to their Christmas wrappings department they have these paper ribbons in a pack of three, all colour co ordinated. There are packs in various colours with ribbons to match and they are only £1 per pack of three. There is a huge amount on each roll so you can afford to be generous with them. I took a twelve inch length of all three colours. Cross them over, like the breast cancer emblem. then glue the centre crossover onto your card. Trim off the ends when the glue is dry and add your flowers to hide the centre. Et Voila!!
I do like a bit of a vintage look.   

A December Project.....

Hi everyone,
How are you all, looking forward to Christmas I hope. Well here's my first December project for Jones Crafts Design Team, and totally not Christmas. This time we have a Victorian love letter theme using the new Key To My Heart Collection.
If you would like to view the other DT projects plus loads more info regarding the latest products coming from Kaisercraft, Graphic45, Marion Smith plus loads more you can pop over to the Jones Craft Facebook Page to take a look.
So I hope you approve of my project, can't tell you what a joy it is to be working with such amazing products.

Oh and by the way, the computer course is not going too badly (come on now all of you, get up off the floor!)
I've completed my exams in both Word and PowerPoint and got 86% in both of them. Can you believe it! Little old technophobe me passing EXAMS on a computer!!! Totes Amazeballs!! As they say.
So I've finished now until the new year when I start on EXEL and believe me I've seen the workbook and I'm not impressed. I feel so sorry for my tutors

Get In Shape......

Don't worry! I'm not about to start a new fitness regime. I'm talking about shaped cards. Well just one shape in particular and that's from a template by House of Zandra. Well I just had to have it. I needed it, didn't I.

Christmas advent event....

At Crafty Ribbons
Why not pop over and join in here....
http://craftyribbonsinspiration.blogspot.co.uk
Have a look at all the wonderful inspiring projects every day
P xx

A Giveaway.......

The lovely guys at Jones Craft have decided to do a giveaway YAY!!! I can hear you all cry. So all you have to do is visit their Facebook page and like it to be I with a chance of winning some fabulous stash.

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** TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY**

We will be giving away a selection of Craft goodies to a randomly selected person once our Jones Crafts Facebook page reaches 300 likes to be in with a chance of winning please hit the like button 

Mother Goose Gift....

I was invited to a close friends baby shower yesterday and wanted to take a gift that would be different to anything else her little Pip (her term of endearment for the ever increasing  bump she is carrying). We don't know if Pip is to be a boy or girl so I decided that something for the nursery was the answer. Now I do know that these photos are really rubbish and I do need to up my game on the photography front, but as you already know I struggle with the computer so the photography doesn't stand much of a chance at the moment.

 I started with three sheets of the Graphic 45 Mother Goose papers and kept one sheet whole for the base layer.

 I then started on the 2nd sheet by cutting away the background and the outer edge from the paper. From the paper that I cut away I cut out the house, the skipping girl and the girl and sheep (yes I know it's little Bo Peep).

Then just keep cutting out and layering up until your happy with the finished picture. I even layered up the two little flowers. I do like a bit of fussy cutting.

Now a bit of info for you......

My first parcel arrived from Jones Craft today while I was out so can you imagine my happy bunny face when I opened the front door to be greeted by a pack of Kaisercraft goodies. Oooooh where to begin!!

Now my second bit of an update....

You may have heard me mention my lack of computer skills (surely you must have noticed) so I have started a computer course. It began last Monday and by ten o'clock on Tuesday I was ready to throw in the towel and the computer through the window. Then I was given a mock test to do on Thursday. After a really ropey start I actually got 91% can you beleive that!! I promise it's true. So on Monday I have mock test number two and then some time this week I will have to sit the really one - Scared who me????? absolutely terrified. But as my rock of a sister tells me, what's the worst that can happen! 

I'll let you know about that next week EEEEEKKKK!!