Old stamps -Tag at TIOT

Over at Try It On Tuesdays, this week we are asked to make a Tag, but the extra requirement is to use old stamps, the ones at the back of the cupboard or drawer. Those old faithful, but not used for ages stamps, we who have stamps will have a few (ummm) not used for ages. I pulled out one of the first See D's I bought which is the Victorian set, there were ideal for ATCs, my ealier passion. In addition I have also used a few of my peg stamps, which I adore, but don't use them as much as I used to, time for them to have a revival. The words 'wish' and 'wonder' are also oldies, on a rotating stamp from 7 Gypsies. Please pop over for it is amazing what the remainder of the DT have discovered in the back of their cupboards. Thanks for visiting.

Steampunk Monochrome

This week at Make My Monday we are continuing our theme for the month of STEAMPUNK, this time we would like to see you make a monochrome project, most people think that black and white is the perfect choice for monochrome, but surprisingly when you look at the blog you will see all but one of us have gone for brown/sepia tones, but the choice is yours. Have fun. I had fun making this card for I was making it for a very dear friend for her birthday, so was able to personalise it with some of the elements forI know she loves steampunk. I would like to thank
http://stampingallday.blogspot.com/2011/09/free-steampunk-travel-topper-download.html for her free download which provided some of the card, I also used several stamps, listed below. The piece of material with eyelets was a real lucky find in one of my stash drawers, can't remember when and how I acquired it, but one of those pieces you know will be useful one day.
Stamps used:--Corset -Bravura stamps via E-bay, Lady from Across the Miles via The Stampman, Admit One - from Tim Holtz -Steampunk CMS 107, Flower, freebie from Craft Stamper nagazine.
I am also entering this into Simon Says Stamp and Show Some Steampunk.

Tags, any shape, any form Challenge

At Fashionable Stamping Challenge this week we would like to see you make a Tag, any shape, any form, anything you like. I apologise for being a couple of days late, but this has been a multi-event weekend for me, this is my first opportunity to add my tag. I used a stamp from Tandastamps which I've had for ages, with a few background stamps related to travel, so this is my Travel Tag. I spritzed the background on an A4 sheet of card some time ago, pulled it from my stash, cut out the tag, then stamped my designs. Please pop over to the blog, for there are some amazing tags from my fellow Stampettes. Yes, the essential requirement is stamping must be included on your projects. Thanks for visiting and even maybe commenting on my tag. Any questions I will answer.

Geordieland Meet 2011

What is she talking about? You may well ask.
This being the 4th year, each year I have organised a get together for many friends from the Do Craft ATC forum. They travel from local areas around Durham and Northumberland, also from Scotland, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Liverpool, London and many other places. All with the purpose of having a day of fun, crafting, laughter and demonstrations form within the group, for there are many talented members around. We used to just concentrate on ATCs but many of us are now more interested in card making. We meet in a beautiful village hall at Snod's Edge on the border area of Durham/Northumberland in  gorgeous countryside. I have been absent from my blog for a while, this is the reason, readers. I have been busy preparing and sharing a wonderful weekend with many equally wonderful crafting friends. My husband and I have also been sharing with them our 45th wedding anniversary. We managed to make a profit of £210.00 from our sales etc, which I will be sending to the Help the Heroes fund. Here are a few pics of the day, there were 25 + 2 girls present.



Monochrome at TIOT

This week at Try It On Tuesdays, we are challenging you to make a Monochrome Card, I decided on making a pale blue card. I used a piece of blue parchment to mat a pieces from Tim Holtz's Shabby Chic stash pad, using dies I punched out the circle, butterfly and layers to make the flower, which is from the same paper.The fairy is a Lavinia stamp.  I added some sparkle to the fairy image and a few gems to the butterfly. Once again the card challenge is being sponspored by One Stop Card Crafts. Please pop over to TIOT  to see the wonderful selection of monochrome cards my fellow Design Team members have created. I look forward once again to visiting your blogs.
Other challenges I will enter this card into are----
St. Luke's Charity Card Challenge - Card Buffet - I have used four of the buffet ingredients,
  Patterned Paper, Flowers, Punches and Gems.
Blogger's Challenge    Monochromatic Blue

Steampunk at Make My Monday

The first Monday in September brings us, Make My Monday,  to the start of a new topic for the month, Cath in Cyprus has chosen Steampunk. Now I will be honest, whilst this is fast becoming very popular, it's really out of my comfort zone. I have even bought some new stamps, but I'll probably be using the same stamps for all of the projects all of September, so please forgive me. The first week, the challenge is an ATC - I think maybe the idea is for we strangers to Steampunk to start small. I used Tim Holtz Shabby Chic paper for the background, the stamps I  used are a steam-roller from a now defunct company, TH Steampunk CMS 107. I added 3 eyelets, also I used Debbie Moore Metal Magic for the rear wheel on the steam roller, to provide some metal on my ATC. Plaease pop over to the blog to check out my fellow DT members to see their amazing  Steampunk ATCs. Thanks for visiting me.

Where have I been?

Good question. It seems ages since I blogged, well I have been looking around and commenting where I am a DT member. I have had a computer problem which I don't think is resolved as yet, my son is coming on Monday to give it an overhaul or clean up. I have been child minding for two days, so life has been busy. I did manage to make several cards for my class last Friday, we are now up to the letter S - so I started with Sympathy, not always easy cards to make. This is one of them, I wanted both easy and more involved cards to suit needs and to maybe take some folk out of their comfort zones. I used Broken China and Chipped Sapphire DIs. The  daisy flower stamp is from Sheena Douglas, which I embossed with Stampendous White E.P.