Spring Flowers - Sweet Stampin' DT

Good morning my dears,

As you're reading this, I should be on my way to the dentist... Yes, it's been a year (!) and I'm finally going for my consultation with the dental surgeon to see about getting my wisdom teeth removed. A year. The pain isn't as bad now as it was for the first few months, thank goodness, but I have trouble with them every single day and just want it to be over and done with. Here's hoping we get somewhere today!

Anyways, on to better things.

There's a new challenge at Sweet Stampin' today, and the theme is Spring Flowers.

I made this:

Although I'd be a lot happier if I could take a straight photo instead of a wonky one, lol.
Stamp and sentiment are LOTV, and papers are Jillybean Soup.

Hope to see you all play along!

Have an awesome weekend!

Sammy-x

Shiny new storage space!

Hi all,

Sorry I've not been around recently. We've had some serious work on the living room going on, and this meant crafty goodness had to be moved aside for a little while. on the upside, I now have somewhere to put said crafty goodness besides the floor all around my desk!

I started with:

 Pretty useless, no? One, not very sturdy, shelf, and a space that always just ends up full of junk..

Then boys happened:

 They worked ever so hard, measuring, sawing, drilling, etc.

Meanwhile, all my crafty stuff was piled on (and next to) the sofa:

But soon enough they all found a new home in my shiny new space:

 How awesome is that!?

It cost me a small fortune to get enough boxes to store everything in from T K Maxx, but it's so worth it! All this stuff was simply piled up on and around my desk before, and I was getting so terribly claustrophobic!
This space still isn't ideal, and a little hard to get in and out of, but it's such a huge improvement, not to mention looks a lot tidier!

Now that I have access to desk and everything again, I really need to get caught up on my DT commitments (thank goodness I was ahead!), but I shall be visiting you all very soon!

Hope you're all well!

Sammy-x

Step by step...

(No, my post title doesn't mean I've flashed back to the late 80's/early 90's and the then popular boyband New Kids on the Block. Surely I'm not the only one who remembers that dreadful song? lol)

Right then, you remember I posted this at the beginning of the month, yes?

Well, I promised a step-by-step, and I am happy to tell you that it should be going live on the Rhedd's Creative Spirit blog around about now-ish!

I'd love it if you'd go take a peek and let me know what you think! And if any of you are inspired to do something similar, please do let me know, as I'd love to see it!

Hope you're having a fab weekend. I should personally be knee-deep in sawdust around about now, but at least it should mean I have a cupboard to put my crafty goodies in by the time we're done!

Speak soon!

Sammy-x

Buckwells inspiration...

Good morning all!

Just popping in to remind you all of the challenge at Buckwells, which is red/love this month, and is sponsored by Buckwells Craft Supplies, and Kenny K.

You may remember that I made a card at the beginning of the month with the Brianna Blaster image. I decided to make a second card with the same image, but going for a different, more steampunk look.

The Copper Pot papers from Buckwells Craft Supplies were perfect for this.

And I found a Kanban sentiment that was perfect! I stuck mostly to using neutral Promarkers for this, with the occasional pop of various shades of red/orange, and love the way she came out!
I don't really like how the Frantage looks in the picture, but in person it looks pretty awesome!

Now there just so happens to be a 10% off sale happening at Buckwells for the next few days, so go grab yourself a crafty bargain while you can!

Right then, that's it from me for now, hope you all have a most fab day!

Sammy-x

Add a heart - Sweet Stampin' DT

Morning all!

The new challenge at Sweet Stampin' this week is "Add a heart", which is of course apt for this time of year.
However, I decided to forego the cutesy lovey-dovey kind of card in favour of a slightly more jaded, but oh so funny, sentiment.

I found this sentiment stamp at GNPE last October, and it was in my basket without a moment's hesitation. It's so funny. And it's funny because it's true, lol.
But I guess that since I never got a diamond (and I don't believe there are amethysts in a deck of cards!), I don't need to go looking for the club and spade. Yet! ;-)

Now then... It's your turn. And yes, you can make something a little sweeter if you prefer, lol. Just be sure to check out what my fellow teamies have been up to, because there's so much loveliness to inspire you there.

Have a fabby weekend!

Sammy-x

February challenge - Rhedd's Creative Spirit DT

Hello again!

I'm back with my DT piece for Rhedd's Creative Spirit. This is going to be a little different, as I won't say anything about it... If you want to know more, check back on the 15th, when I'll be posting a step-by-step!

Anyway, here it is, a pen pot...

And don't forget to enter the challenge! It is, as always, anything altered art goes.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Sammy-x

Red/ love - Buckwells Crafty Challenge DT

Good morning everyone!

It's February already! That was fast! And of course it also means there's some new challenges happening... First of all, the February theme over at Buckwells Crafty Challenge is, unsurprisingly Love/red.

Our sponsor this month is Kenny K, and IO got to use the super fab image Brianna Blaster.

I figured it would make an awesome image for hubby's valentine's card, so I killed two birds with one stone :-)

I coloured Brianna with my Promarkers, and teamed her up with some MME papers and Buckwell Craft Supplies ribbon.

Now, there's 3 chances to win this month at Buckwells! You could win some digis from Kenny K, or two lucky winner can get their hands on some of the new digi papers available from Buckwells. So why not come and play along?

Right then, I shall be back in an hour with my next project... Watch this space!

Sammy-x