Well, here it is, the template for this months swap…..I think it’ll be interesting to have everyone use the same shape mini, and then see what you all do with it! I thought a fairy would be cute and easy to put in somewhere – but why did I say to remind us of the summer???? aren’t they kind of an all year thing?If you want to join in, leave me a comment here and i’ll put up the list of partners on the 1st of September.Thats all for now, enjoy whats left of the weekend,F xxx
The sun is shining today, so its still summery, but school is sneaking up on us!
Last week I went to Derrynane in West Kerry for a nights camping. We took our kiyaks and enjoyed the beautiful day out at sea. It was such a nice place that we stayed another night ( the food at The Blind Piper was a huge incentive, delicious!)
Look how clear the water was, i’ve never seen it like that before!
I’ve done very little crafting of late, but last Saturday Robyn
was teaching the card making class at The Crafty Alley shop. She made a paper case that contained greetings cards, it was really cute, so on Sunday I made one at home. Mine doesn’t contain cards but could be a nice gift box, and it was very simple to make.
So ladies that is all of my news for today. I’m still taking names for the September swap untill Monday 30th, this months challenge will be small enough so it won’t take too much time!
I’m off to do a bit of gardening now – we have loads of tomatoes that are still green, but we can’t look at another courgette! my Dad bought a book called “what on earth will I do with all these courgettes” its full of really nice recipes, I’d better try some out!
Enjoy your day,
Felicia x
Good morning everyone, how are you all?
I think its time to start gathering names for the September swap – I’m getting all fidgety and wanting to make stuff!
I;m not sure what the swap will be yet, but it’ll be fun and there will be SWAPCANDY!!!
So, leave me a comment here and i’ll gather up all the names at the end of the month.
Enjoy the rest of the summer,
Felicia x
So, here I am again. I kind of stopped writing because it was sunny and everyone was too busy for blogging. However, its positively autumnal again! raining and cold…. summer is rumoured to be coming back again next week though…(yeah!)
This is what I’ve been up to since I last wrote…..
We celebrated Mollys’ 16th birthday.
I’ve made one whole page for my Sketchbook Project – still it doesn’t have to be finished untill January 2011. Why did they tell me that???
I made an altered photo frame as part of my Mums birthday present. It is Tim Holtz Lost & Found papers, it turned out really well, better then this photo did!
And yes, this is junk….literally! its for a “Recycled Art” exhibit for the Killarney Summerfest.
So, thats what i’ve been doing. How about you?
F x
Hi everyone, you know when you think out loud? well I did the exact oppisite!
I thought to myself,
“Self, lets take summer holidays from the Scrapzville swap for July and August and start back in September”
However, I forgot that you can’t read my thoughts! my apologies for not posting this on 30th June.
So, sometime in late August I will gather up the names and come up with a theme.
I notice that everyone is posting less as the weather gets finer- I will still put up the odd project but to be honest my craft desk has been neglected!
Have a wonderful summer ladies,
love to all!! xx
Maggie received her altered book, so here is the cover. You can see why I couldn’t post it before – I mean, she would never have guessed it was for her…!
And this is the cover of Anns’ album for Junes Scrapzville swap. The theme was “How does your garden grow” So it has a picket fence and a packet of seeds inside!
I’m almost finished the matchbox to send to Dee for this months swap. Its amazing how much stuff you can get into it! I haven’t made a video for ages, so I’ll do one of this before it goes into the (registered!) post.
Hope you’re all enjoying the lovely day,
Felicia xx
This morning I had a lovely surprise when the post arrived…. these tags came from Kay who lives in New York. She sent them as a RAK – Thankyou Kay!!!!! They are beautiful, the fairy is Kays first attempt at mixed media. FAB!!!!!
Over the weekend I had a bit of a polka dot frenzy…. this wooden chest had been around for at least a year waiting to be turned into a sewing box.
and this blue and white polka dot fabric from the Crafty Alley shop was perfect for yet another scatter cushion on my bed! (Have you ever used Bondaweb? its the bomb for adding designs to fabric – just iron it on!)
Last, but not least, here is a sneaky peak of the “How does your garden grow album” I made for Ann. The full cover will be revealed when she has finally seen it herself! ( being two weeks late finishing an album for my own swap is just scandalous!!)So, thats what i’ve been up to for the weekend, i’m a whole 8 rows into an Aran sweater that is going to be a epic knitting adventure! I’ll post pictures when its a decent size.
Hope you all enjoyed the weekend,
Good morning everyone,
here are the partners for the matchbox swap:
Clare – Katie
Ebony – Timi
Maria Adams – Ann H
Dee – Felicia
Ok, so get your matchbox and alter it- you can talk to your partner about colours and themes.
Now what to put inside?…..
Here is a very random list for you!
6 flowers
something that makes a noise
a frame
2 decorated tags
10 pieces of bling
something found outside
6 die cuts
something with a face.
Of course you can add extra bits if you want. Have fun with it and please contact your partner soon.
You can make all of the items or use up whats in your stash – the die cuts can be any shape, any material, you can use a die cut machine or hand cut them.
So ladies, thats it for this month. Please have your matchbox in the post by 30th June at the latest.
Have fun,
Bye! xxxx
Hi there,
I’ve just finished an altered book, it was made from a really old copy of “the Swiss family Robinson”.
The book came from the second hand shop and was published in 1972, but sadly had lost alot of its pages, so I hope it didn’t mind being made into a journal!!
I used all sorts of materials, watercolour pastels, chalk pastels, acrylic paint, tissue paper…. the list goes on.
It is actually a present so I can’t show you all of the cover as her name is on it – I’ll post that one when she has received it.
So, here a the pictures!
Hi All, how are you??
Well, as i promised you this month is a little different. I’m going to put up the sign up list untill next Monday 7th June, so if you like this idea leave me a comment and i’ll organise it all on Monday.
Now, I can’t take credit for this idea, i’ve scraplifted it from Suzie. She very kindly said that we could borrow it for this month, we are going to alter and swap matchboxes!!
No, not the little tiny ones, the large ones – I think they are called “cooks matches” they are about 6″x3″x1″ (that is a very vague guesstimation!)
So you alter the box and then make the goodies to go inside. It will be a bit like a check list – make 3 pink flowers, put something square in – you get the idea!
I think it sounds like fun, and it will be a quick project too.
Ok, leave me a comment, bye for now!
xxxxx
