such a long time...

Hi, its been such a long time that I posted on my blog something that was make for me or for fun, for a long time everything is for DT's and as I work full time DT work has taken a lot of my crafting/me time, for that reason I decided to give up the Papermaze DT.  I have been on this DT for a long time and have made loads of different makes and taken classes and done a make and take for the last 4/5 christmas'.  So, with extra time on my hands I have been making some birthday cards and getting ahead of my Christmas card making…

Here is one of my recent makes:-

with more time on my hands I'm also looking to rejoin some online challenges….watch this space!!

TFL xx

October colour week

Hello and thank you for visiting my blog!

Today see's the start of the October colour week over on the Tando Creative blog.  The colour palette is a real autumnal one

so, here is ATC 10/2017

The base, a Tando chipboard atc base,  was painted with acrylic paints and then stencilled with sequin waste.  Some elements from the new Tim Holtz Hallowe'en ephemera and ancestry packs were added along with 3 Tando mini pumpkins.

For some reason I really like creating hallowe'en pieces, watch out for some more!! lol

TFL today and do pop on over to the Tando Creative blog for more autumnal pieces.

Tando Creative Colour Week

Hello, 4th September already! the kids must all be heading back to school this week, scary to think they've had 6 weeks off!! its a long time since I have had to worry about getting school uniform and essentials ready to go back to school with, but, I can remember the hours spent labelling things!! not that that made a lot of difference!!

This week over on the Tando Creative blog its the colour theme…so for September its this colour palette.

such vibrant colours for this time of year!

So, here is ATC 9/2017

The base is the Tando ATC chipboard base which was painted using acrylic paint… stencils:- minis clock mask and numbers and the 6x6 stencil sequin waste extra texture was added by adding paint using an old store credit card.  A house from the whimsical house set was painted and then stamped using a crackle stamp this was then added to my atc base along with some text.

All items used are available from the Tando Creative retail shop.

Pop on over to the Tando blog this week and see what some of the other DT members have created.

TFL xx

Tag a long

Hello all and welcome to this lovely Bank Holiday Monday - the next bank holiday is Christmas!! lol

This week on the Tando Creative blog the theme is "tags" and here is my tag:-

My base is a tag from the set of 5 long tags and this was then painted with decoArt media fluid acrylic paint in various colours…. the cogs are from the Andy Skinners Industrial elements set all painted with the media fluids…. the edge was hi-lighted using gold treasure gold… a Tim Holtz sentiment finished it off.

Pop on over to the Tando blog this week to see more tags and some of our new DT members first pieces.

TFL xx

One for the men!

Hi and welcome to my little corner of blogland.

Today its my turn over on the Papermaze blog, and I've created this male themed card…

Pop on over to the Papermaze blog for more details…

TFL xx

Tando colour theme

Hi, and welcome to my little spot in blogland.  Today is start of the August colour theme over on the Tando Creative blog.  Doesn't seem possible that tomorrow is the 1st August and someone said the other day 21 weeks til Christmas!!!! 

So, here is the colour scheme for August:-

and here is atc number 8/2017

The greyboard base had texture paste added using the Tando mini distressed diamonds stencil, some old dictionary paper was also adhered.  Paperartsy paints in sherbet, lavender and bourganvillia were then added, along with some doodling and stencilling using the mini numbers stencil.  Parts from the Whimsical birds set 2 were painted using the same colour ways and then doodled… 

All Tando products available from the tando retail site.

TFL xx

Free for All

Hi, this week is the Free for All week over on the Tando blog.  A week where we can showcase our creations those that don't fit into the normal weekly themes…

Recently I requested the Kate Crane divided box kit which was part of the MOM classes back in April and here is what I did with it….

and lastly, with my last two mixed media board pieces….

Tando products used:-

Kate Crane mixed media box

Mini flowers and butteflies

Stampendous embossing enamel crystals

All items available on the Tando Retail site.

TFL xx