Victorian Lizabeth and the Music Hall

Welcome to another new challenge over at Creative Moments. Challenge 92 has the optional twist of Showers and/or Rainbows and is sponsored by http://lacysunshine.weebly.com, where there are lots of lovely images - do go and check out their store! I used Victorian Lizabeth  for my card:

 I used a Papermania ready embossed card, with dots embossed, and coloured it using a rainbow ink pad. I then added glitter glue in the appropriate colours to the dots, to give the effect of rain. The image was coloured with Sharpie markers and die-cut using the third X-cut large labels die. I then added corner panels from some free double sided peacock papers that I thought matched the victorian colour scheme, and die-cut using a Marianne Collectables die. Finally I added two daisies to finish.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

MMM - April showers bring May flowers

Diecuttin Divas - #263 Daisies or Diamonds

Deep Ocean - #127 Dots/Stripes

Alphabet Challenge - D for Dot (embossed background)

Crafty Calender - Anything Goes

Audio Book Review

My Old Man by John Major

This story advertises itself as a personal history of music hall. As such I was expecting to hear about music hall from the perspective of John Majors father (as indicated by the title of the book), with personal anecdotes, meetings and opinions. Or at least in-depth information about what his father actually did. Therefore, I was quite disappointed when his dad is only briefly mentioned on disc 9, and then talked about in a bit more detail on disc 11, out of 12!

I would say this is just a basic history of music hall, with few personal anecdotes at all throughout the book. However, for a fan of music hall history this is probably a good place to start researching as it does look at the main players throughout the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, as well as the changes that were undertaken through the period of music hall existence.

Thank you for looking

Hugz Tinz

Mariposa birthday wishes

Hi there,

Been a busy week and the weather has been cold this weekend - but our old carport is now demolished, skip is full and frame is up for new, if temporary, structure. However, I did get in time to make this little birthday card:

This was made using an Aliciabel image, coloured with Promarkers, using the no-line colouring technique, as for my facebook group Crafting Techniques, and digital images from the Crafting Inspirations Issue 3 CD-Rom - the Frou-Frou and Camden Town collections. The image was cut with an X-cut large label nesting die, and the sentiment with a Nellie's nesting circles and florals die. All of these were printed onto pre-used paper or card. The backing paper had faint lines on it from when the printer was running out of ink and this has affected the texture of the printed panel, quite nicely I think. The others were just printed onto the opposite side of pre-used card (it was a package backer).

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:

Crafting by designs - Anything Goes

Aliciabel #17 Spring

Card Mania #79 Spring

Country View #38 Spring

Open-minded crafting #4 Spring

SSS #408

Fussy and Fancy #162 Female Birthdays

Digichooseday Tic-tac-toe (Wings/Nature/Sentiment)

Sweet Stampin - Pink and girlie

Die Cuttin Divas #262 Earth Day - recycled materials

PFP #342 Things with wings

 I also thought you might like to see my chilli and tomato seedlings!

And a height chart update - now at 69 hours!!

Thank you for looking,
Hugz Tinz

Stitching and growing - with thanks too

Hello everybody,

I made all my thank you cards for the wedding gifts now and thought I would share them. There are four different styles. We decided to use pictures from the wedding so they can be kept as keepsakes, and we chose four different pictures.

The first set were at the regitration office after the signing of the register:

Then we have the ones outside in the garden - on a stone bench - in the cold!

 Then we went for this one with the wedding vehicle, which we die-cut into a heart as it suited it so well:

And finally one of us cutting the cake:

All of the pictures were die-cut and die-cut embellishments added to the cards for decoration. Some of the cards have a peel-off sentiment, while some are stamped, and a variety of card blanks were used to keep it interesting.

I would also like to share with you my little growers lol:

I think these are tomatillo's, although they may be Cape Gooseberry instead - I cannot remeber which I planted and cannot find the pad I wrote it in! It will be a nice surprise once they fruit lol. They are currently taking over the whole windowsill, and I have tomatoes and chillis upstairs and a cold-frame full of Brassicas!!! I am over-run with greenery lol.

Finally some stitching to share with you:

This is an All Our Yesterdays design, by Faye Whittaker, that I got free with WOCS magazine a while back. I am gradually trying to work through my Free Kits as I do have quite a few of them, and they do make good little cards. I do also have to start making cards with those I have already stitched though!
I would like to enter this stitched card into the following challenges:
Modsquad - Water, water everywhere (sea on the horizon)
 Simply Create Too - #107 Use stitching
Crafting by designs Anything Goes
Quirky Crafts - Quirky raining cats and dogs


Thank you for looking,
Hugz Tinz

Love and Rock

What a lovely day we have had today - why always when I am working and cannot get down to the allotment, and then rain when I am free?!?! Anyway, I did plant my peas and pea beans into root-trainers - but I didn't get round to planting my 'erbs! That is top priority tomorrow me thinks - after sorting some stuff out for the new car-port type thing we are getting.

Anyway, back to the crafting - tonight I have made a masculine card using:

Free doily embossing folder
A mans world Papermania patterned paper
Ribbon from a packaging box
Scalloped oval die-cut
Forever Friends Topper
Golf craft sticker

I have used the Atlantic Hearts Sketch #156:

I would also like to enter this card for the following challenges:

Suzy Bee #126 Make it male

Inkspirational #106 Rock

Love and Summer by William Trevor

This is a summer romance story. When a stranger arrives at Rathmoye during a funeral he causes a stir, especially with young Ellie. Ellie is married to a farmer who has still not quite gotten over the guilt he feels from his first wife’s death. The stranger and Ellie form an illicit relationship, while people in the town can only watch and wait to see the outcome.

This is a very laid-back story, probably good for relaxing to. Not very much happens, but there is a little bit of interesting back-story for the main characters to liven it up. Not one to read if you like your stories to have a point to them though.

Thankyou for looking,

Hugz Tinz

As you wish ATCs

Hi there,

What a miserable rainy day - that did not stop me sowing my Leeks, even if I did get a bit wet!! I have created two one layer ATCs on the theme of As you wish, which is challenge #26 at OLS. I originally thought about making fairy cards, but I did look into the film 'A Princess Bride' and decided to try and create some cards with the theme. They also both follow the colour scheme for The Challenge #68 and CRAFT 359 CAS and #53 Bright and Fresh at The Card Concept (CAS style).
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The first is stamped and the second uses peel-offs.
ATC#1
The image is a Crafter's Companion Angelica stamp, which I stamped using yellow pretty colour ink, and coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment was stamped a variety of ways to fit the sketch, in pink Dovecraft ink. I also used my Dovecraft liquid pearls for the first time to put the extra elements on to fit the sketch.

 This stamped ATC is to be entered for the Just Hanna sketch #246 challenge.

As this is a one layer card, the sketch is very loose, but it can be seen - the sentiment stamps being used for the quarters.

ATC#2

I used Tim Holtz Distress Crackle paint to edge this ATC (which actually worked even though it was completely dry when I opened it after buying it from the shop!!). I then added a dress and some ship themed peel-offs (for the pirate aspect of the film), which were coloured with Promarkers for the colour challenges.

Thank you for looking,
Hugz Tinz

Shutter Cloud

Hello everybody,

It is time for a new challenge over at Creative Moments and we have some fantastic sponsors. As always the theme is Anything Goes but for this challenge we have the optional twist to 'Make it funny' (tomorrow is international moment of laughter day). I used the Amy on a cloud image from Crafty Sentments, who are offering 3 images to the chosen winner.

Here is what I came up with:

The backing paper is NOT gingham - it is pearlescent card and you cannot see the squares on it lol! Anyway, the star paper is a Mulberry Wood design, the top ribbon is papermania and the base ribbon is Gorjuss. The star pearls were coloured with Budding Rose promarker to give the pink sheen. The image was coloured with the following promarkers - Budding Rose, Pastel Pink, Pastel Green, Cool Grey 1 Morning Mist and Fresh Meadows. (It is an A4 card - I thought maybe I should try using the card blanks as I have had them hidden away for several years now lol).
It is not very easy to see the sentiment in this photo because of the flash, but it reads - 'Aim for the stars - If you fall short you can sit on the clouds'.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

CASology 

PFP #341 BINGO - straight down the centre

 

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #125 CAS

Glitternsparkle #183 Stars
OLL #202 Words,words, words
I love promarkers  #306 Two colours only (green and pink)
Fussy and Fancy #161 Green and pink

Here is this times audio book review:

Shutterman by Richard Montanari

The Farren family have been a menace to a Philadelphia neighbourhood, known as Devil’s Pocket, for a long time. One of the youngest of the Farren family (Billy) was afflicted with a syndrome that prevents him from recognising faces, on the day that his father was killed by the police. Moira, the grandmother, believes that her family is cursed as all the men die either in prison or because of the police, and Billy is the one to free them of this curse. How Billy goes about this is chillingly gruesome, and detective Kevin Byrne has to figure him out before he kills again. However, Kevin has his own secrets that involve the Farren family. This is a good thriller that keeps you interested and gives you enough of the backstory, without giving away the plot too quickly. The way it shows the two sides of the Farren family is very good also, and allows you to feel some empathy with Billy. I would definitely recommend this story.

And a Height chart update for you too: 67hrs

Thank you for looking

Hugz Tinz

In the frame

Hello again,

Another lovely day today - although a little colder than yesterday. We decided to go and buy the rabbits a sandpit to try and stop them digging in the lawn. So far there is no evidence that they find it remotly interesting! Maybe I need to fill it with soil instead lol.

Anyway, I have another creation to share with you all today - one that I have done for me and my partner for the house. We do not have any photos on display at the moment and I think it is about time we started putting some around the house - not just of ourselves, but also the pets. Therefore I have made a photoframe (the frame itself is chipboard and I have decorated it).

I needed a solid die-cut in the bottom right corner as the picture had been damaged slightly. The butterfly at the bottom is yellow, but has not come ut very well in this photo! Now do I need to add something to the last corner?? I am still not certain.

Anyway I would like to enter this creation for the following challenges:
crafting by designs - You are beautiful
Creative Card Crew  #110 Die-cut
Simply Create Too #106 Purple and green
Country View #38 Spring

Thank you for looking
Hugz Tinz