Busy, busy me

Done lots of crafting today but don't really have much to show for it. I have done loads of decoupage but not done anything with them and have made an ATC to go to the host of the latest swap as a thankyou. I posted that this afternoon.

I have also been experimenting with fimo clay, I was trying to make keyrings but if I cooked it first I couldn't get the keyring part to clip on and if I put the ring on first it ruined the clay image, back to the drawing board.

So I spent most of the afternoon crafting but have no finished product other than 1 little atc.

Black and white

These are my ATC's for the June swap on the crafts beautiful forum. I have never used just black and white before being a pink glitterly girl so I found this quite a challenge. These were also my first crafting done for a while due to a house move so I find it quite hard to think of any ideas. I did really enjoy it though and can't wait to make some more bits.

I have just purchased a cuttlebug and I am so hooked, I keep finding random bits of paper and start embossing bits then I will start cutting bits out, I have made such a mess but oh the fun I am having. I also just got some Fimo moddeling stuff which I have never used before so inbetween die cutting and embossing I am running back and forwards to the oven to check my creations, whilst doging boxes and decorating equipment. Such fun!

Men,men,men

All I seem to have made this week is male cards and am desperate for some girly glitter.

This is the card I meantioned in my last blog entry, it for my nan to give to her brother and after much thinking I decided on a simple blue card.

I also made a card for a friend's birthday and although his birthday isn't til the end of May, I could be moving in about a month and know everything will be chaos and I might not get enough time to make cards.

It's an iris folding car which I mounted onto a map of the area he lives

Male card

Here is my latest card, it's for my Uncles birthday and my Nan asked me to make it for her. I did a simple decoupage card mounted on red card then stuck onto a square card blank which I covered with green handmade paper, the idea was to make it look like grass though not sure if I succeeded. I then stuck a cricket ball in the bottom corner with howzat above it then I stuck a happy birthday sticker onto red card and cut round that and stuck it below.

I have been asked to make some more cards for reletives but the bad thing is they are all men this month and I really struggle to make good male cards. The hardest one will be for my nans brother, mostly for mens cards I do sport or drinking cards but this man is a teetotal church goer who doesn't like sports (oh dear!)

Other than struggle with card making I am getting over the survey just done on the house, i just cant wait to move and be done with the hassel, and living 5 minutes from the craft shop (insted of 2 bus rides away) doesn't hurt either.

Heres some more

This is a picture of my first go at Iris folding, sorry the picture isnt great and I must admit it was made using a kit I had been given, but it was really fun to do and I hope I will make some more soon. I really must start crafting again and need some inspiration.

Well here it is my very first picture on my blog, in fact its the first picture of my cards I have dared to show and I am scared people will hate it, that is assuming anyone has ever read or ever will read this blog.

It is a very simple card (like me) and was made for a friends new baby at the end of last year.

I made it by covering a blank with pink gingham paper and mounting a baby pram onto white glitter card I then added some little embellishments to finish it off.

I have never tried anything too elaborate and prefer the more basic card (which is handy because I dont have the skill to much more)

I havn't done much crafting as I have been feeling very low but after this week I have two weeks off and nothing much to do so hopefully I will get some inspiration and get going again.

Strange day

Been busy getting ready for our Ofsted inspection and I have said I will work a bit tomorrow(unpaid) and I stayed late today so I am not having as nice a friday night as I had hoped plus I will have the monday morning from hell knowing the inspectors could appear any minute.

At 4 I got a phone call saying I had lost the buyer for my house, this is after 3 months of surveys and other expensive things so naturally I burst into tears, had a viewing at 4.30 (luckily I was still at work) and found out at 6.00 I had an offer and for more than the other offer so it all worked out in the end, YAY!