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Hi crafty peeps.
Sorry I've been MIA for a couple of weeks but I've been a little bit poorly.
What seemed like a sniffy cold turned out to be a chest infection . Still unsure if it's bronchitis or pneumonia but I'm now on antibiotics to kill those nasty bugs which are lurking in my tubes and making me sound like a strangled donkey whenever I speak!
So, with all that and being bed ridden for practically 2 weeks, I've not managed any crafting at all.
In fact, this morning I actually went into my craftroom to apologise to all my stash for leaving them alone for so long! Thankfully they were very understanding and trust me to pop in as soon a I can and start creating again!

I did make a little card, just before I was poorly, using a new Lili of the valley digi stamp from the "Love Launch" collection  and I've entered it into their online competition to win some lovely images.

I hope you like this! 

I printed and coloured the image before masking it  with another fussy cut image then created a heart stencil to which I added brusho powders spritzed with water. I doodled around the edge of the heart in black pen  to make it stand out from the white background. 

And there we have it. 

I hope to be back soon with some more loveliness.

Take care

Lesley xxx

....Over on the Trimcraft blog.....

Good day everyone.
As I posted a while ago, I've  been invited by Trimcraft to join their Maker Team and I'm still excited to learn, share, make and create projects over the next 12 months for and with them.
There is a fabulous post on the blog now which introduces myself and all my Maker colleagues, including their social media site details, so it might be worth your while having a browse through their amazing sites as there is SO MUCH GOOD STUFF to browse through!

Follow this link here and it will take you directly to the exciting stuff.

While you're there, maybe you could subscribe to the site too as there's so much going on from Inspiration to competitions and give aways!

Anyhoo, I hope you all have a great day

Lesley xxx

Finished!!!

Hi there!
As I mentioned in my last post, I was hoping to post my homemade jewellery box this afternoon and.........DRUM ROLL PLEASE!...............here it is!

I'm quietly pleased with it! It's just the right size - 13.25" h x 6"d x 9"w (33.5cms x 15.25cms x 22.75cms)

Here is a picture of the supplies I used to make it apart from black card and a black posca paint pen.

Fancypants Design papers

Sparkly black cardstock

White 5mm foamboard

Dies - NO IDEA where they're from as I don't keep the packaging and I've had these years!

Wooden mini drawer pulls.

That's about it I guess!

I've enjoyed creating this box and now I must pop all my valuables (!!!) into the drawers and get rid of the other 3 jewellery boxes cluttering my shelf.....................but then again, I could always alter them into something else. Who knows? Lmho!

Have a good day

Lesley xxx

Storage solution

Hi everyone.

 This week I've been trying to have a little tidy up of my bedroom drawers and I found, much to my amusement, that I have 3 jewellery boxes on the go with all my precious gems (yeah right!, nothing expensive,  unfortunately 😏) tumbling out of them and collecting dust. So, the answer is to buy a bigger box or, if you're me, MAKE one!

I decided that as I love using foam board for sturdier pieces, then this is the way to go so, out came the board, pencil, ruler and knife and off I went!

First I had to work out  the measurements of a 5 drawer unit then try and cut the board as neatly as possible . These 2 piccies show the process underway with panels and drawers being put together.

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Once I'd managed this part, I hot glued the unit together and left it overnight to completely dry and to tend to my hot glue burnt finger 😂😂!

Now it's time to decorate it and put it to use and I will show this step in my next post,  hopefully later today!

TTFN 

Lesley xxx

HAPPY 2020!

Hey everybody, Happy New Year to you all!

This might be a little belated but better late than never I say!

I do hope everybody has some interesting goals this year. I honestly have decided to use all the stash that I currently own and NOT purchase anything else unless it's the basics (white/black card and glue!).
To be fair I have sold oodles of stash this last couple of weeks as I just couldn't move for the excess so now that I have de-stashed, I've found it's time to use what I do have so.........

....this first card is made using the free stamps from Making Cards and Papercraft magazine (Feb 2020) and the backing paper is from an old pack by Docrafts.
The stamps are just too cute! I would love a dog but my daughter is allergic to pet hair and I just don't think I'd be able to walk and exercise a dog as much as it would need so I'm not getting one! Lol!
(That's the reason I always had a cat knocking around - no walkies!)

My second card for today is from a card featured in the same magazine by creator Keren Baker (I love her stuff!). She featured a tutorial for this and I had to tweak it a little as I don't have exactly the same kit and caboodle as she's used so this is my take and I think it's just fine.

As it's Friday I'm hoping this weekend brings some fun as I don't know if  His Nibs is working.

We shall wait and see!!!

Have a great weekend

Lesley x