Ladybugcraftsink Blog Hop - have a look...

Well then, the SECC Hobbycrafts came and went, whoosh!  I had the full day on the Friday to browse, all by myself, although bumping in to many crafting friends along the way!  On the Saturday, my bruised feel and aching back returned with my favourite wee 12 year old, Bethany, we had a great day.  The hall got a bit busy at one point and the wee soul was getting a bit crushed, we disappeared for lunch and then back again for round two!  She bought the inkylicious brushes (so did I) and had some fun with these and her new inks on Saturday night, George Bowie's GB Experience on Clyde 1 (dance music) and crafting, we had a great old time!  Unbelievably, I headed back again on the Sunday and met up with one of my most precious friends and her daughter, my friend had been critically ill earlier this year, and thank God has made it through, she is still very weak, and on dialysis 3 times a week, also now a wheelchair user, but my goodness, she looked brilliant.Keep getting stronger, Myra.  I taught her to cross-stitch years ago and she has not as yet moved over the the papercrafting yet, but I am working on it!.....

I am unsure about fellow crafters, but I was a bit disappointed with the exhibitors who were able to attend this year, no Create and Craft, Kameo Cards, and the larger well known companies, their familiar faces were missing, Crafters Companion, Debbi Moore (without Debbi), Glitter Girls to name a few. The lovely Barbara Gray of Clarity Stamps was great, always friendly and so full of enthusiasm, a real gem.  I felt the NEC was the winner and Scotland was left a bit deserted, just my opinion though.  A wee thought, my local independent craft shop, Craftworld in Hillington, they managed to provide continuous demos and a selection of great products at the SECC, and also attended the NEC too, well done to them!

Sorry for prattling on, just a note to say that I have stopped playing with my goodies I purchased and managed to get to update my blog.  I pleased to see that Kerry from Ladybugcraftsink (http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/?zx=f3c403824520947e )  has a blog hop starting tomorrow, and if you have time, take a look - her DT team always seem to make such beautiful cards each week, worth making one of your favourite blogs.  A weekly challenge is also held each Tuesday as well!  Kerry has a beautiful selection of stamps (http://www.ladybugcraftsink.co.uk/christmas-30-c.asp ) to purchase, both in high quality polymer and also more recently, images being available in digital format as well.

Hope you are all warm and cosy crafting on this cold foggy evening, Christmas is coming......

Just over a week to go the the October SECC

Well, time is flying by - the Hobbycrafts and Creative Stitches shows are almost here, just over a week to do and I can't wait!  It seems ages since the last event at the SECC at the beginning of March, too long a gap until the next event at the end of October, I think the organisers show even this up, one every six months,  I have had a look at the exhibitors and pleased to see Stephanie will there, my absolute favourite, Barbara Gray of Clarity Stamps and I have noticed Debbi Moore on the list, never seen Debbi in the flesh so hopefully that will be a nice experience.  Hopefully the favourite regulars will all return and the recession will not stop us all from meeting up agai

New SWALK Range...

I was having a wee scout about fabulous blogland out there and notice that Crafters Companion have a blog hop this week with an opportunity to win the fantastic new range of SWALK stamps and a CD too!  Their Design Team have created some beautiful samples too, so, if you can get yourself away from your hands on crafting then have a happy half hour in blogland....

Been a while...

Been a while, is an understatement, I was shocked to see that my last entry was in August and we are now in mid-September, I certainly didn't keep the "I'll keep the blog up to date promise" now, did I? Ho, hum! I wonder if I am like fellow crafters, in that I find myself with a very short deadline to make a specific card, you know the "I wonder if you could make a card for my friend, her birthday is tomorrow" line, which seems to be heard very frequently. I then find myself creating a very quick masterpiece (I do try you know...), and then in the rush I forget to take a photo of it, and it's gone, no proof of this for my blog, so I think what I am trying to say is, remember to take a pic the same way you remember to take the sticky off the double sided tape, we will see....

Anyway, back to a challenge I would like to enter and a very nice weekend for my cardmaking hobby, otherwise known as, bank balance drainer... I am very fortunate to have my local craft shop, Craft World, within a reasonable driving distance, and they were having a demonstration weekend this Saturday and Sunday, we were spoiled, 14 demonstrations in all! We had demos on glitter, Tim Holtz, docrafts, marianne creatables, colouring mediums, lovely stamps, we had loads to look at and loads to resist buying (I did try, honestly). Learned a lot of new tips and of course, our friendly crafting community all seemed to get together as well, so was able to have a good catch-up with my friends as well, and...we even had coffee and muffins for sale as well, pretty good going I think for a lazy Saturday.

Now, one of the demonstraters was the lovely Kerry who offers us crafters a wonderful selection of stamps, and can I say, they stamp absolutely beautifully every time, they are a high quality polymer stamp and just a dream to work with. Her stamps can be purchased from her website ( http://www.ladybugcraftsink.co.uk/stamps-9-c.asp weekly blog challenge (http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/) is held each Tuesday, this week's topic being "anything goes" as well as a bloghop too. It was Kerry who introduced me to Glamour Dust and I love it, the above card being one of those examples, can't wait to really get cracking on the Christmas cards, I will certainly be a Glamour Dust babe, it will be everywhere, and hopefully some will stick to the cards. I would like to enter this card in the LBCI challenge, I was thinking I need one of these lightboxes to make my pics look better, and in sure MacGyver style, I found a guy on the net who has made his own out of a photocopy box, that should be some interesting fun for me at the weekend, I can see the box being crushed and put in the recycle bin as I am not the most patient person in the world, trust me!

I have entered my card in the following challenges...
Ladybugcraftsink blogspot - Anything Goes
Creations by Gill M - Cute as a Cupcake
Crafting when we can - Anything Goes
One Stop Craft Challenge - Food and Drink





Thanks for looking...

Challenges...

Nice to see the sunshine recently and inspired to make some flowery cards. I had picked up a packet of small sized cards from Craftwork Cards and they are ideal for making wee cute ones, I think these will be perfect for some nice Christmas cards I have in mind. The sentiment is a new stamp I have bought by Marion Emberson, I have to say I adore her stamps. Excellent quality and stamps clear each time, great value and pleased to see Marion hosting recent craft shows on QVC. Her blog at sugarandspice blogspot worth a look. I have entered this wee card in the following challenges:- Ladybugcraftsink blogspot - summer birthdays Thanks for looking...

Lili of the Valley....

Apologies, so long in updating my blog, time flies by so fast. I made this card, along with a few others for my friend who was asking if her friends could make some cards for the MS Society, glad to do so. I had purchased the lovely Lili of the Valley toppers at the SECC craft fair, these are so nice to use. This was a quick and simple card but I really liked the colours. I'll try to keep updating the blog, probably spend too much time looking at other blogs....

Ladybugcraftsink Challenge and Blog...

Been a while since I have added to my blog, life just seems busy all the time, although I have been making some nice cards, just not listed on the blog as yet. One of my favourite blogs, Ladybugcraftsink have a challenge this week of a male card (http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/challenge-31-its-all-about-males.html), so I thought I would enter this card. Do we all find making cards for males so difficult, anything pink or purple seems so much easier!

The Ladybugscraftink are also running a blogaversary, (http://ladybugcraftsink.blogspot.com/)so well worth having a look at the website, Kerry is almost at her target of 200 followers, so go on, give her a hand...