Christmas stocking

Must be the festive season

Decorated Candle

I made this for a friend a little while ago.  I stamped and embossed the glass then made the box to put it in.

 

The stamp is from Stampin up and I think I bought the candle from Ikea.

Graduation

We had a lovely day on Saturday when we went to Truro Cathedral to watch our son's graduation.  He was on a course with a fantastic bunch and it was great seeing them all together again. 

 

Wooden sign

I painted this for my friend's daughter who got married recently. It was a great wedding.

Ladies day racing at Newbury

Last August we had a family day out at the races followed by a concert by none other than THE Meatloaf.  His voice has lost its power but he can still put on a performance that entertains from start to finish.  It was a brilliant day and evening.

My men

 

Gary finally winning on the last race. 

 

Sun fish

Last week we were lucky enough to see a sunfish just off Cawsands near Plymouth.  A few weeks before we saw one but didn't know what it was.  I thought it was a bit of thin wood moving in the water but as we got closer we could see it was a fish.  Because it was almost lifeless we thought it had been hit by a boat.  Then it just disappeared.  After spending a lot of time looking at pictures and talking to people, we came to the conclusion it was a sunfish but thought we would never see another one. Then Gary spotted it and it just drifted right past our little boat.  Really magical.

Aztec Warrior

Craig on the left and Dale on the right looking very warrior like.  This was the outfits they wore at a festival last weekend.  I helped Dale make his costume.  (Though he did do most of it himself).  We collected peacock feathers from the woods near Tragos in Cornwall, then turned them into his headdress.  I used a necklace to make the cloak fastening.  I also created something that looked a little bit like a loin cloth by sewing some fabric to some pants.

Canvas art

This is a canvas I made quite a while ago.  When I used to go to the Crafts 4 eternity crop, Michele gave us a canvas and some information on how to decorate it.  We all took one home and brought it back the following month painted.  I just slapped on some acrylic paint until I was happy with the colouring then added a bit of stamping, a quote I liked along with some bits I had around the house.  Originally I wanted to add sea glass but it looked a bit 'childs collage'!

Paisley Petals card pack

I have made this card pack using some papers and stamp set I have had for a while.  I really love these papers but have been keeping them instead of using them.

 

The stamped images are coloured in with copics.

Cards made for sis

Watercolour stamping

Happy birthday mum.  This is the card I made for her.  I used the watercolour stamping technique.  

Water colour stamping

Carolyn from crafts by Carolyn put a link on the forum to some tutorials on how to use stamps to create water colour.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ArtImpressionsStamps?feature=watch

I have had a bit of a play using some woodware stamps and see D stamps.  I also used SU inks to water colour with.  Quite happy with the end result so might have a go at creating a little project.

My dad is 70

I'm sure he will be happy with me sharing his age. (Plus it is on the cake). We had a lovely time down at my parents on Sunday when he had a few friends around for a bit of a party.  Chelle was tasked with making his childhood favourite party food.  Bunnies in the lawn.  Dad had to eat it all as no one else likes blamange.  She also made the Pork Pie birthday cake.  It was lemon flavoured inside and absolutely wonderful.

Dales cake

 

Dale spends a lot of time climbing so I thought I would make him a climbing cake.  In an episode of The Big Bang Theory, one of the characters (Sheldon) faints when he is on a climbing wall so I made a little Sheldon in his Flash t-shirt.  He is on the other side of the cake but I didn't take a picture of that side.  Whoops!!  Any way he was really pleased with it.

Dales birthday

This is the card I made for our little boy who is now 20.  (He still sleeps in like a teenager).  Earlier this year he was pratting about on a skateboard and ended up in A&E for 4 hours.  Luckily he didn't break anything but spent a few weeks on crutches because of the pulled ligaments.

Baby boy card

Loved the colours of these papers from Cosmo Cricket's Storytime collection.  I think the big piece of patterned paper was K and Company.  The little image is a stamp from Stampin up that I won in a raffle when I went to Hayleys. http://craftwithhayley.com/

 

Card wallet

Here is another card wallet.  This one was made for my mother-in-law.

On the water

Horray.  Finally we have had a sunny day without too much wind so we could get out on our new toy.  This is a photo of Gary with Plymouth in the background.

Chompy

We have finally bought a boat.  Nothing big and flash but enough for the two of us to have a bit of fun around the waters of Plymouth.

cupboard revamp

Before

After

We have given a unit we bought in the late 90's a freshen up.  We gave it a quick sand where we were painting and put a little more work into the top before we waxed it.  The paint we used was Laura Ashleys eggshell in Ivory.  We also changed the handles but kept the same hinges.

Happy days

This is the card holder I made this week.

Papermania Happy Days paper pack project

Here is a link to a lovely card that I used for inspiration to create a little project for my sister in law.

http://www.thewholesaler.biz/blog/we-love-docrafts/

I also used the following site to inspire me.  However, instead of making it into a photo album, I used it to make a card holder.

http://silverscrappers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/happy-days-photo-album.html

I will add my photos of the project later.

VW camper card

The card I made recently. I used the Portobello road stamp set and colored it with Copics.