Arty Girlz

Here is my Arty Girlz challenge card for Circles, Dots & Spots. The idea in my mind was good but it just isn't quite right - I'm not really happy with it as it is so I might have another try tomorrow.


The idea was to use circles and form them into the shape of a butterfly (which is what I did!) but it's just not right - the idea was there but not the execution - lol. I used some Pink Petticoat paper scraps I had left over from another challenge and I thought the colour and dotty pattern looked good.

Arty Girlz Challenge

The new Arty Girlz challenge has been posted and its Circles, Dots & Spots. This should be fun! I'm going to work on this one tonight so hopefully I shall have a picture to put up tomorrow morning. Not much else on the cards at the moment except for still making Christmas Cards for the sale next month. At least I have finished the ones for the Crafters Companion Christmas Group, they will be in the post tomorrow morning.

Not Looking Good

Oh dear, it's not looking for for Lewis Hamilton, I can hardly bear to watch - he's last. It's all going wrong for him, still it's not over till it's over so there is still hope ..... watch this space!

Well, that was a bit of a let down. No Rugby World Cup and no British F1 Winner!
Never mind, thats the way it goes sometimes. There's always next time!

Working Hard!

No pictures of anything to show today ..... yet, because I havn't taken any - lol. I've been working hard on getting more Christmas Cards done for the Craft Fayre and also the cards for the Crafters Companion Christmas group. I've also made a load of pyramid boxes on a Christmas theme to sell as table favours and loads of Pink Petticoat Christmas handbag cards in boxes, they are just so adorable I'm hoping they will sell really well.
What else have I been doing? Mmmm, can't think of anything great I've done, oh, except spend some more money of crafting goodies!!! I just couldn't resist the Glitter Girls new Celebration Board and so I had to order it - well, how could I not - lol. Can't wait for it to arrive as I've got loads of ideas for it already. Also ordered a couple of CD's from Create & Craft today, one for ordinary card making and the other for christmas card making - I thought they looked quite good and the price was reasonable, especially with my members discount so I just went for it - bad girl!!! I'll face up to hubby when the CC bill come in - he knows by now there are some things I just have to have - lol.
Well it's half-term next week so I doubt I'll get much card making done. Although now my pack has arrived for the Papertake Challenge I must get on with it. I've decided I'm going to do an altered item with the pack, won't say any more on it just in case it all goes horrible wrong!
I'm off the watch the F1 Grand Prix now so I can (hopefully - fingers crossed) see Lewis Hamilton make history! Even if he doesn't become world champion this year I'm sure he will next year, another great driver in Schumacher's mould and the best thing is ....... he's British, yahoo!!!

You Make Me Smile Award

I just got a "You Make Me Smile" award from Lou. Thanks Lou. Now I need ten people to send the award to, trouble is all the people I want to send it to Lou as already done - lol.

I only have three people I can send the award to who Lou hasn't already done.

Nicki
Leonie
Cen

Hope it doesn't matter if there is not ten!

Help!

I've just been back to Pink Petticoat again and bought another download ..... I promised myself I wouldn't buy anything else from them until next month! Ha ha ha! Oh well, those christmas handbags are just soooooooo adorable I couldn't resist them!

Oh, and something else I need help with. Does anyone out there know what is the best paint or similar to put a base coat on those little cardboard/papiermache boxes you can buy (I got mine from Telfords Direct) because I want to decorate them for christmas to use as table decorations but I don't want to cover them with paper because it will make them too bulky and the lids wont fit then! Would acylic paint be best or could I use white emulsion paint?
Any help you could give would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Papertake & Arty Girlz

Hooray, the Papertake Challenge (Group 4) packet arrived from Laura this morning. I've opened it up and had a look at all the goodies she put in it and I've got a few ideas kicking around but not exactly sure what I shall do yet so I will have to put my thinking cap on over the next few days!

The next Arty Girlz challenge is up (see my link on the right) and it's "Stitches". Mmmmn, not sure what I shall do for this one. These challenges certainly make you think!

Watch this space ...

Craft Club Pictures

Well here are the long awaited pic's of Craft Club!

Not all of us here this evening but we still had fun. I'm the one on the right in red and black!

See ............ we don't just drink coffee and gossip !!!!!




This is Lindsay who started the club and runs it for us, she makes lovely cards and does some great scrapbooking too.












This is one of the ladies doing her tapestry, as you can see we had three ladies doing tapestry last night.









Here are the gift boxes I was working on. I used the templates from Pink Petticoat and the papers too (what a surprise!).

We had a great evening - as usual - but will not be meeting again until the third Monday in November.

Craft Club ..... again!

Hooray, it's Craft Club again tonight. We all decided that we have so much fun we would meet again lol. As I have now become totally addicted to Pink Petticoat stuff (thanks a bunch Lou - lol) I have printed out some images for making christmas cards for the Christmas Card Group I'm in on the Crafters Companion Forum. Still haven't started them - been too busy doing other cards! I've got to make twenty so it looks like everyone will be having PP themed cards - hope they like them!
I'm going to take card blanks to score and fold ready as well as a few of the PP papers I printed out this afternoon just in case I can stop talking enough to actually do some crafting! I will definitely take my camera tonight (forgot it last week) and get some pics of us crafty girls doing our thing - lol. Time to go and pack my bag (or should that be crate lol) ready to leave. Will post up the pics tomorrow for you all to have a laugh at.

Seeing things?

No, you haven't all gone bonkers, I have changed the colour of my template - lol. No particular reason, just fancied a change, like you do!