Let it Snow

Yes the snow has arrived in the region of Manchester and if you ask me and Mum we think it totally sucks. Though as lovely as it looks I do wish it would go away, and thats just after 2 days of it!

Any way yesterday was Tuesday which means craft day, as mum had't attended the last two sessions it was wonderful to have her back with me this week so we could team up and create a card. We decided to make one using the projects we had put together a while ago, it will hopefully be the first of many once we get our butts in gear and do less arguing over what we should put where.


The black, white and red colour theme was so lovely to work with, even if we had been the worlds worst crafter I think with these monotone papers from Kanban I still think it would have looked fab! When we put the project together we decided we would look through the old embellishments we had purchased when we first started to craft that kept getting pushed further and further to the bottom of the pile. When we finally reached the bottom of the pile there was this chipboard flower, with button center, and that was it. It was like the papers were made for our flower which was bought that long ago neither of us remember where it was from.

Tilda is coloured with Promarkers, mum was in charge of this while I was cutting the papers to size. So as you well know mum doesn't like to write the colours she uses down. When will she learn? The answer is I have now given up trying to drill it in to her she has to note down which Promarkers she uses.

The card is finished with a bright red fabric 'Happy Birthday' though again we have had this for that long I couldn't even attempt a guess at where its from. The red bow is made from thin red ribbon which we got for about 50p from the Habberdashery stall on Ashton Market.

Disaster struck ...

So today got off to a great start, I made breakfast in bed for Matt my wonderful fella, and its a good job I did too because I sure would need him later on today little to my knowledge at 06:45 in the morning that was though.
Well as you may or may not know Tuesday myself and mum would normally pop off to the weekly craft meet at one of my Auntie's, disaster struck however when we got a text from Auntie Julie saying she had a stomach bug so had to cancel. So after wishing her to get better soon not to panic I could go to work with mum and we could craft then, but no fate was against us, normally Mum would be sat not only freezing cold at work due to the heating being broken but she would be bored stiff too. Not tonight, with a few coustomers in the bar and a very bare fridge to stock up there was no time to craft.
Heading home at 08:15pm the petrol light on the car came on, ohhhh well not to worry Mum says we can call at Tesco on the way home, fantastic I thought no getting up earlier in the morning to refuel to get to work. Fantastic that was until I got in to the station, filled up the petrol tank and popped inside to pay. Opening my purse I handed over my clubcard, wonderful thats more vouchers for Christmas. But then the disaster, I had no bank card on me, oopsy! Luckily Matt was home from his curry, and after begging and pleading on the phone he fetched his bank card and saved me from alot of hassle.
So needless to say this was another crafting failure in the fact that with Auntie Julie being sick, Mum actually having to do some work at work and then me just being ... well the clumsy thing that is me there is no creation for the blog.
Hoping to get something up before Saturday though if the rest of the week is like today, there is not a chance.

Happy Crafting :o)

Another Christmas Creation

Again its forever since I last posted, which is worrying as I have been off work for the past 2 days, but with Christmas fast approaching I have had to do some present shopping for the few fussy people I always struggle to buy for, well that was on Wednesday, yesterday was the shopping of the good kind, a bit of craft shopping with Mum.

Yesterday we got some beads and some really sweet looking charms which we hope to get to show you soon on a creation. On the return from shopping we were well and truly in the crafting mood. Until we realised that we had no embellishments which would fit with the colours of the card we decided upon. So instead we decided lets make things easier for us when we come to make a card next. Instead of having to flick through boxes full papers to find ones that work well together we would do all the hard work first and put together papers, images, embellishments and even ribbons that would work well together.
Once we had done this I had to go and cover Mum's job, which sucked a little because its so cold where she works and I was cold enough as it was already and on a cold day like yesterday its a crime to do anything but craft in a nice warm house.

Anyway enough of the waffling now on to the card Mum created while I was slaving away working her job. The papers used I think are all from Kanban. This is really all I can tell you about this card because Mum doesn't seem to write anything down that she has used for making a card. I know that Tilda is coloured with Promarkers as for which ones that's a whole other question.

This card is going in to a few challenges, we miss entering these when we have no time to craft.
Stamp With Fun Square Challenge, no problem with this as we do nothing but square cards
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Sparkle Challenge, hope the pictures picked the glittery matting and layering up well enough for this to be seen.
ABC Christmas Challenge X is for Xmas
and finally Crazy 4 Challenges with another Christmas theme.

Yes Weekend Finally

It seems like forever since I last did a post, hang on that's because it has been forever, or that's what it feels like anyway. So weekend is finally here and this is the first chance I have had to get online and blog since Sunday, I was getting withdrawal symptoms from challenge hunting. So once this post is finished that is what I shall be doing.
Tuesday was craft night again, and Mum and Me worked on a card for a 50th birthday, with it being a special birthday we figured the card had to be pretty darn special, we hope we did ok!

Tilda is coloured using yes yes you guessed it Promarkers,
Skin: Peach and Satin
Dress: Pale Pink and Baby Pink also Bright Green and Apple
Hair: Cinnamon and Caramel
Basket: Raw Sienna and Sandstone

I have punched some pale green mirror board with a Martha Stuart edge punch which belongs to Auntie Julie, she also ever so kindly donated the big white pearl in the corner to finish off this card. Oh and by donated I mean it was lying there ever so nicely on the paper trimmer crying out to be used. Thanks Auntie Julie :o)

The papers used are from Kanban, which was very very busy when we went last week Saturday. I really should keep my fingers from typing about how fantastic it is for papers and card stock but I can't help it! The 'Happy Birthday Mum' sentiment is also from Kanban.

As for the challenges this card is being entered in to well with not having much time to challenge hunt it's just being entered in to the one today. Magnolia Stamp Lovers with their wonderful sketch. Though as much as I thought Mum 'got' sketches I have totally done a U-turn on that and have realised she doesn't have the feintest idea on how they work. Which means when we follow any sketch on a Tuesday at our crafting session, its me and mum that provide the entertainment with Noooooo Mum you can't do that! and the Why not! reply which I get from Mum.

Time For A Change

Me and Mum decided that we might just be showing a tiny bit more love to Tilda and poor Edwin was feeling all neglected. So when having a look through all the stamped images Auntie Julie had done for us it was time to blow off a little of the dust that Edwin had been gathering whilst patiently awaiting his turn to be brought to life and used on a card.

So here we have it our very first Edwin card coloured with the same love and care which would usually be towards Tilda at this point with the promarkers.
Skin: Satin and Soft Peach
Hat and Top: Forest Green and Grass
Pants: Pear Green and Marsh Green
Hair: Raw Sienna and Cocca
Boots: Tan
At this point I put Mum in charge of making notes on what colours were used, hence why we have no more. She will learn on of these days I promise.
I do know that she used a glittery gel pen to colour in the fluffy parts of his hat and jacket.

All the papers used for the card are all from Kanban, the trip that mum missed out on yesterday, and she was brave enough to trust my judgement on what to and what not to get. I don't think I picked so badly do you?

Now for the challenges this card is to be entered in:
Just Magnolia Anything Goes with the added option of beads, we decided not to add the beads so hope thats ok.
Sentimental Sundays Sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges Create a Square Card
Charisma Cardz Challenges With Love @ Xmas
and finally last but by no means least Sketchy Colours Green and Silver.

Our First Win!

Well, after being very busy crafting this afternoon making Mum's birthday card (even though it isn't untill 3rd December), I figured it was time to begin the hunt for challenges for this weekend.
This however came to a complete and utter STOP when I got to the C.E.S Challenges blog, because me and mum won our very first challenge.
I was like a woman possesed screaming YAY we won a challenge down the phone to Mum, who knows what the neighbours think! Mum was equally as excited and over the moon that we won. Thanks to all at CES and we can not wait to get our wonderful prize and begin using it.

Cold, Wet and Windy!

If you live in the UK you might know what I am talking about, if not you can probably guess ... yeah its the weather. The perfect kind of weather for sitting down in a nice warm living room doing something you love, which in the case of Mum last night went on very very late. In fact it was gone midnight when she tore herself away from crafting. So like the ever good daughter I am off I popped after a very long day at work, facing the weather for the third time!!! But it was well worth the trip the card she created was amazing, even if I do say so myself, no wonder she was up past midnight.

 So here is Reindeer Tilda, who is adorable! And wonderfully coloured using Promarkers as follows:
Skin: Satin and Soft Peach
Antlers: Caramel
Lace Trim: Hot Pink
Top: Rose Pink and Cerise
Dungarees: Warm Grey 1 and Warm Grey 2
Socks: Cool Grey 2
As for the hair well, Mum didn't write this down, but she remembered to do the rest so credit where credit due, we are normally back tracing our steps to figure the colours out at this point.
Tilda is finished off with some glitter for her necklace beads.

I can't be sure what papers were used as the patterned ones and the sentiments are from a free paper pack received with one of the many magazines we have. I would however put my best guess at the plain black being from one of our trips to Kanban, really looking forward to going soon. Poor Mum has to work though and is gutted at the fact she will miss out, but it gets her out of going halves of anything spent so I guess that's a bonus for her, though my poor bank account will be rather empty by the time I am done.

The sentiments have been finished with some little pink self adhesive pearls, sorry I don't have more information on these. But don't worry I will teach Mum blogging is about everything.

The organza ribbon I think is from a little fabric craft stall up on Ashton Market, which we purchased while the weather was much like that of today and didn't stop raining all day!

This card fits quite a few challenges,
Top Tip Tuesday Christmas Inspired
Everybody Art Challenge Untraditional Christmas
Just Magnolia Sketch which Mum really enjoyed using (now she finally gets what your meant to do with them)
Totally Papercrafts Bling It On
StampARTic Christmas with Glitter
Totally Tilda Pink and Pearls (it should pass for this one I hope)

Hopefully another creation will appear here on Friday as we have loads of challenges that we want to get entering.

Happy Crafting :o)