Last Tuesday Taggers of 2010

Hi Guys

Well I have no idea where this last year has gone let alone the last decade.  If someone had told me 10 years ago that I would have graduated with an honours degree, run my own business and have met and made so many new friends I think I would have scoffed at them.  But 10 years down the line that is exactly what has happened.

The last challenge of 2010 on Tuesday Taggers is 'Old Father Time'.  I altered two clocks that I bought from a relatively cheap shop.  They were made for the children of one of my new found friends Zoe Tant (my upline).  I know that the children have had them and I have been told that they loved them so I am definitely safe to put on my blog.

 

The blue one was made using Make a Monster stamp set, schoolbook serif numbers and lots of punched circles to make the planets and flying saucer at number 12.  The pink was altered by using pink pirouette on the base with a strip of pretty in pink which I punched with the scallop edge punch and then put it through the Crimper so that I could 'bend' it around the clock.  In the spaces where there was sticky strip showing I sprinkled some Fine Galaxy Gold Glitter to cover it up.  I have used Flight of the Butterfly and Simply Said for the stamp sets.

On both there has been a liberal sprinkling of Basic Pearls and Basic Rhinestones, I love them.

I hope you like them as much as much as I enjoyed making them and the children who received them liked them. 

Until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

Christmas gifts

Hi Guys

Well I hope you had a lovely Christmas, I had a fabulous Christmas spent with family and friends and my lovely nieces and nephew.  They seemed to like what we bought them for their Christmas pressies.  For a little something extra we bought and decorated a Thorntons Lolly, we buy them a lolly every year and we (my hubby and I) started decorating them a few years ago.

We have 3 lollies on one day and 4 on another day, so we can get away with 4 different designs thank goodness.  So we had a Santa, a Penguin, a Snowman and a Robin.

I will list what punches we used for each one next to the photo.

 Hat      Real Red Oval XL, Real Red Oval L, Whisper White Boho Blossom, Whisper White Scallop Square, Whisper White Word Window

Hair      Whisper White Scallop Oval


Face     Pink Pirouette Oval XL, Basic Black 1/4" circle punch (retired), Pink Pirouette1/2" circle, white gel pen

Beard   Whisper White 1/2 Butterfly, Whisper White Scallop Oval

Body    Real Red 1 3/4" Circle, Strip of black, 1/4" circle (Whisper White with Champagne Mist shimmer paint, Real Red Modern Label XL, Pink Pirouette 1/2" circle

Body       Soft Suede 1 3/4" circle, Real Red 1 3/4" circle

Eyes       Whisper White 1/2" circle, Crumb Cake 1/2" circle, Basic Black 1/4", white gel pen

Beak & Feet   Pumpkin Pie Boho Blossom.

Wings    Soft Suede and Crumb Cake Scallop Circle

Hat         Real Red 1 1/4" Square, Whisper White Scallop Square, Whisper White Boho Blossom

Branch   2 Step Bird XL  

  Hat        Basic Black 1 1/4" Square, Basic Black Word Window, Real Red   strip, Real Red Heart to Heart


    Face      Whisper White Ornament XL, Basic Black 1/4" circle, Pumpkin Pie Star XL, Real Red Stampin' Write marker

    Body     Whisper White 1 3/4" Circle, Basic Black 1/4" circle,

    Arms     Whisper White 3/4" circle

Hat   Jolly Holiday Scallop Square, Jolly Holiday Boho Blossom 

Head    Basic Black Oval XL, Whisper White 1 3/8"circle, Basic Black Heart Small, Pumpkin Pie Heart Small

Body    Basic Black 1 3/4" Circle, Whisper White Oval XL, 

Arms    Basic Black 1/2 Butterfly

Feet      Pumpkin Pie Scallop Circle  

The snow is the same on all four lollies.  I have torn Whisper White and painted the torn edge with platinum shimmer paint.  The sky is bashful blue.

I hope you enjoy and until next time

Happy Crafting

Emma xx

A Look at the year

Hi Guys

Well on Tuesday Taggers this week it is a look back at my year as my blog has told.  I have lots of memories of this year, I have finally been accepted for weightloss surgery (just waiting for a date now), I have spent time with lots of very good friends and met a fab lady that I have gained a beautiful friendship with, Zoë Tant who is my upline in Stampin' Up!

I have had real trouble trying to choose what I want to showcase for this year so I have chosen a few projects.

I chose the card above because it shows the progress that I have made in my brayering.  I was taught to brayer by one of my teamies Michelle and I love it now.  It is one of my favourite techniques.

Now this one isn't very old, I only did this card in December for my nephew.  I found the creature from a woman called Ellen Kemper who does the most amazing punch art and I cased Taz from her.  I (with a bit of help from my darling hubby) designed the 'popping' out of the card by cutting in a circle around the character.  I printed the Happy Birthday Dan on my home printer in the colours of West Ham which is his favourite football team.

My final showcase piece is this one.  I know this is a sidestep and there is nothing special about it until I tell you that it is only 2.5" x 3".  I go to an ATC meet that one of my other teamies Janet organises and I like to do something different.  And this is different.

Well that is my year showcased and I can't wait to do more work next year.

Until next time happy crafting

Emma xx

Hi Guys

Today is the birthday of a friend of mine who is in the ACF and because of this, I have made this card for him.

It is yet more punch art. Here is what you need

1 3/4" circle x 1 Old Olive helmet

Large Tag x 2 Old Olive body

Boho Blossoms (small flower) x 4 Basic Black Camouflage

Boho Blossoms (small flower) x 4 Brown Camouflage

1 3/4" Circle x 5 Basic Black Large Camouflage

1 3/4" Circle x 5 Brown Large Camouflage

Word Window x 4 Old Olive Legs and arms

Word Window x 2 Basic Black Boots and belt

1/4" Circle x 1 Creamy Caramel Belt buckle

1 3/8" Circle x 1 Blush Blossom Face

Boho Blossoms (small flower) x 2 Blush Blossom Hands

Black Stampin' Right marker Face

Circle of Friendship Stamped in Stazon

1" x 1 White Stamped on

1 1/4" x 1 Old Olive Matting

1 3/8" x 1 Brown Matting

1 3/4 x 1 Basic Black Matting

I have also inked around the edge with Always Artichoke.

Secondly I have been given an award by the lovely Janet and to accept this award I need to list 10 things that make me happy

1. My darling hubby

2. Zoe my bestest girly friend

3. My friends

4. My nieces and nephew

5. My Family

6. Getting lovely comments about my work on my blog

7. Chocolate in copious amounts

8. Being a member of Tuesday Taggers, Stampin' Up! and Do Crafts because I get to meet loads of lovely people

9. My work because I enjoy my job (who wouldn't enjoy crafting as a job)

10. Doing messy work.

Now I have to nominate 5 people to give this award to

1. Zoe friend and fellow SU! Demo

2. Jo D cos I like her work

3. Pauline (a German SU! Demo)

4. Hels I have only recently found Hels but her work is great

5. Chat Another blog I stalk

I hope you enjoy

Until next time happy crafting

Emma xx

Punch Art

Hi Guys

Well I seem to be doing this a lot just lately, I love it and here are a few different ones for you to have a go at.

I hope you enjoy these. Don't forget to check back tomorrow when I will be posting another punch art creation.

Until next time, happy crafting

Emma xx

Some more Christmas Cards

Hi Guys

This year has been fun for making Christmas cards, firstly the ones that my hubby made as seen in previous post, then the ones for my stamp class ladies and now these for the kids.

We wanted to do something a bit different for the kids, so out came the punches and some thought and this is what we came up with.

from the top left (in case you cant see what they are), we have a penguin, Christmas tree, a robin, an angel, Father Christmas, a snowman and last but not least a polar bear. What a polar bear and penguin have to do with Christmas I don't know, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. We needed 7 different christmassy things and polar bear and penguin came into the equation.

They are all made from a variety of Stampin' Up punches.

I hope you like

Until next time

Happy Crafting and a Happy Christmas

Emma xx