Happy New Year! Hope 2012 is kind to you & yours, bringing with it good health & much happiness.
Towards the end of last year I had quite a few hiccups with computer, so didn’t achieve all that I hoped too unfortunately. The search is on now for a new computer.
With Christmas & the holiday festivities over, one of the first tasks I have planned is to begin sorting all the digital photos I have — at the moment they’re just in folders & in no particular order! I’ve got a few projects at the “almost ready to share stage” so with a bit of luck I’ll be posting those very soon. I’m participating in an ATC swap over on the Black Cat USA forum, so that should be lots of fun. Have been working on family tree & I’ve also started P365 again at Little Bits Only — hoping to get a good pass rate this year, so far the report card is looking less than impressive; with a fail in 2009, pass in 2010 & fail again in 2011 . . .
A new year begins . . .
boxed notecards
You can find my latest SVG file here October Card Challenges/Crop — challenge 18 … Continue Reading
october card challenges/crop — challenge 18
The challenge:- create 3″ x 3″ notecards (at least 4 cards) & a matching box to contain them. I decided to make one a little bigger so designed a 4” x 4” template for the box with a decorative scalloped edging on the lid. I was able to fit 12 cards with matching envelopes. This… Continue Reading
Pop up Card
Over on the US BC forum the challenge for October has been to create a range of cards, using our die cutters, an assortment of supplies & various techniques. With 20 challenges to choose from, probably the hardest decision to make was where to begin. In the end I started with the first challenge, a… Continue Reading
BFJ recycling — #1
IN THE PANTRY cut vinyl or contact paper circle to fit lid & use a paint pen marker to label (I used a Uni* PAINT marker, available from my local newsagent) alternatively, use chalkboard vinyl & write on with chalk!… Continue Reading
Old McDonald cupcake wrapper
I cut this wrapper a couple of months ago and only now am I getting round to sharing it. The details are quite fine but it cut beautifully on the cougar! ENJOY! Personal Use Only {filelink=3}… Continue Reading
baby formula tin + paint + vinyl =
a perfect food scraps container for the dog! Spray an empty, clean baby formula tin with a coat of primer, let dry then apply enamel top coat. 2-3 light sprays for best results — don’t be like me & skip forget the primer because you will end up having to apply half a dozen coats!… Continue Reading
tying up loose ends
Items such as cables, battery chargers and the like do go missing! I know, I have a friend who used to spend hours frantically searching for the charger for his camera! I came up with this simple solution for him — a box, rubber bands or twist ties and labels. Recently I decided it was… Continue Reading
candles ‘n cranberry glass
Supplies:- • clean jars, e.g. 235gm Kraft easy cheese • Mod Podge gloss lustre • red & blue food colouring • wire rack • baking tray covered with alfoil • old paintbrush or paint stirrer • bowl to mix in • wire & wire cutters • round nosed pliers • washed sand • LED tealight… Continue Reading
baby pram
Supplies:- craft glue • d/sided foam tape • d/sided tape • craft knife & ruler Crop-a-dile© or small hole punch • A3 (420mm x 297mm) cardstock & assorted extra brads for assembly (6) • decorative bling to embellish as desired • bone folder • paperclips pram measurements (approx) height to top of hood 8½”,… Continue Reading