Hello peeps.
So this week on my desk is one of the finished cards I had the makings on my desk from last week. I also have some of my die cut deers (thanks Becky for lending me your die) and I have used my bargain fake pine pipe cleaners (£1 for 10 of them and they are nearly 12 inches long!) to make wreaths and I have threaded on a mini red bell. I plan on mounting these on a tag and probably some cards too.
Finally, my 'Man Bites Dog' Cards (these are a card game I picked up in a charity shop, no idea how you play, but I pick 4 or 5 random cards and post them on here) is "DNA Tells on Lady Priest"!! You couldn't make it up...considering the female bishop debate last week in the news!
So, that's my desk this week....what's yours like?
Pop over here to visit the queen of desks, Julia, and have a legal snoop at desks all across the globe.
Happy Crafting
Kyla
Evening all, for those of you in the USA, Happy Thanksgiving and for those of you in the UK (especially down here in the south west) I do hope the storm and flooding hasn't impacted you too severely.
On a brighter note, it was my dad's 70th birthday at the weekend.
Dad was in the navy and travelled the world, used to collect stamps and more recently has taken up photography.
so I took all these elements and made them into a card for him.
The swallows and anchors represent his navy career, the map background, his travels. I used old stamps and a page from a vintage stamp catalogue which is valetta harbour in Malta (where both my parents were stationed). I then added some TH mini film strip and attached it all with my new tiny attacher I bought at the NEC (I recommend this attacher, I have rheumatoid arthritis so my hands are not too great, but I have no issues using this....basically its great!).
As to the gift....what do you get a 70 yr old who needs nothing? The answer was an MDF (from MDF Man) remote control holder (I swear remote controls breed!) which I covered in pages from a vintage stamp catalogue (the stamp catalogue is a great find, it cost about £2 and has hundreds of thin pages perfect for craft!) and distressed it a bit.
I think he liked them both...they are certainly unique!
Anyway, the rain is lashing outside so time to settle down to some steaming hot veggie chilli and some trashy TV!
Happy crafting
Kyla
Hello peeps.
I cannot believe its Wednesday AGAIN! Sorry but I didn't get a chance to get around many desks last week....my only excuse is that I am working stupid hours still at work and my rheumatoid arthritis means I get tired a lot easier so the long hours means home and straight to bed with little or no crafting!
So, excuses over...on my desk this week are some Christmas cards I am making (this is as far as I have gotten with my cards!!). I am using my lovely bombshell stamp of the 50's belle and have added a hand drawn skirt and hat with a little added glitter bling. I cut her hand free so I could slip the skirt under it so it looks like its meant to be part of it.
'Man Bites Dog' cards this week is Hubby Runs off with Naked Psychic!!! I swear these are randomly drawn!
So, if you fancy popping over to the Queen Julia's blog here and have a legal snoop through desks all over the globe!
Happy crafting
Kyla
Hello all,
Well, the past 2 weeks have been an Internet mare! We decided to change suppliers and ended up with no phone line or broadband service for nearly 2 weeks!! Which is why I have not been able to blog.
But now I am back....
On my desk this week....well basically its everything! After a trip to the craft show at the NEC I have a few more goodies to find homes for so I am trying to have a bit of a tidy up....they say these things get worse before they get better!
The Man Bites Dog cards this week are "Bizarre model stabs crooked teen!!"....I swear they get odder each week.
If you'd like a legal snoop through desks across the globe then pop over to the queen of desks, Julia here
Happy Crafting
Kyla
