365....

365

Yup, 365 days to prove myself wrong...

So here we are, full of promises to ourselves and thinking yes, a new beginning. Well hopefully it wont be a one hit wonder but seeing is believing. If you have seen me on 'The 'book' you'll be aware of my vow to reinstate my blogs and all my other promises to myself as lately (over the past 2 years) I have been a right miserable old sod and let people, personal events and differences get in the way of just about everything I did and enjoyed but I am saying enough is enough they can all bugger off and I'm going back to being the old me, the funny one who always liked a laugh which is something I have missed doing and when I happened to find myself doing it a couple of months ago got upset and angry with myself as how the hell could I forget all of those things and carry on where as in truth I should have carried on until my sides ached and the only way forward was with Tena's - but no that would never do.
Well all change now, I have come to terms with so much over this last break I'm coming back, yep I'm on it so look out this old girl is not gonna hold back any more...

One of the things I want to try and do is take more pictures. If I can take just one a day until next year then that's 365 new photo's to either blog, scrapbook or just share with family. I would have added friends but they are very VERY short on the ground so with a bit of luck that could be something else that changes over the next year. I'm not talking acquaintances but friends, those your meant to be able to rely on. Phone when your feeling pishe or hold your hair back if your throwing up and laughing with over a brew while watching some film or another... 

I'm of for that brew now and to see what pictures from today I can either upload here or print off for a scrapbook page. I would say sorry for the long post but I'm not, sorry for the mediocre whinge but I'm not - it's another thing I'm going to try and that's always apologizing for being me. This is me like it or not (probably why I don't have friends but hey ho) their loss. It was nice speaking to you and hopefully you'll come back, see ya later... Julie-Ann xxx

Bloomin' Lovely...

 My take on the ever popular...

Card-in-a-Box

 Found the instructions on Splitcoast Stampers and I've copy the link for you here. It was originally from Monica Gale who is one of those really inventive crafters.

 The box is made from a sheet of A4 ivory hammered card, the side panels are then covered with matted and layered pieces of fuchsia pink and some patterned paper. The stamped images are matted and layered and come from Bee Crafty's Wordage range (not sure if the Best Wishes has made it onto the web yet as it's from a new set just coming out) but the Sunshine and Freedom one is and comes in 2 sizes.

Incredibly easy to do as after one follow of the instructions I was off making different sizes without even looking at them.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you 

really do give it a go...

Happy Crafting 

Hearts A Flutter...

Hello, tis me again back after a bit of an absence. 
Have had a lovely day today playing with the brand new wooden decorative bits that have arrived. There are a few different shapes but I've picked a couple of the hearts in different sizes for this project. Hope you like it...

I covered the blank wooden hearts with paper from Kaisercraft and sanded them all round. They do come with hole's for hanging but the smaller one I left covered as I wanted to glue it onto the bigger one. Added a couple of wings and gave it all a bit of a rub over with some Distress Paint, replaced the cord with some paper ribbon, a bead and Voila...

I love it and I hope you do too...thanks for dropping by xxx

Little Red Book...

To be fair it started out as something quite different which goes to show it is always better to not have a set idea of where your going as what I've ended up with I'm so very pleased with...

It began with the idea of doing a gardening journal book with 'Rose Garden Abi' on the front but after the initial inking of the journal and sourcing some papers from my shelf I veered off in a completely different direction and I hope you like the result...

Found some really good quality but cheap hardback lined books in a stationary shop sale ages ago knowing that they would get used at some point, well that's what we do isn't it.

I inked all the edges including that ridge on the spine edge just to dull down the red a bit then covered it with the burgundy check paper that I inked the edges of also. 

Punched a border strip with a similar coloured burgundy card and added it to the spine edge followed by a strip of contrasting paper to 2/3rds across again inking the edges.

Where the 2 strips of paper meet I added a band of lace with a band of grosgrain. To this I then added a handmade bow all stuck down with a glue gun.

On the opening edge I used a diecut label to which I attached a metal embellishment and a little wooden knob, again inked with the same ink I used for the papers.

And to finish off a couple of metal corner embellishments...

I really hope you like it...

I'm back.....yayyyy

Well hello and Happy New Year

Who on earth would have thought it would have taken me this long to find my way back here...

So it's been a very very long time and an awful lot has happened but I think the best thing is just to get on with it as if I'd never disappeared.

So here is my first make of the year, well the first I've sat and made specifically for pleasure. Brought on by the fact we are snowed in and cant get to the shop so I thought I would get on and make a project to kick start my blog again...

Love these new stamps designed and made by Beverley Tonks at Bee Crafty. The little girl image is from the new 'Abi Grace' range and the round sentiment is from the new 'Love and Romance' range.

Also used were Promarkers for colouring, Spellbinders and Cheery Lyn dies and Bee Crafty Blooms...

Had fun doing this, especially when I found my distresser tool...

had a good ole scratch all round the first layer of paper



Little Musings Willow......

There is nothing I like more than a bargain ~ other than a freebie......

This is where SJ come's in, her beautiful images are available as stamps or digital images

from her own website and now and then she offers free digital images for us o play with......

This is the little beauty she kindly gave us this week who reminds me so much of my darling

granddaighter Abbie.

Now those of you who know her will admit she is a bit of a cartoon anyway

but this image so reminds me of her dressed to go off down to the stables to play

with her pony "Berry Boo Princess"

See what I mean....

butter wouldn't melt..........NOT!!!

oh but I love her soooo much xxx

Huggles......J x

Molly and her Bloomin' Sleigh.....

So after having a couple of days feeling ab-so-flamin'-lutely pants with a bad back and head cold I've managed to drag myself from my sick bed......wait for the violins....I've made a card with one of my new Molly Blooms stamps. I've had them a few days but could not get my mojo out of bed let alone myself. 

So here it is, coloured with ProMarkers and layered quite simply on just one sheet of patterned paper and decorated with a few punched out snowflakes and some die cut Cricut vines and snowflakes....

It would have been easy to use a red paper so in true Julie-Ann style I used orange...

So please if you like it let me know, it's nice to get feedback.

If it's rubbish don't say anything, I'll just delete it :p

Hugs J x

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