A splash of Colour....

Haven't been around for a few days

Have been busy adding a splash of colour !

The lounge has been re-decorated over the holiday weekend

...and now for a touch of duck egg blue for the kitchen

...So wont be around for a few more days !!

Be right back !!

Jan x

Whoops! I did it again......

Wahooooooo ! !

I've gone and won another fab prize!!

with this little

Shabby Number that I created....

I really enjoyed altering this lil vintage babies dress
...and I came 2nd place

in the

Let's Get Shabby

'Toile and Ticking'

Challenge

and have won $20 of chipboard goodies sponsored by

Jane

at

Doing a Happy Dance Here !!

There were some amazing toile and ticking entries for this challenge, so was over the moon to be in the top 3 !!

-oOo-

Can hardly wait to see what Let's Get Shabby have in store for us for the new challenge on the 25th...

But don't wait 'til then, check out

 Let's Get Shabby

for some fabby shabby Inspiration !!

Thanks for Looking !

Jan x

Now for something different.....

Spent a lovely time in the forest last week 

at Center Parcs in Longleat

Lots and lots of activity !!
(still a little saddle sore from all the bike riding !! TMI !! )

Lots and lots of eating !!

and a couple mornings of play :)

While all the boys were all out doing some serious activity stuff

I booked myself into a couple of morning crafty sessions

An Art Class

..for some water colour techniques

most if it was mixing colours !!

Then we learned how to make a basic landscape

and some clouds

Here is my feeble attempt...

The Beach

I also had a go at silk painting

I really enjoyed this...

we discovered some silk painting techniques

and made a silk wall hanging...

First we had to trace a template

I chose a pic of a

mystical mer-horse/ sea-horse creature

used gutta for the outline

then dyes to colour

and some salt and water

to create some wonderful effects

My Mystical Mer-horse

This was a lot of Fun

I will definately experiment with this medium again.

-oOo-

Now I've got to catch up with all the holiday washing and ironing!!

Hubby is taking the boys off camping for a couple of days...so I am hoping to grab some serious craft time while they are away climbing mountains !

Thanks for Looking

Jan x

Let's Get Shabby - Challenge # 26

I've just come back from a few days away, and realised I've not blogged my Let's Get Shabby Challenge yet !

Over at

Let’s Get Shabby

 Challenge # 26

is all about

Toile and Ticking

I knew I had some small fabric scraps of toile and ticking in my craft stash

….but just wasn’t too sure to make with them

Then after a visit to a boot sale (flea market) recently I bought a little old babies dress for 20p

So, I decided to have a go at altering it with….

Toile and ticking fabric, lace, old buttons, crochet doilies and flowers, key, pins, TH frozen charlotte doll, tag and a few other shabby embellies….

and here is the result...

An altered dress wall hanging

Well, I better get my challenge in quick,

...because it has to be in by midnight,

20th August,

 Sydney - Australia time!!

So must dash...

Thanks for Looking

Jan x

Don't forget to pop over to

Let's Get Shabby Blog

 for some Fabby Shabby Inspiration!

Remember these......

Remember this?.....

..this is the little styrofoam torso that I altered for the

Let's Get Shabby Challenge #25

and

GUESS WHAT?....

.

.

.

I WON!!

Wahooooooo :)

My lovely prizes arrived this week...

Lots of lovely rubber stamps

(which I've already had a play with  :) )

From Purple Onion Stamps

...they have their 8th Anniversary 25 % off sale on at the moment,

so well worth a little peek ;)

-oOo-

..and do you remember these goodies that I sent to my pal Linda,

for our '5 item swap'

Well, I was blown away with what she created from them...

How gorgeous is this little altered canvas..

...and this is what I created for her
with the same 'ingredients'

I just love seeing how different our swaps are..and these are the fab items,
 that she has sent for our next little swap...

Mmmm, don't think I've altered a CD before

so this should be interesting LOL !

-oOo-

Oh,  you won't remember these!

On Monday it was my birthday

..and my youngest son Callum

made me some cakes :)

These were my faves!!

...the cake mixture was baked inside the ice cream cone

...then butter cream icing on the top

and finished with a little flake and some sprinkles to finish it all off

DELISH  !

..and well worth the icing sugar and flour bomb-site that he left my kitchen in LOL !! ;) - I should of taken some pics of that !!
-oOo-

I had a fantastic birthday

....got totally spoilt !!

...new craft goodies, which I can't wait to get my hands on and play with !!

I also received some gorgeous handmade cards  :)

-oOo-

Hubby took me on a 'West end' trip

for a meal

a little shopping

and to see 'Ghost' at the Piccadilly Theatre,

(I loved the film version with Patrick Swayzee)

Now it's not his cup of tea,

but after dropping TONS of hints !

He booked some tickets for my birthday treat :)

We totally enjoyed it,

...even hubby was amazed,

especially with the illusions !

Richard Fleeshman (Who used to be in Corrie) played Sam 

and Caissie Levy was Molly

...but I think Sharon D Clarke stealed the show playing Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldbergs part in the film)

full of ...

...laughs,

...gasping at the illusions and wondering how it was done ?

... and sniffing back the tears moments.

Highly recommended  !!

-oOo-

Well thats all for today...

Thanks for Looking !

Jan x

The Summer of Colour - Show and Tell....

 The Summer of colour,which has been hosted by the wonderful Kristin. has now come to an end :(

Thank you so much Kristin for challenging us with colour

(and some weeks were a challenge I can tell you LOL)

...and thank you also for enabling us to share our creations with one another.

I have met many talented  people through this challenge, many blog visits to old and new blog friends :)

... and would like to THANK everyone who has taken the time to leave kind comments on my colour posts.

 ... It sure has been a pleasure to visit everyone elses beautiful colourful inspiration.

..I was also lucky enough to win 'Red weeks' Bonus

look at all those lovely goodies which arrived in the post yesterday :)

Thank you again Kristin for your generosity  x

-oOo-

..and now it's time to show and tell...

I ended up creating journal pages and greeting cards for my challenges..

BLUE WEEK



GREEN WEEK



PINK WEEK

 

PINK WEEK

 

YELLOW WEEK

 

BROWN WEEK

 

BROWN WEEK

 

RED WEEK



 

PURPLE WEEK

 

ORANGE WEEK



Thank You again Kristin  for the Summer Of Colour !

Looking forward to joining in again next Summer ;)

Thanks for Looking  !!

Jan x

The Summer of Colour #8 Orange

It's now...

 week over at

Kristin's 'Summer of Colour Challenge'
Another BIG colour challenge for me
..usually only used during fall and halloween !

Busy, Busy, Busy here!!

My Boys are on Summer holiday from school, college and Uni,

.....so the house is a busy chaotic mess

(Just how I Love it  !!)

..but I just HAD to find the time to join in with the eighth week of Kristin's wonderful colour prompts....

So,  Just a quickie I'm afraid... a quick water pencil drawing,  some rubber stamping and splattered on a little white gesso, to distress up !

..and the Bonus for this weeks challenge  is to in some way incorporate your favourite quote or poem.

Well, I'm a big quote fan...but I don't have a favourite, but I thought this little quote by Mr Van Gogh was fitting for this weeks colour...

'There is no Blue without Yellow and without Orange.'

-oOo-
So now, I'm going to try my upmost to get around to all your lovely Orange Inspiration and will also try my best to leave a comment!

Can't wait to see what Kristin has in store for us for the rest of the challenge :)

Got to dash !!

Thanks for Looking  !

Jan x

...and one little furry who never misses out on a photo opportunity  !!

 

Barney boy, getting in on the act of orange week  !! :)