Clarity 4 Day Deal

Barbara sent me some lovely little stamps that got my muse going last week ..... here are a few of the creations I put together for the 4 day deal available on Create & Craft this week.








The small sets of stamps are so versatile and a delight to use for lots of different occasions.

I'll be back later on the week with more photos

TFL

Annette x

Mods On Mopeds

This week we have been enjoying TOTPs 2 (BBC 2 6.30ishpm)... the kids have been cringing at their parents singing and reliving those disco 'slow snog' dances that always came at the end of the evening. Prior to that the girls dancesd round their handbags and certainly the 'popular' discos I went to, the 'boys' danced in their wellies - the majority being farmers popping in for a drink and a laugh! I can't beieve I could remember the dance moves to Adam and The Ants - you remember Diana Doors and that fairy godmother act....

Well where are we going ... on Saturday I set off over to Carlisle for a demo and what slowed me down - a group on vintage mopeds. My week was complete :

So what else has been going on ... I got to spend some time with Cricut. Mt DH thinks I have another man as he overheard me talking to myself, talking to Cricut.... don't go there !!!

The dog has taken up residency under a hydrangea bush on 'pigeon watch'. We have birds nesting down the bottom of the garden so we've been putting out extra meal worms and other exotic items the birds seem to enjoy and two pigeons, Bessie and Bert have decided that they would like to come and join the party. The Cairn Terrorist is taking guard duties to excessive extremes ... it's keeping the dog busy.... the little birds can have their exotic nosh.... and the pigeons are welll exercised!

I'll leave you with a little something I created earlier today



TFL

Annette x

Dylusions Day

Today I got to play with some new toys - Dylusions vibrant ink sprays by Dyan Reaveley. In a few words.... you gotta get some and play.... no clogged nozzels...gushy oozzzzzy colour palatte that had my daughter wanting to join in. I also missed out on a cricut class on Friday where the lovely Margaret had created cards, post-it note holders and a must have brag book. So feeling the urge to create on a sunny Sunday afternoon this is one of the things we came up with today.

The inks can be purchased here

We used the Splodge-A-Mask to create the backgrounds. We even found them useful for body art - but will leave that for another day. It is Sunday afterall.

TFL

Annette x

I LOVE my dishwasher dog!!

Imagine the scene .. you've just had friends round for dinner ..... and you wander into the kitchen to bring in your bowl of fruit salad and what do you find ....

.... a dog in the dishwasher....

.....and it gets worse......

the dog refuses to move ..... kinda get the feeling there could be so scrumptious scoobie snacks going on.....

But this card really lets you know how the cairn terrorist really makes us feel.....

TFL

Annette x

Twin Set and Match

The Creativity Blog prompt suggested that you blog about 'A day in the life of.....' so this was my creation today. I spent the whole day in meetings. When I got home that SplodgeAway mat and DIs were calling to me from the breakfast Bar - so in between feeding the lions - 2 teenagers, a cairn terrorist and an affectionate cat - I put this together.


I'm teaching at Suzicraft this evening and my good friend Maria Simms arrives this week as she is coming to help with Clarity Stampers North East on Friday as we have had a few more ladies join us for the day.


Have a good craft day


Annettex

Going Live.....

There have been rumours which have now been confirmed that there is a new blog on the street. I was asked to be Design Team Co-ordinator a while back for SplodgeAway. Why not go and find out all about the latest hot new product to hit the crafting world. I have had a mat for some time now and have been seriously impressed by the quality and usefulness of this new product. It is a super smooth polymer resin mat which means that blending all types of ink is a breeze and the results are top notch. This was a DT submission. It was deliberately kept to a single layer so you can see the blending of the inks. I used one of my favourite Crafty Individual stamps as a focal point.

There will be new postings on Sundays with tutorials, challenges and giveaways so please browse at your leisure and leave a comment to say you have visited and we can say hello. TFL Annette x

Life in the Dog Lane

The Creativity Blog Prompt 11 was to post a picture of your craft room - I have a lovely wood cabin that I am supposed to use but I tend to take my prep into the kitchen and this is what happens.....

This is Ninja Dog attempting to stare me into submission for dog walking duties whilst crafting. I'll show you what we've been busy with this week.

Today I'm demonstrating at Strikes at Lambton, Chester-le-Street. Very sadly this shop will be closing in the near future and I wish the staff well in finding new jobs. WBBT Annette x