craftywayoflife

Back again

2010-01-04T06:02:00.000-08:00

Where do i start i haven't been doing much crafting as my husband walked out on me with one of my so called friends.Plus a lot of things going on at the same time that's my moan.

I have made these cards today i must admit i enjoyed making them at last hope you do. Calvin that stand you gave me works my photo is not blurry thank you.

mad imaginations..................

2009-05-12T02:11:00.000-07:00

mad imaginations..................: "Want to learn to colour with copics ?
Workshop bookings are now being taken for all day workshops on the 23rd and 24th May.The copic workshops are based in leeds and copics will be provided for you .
Please email me if your interested in the copic workshop details.
maddy.hill@hotmail.co.uk

TILDA

2009-05-11T03:22:00.000-07:00

When i saw this card in my mag me been me i had to have a go at doing it. I am well chuffed with the result i think that it is one of the neatest card i have ever done.

I coloured Tilda in using my few copics that i own the tag i did the back ground in chalks and the flowers and butterfly in Sacura pens and the hedgehogs in using my whisper pens. I hope you like it.

DOG CARDS

2009-04-21T01:13:00.000-07:00

I saw these cuties in a magazine and i just had to have a go at making them. The black one i have called Scottie and his playmate is called Fido hope you like them.

BOX

2009-04-06T07:03:00.000-07:00

This is a box we made at our craft club The Sticky-Fixers . I coloured her in using my water colours.

PARCHMENT

2009-03-31T03:13:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, Rachel [ leggies ] bought me a lovely book on parchment and i love it thanks Rachel. This is a picture of Mandarin ducks i coloured them with Pergomano felt tip pens then i embossed from the back.

Sketch challenge

2009-03-16T13:50:00.000-07:00

Seeing that Maddy has been teaching us how to do sketches i thought i would have a go at doing Dotties World candy challenge. I am not entering it as i don't know how to do a link but i thought it would be practise for me because i had to think what to do by my self and that in its self is a challenge for me he he. Any way i hope you like it.

LESSON

2009-03-13T07:18:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

sorry for not blogging for a while,this card is a sketch that Maddy was teaching us at our craft group the sticky-fixers. Firstly i coloured her in using my water colour pencils, the flowers in the plant pot i used my flower-soft. I am still trying to get a perfect picture with my camera but it is still a little blurry.

Val xx

PARCHMENT

2009-02-10T05:50:00.000-08:00

Today i thought i would do something different so i got my parchment stuff out, i don't know about you but i just love it better now because i can do a little it is so delicate. I coloured the hearts in dark lilac and i did the same with the centre of the flowers.

Bunny

2009-02-09T05:05:00.000-08:00

I thought i would have another go with my whispers, people that know me [ Maddy ] know that i have had a problem with them Maddy has shown me loads of times how to do the shading but it just would not sink in, in fact i got on a lot better with the copic pens. Any way i started to colour bunny in and i think i am starting to get the hang of it even though it is not perfect i think he is looking quite good.

love Val xx

RAIL FENCING [ I THINK ]

2009-02-04T07:41:00.000-08:00

Well i think that is what you call it, i used grey and pinks for this one.

SPIDERS WEB

2009-02-04T07:34:00.000-08:00

This one is called spiders web [ dont like spiders ],the colours are pinks, blues, and greens the outside lookes tatty but we have to put a boarder around it.

PATCHWORK AND QUILTING

2009-02-04T07:19:00.000-08:00

I have always fancied learning how to do quilting so just before Xmas i started a college coarse, i must admit i thought to myself that i would never like it but I LOVE IT .

The first one i am going to show you is called A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD!!!. The colours i have used are pale blues and pink.

TILDA'S

2009-01-25T07:38:00.000-08:00

Today i have b een playing with my camera and i took a picture of this angel [ reminds me of me ] hehe, i coloured her in using my whispers i still cannot get the hang of them, but i am getting better.

It still lookes a little bit juttery but i am getting better [ i hope ]

THANKS

2009-01-25T07:25:00.000-08:00

Hi ya,
how do i start just lately i have been feeling sorry for my self i felt that no one wanted to know me so the first thing i did i stopped doing my blog, i meen why do it in my mind i was wasting my time.
I went to our craft-club [ sticky-fixers ] oh a couple of weeks ago and i must say i got a megger ear bashing of Maddy and yes she made me see that i was been very silly.
Well i have licked my wounds and i am going to start again blogging that is.

Before i start firstly Maddy thankyou yes i did listen to you Rachel you are great and Kalvin what can i say but thankyou. You see i do listen [ not often ] but i do.

Love Val xxxxxxxx

CHRISTMAS

2008-12-25T04:25:00.000-08:00

Hello to you if you are reading my blog, and of coarse thanks for taking the time. As you all know i am very new to all this, i mean last year all i could do is turn the pc on.

Maddy gets a good laugh [ at my expense ] sometimes because of the way i try to do something, and yes it goes completely wrong but you never know one day it might go right hehe [ watch this space ].Santa has brought me a new camera for me to use with my crafting, AHAH something else for me to learn how to use. Maddy help!!. Must go now and sort our dinner out.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Luv Val xxx

CARDS FOR GRANDCHILDREN

2008-12-15T13:49:00.000-08:00

I made these two cards for two of our grandchildren Lola and Elle. the carolsinger has been done as a decoupage. Hope you like them.

IRIS TAG

2008-12-10T04:10:00.000-08:00

Iris folding holds an air of mystery to me you never know what your designs look like till you have finished and turned it over.

I love doing it and i thought i would share this tag with you . Hope you like it.

SOMEONE SPECIAL

2008-12-09T07:26:00.000-08:00

I am going to share this with you all, Hubby and i were trying to have a baby for fifteen years, after test, after test they told me a was infertile and could not have children we were devastated.

At that time i could not look at baby's without getting very upset.

Last year my niece became pregnant and because she new what i had been through she asked me to be her birthing partner well i burst into tears then she did and we hugged each other which seemed for ever. It was an experience that i will never ever forget. Charlotte gave birth to a beautiful son who is called Bradley, it goes without saying he is one spoilt little boy.

I wanted to share this with you all because i wanted to show you this card i have made for him.

DEEP IN THOUGHT

2008-12-06T14:15:00.000-08:00

I made this card today, isn't she a cutie so deep in thought. I coloured her with my whisper pens and i used my embossing folder for the background.

TILDA'S

2008-12-05T06:02:00.000-08:00

I am soooo excited my Tilda stamps arrived the other day [ i luv these stamps ]. um which one shall i do first, so many to choose from.

I chose this one i am learning how to use whisper pens so i used them on her, not quite there with them yet but not bad [ i think ]

PARTY

2008-12-05T05:52:00.000-08:00

Last night was sticky-fixers xmas night out, meal wasent up to much but the the tribute band was good Ithink everone had a good time.

HELLO

2008-12-03T08:41:00.000-08:00

Today i went to collage to learn how to do quilting MIND BLOWING at first but yep i enjoyed my self [ i think ], all i can say is watch this space.

COPICS

2008-11-28T03:33:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was craft-club day, We have just bought some copics for the group. I looked at them and thought to myself what was all the fuss about they look just like felt pens to me,AH DON'T SHOUT MADDY, Once i started to have a go with them the colouring is wonderful so much nicer than whisper pens. At the end of the class you can definitely tell them apart i love them. Hear is the lion that we had to colour in.

DECOUPAGE

2008-11-25T04:24:00.000-08:00

This is a decoupage picture of a toy shop window. I must admit even though i will have a go at ever kind of crafting decoupage is my favorite. It took me four days to do this picture and then i varnished it.

WOW

2008-11-25T03:58:00.000-08:00

Wow what a big surprise, felling a bit delicate today until i turned on my PC and saw Calv's post hear on my blog.I am so pleased that you think that i deserved this award Calv once again a big thank you.

WHAT A LAUGH

2008-11-23T05:12:00.000-08:00

I just had to share this with you all, i take a lot of medication 17 tablets a day so when it is night time i become very drowsy. back to my story i saw this card in my mag and i wanted to make it thought she looked soo cute.After i thought i had done a great job and went to bed . When i woke up the next day what a mess she looked , me and hubby laughed for nearly an hour and said i must take her to my craft-club and she was a hit everyone laughed.

WHISPER PENS

2008-11-22T06:34:00.000-08:00

Maddy has been trying to teach me how to use whisper pens [ Patience of a saint ] well this Santa has been coloured in using my whispers its not perfect but you can see the shading , so i think at long last Maddy i might be getting the hang of this.

FAIRY CARD

2008-11-22T06:27:00.000-08:00

I have made this card for my friend at our craft- club she has been a little sad so i thought it would make her smile a little.

MR SNOWMAN

2008-11-17T02:05:00.000-08:00

This card is what we had to do at our craft group [ sticky-fixers ] last week. It was a lesson that Maddy was taking. I coloured him in with my water colour pencils.

LOVE THESE

2008-11-17T01:39:00.000-08:00

Dont you just love these cuties, i coloured these in using my water coloure pencils and i put a little bit of sticklers on the snow to make it look frosty. You cannot tell by the picture but i have made them stand out

ONLY DID SIX

2008-11-17T01:06:00.000-08:00

Well what can i say,i only managed to do six of the cbc challenge poor effort i know but it was my first attempt and i really enjoyed doing it and yes i will be having another go at further challenges to come [ must learn how to post pictures ] for my self. thank you ever one who helped me.

CHALLENGE NO 6

2008-11-11T05:04:00.000-08:00

We had to make a notebook with some sort of closure i used ribbon and i did a pen holder at the side.

CHALLENGE NO 5

2008-11-10T16:03:00.000-08:00

This is challenge no 5 we had to make a invitation on any subject we liked

CHALLENGE NO 4

2008-11-10T07:37:00.000-08:00

Hear is my next challenge, firstly i traced it in tinta black ink, then i coloured it in with perga pens ,then i embossed from the back.

CHALLENGE

2008-11-10T02:01:00.000-08:00

Hear is my no 3 placemats, we had to make four

CHALLENGE

2008-11-09T10:09:00.000-08:00

Hear is no 2 of the challenge , must admit i am enjoying my self

CBC CHALLENGE

2008-11-08T04:44:00.000-08:00

I was lookng round cbc and saw the challenge i have seen them many times but thought that i was never clever enough to join in. I know that im late but i am going to have a go hear is no 1 the keyring i decided to do a parchment hope you like it

SCRAPBOOK PAGE

2008-10-30T11:08:00.000-07:00

Today i have been to my craft club [sticky-fixers ]Maddy our wonderfull teacher has been teaching us differant ways to distress and ink our pages.I chose this picture it is of our blessing which i arranged for my husband who was 60 last christmas we had a great day.Firstly we had to scrape our edges of the paper then we inked them and then we ripped them i must admit it does look very effective hope you like it.

2008-10-14T11:04:00.000-07:00

I found this lady in one of my books i think she looks so elegant. I did the border in gold gel pen and the rest was done in white ink.

Have another go

2008-10-13T13:47:00.000-07:00

What can i do today, mmm housework or crafting, yep the crafting one. I thaught i would have another go at parchment even though i think i am getting the hang of it the one thing i cannot do [YET ] is the cutting with scissors. I have tried and tried but i cannot get the hang of it so please feel free to give me any pointers.

WHAT CAN I SAY

2008-10-11T10:20:00.000-07:00

I tried to be a smarty pants and put my picture of that lady in a post, and yes i totally messed it up, dont ask me how or why but i posted my pic of my parchment instead [CONFUSED] so was i .Must say a very big thankyou to melissa for helping me.

Lady

2008-10-10T05:59:00.000-07:00

This is a stamp that Anita has let me borrow i think she is so elegant. I coloured her with my whisper pens and i even put her some eyelashes on.

Another tag

2008-10-10T04:11:00.000-07:00

I bought this tag when i went to a craft fair with Maddy and Rachel i had a fab day out. We spent lots of pennies of coarse. I coloured my stamp in with twinkiling h2os, and chalked the background.

tag

2008-10-10T03:20:00.000-07:00

This is the tag that i made at our craft club yesterday, i first stamped it then i masked it

Craft Club

2008-10-09T08:26:00.000-07:00

Went to Sticky Fixers Craft club today & made a tag. Learnt how to mask & use different inks. Had a good time as usual.

Off to gorilla Crafts in Halifax this evening for another fun crafting time :-)

WHAT TO DO TODAY.......

2008-09-16T03:37:00.000-07:00

well what can i do today, got rid of the boring stuff, ironing, dusting you know things like that he he. I think i will have another go at parchment i am getting to enjoy doing it, i have a long way to go yet before it is perfect but hay i did it yes me

PARCHMENT

2008-09-15T13:51:00.000-07:00

I have always been one for a challenge so i thaught i would have a go at parchment, loads of people told me it was easy.

Several screwed up pieces of parhment paper later i started to get the hang of it, and yes i am hooked ( i love it ). mind you it has up to press cost me a fortune.

FINALLY

2008-09-14T03:38:00.000-07:00

Today i have made a link between my blog and my post i think it is starting to sink in?.( Calv helped me). How come when i am at our craft club i never shut up, computer in front of me and my mind has gone blank.

HELLO EVERYONE

2008-09-12T03:02:00.000-07:00

who would of thought that i would be sat hear doing this ,not me thats for sure.Well i will try my best to make it interesting for you all to read.