catching up on blogging

its been a while, hasn't it.

my promarkers arrived and i love them so much that i brought some more. i now own 41 just another 52 to buy until i have them all. i have been colouring in images to make cards with, i will post some cards once i get the time to make them up.

tomorrow i will be doing the ukscrappers april week 4 challenge and i will post a pic when its done.

i have had a go on photofunia.com with a couple of my lo's, pics are below.

awaiting postman

i am eagerly awaiting my postman to come banging on my door with my orders of stash and my gorgeous scrapagogo kit, the other parcels are for lovely papers, and my first but not last batch of promarker pens. i have heard such good reviews about these that i had to get some to test for myself. hese might get me using my new stamps that have not seen much of the light of day but i think this will change once i have these in my hand.
i will post pics of my creations once they are done.
off to bed now so i can get up very early to start the stalking.

blog candy

this link goes to a fantastic blog with gorgeous creative work on it, i have spent a long time looking at the l;ovely work on this blog, take a look for yourself and enter for the blog candy she is offering.
here is the link;http://mustgoonastashdiet.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-candy.html

3d exploding boxes

today i made 3 3d exploding boxes after seeing a blog with some on. anyway i found them really easy to make and i must say i really enjoy making them too.

i have been off work for 2 days and i seem to have wasted them again, i have all good intentions to get loads done but on the day before i go back to work i realise i have done nothing, i then cram in as much as possible before i go to bed.

here is one of the boxes i made today, it won't be the last either.

scrap place

well i am joining the gogo crowd and blogging my scrap area. its in my living room as i like to still feel part of the family when i scrap, obviously my thinking will change when my son eventually moves out and i get his room, lol.

here is the view of my space from the hallway.

it takes up one wall but i could take over the whole room if i had my way, who needs a living room anyway.

here are some ikea drawers i use to store alphas in.

here are my shelves of buttons and primas.

here are my jars full of my gorgeous ribbons.

here is my cake stand full of my paints.

here is my chest of drawers that hold all my cardstock.

here is my cutting area with my beloved cricut.
here is my stickles storage.i hope you liked the little tour of my scrapping space.

busy doing nothing.........

i have had a week off work and all i managed was a couple of lo's and a perpetual calendar.
i am in 2 christmas swaps and seem to spend all my spare time either trying to choose the right gifts or browsing and buying from the online shops.
i still need to get a couple of gifts and make something for my swappees then its just the wrapping and sending off, then wait until christmas to recieve mine, its so exciting, roll on christmas. i hope my swappees like their gifts.
i am at work all weekend until monday night so no scrapping for me until tuesday when i will be making my swappees their gifts.

homemade believe book

after the thread on ukscrappers kept coming to the top after getting lost among the other threads i thought i would put the instructions on here so they dont get lost again, hope they come in handy for lots of people.

here is how i made it:

type your word, lets say xmas, using rockwell bold font, using 550 as font size and print out onto paper.get some mountboard or similar, longest bit should be 13 inches long and about 6 inches high.cut the letters out. place the s at the end of the longest card and draw round it lightly, trim the width of card so its the same size of the s, now cut the s out but only cutting out the first half of the s, repeat this with the a,m and x, make sure you trim so they are all the same width.now lay the word out making sure there are even spaces for each letter, now cut the excess card from the other end where thew holes will be, holepunch, place bookrings in and away you go.hope you all can follow this.have fun,jackie