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Thursday, 2 August 2012

I am back from my Hols..x


 I had a fantastic week down at Aberaeron with my parents and Becci, we were really lucky with the weather..it was boiling..








            NewQuay beach..beautiful..x

 
 Also had a fab time at the beer fesitival with my brother..x




            My card this week is being entered into 3 challenges:   Totally Tilda Challenge - Summer Fun. The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - bright and Cheerful. Sketch Saturday - the chosen sketch.     I had great fun with this card, I used Magnolia Images and shrunk the image down so it was smaller, New edition paper and some odds and ends I had lying about.





Have a lovely day..

Rachel..x

Saturday, 21 July 2012

A Beautiful Day..x

Such a gorgeous day today but inbetween packing and cleaning for my week away I made a black and white card for a couple of challenges..

I have entered this into 2 challenges:

Sketch Saturday - a sketch
Saturate Canary Challenge Blog - black & white and one other colour.

I am away for a week from Monday, visiting my parets and my brother and his girlfriend, I hope this gorgeous weather keeps up.

Have a great week and take care..

Rachel..x

A quick Friday Card...

I decided at the last minute to make this card for the:

Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge

I have used a Saturated Canary Image by the lovely krista and used Sakura pens to colour the image.

I love this image, my youngest daughter Becci is very much into her peace and love and hippy stage, its quite funny really as she can be quite a stroppy 13 year old...
The sun is out , lets hope its here to stay for a while....xxx

Rachel..x

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Its Raining Again...

After another miserable day, I shut myself away in my little room with some good music and some inspiration..
I came up with this little idea which I have decided to enter in a couple of challenges:

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge
Sketch saturday
Totally Tilda Challenge Blog
I am starting to really get back into the swing of things now, I may even start my christmas cards next..
Both kids have gone on a trip for a few days, to London to see Shrek the musical and visit the new Harry Potter world..I am very jealous but I am sure they will have a fab time..
I will miss them , its oh so quiet...xx

Rachel..x



Saturday, 7 July 2012

Another Card this morning..x




Another Saturated Canary Image, I have recently discovered the very talented Krista and digi images...I love stamps and I am slowly getting used to the fact that you can actually download these images instead of buying the stamp..its an age thing I suppose..
Anyway I coloured this image with Sakura pens, I will get around to treating myself to some copics one day soon. I used various papers in my stash and my favoured flower punch..
I made this card for a friend who has recently got married, I m loving this Tilda image, the image is coloured with wtercolour pencils. The flower I made with strips of paper and a hole punch with a brad....and my flower punch..

The amount of rain we have had today is unbelievable, we took the dogs down the beach this evening and the fields are flooded where the river has burst its banks..my vegetables are swimming nicely and the chickens just stuck their heads out of the door and retreated back in..
Here's wishing  for some sun, and thank you for looking..

Rachel

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Crafting Again..x


I have recently started crafting again after bouts of not bothering, so I thought I would ease myself back in by entering this into The Cupboard Trilogy Challeng. I made this card for my daughters birthday, I think I have used the colours specified.
The image I used is from Saturated Canary by the very talented Krista, and she is coloured using Sakura pens.
Thanks for looking.x

Rachel


Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Beautiful weather

Gorgeous day today, it was so warm at lunch time that a few of us in work sat outside among the daffs and ate our lunch....doesn't it just make you feel happy, everyone smiles and talks to each other...started to tidy up the herb garden today, the sage, mint , rosemary and lemon thyme have all survived nicely, I need to plant some parsley and chives and a few others but not quite sure yet what to plant, any suggestions would be great..
We took the dog out for a lovely walk after work, gorgeous views of the beach but forgot the camera, must remember to take it next time..
Busy sewing and watching The Good Life this evening, will post some pics tomorow..
Almost forgot, got five bags of horse manure today, my rhubarb is going to love it..

Take Care ..x

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Busy in the garden at the moment, potatos are chitting on the windowsill waiting to be planted, I have planted the garlic already and dug up the last of the parsnips. I am hoping the coldframes are warming up so I can plant some lettuce seeds and start some peas off..
Its mostly tidying up at the moment, fixing fences, painting the shed and willing the spring to really start. The daffs are out and the bluebells are flowering.
The chickens have been laying reguarly for a few weeks now and we have moved their house to greener pastures so we can reseed the grass where they have been.
Bought most of my seeds on the weekend but will need to get some courgette plants, I can't seem to grow them from seed but last year I bought some small plants and they were fab, i put them in the ground and by the end of the summer they were like trees, had loads of courgettes..


Had a baking frenzy last weekend, baked bread and cakes and lots of them, had to bake more today though, I think a plague of locusts ran through the house and demolished the lot...or it could have just been Kim and the girls..

Well I must be off now, into the garden before it gets dark,see what else I can do today..
As its nearly St Patricks day, I will be posting a list of all the places you can find me passed out...heeehee!!

Tuesday, 4 January 2011

A Happy New Year to you all...xx
Right, I am definitely back this time, I have been busy with this and that but made plenty for Christmas presents, just didn't take any pics..duh!!!
Have been sewing a lot, felting and making brooches and pendants out of felt and friendly plastic..will take some pics and put them on here..
Going to have a look about now to see whats happening...love to all..xx

A party image for the new year, all I can say is that I never look like that when I go out..



An oriental Tilda,loving this image , can't seem to get enough of her..




Better late than never, a Halloween Tilda..




Loving orange and lime green mixed together and of course an oriental Tilda..




Tuesday, 30 March 2010

I am back and up and running, hopefully...will be posting new makes and whatnots shortly...I haven't made anything realy since before Christmas, my mum and dad moved to Aberaeron to retire and build a bungalow....so I have been back and fore with them ,sorting things out, but the bungalow is nearly finished and my mojo has come back...so watch this space....thankyou for wondering where and how I am...
I am running with scissors again so I must be fine...xxx

cheers...xx

Sunday, 1 November 2009

Its Up and Running....

The Magical Crafts Challenge Blog is up and running....the challenges are set fortnightly and the first one starts today....so click on the logo opposite and get creating....

Thursday, 29 October 2009

An Award...


What a surprise when I logged on this morning to see I had recieved this lovely award from Cindybee. The 'rules' are that I have to post five things about myself and then pass on to five people.
Five things about myself:


1. I am amazingly lax at doing my housework and feeding my family...who needs this when you could be crafting...

2. I collect fabric, all sorts, I love all the old patterns , vintage stuff and everything else...I trawl charity shops for curtains and sheets..whatever...I have 4 unfinished quilts...one day!!

3. I have an unhealthy obsession with "whodunnits"...really good ones like Daziel and Pascoe or the not so good like Diagnosis murder or Murder she wrote...the kids call it my Naff tv...

4. I still think I am 18 years old and am going to be a rock star when I grow up....unfortunately I am days away from being 40 and I can't sing...but who knows!!!

5. I try very hard to treat people how I would like to be treated but my major flaw is I am very unforgiving and can hold a grudge for years...not my best characteristic....


I will now pass this award onto Jackie, Tiggertastic, Angel , Max and Kirsty...


hugs


Rachelxxx

Thursday, 22 October 2009

A Blue and Purple evening..

Some fantastic news, I have been chosen to join the Design Team for a new challenge blog - Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge Blog...really pleased, very excited and slighlty nervous... if you would like to join in, please click on the logo opposite....come and join in the fun..

Spent the evening shut in my own little world last night and this is what I came up with....a decidedly blue and purple evening ....the stamped images were sent to me from some lovely people on the cb forum, some of the papers used are from the very talented Kirsty Wiseman and the others are from Mily designs ....I think..lol.... I hope you like them and thankyou for looking..xx




Thanks for looking..xxx

Saturday, 17 October 2009

Crispy October Air....beautiful...

I have had a busy crafting week, as I explained before, number two daughter has a halloween disco to got and decided to go as "A Corpse bride"..Tim Burton of course....so a wedding outfit and veil is required...I just need to sew on the arms and glue some flowers to the veil and it will all be done..not bad on short notice I think...
A couple of Christmas cards to start with, I am having a good run at these at the moment, I may be finished in time for Easter..lol..



My October fat pages, I have made one as Halloween and one as Autumn....I love the colours at this time of year..

My entry into the October cb bookmark swap, as you can probably guess the theme this month was Halloween..

This is my Halloween wallhanging, I made this for a very good friend of mine and it is winging its way to her now...if the postal strike allows of course...I do love these decoupage fairys but they can be quite fiddly to cut out...



Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Christmas cards at last!!!!

I know I am late starting, these are the first 4 cards I have made for christmas...I really have to crack on and make some more....I have spent the day sorting through all of my stuff, hoping to get some sort of order and make a start.....and then of course, my little darling Becky wanders in and tells me that next thursday is the school halloween disco and can she please have a costume by then, she wants to go as The Corpse Bride...Tim Burton.... out comes the sewing machine then and here I go....will post a picture as soon as its done...






This is a christmas decoration, its made with thick card and stencil, the images are pin pricked and then stitched and layered...it is double sided with a tassel and a hanging loop in the middle..
only 8 more to go...help!!

Tuesday, 1 September 2009

I'm Back and ready to Go...

I haven't been around at all over the summer, mostly due to work commitments and school holidays...children are back in school tomorrow and work has evened out for a while....so I am sorry if I haven't visited your blog for a while but I will make an extra huge effort from now on...
My mojo has risen back up to 100% and I will be posting some new makes very shortly...

take care...Rachel.x




Monday, 29 June 2009

Wire flower and Butterfly

This is a hairslide I made for the Highfliers challenge over on the cb forum...I made the body out of a single piece of wire bound together at the top with thinner wire...then I wove seed beads around the bottom to form the body....the wings are made out of a single piece of wire,shaped and then attatched to the body...The wings are made with beads and thin wire woven between them...
This is the underneath of the slide....the attatchment part..
The front of the hairslide ...



This is what I ended up with after I sat down for the afternoon to play with my beads....I made the flower by threading on a single bead and then twisting the wire around it to form the flower..The flower was then attatched to the chain with thinner wire, all the beads around the flower are made with head pins and then attatched to the chain...

It hangs nicely when wearing....





This is a necklace and earrings I made for a swap over on the cb forum, I used two strands of tiger tail for the bracelet, seed beads and the larger beads are shells. The seed beads are threaded onto each wire and then joined together by one bead...The earrings are shell beads on head pins joined onto a silver plate ....


Thanks for looking.....Rachel x


Monday, 22 June 2009

June Swaps for CB..

Today I have been catching up on all the swaps for this month on the cb forum, jewellery next...well I have to do something while watching the tennis...
The theme for the June Tag swap was "thinking of you, visions in blue"...and this is what I came up with....hopefully whoever gets them will like them..
This is my fat page for the June swap on the cb forum, the theme was summer and I thought the Sugar Nellie Daisy stamp covered this in one...she is a gorgeous stamp to work with...

The theme for this months card swap was "Summer Holiday", I know at a glance this doesn't look anything to do with holidays but my thinking on this was country walks , cows in the field, picnics , all equal holidays...I thought so anyway..

These are my oriental atcs for the atc swap on the cb forum, I love oriental images and I haven't used them enough recently, will have to remedy that....

Monday, 15 June 2009

Two Challenge Cards

Haven't done a lot of crafting this week, mainly due to the suffering of hayfever...I hate it, makes me want to rip my head off in frustration...I can't see due to runny eyes ,I can't breathe due to snotty nose and then to top it all everyone decides to mow their lawns..inconsiderate so and so's...thats my winge over for today...I need to find stronger drugs I think, to banish this hayfever forever..
This is my entry for the picnic challenge over on the cb forum, this is my picnic in Mr McGregor's garden....it is a cross between a card and wall hanging, Rebecca made me add ribbon to hang it up when finished with...I think it was a hint to pinch it for her room..
This is my entry for the male card with a twist challenge over on the cb forum, the twist was to put a flower on there somewhere...and I added some pink just incase...

Sunday, 7 June 2009

All Jewellery Today...

Today I had a jewellery day, I managed to enter a few challenges on the CB forum ,I made a ring for Rebecca and the rest I made to sell.....
This necklace is made with wooden and glass beads , added in a cluster at the bottom of a chain...I made this for Tiggertastics Jewellery challenge blog, I used the colours from the butterfly...
I made this necklace for a challenge on the cb forum, I made the heart pendant out of a thicker wire and then wound a thinner wire around the heart shape and added beads....
I used some thin wire on these hoops and I think they look like spider webs....really pleased with the way they turned out...

I received these beads from a rak from a friend on the cb forum, I added some green beads I had and used some tigertail wire...

A silver and black cluster ring...I made this for a challenge on the cb forum...I used a pewter ring base and added beads and headpins....

A couple of handbag charms, made with beads I had from a rak over on the cb forum...

This is a ring I made for Rebecca, she chose the bead and told me what she wanted...and this is what I came up with...she was very pleased with it...