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Hello and happy Friday! Another week rolls by. Today it is a new challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity where we have a theme of bugs.

With this in mind, I was packing up from a project made way back when (was running out of room on my craft desk) and saw this paper and thought it would be good to use for this challenge.

It wasn't until I'd finished that I suddenly thought, are these waspy type creatures actually bugs? Or are bugs really, crawl along the ground type creatures? You know, I did spend quite some time thinking about this ... lol. Eventually, I decided that any little creature that bugs me is a bug and these sure do, so they fit the bill.

Papers: Teresa Collins ~ Everyday Moments. These are a really beautiful luxuriously thick cardstock, love them.

The sentiment is also cut from the card and I added some Prima bloomers and a lacey flower. 

Thank you for looking.

keeley

warm memories

Hello! Happy Friday! So happy to be here after a yukky week trying to work through a head cold. It is soooo exhausting when it drags on so long. Not much crafty time going on as I've been so exhausted by the time I got home from work at night. Anyway, hopefully now I am over the worst in time to enjoy the weekend!

Today we have a fabby new challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity and that is lots of leaves. So we want to see lots of leaves on your creations.

For my project I made a box and filled it with some little autumn themed note cards.

Only, because of my yukky week, I have only so far made two notecards and unfortunately haven't had any daylight hours to take a photo of them, so I will have to come back and post them later. But they have more leaves on them!

So, going back to my box, I am really into making boxes right now. For the papers I have used Imaginisce ~ Apple Cider.

Also used my absolutely most favourite die, Magnolia ~ Magnolia tree. Added some little incy wincy flowers.

Thank you for looking and I'll be back later with my notecards!

Keeley

Subject: girls together

 

Good evening! I'm so late getting my blog post written up for this week's challenge at Cupcake Craft Challenges.  Truth is, I came down with a stonking head cold yesterday evening and woke up with it full blown today. My head doesn't feel like it belongs to me and my concentration levels are zero! 

So, on with the challenge where we have a think pink theme! Include as much or as little as you like.

Well when I was scrabbling around, trying to think what to do, I had a bit of a bingo moment when I came across these Teresa Collins ~ Freestyle bracket album covers.

I dug out the matching paper and cut some words from it.

Added an extra clock.

Image: Dina Wakley ~ Lonely Girl. I'm loving these stamps.

Thank you for looking!

Keeley

rock-a-bye baby: Graphic 45 Little Darlings

Good evening! Today I'm coming at you from Crafts 4 Eternity where this week we have a them of nursery rhymes. 

What a great excuse to dig out my as yet untouched Graphic 45 ~ Little Darlings papers. I love this paper line so much, that after buying a full set of 12 x 12, I then went and bought the 12 x 12 paper pad also.

I've made a box and here is the front. You'll see I've used some of the chipboard pieces from the collection.

When you lift off the lid, the front piece falls down.

Here's the full piece open. Excuse the sunshiney shadows :)

The top section consists of two pockets, with space on the front for a photo.

The front pouch contains a simple little card, ready for a personal message to be added.

The pack pouch contains a little mini album.

 

Also, we are having a design team call. We are looking for 5 new members no less. All you have to do to apply, is leave a ling to your blog here: Crafts 4 Eternity Design Team Call. You have until midnight 5th October 2012 to apply.

I am entering this in at the following challenges:

• spots or stipes ~ Crazy Challenge 
• photo inspiration + 2 or more buttons + polka dots ~ Our Creative Corner 
• inspired by a song ~ Allsorts 
• for a child ~ Totally Papercrafts 
• children ~ C.R.A.F.T. 

Thank you for looking.

keeley

wherever you are

Good morning! Today I am coming at you from Cupcake Craft Challenges where we have a challenge of script and gold.

For my project, I have used papers from My Mind's Eye ~ Lost & Found Two collection.

Image: Graphic 45 ~ Ladies Diary 

Added some flowers.

Love these gorgeous wooden clocks and zippy bits from Prima.

I am entering this in at the following challenges:

• photo inspiration ~ Sir Stampalot 
• flowers ~ Card and Scrap 
• anything goes ~ Vintage Elusions Cards & Craft 
• movement on your creation I have the zip) ~ Crafty Creations

Thank you for looking.

keeley

Mama-Razzi

Hello! It's Friday ... hooray! This week at Crafts 4 Eternity we have a new challenge: Feature a number! Nice and easy huh?

I was asked to make a birthday card for someone with a theme of photography and this is what I came up with.

This had me reaching for my Bo Bunny ~ Mama-Razzi papers. I also used some of the rub-ons which are in this set, which included the camera.

The image is Dina Wakley ~ Silhouette Script. I love these stamps. I added a pearl swirl.

Loving these gorgeous zippy things from Prima.

Finally, for the numbers, I took some vinyl black numbers, but they looked a bit too black so I sprayed them with coffee glimmer mists, then heated them with my heat gun. Love the effect it gave them.

Thank you for looking.

keeley

fall delight

I am horribly late for our challenge this week at Crafts 4 Eternity  but I had started so thought I would finish!

The challenge this week is to use one or more colours from this vintage toy photo. Easy peasy right? You still have until Thursday evening to enter.

This is what I came up with.

Papers: Simple Stories ~ Harvest Lane.

I added a little pull out pocket.

I am entering this in at the following challenge:

• celebrate fall ~ Raise the Bar

Thank you for looking.

keeley 

navy white & yellow wedding day

Hello there and welcome to a new week and ... woah! cannot believe it is September already. Just dark nights for the next six months ahead. Not that I am all doom and gloom or anything, but ... perlease! we haven't even had a summer yet!

This week at Cupcake Craft Challenges we have a photo inspiration colour challenge for you.

I had no idea what I would make until I spotted this wedding stamp which has been patiently sitting on my craft table for a few months now, all ready to be used at a moments notice and then I thought of the papers that I could use for it and it was all systems go. 

This is A4 size, so impossible for me to photograph.

Papers: Teresa Collins ~ Everyday Moments.

Image: La Blanche ~ Bride stamp.

I sprayed the card first with Glimmer Mist ~ Dazzling Diamonds before stamping the image, hopefully you can see this in this photo. Lots of lovely wedding shimmery-ness.

I've machine stitched most of the edges and embossed all of them with a glittery embossing powder.

Love this Prima clock and bird.

 

Lots of Prima bling.

The lace on the side?

It is a pull out photo card, ready for photos to be added.

Front of pull out card which has a lace tie fastening.

Inside card.

Back of card.

I am entering this in at the following challenges:

• Bingo (I have perals, flowers and blue) ~ Creative Inspirations 
• Anything goes ~ Simon Says 
• Things with Wings ~ Deep Ocean Challenge 
• Use dies ~ Card and Scrap 
• Love, love, love ~ Vintage Udfordring 
• Lovely lace/terrific trim ~ Live & Love Crafts

Thank you for looking.

keeley

memories of you

Hey there! Today starts a new week at Crafts 4 Eternity where we have a theme of less is more.

Although I often think my handimakes are more simple than I want them to be, when entering less is more challenges and being even more simple, I have been told I am a no, no. So I will let the blog police decide on this one!

I have created a very SIMPLE spiral bound book with hardly any decoration. I let the papers do the talking!

I have used papers from the My Mind's Eye ~ Lost & Found: Sunshine collection. These are beautiful!

I was naughty and added some bling to the title.

Also I added some Prima bling to the binding. But hardly any really!

The pages are simple pearlised gold and black.

Thank you for looking.

keeley