ride through life with me

Hello and a good morning to you all. Firstly, let me wish you all a Happy New Year! Unfortunately, mine hasn't got off to a flying start as I have been sick for the last 7 days and I'm getting a bit bored of it now! No doubt it will cleared by the time I have to go back to work on Monday!

Well, today at Crafts 4 Eternity we have a challenge of new technique, product or style. I have gone for new cutting dies and a punch and no I didn't get them for Christmas, I had to buy them myself! So a special treat for me:)

Apologies for the awful photos, I have never known it be so dark and all day long too!!

The image is by Crafty Secrets and I've used Spellbinders ~ Romantic Rectangles cutting dies.

You can also see the Martha Stewart ~ Doily Lace which is now my favourite punch.

Papers: The Girls' Paperie ~ Vintage Whimsy. Loving these!

I am entering this in at the following challenges:

• new stash ~ Tuesday Taggers

• new something ~ Simon Says 
• anything goes ~ Papertake Weekly   

Thank you for looking.

keeley  

red & white santa

Ooh, it's nearly Christmas! It seems forever since I've been here, I nipped over to Thailand for two and a half weeks :)

Look at this baby jumbo, only six months old. He was so cute, he just wanted to play.

Now I have 17 glorious days off work! Lots of time to get crafty, I hope! This is a real luxury for me, to have some time at home. Seems strange to just be chilling out after a really hectic year.

Anyway, today at Crafts 4 Eternity we have an ANYTHING GOES challenge.

Last weekend I decided I need to make some very quick cards and so this is what I came up with.

Papers: Papermania ~ Home for Christmas

Image: La Blanche ~ Santa with a letter

I used a Spellbinders ~ Floral oval die to cut the frame.

The flower is made from a Spellbinders ~ Poinsettia die.

Thank you for looking! I'm looking forward to popping by your blogs and catching up with you all again.

Merry Christmas!!

Keeley 

12 days of Christmas

Woohoo! Today we have a CHRISTMAS theme at Crafts 4 Eternity. Well I don't often bow to Christmas, but I decided to make an album that I've been wanting to do ever since I got into papercrafting and that is a 12 days of Christmas mini album. I warn you now, this is photo heavy! 

For the cover I used a Spellbinders ~ Poinsettia die.

This is quite a chunky album and here are the pages.

Inside cover:

First page:

Second page: for each left hand page I made a pocket for a pull out tag, meant for journalling that day's page. The right hand page is for adding the photographic memory of that day.

The first day of Christmas starts with Christmas day.

Papers ~ I've used a mixture from Making Memories, Simple Stories and Authentique.

Day 2:

Day 3 doesn't have a pullout tag.

 

Day 4: You might notice that the binding edges of each pages are covered with washi tape.

Day 5: I will show you the left and right hand page

Day 6:

Day 7:

Day 8:

I used Doodlebug for the red & white twine.

Day 9:

Day 10:

Day 11:

Day 12:

Inside cover:

Back cover:

Good night ;)

I am entering into the following challenges:

• vintage Christmas ~ One Stop Craft Challenges
• odds & ends or waiting to be used - I have used my Christmas papers and washi tapes ~ Shopping Our Stash
• image & text ~ Anonyme Scrappere
• anything goes ~ Simon Says
• ribbon or trim (I have twine) ~ Crafts and Me
• anything goes ~ The Corrosive Challenge
• tags ~ Anything Goes Challenge
• I love Christmas ~ Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge

keeley  

turquoise white & black wedding: happiness be yours

Hello there! Well you can tell I didn't have a seasonal bone in my body when I made this piece for the black, white and one other colour at Cupcake Craft Challenge!

I don't know what it was about this challenge, but for some reason I went for a wedding theme using turquoise, white and black.

I have a very white background with a touch of turquoise and a hint of black.

This is pretty much Magnolia themed.

Images: I can never tire of this couple Magnolia: Sitting Wedding Tilda and Sitting Wedding Edwin. Coloured with copic markers and I added some stickles. I have them sitting on a Magnolia ~ Vintage Couch which I just inked and cut out, adding on some stickles to mute the brightness a little. 

Magnolia sentiment.

And even Magnolia Doohickeys with a lush Teresa Collins brad.

I am entering into the following challenges:

• feeling blue ~ Fussy & Fancy Challenges
• use some texture ~ Stampin' for the Weekend
• stitched up ~ Totally Papercrafts
• anything goes ~ Tilda's Town
• flowers ~ Sweet Stampin
• anything goes ~ Creative Card Crew
• pastel colours ~ Deep Ocean Challenge
• image and text ~ Anonyme Scrappere

Thank you for looking.

keeley   

you have all of my love

Good evening! Today sees a new challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity where we want to see some kind of musical element on your project.

I was going to make a whole batch of similar cards, but that idea fizzled out after two. LOL!

Here is the first:

Papers: Teresa Collins ~ Noel. I have tons of this paper, it is gorgeous.

Here is the second one.

Love these wooden hearts which I sprayed with glimmer mists.

Thank you for looking.

keeley 

you & me forever

Hello! Today we have a sketch challenge starting at Cupcake Craft Challenges, where Donna has created this fabulous sketch for us to play with.

For my design, I created a box, as I really enjoy making boxes. No idea why!

Papers: My Mind's Eye ~ Miss Caroline: Howdy Doody</u>. These are gorgeous!

Image and sentiment: Some Odd Girl ~ Romantic Gwen. I coloured her with copics and added some stickles.

I made the paper flowers and put some inside the box too.

Thank you for looking. Have a lovely week!

I am entering into the following challenges:

• all stitched up ~ Stampin' for the Weekend
• punches/dies ~ The Pink Elephant 
• anything goes ~ One Stop Craft Challenges; Sweet Stampin Challenge
• cute & girly ~ Totally Papercrafts  

Keeley

you can dance

In the words of Madonna ... you can dance ...

This week at Crafts 4 Eternity we have this fabulous colour challenge. You can use any combination of the colours that you like, but I just love a pink and purple colour combo, so went with it.

I used my Spellbinders ~ Grand Labels Four to cut out a double layer and I cut an aperture in the top layer and then glittered all the edges.

Papers: >Fancy Pants ~ Dancing Girl.

In the back of my head, I wanted to create an effect as if she were on stage, but I'm not sure I achieved that.

Love this cute little Tilda Magnolia ~ Tilda with Ballet Shoes. I coloured her with copics and added some stickles.

Off to a bonfire night tonight, burgers & mulled wine. Yum!

 

I am entering this in at the following challenges:

• pearls & flowers ~ Fussy & Fancy
• anything goes ~ Anything Goes; Stampin' for the Weekend; Raise the Bar
• flowers in 3D ~ Shopping Our Stash 
• get in shape ~ Simon Says Stamp
• vintage or shabby chic ~ The Pink Elephant 
• not just an ordinary card ~ Stamptacular Sunday 
• anything goes Magnolia ~ Marvelous Magnolia Challenge 

Thank you for looking.

Keeley