just because

totally unrelated items bought from the same charity shop in Sutton in Ashfield, don't know what I'm going to use the tea time pot for, probably sugar or my green tea bags. The tortoise? I just bought because he looked so cute and lonely, he now sits on the cupboard in the living room.

bleep bleep bleepty bleep

AAAAAAAAARRGHGHGHGHGHGHGH!!!

where did ALL my links go??????? ALL OF THEM!!!! YOU deleted them Blogger you little so and so!
So now I will have to spend a lifetime trying to get them sorted AND try to remember other links I added.........

*is pained*

*IS VERY PAINED*

pan stand or is it?

Spotted these (two identincal ones) in my favourite charity shop in chesterfield, where I work. Not using them as pan trivets/trivetts........ going to hang them under one another on a wall, love the tarnished brown coppery look which goes with the décor in my living room, or as my grandma would say 'back' room and where we watch tv is the parlour. Nobody uses parlour any more, its a shame we lose lovely words in the name of modernity and progress. Not going to get on my shouty step!

horses of courses!

Over at cardz 4 guyz  the challenge this week celebrates the Chinese New Year, the year of the horse.
I wanted to do a vintage looking card, so popped over to the graphics fairy to see look through her amazing image library, eventually settling on this French thorobred horse (which is what the wording on the picture translates to), to keep the French theme I put bon anniversaire as the greeting

card in stock over at purplemurtle crafts

 

5x5 white card stock

Prima "Botanical" collection papers

walnut promarker

Creata dark mirror board

peel offs

 

entering horsey into: cardz 4 guyz - chinese new year/of the horse

puppy love

Cutie Valentines card, am making a few of these to sell at work, with different poems/song lyrics on them, at the moment they just have hearts on them but I may do some more with images as well.

 

5x5 white card blank tentfold

Bugaboo Stamps "dog heart topper"

Me to You "With Love" backing paper/heart

Candi stamps sentiment

bling

promarkers

 

"Puppy Love" lyrics by Donny Osmond

 

The dog was roughly coloured in on purpose although it was accidental that I made him lop-eyed!

Have christened him Worf after my beloved Boxer who we had for 10 happy wappy years.

 

Entering Worf into: catch the bug - anything goes challenge

You old sew and sew so!

Made for cardexchange UK over at Yahoo groups, January partner swap.

Totally random card - dived into my oddment drawer and used what I came out with. (must have been in the Craft Fairy's good books!)

 

5 x 5 white card blank

toppers from Debbi Moore 'shabby chic' compendium

flowers/back paper from NitWit 'Cottage Charm' paper kit

buttons

bringing on the Bling!

 

digi topper by Bugaboo Stamps

(Cinderella is proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life....)

paper from "The Loving Life collection"

Gems

promarkers

silver biro (wrote over the verse)

Not the best photo, had to use flash has it is soooooo dark and blustery here, makes the writing look a bit hit and miss, but in actuality it looks like its embossed.

entering into: catch the bug birthday week - tueday bling it up!
                      polkadoodles wk 3 girl talk