My idea of fun in the internet

Today’s prompt in the blogging for Scrapbookers is about fun on the internet. Sadly I don’t use the web for fun (I get that elsewhere) so I tried to think about the things I do when I have nothing specific to do on the web.

 

Basically I just surf, the fun is in the journey. For instance I will start with a blog that I have subscribed to and maybe check out the links there and click on one of those, then the next one and so on.

 

Here is a trail that I followed earlier, I started at Banana Frog, love their stamps. Next I went to Audrey Tan's blog. There I found this a total surprise and one that I have added to my Google Reader subscriptions.

 

I spent ages there so that is where the trail ended.

 

Off to take another journey and see where it leads me.

Snowflakes…

…arrived today. No not the real ones but the Swell Noel kit from K & Company, so you can guess what I will be playing with tonight. I would have been scrapping but I can’t get to my desk as my ‘space’ is being worked on so it is more streamlined, well that is the theory anyway.

 

In case you haven’t seen them

this is the kit and we are going to hang them through the conservatory where all decs will be blue and silver.

 

I will try and post some pics when I have finished them but don’t be surprised if I forget!

 

Oh and thanks to everyone for all the lovely comments I have received.

Goals!

Shimelle has come up trumps again as I haven’t done anything crafty today, too busy at work.I still have time but I doubt there will be any constructive work done as our little grandson arrives soon and is stopping overnight while his Mum and Dad go out for the evening.

 

So thanks to Shimelle I have something to post about in GOALS.

 

My one goal at the moment is to learn how to do more with my lovely meltpot.

 

  I have had it for a while and only used it once or twice. So I have added some things to my Christmas wish list like UTEE flex and some different colours of UTEE and some tools and some Cosmic Shimmer UTEC (I think that is what it is called). Roll on Boxing Day  so I can reach a goal.

 

I think I may revisit this topic occasionally and also use it on my other blog when I have nothing else to talk about – that doesn’t happen often either.

Noel!

I got the Christmas 12 x 12 project completed, not sure if it will stand on the cube storage or hang on the wall yet but I am pleased with it.

 

It will go with the Winter House I made a couple of years ago and the tree I have made this year.

 

I also made a birthday card but DH has signed and sealed it before I got the chance to take a photo. Shame as I used a new embossing folder on cordinations stack then sanded it down, worked a treat. I have some more birthday cards to make soon and I will use the same technique and hopefully get to take pics!

Weekend bits

I didn't have time for any actual craft on Saturday, we were busy getting ready for a get together with friends and neighbours. I did manage to pick up a pot of acrylic paint to use on the 12x12 canvas I am getting ready for a Christmas project so not a day when absolutely nothing crafty happened, just a bit lean.

Day 6 and it’s photos

OK so I took these a while ago but they are among my favourites of our youngest grandson Connor. I think the title says it all …

A Craft day ?

Today has mainly been spent doing ‘house’ craft as in cleaning up after our new boiler was fitted yesterday, what a mess they left us.

 

Never mind it has given me thinking time to plan some stuff and, while we were getting the supplies in for the cleaning I found a really cheap diary for next year. i always keep a diary by me when I am watching the TV. I use it to made sketches, jot down notes and ideas and it is a constant source of inspiration for those times when my own has left me for a while. I also use it for when I watch craft shows on TV (Shopping channels do sometimes have some great ideas).

 

Anyway the one I have got for 2010 is a day to a page and not a week to view which will give me more space to use. I might even have a go at altering the cover.

 

I also got a blank calendar kit for the desk, one of those that has it’s own stand and the pages flip over the top for each month. Another project to add to the list.

5 favourite things

So todays prompt is to list some fav things so mine has to be craft supplies.

 

Top of the list is Basic Grey, I could have made it all five in all honesty but that would not be so clever would it? I love all the ranges and use them regularly in scrapbooking and cards as well.

I have just found Eskimo Kisses which is really gorgeous, I think this  is the most delightful. I think I might have to find this

and buy some.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second on my list is Ranger’s Distress Inks. This is near the top at the moment as I am using new techniques with them and I got the Fire Brick and this blue one today. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next comes my Craft Robo, the best thing since sliced bread. Any true type font can be cut, also shapes and dingbats. I love designing swirls and hunting down new fonts that will cut well.

 

Fourth on the list is gilding flakes, I have used them quite a bit for this years Christmas cards, no pics yet as I don’t want the cards on show too soon.

 

Finally comes stencils, the ones you can use for dry embossing. I make a few cards using these and they can be quite classy, well I think so anyway! I want to try them out on scrapbooking LOs next.

 

There are so many other things I like and I am not even sure this list will be the same tomorrow.So maybe I will try and do it again sometime, see if it changes.

Day 2 – an important event

‘I have had to adapt this a bit as the prompt was for ‘a significant day in your life’ obviously this doesn’t fit this blog so I had to do some searching in my mind to find an even that suited.

 

Picture me, someone who has made cards for a few years and also loves to travel. The travel led to piles of photos being put into albums with SITCKY STUFF (( know better now!). There was a show on a shopping channel which showcased a scrapbook album with some stickers. I placed the order and waited for it to arrive. Arrival day is the day I have chosen to record here.

 

Ding dong on the door bell and the courier was there with my parcel. I had to wait a bit to open it as I had some work to complete but soon enough I was spreading the contents on the table. This is where I start to cringe as the album is nothing like the ones I use now, no page protectors just leaves of tissue to keep the pages from sticking to each other. There was also no paper or card. Simply chipboard pages. I religiously laid out the stickers and the photos from a recent trip but somehow I wasn’t happy with just that so I got some of my background papers from my supplies and added those. I still have that album and often look at it and think I ought to strip the photos out and do it all again but I never do, and probably won’t.

 

So my first day of scrapping which led to me going to a crop and then I really found out what it was all about.

Intentions….

Today is the start of the course and I need to get down what I want to achieve from the next 3 weeks.

 

Firstly I want to improve my blogging skills, I want to be able to write better text, include more photos than I have in my other blogs and learn some new bits and bobs that I can add like photo albums etc.

 

Secondly I want to record the crafting I do, from making something to receiving new supplies and even watching an interesting show on TV. I am also hoping this will help with inspiration when it has run dry.

 

Finally this will NOT be a record of my day to day life, that belongs elsewhere.

 

On to today’s entry.

 

I received my Distress Stickles today , there is quite a selection of colours, not sure if I have all those in the picture and they have disappeared up to the attic now so I can’t check. Hopefully I will be able to play with them soon.

 

 

 

I also watched a show on Ideal World with metal embossing and alcohol inks, some really great ideas and strangely some memories of my Grandad who used to do metal embossing a lot. Now I have some metal, some basic embossing tools and the inks so another project to add to the to do list.

 

For future reference the metal embossing range is from Walnut Hollow though there are other makers as well.