Debbie Shaw's "Little Beach Bag"~

Hi Girls

Sorry I have been missing in action for a week, but time flies when you are having fun....and I have been having lots of fun. This working from home lark is a joy, mind you I do get a bit distracted being near a tv, and having my best friend Angie 4 doors away!!
The said friend came down crafting this week and we had a great time trying out our new stamp sets, I will get round to showing you what we did when I have a spare minute!

I have been busy having a bit of a "Sew".....I used to make a living from Sewing in the late 1980's, and made a range of soft furnishings from Roman Blinds to Bedding. I loved it and before my Children came along I had my own room devoted to the machine and a huge table to cut on. I now have to share the Sewing area with my ever growing "Paper" stash, but they seem to get along ok!!
So I thought I would show you the Beach Bag I have made for my coming "Spanish" holiday (ooo two weeks today!)

Hope you will excuse my very messy Craft Room in the background of the photo. I am getting ready for my weeks teaching (in July) at Summer School, so have a giant box full of project for the dozen children I will be teaching.

Anyway back to the bag.
I have used the wonderful step by step tutorial from Debbie Shaw to make this bag. It is also reversible so makes two in one really and It is so very easy and Debbie's video is great.
When I made this bag I paused the video while I did each step, It took me about 3 hours with a couple of coffee stops!
I have now made several of these and can do them in just over an hour, so nice to do. Here is a link to the Youtube Video:
Hope you like it and may be have a go.

Debbiex

Sweet Stampin' Challenge. Father's Day..

Hello Girls~
Another Challenge awaits you over at Sweet Stampin' this week and it's "Father's Day/Special Man, and our sponsors this week are Di's Digi's/Marianne Dies.

I lost my Father 10 years ago at the young age of 67, however my lovely Father in Law always gets a handmade card from me, so this one is for him.

The Lighthouse image is a Kanban stamp, the compass stamp in the left corner is from the same stamp sheet.  I have coloured in with Pro-Markers. The papers are from my stash of leftovers, pearls are Hobby House, and the Sentiment is by Craftwork Cards.
I have used my new Nesting Tonic Dies to cut the image and surround with, Tonic Scalloped/Square Die's. I have these in Circles too, they are wonderful.

Entering into:

Cute Card Thur--Blue's & Hues

Charisma Cardz Ch--Father's Day

Crafty Catz--Anything Goes

Crafting for all Seasons--Boys will be Boys

Delightful Ch--It's a Guy Thing

Fussy and Fancy--Outdoors

Polka Doodles--Men



Debbiex











31st May Fathers Day//Special Man

Zentangle Fun!

Hi Ladies~

Hope I find you well.

My card today is one I made for my Husband's Auntie.
I "Snail Mail" her once a month, and always send her letter inside a card I have made or bought from a Craft Show, she loves handmade things.
Unfortunately this is a sorry you have just lost your Sister letter, so it is tinged with sadness.
Ruth who has passed away was a lovely lady who contracted Meningitis at the age of 5, she was not given long to live and the disease left her like "a five year old" child all her life, she was so sweet and lived to the ripe old age of 76, not bad for someone who's life expectancy was so short....However for Auntie Joan that's no comfort, it was still her Sister, so this card has a letter inside to tell her I am thinking of her at this sad time.

This Flower image I have used is Zendoodles by Lindsay Mason (I also bought the Mushroom version too), it's so lovely to Tangle, and I am having great fun doodling inside each petal.

So not much to this one really. A card blank, the stamped image doodled with a Micron Pen, a spot of matting on black and a doddled edge. Done.

I am going to stamp some more of these flowers to Zentangle on my flight to Spain which is in 3 weeks. Those of you who know me know I "Hate Flying" and I will try anything to keep myself occupied and busy, so I don't cry like a baby! I thought this would keep me in the Zentangle Zone and stop me listening to the engine and looking to see the aircraft still has wings!

Thank you for calling by.


Entering into:

A Little Bit Crafty--Flower Power

Crafty Cardmakers--One or more Flourish

Inky Impressions--Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts--Monochrome

Loves Rubberstamps--Doodles



Debbiex


 

Baby Boy Card

Hi Girls~

Hope your weather is being nice for you this Bank Holiday Monday..

I have a Baby Card to show you today. I make a lot of cards for my Daughter's work friends and this baby card is one of them.

I chose this cute LOTV image from one of their Art Pads. The Balloon die is one of my favourites, but I don't have the packaging so have forgotten who its made by, but it is a super little die and has a couple of different balloon shapes on it. The hanging Hearts are a Memory Box die. The scalloped border punch is EK Success. I have also used one of my Embossing folders with clouds on (perfect as this image is a moon and cloud design).

Have a great day, thank you for looking and leaving such lovely comments.


ENTERING INTO:

Catz--Embossing

Crafty Sentiment Designs--Song Title (Dancing in the Moonlight)

Papertake Weekly--Oh so Cute

2 Sisters--Baby

The Corrosive--Anything Goes

Love to Create--Cute with die's & Punches

The Cutie Pie Ch--Cute & Embossing


Debbiex

Dinky ATC!

Hi Girls,

Not had time to post at all this week....Super busy, and a day out to Ikea with bessie Mate Angie was a full on day (especially as we went to the Leeds Ikea instead of the Warrington one.....Silly Moo on the Sat Nag got it wrong!!....Or did Angie put the wrong address in!!. Anyway a great day was had, and we are talking 15 mins difference in time, so no problems....I forgive you Ang!

So I have been having a play with a new stamp bought on said Ikea day (as we detoured towards the Samuel Taylors Shop at Skipton, ooooo my favourite shop EVER!)
Its a Paper Artsy stamp "Eclectica", and it's a bit Steampunkish, sweet and perfect size for an ATC which is what I have made.

Papers in the background are Creative Expressions Terresa Collins papers, and all the background stamps are Stampin' UP (this set called "Gorgeous Grunge" is a set I have just bought off Anne who is having a rest from crafting for a while (all the best Anne and thank you the stamps are perfect.)
I have coloured the image with Tim Holtz Markers, and finished with some Enamel Drops by Studio Calico.

(Do you like my two little Mushroom candles I bought in a shop away, ha ha so cute!)


Entering into:

Stampotique Design Ch--SteamPunk

Brown Sugar--Anything Goes

Diva's By Design--Anything Goes

Jelly Park--Bold & Bright

Make it Monday--Nature

Sweet Stamps--Anything Goes

DebbieX

Sweet Stampin' Challenge~My Mum.

Hello Ladies~

Saturday means another Challenge over at Sweet Stampin' and this week our Theme is "Milestone Birthdays".
As My Lovely Mum "Beryl" is 75 this month, (mind you she doesn't look it as you can see by the photo of her I have added to this post), I decided to use her Birthday as my inspiration for the Milestone Birthday for this theme.
Our Sponsors this week are "Crafts U Love".

My Mum does not look 75 does she, hope I look and act like her when I am her age, she is amazing.
Her dress sense is so lovely, she has beautiful silver grey bobbed hair and lovely skin, she is always so positive and happy and I love her so much. This is a recent photo, taken when Mum, my Sister, my Friend and I went to Spain on holiday.
In this photo (if you look in the background you will see a load of blokes on a Stag night all wearing the Cowboy hats,) one of them gave Mum his hat for the photo, she was just minding her own business sat at the bar in Benidorm's "Western Pub", when one of them just popped his hat on her head!!

This is another photo of Me, Mum and My Sister Mandy, backs to the Mediterranean! 

I started my card with a 7x7 Samuel Taylor blank, I used all LOTV papers + Image from one of the Art Pads. I used a Darkroom Door Sentiment Stamp called "String Sentiments". I just love this set, it has Birthday, sympathy, get well, hello, thinking of you, hugs and congratulations in the set and all have this string effect through the words. The card is finished with a few different pearl embellishments.

Papertake Weekly--Pretty Pastels

The Ribbon Girl--LOTV Image + Pearls


Debbie X

Ruby Wedding

Hi there Ladies

Thank you for all the lovely comments you have left for me, they are all so nice to read.

As the weather is not very nice today, I have done jobs indoors (including colouring my hair, so now it's not quite as grey as it was yesterday!) and a few horrid cleaning jobs.
It's a crafting session for me this afternoon, got a couple of commissions to finish before I can have a relaxed play.
Onto today's Make, I made this card s a few weeks ago. Hope you like it.

This card was made for one of my Daughter's work friends. The papers are all from my leftover stash, Border Punch is MS, spray and flowers are Anna Marie.
I am not that keen on this Nestie Shape, it's not one of my favourites, but I had not used this shape for ages so thought it should have an outing, don't know if I like it enough to use again tho'.

Entering this card into:

Crafty Sentiment Designs--Flowers

In the Pink --Sentimental

The ABC Ch--Layers

MAWTT-I heard it on the Radio (Ruby, Ruby, Ruby Kaiser Chiefs)

Debbie X