I can now tell...

...Good afternoon, Blogland!  For those of you that have been eagle eyed and noticed the blinkie at the top left of my sidebar will know, last month I had 2 projects published in the April/May issue of Designed to Color!  As a month has now passed (don't know where it went to, mind you!?) I can share the projects on my little blog, too...

..The first project was an altered art one (as I said, I'm loving turning a bit of old household rubbish into something beautiful)...

...The image was Chloe in the Rain from Pink Gem Designs and she was coloured with Promarkers and 3D paper pieced.  The container was an old Pringles pot, which I decorated and cut a slit in the lid to take coins.
...My second project was a card made using the lovely Krista's (Saturated Canary) freebie Canary Love...

...I took so long over the colouring of this image and was so pleased with the result!  The papers were a freebie from Raspberry Road, called Rose Garden Collection.  If you would like to know the Promarker colours used in my projects you can see them in the April/May issue of Designed to Color on pages 11 and 21.  I feel so privileged to have had my work published - it is such a boost to know that other people like your work enough to want to show it off too!  I'd just like to say a big 'thank you' to Carisa, Lizzie and the girls over at DtoC for starting such a wonderful magazine devoted to colouring and for allowing me to show my work in their fabulous pages!  They now have a new blog here and are starting a monthly challenge to tie in with their issue, so why not get your colours out and have a go...I will be!!  Thanks for dropping by and have  a great weekend!  Lisa x

Wedding carriage...

Hey guys, back again!  As promised, here's a card I made using the wedding carriage freebie below...

...it's a C5 card (what no square?!), with gold mirri and vintage cream embossed paper...

...The carriage is coloured with Promarkers : Cinnamon, Tan and Light Fawn FM for the wheels, Sandstone, Vanilla and Ivory for the carriage, Dusky Rose, Pale Pink and Pale Blossom for the interior, and Cool Grey 5,4,3 and 1 for the horses.  The image was actually quite easy to colour, despite the detail!

...I used the second smallest Floral Ovals Nestabilities for the sentiment and printed the wording out using PS...

...to embellish, I used a pretty heart shaped doily, maribu feather, pearl string, a mixture of paper and silk flowers and the Memory Box Madera corner die cut up.  I wasn't sure about the image at first, thinking that it would be a bit fiddly to colour, but now it's completed I'm lovin' it!  Hope you like it too and find use for it!  Lisa x

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :

One Stop Craft

Celebrations

CRAFT Challenge

Celebration

Crafty Ribbons Challenge

Flowers

DYSU Challenge

Use a Flower

Digi Doodle Shop

Bingo

I've gone with middle across, A bit of sparkle, Something New (my digistamp) & Pearls

A quick freebie...

Hi guys, Just thought I'd drop in with a quick freebie for you all.  Don't know if it will be of any use, but you're welcome to download it from 4shared here

...or you can click on the image to view, then right click and 'save image as'.  Will have a go at a card with it later to give you some inspiration.  Happy crafting!  Lisa x

Oh no, something else got altered!

Hey guys, back again!  Well, I did warn you all in my last post that this altering lark gets a bit addictive, so I'm back agin with another recycled object!  This time it was an empty Ferrero Rocher box from Christmas that got the altering treatment, from this...

To this...

I used my 'Better things' digistamp, coloured with Promarkers (there's a precoloured version too, here)...

I have to say that the sentiment is very apt for me, as I always have better things do to than housework!! (And usually involves some sort of crafting!)  I wanted to create a gift to go inside the box, so got my sewing machine out and knocked up a little shopping bag from some left over material...

...it's fully lined too! 

...I folded it up and added a cigar band from patterned paper, then added the second part of the sentiment '...like shopping!'  So, in full the sentiment reads - If my shelves are dusty and my pots don't shine, it's because I've got better things to do with my time...like shopping!  (There's also 2 other variations, '...like gardening! and of course, '...like crafting!' which have images to go with them too.)  It would be nice to add a giftcard inside too, so the recipient is ready to shop!

Hope you like my latest project and that you take inspiration to get your crafty mitts on and recycle something...wonder what I'll find to alter next?!  Thanks for dropping by, it always means a lot, Lisa X

I'm entering this project into the following challenges :

Papertake Weekly

Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp

Birthday

(a birthday gift)

Dream Valley

For a Special Lady

Southern Girls

Get your Girly On

Altered box...

WARNING : LONG POST DUE TO MY ABSENCE! (It's about time, I know!)

Hi everyone...No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth!  I've just got my designer hat on at the moment and am on a roll and don't want to jinx it!  I do feel as though I have been neglecting my blog, so decided to put back on my crafter's hat today and have a play! (Although this did take me a few hours and so I've got absolutely no housework done! Oh what a pity, never mind!) ;)

I so enjoyed making the project that I have to share with you today, which is an altered project using an empty Toblerone Tobelle box...

...I'm really into altering things at the minute and tend to see a project in everything, so no doubt there'll be more in the future!  I started by covering the box with a patchwork of First Edition papers (Summer Breeze and Spring Feast)...

...then set about decorating and choosing an image.  I decided on my own Scarecrow image, which is available in my design shop here...

...I 3D paper pieced the image, which took ages - though it is so hard to show the depth in a photograph, here's the best I could do...

...I know, I'll never make photographer of the year!  I created the embossed panel across the centre using a technique that I saw Sue Wilson do on C&C last week and have to say am very impressed with the results and shall be doing more!  I added a heart doily some fine ribbon and a small sunflower charm for a bit of bling.  I also covered the sides and inside of the box to finish...

...Hope you like my little project and that it gives you the inspiration to have a go at altering something yourselves!   Only problem is, once you start, if it stands still long enough, it'll get altered!

I have a couple of other things to share with you since I've been away, the first I have to say a big thank you to my lovely Auntie Di who taught me how to make sugarpaste roses...oh my word, yet another craft I need to do!

... I was so pleased for my first attempt ever!

...The next things I have to share are courtesy of my little man who's 8.  He loves baking and with the smallet amount of supervision from me made the most wonderful lemon drizzle cake I have ever tasted! WARNING THE FOLLOWING IMAGE MAY CAUSE DROOLING!

...It only lasted 2 days!  Finally, little man sat at my craft table this morning (before I made a mess all over it!) and painted a fantastic landscape scene...

...it was so good, I had to mount and frame it, and it will be proudly displayed on the wall for all to see!  An artist in the making?!  Well that's it from me, I suppose I've waffled long enough - have a great weekend and I hope to be back soon!  Lisa X