Oh Baubles!

Hello bloggists, welcome to my blog!

It's being posted a bit later than usual.  To be honest, I had a bit of a 'mare yesterday.  Perhaps there were more than the usual number of evil spirits flying around!  Gather round, and I will tell you all about it...

I should explain that, because I work full-time, I film and edit my video tutorials in advance - usually at the weekends -  and then upload them to YouTube just before I write the blog post that accompanies them.  I generally leave it to the last minute to write my blog (hangs head in shame)

SOOO - yesterday was a bit on the hectic side, involving an unplanned trip to the vet to collect a repeat prescription of the cat's eye drops (she's had a poorly eye and had to have surgery).

Wearing the cone of shame!

She's getting pretty good at dodging so that the drops go down her nose, which means she's going through them too fast.  Husband had an emergency visit to the dentist as well - yes, it was one of THOSE days all right.

Never mind, once home I was ready to crack on.  Then I spotted a notification that there was an update waiting to be installed, so I decided to get it over with.  It was only for Safari, it's just a web browser, shouldn't take long...BIG mistake!

I'll spare you the details of the next few hours, but suffice it to say that, after some quality time with Apple support, I wound up having to reinstall the Mac's OS.  I didn't lose any files but by the time I'd uploaded the tutorial to YouTube I'd had enough, and went to bed.

I don't know whether it's as the result of all the shenanigans but the tutorial loses sound for about a minute at the start - sorry about that, it was fine at this end!  

So there it is!  Better late than never, I hope - and I hope you enjoy the tutorial.

See you again soon - keep crafting!

Crafty hugs,

Keren

Product List

A4 Glossy White Cardstock

[144241]

Hearts Come Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145416]

Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies

[144671]

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

[126957]

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[126951]

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[126970]

Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad

[126952]

High Tide

Hello bloggists, and welcome.

Oh my, what a busy working week I have ahead of me.  I won’t bore you with the details but trust me, the day job is taking over my life.  Thank goodness I can craft to relax!

I enjoyed making this canvas.  I live by the sea, and walking on the beach – or even seeing the sunset over the sea – is very calming.  I love cardmaking, I truly do, but mixed media and altered art have played a big part in my crafty repertoire.  SU don’t sell paints in their colour palette – but with re-inkers and acrylic paints you can mix your own and that's what I've done.

Here's the tutorial - 

I usually send or give away the cards and projects I make , but this one is going up on the wall - or perhaps I'll prop it up on my desk so that I can see a calming picture when the day gets stressful.

That's it for now,

See you soon,

Crafty Hugs,

Keren

Wooden Heart

Hello bloggists and welcome. 

Today's tutorial is part two of the Shabby Heart project.  I don't often do grungy and shabby projects these days but my crafty roots are firmly in the shabby, distressed and inky! Now and again it's fun to get messy again.

At the end of part one, I'd covered the mdf heart in crackled paid and sat;mped and inked.  So now it's time to finish it with some embellishments.

So there it is.  By the way, the little pot that the beeswax was melting in is the case from a jumbo tea light.  I wanted something that wouldn't leak and could stand the heat from the room scenter warmer.

That's it for today, and I hope you enjoyed this project.  Don't forget to join me for Sale-A-Bration Saturday!

See  you soon,

Crafty Hugs,

Keren

Snow Scene

Hello, and welcome to my blog!

Christmas is now well and truly on the way.  Now, if I were organised, I would have been making cards and decorations since about April, but of course I haven't.  I do like to have a few special bits on the tree and, as this is my first Christmas as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator of course I had to make something SU.  

I really, really love these Sleigh Ride Edgelits dies and they are just the right size to fit in a large plastic bauble - I got a set of four at the craft shop or search online for clear fillable bauble.  

Hope you like it - and if you give it a try, I'd love to see your makes - juste leave me a comment with a link you your project and I'll pop over and take a look.  

Here's what I used to make the insert.  I'll see you again soon!

• Sleigh Ride Edgelits Dies - 139670
• Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad - 126951
• Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad - 126970
• Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad - 126962
• Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter - 133751
• Stamping Sponges - 101610
• Fine-Tip Glue Pen - 138309
• Rhinestone Basic Jewels - 119246

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Put it on the slate!

Hello blog friends and welcome.  

It's a short blog post and a short tutorial today.  I'm a big believer in using my stamps- and crafting stash - for uses other that paper crafts and when I spotted these slate coasters I knew I wanted to use them for home decor.  This is how they came out - 

Here's how I did it - with tissue paper, Staz-On and clear floor wax.  

The clear wax makes a great adhesive/polish.  It's acrylic based and is very tough - it's made to be walked on, after all.  The first batch I made into wall hangings by gluing a loop of garden twine onto the reverse (I used epoxy putty - hot glue was too easy to pull away) and we sold them at a charity fundraiser. They'd make great small gifts and at £5 for a set of four coasters, they're very inexpensive as well.

I hope you like them - and if so, please let me know.  I'd also love it if you subscribe to my YouTube channel or like my Facebook page.   Thank you for visiting - and please come back soon!

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