Sunday 31 August 2008

my new hobby


i have just taken up jewellery making as i asked for goodies for my birthday really enjoying the challenge still got a lot to learn and more tools to buy.

Thursday 17 July 2008

been busy


ive been busy making birthday cards as ive joined a birthday club on trimcraft forum ive got to send about 90 cards over the year but then on my birthday i will recieve that many, it will be like xmas the postman wont know whats hit him i will look so popular and all those beautiful handmade cards will be for me.im posting a few that i have made.

Wednesday 2 July 2008

new stuff ive tried

went to a demonstration at the range, with trimcraft last saturday,it was great. first one ive been to. picked up lots of tips and new techniques for card making adding dimension to cards.brought a goody bag which had loads of stuff in it, and on sunday i had a little play. finished a concertina book that i started at the demo and tried out a handbag template on another card. also my new dies for my big shot arrived a large flower and puzzle pieces, so ive tried them out and i am really pleased with all my new stuff, so thought id post some photos of what ive been doing.

Wednesday 18 June 2008

new scrapbbok page


just finished doing a scrapbook page for a weekly challenge for uk scrappers really enjoyed doing it first time ive stitched on paper also got to use one of the many cds me and my daughter have purchased . used an artylicous cd paper and as the papers only print out in a4 sizeprinted of a few sheets cut them down to 6x6 and patchworked them onto a piece of white 12x12 then cut flowers out from the scraps to use as embellishments the theme for the page is your biggest achievment and as i dont have many qualifications decided my biggest achievment were my daughters as they are all such lovely adults now and im really proud of them they are all so individual and always make the most of everything thats going on in there lives .i had to use stiching as part of the challenge so i stiched round the edge of some circles making the holes first with a pricking tool and i will use this effect on other layouts as i enjoyed it

Thursday 12 June 2008

new scrapbook page layout


since joining uk scrappers i have decided to take part in swaps and challenges its been great fun and gives me something to aim for i have joined a matchbox swap which is filling a matchbox size box with embellishments and sending it to the next person on the list i made my box its slightly bigger than a matchbox and have filled it just need to get the address of the person ive got to send it to also did a page layout for a weekly challenge it had to include a picture of me some stripes pink and some metal after a quick phone call to my mum she supplied me with some photos and job done.this got me thinking about all the old photos my mum has and im going to scan them and put them on a cd for future scrapping and to save from deteriation i will start a family history album, then i will do the same with my hubbys mums photos..heres aphoto of my weekly challange layout

Sunday 1 June 2008

new photos

ive been taking photo or rather my daughter has of atcs and scrapbook pages that i have completed been wanting to do it for a while but i dont own a digital camera apart from my mobile so i have to wait till my daughter is not busy.i am taking part in an atc swap now so it has inspired me to make lots of atcs i love making them because you canuse anything you want .i made some background paper with h2os on watercolour paper and was quite pleased with the results used it on a couple of my atcs.sent my circle journal of on saturday and i am looking forward to recieving the next persons its keeping me busy but i love it.

Monday 26 May 2008

new card and photos of my circle journal

finally finished my circle journal might need tweeking this is for crystal majik on the uk scrappers forum there are 11 of us and we have to do a 2 page layout in each others books .ive made my book myself it is 6and 1/2 inches square and has 12 pages made from water colour paper my theme is favourite things .also there is a card i recently made featuring a cat and dog stamp placed in apertures cut in the card. now i just need to clear my craft room as it looks like a bomb has hit it .

Thursday 22 May 2008

excited

im really excited ive joined a new forum ukscrappers and i am taking part in a circle journal i have made my book just got to finish decorating the front and back covers then ive got to do a 2 page layout its all new to me as ive not been scrapbooking long but the group im in are very chatty ,friendly and helpful when we have finishe our 2 page layout we then post it to the next member and receive some one else and do 2 pages in theres until the book is full and you get it back isnt that a lovely idea you get to know more people and look at others creative ideas have to get of this now me and my friend polished of 1 1/2 litres of wine last night and im a little dehydrated this morning so need a drink going into town today to mooch around the shops and see what i cant afford

Friday 16 May 2008

what ive been up to

have been busy scrapbooking completed 2 one of my daughters through the years and one of my oldest daughters wedding which was in 2000 i have so many photos laying about so i thought id better do something with them ive so far made 9 scrapbooks and have millions of photos still to use.need to start another bag for my other granchildren but handstitching kills my hands so ive been putting it of .got a new rubber stamp from paper nation called the fisherman i want to play with that but as my craftroom doubles as a guest room and my daughter stayed tuesday and is staying on sunday i have had to clear my stuff away shes gone to brighton to a music festival and is using me as a stop over shame the weather has changed i was enjoying the sun now its miserable again .i might take a couple of photos of a couple of pages of my scrapbook and post them later

Sunday 4 May 2008

applique bag

for the last 2 days i have been making this bag for my grandaughter i used an old curtain and bits and pieces i found in my craftroom its all handstitched as i am useless with a sewing machine

Friday 25 April 2008

dress birthday card

the dress birthday card was stamped using a big and juicy rainbow inkpad and then i used a waterbrush and layered it on the stamped background

handbag card ive made

this card was made using a ws handbag template stamped and embossed with black embossing powder i used a lace background by aspects of design it has hook and loop fastening and a ribbon handle with beads threadled onto it.

Tuesday 15 April 2008

fairy pendants

gave my grandaughters there pendants my older grandaughter didnt want to take hers of when she went to bed and it was the first thing she wanted in the morning so i think she likes it been adding things to my blog to make it more interesting .not made much lately but trying to make another necklace and earings for myself havent published photos of first one yet but try and do that today my grandsons got chickenpox so i want to make him something but he wouldnt want a fairy pendant like his 3 year old sister might make him a dragon keyring he is 7 typical supposed to back to school yesterday after 2 weeks easter holidays and he gets chickenpox poor little thing.just waiting for the spots to appear on his sister.

Friday 11 April 2008

must tidy my craft room

my craft room is a mess and im running out of room to actually do anything the trouble is ive always got more than one thing on the go and i get inspiration from bits ive got out .yesterday i made a crosstich pattern of one of my watercolour painting on a program on my daughters computor ive got to get the threads sorted and material i also want to start an ideas book as i have ideas all the time and want to record them to use at later date i also want to start beading ive got a few bits i get them out and put them away again ive asked for my bday some beading equipment and a book so i might wait but thats august and im not good at waiting.

atcs

i have just finished my 10th atc i will post pictures soon .i also made 2 fairy pendants for my 3 and 18 month old grandaughters i made these out of shrink plastic i stamped a fairy on them coloured them in with sakura stardust pens punched a hole with hole punch then rounded the corners of with a corner punch i wrote there names free hand with the same pens then shrunk them .i then attached a jump ring to the pendant then threadled it onto some organza ribbon then stiched the findings on each end of the ribbon . i made little boxes with my crafters companion and attached a bit of ribbon to the lid .i made a bracelet with alphabet beads for one of my grandaughters im going to make another when i get some more albhabet beads.photos will follow as soon as my daughter downloads them for me.

Friday 4 April 2008

hello im trying to link my blog to my craftforum without much success its giving me a headache

Blogger: User Profile: craftyjan

Blogger: User Profile: craftyjan

welcome to my page

welcome from me my name is jan i am mother of 4 daughters grandmother of 3. love to craft and i am new to computors so excuse any mistakes i make. the stuff i do is for freinds family and myself

fairy pendant

fairy pendant
fairy pendant

another fairy pendant

another fairy pendant
2nd fairy pendant

first atcs

first atcs
first atcs

waterfall card

waterfall card
my first waterfall card using a download template

watercolour

watercolour
landscape in watercolour

latchook rug

latchook rug
latchook rug of pansies

fimo

fimo
my first attempt at fimo using mold

more flowers

more flowers
another flower painting done in acrylics

watercolour

watercolour
landscape done in watercolour

flowers

flowers
flowers in acrylics

pencil sketch

pencil sketch
pencil sketch of flowers and vase

close up

close up
flower in closeup done in acrylics

acrylic painting

acrylic painting
flowers done in acrylics

chalk sketch

chalk sketch
chalk sketch of flowers on dark paper

waterfall card

waterfall card
my second waterfall card designed by myself

atcs and holder

atcs and holder
atcs and holder

parchment card

parchment card
easter parchment card of daffodils

shirt topper

shirt topper
oragami shirt

grandaughter and daughter

grandaughter and daughter
grandaughter eating her pendant

age toppers

age toppers
age 4 toppers part of a series using number templates

topper

topper
topper using keepsake board

shirt and shoe topper

shirt and shoe topper
shirt and shoe topper made fom sizzix die and shrink plastic

easter card

easter card
easter card using funky foam

my craft room

my craft room
my craft room

my craft room

my craft room
my craft room

my craft room

my craft room
my craft room

tool topper

tool topper
tool topper sizzix using sakura gel pens

dress topper

dress topper
dress topper made with felt

topper

topper
sizzix topper using funky foam

topper

topper
quilling topper

topper

topper
metalwork topper

oriental lady

oriental lady
oriental lady in watercolour