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Gosh some of you are SO eagle-eyed…!
Since I shared my Project Life page at the weekend - I have had a few messages asking me what is at the front door of the house … So I went back to check… and had a giggle…and then thought…oh why not share!!!
So here is my largest Crafting project to date!! Though I cannot call it papercrafting as there is definitely more plastic than paper!!
And the story behind it…. every year our Great Ouseburn Spring Festival & Open Gardens has a Scarecrow Trail. We had always made a scarecrow – but this year we decided to do something a bit different!
Our excuse being that brand new Wheelie Bins had just been delivered on the Monday prior to the event… and I just said “ where are we going to hide this in our Open Garden this weekend!”
When all of a sudden a daft idea popped into my head – and so our Wheelie Bin Scarecrow Dalek was born… Oh! Such Happy Memories – really great crafting fun for all the family…
And great fun for the many visitors too…. though I think only the locals really understood the significance of the Wheelie Bin….
And you wouldn’t believe how many people had their photo taken next to our Dalek … just call me Madame Tussauds!! LOL!!!
Have Kids? Live in Yorkshire? Fancy looking at gorgeous Gardens – and a great Scarecrow trail with daft ideas like this one!!
Well you know where to come – Great Ouseburn – just 15 minutes from Wetherby, Harrogate, York & Thirsk - on Bank Holiday Monday 4th May 2015. Plug over!
Tickets anyone? A quick tip or two for you today…. and a Project Life page too….
Whilst I was crafting away on my last series of Project Life pages…. I had a bit of a ticket theme going on… The Ticket Duo Builder punch and the That’s The Ticket stamp set were out and in full use!
But then I realised that I had other images/greetings I wanted to use but that did not fit into the 2 ticket sizes in the Punch (which are those to bottom and to right in the image above)… so my brain started thinking…. and here are a couple of other ticket ideas for you….
First up - using the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits dies – cut the frame then re-cut as wide as you need….. love that you can also get a cotton reel using this method!! (see centre)
But this one I LOVE!!! And it happened totally by accident…..
I was punching a Tag using my brand new Ornate Tag Topper Punch… the punch wasn’t open properly so the card did not go in all the way to the top – so I ended up with a semicircle notch at the top….
And then the idea dawned on me! So I cut off the rest of my Tag, stuck my card piece on a Post It Note and inserted the other side into the punch – lining up half way across the little circle and punched.
Et voila! A REALLY great ticket shape…. Love it when a punch does something you don’t expect it too…..
So cut a piece of card just 5cm (2”) wide by 2.7cm (1 1/8”) long – but of course you can use any length you need...! Then….
1. Place card piece on a small Post It Note – make sure the sticky side is face up… otherwise it will stick to the punch when you insert it!
2. Insert into punch.
3. Turn punch over so you can see the card piece… Line up about half way across the circular hole…and punch!
4. Pull out the post it note/piece of card…
5. Turn the card piece around the other way and place back on the post it note
6. Line up as before and punch…
7. Et voila…one ticket with notches either side
Or 3 in a row….
But before I go…a quick one pager Project Life share…. and a plug….
Our village – Great Ouseburn- between York & Harrogate in North Yorkshire - runs a fabulous Spring Festival fundraiser each year… this year it is BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY… 4th MAY 2015.
With some fabulous Open Gardens, Scarecrow Trail, Craft Fair, Plant Stall, Duck Race, Produce stall, Homemade Food Cafés, Barbeque, Pimms Bar & Posh Tombola on the Vicarage Lawn, Ice Creams, Church is Open, Woodland Walk, Nuzzlets animal rescue, Morgan Car & Vintage Tractor Display, Raffle, Free shuttle bus, Free Parking.
A really lovely day out for all the family…
And this Project Life page is showing some photos from a year that we opened our Garden. I remember that it was one of those strange April days – gloriously sunny for most of the day with a lovely shower at the end – which ruined all my display samples!! You will notice that I sneaked in a Display board or two on the patio! Though I had to giggle at some of the projects on there…I have to admit that my crafting has come on a bit since those days!
But before you ask… no sadly our garden is not open this year…. so we will be busy elsewhere in the village this year…
Following on from the popularity of my white Tri Fold Mini Album the other week – I made another...
This was done so that I could photo some step by steps and produce the tutorial – but as I was also demonstrating the album in a class situation… I got carried away and made up the new album as I went along… oops…
So I need to go back to the drawing board and make another & remember to photo this time!! Though it may turn out to be a good thing… as I am not sure you would have been able to see anything with the Blackberry Bliss colour I had selected for this version!! As I know that some of you are wanting the tutorial - thank you for your patience in this matter!!!
Doesn’t it look scrummy in the Blackberry Bliss! It is also slightly more hard-wearing too….
This is exactly the same as the original version – apart from the Blackberry Bliss outer – and 2 more details on the front cover…
Firstly – I didn’t have another roses die cut panel – as I had pinched it for using as a mask for sponging through – so I just used it as a mask for sponging through!!! I wonder how long this little mask is going to last!!
Secondly – I had no more Artisan Embellishments to use on the front – so I used the last 2 roses I had after making my big LOVE card - one was daubed strongly with Blackberry Bliss ink (and left to dry for days!) – the other was left as Blushing Bride… finished off with a large pearl into the centre…
SU! Products Used
Stamps – For the New Two, Your Perfect Day, Crazy About You, Banner Banter, Tag Talk
Punches – Label Bracket, 1 3/8” Circle, 1 1/4” Circle, 1” Circle, 3/4”Circle, non-SU! 7/8” Circle
Embellishments – Artisan Embellishments Kit, Bakers Twine Blushing Bride
Papers & Card stock – DSP Something Borrowed, 12x12 Blackberry Bliss, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Blushing Bride
Inks – Blackberry Bliss, Sahara Sand
Now you can’t get more different than this on this blog … but please bear with me! Or just go here to see todays crafty share….
I had a very exciting half an hour yesterday as the Red Arrows swooped around and over my house. They were coming out of the local RAF base at Linton on Ouse which is seconds from me as the crow flies!
I stood in the garden and snapped a few photos of the display they put on for me personally…..! So I thought I would share the moment! Think there may be a little Project Life page coming along too….
Annoyingly the best fly by was the first….when I didn’t have my camera… 9 of them together and they were SO close – you wouldn’t believe it! I am sure that a photo would have shown their serial numbers!
Red Arrows and my Willow Tree!
Red Arrows and my chimney!
Diving down behind my roof!
And over the church out the front on Main Street…you may have to squint to see them on this one….
It was all truly very exciting…. especially with the eruption of sound from the kids in the school playground each time they circled around and came back again…. Thank you to the Red Arrows for a special half-hour! Love living where I do!!
And here are another 2 versions of the extra large square Painted Petals card. I had made another sample to show that the wreath effect could still be achieved but more simply ie direct leaf stamping without all the fussy cutting!
So here is Denise's stunning version (as she wasn't in the mood for the cutting.... or the kissing either as I can now see!) Her mum likes a softer pink so she grabbed the Blushing Bride and the Blackberry Bliss too…and WOW!
Now Karen went for lots of kissing and some extra fussy cutting! So she has added a few extra single flowers to balance out either side…stunning….
Beautiful cards ladies – hope your mums are happy too!
