Exterminate? Wheelie Bin Fancy Dress!?

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!

Four Seasons Sheltering Tree Box Frames

Quick post for today.

I have just realised that I didn’t post the full set of my Sheltering Tree Four Seasons Box Frames… so here they are… and here is the post with the Box Frame instructions….

Tickets 4 ways? A tutorial & Project Life Great Ouseburn Spring Festival

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…

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

Table built by craftingbecky.com

Don’t miss! And a bit of a trip down Memory Lane!

There are so many great things and at such great prices with up to 80% discount on the Clearance Rack – do check it out for yourself – but here are a few I will highlight…..

Festive Designer Kraft Paper Rolls Price: £8.95 £3.59. These are fabulous – and just go on and on…. really great quality paper for … just wrapping your presents  – or making into gift bags – even using on a card. You can have some too now I have stocked up!!

Seasonally Scattered Clear-Mount Stamp Set Price: £15.95 £9.59. Also in Wood Mount at £13.19. These images were SO popular when the Autumn Winter catalogue came out… you don’t have to resist the temptation now ladies!! Highly recommend for a simple card that says it all…but takes seconds!! Shame I can’t find my projects… I will keep searching!

Endless Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set  Price: £13.95 £8.39. Loved these. Simple and fast Christmas card makes….or more complicated! Either way – so much fun. Great Greetings that you can mix up as you wish and fabulous snowflakes…. a few project shares!!

 

Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper Price: £9.95 £3.99 . This one was a firm favourite when seen in the flesh…. really good quality paper…

 

Homemade Holiday Framelits Dies Price: £19.95 £11.99. So many of you bought the Holiday Home stamps – now you can buy the matching Framelit dies and make your life easier!! Remember that these dies make great tags and arrows too…. and it is useable all year round….

Lost Lagoon 3/8" Silky Taffeta Ribbon Price: £5.50 £2.19. What a price! This is a lovely ribbon and great for bows….

Frightul Wreath Simply Created Kit Price: £24.95 £9.99. WOW! What a price. That’s this years Halloween decoration sorted! Or  - ignore the Halloween bits – it would make a lovely contemporary black Christmas Wreath too….

And these have been for a while… but they are 2 of my favourite Christmas greeting sets of all time….

Christmas Messages Clear-Mount Stamp Set Price: £20.95 £12.59

Greetings Of The Season Wood-Mount Stamp Set Price: £13.95 £8.39. Don’t think I shared my Tree before….

And so onto Weekly Deals….. 14 really great items on there but here are some key items for me….

Big Shot Magnetic Platform  Price: £35.95 £26.96. Goes without saying… my favourite accessory for my Big Shot and the metal thin dies…. wouldn’t be without it!

 

Summer Silhouettes  Price: £21.95 £16.46

Love this stamp set! Here are a couple of sponged and masked projects we made a while back but I haven’t shared on here before…

Banner Punch Price: £11.50 £8.63 I think all my ladies have this…but just in case anyone doesn’t!! Remember these…

Stars Framelits Dies   Price: £22.95 £17.21 …. A have to have but particularly great for men’s, kid’s & Congratulations cards. And the Bright & Beautiful stamp set used here is still available too….

Bright & Beautiful Wood-Mount Stamp Set Price: £29.95

Bright & Beautiful Clear-Mount Stamp Set Price: £22.95

And one last thing… think this pops out as I am using it for a project at the moment… but more on that another day!

1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon Price: £7.25 £5.44 So you can make these!

Right that is it…. my back has had it!! I really can’t sit here any longer….

PLEASE do check out the Clearance Rack and Weekly Deals for yourself…. But don’t forget to  use the current Hostess Code 2XJTDA9A when ordering through my on-line store to earn yourself a little gift for SU! orders over £20 (excluding P&P) too...

Though if your SU! order is over £150 - then please don't use this code! Please claim your own Stampin' Rewards instead... You will still get a gift from me...!

Any such gifts are from me personally and will be posted separately to your Stampin' Up! order... so PLEASE do NOT select NO CONTACT when checking out... as I then do not know who - or where- you are ...

And for those of you ordering using my hostess code during March – again a Big Thank you – and as I have just received my SU! order…. so your gifts will be posted tomorrow….

But I am felling quite sad now too…. as… as I have been searching for these project photos… I have found so many great projects that I haven’t posted previously…. hope SU! give me more excuses to post great projects from times gone by (when my blogging wasn’t quite so consistent!! Cough!)