Gift for MIL

Well I haven't been on here for so long I need to blow the cobwebs away. I have had no Internet as I kinda changed the house around a bit.... I now have my own craft room and I love it!!! I haven't spent as much time as I would have liked in here but yesterday I spent most of the day in here. Hubby was watching the rugby and then the football so the boys and I were in here playing. It's my mother in laws birthday in July and she is the most difficult person to buy for as she's not really into anything if you know what I mean, so I made her a gift yesterday. This stationary set is a tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers and is very easy to make I will certainly be making some more for Christmas gifts. Here is the box. I used Making Memories noteworthy papers I think.... This is how it is with the lid off. This is the address book, pen holder and the other pocket is for stamps. I made some cards, thank yo u notes and some gift tags too put in. So there it is I really like it and am hoping she will too. I have to say I was feeling a little sickly at the end working with all that pink lol I am used to boys!!! I have a million blog posts to catch up on so after lunch I am going on a huge blog hop to see what you have all been creating. Take care Laura x

no internet

just a quick post to say sorry i haven't been commenting have no computer at the moment. Am doing this from my phone so i hope it works. I will hopefully be back on line by the end of the week blogging and commenting. Take care Laura x

WOYWDW

Well firstly let me apologise for not being around lately. I have a million blogs to catch up on so I am sorry I haven't visited you. Things have been stressful here Nan has been very poorly and at one point we were told to prepare for the worst but fingers crossed the hospital are letting her home this week. So what do I do when I am stressed apart from eat? Stitch. I can't show you what though as it's a surprise for someone sorry. I never papercraft when things are on my mind I don't know why. I have done a card but that's it. When I polished this morning the cricut had loads of dust on it!!!!! Anyway I thought I would share with you what my production line was last time I blogged. I have made all of my teachers gifts for end of term. Early I know but I had no inspiration to scrap and I wanted to play with paper. Jake made the paperclips and decorated the bags and post it note holders. I just cut everything out and scored the card. These are the paper clips. The papers used are Papermania Rose garden. This is the post it note holders.

And here in full glory is the 9 completed bags. The instructions for the bags are on splitcoast. They are very simple to make.

I really enjoyed this project and it was great doing it with Jake. But the best bit was using up scraps from the drawer.

Well thank you for looking and head over to Julias blog for a nose around everyone elses desks. Oh and it's not all been gloom here have a look over at Kellys blog (CAESER CRAFTS) for a look at what else we've been up to.

Laura x

WOYWDW

Well here we are with my desk you nearly didn't get to see it as I thought it was Tuesday!!! I haven't done any crafting since the crop on Saturday but in a mad moment I have started a new project and this is how my desk now looks. How can it get like this so quickly??

As you can see there is a mixture of paper strips, stamps, extra strong tape, punches inks the list goes on and on. I can't show you what I am making yet but all I can tell you is I have a production line going and I'm doing alot of gluing, scoring and cutting. I hope your enjoying your Wednesday and if you like looking at desks pop on over to Julia's for a look around everyone elses.

Laura x

Such a happy boy...

Thank you all for your comments on my stitching. You will certainly be seeing a lot more as I do more stitching than paper crafts. Meet Jack he is my youngest child and is sooooo miserable. I don't know if you can read the journalling but it just explains how grumpy he is and how much he whines. It also says that he makes me laugh so much because of this.

The weather has changed here today so it's grey and horrible so I am going to comfort myself with an afternoon in the kitchen baking. Have a great day.

Laura x

WOYWDW

Hello again I can't believe it's nearly the end of April!!! The girls and I were yesterday saying in 6 months we will be waiting for payday to but the Christmas food shopping how mad is that!!! Anyway while I am on the subject of Christmas I have completed a Christmas ornament. I finished it a few weeks ago but had it on my desk today to email a photo to a friend. This is cross stitch and is a Lizzie * Kate design. I love cross stitch and I have to say I never show my stitching on here even though I do loads of it I don't know why. Would you like to see more?

On the paper craft front I am getting things ready for the crop. I start early as I am really anal about planning for it. I like to have my sketch, papers, photos, embellishments, title cut out if needed etc. I usually take about 6 - 8 page kits with me but only manage about 3, maybe I should stop talking so much.......

If you want to see some more interesting desks than mine have a look over at Julia's blog.

Laura x

Cybercropping

Did you all take part in the cybercrop on UKScrappers then? I didn't, Saturday we were out and Sunday was doing the usual of ironing uniforms etc. When I sat down Sunday evening I had a look though. I was really impressed with the classes and am going to do a few at the Ludgershall Crop on Saturday. I did get two completed which I love. The first one is The Strand by Sarahy. I loved this it is so not my usual style and took me so out of my comfort zone with the inking, distressing and stitching it was fab. I can see me doing a lot more of this style in the future. The LO is Jake trying to make money in the garden by selling lemonade and cake to his brothers. I used K&co papers (surprise surprise). This next LO is Mayfair by craftypants. I love the sketch of this one. I didn't use paint on mine but if you look over at UKscrappers and look at craftypants LO it's stunning. This is my son Joe being a cool dude. The flowers are handmade and the flourishes are cut out with Make The Cut.

I have managed a few other LOs this past week so I will be sharing them with you this week too.

I hope you all enjoyed the weekend.

Laura x