When Craf becomes Crap

Hi this is Lynette’s’ Dear Hubby, silly girl managed to guess her password, so much for security :-).
The reason for hijacking her blog is to tell you the story of the craft repressed hubby, when Craft become’s Crap.
Having been with her for over 25 years there’s some things you get beaten to accepting.
Her craft room is a mess and is full of stuff you don’t touch, that I accept.
The dining table is going to be covered with project in various stages of completion, that’s ok.
The design that she has just come up with for the pending workshop is going to be the topic of conversation until the completion of said workshop. Yes dear that looks great, I like the way you have used that thingy, normally get you by.
The endless paper packing material that has more flame retardant than paper (it doesn’t burn well) and the boxes filling the craft room and lounge I can tolerate, however after a particularly busy week recently my story starts.
Guests coming round for a workshop, That’s OK I’m at work. Order arrives, That’s OK I’m at work. Get home late (tuff day), no dinner, she has been designing for the next workshop, that’s normal, Manage to get by cooking the meat on the BBQ while Lyn does the vegies, that’s OK. Listen to how hard it has been to come up with the new design for the next workshop, standard replies from above seam to be working, that’s OK. By this stage it’s getting late and I decide to head off to bed, as I said tuff day, get into the bedroom turn on the light and there’s an order on my side of the bed, suitable ruffled to ensure that the contents is what was ordered.
Now here’s the sad part, I pick it up and place it lovingly on her side of the bed and tuck myself in. That’s when you know the craft component in your life has become Crap and it’s time to get grumpy.
So all of you guys out there who think you have it tough with craft crap I’m more than happy to swap, seriously.

Christmas Stocking Gift Card Holder

How cute is this!  It is actually a gift card holder and is really easy to whip up.  I can see these hanging in the lounge on Christmas morning with scratchies for all the adults (Blue Tac works a treat) and as the main gift with an appropriate gift card for older nieces and nephews that I wouldn't dare try and buy for LOL.

Claire Brennan has kindly shared her template which can be found here.

Stamps: Snow Swirled

Ink: Basic Brown

Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White and Designer Paper from I Wish Simply Scrapping Kit

Accessories: 1/4" Real Red Grossgrain Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch, Sponge Dauber

Playing with making my own trellis

I decided to try out the dahlia fold, a tutorial can be found here.

When I finished the flower I decided it would look great on some
trellis, this is my first attempt, I think the trellis looks a bit
heavy so I am going to have another attempt but I think this card
looks OK to give.

Stamps: Best Yet

Cardstock: Confetti White, Old Olive, Kraft, Bella Rose DP

Ink: Basic Brown

Accessories: Flower Brad

Have a great day :-)

World Card making Day Promotion

Just click on the image for a more detailed view of this months flyer. Feel free to contact me if you have any queries or wish to place an order.

Terracotta Pot Tutorial

Hi everyone, here is the tutorial I promised in my last post for the terracotta pots. The first thing you will need to do is copy this photo to your hard drive.

Once the photo is on your hard drive, print it on 6x4 photo paper - 9 copies to a page. Now I have some software that came with my camera that allows me to do this easily. Unfortunately, you will have to work this bit out yourself using your software. Once you have worked this out though you can make awesome pots too using these instructions:

Use your pot on cards or scrapbooking pages. Here is another sample, scroll down to my previous post to see three others. Have a great day and thanks for looking.

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Cardstock: Whisper White, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Basic Brown, Really Rust, Old Olive
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Chocolate Chip Marker, Sanding Block

I'm going Potty

Well not really, but on Tuesday I was at a friends house (Hi Dawne) and she had hanging terracotta pots that caught my eye. I took some photos and started to play with them. I came up with these awesome pots, they look so much better than a punch but they don't look like a photo either because after I cut out the pots I altered them with a sanding block and some ink. I will write a tutorial after this post so you can see what I did.

I did it, the tutorial is here.

Stamps: Friends 24/7

Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Ink: Basic Brown, Really Rust, Old olive

Accessories: Sanding Block, Sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals, chocolate Chip marker

Stamps: Friends 24/7

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Sahara Sand

Ink: Basic Brown, Really Rust, Old Olive, So Saffron

Accessories: Sanding Block, Stampin' Dimensionals, So Saffron 5/8" Ribbon

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes

Cardstock: Whisper White

Ink: Basic Brown, Really Rust, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive

Accessories: Sanding Block, Sponge, Bella Rose DP (for the handcut butterfly), Chocolate Chip Marker, Stampin' Dimensionals

Friends 24/7

I love this stamp set - it is so easy to make a gorgeous card with.

Stamps: Friends 24/7

Card: Not Quite Navy, Kraft, Bella Bleau DP

Ink: Basic Brown, Not Quite Navy and Whisper White

Accessories: Aqua Painter to paint with Whisper White off the lid for the branch and the birds breast, Sponge Dauber, My fingernail to distess the card.