NEC

Well I know I must have told you all that I was going....

YES I was a little excited about it...

and YES I had saved up for the occasion

and wow did I have a ball..

look what jumped into my hands..

yes your seeing right..all these pens..

 this  means I only have about 20 more to buy to have the full set..

As I bought a bumper set on the sly !!!

then I saw these new edge punches which I thought where a bargain at

2 for £18

 I also go lots and lots more but...

they are now all wrapped up for me for Christmas...

 I also bought the proper end dots for my promarkers.. which are now on the pens I have in my unit

took me hours sorting out though !!

 And next is Kath.... I knew she was going to be at the NEC

as Kath had been blogging about it her blog is Here

so I had to find her.. took a couple of hours but here she is

That's me on the right with the curly hair..

listening and taking it all in

 And she looks nothing at all like her blog picture.. !!!

She has a fantastic accent too..I stood and listened to her for ages..

but didn't like to disturb her teaching...!!

I do have permission to show these as I have asked Kath.. !!

right thats it from me as

I'm a celebrity is on and i am missing it

thanks for stopping by

CLaire xx

Shabby Art Planner

Evening... and I do hope you're all ok

This post should have been done a week or two ago

but I have been working lots of hours not leaving many hours in the day for me

and the dreaded housework.. and what with the run up to Christmas in full swing

making it so much harder to find me time

but hey I am here and I have a Christmas Planner to show you

Over at the Shabby Art Boutique the lovely Kerryanne 

shared with everyone a printout to make a organizer for Christmas

Now as soon as I saw it I had downloaded and made it

here is what I did 

Picture Heavy.... !!!

I made the book from cream card stock and used

Tim Holtz distress ink to do all the edges and make it look old and shabby

Took me ages too....lol

I used Paul's huge stapler to staple together..

as it is tougher than a normal one..and the staples are thicker

and it is holding it together nicely

 onto the book

Front cover

 All I did here was add some holly punches and gems for sparkle

 First two pages.. made to look old and shabby

the only thing written is the NEC.. post on that to follow

I added a raindeer charm to one corner just for interest..

 The next two are the card list pages..I knew I wouldnt have enough room on the one sheet

so I have two sheets for the list and also made a pocket for a tag which also has room for more names

 Oh and I also made a tiny envelope and placed it in the corner.

 Gift list... as you can see I have taken pictures before I started writing in it..lol

 All I did with these two was to add a shiny bauble peel off

 This is the back.. you can not see it on the photo but I have put lots of stickled on the tree

Anyway I thinik I can link this up to a friday thing over on Kerryannes blog so that is what I am going to do

I will also enter this into

Make it Monday.. Linky

Thanks for stopping by.. am off to do my second post of the night xx

Promarkers vs ME

Yes the dreaded pens... I got so confused over about a year ago as wether to buy them or copics
what colours to buy first, or do I need to have them all at once
well  in the end I bought Spectrum Noirs to practice with..and I am not so keen, I bought them while in Portugal but didn't open until I moved back to the UK. When the time came to colour, some of them where dry and unusable..!! which put me off, but the ones I have used are nice to colour with.
SO
I have bought some Promarkers I say some... I bought three packets of five just to see what they where like.
I spoke to Paula about what would be best and went with her ideas. Paula even sent me a link to her blog on storage. So I had a go and here is mine

Sat on the shelf above my workdesk, as you can see it isnt looking very full of pens
Well that is not the case now as I bought a set of 56

and I am slowly adding them a few at a time so no one notices..lol

Here is a quick pic this morning... I will add some more next week, I have about another 20 or so to add

I have a list in my bag of the pens I have left to buy, so am sure I will come back from the NEC with a few more. I am also hoping to buy some stamps so I have something to colour too

Right time I did some cleaning before I go to work

Tanks for popping over

CLaire xx

Morning peeps.

Well it is Thursday meaning one more sleep here in Huddersfield

then off I travel to Grimsby to stop at Pauls mum's for one sleep then its

NEC time...

Can you tell I am excited ??

I have a HUGE list.. too many things on it to the amount of Cash I will have in my purse

But I am taking Paul...lol

I think I mentioned Hannah making bunting for christmas

Well here is the cute little snowman she chose on Google printed out and ready to be cut

 So yesterday while I was watching catch up TV I cut them all out 

so here they all are waiting to be coloured

I am so tempted to do a couple but I have to leave alone, it is Hannah project not mine

Above is the finished cracker for Paul. 

I just tied it with gold ribbon added a heart like on the present inside with a tag

and taped some red ribbon on each end

I didn't over do it as the card I used has a pattern and thought it didn't need anything too fussy, did not want to spoil it.

right I am tootling over to Shabby art blog to see if I post my organizer.

watch this space

thanks for stopping by 

CLaire xx

I am getting Excited

I have just THREE sleeps left..just three until I go to the NEC craft fair.
I so can not wait to get in there and have a good look round. I have just been blog hopping and a blog I follow lady called Kath is jetting of to be there too
So I may just have to say Hello.. although I have not met her before, and to be honest she may think that I am a total wirdo walking up as though I know her.... lol It would be rude not to.
If by chance I do see her, its a big place so I probably won't.
I am at this moment in time printing multiple images of a snowman for Hannah.
She has decided that she would like to colour them, their scarfs and hats that is, and made a christmas bunting for the hallway
Where did she get this idea from well here..

 Hannah made these for where I work to hang around the Halloween table
The little ghost came from Bugaboo last year, I printed it off just before the PC went bang

 We attached them to some bright orange ribbon after Hannah had coloured them with my Spectrum Noirs
So just below is the Image she has chosen off Google to make the Christmas bunting

So I am thinking of sitting in the front room for an hour or so and cutting them out ready for her
while I catch up with some TV. I found out I can watch it through the playstation.. BBCI player

I also have something else to show later, although I need to hop over to the blog to see if I have to link it up
At Shabby Art Boutique, Kerryanne has made this years Chrstmas Planner, it is lovely
I have printed off and made my book, all old fashioned, I am very pleased with my result
I am just waiting on some stickles to dry on the back.. then I will take photos and post it here later on

Well that's it from me for now I am off to make a cuppa and get cutting.
Thanks for stopping by
CLaire

Crackers

Hiya peeps... 

just me here to show you something I made

I was blog hopping a couple of days ago

and when over at Julies blog 

I saw an amazing cracker

and thought I would like to have a go at that

so I asked for template which Julie sent Via email

Pop over to Julies blog and take a look

and if you like send her a msg..am sure she will send the template

anyway here is my take

It is slightly different in shape 

As I made it to fit around the red present

One of Pauls smaller pressies for Christmas

So I adjusted the measurements to suit myself

 and I surprised myself as I made it correct first time

and am rather pleased with it

The paper I used are Papermania - Home for Christmas

I am so pleased I bought these 

they are lovely 180gm so thick enough for making things like this

and the designs are lovely.

All I have to do is take a pic of the finished cracker

but just imagine it ties with gold ribbon

with a white heart stuck to one side

I am going to make one for Hannah too

but need to buy something to go into one.

Well thats me for tonight

Thanks for stopping by xx

I am going to link this up to

Make it Monday linky

Evening to those of you that are reading,

it is Friday once again and no work for me until Monday

So I have time to do a post

I am showing a card that T.B.H I am a little stuck on

Although I like it how it is

I think it needs a Christmas Picture

but I didn't want to use a decoupage Forever Friends

Any suggestions Welcome

I have had the sewing machine out again

I think it finishes off the edges nicely

but oh it seems to take forever.

maybe it is just me being a beginner

now onto something much nicer..lol

although smelly

Look what have arrived at the farm this week

yes really small cows.......

How cute are these.. I am going to have to take my camera

and take better pictures

this was taken of my mobile and it isnt that good

and she stood and looked at me

I will also try and get some pics of the smaller ones

that are being kept in the huge sheds

now they are super cute, but very timid

Well thats it from me tonight

I am going to do my game on facebook

then watch some TV with Paul

have a lovely weekend and be carefull with those fireworks

CLaire xx0000000