Challenges and Dares

This is my card for the Just Bex Forum 'Button-It' challenge. The stamp is All Night Media and the papers and tag are from Carol Ann Studios

This is my Waves card from the DCM Little Extra, free papers from Papercraft Essentials, Raffia from The Works.

I'm going to have a go at altering a notebook this weekend, I'm planning on using my Elusive Images India stamps. I have also decided to get back to my sketch book and do some experimenting, so there may not be so many challenges completed as I feel that they are taking over my crafting and I'm not getting enough time to think about techniques I want to use and the style I want to develop. Will post my experiments if they are any good.

Just Bex Challenges

Here is my Touchy Feely card for Just Bex August Challenge 7. I cut the felt hat by hand and raided my textile stash for the feather, ribbon and fancy thread, the papers I bought at a Craft Fair about three years ago and I love them so much that i use them very sparingly, however they seemed just right for this challenge.

I've also done Challenge 5, Sugar and Spice using some papers I got from a free CD with Papercraft Essentials about a year ago. The Challenge was 'anything edible'.

Exciting News!

I have a journalist from DGB (Dumfries & Galloway and Borders) Life Magazine coming to see my home and my business next Friday afternoon with the possibility of putting a feature in the magazine! This, of course, has induced panic and I am rushing around tidying up and trying to make the place look respectable.

I had a great crafting day yesterday, the new theme plate arrived from Graphicus, it has Indian Elephants and paisley patterns on it, it is really great - a whole A4 sheet of stamps! I also got a set of Twinkling H2o paints (my first) and they are going to look so good with the stamps.

I also received a free copy of Papercraft Essentials as I had emailed a question to their Card Doctor page. It was so great to have all these parcels waiting for me when I got home from work.

On top of that the new Harry Potter book arrived with the post this morning. I am not going to start it as my son, Steven, will want to read it first - he is 20! He will probably stay up all night tonight reading.