Its 5th Ocober, I've been so busy !

Well, what a month I've had through out September. All sorts of things happening.

I have made a Mini Christmas Album, for a lovely Lady on the UK & Ireland Craft Swaps page, on Facebook. I have also made another set of ATC and that brings my total to 3 sets. They are quite a challenge, especially when you have 17 to make lol.
I am just finishing the Halloween Mini I have been making for another craft swap, and this is after finishing a 6x6 Christmas Card swap on the same group..... all such lovely and talented crafters. If you haven't seen the group, please go along check them out and join in the fun. :O)

All the pictures of my handy work will follow. I have naturally added any videos on my youtube too. I have a parcel next to me as I am writing this and to be honest I am bursting to open it........... but I have said I will video it so must be controlled. !!!!

So here are some pictures of crafts through out September......

 More to come on this Christmas Mini......................


My Christmas Card 6x6 Swap.

Made using Craft Artist program and Autumn Fairy Digi kit.....

ATCs to follow............................................
Please check out my youtube.... http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBlackbutterfly62

More photos on my Altered Letter stand

 The Top hat ( made using a wedding box gift box)  is a small storage holder, with the same paper stack inside as the rest of the stand. That's the Graphic45 paper.

 

I made the paper into a small box and added a wooden crown with tiny stones on.

Then a round velvet clothed Tarot reading table and the animal cage from wooden match sticks.

View  of the full stand.

 

Crafty-Emblies.com for the wooden and MDF embelishments, www.Crafty-Emblies.org

 

This clock is one of my favourite parts of the stand.

 

I liked the little tarot table and made a small crystal ball.

 

The charm hanging from the top could be unlinked and worn

 Crafty-Emblies used down both sides of letter stand.

 

Graphic45 papers for back of stand.

 Such a sweet little spider at the bottom.

Fantastic, loved making this one.............

September Update

Hi All

 Well August was a busy time, I joined The UK & Ireland Swap Group on Facebook.
I entered Three swaps.   The first was an ATC swap, I had never made them before but had great fun learning, all about them and then making them  I had to make 10 ATCs all the same, you then post them to the person holding the swap. Who then collects them all in and distributes them back out to everyone.
 They were all very beautiful I have to say, so many different styles of crafting too.
I will add a picture on here, but I havent taken them yet.................................. Great fun!

There is a youtube video on all the UK-IrelandCraftswwaps, if not by myself, there will be one by one of the other members...........

Then the second swap was the Captured Faerie........... as can be seen below. I have enjoyed this one so much I have started making them for other people too. Again there is a video on my Youtube on both the faerie's I have made.

The third swap was ATCs again but this time with a Halloween theme, one of my favourite times of the year...My New Year. These are yet to arrive in the post but Ia m  looking forward to seeing what everyone has made.

 

I have made a video of my Halloween ATCs  on youtube ...

This is the faerie  for me

Faerie in Jar   This was a lovely thing to make .

My Victorian print of a pandering Faerie, sitting on her Velvet mushroom.

This is glass paint dripped doen the inside of the glass, I suggest you do this in a very well ventilated area.







Cosmic Shimmer Glue used down sides of jarin dots.

. Check out UK & Ireland Craft Swaps on Facebook to see more on this group.

Cards I've just made...........

Two cards Ive made in September 2012......

 

 

  These cards are on my Youtube in more detail...............

I love these images....stamps from Graphic45

A few cards using Graphic45 images from stamps and Promarkers with Glossy Accents .............

I think they make such sweet cards :O)

Card for My Mother In Law..........

This is the card I made for my Mother in law.

These images I drew and coloured with Promarkers

 

The backing paper was my design using Craft Artist program

 

I added lace and tiny pearls to the joining edge of the papers

 

 I have to admit, I was very pleased with the colours of this jacket and dress

 This is one of my favourite images of mine.

 Before sending the card I added two beautiful large pearl hat pins coming up
 from the hand made flowers.  I'm pleased to say, she like it very much.

Sneaky peek of my Captured Fairy Swap..........

Just thought I'd give a sneaky peek of the Captured Fairy I have sent to my partner in the swap.
I'll add some more once she has received it :O)

I have seen one Fairy she has made on Youtube and its beautiful. I cant wait to receive mine :O)

This Fairy is now on my Youtube.....a full video, the link is on the right hand side of this page.

Been a while, but I have been very busy.............

Well, I've been up to allsorts.............


Picture below show finished Graphic45 Letter Stand. I am really pleased with the way its turned out ...

To see more on this follow my link to the right, that takes you to my Youtube site. I've made a video on the finished item and another one on its construction.
Great fun, so much so I am ready to start on a new idea, using the Graphic45 papers.


I can feel a Halloween one coming along I think.!


I have also been making ATCs for the craft swap I have recently joined. That's the UK and Ireland Craft Swap on Facebook. So far I've joined in 2 sets of ATCs and also a Captured Fairy swap.
More pictures of each of these below and Videos on Youtube. They are all very friendly and  talented ladies, I love it.

More to come if I get time tomorrow, as |Im supposed to be organising my trip to Ireland ..................... uploading to Youtube at the moment........ poor pc!

Weekend Crafting :O) My kinda weekend.........

Hi ya

 Crafted my little socks off throughout the night Saturday, had such a brain wave going on. I have managed to get quite a bit more of my wooden letter stand done.
I have used the glossy accents as a glue. As I have heard from a few different places it will stick metal to metal, so from that I'm assuming it will stick metal to wood and wood to wood .................... so far it has as I have even manages to get it to stick the metal key into the metal lock............ relief !!!

Will add some pictures later today, but my daughters in my craft room at the moment so I cant get into do it.
So onwards and upwards we go. ..............................
Also went to a boot sale locally and picked up some goodies so I'll add a couple of piccys of the bits and bobs I bought later. Just need to get my house work done now so I'm free to craft this evening.

But like the rest of the UK, I was glued to the TV for the last two weeks dipping in and out of the Olympics, now I can get on again :O). 

So much I want to do !

Its Saturday 1pm and I've got several things I want to make rumbling though my mind,..................
Where do I start..........

Yesterday I had my 2nd session of acupuncture, so fingers crossed on that. Its a very weird if not macabre feeling sitting with needles popping out of you. But at least its completely pain free.. well sort of.

Still, back to today................ I need to get on with my steampunk cabinet, first I think as that's the one I have the most ideas rolling around on, so pictures will follow on that later today hopefully.
I have bought some lovely goodies from a company called Crafty-Emblies recently and they are so cool I cant wait to get using them.

Crafty-Emblies.com    ( wooden and MDF shapes and products to alter )
Update on above website : just been back and ordered more as new goodies on sale today, have ordered some bags of miss cuts too for use in steampunk projects! 

I posted my Captured Fairy yesterday, she flown to Ireland overnight I hope. cant wait to hear what the lady I sent her to thinks, as she was my first attempt. Great fun though.
I can add pictures once she has received her :O)

Still, I'm off to craft me thinks............... have a great days crafting one and all.  :O)        x

I have joined a couple of swaps

Hi all...

I have recently joined the UK & Ireland Craft Swaps on Facebook. They are a bunch of very talented and friendly crafters that organise swaps and have videos on youtube. I have watched a few of the ladies work on youtube and have learnt some great tips and been very inspired too.

Crafting people are so friendly and love to be inspired by other crafters.............. I love it :O)

I have just posted off my first ever set of ATCs so I hope they are OK. I will add a picture of my ATC and the ones I receive as soon as I have them. I cant wait, I have really enjoyed making them.



I have also joined a Captured Fairy in a jar swap. I have made my fairy and she is ready to be popped in the post. this was brilliant, I have started to make another one for me and one for my daughter as she loved the first one I made to swap.

Again I will add pictures once the swaps have taken place.  I really cant wait to see all the different creations.

Hopefully I will do some more with the craft swappers very soon, I think it may be addictive :O)

Have a great day.................. x

New Youtube videos added through the night.

Morning All

 I have been adding new videos during the night. They are not crafting videos but they are a two part video on the most amazing 3 hours I spent watching and talking too or at lol the seals at a beach in Waxham, Norfolk. I was the only person on the beach as far as the eye could see in either direction. It was so amazing.

I had my camera and my mobile phone and got as much footage as I could, but even this is nothing compared to the amazing feeling of being alone and able to watch the beautiful face seals, we are so lucky, mother nature has done a fantastic job in such a  wonderful way.

The camping was brilliant, we were on a huge campsite which has no load arcades or noisy machines or shops. There was a small camp shop. But it was so peaceful and camping in a more relaxed way. The week we stayed there was only approx 6 or 7 other families staying on our huge field which backed onto the dunes............ Excellent.
If you have 10 mins to spare please check out my videos :O)

There is a link to my youtube here.