Unstampabelles Tea in the Garden ….

Hello

Today I am popping in to share my creation for the current challenge at Unstampabelles here

The newest challenge is

Tea in the Garden

 

and the TWIST is use some watercolouring somewhere……

I started by creating my background with my water colour paints.  The section top right is meant to look like a flowering vine.  Hope you can see that!  I added die cut MFT tea pot and cups.  I added a butterfly stencil (I raided the kiddos art supplies for that one!) to the tea pot.  I used a new makeup brush from Daiso it is in appearance like the new stencilling brushes I have seen people using.  The brush gave great results with very little effort however I don’t think the handle will last long I feel if I put to much pressure the handle is going to snap! Can’t expect much for $2.80 though.  I finished the pot and cups with overflowing punched leaves and flowers with liquid pearl centres.

I have been know to sit outside with a pot of tea, a book and my knitting, especially if the weather is nice.  I’m a bit like goldilocks it can’t be too hot or too cold! just right.  Sometimes it has to be the front step as my dog likes to be included!

I am going to link this up to the August challenge at Bizzy Becs Store here

Anything goes

Thanks for stopping

Cheers

Vicki

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Happy Birthday Adele…

Hi. Hope your Monday has got off to a great start.

Miss E (17) has an 18th Birthday Party in a few weeks. Not your normal 18th – this one is high tea and the birthday girl has requested cook books. So you will see I have made a card along those lines. I came across a video of this card a couple of days ago and have made a variation of it. I also made a book mark – to go with the cook book she has requested!

I have used products including American Crafts CS, October Afternoon farmhouse 8×8 patterned paper, SU Pool Party Ribbon, ABS Twine, Papersmooches Digits (for the sentiment), Do Crafts Tag die, PTI Tremendous treats Birthday, Memory Box large Alphabet, SU a 3/8″ square punch, EK Success 1 1/4″ square punch and MFT Always tea time die.

and the back of the card I made differently than the video & inspiration as Miss E wanted a larger space to write on!

I am linking this up to the following challenges

Scrapbook Boutique

and

Crafting with Dragonflies – Unusual Fold

and

Through the Craftroom Door – Anything Goes

and

Moxiefab Birthday Card Challenge

Original Video here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H6Kveu0ctc

and Inspiration from Tanya Bell

http://stampingt.com.au/blog/?p=5976

Thanks for stopping to take a peek.

Cheers

Vicki

A few gifts and Mother’s day…

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend and enjoyed Mother’s Day.

I knitted this tea cosy (in Patons Caressa 8 ply for my yarn stash) for a friend’s birthday. I used a pattern from The Art of Knitting. The buttons are from my stash and are tied using Annabelle Stamps Hemp twine natural.  I know my friend’s teapot is a handmade pottery one in blue and green tones – I was guessing, going from memory  estimating the size of her teapot. Fingers crossed it fits hers as well as it fits my Maxwell Williams tea pot. I also added some Australian Black tea I picked up at a local Farmer’s market and a travel mug.

I used MFT Always time for tea die for the card along with Courture Creations Tied Together Embossing Folder, Kaisercraft ribbon, Hemptique twin, PTI Tiny Tags die and stamp set stamped using SU ink.  I used paper included in a magazine to die cut the shapes, as this has no body I adhered it to adhesive paper first.

I have also made another stationery roll. I was lucky enough to find some co-ordinating stationery in Kmart for a few dollars. I used the same pattern I did here https://frommycraftroom.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/happy-birthday-notebook-cover/  and instructions were from Handmade Magazine Vol 31 Number 2 by Jemima Flendt.

My Miss 8 woke me at 8am on Sunday so she could give me the gift she had put together and to watch a Mother’s day kids song on you tube.

She sourced items from her own craft stash (a future RAK giver in the making) and put them in a bag she decorated for me with her hand made card and powerpoint. I think I will leave these items where she can get them because I know she will be looking for them soon.  Miss 17 had been to the local lolly shop and got some chocolates which the 4 of them chipped in for.

After lunch the girls and I did a little shopping and stopped for a hot drink and shared some cakes – something we never do (shopping yes stopping for drinks no). When we got home the boys had cooked a nice roast and Mr 15 made some scones which we had with jam and cream.

Hope your week has got off to a great start. I need to go and write some reports for a work meeting tomorrow.

Cheers for now

Vicki

 

Update:

Took my friend her pressie. We tried it out straight away with a cuppa. It fitted her everyday pot which means her other tea cosy went for a wash.