Waltzingmouse challenge

I made this card for the Waltzingmouse challenge......the week before last!! I didn't realise the entry cut off was the Thursday. It's official, I am a dope!!  Here's the card, not the best photo, the battery in my camera was on its last legs!

See you next time
Big kisses

Ta daa!

Here it is then, the completed clip it up. Not quite as easy to make as I thought but not too bad. It isn't pretty but I think it will be functional. I really need to create some more space and that means getting rid of the plastic storage boxes that house my stamps.

The first problem I encountered was the size of the hole in the lampshade. It was bigger than a 10p piece, much too big for the rod so I cut a piece of MDF, drilled a hole through the centre that was big enough to allow it to spin around the rod but not so big it would fall straight down and glued it to the centre of the shade carcass. You can just see it in the photo below?

There are washers and nuts above and below the shade carcasses to keep it in place.
Now, all I have to do is un-mount all my wooden stamps! I do have some cling stamps to hang on there to see if it will actually work so I will do that tomorrow and let you know how it goes!!
I apologise for the less than professional photographs LOL. You can see my tea mug, my poinsettia and my dogs bed in the photo.....oops sorry! Going off track now but I am so surprised the plant is still living. I bought it the week before Christmas from Sainsburys and I so don't have green fingers!!!

That's it for now
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No mojo!

I've been trying to make something today but no luck, my mojo has gone walkabout. So I've had to go back to a card that I made ages ago!

I think I'll go for a wander around blog land for some inspiration!!

The stamp is a Sugar Nellie and the rest is from my stash. 

See you next time

Big kisses

Disaster Strikes!!

Today I was planning to have a go at making a home made version of a 'clip it up'.  I have seen these on you tube so I thought I'd have a go. When I say I, of course I mean that my DH would do the making.  I see my role as more supervisory LOL!!
Anyhoo, the weather had other ideas. It is so windy here at present, it is quite scary at times and it just isn't letting up at all.
I do my crafting in a shed in my garden. It is not one of those super duper garden sheds by the way, it is just a 12 x 8 bog standard shed. So, last night it was blowing a gale and the felt was ripped off the roof of my shed. It was raining pretty hard, really windy and I thought all my stash would get ruined or worse still, the whole shed be blown away.  I was really worried  but couldn't do anything about it.  It was hard work to put the shed up, get it all insulated, work top up, shelving, carpet and I really thought I was going to lose it all!
Luckily, when I looked first thing this morning it hadn't gotten any worse. It stopped raining long enough this morning for DH and I took go outside, salvage some of the roofing felt and put it back on.  It is a bit patchwork but hopefully it will do until we get some quieter weather to do the job properly. Using a ladder in gale force winds..... not really to be recommended but shed and stash saved for now.
So no clip it up today but here's a photo of the stuff I bought to make it. There are also some locking nuts to put it all together but I forgot to put them in the photo!

The threaded rod and locking nuts are from B&Q and cost under £10. The lamp shades are from The Range £6 each, the base is a lazy Susan again from The Range £6 and I am going to use door knobs for 'bun' feet, £3 for a pack of 6 from, you guessed it, The Range. 

So that's just over £30 for a two tier clip it up.  I will get the clips to hang things from at Ikea. They are quite cheap apparently. To buy a 2 tiered clip it up would cost £87.90 from Storage 4 Crafts! If this works it will be a bargain, watch this space, I'll let you know how I get on.


See you next time kids


Big kisses

New beginnings

New Year new beginnings!
I neglected my previous blog very badly and so I decided to start all over again with a new blog.  I got out of the habit of blogging. Blogging became all consuming and I found I was on the internet every spare moment I had.
So although I will be blogging I am not going to let it become the only thing I do.
Any hoo, I have a little card to show. It's not new but it's one I like, I hope you do too.

I know the stamp is from Sugar Nellie but I can't remember what supplies I used, sorry. Not a very good start is it ?!? 


Mental note to self - must do better!


See you next time kids


Big kisses