Tuesday taggers - Old father Time

Wow where has the last decade gone? I can so clearly remember the year 2000 - we had all been poorly with the dreaded flu so on new years eve walked up t' rec to view the fireworks away from the crowds so we would not pass on our germs.

my little girl was only 5. In the last decade we have had 2 lots of GCSEs, A levels and university studies i really cannot believe hopw fast it has gone. I must be getting old LOL

Over on tuesday taggers we have been playing around with

old father time

To mark the passage of not just another year but into another decade.

So here is my take on the theme. I have used a traditional santa stamp to be the old father bit and made a wall hanging with claocks, keys, cogs and sequin waste. All stamps are from a retired stamp man set apart from the santa which is from habico. The little lock and key brads are by woodware - perfect for this sort of project. A little glossy accents, crackle glaze, wire and ribbon and its finished. inks used are distress inks forest moss, bundled sage, antique linen and aged mahogany.
This week TT is sponsored by the Craft Barn so do stop by and check out the challenge.

I'm Upcited!

Sorry thats a term from one of the kids which really means excited LOL but hey its Christmas eve tomorrow and these little rascals will be really upcited tomorrow thats for sure. Here is a pic of my nephew and niece from last weekend - its for a holiday diary and so has them at my house with the buns they made and decorated. They are coming for tea tomorrow which will be a perfect day to give them this

decorated by my pal Michelle - you can't quite see the words but it says Hes been. The idea is to set it for the time you want the kids to get up on Christmas morning - having no numbers they wont be able to tell the time but of course a rough estimate of where the numbers are gives Mum and Dad all the freedom of an extra hour if they so wish.

Here is its little gift box - made quickly this afternoon after my fisrt Christmas visitors had gone. We had Meghans friend and her Mum round for lunch of Christmas pizza and salad. the Christmas pizza was a bargain at morrisons and perfect for the meal as Lucy is a very fussy eater. It had turkey, bacon and cranberry on it so a real Christmassy feel but at the bargain price of 39 p each so yes the freezer is full of them !

and just so you can get your blog hopping mitts on in plenty of time here is advance notice of something exciting happening with The Stamp Man. If you fancy taking the picture to add to your blog please do its going to be a fun filled event!

Happy Christmas folks x

Janet

Tuesday taggers showcase your year!

So over at Tuesday Taggers we have a showcase challenge - you can showcase your favourite, up to 6, of this year! There is a fab prize so hop on over for all the instructions

This project was a really unusual one for me and a little bit of a challenge

It was also a thank you for a special someone which made it even more fun to make you can see the original post here

This one is much more recent but one I still very much enjoyed playing with - the original post is here

This one I have not shown before but I am thrilled to say it made the craft stamper mini cards swap!

This was made as a birthday card for Jill from the Stamp Man - I loved the collage effect. You can see the original post here

I have not done much scrapbooking this year but here is a page I did do of my wedding day almost 25 years ago! The original post is here

and this card was so much fun to play with. the idea came from Mr holtz himself on one of his tags but here it is adapted to make a card - this was quickly snapped up by babs at work who buys my cards regularly! Original post here

So hope you like my showcase - dont forget to leave a comment to be in win the chance of winning the Tuesday taggers prize - check it all out here

MIA but my world is rockin!

Sorry about the week off folks! I am now enjoying my Christmas break from work but to pay the price for my hols I was sooooo busy last week!

This weekend was sooo hectic too - we had our niece and nephew to stay who are 5 &7 and on the go from morn till night - boy am I bushwhacked but we had such fun making Christmas cards and presents for Mummy and Daddy - punch art place cards for their Christmas day lunch and baking biscuits and buns as well as squeezing in some time on the Wii, watching TV and the lovely Raymond Briggs the Snowman stage show on DVD. We are both pooped as were the kids! My SiL sent this funny link today which about sums up how much energy went into the whole weekend!

You can see it here

I must mention all the faces are my kids and their cousins!

I now have all my kids at home - no 2 son came back from Uni yesterday despite the awful weather in London and today he said the most beautiful thing I have ever ever heard. This is the biggy rockin my world today!

"Mum - I have realised from chatting with folk at Uni that I have had the most wonderful up bringing. I have been shielded from bad things and I am grateful to every member of my family and extended family but especially for what you and Dad have done for me. I know it was not easy sometimes and that I did not make it easy either but I really want to say thank you".

My job as a mum has been worth every difficult day and hard decision made for that one statement - I now have 2 men for sons and I could not be prouder. Hop on over to the Celtic House where Monday rocks this week!

Project 7

You will recognise this colour scheme if you are a regular visitor as its been my favourite all year! Stampin up nearly navy card stock and ink. The stamps are of course Tim Holtz arranged in a collage fashion I have done some water brushing to the Noel down the side and then added glossy accents to make it pop even more. This has just been posted off to some special peeps back in Lincolnshire - Hope they like it x

Project 6

I think this little house is my favourite project from my Claxby weekend and it came in my secret santa gift. A tiny little bird house which I have covered with off cuts from my Bo Bunny papers. The edges of the house have been coloured with peeled paint distress ink then all the papers carefully measured to fit and the edges of those inked too. The cute little robin is a stamp borrowed from my lovely pal Georgina and is just the perfect size for the house. A little sparkle for him too from Georginas glitter collection x

Here is the back of the house - those bo bunny papers are perfect for this! Now I have a reminder of my Claxby Christmas weekend for my tree. My 2nd one too as last year we decorated baubles. I do hope we have many more weekends at Christmas like this x Thanks Bee and Kate for organising such a wonderful weekend x

Project 5

This was a project Michelle led for us on Sunday evening. Its a cheap alarm clock available here which has been altered to make a Father Christmas alarm clock. The idea is Mummy or Daddy set the time for when the children can get up. When the alarm rings it means he's been! I love this project and have been dying to make it. The Santa is by Paperartsy stamped in coffee archival then fired brick and peeled paint distress ink dusted over it. Michelle added the He's been letters using her hot foiling machine and the addition of ribbon and pearls finishes the look. You can see what my other pals did here - Michelle and Emma

This was another fast project taking less than an hour to do - the hardest bit was putting the clock back together lol!

Have a fab Thursday x

Janet