Its beginning to look alot like christmas.....

So today begins the first post that features Christmas as both my DT's have Christmas themes and the projects i made at my craft club retreat were both Christmas.

So today is the Vanilla Sugar reveal and i can finally show you my finished advent calendar. This was a real labour of love as it took me about 3 weeks just painting, gluing and decorating.

Here is the construction.



I began by adding bigger fronts to the match boxes, this means that the secret gift can be a touch bigger.





Next take a long piece of chipboard. Divide it into segments with smaller pieces of chipboard. Each compartment needs to be quite snug. The bottom row has 7 boxes. Repeat the process with each row. The next row has 6 boxes, the next has 5, the next has 4, the next has 2 and the last just 1 box. Once you have all your rows complete, start gluing them together to form your triangle shape.





Make long strips of plain chipboard again and add them to the sides of the frame. Fill in the little triangle gaps along the side edges. Once fully constructed, paint the frame and boxes black.





Next i added matts and patterned paper to the boxes and frame with the edges distressed with viva gold. I stamped all the draw fronts at the same time.



Here it is finally finished.











I love how it turned out and it was very therapeutic constructing it.

TFL

Sarah

Sneaky for Vanilla Sugar

So i showed you some matchboxes a few days again and asked what you thought they were. Well here is another sneak of what they looked like a few days later and now.







The new Vanilla Sugar challenge goes live on Monday so head on over to see the finished projects.

TFL

Sarah

Mondays Child mini canvas

So for Vanilla Sugar this month the challenge was to make a canvas or wall hanging.

And here is my project. Its a mini canvas for my nursery space.









I also made a full set of instructions for this project as a class and submitted it for the Green Buttons scrapping Bonanza that ran over the weekend. UNfortunitally i didnt get to participate in the event as the bump was being its usual unoredictable self and i spent alot of saturday in the hospital and then it was catch up sinday and cropping ready for the retreat in a few weeks.

You can downlaod the instructions HERE

TFL

Sarah

Vanilla scrumptious

So its that day again, time for my weekly bubbly post. This week i made DH Keith a bookmark as i recently discovered a huge pile of hardback books waiting for him to read whilst sorting our bedroom out to fit in the new addition.

You can see how i made it HERE

Hopefully he will use it.









Next as we have just entered September, (where has the year gone)its time for a new challenge over on Vanilla Sugar. This month the theme is clocks.

Take a peak at what we have come up with this month, click the link on the right.

Here is mine



Got the stamps, inks, chipboard and rub ons out for this project.

TFL

Sarah

Time flies

Good evening.

Just a quick post as i am on my holidays and i am stealing the internet whilst i can.

My post this week is all about Daniel and his very first/ last day of primary school. You can find the info HERE.

And here is the LO



Oh and i nearly forgot, here is my vanilla sugar project this month. The challenge was to alter a picture frame.









TFL

Sarah

Its reveil time......

over at Vaniila sugar. This month the theme was to alter a box, tin etc. You can find all the info here

Here is mine











TFL

Sarah

Its wednesday, so that means its.....................

Bubbly time again.

This week i made a simple LO using a over sized chipboard piece as the main focus of the LO. You can find all the info HERE.

And here are a few pics. I used a mix of crate paper scraps, all i had left of the precious crate and a mix of embellishments and maya road.

















And i will leave you with a sneak of the new vanilla sugar challenge that goes live tomorrow. Can you tell what it is yet, lol



Bye for now as i am off to see the progress on the wildlife garden i designed as part of my college course down at the whale and dolphin conservtion society, spey bay.

TFL
Sarah

Forgive me father for i have sinned...................

Its been awhile since i actually updated this blog but what with rushing to finish university and the queasyness and "baby brain" for you loose the function to live a normal life and think logically, it has been neglected.

So here goes, long post.

Firstly, there is a new challenge up this month on Vanilla sugar. Head on over to HERE to see all the DT's creations. The theme this month is window decorations.

Here is mine





Next i didnt show you last weeks bubbly scrumptious project. I made a shadow box card. You can find all the info and materials HERE. And here are a few pics





And lastly, this weeks bubbly scrumptious project. Its a summer fun mini album in the shape of a lady bug. You can find all the info and materials HERE.. And here are a few pics as well.















Phew, big blog.

I will hopefully be back on a regular basis now that i am starting to feel slightly human again.

TFL as always folks

Cheers