Friday 11th October 2007

Hello everyone

Well I will be teaching today, so doubt I will get any actual crafting done again. However I really enjoy teaching craft so I should have a great day. I have noted the comments regarding tutorials, I will have to see if I can find time to do 1 tutorial a month on top of everything else I do.

Anyway I have another freebee for you. This time I have been experimenting with embellishments and with christmas coming up I have had that in my mind

I have put them in a row, on a clear background so you can either put a few rows together to make a border
Like this

or you can select individual ones as individual embelishments or group then together
like this


anyway if you like them you can download them free Free Paper Download

Don#t forget to leave your comments to be in with a chance of winning the English paper company Christmas collection of 72 Christmas papers

Wednesday 10th October

Well made my examples for next weeks Papercraft junkies Challenge, but didn't get any crafting done for my blog "Shame " I hear you cry. Well maybe not I thought that you may be interested to see a couple of Christmas present suggestions and have a couple of money saving tips.


So my 1st is altered clocks. See examples



These were both £1.49 clocks from tesco. Because they are manufactured for easy assembly, you can with a bit of care dismantle the clock fairly easily. Just remember to keep our embelishment pretty flat. otherwise cover will not go back on and hands will not revolve,


Microscope slide pendants


Now to save mony. look on ebay for Microscope slides (the medical ones). you need plain with clear edges and you can often get 50 microsope slides for less than a £5.00 Thats 25 Pendants.
Look for Venture tape instead of the memory tape. Its made for stained glass windows and is infinatly cheaper. The one you want is silvered on both sides
The bails I use are aanraku Pendant bails they have a leaf design mostly used for Dichroic glass pendants.

So those are my christmas present money saving crafting tips

Anyway there is a free paper today and here it is

available to download Free paper Download
BUT BEFORE YOU GO
Don#t forget leave a comment on my blog and your in with a chance to win 72 wonderful Christmas papers from the English paper company. See last weeks posts for more details

Bye for now