WOYWW and finally finished tag album version 2!

Oh the joys of being back at work has sunk in again..........help..........................................lol
Anyway now means crafting when i can or am still awake! so this is my desk in the middle of completing my tag album to store the tags from swops i have joined and the reason i am sharing my desk with you is the brainwave of Julia over at Stamping Ground, pop over for the reason why.

Anyway if you want to play i spy with my desk you should be spying my lappy (attached to my hip normally) where i was watching a film 'Super',my quickkutz squeeze and dies to cut out a million letters or at least it felt like that.My ikea pop up bin, scraps of paper left over from album which is leaning by bin along with tags to go inside.Ottilite lamp (fab for poor light) and some mini choc eggs got from a friend.

And this is the finished album,with tags in and room for more.Used card from stash and the new papermania boofle papers to decorate, mini tags which i edged using walnut stain distress ink and the tag with this fab freebie image from saturated canary (coloured with promarkers) was off a cardigan and i just covered with a scrap of paper.

And this was what all the letters were for, to do the months of the year on each pocket,will add info of tags later on. Tutorial to make this album if you fancy a go is here.
Thanks for all the lovely comments that you peeps leave on my blog and i will always pay you a return visit and try to get around as many blogs as i can as love being nosey peeking in,x
p.s sandra i know you will be reading this and its all tidy again :)

WOYWW and a late night.......yawn!!

Well am rather bleary eyed this morning as stayed up late making a album to store swop tags in so excuse me if i go for a snooze soon!
Anyway this is my desk as off VERY late last night,when i remembered to take a picture before i did my normal tidying up as i am rather a neat freak ( i know how strange........lol)

I was following a tutorial which you can find here and using my new boofle papers which are rather cute. On my desk you can see my martha stewart board which i love,new ladybird scissors,uhu glue (go through it by the bucketful) and on the desks pull out board my bin,cutter and album base. You get extra marks if you can spot my homemade stamp a ma jig also made following a tutorial.

And this new piece of fab storage to hold my acrylic blocks and inks pads cost me the grand sum of 50p at a car boot sale. It has also freed up some more desk space :)

Just need to add some decoration to my album once i have woken up and then i will post it to my blog. I have the week of so shall enjoy it looking at your blogs as missed joining in last week but thanks for all the kind words re the death of my cat Otiz,x

Wine and chocolate holder, card and a bit of progress on Altered book

Hi all,hope you are enjoying this lovely sunshine and have adjusted to the clocks going forward. Always takes me a couple of days before my body adjusts. Anyway here is a present i have made for a special friend. Used the tutorial over at Whiff of Joy to make this and added some yummy chocolate( must not eat it!) and a bottle of wine.Card stock is stampin up, papermania paper,flowers from stash and lots of gems.

And here is the card to go with it.

Tilda coloured with promarkers,used nesties labels 8, distress ink (seedless preserve) around the edge of image and papers,first edition papers (love letters),swirls embossing folder,added buttons to flowers from stash and added lots of pearls (kort & godt) and a greeting. Also making progress on my altered book,niche area all glued together and dry now and going to cut it out tonight,bit nervous at that bit but like a challenge :)

Thanks for popping in and i will always return the favour,x

Flap Card Tutorial

Hi all,well here it is my first tutorial and i have a feeling its going to take me longer to do this post than it was to make the card....lol. Thanks for all the lovely comments on my previous post (April friendship card) and as several peeps have asked for info on how to make it,here goes

You need to first either get two 5 x 5 inch card blanks or like me make your own by cutting two pieces of card at 10 by 5 inches

Score and fold each card in half if making your own card blanks

Then add double sided tape to one of the card blanks where shown and adhere both cards together into one long one

You then once joined need to cut off 2 and a half inches of one end and this will be your top flap of card then.
i have drawn the line in pencil to show it more clearly

You now need to make a smaller card blank to go inside and for this you need to cut a piece of card at 9 x 4 and three quarter inches and again score in half and fold

Now you add double sided tape to the back of the card blank and adhere to main card as shown, making sure you line up along the crease fold so when card is stood up its not floating in air :)

and then viola a completed flap card already to decorate.

The sizes i have used for my paper and card mats on my below completed card are 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches and 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches.

Now you have the fun bit of decorating your flap card and for me this is the best bit, i hope you found this tutorial of use and would love you to let me know if you have made one so i can be nosey,x

one other tip is to either before you decorate or after score a 1cm line in at the top,this will ensure your flap when closed will allow for embellishments and have a neater finish ( see pic below )

Scroll down for my completed card which i am also using for the tilda challenge i am hosting over at docrafts

Well here is the finished article which will be winging its way to a docrafter later but i had great fun making this. I used a cuttle bug swirls folder for the top flap which i then added faden jeans distress ink too and also used on the rest of the card. Stampin up scallop punch for flap and also my fave MS branch for my tilda to sit on who was coloured with my promarkers using my new storage which made it so easy. used card from stash and papermania sweet nothings paper,gems and ribbon from stash and also stamped greeting inside and out.

Right thanks for taking the time to read this long post and i am off to eat some chocolate,x