How I done it !

I should have told you peeps how I did my NZ challenge. Sorry folks, so if you want to know, read on, if not go make a cuppa!
The base is a tag from my paperartsy weekend. I painted it with broken china crackle paint and stamped a paperartsy swirl around the edge. I then stamped the little bird on it. The little bird is stamped all over the back.
The "flower" was made from the serviette. It was three ply so I took two off (just for strength at this stage) and stamped the new paperartsy flower stamp. Three big ones and one little one. I then cut them out, sprayed them with some champagne crafty notions. Dried them off and then scrunched them all up! Then I glued them on slightly off centre so it looks a bit fuller. I then glued the shrink plastic piece in the middle. I then peeled another layer of the napkin so it was just one ply thick!

The wildflower stamp is also from the same paperartsy range. The bird in the flower pot was one of the die cuts which I then glued to the marble paper and cut it out. I then glued the little "stones" on it. The bird table die cut was covered with one ply of the tissue put it through the cuttlebug with the swiss dots folder and rubbed some gold viva precious metal paint on it.

The saying is from a Tim Holtz set. I then rubbed gold precious metal paint around the edge.

Hope that clears it all up and I promise I won't let it happen again!!!!!

Thanks for popping by.

Burn x

Fat pages

Over on the Lots To Do forum a little swap has been set for three fat pages, any theme. Here are mine:
Not sure about them but hey. On the back of them are little sayings. Forgot to photograph the backs.......... Never mind. My head is all over the place at the moment - keep forgetting things. As long as I don't forget how to craft I should be ok....

My friend Caroline and I were supposed to be going to The Craft Barn tomorrow to do a workshop but I got a call this evening to say it has been cancelled because Beatrice can't get a plane over from France because of the French Air Traffic Controllers are on strike. Shame they couldn't have gone on strike yesterday cos France is beating Wales at the moment 13-0 at rugby!!!!!!!!!

Went to BSL yesterday and practiced for our assessment next week. Our tutor said he had only ever had one fail at stage 101 so I said "meet the second one"! Note to self - practice in front of the mirror. I got absolutely bloomin' drenched going there after work. The rain was running down the road like a river. I know what some of your are thinking - didn't she get a brolly in her 25 day pressie thingy at christmas? She sure did but she didn't want to get it wet !!!!!!!!!

Right off to measure some fabric to make curtains for a boat - the one that featured in the tale of our weekend at Shepperton !!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Burnice x

Thursday 7 - still snowed in....

No buses at all coming into Woodingdean. Another day off.......
I decided to make use of my time by doing these "moos". They are for a swap on Lotstodo forum. The theme was "green" so I recycled a piece of card that was backing some attendance notes at work, used the clock images that I stamped out at the PaperArtsy weekend and didn't use, and sprayed with lots of "firework" inks that I bought from a friend. Also I have glued on some clock parts that I bought from paperartsy! Is that recycled enough !!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought I would just show you the view I have from my cabin. It's not the front view it's the side view. The trees are in the gardens of the two houses next door (if that makes sense!) The big fir tree top right is a massive tree that is in the garden behind us. Just hope it never gets blown down cos it will land on me cabin !!!!!

As I was coming indoors I spotted these icicles hanging from the front. There were some at the back which were really long and much better but the photo was a bit blurred. These ones are melting a bit.

I hope the roads get cleared soon 'cos I want to go to the Craft Barn on Saturday to see Kim Piggott who is doing a demo with the Magnolia stamps. She paints them with her distress inks and they are sooooooooo beautiful.

Right best go and get dinner.

Keep save guys.

Burnice x

Burn is going AWOL ...

.... well not really AWOL but I am off to Milton Keynes with my two craft buddies to the PaperArtsy Weekend. I have my bag packed and my craft supplies packed and am sitting here charging up my ipod, updating my blog and waiting for Linda to arrive. She will be here about 12.00, then we will have a bit of lunch and then set off. We will be meeting Lesley there. She is driving up from Exeter. Really looking forward to it now. I have my latex gloves for the messy bit.

A bit of a laugh - I bought an X-cut pokey tool yesterday and I was playing with it at work, pushing up the bit that makes it go in and out and I pulled the mechanism bit down to put the pokey tool back in its little hidey hole and then went to rub my nose (don't ask!) and stuck the pokey tool into my chin. I hadn't put it right down into it's pokey tool hole. Let that be a lesson to you girlies - make sure you put the pokey tool back into it's pokey tool hole. It did make me jump and, of course, laugh !!!!!!

Went to BSL last night and learnt loads of new stuff. I am really enjoying this. I can sign my name really fast now !!! I also have been given a sign name - it's a form of nickname. It's the sign for "Burn". Cool eh!

I would say "best get on with me knitting" but I can't cos I won't be, but I am taking it with me !!!!!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend and I'll see you all on Sunday night.

Love Burnice xxxx