3 Challenges & Easter Bunnies @ Hobbycraft!

What a lovely weekend!
I have cleaned and sorted and also made a few cards.
First up Sue challenged us over at Just Bex Forum with rather nice template. You can see it HERE
I think I may have tweaked it a bit but Sue always cheats so I won't lose sleep over it! Second up the fabulous Penny Black Challenge Blog who set the challenge of making a Get Well Soon card using one of their stamps. So here is my effort.

Third up the Basic Grey Challenge Blog set a colour challenge with a few different options. I chose Pink & Brown and used Mainly Blush Papers.

And finally for those that listen to me drone on and on about how hard I work on stuff for work = and to date have shown nothing! Well here is my latest product I am championing ..... the Easter Bunny! I am such a child!!!! So pop on down to Hobbycraft and buy a bunny - they really do need homes for easter - specially if you are in the Basildon area as I may have bought in just a few :)!

Love n Hugs to all

Love Bex x

A couple of cards!

The above card is for the Basic Grey Challenge blog. The challenge this week is to "mix it up" so I have used Ambrosia and Perhaps papers. Quite a simple card but the image is quite detailed so sometimes simple is best!

Second up I have set a template challenge over at JB - feel free to view the challenge and play along HERE


Take care all - I think we are due some more dodgy weather so stay safe x
Love Bex x

Thawing out Tuesday!

OK would have sounded better if it was Thursday but today the snow is clearing and I am hping by tomorrow normal driving conditions will be restored!
So today I have mostly been doing nothing - relaxing!
I did make a quick card for the challenge template over at Friday Sketchers. A lovely template to play with so thanks girls!
I also had a play with a colour challenge for JB forum - to use pink and green. Another nice easy one for playing with :)

Now I am off to relax a bit more - I really have wasted today doing nothing which normally makes me mad - but today I am OK with it as I am off work this weekend so plan to play a bit more then!

Love Bex

A couple of challenges!

First up Lisa challeneged us over at JB Forum to make a teeny card with a touchy feel, with s trip of something- and quickly! So here is a very quick teeny card using scraps from a card made yesterday! Feely element is the felt.Secondly is my car for the sketch over at Papertake Weekly challenge blog. Not really colours I would normally use but I am trying to work through old stuff! Right I am off to tend to a very poorly cat who has now been asleep on my bed for 8 hours ..... in between constant sneezing, snotting and general eye dribbles. Poor old man - he has cat flu, hopefully the chicken I am roasting will cheer him up a wee bit! He must be ill though as he has not swiped at Maisie all day!
Love n Hugs
Bex x

2S4U - Take 2!

I wasn't too sure about the first card I made for the 2S4U Challenge site (see post below) so I made another one!
Still not too sure about it but it is a bit more of my paper stash used up and another card in the box!
Happy Wednesday to all
Love Bex x

2S4U

A quick post from me tonight - I had a play with the challenge over at 2S4U
Definately a site worth checking out if you haven't already - the talent is Mega!
Love n Hugs
Bex

Rainy Sunday!

So when it chucks it down with rain all day that is a good opportunity to stay in and craft, well after you have done all the chores of course :)
Over at Basic Grey Challenge site there was a recipe. Which I think I have followed! Papers used are Stella Ruby

And the fab challenge blog that is Penny Black Saturday Challenge asked us to use a frame. Now I would have loved to make a frame for an image - but lets say me and craft knives do not get on! So I opted for a framed sentiment using a slide mount (Small cheat I guess!)

Now I am off to watch TV, chill out and get an early night ......... all this relaxing this weekend has me totally chilled out!

Love n Hugs

Bex

A Crafty Afternoon!

I have spent a lovely few hours this afternoon playing and making a good old mess!
First up the very talented Sue over at the JB Forum challenged us to make something "clear". Her samples were stunning - a card, a LO and a mini album which can all be seen HERE.
I have acetate here but never made a card using it - a very simple one from me, I may try again and be a bit more adventurous!
Second up there is a challenge to use "Polka Dots" over at Caardvarks. Quite pleased with myself as I have used up some scraps of really old paper - the mountain is gradually reducing ........ should be gone by 2012 :)

Third up I found a really lovely new challenge blog that I would definately recommend a visit to! Right up my street as it is (a) Template based and (b) all designed to get you using your stash - old and new! So for the Sketch and Stash challenge I have made this card. Old - Blooms and paper, New - The rubber stamp coloured in wth my new promarkers!

Off to have a bit of a tidy up and may play again!

Love n Hugs

Bex x

A couple of challenges completed

Well a busy last week at work, but I am heading into a weekend off and plan to play catch up with all the fab challenges I am missing out on - and I have loads of cards to make, and loads of stash to use up!
So moving on, firstly for Grace - a Pic of Maisie this evening trying to help me craft. Instead with her head on my craft desk staring at me I feel "watched"! I should never have moved my room round and given her access via the bed!
So what have me and my helper made today?

This is for a challenge set by Sue to use Bright Colours over at the JB Forum - access has been changed now so you should be able to view all entries in this link. And of course if you would like to join and play we would love to see you!

Second up a challenge for the Penny Black Challenge blog - to "go dotty!"

Well I had to buy a new stamp for the occassion - it is SUCH a hard life!

Pic is very wonky - but that is my naff photography - honest :)

Right off to cook dinner now then will play again,

See you all soon

Love Bex x

CPS Sketch

I really am not sure how long this crafting will last! I have probably beaten my own expectations by crafting up to day 12 of the New year ........ but I do plan to continue!

A very busy week ahead at work so a quick challenge from me tonight as I am up at stupid o clock tomorrow x

So over at CPS there is a nice little sketch which I enjoyed playing with :)

Have a good Tuesday all

Love Bex x

Penny Black Challenge

Over at the Penny Black Challenge blog the task this week is to use pink and brown.
I absolutely love PB Stamps and have decided that as I only have a few I obviously need to go shopping and buy some more!
It's a hard life :)
Thanks for the challenge girls and I hope to join in more often - once I have been shopping of course :)

Love Bex x

A couple of challenges!

First up Lisa over at Just Bex Forum challenged us to make spmething "Old and Haggered". I cracked up laughing as I am feeling old and haggered but decided not to cheat by uploading a pic of myself ...... instead I made the above card and had fun playing with glimmer mists which have been unloved for quite some time!

Second up a sketch from Di Hickman - a very simple little card from me as I was using up some scraps of plain card.

Off to do a food shop and then I will hopefully be back to play a bit more before I return to a very hectic week at work tomorrow.

Love n Hugs

bex x

Quick card!

Ooh I played a little bit!
I spotted a FAB sketch over at Caardvarks
The sketch is from the very talented Becky Fleck - I just love her sketches, they always work out unlike the ones I attempt to create!
As for an update in Bex Land ........ let me see..........
Work - I had the Annual Directors store visit yesterday, really loved the fact the Store Manager was off so it was down to me to give the right answers! Lets say I tried my best and I am still alive and no screaming phone calls today over anything so hopefully work is still OK!!

I am off this weekend and plan to play in PJS all weekend - so far I am doing quite good at this crafting as opposed to just working in 2009 if I do say so myself!

Love n Hugs
Bex

Daylight ..........

Well OK it is dark outside but I have a daylight lamp now in my craft space so technically I am meant to feel like it is day time? Hmmm Light is brighter but it is not fooling me I am crackered still after a busy weekend at work!
But I am still on my crafting mission to play in the evenings rather than do work stuff ......... not sure how long it will last, my brain is still ticking with a long list of stuff to get done!
Anyway, first up I found a challenge blog called Stamp Something which hopefully I will be able to play along with as I like my stamps :) The challenge this week is to use something new - so new stamp bought yesterday! It looks very much like the leaning tower though, I think it may be me cutting it out slightly wonky rather than the design of the stamp itself!

And second up I have just played making a few cards using up paper .... I really am drowning in so much of the stuff. And yes one of my New Years resolutions is to gradually work through all the 6 x 6 pads and loose sheets of paper I have mounting up here. So I thought I would ask the girls over at the forum to join in and see if they could use some old stuff up!

Apologies for such bad pics but it is so hard this time of year to get good ones when you are out of the house 12 hours a day!

And now I am off to have a wee blog hop, and then off to bed as I am in work early tomorrow ........ no rest for the wicked and all that :)

Love Bex

2 Sketches 4 U

A Fab sketch as always this week from 2S4U - I have struggled to do it justice and cut up far too many bits of paper in failed attempts! So a fairly simple take on it from me.
Happy New Year to all at 2S4U. I hope to join in more often this year!
Love n Hugs
Bex

End of 2008 - And a Happy New Year!

Another Year nearly over.
Time really does go by so quickly - it is kind of frightening!
So I thought I would end 2008 with a blog and a bit of a Bex ramble.
First up some crafting from today.
First up a Template challenge for the forum. Very simple for all of those who may have a sore head tomorrow :) Second up a challenge I completed earlier in the week for Papertake Weekly

Third up a clipboard for Katie at work to go with the planner featured below.

And now onto the Bex ramble .........

So much has happened in the last few years that has knocked me sideways.

I have finally found a career that I really love and that is a good starting point - although in 2009 I plan to focus on other things a bit more to get the balance right!

2009 for me - well I have made quite a diary of things I need to address and deal with. I won't bore you all with my personal life but suffice to say that I have a really clear head right now of what I want to acheive this year and where my priorities should be placed.

I am going to make this a really good year for me. (And of course Maisie!)

So I will leave you all with many good wishes for the year ahead, I hope it brings you everything you want from life right now.

I do plan to be around more this year in blogland ........... but as usual we shall see :)

Love n Hugs for the best things that 2009 can bring you all

Love Bex xxxxxx

A Little bit achieved

Well I cannot believe that it is Christmas next week. I really do need to get a wriggle on if I am going to get everything done in time. I guess I wouldn't be Bex if I was organised though :)
So this is what I made at the weekend for one of my team at work. I have a second almost finished and then I want to make one for me as well!
Using the trusty Bind It All I have made a planner to get us all organised.
I haven't over embellished it as it has to survive in a manic environment for a year. Thanks to Outlook I have printed out a full year Diary section.

And the ever important weekly planner section. We have crazy reporting dates at work as our Financial Year starts Mid / End of Feb and we never get to grips with what week / Period we are in. So handy little section with each week detailed for us to keep up to date and know where we are when we go into meetings etc! And only 2 pages a week of things to do - yeah right!

And then a blank Notes section for all the other things like doodling and playing Hangman

I have printed all the sections off ready to bind and decorate for Sarah, so off I go to get the second one finished.

And then I may get round to Christmas Cards ........ I think I only need about another 20.

As I said earlier - Christmas is ages away yet ...........

Love n Hugs

Bex

A few more Christmas cards done.

Lots more to go though if I am to achieve cards for all my team at work. Hence why only very striaghtforward cards from me for now :)I am also trying to work through various challenges whilst I craft - although it is quite slow as I am cheating and making a few of each. Needs must!

The one above is for a challenge set by Lisa over at JB forum. The challenge is to use old papers and add some bling. Well Figgy Pudding are still gorgeous to work with but in the current market at over a year old they are almost prehistoric. Oh and the bling is stickles glitter glue.

The next is combining another JB Challenge to include a tree! I have based it on a sketch I found over at Papertake Weekly Challenge Blog. A lovely sketch - thanks girls!

Right I better crack on as LOADS more to make before the 25th. :)

Love n Hugs

Bex x

I'm Back!

Crikey it is a long time since I blogged! Busy Busy Busy this end with work and work and erm work! Still loving it though :)

OK so I am off this weekend and it is time I got organised for Christmas as i have done NOTHING yet.

So today I am doing a few cards to get me in the mood for some altering later maybe.

First up is a card for a challenge over at the JB Forum. A nice simple challenge which suits me - to use a stamped image.

Next one is a challenge just set which is to make a Christmas card using traditional red and green. Hav to say I am loving the BG Wassail papers - not loving that Dad has gone away with the decent camera though :( Hey Ho my photography is so naff that I doubt there would be much improvement anyway .

Right off to make some more as I am having fun
Love N Hugs to all
Bex xx

Slow Progress!!

Crikey I am really struggling with the wooden bits I bought home from work I can tell you.

I am sure a five year old would do far better than I am doing!

Anyway, just in case anyone is reading and can't wait to see what I am achieving then here you go :)

Please don't judge me on this work (It is done to market to kids if that is any excuse - PMSL - I am about to get some new Bex stash out and make something in my own style!!

Oh and I am still staring vacantly at the fun foam - I really think you need to be under the age of 10 to "get it" :)

Love N Hugs.

Bex (No reputation left - that is if I had one to start with!)