Cool sites and doilies

Whenever I find a cool site I email the link to myself so I can find it again and save the emails in a folder. So I went through the emails and added some of the links to my sidebar, well quite a few really. Check them out if you want, there are some very cool ones there - under 'Cool Sites' and 'So Inspired by'. Start at the end for the latest ones.

One in particular is Stumble Upon. It helps you discover lots of different sites that are based around your interests. You tell them what you are interested in and click the button and it just keeps bringing up all these cool sites. I have found some great sites through them. It's quite addictive.

Some photos:

Since having more time at home I have been finding things. I came across this cute beaded doily cover I made years ago, well I crocheted the beads around the edge of the doily. Cute huh!

And these are a little pile of doily motifs cut from an old pillow case, then I hand dyed them. Cute huh!

This lovely bunch of flowers my neighbour gave me brightened my day last weekend.

Look closely at this bonfire photo from Guy Fawkes last weekend that my friend took. Can you see the 2 chairs and a swingball pole?

TFL lianne

Going to heights

Photos from the weekend. We did this walk up the Sunset Beach Hill at Port Waikato. We've lived here for nearly 9 years and never done it. We finally did it this weekend thanks to my friend for encouraging us. Was so worth it. Look at that view. This first one is half way up.

This is the top, though you can carry on down the ridge much further. Next time.

Be an Orange

Some friends and I like this quote. So I made this LO, to always remind me.

Some photos -

This bird sitting in her nest on a ladder in our backyard. She seems to have deserted the nest now though, with 4 eggs in it. :((

This photo of Emma 1994. Sweetness!

When your lemon tree gives you heaps of lemons, make homemade lemonade. Delish!

Happy and Safe Guy Fawkes weekend

lianne

It's Crazy

It's crazy how you keep saying I must update my blog but you just don't get around to it. Trouble is you leave it so long you have so much to say, it's too much. Maybe I'll try it over a few posts. I've done a couple of LO's recently. And a couple of ideas for Halloween.

I googled Free Vintage Halloween images and found these, so cool. Love, love vintage themed images. You could probably save and use them if you so desired.

Anyway I made these with them. Easy peasy. I printed the images on normal printer paper and glued to the treat bags. Punched some tags and borders with my Fiskars punches and voila.

And this empty strawberry container was begging to be made into something. So I dribbled alcohol ink over it, added some tissue and some embellishments and I had another Halloween gift container. All drooly (sp) and halloweeny looking.

TFL lianne

Excited for this weekend

Looking forward to Megans Retreat this weekend. I love the project I'm teaching and I'm sure if you are going you will too. Lots of arty fun stuff!!If you haven't heard Scrapbook Studio has closed now, sadly. Lisa will be opening a new shop in Hamilton. I have loved working there for the last 3 or so years. But one door closes and another one always opens. Looking forward to the future and plans.

back soon lianne

Photos on my camera

This gorgeous cupcake from Petal that Lesley brought me last week. This is the Tropical mango flavoured one. The best cupcake I have ever had. Just melts in your mouth. Mmmmmm. Just look at that icing. I love the way they have piped it on like rose petals. And it tastes even better than it looks.

And this is the package it came in. So cute!!

A pouch for my glasses. Using the same pattern as the mobile phone pouch but longer.

First blossoms on our peach tree. This means summers coming.

This amazing sunrise a few weeks back. Stunning.
Back soon, lianne.

I've been into it and loving it

A couple of LO's I've done recently.
More use of those wonderful Crafters Workshop templates. This time a 6x6 Daisy Cluster template with glimmer mist. This was exciting.
And this one is using the new Fiskars Lever punches. See some more things I made here.
TFL lianne

Challenges and photos

A new challenge in the Scrapbook Studio forum for August here. My LO above. It's called some things old, some things new. I have a little pile of stuff lying round on my scraproom desk, leftovers from other projects usually. The chipboard strips were in this pile as were most things on this LO, so I made them into a fence (old chipboard). Old tool is the tree punch. Old metal is the wire for the fence. New patterned paper was the background one I made myself with a Crafters Workshop template, newest rub on is the little bird and newest stamp is the grass one by Montarga. Fun challenge!

Photo a Day - Day 6 - My craft area. Nothing exciting really. This is just my desk in a corner of my tiny craft room. I'm still waiting for my new room to be finished. This is tidy too, eekkk, doesn't look very tidy.
Haven't been able to get photos for Day 9 and Day 10. But hope to get one for Day 11.

Photo a Day - Aug 6th, 7th and 8th

I could not bring myself to take a photo just yet of my craft space - it is an absolute mess. So today I shall tidy it up and then take a photo.

But I do have a portrait photo for Day 7 of my cute cat Tink, though she looks a little grumpy here, probably because I was hassling her so much for a photo.

And this is a photo for today, Day 8, of my son James heading out for a surf. A sport that has been the centre of our lives for many years. I love watching him surf.

back later with my craft space photo I hope.

TFL lianne

Photo a Day - Aug 4th & 5th

Day 4 - Somewhere you go everyday - this was a hard one other than the obvious. But when I looked down at the car stereo I realised, yes, that IS something I do everyday I'm in the car. I go to ZM 91FM on the radio. Yep, especially love it in the morning.

Day 5 - What's on your TV - Tonight I watch Vampire Diaries. Thursday nights on TV2.

And todays photo is - Your Craft Space - I'll back tomorrow with that photo.

TFL lianne

Photo a Day - Aug 3rd

Day 3 photo for the Fiskars challenge. The prompt was "In my Garden".
The first spring flowers in my garden. So happy to see them. Means summer is on it's way.

Photo a Day - Aug 2nd

How long can i keep this up!! Blogging that is. I can do it!! Anyways heres my day 2 photo for the Fiskars challenge. The prompt is "What do you read?"

Heres my photo of what I'm reading at the moment.

TFL lianne.

Surprise!!

Yes it's me back again. Been thinking about blogging again for ages. Found some cool downloads from Pugly Pixel and Kitschy Digitals to do a new banner etc which got me all inspired. The free downloads at Pugly Pixel are great and some real cute ones at Minitoko.

Check out the Photo a Day challenge on the Fiskars blog. Kim is giving ideas of what to photograph each day which I LOVE, so much easier and she has some great prompts coming. Today's prompt is FOOD. Here's what Rob cooked me for breakfast and an extra photo of the food pickings from my garden today. Then a photo of the first broccoli from my new garden - pretty proud of that one.

background - tattered page texture from Flickr

Tape Strips - Pugly Pixel

I did this LO for a Scrapbook Studio challenge. I photographed it last night so not a great photo. The challenge was to do a 12x12, use fabric, a stamp (love my new doilie stamp), chipboard and hand cutting of patterned paper. Tick to all those.

And here is the sneak peek of the class I'm teaching at Megan's Retreat.

Tape strips and Medallion - Pugly Pixel, Button - Minitoko

TFL lianne

Orange

We're coming to the end of the Colour Me Happy month on the Fiskars blog. We're onto the colour orange now and there's just one (or two actually) colours to go. Here are some orange veges all cut up and ready to roast. There's carrots, orange kumara and butternut. YUM!!

And a yummy orange Flickr mosaic for you.

And some orange wood.Looking forward to putting all the coloured wood photos I've collected into a mosaic too.

TFL lianne

Summery yellow

It's all yellow on the Fiskars blog at the moment so I had to post my fav yellow photo as seen in my blog banner above, taken last Xmas.

And a cool yellow wood pic from Flickr.

A sweet yellow mosaic from Flickr

LO I've just done just because

And a LO I've just done using my green photos for the Colour Me Happy challenge.

Oh and my green photo TFL lianne

Getting a bit behind

Oohh I'm getting behind on the Colour posts. First I forgot to post my Flickr fav, I'm kinda going for a wood theme here, and blue mosaic

And now we're onto GREEN, check out the Fiskars blog for LO's and photos.

Cool Green wood door and gate and a beautiful green mosaic.

And thanks Penny for the link to the Flickr Commons. Fantastic.

And Penny asked about the NZ Numbers calendar we were doing awhile back. Actually I have been thinking about that because we just need one number. All we need is number 27, so if you are reading this and still want to participate, lets all look for # 27 and get this calendar finished.

I have put a tutorial on the SSDT blog for the metal flowers on my ATC if anyone is interested.

Back soon with my green photo.
lianne

Purple and Blue

Better late than never - a purple jellybean for the Colour Me Purple challenge, LOL. Last one in the packet too.

And my blue photo for the Colour Me Blue challenge (last day today). One of my blue glass bottles on my kitchen windowsill.

Really want this book and love her blog.

Really want to make a skinny scarf like these. Love her blog too.

And one day I want to make some of these, just as colourful.

And here's my latest ATC for the ATC Dares. I'm going to put a tutorial for the metal flowers on the SSDT blog.

And how divine are the new Websters Pages line. My favourite is the Postcards from Paris range, and we have them in the shop already. Iris Babao Uy does the most amazing work with them.

Back soon

lianne

Colour Me Purple

Oops nearly missed the Colour Me Purple days on the Fiskars blog, last day today. I haven't found anything purple to photograph yet, hope to find something by the end of the day, but here's some cool photos from Flickr.

A gorgeous Purple mosaic

and this photo I love