Decorated photo frame

Ello :)

I'm back...yippeee! Mr mojo hasn't been playing lately, so i ordered a loadof flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, and found him in the box with them! Omg, i see why everyone loves these flowers...they're stunning!

This is the photo frame i wrote about a couple of weeks ago. My new flowers were just perfect to finish it :)

The frame is from Matalan, covered with a mixture of torn up tissues and white paint to create the texture. Then it is inked with walnut stain distress ink, glittered with star dust stickles, and glitz it gold glitter glue, and the whole thing is painted with rock candy crackle paint. Then i inked some flowers with walnut stain, and finished with pearls.

I'm gonna give it to mum for her birthday :)

Trying to show the texture. The glue's still wet haha

I'm entering it in the Belli Challenge - Alter it, and Sir Stampalot - lazy hazy days of summer

I'll be back in a minute with another card :)

Rachel xx

Lexi's Creations DT

Hiya
Ok, so i'm reeeeaaally tired today, and my brain's not co-operating, so i'm not even gonna try say something interesting...i'll just leave you with a piccy :) Here's the card which i've made for this times Lexi's Creations challenge, which is 3D.

Please pop and play along

Rachel xx

Another thing that isn't a card...

Hey!
I bought this remote stand ages ago, but it was too plain and boring, so i've brightened it up abit. I keep it on my desk to keep the desk (a tiny bit!) tidier. It was just plain wood, and varnished. So i sanded it, then painted the whole thing blue, and painted random flowers on the side.

Front

Left side

Back

Right side

Top

Thanks for looking

Rachel xx

My truth + info about the daisy cutter + more cupcakes!

Hi again!

I've had so many comments and emails about the daisy cutter i used on my cupcakes the other day, so i thought i'd do a post and tell you all where it's from. I bought mine from a lovely little cooking shop, but i've found the same one on lots of websites including this one...

http://www.surbitonart.co.uk/acatalog/Sugarcraft_Catalogue_PME_Cutter_210.html

You'll have to scroll almost to the bottom, and you'll see it. I think mine's the medium one, but i'm not 100% sure. I've never ordered from here, so can't tell you about delivery or anything.

Now i'm going to reveal my truth from the award last week. And the truth is...

No.4 - My Dad lives on a boat, works in a chocolate factory and i can have free chocolate when ever i want

Ok, so it sounds more little kids dream than it actually is. But it is true :) He lives on a canal boat, and works as an early morning cleaner at the factory. Staff can take as much chocolate as they want, because they get so sick of it they don't want much. But i do! lol

Now i'll leave you with another cupcake picture. They're a bit dodgy, so don't look too close!

Thanks for looking

Rachel xx

I'm Freeeeeeeee!!!

Hey bloggers!

I'm soooooooo happy! I had my last exam this afternoon, so now i'm freeeeeee! (for a bit anyways haha) Anyway, my point is, that i'll have lots of crafty time...yippee :)

I've just finished printing mum's birthday invites off, so here's some piccies. They are made on the computer, then printed onto Anitas 4x4 cardblanks, but it was soooo hard to get our silly printer to hit the cards. I was going crazy designing them on the computer. For something so simple, it was veeeerry complicated! I had to make them upsidedown so that it would print properly. I've made 20, but mum's now decided to tell me she probably needs more. Oh happy days!

Thanks for stopping by

Rachel xx

hehehe more cupcakes...

Hey!

Sorry for another cupcake post today. It's my new obsession hehe.

This morning, Mum and me went to the little cooking shop in town to buy a new spatula. About 3/4 of an hour later, we came out with a spice rack, some fancy napkins, a daisy cutter, and a piping bag nozzle and no spatula! They didn't have what we wanted, but y'know :)

Anyways...i've made big and little cupcakes/buns/fairy cakes (lol) this time, and piped blue buttercream on, then put a daisy on top and sprinkled with glitter. I ran out of icing sugar half way through, so some just have a little bit on :)

Here's some piccies of making the daisies. The cutter's amazing! It cuts and kind of embosses them at the same time :) Then i coloured the middles with yellow food colouring.

Thanks for looking

Rachel xx

Been baking...

Hiya lovely bloggers!

Well, todays post is a bit different from normal! But because i still havn't made a right lot,crafty wise, i thought i'd show you some cupcakes i made this afternoon :)

Mum gave me an icing bag for christmas, and i havn't used it much yet, so have been having a play. They have edible glitter on too, but you can't really see it on the pictures. Oh...and by the way...there was 12, but some didn't make it to the decorating stage lol

Thanks for stopping by!

Rachel xx

Award time!!!

Hello bloggers!

Well, i've been lucky enough to get this award from 3 people now, so i think it's about time i posted it! I want to say a massive thankyou to Sue, Sheila and Noreen for giving me this award, so ***thankyou*** Please pop over to their blogs...you won't be dissapointed!

Now, for this award, I have to tell you 6 lies and 1 truth about me, and you have to guess which is true...ok?...here goes!

1. I've lived in 6 diffent houses

2. I have a pet Tarantula called Henrietta

3. I HATE crafting. Always have, always will!

4. My Dad lives on a boat, works in a chocolate factory and i can have free chocolate when ever i want

5. I used to live in a mansion in LA, which has a swimming pool and a tennis court

6. My favourite colour is green

7. I'm left handed

Some of those are really obvious but y'know!

Now i've got to pass this on to 7 different people...

Lexi - For being generally amazing. And talented at both drawing and crafting

Debbie - For making the most gorgeous and inspiring cards. And i drove past her in the car the other day and it make me smile :)

Rachel - Rachel makes gorgeous cards and jewellery, and has recently set up a blog to show it off

Chlay - Chlay's blog isn't a crafty one, but i found her blog through AYME and love reading it. She's a really talented musician too, and her posts always make me happy :)

Nic - For being the loveliest person ever, and making gorgeous cards to go with it

Sally - Sally makes stunning cards, and i'm really glad i met her in blogland.

Georgia - Georgia is so talented and makes the most gorgeous cards.

Well, there we go! And don't forget to have a guess at my lies/truths

Rachel xx

A Spoon Full of Sugar guest designer :)

Hey!

I'm sooo excited to show you this card. I couple of weeks ago, Joanne from A Spoon Full of Sugar chose me to be her guest designer for this weeks challenge! Yey! Thanks so much to everyone at ASFoS for having me :)

The challenge this week is 'Enjoying the Sunshine', so why not go play along with all your summery images, papers and embellies, to get you in the summer mood!

I was given this super cute image from Di's Digi Downloads, which i've coloured with promarkers. I've used My Minds Eye - Bloom & Grow papers, flowers made with 'blossom' nesties, from plain white card coloured with 'Apricot' and 'Saffron' promarkers. Everything is edged with either Peeled Paint or Walnut Stain distress inks, faux stitched, and glittered with glitz it glitter glue. I finished it with a stamped sentiment, x-cut butterflies and Anitas gems.

I'm entering it in these challenges:

Crafty Creations - childs play

Meljen's Designs - sparkle, glitter, bling
Stampavie - dots
Bee Crafty - blooming marvellous + digi stamp

Charisma - spots and stripes
Sweet Stamping - doodling

Sentimental Sunday - summertime

Thanks for looking

Rachel xx

Lexi's creations DT

Hey lovelys!

Well, i'm sorry i'm been such a bad blogger at the moment. I'll get back into it soon i promise. My exams are nearly over (only 4 left...yey!), and then it'll be summer, so i'll have lots of crafty time :)

I've got tonnes of half made things, and have no idea what to do with any of them to get them finished. There's a little album made from newspaper that just needs decorating, a photo frame thats painted and glittered but needs embellishing, and a smint tin thats been painted and inked prettyy much every colour, and i still have no idea what to do with! I'm gonna try get some done this week, so that i can show you :)

Anyways, enough of my rambling...onto the card!

I've made this for the Lexi's Creations challenge, which this time is 'something old'. My something old is the spraypaint that I used to make the background. I've used one of Lexi's new sentiments, which you can buy from Lexi's doodles, prima flowers, papermania brads, and lots of pearls from quixotic paperie. I've edged it with rock candy crackle glaze, but i wish i had the white one!

I'm entering it in The Creative Cottage - Pink

Thanks for looking
Rachel xx