Its Definitely WOYWW!?Day #777 I think!

 Hello WOYWWERS! First I'd like to say, sorry if I'm not getting around to you all, but I am! It's just that the comment bit, where you click on to leave your comment... has not always been working for me for some time. I even have a problem leaving one on my own blog!  So that's another blogger problem I have to add to the list.

Above is what I did with last weeks geliprint mishap, where it stuck to the gelPlate... I made these into ATC's. This week, I've been busy with dogs, so decided once they'd gone back to theirs homes, and I'd tidied up, (Long job) I'd just  potter about, sticking things to other things... Keeps my mind from going into meltdown. I needed some storage boxes... so covered these. The bigger one was once a wine bottle box, just cut in half. I've used tons of scraps and coffee stained book pages and for the first time....

I used this....and liked it. Last month I went all the way over to Hobby Craft to buy the large container at half price with my birthday coupon, only to find they didn't have any left. 😒

I don't know what the difference is between the green and the black lid, as Emma, my daughter gave me the nearly empty green lidded one... anyway, love it and must get some more! (The BIGGER one!)

This box was cut in half... and I can still make another one from the bit I cut off, and the smaller one below, was also covered in the same papers, which were darken first with TH distress Oxide,

 

  I also made...

 bag tabs, with papers from a very old crafty callender by Cardmaking and Paper Craft, over a decade ago. (I never throw anything away!)

 Tags,tabs, labels, and bookmarks made with scraps and packaging.

..Envelopes. I saw someone making an envelope journal with bigger envelopes so used up some of my 6x6 papers...hoping to turn them into a 'little envelope journal' later and...

....Just Labels, because my printer is still not printing properly, it's all fuzzy and out of focus, I can't print out any labels, so I stamped some instead.

 

Some are backed onto that brown recycled card and some are left as paper/thin card.

 

That's it I think! Pop over to Stamping Grounds 777th week of WOYWW!? Thank you for stopping by!  (Scroll down for freebies, they should still be there, if not, email me)                      

And-what is on my work top this Wednesday? No! Its T for Tuesday!

 I've been very busy this week... so,  of course I've lost days again. Had dogs to stay while their family had an urgent visit somewhere. I'd washed all the towels, blankets etc and put them out to dry and the line broke... again! Shhish! I'll backdate this post otherwise I'll confuse you, or me! For T stands for Tuesday, I usually show my boring breakfast... but my blender for my whizzed up friut juice suddenly stopped. So I ordered another one... They texted me saying they were out of stock and they'd send me another one, the same, no!  Told me it was a three in one, no! Told me it was the same price, again, NO! lies all round. So I've asked for some change... quiet a bit of change actually... Pigs will fly over a frozen Hell before I hear from them again! *

   And!! changing the subject, I found out, after the car had been in for it's MOT and service, there was this little sign on the dash board, like a clock, a lollipop and a number. I thought it may have something to do with speed... but no, I could still go as fast as I wanted ...until... I got onto the faster roads and it would NOT budge above 40mph... you should've seen the queue I had behind me! I stopped in a car park, panicked then, played with the dials and levers, very scared I would make it worse... like, not being able to drive back over 5mph... but, it worked. Phew. So, I'm afraid, yesterday, the real Tuesday was spent playing with crafty stuff... more on that in Wednesday's WOYWW post... (that will be late too) So, about the above breakfast picture.Todays breakfast is with a new tea drink, Elderflower and Lemon. It comes in a bottle and not a tin.  Definitely my favourite.  Not poridge, but Crunchy Nut CornFlakes plus fruit... also a favourite... plus, coz I needed a smiley face, later, I made a loverly cappuccino with cream and a dusting of chocolate, served with a couple of chocolate chip cookies.(Don't tell the diabetic nurse) That's it for now! Pop over to Elizabeth and Bleubeard! Thank you for stopping by.

*up date...a text just came through...they will get back to me about the blender.

A Freebie, On a Monday!!

 

 This is Owl's Tree...although I think she's a little bit big for it... Something a lot smaller, fits through that front door! Sorry, I know I promised this extra one sooner... but I keep forgetting I have to email it to myself first. Pain in the butt! Right...So? How do I do that again? Oh yes... I remember. Go HERE to download. A comment would be lovely! No sharing the unwatermarked picture anywhere! Don't forget, Wednesday's freebie is still available...if not, just email me! Thank you for stopping by!

It's A Friday Freebie. Knitty Kitty

Yesterday I was house, dog and Professor sitting, and there was a lot of knitting going on.... so I thought, while I was there, I'll draw a Knitty Kitty and here she is! Go HERE to down load.  Sorry it took me ages, but since blogger has stopped me loading my images through the 'upload from computer' icon on the blog and only allows me to upload via, 'photos' -the only way I can get anything into 'photos' is to email it to myself! Well, it's waaay past my bedtime... actually it's nearly time to get up!! Look out for another freebie coming over the weekend! A comment would be lovely!! Thank you for stopping by.

It's WEDNESDAY! What's On Yours???#776

 Morning Crafty Peoples. It's a WOYWW day, again! Pop over to Stamping Ground and join in!! As you can see...still no luck at adding a new background to my blog! Never mind...To stop me thinking about it, and going in and probably deleting it all by mistake, (like I nearly did to my digi store) I thought I'd play with my smaller Gel Plate.    I'm waiting for some crafty goodies to arrive from Craft Stash, as they were having a sale, and seeing with the extra VIP discount it means the T Holzt inks I want/need, will be cheaper than where I normanly buy them, which is Emerald Crafts in Lyndhurst. Sadly they will be closing their doors at the end of the month after about 17-18 years! Where am I going to buy my large bottle of Collall glue from!? I was going to go up there this morning, but then I had a message that my package would be arriving in an hour (yeah ok) So I played with my paints...disaster!! The paper stuck to my gelplate... I took a picture of my mess, and even that came out blurry...Then!!! ding ding on my phone, (not on the front door) and my package had been delivered! Yay!

So, with my new goodies, I salvaged my mistake... and used my new inks and oxide inks over some stencils (I had in my stash) and way hey! I think that will do for some ATC's.

My Craft Stash package contained TimHolzts inks and oxide, and a notch and corner punch, which was less than half price. But I think my baragain of the week, from a charity shop, was the 'as new' six hole puncher, for £3, seen in the left hand corner.  I've been looking for one of those for ages, so, a lucky find! Now, I'm off to Emerald Crafts for my last look before they've gone forever. Have a great WOYWW!? week. 'See' you all later! Thank you for stopping by.

Ps...I am going to do a freebie later! 

Oops....I forgot it was T For Tuesday!

 Sorry peoples, had to go have another blood test early this  morning...forgot it was T for Tuesday, went shopping....Came home  about midday, starving!!  So had a hot Chocolate and a hot Cross buttered Bun and scoffed it down in one, (naughty naughty naughty) watching Ceri on YouTube doing his  Swap and Make with PM Part 1, 2 and 3 and 4... SO! There's no breakfast pictures, aren't you lucky!! Just an empty plate, mug and glass.

I'd quickly cleared out my shopping bag as I'd been 'book and magazine foraging' in the second hand shops, ready to do I bit of cutting out... The Magazine's were easy, I have no trouble cutting them up, but when it comes down to books... no! I find it very  very hard! (unless I manage to buy two the same) I hunt out books that I like to look of, no matter what the subject, if the colour, the size, if it feels right when you hold it in my hand, and the price it right, I instantly fall in love with it! 

Today I  found that oh so cute tiny, 'Love Sonnets by Shakespeare'. 'The Readers Digest Field Guide To Wild Flowers of Britain' (which I know I won't be cutting up... as I have a few paperbacks with almost the same pictures and, '1,339 Facts' ~things like.... A queen ant can fertilise her eggs with sperm she's stored for 30 years' ...Lord Kitchener had four Spaniels called Shot, Bang, Miss, and Damn...'The Statue of Liberty wears size 879 shoes...' and the first mouse was made of wood! (that would be a computer mice, of course...thank you Mae!)

And then there's the magazines... I've started cutting out some pictures for a potential Glue Book.... I still don't 'get' them, but it's fun... and I need fun, as everything is going wrong! I am  SO fed up with blogger. Obviously, it's not bloggers fault that 'The Cutest blog has disappeared too, taking with it  all it's freebie backgrounds (and the links one needs to add, so you can see the background) but it doesn't help that now I can't add a new back ground. I practised on my digi blog... AGH! And thank goodness I did, because it went completely black, took away the template, and Ike's header she made me... and then, I couldn't add anything! But!!! Today, nearly a week later...the template appears to be there and I've got Ikes topper back ...so I'm playing with it...not sure what I'm doing! Anyone who does know~give me hints, please! One last thing, the Diabetic Nurse, very nice lady, said my 'whatever it was' (numbers/grades, I have no idea) has halved, which is a good thing, and to keep doing what I'm doing!   Mind you, they said that to my John and a few months later he'd suddenly passed.

So here's a sheet she gave me, of the good the bad and the ugly... food that everyone should be eating...or not eating. Hope it's helpful. That's it for now! Hope you've had a happy T For Tuesday Day! Thank you for stopping by!

Forever Freebies Painty Mess's

 

Sorry there's not been any freebies lately, but the fact that I can't just load pictures up to blogger, and have to email them to myself first, is becoming a real pain! And now, as you can see, my backgrounds on both my blogs have disappeared! Probably because where I downloaded them from years ago, The Cutestblogontheblock has also disappeared, which cuts off the link I had, I guess, to wherever they saved their blog designs...Anyway just so you know that I am still here, I'm adding my two painty messes I made the other day, just in case they might come in useful. Just click and save. I haven't finished them yet, as I want to add a few more scribbly bits, not sure what yet! 

 

I'm probably going to use the original 12x12 to make ATC's. or even journal covers, Who knows! Thank you for stopping by
 

Whats On Your Worktop #775 and a spot of Painting!

 

  What's On Your Worktop #775 already?? Yep, time waits for no one! Well, it's afternnon here. Lola's a sleep, (little dog that's staying with me at the moment) so I've nipped into my craftroom to quickly do a WOYWW!? post, that's going on, every week, over on Stamping Ground! I've done a bit of 'slap it on painting, covering an unwanted 12x12, and hoping I'll be able to turn it into tags, atc's, postcards, journal covers or something else. (Or just something that my brother in law will put into that dirt great skip he's promised to get, when I've gone...) I've sort of followed Ceri The Crafters YouTube tutorial, for the April 2024 colour combo, Makers of Mixed Media Art and Artist Facebook group, using Cream, Magenta and Teal, plus black, white and gold too, if needed. 

It's not finished yet...waiting for it to dry then, I'll add some scribbles or use my Posca pens to make shapes or even do some stamping.  

I also made  another sideways pocket tag (idea from SevenPlaza I think)  using the village's monthly church 'Link' magazine. Bluebells for spring. I think you may've already seen the other one, made from a masterboard a little while back but it wanted to join in too! Short post today, as I'm house, dog and Professor sitting tonight while Mrs Proffessor is out. Lola's coming too and she soon lets the other dogs know who's boss! Here's a picture of her this morning.... so cute!

Added this morning, Little Lola.

Blogger is still not letting me load my photos in the 'normal' way, so it takes an age! And have you noticed??? My background to my blog, has disappeared!! It's just, black now, looks like I've fallen into the darkest deepest abyss... oh well, that's me alover! That's it for now, off to house/dog/Proff sit! Thank you for stopping by! See you over on Stamping Ground later!