October freaky Cards

These are this months cards for Sian's monthly card swap on UKS. The theme this month was freaky, with optional requirements of using warm autumnal colours and to grunge it up. They are not quite as distressed as Id hoped but I was still really pleased with them.

Halloween Coasters

Ive not been posting as much of late, I seem to have a lot less time for crafting and when I do Ive gotten out of the habit of blogging. However here is my set of Halloween coasters done for a swap on UKS.

I saw that this swap was running and saw some cork tiles in hobbycraft this got me thinking about making a functional coaster, I did my research and found this -lhttp://www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/how-to-make-coasters.html 
I sourced my materials and had a go. I loved the glossy finish on them. The swap wasn't intended I now realise to be about functioning coasters but a decorative item, with people planning on making books and hangings with theirs I do hope putting a cup of tea on mine in their craft space isn't a disappointment. Thanks Rebbecca for a lovely swap I look forward to receiving mine soon.

A couple of pictures which sadly fail to show just how glossy they are.

June Team Sketch

Thanks Sam for setting this sketch and taking me out of my comfort zone, hated doing it but love the results!

Honeymoon Album

 Ive had fun today! Ive enjoyed stroking my new stash for a week and now the photos arrived! For those that don't know Ive joined Shimelle's Cover to Cover class, the idea is to look at the bigger picture and create whole albums that work together. Id had a plan to use kraft cardstock as background for all my LOs in this album but the very first elephant one I came to I found my greys didn't look right on it. So Im using a page from Pink Paislee's prairie Hill as a connecting theme (its the orange honeycomb one), the only issue could be getting my hands on some more of it! I loved doing these LOs I think the beautiful stash and gorgeous animals have almost made themselves! The added bonus of course was an afternoon of happy memories :)

How cute are these brads!

Weekly Challenge

This weeks challenge on UKS was to do a LO on a theme of "Before and After", whilst incorporating a hidden element and a frame as well as some fancy cutting. Here is my take on it.

This months house challenge

This was a colour combo challenge, red, green, brown and gold - perfect for a Christmas LO.

Chunky ATC

Here is my chunky made for a swap on UKS, my theme was "Enchanted Garden", another big challenge for me and Im very happy with it