Lavender and Lavinia

Dearest Minions,

Here are some Lavender bags that I made for a most excellent individual who sent me Tim Holtz die cuts thus earning a place in heaven. (Have you noticed the Tim Holtz cult? Grunge has abandonned Seattle and is now a craft material, which means less holey cardigans and frayed jeans and sadly Babes in Toyland.)

I used some stamps from Lavinia stamps who are more than a bit delish although they do sometimes desend into the dreaded twee. However their flower and landscape stamps slap the twee ones on the head firmly and take center stage (like a tory at a teaparty.)


Tootles
EE

playing with inks

Dearest Minions,

Here are a couple of cards that I made after purchasing stinking (alchiycholic but hic not drinkables) inks the best wishes floral & butterfly stamps are from Inkadinkadoo.

Papers on Butterfly card sown together from scraps of basic grey, acatate mounted over the top which was patterned with the inks.

Tootles
EE

The Living Graveyard

Dearest Minions,

I was exploring Cornwall recently and I tootled up to Tintagel's living graveyard which is a place of beauty and calm except for the bloody rooks.


Highly recommended for a visit.

EE

FREEBIE!

inspired

Dearest minions,

I have recently been really inspired by Susan Wasinger's book Eco Craft which I got out of the library. Not only does it have lush stuff in it, it also has things that you can make make using skills and tools that most crafters have in their stash. As pictured I went all creative with CDs and a crop -a-dile and fishing line. This project has really improved a boring dull dark corner of the garden. Now the CDs turn with the breeze creating discs of light which spin through the garden. In a north facing garden any light is good.

This project is not in the book, but the book did that most important of all things Inspire ideas. I now have even bigger (evil) plans using CDs to take over the world. However unlike Bond villains I am not going to sit down with a cup of Tea and tell all.

So go forth my minions and be inspired.

EE

butterflies and fun on a rainy bank holiday

Dearest Minions

I was playing with a new stamp and an embossing folder here are some of the results. Back to world domination tomorrow, bah, well someone has to control the universe.




EE

Gaggle

Dearest Minions,

Not sure if these are genius or a headache to music or both, their video is about as far away from girls aloud as you can get, except for the maggots.... have a look at it: I hear flies.

It is nice that musical maggots other than Simon Cowell get publicity.

EE