Mrs P 's diarys

merry christmas

2010-12-19T04:41:00.000-08:00

sorry been so long since i blogged
been very busy with work and life
have loads of ideas in my head just need some time
hope you all have a verry
merry christmas and happy new year

xxxxxx

last page

2010-10-01T06:38:00.000-07:00

here is the last page

could not fit it on last post

last six pages

2010-10-01T06:35:00.001-07:00

have finished my pages for the grunge book swap

grunge book pages

2010-09-30T05:13:00.000-07:00

have made 3 more pages for the grunge book swap

only 6 to go

all things crafty - christmas tag swap

2010-09-16T04:23:00.000-07:00

here are the tags i have made for the christmas tag swap

all things crafty - art raffle

2010-09-16T04:21:00.000-07:00

here is the canvas i have made for the september art raffle

grunge book

2010-09-16T04:19:00.001-07:00

have managed to make my first page

here is my going postal page

lots to do ATCswap

2010-09-16T04:16:00.000-07:00

here are my ATC's for the lots to do swap

the theme set this time was pen and ink

lots to do - tags / letters

2010-09-16T04:13:00.000-07:00

here are my tags for the lots to do swap

the theme is letters

at last

2010-09-13T08:05:00.000-07:00

at last i have made something to blog

Hilda said my mojo would come back and it has

here is my alterded CD for the lots to do swap

i have been making christmas cards but feels a bit to early to be showing them

sorry

2010-08-31T05:29:00.000-07:00

sorry i have been a bad blogger
been very busy then was unwell
have started my christmas cards so will
blog them later in the week

music & lace

2010-08-12T06:38:00.000-07:00

this is the piece i have made for

the lots to do challenge - lace

sunday stamper - music

ATC= time

2010-08-10T04:52:00.000-07:00

here are my ATC's for the time swap on lots to do forum

Tags = Paris / france

2010-08-10T00:43:00.000-07:00

the tag swap on lots to do forun is paris / france

found some tim holtz stamps while out yesterday

that really fitted the theme

sunday stamper- something old something new

2010-08-07T10:17:00.000-07:00

the challenge on Hels challenge is something old something new

this is the piece i have made with a mixture of old and new stamps and old gems from

Beckys broken braclet

lots to do - charms

2010-08-05T14:27:00.000-07:00

here are my charms for the swap

on the lots to do forum

no sleep

2010-07-25T01:45:00.000-07:00

could not get to sleep last night

so played instead

am still in wall hanging mode

this is what i made

The sunday stamper - love / life

2010-07-25T01:42:00.000-07:00

Hels challenge this week is love / life

this is the piece i have made for it

craft club

2010-07-24T07:32:00.000-07:00

craft club is on for monday night
jubilee hall canterbury

lots to do - shape

2010-07-24T07:15:00.000-07:00

the lots to do challenge this week is to use shapes

so i have made a shaped wall piece using my new christmas stamps

lots to do - stitched

2010-07-23T04:40:00.000-07:00

the lots to do challenge this week is STITCHED

so just in time this is my piece

Sunday stamper - Blue

2010-07-14T02:49:00.000-07:00

hi been up to scotland to visit my Daughter and her hubby for a week

had a fantastic time

missed the heat wave thankfully not good in the heat

had a little play yesterday

had some new shaped beer mats in at work

so begged for a few

and this is what i made for the sunday stamper challenge

lots to do- skinnies

2010-06-29T00:53:00.000-07:00

lots to do - skinnie's swap is stiched

love stitched art

Lots to do - ATC swap

2010-06-29T00:49:00.000-07:00

the ATC swap on lots to do is Art

here are mine

Sunday stamper - metal

2010-06-24T00:52:00.000-07:00

the challenge on Hels sunday stamper

is metal

i have had such fun with this piece

i embossed a piece of metal and then played

alcohol inks, distress inks ,perfect pearls,

and this is what i ended up with

lots to do swap - new home

2010-06-21T06:48:00.000-07:00

these are the tags i have made for

the lots to do swap - new home

hosted by Zoe

lots to do challenge

2010-06-21T00:10:00.000-07:00

had a busy weekend

but managed too play a bit

this is my piece for the lots to do challenge

sunday stamper

2010-06-16T05:38:00.000-07:00

am a very happy bunny today

my Big shot arrived

and as i had already got come dies and embossing folders

from jennie at artistic stampers

i had a play

well the sunday stamper theme this week is numbers

so every thing came together and this is what i made

lots to do challenge

2010-06-15T02:00:00.000-07:00

sorry i have been a very bad blogger

have been so busy with work and life just not had the time to blog

still found time to join in this week with the lots to do challenge

the thems is wings

so out came my fav stamps and made this little album

sunday stamper

2010-06-02T06:35:00.000-07:00

this is the piece i have made for the sunday stamper challenge

the theme this week is wings

colouring

2010-05-26T03:33:00.000-07:00

hi been very busy so had no time to play till today

don't do much colouring so had a play at it today

using alcohol inks and promarkers

so these are my first efforts

lots to do friendship

2010-05-13T06:17:00.000-07:00

the lots to do challenge this week is friendship

had to make a card for a friend who is going through a very rough patch

dont often do cute

but love the's penny black stamps

Sunday stamper - gold

2010-05-13T05:38:00.000-07:00

the theme this week on the

Sunday stamper challenge is gold

i triple embossed and stamped in gold myfocal image

house swap- there's a butterfly in my house

2010-05-12T23:56:00.000-07:00

lots to do house swap

hod to use butterflys in this one

used my new distress crackle paint on these

tag swap - circles wheels or cogs

2010-05-12T23:52:00.000-07:00

lots to do tag swap

used some of my faverite paper artsy stamps for this swap

board book swap

2010-05-12T23:47:00.000-07:00

lots to do are holding a board book swap

theme spring summer

have had such a mental block with this one

any way after a lot of hair pulling this is it

lots to do= distress swap

2010-05-07T01:14:00.000-07:00

sam has been hosting a distress swap

these are what i have done

lotstodo challenge - tres's and leaves

2010-04-30T06:46:00.000-07:00

this is my entry for the lots to do challenge

leaves or trees this week

remembered i had this stencil

so embossed and pricked out the design

then distress inked and added perfect pearls

lots to do - DOTTIE SWAP

2010-04-27T05:12:00.000-07:00

it's a beautiful day here

have spent the morning doing my pieces for the dottie swap

lots to do challenge - alcohol inks

2010-04-21T03:32:00.000-07:00

the lots to do challenge was to use alcohol inks

so i used them to make my background card

i also used them on the domino's i altered for another swap

on lots to do forum

lotstodo challenge - embossing

2010-04-15T02:24:00.000-07:00

the lots to do challenge this week

is to use embossing

i used my light box to emboss my

wall hanging

lots to do - ATC dolls

2010-04-14T06:35:00.000-07:00

ATCdolls swap - lots to do forum

these were such fun to do

lots to do - Archs

2010-04-14T06:31:00.000-07:00

arch swap - lots to do forum

these are the arch's i made for the swap

the theme was children

so i decorated mine with pictures from a childrens story book

sunday stamper-lace

2010-04-10T09:53:00.000-07:00

here is my entry for the sunday stamper challenge

the theme was lace

tag swap

2010-04-06T06:29:00.000-07:00

here are the tags i have made for

the lots to do tag swap

the theme is ladies

lotstodo challenge

2010-04-06T03:19:00.000-07:00

the lotstodo challenge is black and white

here is my piece

4x4 swap

2010-04-06T03:14:00.000-07:00

here are my 4x4 pieces

for the swap on lots to do forum

the theme is vintage/distressed

Mum

2010-04-02T00:59:00.000-07:00

It's a year today we lost Mum
were has that time gone still feels like yesterday
she would be proud of the way we are getting on with our lives without her
will hold you in my heart always
love you Mum
xxx

birthday card for Hels challenge

2010-04-01T06:05:00.000-07:00

this card is for our friend Andy

who's birthday is tomorrow

also wanted to use a birdie so could use it fo the sunday stamper challenge

see i can multi task lol

.mojo has returned

2010-03-31T04:51:00.013-07:00

have managed to make something at last

the lotstodo challenge is vintage this week

so have made a coaster box with a vintage feel

Back from hols

2010-03-29T08:04:00.000-07:00

well i'm back
had a great holiday really hot
so lovely and brown
not had time to craft but play day tomorrow

lots to do- distress

2010-03-06T04:15:00.000-08:00

the lotstodo challenge this week is distress

i have made 3 houses in the distriss style.

i am hosting a house swap on lotstodo and these are my swaps

lots to do recipe swap

2010-03-06T04:12:00.000-08:00

here are the bits i have made for the recipe swap

lots to do -canvas

2010-02-27T03:51:00.000-08:00

this week the challenge is canvas

which also is one of our forum swaps

i painted my canvas with acrylic paint first

then did added printed tissue and glitter

added my mini postcards buttons and lace

this is what the finished piece looks like

mine is going to Claire

hope she likes it

lotstodo-use your machines

2010-02-25T05:29:00.000-08:00

i only have the x cut impress machine

but hope to get the cuttlebug for my birthday

anyway i spritsed my background

then used impress to emboss my 3 flowers onto my cordinations

cut a border and this is what i came up with

lotstodo stamped collarge

2010-02-24T05:32:00.000-08:00

first time i have done anything like this

but had great fun playing

sam is hosting this swap

plaque from Bee

2010-02-24T05:26:00.000-08:00

well vertigo has gone but now full of cold

oh the joys of winter

still only 3 week and will be back in sunny tenerife

any way i was very lucky too win a giveaway i the

owoh world wide blog hop

recieved tis beautiful plaque from BEE

who i used to talk too years ago on csg

small world isnt it

sorry

2010-02-19T06:22:00.000-08:00

sorry nothing to show this week
have vertigo
which is no good for crafting
won a prize from Bee on the OWOH GIVEAWAY
will blog piccies later next week
when hopefully feeling less drunk lol

more canvas

2010-02-11T04:37:00.000-08:00

love this canvas covered board from the works

snow

2010-02-11T01:25:00.001-08:00

this is the view this morning

looks really beautiful

sunday stamper roses

2010-02-11T01:16:00.000-08:00

the challenge on sunday stamper is roses

i have used the grungepaper roses i had made for this one

lots to do tag swap

2010-02-09T08:23:00.000-08:00

Hilda is hosting a tag swap

on the lots to do forum

here are mine

lots to do challenge

2010-02-09T02:34:00.000-08:00

the lots to do challenge this week is backgrounds

i stamped and embossed my background

i thin went over it with waxes from my rub'n glo

sunday stamper

2010-02-05T08:31:00.000-08:00

sunday stamper challenge this week is HEARTS

have mad e simple card using Hels heart stamp on patteren paper to make a flower

inked the chipboard letters to match

postcard swap

2010-02-04T01:07:00.000-08:00

Zoe on the lots to do forun is hosting a

postcard swap

these are what i have made

lots to do challenge

2010-02-04T01:03:00.000-08:00

this weeks challenge was to make a different shaped tag

i cut out my shape

covered it in patteren paper

distressed the edges and inked them

then added my stamped image

a year in the life of an art journal

2010-02-02T04:27:00.000-08:00

have joined in the

a year in the life of an art journal

you are given word promps

the first was WHAT

so this is my first page

lots to do

2010-01-27T05:43:00.000-08:00

here is my piece for this weeks lots to do challenge

which is to use white as your main colour

photo makes it look a bit creamy

so hope its ok for the challenge

Sunday Stamper

2010-01-26T07:43:00.000-08:00

this weeks challenge is squares

so still using my cc kit made this

covered it with the beautiful papers

which i then stamped with my scroll stamp

stamped a background ovet the chipboard letters

and laced it together

Birthday cards

2010-01-26T06:17:00.000-08:00

have a couple of birthday cards to share with you today

the owl one is for my daughter Becky who will be 30 on sunday

makes me feel old

it's ok she wont see it as she does not follow my blog

he flower one is for our young friend Meg who will be sweet 16 on friday

cosmo cricket

2010-01-20T07:30:00.000-08:00

have finished my mini book

i made with my new cosmo cricket kit

use the papers to cover the front of the pages

and covered the backs with ledger paper pad from slice

did this so could jounal things that (good things) happen this year

thanks for looking

lesley xx

sunday stamper

2010-01-17T08:09:00.000-08:00

it is the 2nd birthday on the

sunday stamper

well done Hels

here is my entry for this birthday challenge

lots to do

2010-01-16T11:53:00.000-08:00

here is my card for the lots to do challenge

this week its travel & transport

so have made a masculine feeling card

birthday book

2010-01-13T04:47:00.000-08:00

happy new year

ok i know i'm a bit late but i promise to try too do better

have booked a week in tenerife in march so something to look forward too

have made a late chrissie present for my friend Jan

a birthday book

was ill so could not get it finiseh in time

have also been playing making grungepaper roses

as shown by hels in this months craft stamper

am really impessed with them

stay safe and warm everyone xx

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

2009-12-19T05:49:00.000-08:00

Happy christmas everyone
we are all struggling at the moment
we knew we would miss mum
but it is so hard
but we are going to celibrate christmas as she would have wanted
so raise a glass to those not with us and have a great christmas
lesley xx

sorry

2009-12-02T00:12:00.000-08:00

sorry not been blogging
the world is just too much at the moment
i love christmas but this year its very hard without mum
so will start blogging again in the new year

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
XXXXX

back from hols

2009-10-24T10:50:00.000-07:00

back from tenerife had a great time
just the washing and sorting to do
back to normal monday what ever that is xx

lots to do Travel

2009-10-06T05:16:00.000-07:00

the lots to do challenge this week is places or citys

i knew i had no travel stamps or any thing like that

so raided my bits and bobs draw

and made this tag

6 months

2009-10-02T04:44:00.001-07:00

it's 6 months today
i lost my mum
miss you so much xxx

christmas card

2009-10-01T05:29:00.000-07:00

just a simple christmas card today

stamped and chalked main image

and the mat and layerd it

lots to do

2009-09-29T11:28:00.000-07:00

the lots to do challenge this week

is to use black and orange

so i have made a birdhouse and added on owl

birthdays

2009-09-29T02:48:00.000-07:00

here are a couple of things

i have made for friends birthdays

christmas planner book

2009-09-23T02:32:00.000-07:00

have had such fun playing these last 2 days

this is what i made

a planner book for christmas

i started with some free to print pages

fron the paper craft insperatipn site

and went from there

the pages are hand drawn by Jane Dean

and her planner is shown in the magazine

lots to do tag

2009-09-22T01:07:00.000-07:00

the lots to do challenge this week

is to make a tag

i inked my bacg ground then shadow

stamped my image

conker wreath

2009-09-21T12:33:00.000-07:00

i love conkers

so went and got some yesterday

so i have made a wreath for my front door

it the thing i love the most about america

and canada

is that they decorate there houses for all seasons

becky wedding photos

2009-09-21T07:22:00.000-07:00

here are some photo's of

Becky &Martins wedding

workshop

2009-09-20T15:02:00.000-07:00

had my second workshop with Leonie on saturday
firstly we made an acetate card
then a card made all from circles
and finally leonie showed us some techniques with
alcohol inks
had a really great time
mr blogger wont let me upload my pics
shall try again tomorrow

core'dinations

2009-09-17T12:48:00.000-07:00

had a play with my new

core'dinations card stock

lots to do

2009-09-16T13:39:00.000-07:00

the challenge on lots to do

is to use water colouring somewere

so i water coloured my little bear image

and then made it into a card

Linzie's birthday card

2009-09-09T08:49:00.000-07:00

here is the card i made for Linzie

it's here birthday tomorrow

wedding card

2009-09-09T04:30:00.000-07:00

we are off to a wedding on saturday

this is the card i made for Jayne and Ben

i use the template from

colour my world

lots to do

2009-09-08T04:29:00.000-07:00

here is my entry in this weeks lots to do challenge

it was to use tissue paper

i have altered a plain wooden photo frame

using pattered tissue paper and modpog

ALTERED BEER MATS

2009-09-03T04:31:00.000-07:00

here are my beer mats i have altered

played with spray colours on the back grounds

much better in real life than the photos show

the stamps are hels

Leonie workshop

2009-09-02T05:03:00.000-07:00

these are the cards we made at Leonies workshop

have another on the 19th sept

we had a really great time

new beginings

2009-09-02T04:52:00.000-07:00

well it's the begining of september

time to stop feeling sorry for myself

my mum would be kicking me up the bum now and saying

you have a life to be getting on with

so i have been making some christmas cards

martin's birthday card

2009-06-19T03:45:00.000-07:00

this is the card i have made for martins birth day
he and becky are dowm next week to finalize the wedding plans
only 7 weeks to go

AT LAST

2009-06-04T07:50:00.000-07:00

finaly go some cards to show

could not get into crafting at all

but at last

the boots are for my future son in law

HI

2009-05-28T15:00:00.000-07:00

well i have not done much crafting
i have been cross stitching so think that counts
have finished off all the wedding invites
cant show them yet but will as soon as they go out

mum

2009-04-08T03:22:00.000-07:00

my mum sadly passed away last thursday
while i was in tenerife
she had insisted that we went
i miss her so much
the funeral is not till the 21st
R.I.P MUM
love you x

mothers day

2009-03-21T06:23:00.000-07:00

have finally made some cards

one is for mothers day