My hubby was making the dinner the other night (I know, how lucky am I). He said he had a present for me and handed me this. Awww.
Many years ago a workmate persuaded me to go with her for horse riding lessons, I had one lesson and never went back. You know, you just don't realise how high up you are, let's just leave it there!
So now I know why they call them challenges. This one, 'monochromatic brown', set by the team over on Penny Black really got me away from my usual sort of thing. And I have to say I enjoyed the change.
It was my darling hubby who came up with the brilliant 'dino-mite' idea. Y' know they pretend they are not interested when they soooo are!
Here is the first card made in my new crafty space. During the move I found my star dies and my (must have it, searched the shops high and low for it) white pen. So, of course, I had to use the foundlings!
OK, so here is the reason I have not had a card to share since Friday. I have moved the crafty corner from the dining area in the lounge to the second bedroom/hall cupboard. This first picture is the techie bit. 
And, moving round, this is now where the magic happens. All from Ikea, including the nifty little clip-on spotlight. The back bit is magnetised and will no doubt soon become cluttered with clippings from mags and the like. The drawers at the side have casters so that whole bit easily slides out for access to the sewing machine. 
And inside my drawers, they will not stay this tidy for long, but I will try.
And the other drawers. I keep a little stock of printed and stamped images in the red folder. White and black card on the next shelf down and a basket of punches at the bottom. In the wheelie drawers are my project/note books (anybody would think I am organised). Then a plastic partitioned box with my ink pads, acrylic blocks and embossing powders. My tidy bundle of coloured cardstock is in the bottom (my untidy bundle is elsewhere, but more of that below). The bottom drawer (not in picture) holds embellies and flowers.
Four steps away is the hall cupboard....who needs a vacuum and an ironing board anyway? Not me! I put up the shelves myself but the nice man in the DIY shop cut out little bits for my pipes.
I was contentedly cutting out Sophie from the patterned paper I had chosen. DH looked over curiously....'would it not make more sense to print the image on the plain side rather than the patterned side?' Well, yes of course it would! Now, where's my pokey tool?
I keep my buttons in plastic Chinese takeaway boxes. Two colours to each box and one box for fancy and one box for miscellaneous. Sometimes I ponder over whether a fancy pink button should go in the pink box or the fancy box. Is it really fancy enough for the fancy box? It truly is a dilemma!
Went a bit mad with the paper piecing on this one...but at least her crown and wand match her dress perfectly! I have used Evie from the DigiStamp Boutique and coloured with copics. The papers were from my 'scraps'.
I love these Penny Black stamps that have animals dressed up as other animals! This time I used watercolour pencils to colour the image, nothing else seems to work quite as well with the Penny Blacks, well, that's what I think anyway.
Here is another card from Monday's crafty session. I am popping this on very quickly as we will have to leave for the hospital early tonight to miss the footie traffic. If I have time when we get back later I will have a nosey round to see what you have all been up to.
Colouring is soo last year, I'm paper piecing now! This time using Isabella from the DigiStamp Boutique.
Hi, me again. Just realised I forgot to show you my calendar page for April. So here it is. I did something new for me...paper piecing! Doesn't it work out fab (even if I say so myself) on these Oriental girlies from the DigiStamp Boutique.
It is the first Friday of the month so that means it's time to share my design team card for the Crafty Calendar Challenge. Last month there was over 300 entries, thanks for joining in the fun everyone!
