Craft A Butterfly

Simple really, craft a butterfly or two and send them fluttering to the Holocaust Museum, in Houston to help remember the innocent children that were caught up in this. Here's what they say:

In an effort to remember them, Holocaust Museum Houston is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies. The butterflies will eventually comprise a breath-taking exhibition, currently scheduled for Spring 2012, for all to remember.

As of Summer 2008, we have already collected an estimated 400,000 butterflies.

I'll be leaving links on the top right of my blog, so that you can all visit the official website. Also, Dan from UKScrappers has information on his blog and (should you need or want them) butterfly templates too. The links are also there.

This is your chance to craft and make a difference.

Thanks for looking

Take care
Love and hugs

Children's Birthdays

I never thought I'd say it, but young children's cards are not the easiest to make. Or at least these weren't. My cousin's granddaughter was 1 yesterday and another cousin's youngest son is 2 tomorrow. To make cards that are sort-of child friendly is so hard and I know I've not achieved it completely, but at least I can say I tried. Here's the results:

I have also done this weeks challenge on UKS, but I've got to wait for some glitter glue to dry before I can finish it. Watch this space tomorrow.

Thanks for looking. Love and hugs

What's Been Happening This Week?

Well I'm here again. I've been crafting a bit this week. UKS have a Sultry Summer Stash Bash happening for all of August. The idea is to use the stash you already have rather than buy more for it. Mondays are mini-book day and as I'm not that into those, I'm missing them out. I also started a week late, so I'm playing catch-up. This week so far I've done days 2, 3, 4 and 5. Each day there's a sketch to follow (Wednesday had 2!) and most days had a technique or something else to do too.

Here's my LOs so far:

Day 2 ~ Technique - Stamping (stamped title and stamping above and down the right-hand side of the photo)

Day 3 (2 sketches) ~ Technique - Bling

LO 1) Bazzill Bling card and glitter on the flower card

LO 2) Glass gems on wire plus glass beads around ric-rac

Day 4 ~ Technique - Recycle (the title has been done by stencilling inside the waste from chipboard alphabets)

Day 5 ~ No technique

I realised after I'd photographed it, that I'd called this gentleman my Grandad Kirby when he is in fact my Great-Grandad Kirby. I'll rectify that later by adding a couple of words to the top lines.

Thank you for looking.

I've Managed One LO

What on earth's happened this week? I've managed the grand total of one LO and here it is:

On UKS, the weekly challenge set by the Lavender Lovelies is this:

1. Since 1967, on or around Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, 2 April, International Children's Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children's books, therefore we would like you to use a fairytale / fantasy / or children’s book title theme for your layout.
2. Its April Fools day on April 1st so please 'fool us’, you could include some hidden journalling or maybe use something surprising on your Layout that wouldn’t normally be used for scrapping.
3. Also in relation to April 1st..... in 1891 the Wrigley’s Company was started , As a bit of a giggle please use something 'wriggly ' on your layout , this could be ric-rac or wavy lines maybe.
4. As it is hopefully going to become more spring like please use spring colours on your layout, these do NOT have to be pastel, but we are thinking along the lines of blues, pinks, greens, yellows, white etc.
5. To celebrate the clocks changing this past weekend to British Summertime please use a clock or time on your layout, the time can be within the journalling.

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So to summarise:

1. Fairytale / fantasy / or children’s bok title theme - 10 points
2. April Fools element - something not as it seems or hidden etc - 5 points
   
3. To celebrate Wrigley’s company starting on 1st April 1891 use wavy lines on your layout - 5 points
4. Spring colours (do not have to be pastel) - 5 points
5. Use a clock or time on your layout - 5 point

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1. I've used one of my favourite books from my youth - The Famous Five
2. The white in the bottom right is actually the wire mesh used to repair cars, which I inked and heat embossed in white. There is also some journalling behind the photo
3. I cut the wire mesh wavy
4. I've used pinks, whites and blues with some red thrown in
5. I hand-cut the clock and set the hands to the year of the photo ('87)

Full marks to me for my team The Ruby Snippers. I just can't believe my family and I went to that wedding wearing so many colours between us, even matching the colour of our tights to our tops!! I cringe in shame!!! LOL

Sleep? What sleep?

Today's been a bit different to say the least! I normally don't do or achieve very much in a day, but.......

To start with I woke at 02:50 and couldn't get back to sleep, so up I got. Spent the next 3 hours on here checking craft forums and still didn't get round all the posts. Boy can we crafters talk!

Spent the day: sitting with my cousin's DD for over 2 hours this morning getting her very poorly 1yr old DS off to sleep, visiting a friend at home who'd recently been in a psychiatric hospital for 6 months (that was hard as I didn't know what to talk about, but the fresh cream slices I took were nice!) and taking my mum to catch a train to Birmingham. Bless her, the last time she got on a train to go any distance was 14 years ago when she came on a surprise visit to see me in Manchester. To say she was nervous was an understatement. She'd reserved her seat and ended up at a table with 2 young (ok, my ageish) handsome looking suited men. I'd've swapped places with her any day!

Tonight's been spent on the wonderful 3C's forum. How time flies. Logged on at just after 20:00 and next thing I knew it was midnight. What a lovely lovely bunch of ladies. I had such a laugh. If you've never been there, come on and check it out. It's a great forum and a chance to talk about anything and everything. We even talk about craft occasionally. Right, I've now been up far too long and need some sleep. Tomorrow is crafting day. Will show you my latest creations when I've taken piccies.

Luv and hugs from me to you xxx