YES YOU CAN CAN CANDLE - KRAFTIN KIMMIE

Hi Everyone

Hoping that everyone is having  a fantastic weekend.  I thought I would join in a challenge this week.  It is not something I do very often but I had promised myself at the beginning of the year that I was going to try and overcome my nervous-ness and try and join in more challenges in 2011 .... so here is my second challenge of January woo hoooo

I thought I would join the Kraftin Kimmie challenge this week.  The challenge is reuse or recycle so I thought decorating a candle is reusing something plain to make it into a cute gift for someone.   

I have managed to get two of the images on this candle ... the candle is larger although it doesn't show up very well on the photo. 

I PROMISE THIS WEEK I WILL GET HUBBY TO VIDEO ME DOING A TUTORIAL OF HOW I CREATE DECORATED CANDLES - I TRULY HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND MY SCOTTISH ACCENT .... LOL I will have to talk posh and proper !!!

BIG BIG HUGS - TAKE CARE

Junie

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I'M BACK !!! WOOO HOOOOOO

Hi Everyone

I am so missed being able to upload on my BLOG especially when I have been in the crafting zone LOL !!!! Well the upshot with our computer it is completely finished.  Hubby took it into his work and managed to rescue everything that was on it.  All our photos and my digi images ... phew !!   Colin the IT guy in my work has very kindly given us an older computer that we can use at the present time !! THANKS COLIN !!!

I have been busy decorating some candles !!! I have had some custom orders and here are two I would like to share with you.  This is an older stamp I have from Rubber Romance called Bunny Girl.  i have quite a collection of those and I had forgotten how much I loved them. 

Just before our computer had crashed I had been asked by quite a number of people how I decorated the candles so I was thinking of doing a tutorial !!! I have never done anything like that before and I wondered how many people would be interested in seeing a tutorial.

I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend and I cannot tell you how happy I am that I can blog again !!! WOO HOOO

HUGS HUGS HUGS

Junie xxx

JUST WHEN YOU ARE IN THE CRAFTING ZONE !!!!!

Hi Everyone

Well it has happened to us !!! Our main computer has given up on us and we had the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH !!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.  Hubby is going to take it into his work and hopefully we will have it up and running at some point during the week. 

Unfortunately I cannot upload any photos at this moment nor get to any of my digi images.  I am linked up to our Netbook so I can still have a look around at all my blogging friend but I am having some trouble leaving comments on some blogs grrrr !!! I apologise if I can't get the chance to leave a comment as I usually do I have tried !!! So please don't think I have disappeared into one of my black holes or anything !!! Its technology that is stopping me !!!

I have been working on some custom candles today.  I will take photos of them and hopefully will get to show them to you later in the week.

BIG HUGS and HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND !!!
Love
Junie
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MARILYN

Happy Friday EVERYONE !!!

I would like to start by thanking all of my blogging friends for the lovely comments they leave !!! I so appreciate them all and love having you all as my blogging friends !!!

OK onto my card.  This is a stamp from Stampsmith !! I have fallen in love with their stamps and hope to build up my collection over the coming months.  I have decided to enter it in the challenge for this week over at Stampsmith Challenge Blog.  The theme is love and I thought well millions of people still love Marilyn even today. I have also decorated inside the card.

I hope everyone has a fab Friday and yip we have more ice and fog this morning.

LOADS OF HUGS
Junie xx

SOME BUNNY LOVES YOU !!!

Happy Thursday EVERYONE !!!

Sorry I apologise not being around for a few days.  Believe it or not I have had my first few orders of my custom candles !!! So I am really really excited about that woo hooo hopefully there will be more to come. 

Anyhoo I am still very much into my first love of stamping and cardmaking.  I took a break from the candles yesterday and managed to get some cards done.  

This card is one of my favourites from the new release of LOTV.  I made my own little tag saying "SOME BUNNY LOVES YOU".  Corny I know .... LOL

If you click on the photo you will see the card in more close up detail.

OK off to get ready for work !!!!! Everyone have a fab fab safe day !!! Oh and just to make things back to normal we have the Mr Frost back again !!!!

HUGS
Junie xx

BABY CARD ... BABY CANDLE

Happy Friday

WOO HOOO the weekend has arrived ... NO WORK FOR TWO WHOLE DAYS !!! 

Friends of ours who have been desparately trying for a baby for many years finally had a baby boy on 23rd December.  What a joy !!! We visited them last weekend.  Over the Christmas Holidays I made a card and matching candle and I thought I would like to share them with you.  The stamp is from Crafter's Companion SWALK set 2 I think and the little calendar stamp is from Lili of the Valley.

I am delighted to say the parents loved the card and candle.  I was so happy about that !!!

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend !!!! Not sure what we have planned this weekend .. hopefully not much !!! do I live on the edge or what LOL

LOVE AND HUGS TO YOU !!! and thank you so much for any comments you leave.
Junie
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CUSTOM CARD

Hi Everyone !!!

Woo hoo nearly the weekend.  I hope everyone is well !!!  I don't do many custom cards any more but a lady in work had asked me a special favour before Christmas and I could not say no.  She wanted a special card for her brother-in-law on his 70th Birthday.  I made a large 8" x 8" easel card. 

 I always get nervous doing custom cards in case the recipient doesn't like it !!

I am very pleased to say that the lady loved it !!! PHEW !!!

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.  I love reading all your comments and of course reading them.

LOADS OF HUGS and TAKE CARE
Junie
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW !!!

Hi Everyone

Sorry not been around for a few days ... perhaps you can now tell I am back at work and don't have the same time to craft ... grrrrr !!!!

Anyhoo I am just awaiting delivery of my new stamps from LOTV !!!! Oh I am so excited to receive them.  Talking of new stamps ... Who doesn't love THE WIZARD OF OZ !!! It doesn't matter what age you are, or how many times you have seen it ... we love it !!! It is one of my all time favourite movies !!! I am also a HUGE fan of the great JUDY GARLAND !!! So when I disovered The Stampsmith and discovered they had a sheet of stamps dedicated to one of my favourite movies ... well what can you do !!!! I contacted Estelle at The Stampsmith on New Year's Day I was so excited by my discovery.  I had my stamps in less than a week WOW that is what I call service all the way from NY to Scotland right into my hands.  I am in love with these stamps. 

Here is the first card I have made !!!

Thank you for taking the time to look and any comments made I adore reading them.

BIG BIG HUGS and TAKE CARE !!!
Junie
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ANOTHER LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT

Hi Everyone !!!

Oh last day of our Christmas holidays !!!!! We are going to the cinema and then out for a meal as a special family treat to finish off the holidays.  But before I go I wanted to share another little something different with you.  A mobile/cell phone charm made using a rubber stamp and shrink plastic. 

The stamp is an older stamp that is not on the market any longer and I have coloured the image with prisma pencils.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK !! and any comments left, as always I love reading them.

HUGS TO EVERYONE and take care !!!
Junie
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THE PurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrFECT CANDLE !!

Hi Everyone  !!!

Two more days and then holidays over and back to work !!!!  What is wrong with me I cannot stop customising candles LOL !!!! It has taken over my life nearly !!! I have load of decorated candles and don't know what to do with them.  I am not sure anybody would buy them ... or would they??? 

I again apologise for the quality of photos ... it is so dark.  I can also assure you that I was not drunk or under the influence of anything while taking the photos but when I look at them they are a bit lop-sided (a bit like me hee hee) !!!

This is the first LARGE candle I have decorated.  I think it would be for a cat lover !!! Anyhoo I think it turned out rather cute .. There are 3 cats on the candle as you can see from the photos.

 The above kitty is my favourite out of the 3 cats !!!

 This one looks a bit cheeky ... don't you think !!!

This looks really moody to me LOL !!!

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit.  I hope you like my candle !!!

TAKE CARE and as always thank you so much for any comments left.

HUGS

Junie xx

A HARRY POTTER KIND OF A BIRTHDAY CARD

Hi Everyone !!

My first proper post of 2011 !!! Still some crafting time left before I return to work !!! YIPEE !!

I'd like to share this card with you and I don't really need to tell you who it is LOL !!! This is an 8 inch by 8 inch easel card.  I got the images from Spesch Designer Stamps.  You buy them separately and since I have no clue about computers my dear friend Sharona merged them together for me.  At the time of purchasing these images I did not have Ron but now I do. Sharonaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I need your help again LOL ta do Ron Ron !!!

 This is the inside of the card but for some reason it shows up the wrong way round !! Sorry about that ..

I apolgise for the quality of the photos !!! I think I need to go to the sun to take some nice bright photos !!!

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING and any comments you leave I truly truly appreciate them.

TAKE CARE !!
Hugs
Junie

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Everyone !!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL !!!!! I hope there were no serious hangovers this morning for any of you LOL !!!! I am only jealous !!!!!

Looking around some of my friends blogs I have noticed some have posting some of their favourite cards of the year.  I have decided to reflect on my personal highlights of 2010.

The major event in our household was visiting Florida again during the summer !!! Hubby paying for us to go VIP tickets around Universal so that we did not need to queue to get into the Harry Potter park !!! THAT WAS AMAZING and we loved it !!!

Another highlight of my year was travelling to London for the day (flying on my own) to meet (for the first time EVER) my dear dear friend whom I met through Etsy Sharona who had travelled to London from Israel.  We had theeeeeeeeeeeeee most wonderful day together !!!

The other highlights are the new friends that I have made in BLOGLAND along the way from all over the world !!!! I am truly blessed to have each and every one of you in my life and I treasure our friendship !!!!

OK enough mushy gushy stuff !!!! I would like to share this card with you.  The image is from Lili of the Valley !!! who have gone from strength to strength in 2010 very well deserved.

The next highlight for 2011 is hopefully hubby and daughter will be taking me in March down to the NEC at Birmingham OH OH OH OH I will be in CRAFT HEAVEN !!!!
May you all be blessed with good health, the love your friends and family in 2011 and of course ALL YOUR FRIENDS IN BLOGLAND !!!!!!

Hugs and thank you for popping in !!!
Junie
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