A Little Happiness Everyday :o)

Today I'm sharing a children's Filofax that I have altered.  I used various papers which I distressed, the 2 images are from Crafty Individuals Miniatures "People & Places" pad & I added some lace, flowers, doily & stamped twill tape. I'm using this Filofax to write everyday something that made me happy (it's very therapeutic) though I must admit some days are easier than others lol.   

Front & Back:

Inside

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

   
Simon Says, Monday Challenge - D is for Distress

All Crafts - Not a Card

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes

It's all About the Vintage - Use Lace

Eclectic Ellapu - Vintage
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Alter Something

Before

I hope you're having a good week so far.

My Last Post For StampFairy

I have enjoyed every moment of being on the StampFairy DT & using Gerda's wonderful images & working with such a great bunch of girls but I've decided to stand down so this is my last post on the DT.  The Friday release this week is this cute "Garden Goblin" in various guises :)  I decided to cover an old filofax & I used ProMarkers to colour the image, added the freebie toadstools on the front too & also inside finishing off with some alphabet stickers, buttons & punched corners.  

The challenges:

Crazy Amigo - Free Theme 

C.R.A.F.T. - Gifts

Incy Wincy - Something Old, Something New (New image, corner punch, Old buttons, stickers)

Kaboodle Doodles - Primary Colours

Paper Pretties - Monday Wotnots (Monday Again Already?!)

More great digi releases at Paper Pretties again today & I've used this cute elephant one (I love elephants) which is called "Ian Laurent".  He coloured with ProMarkers, Sakura glitter gel pens & chalk.  The papers are called "Chasing Rainbows" by Zoe Pearn from Sweet Shoppe Designs.  Ooh nearly forgot to say I didn't make a card this time but altered a filofax, I love these as they are so handy (but this one is for my lil grandaughter Abigail who loves elephants even more than I do lol).  The finishing touches are ribbon, brads, punched butterflies, rub-on letters, some gems & pearls & I stamped {heart} You. 

The challenges:

Lili of the Valley - Things with Wings

Stamptacular - Anything but a Square

Secret Crafter - With Love

One Stitch - New (image, large butterfly punch)

Pear Tree - Free for All
Pile it On - Anything Goes
Pattie's Creations - Anything Goes
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Anything Goes

Get Ready to Alter It!

Lexi's Creations challenge this time is for an altered project, it can be great fun taking something that is no longer needed (or is still needed but could do with a new lease of life) & making it into something different or just better! Our fab sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen :)

In my craft room I have a big bag full of toilet roll holders, ice cream tubs & various boxes all waiting to be made into something wonderful lol but for this challenged I used a children's Filofax. My hubby rescued lots of these from the skip at work for me so I have several in various designs (& so do my friends & family). This is another of my favourite of Lexi's images & she is called "Chrissie" & she has been coloured with ProMarkers. The papers, flowers & hearts are from Zoe Pearn. I did lots of sewing again & finished off with Glamour Dust, Lexi's Fairy Dust Butterfly & gems.

I'm entering this for 11 challenges:
Creative Inspirations - Anything but a Card
Daring Cardmakers - A Diamond for April
Fab 'n' Funky - Spring is in the Air
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Wings
Stamptacular - Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice!
One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes
Pollycraft - Anything Goes
Crafts & Me - Fairies or Wings
Meljens Designs - Anything Goes
AiFactory - Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodles - Digi Girl


NB. This is the Filofax before I altered it.

Last Filofax (for a while anyway lol)

Here is ANOTHER filofax that I made for a friend. The papers are from my scraps (but are Designer Digitals I think), the cute doggy image is from Pink Petticoat. Pretty much same formula as before: Nesties, punched flowers, border punch (this time EK success) & finished off with pearls.

This fits 2 challenges:
Ispirational Card Sketches
My Time to Craft - Purrfect Pets

Filofaxes for Friends

Wooo day off - I love Wednesdays, the only problem is they go quicker than any other day lol (apart from Saturday & Sunday of course). I been decorating more filofaxes, these ones are for friends at work.

I am trying to use up some of the thousands of scraps of paper that I have all over the place. The images are from Pink Petticoat, I've used my Nesties, Martha Stewart Lace border punch, buttons ribbons, punched & inked flowers finished off with gems.

I'm entering the red one for the Gingersnap Creations challenge - Bling.

Hippo Filofax

I made this filofax (this is the 3rd one I've made for myself & I'm taking it to work so I might actually use this one lol) using my fav papers from Designer Digitals & a cute hippo image from Pink Petticoat. I finished it off with punched flowers, leaves, card candy & a pearl. I'm entering this for the Secret Crafter challenge which this week is "Animal Antics".

I'd better get myself ready for work now Wed is my day off but unfortunately it is half day training today :(

Creative Filofax

As I mentioned before hubby (Mark) brought home some promotional filofaxes from his work that were being thrown away for me to alter. For this one I used Hot Off The Press papers again & distressed the edges, i scrunched up some bronze pearl paper & rubbed over it with a Brilliance ink pad. The Creative definition is from HOTP too & this was torn & inked. The butterfly is by Anna Griffin (I got this stamp in a kit from QVC & it has been sooo useful) & has been colored with glitter gel pens & some Glamour Dust.

This fits 2 challenges:
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Blue/Brown
C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Anything Accept a Card...

(If I have time later I will take a photo of the inside).

Anya Filofax :-)

I love stationery especially little notebooks so when Mark (hubby) brought some children's filofaxes home from work (they were from an old promotion & going to be thrown away) I got really excited lol. This one I decorated with a gorgeous Anya image (given to me by Zoe :-), I've really got to get some of these they are fab). She is coloured in with Prismacolor pencils, the papers are Designs by Krista - Cupcake, I love this cos they are my fav colour combination (pink & green). I finished the filofax off with a ribbon, some letter rub-ons & flowers from Pink Petticoat with gems added.


This was made for 5 challenges:
Anyone for Anya? - Sugar & Spice (girly)
Everybody-Art - Sketch
Double Dutch - Back in Time (DDC#11 - Not a Card)
Truly Scrumptious - Anything but a Card
DewDrop Craft - Cheap as Chips

I'm looking forward to customising the others too :-)