Sall the Crafty Baker

Two recent art journal pages created purely on emotions and how I want to feel. Now to some gardening: The rhubarbs doing well The runner beans are growing and we actually have some beans on there! The tomatoes are growing and I have Tomatoes on the plant. Rather excitingly I planted butternut squash and actually have a squash forming

It's A little bit sketchy over at  Ike's world Challenges .  This is the sketch And this is my journal page about a mouse infestation:

Heylo, It's Dies week over at  One Stitch at a time  I have used Crafty Girl Creations Merry Christmas with a frame and poinsettia die. I am entering this in the following challenges: http://lauralcraft.weebly.com/dragonfly-dreams-challenge  ~ anything goes http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.co.uk/ ~ anything goes

Okay so some step by steps in this blog post so please hold on in there. I inked the piece of card using:  Peacock feathers, Picked raspberry and shaded lilac distress inks, then popped it through the cuttle bug to emboss the swirls. I stamped and heat embossed using a tropic pearl embossing powder the floral background.  I then inked using Carved Pumpkin and squeezed lemonade distress ink.  I stamped the tree image and layered it all up then added some gems. For this one I stamped the skull and heat embossed with tropic pearl before distress inking with fossilized amber, candied apple and mustard seed. I stamped and black heat embossed the carnival guy with the snake and then coloured him using the same colours of distress ink.  He is matted on black card. The "happy birthday" is die cut from white card coloured with gilding polish.  I added gems to make the card extra special.  The photos show the blue version of the gi...

It is Christmas in July over at Ike's world challenges  Click here to participate . I've made two projects this fortnight because I panicked the original design of a 3d tree and angel wasn't enough. So I've made a tree with a glorious topper angel from Ike's Art and a card using an image I think just conjurs the poem "Twas the night before Christmas". Whilst I am posting I wanted to ramble a bit.  Most of my readers already know I'm a full time carer and part time help everyone person.  The issue I face a lot is time why I don't make craft more of a priority.  Well it's quite simple, it's important to me especially as it's become a cathartic process especially the art journalling.  I used art journalling long before I had counselling but it was only on my second attempt at counselling that it became clear craft allowed me to express what I couldn't say with words whether through protecting others or through sel...

It's Elements of Nature fortnight over at  http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/  I have used a bird bundle from Ike's world images to create a walled nature garden. I am entering this in the following challenges: http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/  ~  Birds and feathers http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/  ~ Anything Goes http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.co.uk/  ~ Anything Goes http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.co.uk/  ~ Nature/Animals

I wanted to share this with any of you who take the time to read this blog but as it has recently been drawn to my attention that there is a serious lack of faith in humanity I'm not entirely sure I'm allowed to share this with you.  I bought this as a panel and have cut and sewn it myself but I didn't think whilst in store to check the copyright on it. I'll be honest with you it NEVER crossed my mind I'd need to check a copyright, it's going to be hung in my home for guests to see over the festive season, it is after all a Scandi stocking advent calendar. If I hang it do I also break any copyright infringements?  I presume not after all I cannot be the only person to buy one. My attention was brought to this issue of copyright and more bluntly the illegal sharing of images presumable this is just digital or does it come under photographing images too?  I'm not really sure if I'm honest but I do know that as soon as it was mentioned my heart broke an...

I don't normally blog unless I've something to share but don't panic I will find some non dt crafting to share with you so this isn't just a written post. I've been thinking about this a lot lately and last night a friend said something to me that made me realise how much crafting has changed for me and no doubt in small ways for others.  What did she say?  Well she said "because if you take the people out the equation you enjoy it!" This was of course the result of me feeling as though I don't spend enough time on crafting.  When I began crafting there were few products, it was years before Tim Holtz, celebrity crafters, long before craft tv channels and it was a huge struggle to get products not aimed at the preschooler market.  Although my love for craft and my creativity has indeed grown with the increase in products I feel that both the knowledge of these products and social media has indeed helped me to view craft in a different way that I ...