Last one ...

... think I'll call it a day with the Cocoa Daisy challenges now. Really pleased with what I've achieved - 8 LOs in 3 days.

The final challenge was to make handmade flowers. So I put the skills I learnt on Create 10 into good use here!

My new Scarlet Lime kit has finally turned up, delayed due to volcanic ash. About time too - desperately need some new stash to play with - yipee!

Create 10 - Journalling the Day...

... I'm always after ways to scrap a LO without a photo and today's project was perfect for this. Leo suggested using scraps of paper that we really like and I decided to go with one of my favourite manufacturers - it was a toss up between October Afternoon and Cosmo Cricket and Cosmo Cricket won by a slim margin!

This also fits with one of the challenges Shimelle set yesterday to use your own handwriting on a LO. This wasn't too hard a task for me as I feel it's really important to use my own handwriting - I cherish the few things I have of my mum's with her writing on.

Create 10 - Easy Embellishing ...

... don't you just love it when a plan comes together. For ages I've been wanting to scrap a picture of the fabric I bought from the US last year with October Afternoon's Cherry Hill - the patterns on both are spookily similiar! So when I saw Leo's project today I know that this would be the perfect opportunity.

I've used the photo of the skirts I made last weekend. Leo showed us how to make a fabric rosette which I done using the same fabric. Really enjoyed this one!

Card Challenge ...

... Leo set us a challenge on the Crafty Templates blog to make a card using the techniques we've learnt so far. So here's my attempt with more ribbon roses and a bit of doodling.

Project 2 - Scrap A Doodle Do ...

... today was all about doodling and I finally made use of the March Scrapbook Circle kit. Very different scrapping style for me and although I'm not so sure about the colouring in on my doodling I'm really enjoying doing something different.
Loved making these ribbon hearts.

Create 10 - Flowery Fun ...

... I scrapped! Yeah! In the first project of Create 10 Leo showed us how to make flowers from tissue paper and ribbons. The LO also include spraying glimmer mist through lace. Now I don't know if it's me or the glimmer mist (I only own one bottle) but I haven't been happy with the results each time I've used it. The misting's OK on this LO but you can't see the lace mask too clearly.

Here are the flowers I made. Definitely could have done with a glue gun for the ribbons ones, I stitched them as I rolled the ribbon up.

Great feeling to use up some old stash. Looking forward to tomorrow now.

A little update ...

... I'm still here!!! Hope you all had a great Easter. We had a lovely break in Dorset despite car troubles, the weather and tummy bugs!!!!

I have done a few crafty things recently. My handmade swap for Lisa is ready to post, I've made a few cards and at the weekend I made some skirts for the girls that I've been wanting to for ages.

One thing about having tall girls is that their jeans get too short for them before they grow out of the waist. Ta dah! Recycled into skirts! I had great fun with these and they didn't take long at all.

Had a little stash purchase and had this gorgeous bundle of Bakers Twine arrive yesterday from ebay in very cute packaging with a great card that I shall use in a project at some point.

I am hoping to scrap loads in the next few days (that's maybe a little optimistic!) Create 10 starts tomorrow, I signed up for this a little while ago and almost forgot about it. Leo has put together some fantastic supplies list for each project and really I wish I'd spent some time gathering my stash but in reality I shall probably see what each project looks like and take it from there.

Shimelle has also organised a weekend cybercrop for students past and present, so I think I'll drop into the forum and see what's going on.