tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:11:34 +0000http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/cannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)Blogger701125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-3434189712155228516Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:45:00 +00002009-12-17T13:11:34.271ZDecember Daily album 09 Happy bunny - I am jumping up and down here as I have been paid for the article I was asked to write a while ago in the last issue of Scrapbook Inspirations magazine! I was so over the moon to be asked to do the "Ready, Steady, Scrap" feature it might not have mattered that it was the last issue, although I did not know that at the time! But then, me being me, I anticipated that income and http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-bunny-unhappy-bunny.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-1368672444375315637Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:00:00 +00002009-12-15T22:13:54.901ZDecember Daily album 09 So where did the last two days go?? Yesterday was a busy day, taking Barney to the vets for a check up and meeting friends for coffee to exchange cards and presents and yet more mince pie baking!!! Another three dozen to be precise! Where are they all going??? Today was back to work and a hectic time planning a handover to the person who will be covering for me whilst I am in hospital. A lovely http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-daily-catch-up.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-287870086217170084Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:49:00 +00002009-12-13T19:08:51.169ZDecember Daily album 09Today we are going to the town for their annual Victorian Christmas market. Taking my camera along for lots of photo opportunities! Pop back later to see the results! Have a great day! TFLxSealed Knot re-enactment.http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/victorian-christmas-market.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-170164669500464560Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:13:00 +00002009-12-12T20:56:09.513ZDecember Daily album 09Well, that's the pensioners sorted with their Xmas Dec's today! We were up and off early to Morrison's this morning so we could get our shopping done. Then we split into two teams. DS1 and I went to my parents and got their tree out of the loft and put it up along with their outside lights, whilst hubby went to his dad's and put his fibre optic tree up and his outside lights! All parents now http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/oap-xmas-decs.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-7192038604223573060Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:21:00 +00002009-12-11T22:54:17.281ZpoemChristmas would not be Christmas, without our altered lyrics thread on the do craft forum! Here are two new ones I composed today!The First NoelThe first Noel Sue Bubbles did say,was to certain ‘do crafters’ - “A sale’s on its way!”A sale for paper, buttons and dies,a sale where you wont believe your eyes!Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, Visit the ‘Crafts U Love’ Christmas sale!They looked it up and saw http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/altered-lyrics.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-4841450861956192872Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:54:00 +00002009-12-11T09:54:40.827Zhttp://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-post.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-8121752856998675633Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:29:00 +00002009-12-10T22:50:35.643ZDecember Daily album 09With my "to do list??" Well, very well actually!! Hospital appointment - checkPicture frames purchased and made into an album - checkPaper bag album made - checkFamily Christmas cards made - check!Took me all day mind you!! Today's page in my December daily is going to have one of the embossed pictures from my Christmas cards that I made today, using the winter snow scene embossing folder and my http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/so-how-did-i-do.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-8221760350070907954Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:43:00 +00002009-12-09T22:05:34.947ZDecember Daily album 09Tomorrow is my day off and I am busy compiling a to do list of Christmas necessities! It's looking like this; Make a picture frame album (first go and buy the picture frames)Make a paper bag albumMake my family Christmas cardsWell I think that will keep me busy all day and I will be happy if I get all those things done.Tonight is more Christmas wrapping, so I am going to put that in the December http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/wrapping-and-my-to-do-list.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-5929646622815521516Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:03:00 +00002009-12-08T20:44:03.831ZDecember Daily album 09I just managed to reject 5 comments instead of publish them!! Sorry to those people, I had read them and was just supposed to be rejecting one and ended up rejecting all five! That's technology for you!! It was not personal!! Anyway, what have we today for the December daily?? Well, a little trip to the hospital for an appointment, resulting in an op in the new year :( Other than that, a normal http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/whoops.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-8946371143512007770Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:23:00 +00002009-12-08T20:03:09.354ZDecember Daily album 09Last night I had to play catch up of three days! We have been so busy this weekend and out every night it was finding time to do it! I have decided to keep it on the computer table, then at least I write a bit when I am sat here and print off a few pics and trap them in the relevant pages. Then, like last night, I sit and stick in a few photos! Today I am doing school work as I always do, but http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/so-how-is-your-december-daily.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-3861825541379979914Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:09:00 +00002009-12-06T22:30:49.724ZRAKRandom.org came up with number two for the winner of the 12 x12 display easel. Susie J it is you!! Let me have your address and I will get it in the post to you. Congrats!http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/rak-winner.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-626139839166496618Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:05:00 +00002009-12-05T09:28:47.075ZDecember Daily album 09No matter how old they are, they are still little boys at heart!! Happy Birthday to hubby, who was up and off early today to get to Elland road for the lunch time kick off, picking up DS1 on the way!! (Life long Leeds Utd fan!) One of the advantages for DS1 of going to Uni in Leeds was the proximity to his football team! He has bought his dad a ticket for today's game as his present and they are http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/football-football-football.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-2516071347846537781Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:30:00 +00002009-12-04T09:47:13.084ZDecember Daily album 09 Here is another layout from the Cybercrop, with a flap that conceals more photographs. I chose to use some Christmas photographs of a shop we discovered in Bremen Germany, in their version of the "Shambles" a little street in the old town. This was an all year round Christmas shop! The layout had an envelope concealed on it and a handmade tag (I did a Tim Holtz type tag) and the layout was http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-shopping.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-2666039514762627632Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:10:00 +00002009-12-02T16:53:35.417ZDecember Daily album 09I have a thing about Christmas music! Old fashioned type music, sung by Bing or Dean or The Andrews sisters etc! Christmas crooners! It all started when Christopher was born and we had his first birthday party on the 23rd of December 1991. As we had lots of relatives and friends coming, I wanted a bit of background music, nothing too churchified, but suitable for the party. Hubby arrived home http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-2-christmas-music.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-3386473074051421539Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:42:00 +00002009-12-01T22:00:19.278ZDecember Daily album 09Well, I have begun my (Ali Edwards inspired) December daily, writing today about cards, presents and cooking lists as well as photographing the advent calendars!! Saving the photo's in a file on my PC called December Daily and then I will print a few out together and assemble them when I have more time! Just found the baking tray advent calendar I made for last year's countdown, got it out the http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-daily-day-one.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-494791130699177252Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:41:00 +00002009-12-01T07:53:17.488ZScrap your dayYesterday I allowed myself an hour or two to craft for me!!! I have been so busy with the countdown projects and my craft fayre projects that I have not scrapped anything for me for a while! Do you remember last year I did Shimelle's class "Scrap your day?" Well I enjoyed doing it, but decided that this year I would buy the same album again and so a year in pictures. As we finished Scrap your dayhttp://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/11/year-in-pictures.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-900581378987772394Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:20:00 +00002009-11-29T08:20:00.536ZBarneycardmakingChristmasabout the start of the December daily project!! I am not a big journaling person, so for me this is not about what I will write as much as what I will record in pictures and ephemera too! I am a big collector of bits and pieces and I am sure this album will turn into a set of books or I will have to find enormous book rings!!last year I completed Shimelle's 'scrap your day' challenge where I http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/11/getting-sooooooooo-excited.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-6947500598528216182Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +00002009-11-28T23:11:35.361ZRAK Can you believe it??? I am on post 700???? When I started back in December 2007, I was not sure I would keep up my daily blogging but I almost have!! Give or take a holiday here and there!! I have decided to have a RAK to celebrate, as I did at the end of the Christmas countdown last year. I am giving away one of my little easels that I have made for my Etsy shop that display a 12 x 12 page. If http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/11/700-post-rak.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-5506709297253665690Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:18:00 +00002009-11-28T09:32:26.266ZLayout Well, in my case they were! I think this was my favourite class from the recent UKs cybercrop by Pam (aka Wombat) and Angel Crafts. The original class had a wedding photo on it to compliment the roses, and I had this wedding photo of mum and dad waiting to be scrapped! I decided (as usual) to take a vintage theme! I used Cosmo Cricket as my backing paper and the roses were made from Pink Paisleehttp://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/11/roses-are-green.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-7381112995432859314Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:49:00 +00002009-11-27T19:12:42.324ZlifeLayout (One of my layouts from the recent UKs cybercrop. Those tiny rolls of paper all down the left hand side, make this very 3D. The checked fabric adds texture too. Basic Grey Wassail papers.)To Do List:Barney's Christmas card shoot - very late I know and no outfit yet!!Last weeks ironing doneThis week's ironing doneUpstairs cleaning (Got totally sidelined last week due to DS1's washing and ironing http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/11/jobs-for-today-list.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-7260861056768042856Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:50:00 +00002009-11-26T09:11:26.654ZCraft fayre I know this for a fact, because in the mountain of washing that accompanied my son home from Uni this weekend, was a pen drive in his jeans pocket that has been "missing for ages" apparently! I was just about to iron it when I discovered it and spent an anxious few moments wondering if he had all his work backed up!! Fortunately for me, unlike phones that can't swim, flash drives apparently can!http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/11/pen-drives-wash-at-40-degrees.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-680122226022271683Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:55:00 +00002009-11-25T08:55:00.118ZChristmas countdown 09 Well, can you believe it, here we are at project 25 of the Christmas countdown, twenty five projects in twenty five days! I did worry when I started it again this year that I had committed to a lot of work, but I have enjoyed it all!! I hope you have too! Needless to say, just like last year, there are a few extra projects that will be appearing in the next few days, that did not quite make the http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/11/project-25-biscuits-for-santa.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-2304996449150177017Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:21:00 +00002009-11-24T08:21:00.284ZChristmas countdown 09I have to admit these are not a new idea, I have made them before on this blog, in fact it was my son who made them first here, however it suddenly struck me what a fab teacher gift they would make!! Take care with your laminating, she says, who managed to laminate one of these to the rollers on my machine and spent the next hour and a half taking it apart!!! If you put in something small, use http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/11/project-24-coasters-teacher-gift.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-3842672329345852326Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:14:00 +00002009-11-23T08:46:16.202ZChristmas countdown 09 A great gift idea in two different sizes. You can use them to hang up in your room on holiday to collect all the smalls and keep them safe until you return home. I have done machine applique on mine again, but you could just iron on the design using Bondaweb or even embroidery. These are made from Linen tea towels that I have bought whilst on holiday! (Yes, I know I am strange!!) The blue one http://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/11/project-23-laundry-bags.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2357504752862067122.post-6882806567326462940Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:53:00 +00002009-11-22T10:22:23.674ZChristmas countdown 09Another one for the kids today!!! (Big and little!!) Apologies in advance for the poor quality pics!! These could be party favours, hung on the tree or used on the table! You will need:Sheet of thick paper I used American Crafts A La Carte papers4 GromletsBig BiteRibbonLarge designer eyeletTissue paper4 Chuppa Chupp lollies or similarDouble sided tape 1. Cut a piece of the patterned paper 10 cmhttp://cannycrafter.blogspot.com/2009/11/project-22-chuppa-chupps-carry-pack.htmlcannycrafter@googlemail.com (cannycrafter)2