Sometimes I feel like the White Rabbit.......I'm late, I'm late

Here are my ATC swaps for the ATC Swappers.  They should have been there by now but I lost 1 and had to remake it.  It must be in the same place as my Nesties, hairband and camera lead.

Does anyone remember the film "Gaslight" (a black and white film that I remember from numerous showings on a Saturday afternoon when I was young).  The idea behind the film was the young wife's husband wanted her to be declared insane so he could have her money. (If she died it went to the sister or something).  He kept moving her things around and turning down the 'gaslight' in the rooms she was in.  Any hoo I'm not saying my OH is trying to send me insane but he denies ever seeing any of these things and doesn't know what I'm talking about.  If the lights start to go dim in our house I'll let you know.

The dragon and rocket images are from Dustin Pike, the Fairy in a balloon is Pollycraft Designs and the baby bear is by Anne Bodil.  The blue/grey background are in MS Draw and the pink background is from Bearly Mine. Some bits are glazed and some glittered.  The bling is from stash. All edged with a silver Sakura calligraphy pen.

I am entering these into the Lothian Crafts January Challenge - Anything Goes.

ATC Swappers - August Swap

These are the ATCs I made for this months swap at ATC Swappers, which is SPORTING SUMMER.  If you want to enter the swap hop over to the blog and leave Paul a comment letting him know you want to swap some ATCs.  The ones I have received have been beautiful works of tiny art.  I am entering my August ATCs into

Just Inspirational Challenge Blog #8 - hobbies/entertainment/activities.

This week the sponsor is Lothian Crafts and the prize is a 'Flippin Bingo' stamp.  It is a lovely challenge and the DT do some beautiful work.  You really should hop over there and join in.  (I won challenge #7 and will hopefully be receiving my prize next week. It is the S.W.A.L.K 'little Princess' stamp.)
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I hope JIC don't mind the cat it was an extra decoupage ATC for someone who missed the animal antics swap.  For the Sport ATCs I used the PNG images from Bugaboo Stamps and added them to a background paper from Creative Cottage.  I coloured them with Promarkers & Copics.

At first I made ATCs with a footballer and a rally car on them but realised it was Summer Sport and even though football seems to be an all year thing I didn't want to enter it for a Summer challenge and every time I see rally car racing it seems to be raining and muddy (typical British Summer I hear you say) but once again I didn't think of it as being a Summer sport so I went with Gymnastics, fishing, baseball and golf.

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend, mine has already started as I am off work next week (doing a little dance now can you imagine it, it will give you nightmares if you can). HEEHEE.  Happy Crafting.  :-) xx

Catch the Bug + Friday Sketchers #111

I hope I'm in time for the Catch the Bug challenge because a new one comes out on Saturday.

Catch The Bug Challenge - theme - Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

Friday Sketchers Challenge - sketch by Janneke

For this card I used a Bugaboo image I won on ATC Swappers her name is Stella, the blue backing paper is twinkling stars paper from Crafter Companion and some scrapbook paper from a QVC kit from years ago.  All matted onto silver paper from C&C.  I haven't put the sentiment in quite the right place for the sketch but I think it will pass.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and only 1 day to go until I can release my news.  I'm really excited.

ATC Swappers - June Swap

I'm really late with this month's swap.  But hopefully Paul who organises ATC Swappers will get them in time to swap with someone.

June's theme was Animal Antics and I have used decoupage I have had for years.  I think it came from C & C many, many years ago.

I inked the backing card with various inks and I am quite please with how they turned out.  My favourite is the birds I really like the background colours on this one.

I'm off now to have a look at the calendar and see what else I'm late for.  I should have paid for my daughters school trip by the end of June, who knew it was the end of June now.  I've got some initials and numbers written on my calendar, don't know what they mean.  I will eventually remember I usually do.

Will try to get more organised and must start entering more challenges.  Too many fantastic blogs out there to read and too little time to do anything else.

Night, night, I should re name my blog Poppet's ramblings.

P.S.  I would love it if you would hop over to my son's blog Rancorman's Ramblings and send him some of your positive thoughts.  He does a mean review on his new Transformers and is really good at drawing with MS Paint.  He's not been well and needs a little encouragement to get him started again.  It's all his own work my job it to download the photos he takes and that's it.