Buttons Galore

Morning folks...if you are a regular visitor to the cubbyhole you will know that I have many weaknesses when it comes to crafty goodies ranging from anything Tim Holtz...Hero Arts...Penny Blacks....ribbon and especially...

BUTTONS
and it just so happens that there is a....

over at Fantastic Ribbons...

Buttons have become a must have item in the craft and hobby world recently and have many uses not just from traditional sewers, knitters and quilters but scrap booking paper crafting and jewellery making . Why not jazz up a lampshade or cushion as these buttons are now HALF PRICE.  Just choose any 5 colours - was £30 now £15.  These contain approx 150 buttons each pack so there are loads to craft with.

if you're a button addict like me...it's a great way to stock up your button supply and if you feel you don't need that many...you could always get together and share with a friend.  Keith from Fantastic Ribbons is giving you the chance to get your crafty mitts on this pack of 150 gorgeous pastel buttons....

all you have to do is leave your name with Mister Linky before 8pm on Friday 10th February to be in with a chance of being in button heaven.
I would like to say a huge thank you to Anne...Polly and Claire who contacted me yesterday offering to donate some of their crafty stash...crafters are the nicest folks on the planet...but you already know that and it truly gladdens my heart and makes me so proud of  the crafting community we all belong to.

I'll see you all tomorrow over at WOYWW
Hugs Kath xxx

Monday's A Play Day....

Morning folks...the sun's been shining in my neck of the woods over the weekend...OK the arctic  temperature is nothing to get excited about but at least we seem to have missed the snow so far.  I spent a "never moving too far from the radiator" cosy weekend in the cubbyhole getting all mucky with ink and paint which required a mega Timmie Scrubbie session to get the crafty mitts back from looking as though I'd been involved in a massacre but hey loads of demo stuff in the bag and what's a bit of muck when you're having fun.
And not forgetting my special weekend treat...snuggled up on the sofa with The Furry Boy and a glass or two of wine enjoying Sunday Night TV...Dancing On Ice and Call The Midwife...can life get any better....oh yes...a new series of Upstairs Downstairs starts at 9pm on BBC 1 on 19th February...crikey can I handle all this excitement.

Now that we're into February and Valentine's Day is only a week and a bit away...our thoughts are turning to LOVE...no doubt we'll be seeing  lots of these popping up on blogs everywhere....

Once I got all scrubbed up from the mucky session it was time to have a play with my DT Project of The Month Kit from Craftwork Cards...the Moorish Collection...it's decidedly delicious and definitely MORE-ISH...

and shame on me but I'm abandoning my workdesk in "looks like a tip" mode this morning...

to take a trip to The Papeterie for  "coffee cake and chat" with my lovely buddies Charlotte...Debbi and Lyn.  Before you start thinking it's just another excuse to skive off...I've got a box of cubbyhole declutter goodies for Lyn who's collecting crafty bits and pieces for a centre in Aberdeen that runs activities for folks with mental and physical impairments...due to funding cuts they are struggling to afford craft supplies and then I'll be shopping for Fiskars Workshop supplies...so it looks like Monday is going to be a play day.

See you all tomorrow

Hugs Kath xxx

Tinker's Bum

Morning folks...I fear that I may be suffering from an affliction that goes way back to the days of wooden boilers long before central heating turned us into a bunch of softies with each and every room in the house toasty and warm...yes if you wanted to keep warm it meant sitting right next to the coal fire ending up with red mottled marks all over your legs otherwise known as Tinkers Legs....in my case I fear I may have Tinker's Bum...difficult to make an accurate diagnosis unless you have eyes in the back of your head but considering that part of my anatomy has taken up residence slap bang on top of the cubbyhole radiator of late...it's probably looking rather flushed right now but that's our little secret and a small price to pay for being toasty.  Oh dear me...it ain't half chilly...-8 here most mornings and even with 2 pairs of gloves...morning strolls = rather tingly fingers but why am I surprised...after all it's Winter and if we hark back to last year you could say we've been let off lightly so far.
But enough of my anatomy problems...I've been getting to grips with the demo and workshop samples....technically WORK but after a couple of days of indulging myself with mucky mediums...

 it definitely makes you feel like a kid let loose in the "mucky play area" at the nursery...apologies that I can only share some sneaky peeks for now...

and time to get to work on that old Liquorice Allsorts tin...needs one more coat of paint...

before it gets a fun make-over with a technique I'll be using at one of our "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" days and before you put 2 and 2 together and come up with 5...we won't be decorating an old sweetie tin...having to eat my way through loads of tins of sweeties in the name of art is way beyond the line of duty for even my sweet tooth...

just the teeniest itty bitty sneaky peek

and finally this little guy is next in line for a paint job...

and I think he may just be getting a make-over with the scrummy delicious Ribbon Girl DT goodies that popped through my letterbox recently...I've completely lost track of the one day work/one day play regime...who would have thought that WORK could be so much fun.

Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.

- George Halas

See you all tomorrow

Hugs Kath xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 187

Morning folks...yes it's Saturday and that means it's time to have some fun with all things Penny Black.  You certainly whipped up a floral frenzy last week with all your gorgeous makes....the winner has been chosen so hop on over and check it out...it may just be YOU.

And the first challenge of February over at Penny Black Saturday is our special

CASE-IT CHALLENGE

it's our lovely and mega talented teamie Debby's turn to choose one of her gorgeous cards...

all you have to do is make your version of Debby's card and share it with us all over at Penny Black Saturday...here's mine using the oft forgotten but gorgeous Stickeroos...

and the prizes this week for 2 lucky winners who will be chosen at random and announced next Saturday
from our very generous sponsors are...

4079K Teddy's Party

and

a gorgeous Green Ribbon Kit

I'll be popping by to pay you all a visit and feast my eyes on your gorgeous creations...in the meantime have a fun weekend and keep cosy and warm.

Hugs Kath xxx

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Good News Friday...

Morning folks...crikey where did the week go...before you know Friday comes around again...there never seems to be enough hours in a day or days in a week and with February only having 28 days..edited to add: oops sorry 29 it's a leap year don't you know (thanks girls for keeping the old girl on track)...the cubbyhole crew are working flat out trying to nail that never ending crafty list again.
It's been a funny old week but there's been a snippet or two of good news....the Fiskars Workshop card is back on track after I managed to source almost the same colour so the kitting can get underway with no drastic rethinking required.  Thank goodness for that and three cheers for the power of the online petition...Mr Stephen Hester CEO of RBS has had a rethink and decided to forego his £1 million bonus...I should think so too and the bestest news of all...restoring my faith that there is some justice in this world....Sir Fred Goodwin has been stripped of his knighthood and will now be known as plain old Mr Fred The Shred...a pity that he won't be stripped of his pension or indeed prosecuted for his part in costing the British taxpayer £45 Billion but I suspect that for this self important meglomaniac...this is the ultimate disgrace and a huge dent to his ego. But spitting feathers rant aside...time to share more Card Candi samples...

finishing off with the ground breaking news that the Penny Black Saturday DT card is in the bag...no flying by the seat of my pants this week and in time honoured fashion I leave you with a sneeky peek.

See you all tomorrow

Hugs Kath xxx

Card Candi Day...

Morning folks...the north wind doth blow and we shall have snow and what will poor robin do then...well if he has any sense he'll get himself tucked up somewhere warm and cosy and that's exactly what I intend doing today but first The Furry Boy will be chomping at the bit for his morning stroll...time for me to don The Michelin Man Gear....it's a military operation to get the stuff on and then a battle to get it all off again but while I'm stepping out looking like a beached whale and now that CHA is winding up...I can share some of the samples I made for the Craftwork Cards stand at CHA....the emphasis being on Candi and Message Sentiments...the gorgeous 8x8 Elegance cards are ideal if you want to make a bit of a statement on your card...a great big canvas to work on and it just goes to show that sometimes BIG can be beautiful...

Back tomorrow with more...some good news and the inevitable boring "I'm busy"...sneaky peeks...

Hugs Kath xxx

What's On My Workdesk Wednesday

Morning folks...I really enjoyed my day out at the flicks with my buddy Debbi...War Horse is a beautiful emotive and heartwarming story of the love and trust between man and horse...a real tear jerker with a lump in the throat happy ending and oh yes we did ourselves proud in the bubble stakes...exiting into daylight with faces resembling torn scones but hey a good old bubble occasionally does you the world of good.  The only downside was the rip off parking charges at Union Square...how can it be more expensive for your car to sit in the car park than for you to sit in the cinema for 2 and a half hours. But I've been swinging the lead a bit too often lately so today's definitely going to be a stay at home cosy cubbyhole day and it's Wednesday which means it's time to join in the fun over at Julia's place aka WOYWW where all the fun crafters hang out.
So what's on my workdesk today...new goodies from Hero Arts 2012 Catalogue...I know I sound like a broken record but they truly have excelled themselves AGAIN with this collection and isn't it strange how Mr Mojo is chomping at the bit when the Heros are around so I'll be making hay while the sun shines...time to get cracking with the samples for my Demo Day at The Papeterie in March....

 just a little sneaky peek...

Wooohooo...I've just been watching a video from CHA of The Lord of All Things Holtziness demo-ing his brand new Distress Markers...oh my giddy aunt...they've just jumped right to the top of my wish list...fabulous or what....you can take a peek HERE if you dare...I'll see you all tomorrow.

Hugs Kath xxx

Edited to add....The Furry Boy has chosen his Candi Stamps winner....scroll down to check if it's YOU

We've Got A Winner

Hi everyone...it's your bundle of golden deliciousness popping in to announce the winner of the Candi Stamps and because it's way past my bedtime I'm not going to hang around chatting so here we go....

The winner is.....

SUSAN

(CraftinSuzie)

All you have to do Susan...is e-mail my Mum and we'll get your parcel of Craftwork Cards goodies on their way to you tout suite.

Night Night Everyone Sleep Tight

Big Hugs & Furry Snuggles

Buddy xxx

The Best Laid Plans....

Morning folks...I know I said that yesterday was going to be a work today but things didn't quite go according to plan at the weekend...I'm back to the drawing board on the card for the Fiskars NEC workshop...the colour I chose is now discontinued so I'm home with lots of options and just need to decide which one to go with. The new Hero Arts stamps and dies will be arriving at The Papeterie this week...more decisions to make about what I'm going to use for my demo and workshop on 17th March so a trip will have to be pencilled in to the list of crafty things to do...another "killing two birds with one stone" recee morning of coffee cake and chat...the sacrifices us crafters have to make in the name of art. In the meantime the cubbyhole is at a bit of a standstill in the work department so what better way to wile away the day but have another play with Art Parts and some of the new goodies from Hero Arts.

And today is looking like another play day...I'm abandoning the cubbyhole to meet up with my GJWTHF buddy Debbi for a day out at the flicks...we're off to see War Horse and don't worry I've packed the tissues...hopefully enough to mop up all the tears from the bubbly bairns.

See you all tomorrow over at WOYWW

Hugs Kath xxx

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