tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66172716025111893212024-03-12T19:03:04.694-07:00Craft Against TimeA lifelong crafter, this blog is dedicated to squeezing that special craft-time into our lives!Kerry Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699674687042945041noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617271602511189321.post-7920602774540749282011-10-22T12:33:00.000-07:002011-10-22T12:42:37.451-07:00Christmas Decorations-painting!Me and my little boy (3) had great fun this Saturday afternoon painting some beautiful Christmas decorations. They were an absolutely bargain too 4 decorations, paint and brushes for £1.59 from Home Bargains - gotta love that shop!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVO3-tqD7FpSMdHgGIBW78pHeTwIwkQ9c_tfiC-CQ0FOoYl5ZfuMHhbYd9mJCvlTyww-Al6p-Hecf6hTSuXwXtl-uJbbFpfM9RZjNpU2JUdkGPd2nohWDMa-bTzeJuW9g9orhw_J-0b4/s1600/Christmas+Decs.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 145px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666403104968216018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVO3-tqD7FpSMdHgGIBW78pHeTwIwkQ9c_tfiC-CQ0FOoYl5ZfuMHhbYd9mJCvlTyww-Al6p-Hecf6hTSuXwXtl-uJbbFpfM9RZjNpU2JUdkGPd2nohWDMa-bTzeJuW9g9orhw_J-0b4/s200/Christmas+Decs.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6ml621hgaTod4_7a9f-8bHDWprD4zeAx2YjbbXHD9ezpJ_Bts3vwE1byFZdqWcc48fVwC0UYYJ6_I5-55zs33G8Z7gmi8ApAkuehodE2OUU_8psZOQ6vsEt9YBk87g6Lfikd2jLhlYU/s1600/DSC_0132.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666403476485732210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6ml621hgaTod4_7a9f-8bHDWprD4zeAx2YjbbXHD9ezpJ_Bts3vwE1byFZdqWcc48fVwC0UYYJ6_I5-55zs33G8Z7gmi8ApAkuehodE2OUU_8psZOQ6vsEt9YBk87g6Lfikd2jLhlYU/s200/DSC_0132.JPG" /></a>Kerry Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699674687042945041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617271602511189321.post-53953635696890658812011-10-19T12:08:00.000-07:002011-10-22T12:44:37.176-07:00Idea for organising paper<div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"><a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em; cssfloat: left" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MBvnxGtDRnelDS9yI4viEETgWy95CU16c6nGQ1RwykO3SB71-OmKQUlPw9ztiw0i25U_rpnHv6TZu689dL6GX_cKysVeyEAZp7fLEIJo1lyNZA_xnIa0-UoZmJlQuYWRR9pUp68Y-Bs/s1600/Paper+organising_Kerry+Furness.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MBvnxGtDRnelDS9yI4viEETgWy95CU16c6nGQ1RwykO3SB71-OmKQUlPw9ztiw0i25U_rpnHv6TZu689dL6GX_cKysVeyEAZp7fLEIJo1lyNZA_xnIa0-UoZmJlQuYWRR9pUp68Y-Bs/s320/Paper+organising_Kerry+Furness.JPG" width="240" height="320" rda="true" /></a></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><br /></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><br /></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After hours of searching for that perfect pink piece of paper to punch a shape or make a sentiment, I decided to get organised! </span></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><br /></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I bought these A4 zip folders from my local stationers and have organised my paper scraps by colour. It has saved me so much time when crafting as I can easily put my hand on the ideal colour of paper. </span></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><br /></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The real bonus is when I'm finished it makes tidying up so much easier as I have somewhere to put all of the scraps!!!! </span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And when I'm all finished it tidies away in an expanding folder box.</span></div><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; CLEAR: both; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" class="separator"><a style="WIDTH: 243px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 183px; CLEAR: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em; cssfloat: left" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYzkBz2gXmZsgmwjf2Rom8npXv47uIOBcOGhWpr2XlaxEja4b_AFKAbJ5dXQADZTDkwnziCrQmbQDr0V0ym2I9hN4x4H1lltbFbiHt5XCYqPUoLs8ue_MbiFViC8cxk7DszF8NL8arPY/s1600/Expanding+box_Kerry+Furness.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYzkBz2gXmZsgmwjf2Rom8npXv47uIOBcOGhWpr2XlaxEja4b_AFKAbJ5dXQADZTDkwnziCrQmbQDr0V0ym2I9hN4x4H1lltbFbiHt5XCYqPUoLs8ue_MbiFViC8cxk7DszF8NL8arPY/s200/Expanding+box_Kerry+Furness.JPG" width="200" height="150" rda="true" /></a></div>Kerry Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699674687042945041noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617271602511189321.post-54904784467490825442011-10-16T12:30:00.000-07:002011-10-22T12:46:17.475-07:00Spaceman Tommy Zoom!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPX5MuI_3wchKByaThLh0nXdeWJn36pyR8w1F2uByUHMywypN6erZmiEwD4nz15F24KFx_WUE30dxTfYGH74OqiHr4n_PwKPSvAu0g2wcic_iL8_Cr_RZjNCb4Bwn5u_pSjB8j6q8w0aM/s1600/Tommy+Zoom.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPX5MuI_3wchKByaThLh0nXdeWJn36pyR8w1F2uByUHMywypN6erZmiEwD4nz15F24KFx_WUE30dxTfYGH74OqiHr4n_PwKPSvAu0g2wcic_iL8_Cr_RZjNCb4Bwn5u_pSjB8j6q8w0aM/s400/Tommy+Zoom.JPG" width="400" height="265" oda="true" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong>Zoooooooooom! Little Spaceman with some shooting stars!</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You know when you make one of those never ending/ never happy cards? Well this is mine!!! Still not sure but hey.....you can't like em all ;)</span><br /><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So its finished, its a cutie little space dude from </span><a href="http://www.digistampboutique.co.uk/catalog/"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Digital Stamp Boutique</span></a><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> which is coloured using pro markers and glitter pens. Flying on the right hand side are some little shooting stars hanging on accetate.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm entering this into Digital Stamp Boutiques montly challenge</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks for looking x</span>Kerry Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699674687042945041noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617271602511189321.post-84532104839538004122010-08-27T06:48:00.000-07:002011-10-22T12:45:34.036-07:00Craft Organisation and Storage<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2B79U6EFnznz2Sgi47RJfY2HxFRqdSXzsGJXykrSYhfrWfgDyPBlrRx9v7goL-aVlq_8wy0JMvwW7OKODSsGtZAezjg8YcgRJorm9LMCHHwxSEWicYqNuPqf7BnZqY99NnQSGyP0A67s/s1600/IMG_5174.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510086856942420082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2B79U6EFnznz2Sgi47RJfY2HxFRqdSXzsGJXykrSYhfrWfgDyPBlrRx9v7goL-aVlq_8wy0JMvwW7OKODSsGtZAezjg8YcgRJorm9LMCHHwxSEWicYqNuPqf7BnZqY99NnQSGyP0A67s/s200/IMG_5174.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Was on a mission to move my crafty stash downstairs and the only available space is under the stairs. Have bought these fabulously simple, but great quality units from IKEA to store all of my stash.</div><br /><br /><div></div>Kerry Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699674687042945041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617271602511189321.post-78100075176084179982010-02-14T14:04:00.000-08:002010-02-14T14:05:12.142-08:00Sizzix Big Shot Die cutter!I am so excited.....have finally ordered a Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutter!<br /><br />Can't wait :)Kerry Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699674687042945041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617271602511189321.post-87807494560181634292010-02-12T12:42:00.000-08:002010-02-12T12:43:50.067-08:00baby blogger!Completely new to blogging....so trying to get started! Busy organising a charity craft fair so watch this space :)Kerry Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699674687042945041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617271602511189321.post-39501742662433491772010-02-12T09:46:00.000-08:002010-02-12T09:53:13.039-08:00Winner of Clares weekly challenge on Do Crafts - 3.2.10<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbxwJwmk6pQ9BWPB1mHaa6R_bfFbWA1XrSGB9cHWesaS1c75zSclmrJ2iD442b8S7d5POFLVbP3nGSRjpRwvlGhfruO65qGKX2_YQ_KtB3ZEOugBWJDtHw_KENdvOkTlX69rotp4D08Y/s1600-h/IMG_4073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437415140478986306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbxwJwmk6pQ9BWPB1mHaa6R_bfFbWA1XrSGB9cHWesaS1c75zSclmrJ2iD442b8S7d5POFLVbP3nGSRjpRwvlGhfruO65qGKX2_YQ_KtB3ZEOugBWJDtHw_KENdvOkTlX69rotp4D08Y/s320/IMG_4073.JPG" /></a><br />Woo Hoo! Was super pleased and flattered to win Clares Weekly Challenge on the Do Crafts website this week!Kerry Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699674687042945041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617271602511189321.post-9541750241060015102010-02-04T13:37:00.000-08:002010-02-04T13:41:14.978-08:00Do crafts Clares Weekly Challenge - January 2010<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6N_TqIvLs9-zLj9mXqqYvhH3WHM_2GDe_tIXhYc1W_y58dWuRMXkv0inCu8NQayMwOzqiXr_-tRCp8W76mOnuv-3mj8Y7ElgAzqx6cCLeLOfov-soaRsUU_pf7_i3FDv0czKFZ6xutZ4/s1600-h/IMG_4020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6N_TqIvLs9-zLj9mXqqYvhH3WHM_2GDe_tIXhYc1W_y58dWuRMXkv0inCu8NQayMwOzqiXr_-tRCp8W76mOnuv-3mj8Y7ElgAzqx6cCLeLOfov-soaRsUU_pf7_i3FDv0czKFZ6xutZ4/s320/IMG_4020.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434506556320284658" /></a><br />Christening Card<br /><br />Following the sketch layout for Clares Weekly Challenge, is a really nice simple design for my nephew's christening card. <br /><br />Using a blue and cream colour scheme accented with a couple of `cute` buttons. A paperchase gift tag with the special boys name is the centerpiece tied with ribbon.<br /><br />Thanks for looking x<br /><br />Kerry BerryKerry Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699674687042945041noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6617271602511189321.post-6298353153697460662010-02-04T12:25:00.000-08:002010-02-04T13:42:05.498-08:00Hey diddly doo!Kerry Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699674687042945041noreply@blogger.com0