Farewell Bubbly Scrumptious

"Home is where the heart is" and we are on the move to NZ as soon as destiny will allow.

I have made the difficult decision to leave my DT post at Bubbly Scrumptious. We are working hard on sorting out the house to sell and I have so many things to do that I just don't have enough time to dedicate to it nowadays.

I am very grateful for the opportunity Caroline gave me to work for her gorgeous shop and blog and have loved every minute of working with the kits and chipboard.

Some incredibley talented new DT members have been appointed so expect to see some awesome projects coming up in the next few weeks.

Love and tears Ruth xxx

One for the Boys....

It was Marks birthday this week, and in between fighting for kitchen space amongst the tiles, dust and contents of the cupboards I managed to actually do a Bubbly Scrumptious project using a Tando Creative chipboard word.

I had found the cute little footballer in our local cake decorating shop and decided he looked like Mark when he was little, although Ben looks at it and says "Ben" (2 peas in a pod those two).



He is nicely vintage looking and will be handed down the generations to hopefully become an antique of the future.




Did you spot the little flags that Georgia made......we are obviously supporting Sweden this year in the world cup...sometimes it pays to be nuetral.



I guess we need to brush up on our world flags in time for kick off!!



Love and football mania

Ruth xxx

Dinosaur Boy

I found this little boy sitting in my garden picking the heads off the daffodils. He was such a sweet little boy that I gave him a lollipop for being so gorgeous........

OK so the real version is......

I needed some photos of Bens dinosaur jeans so I bribed him to sit on the stones, he knows exactly which strings to pull.

ps: He wasn't dead-heading the flowers but attacking the real live ones!!

My finished layout looks a bit washed out but I think it was the bright sunshine yesterday....I was cursing it last night now I am wishing it would come back...please come back sunshine all is forgiven!!

I used some funky dinosaurs from a Maya Road keychain available at Bubbly Funk. I was going to stick a googly eye on the dinosaur but I couldn't find it, then Ben found one in the garden today...it's amazing just how far my stash has spread, it's even taking over the garden!!

Love and monsters

Ruth and T-Rex xxx

I've been baking!!

Well not actually baking more like making......

...and thats a good thing

This weeks Bubbly Scrumptious project used a Maya Road Chipboard Coaster in an apple

shape. Cute huh?

Do you love the subtle psychology of the paper doilies.........the papers (Cosmo Cricket) and chipboard lady are from Tillys whilst the Apple Coaster book is from Bubbly Funk.

..and NO I will not be selling pies in my kitchen..sorry but I ate them all!!

Love and spitting cherry stones from the back porch

Ruth xxx

Maya Road Chipboard pots and pans......

I finally managed to finish my banner for Bubbly Scrumptious......it took a very late night on very little sleep but that's what happens in my job when you work nights and have to cover for other peoples holidays.......I can't wait till I get some proper time off again. (if only to sleep!!)

I painted these little Maya Road cuties to make them look like the kind of cool kitchen utensils that are around at the moment.

Each little shape was mounted onto a topper (sorry too much "Create and Craft" & "QVC" in the wee hours) ....I mean a square of patterned card stock.

I used about 5 million metres of ribbon again, and my bobble trim collection.

It's very bright and cheerful, now all I need to do is paint the newly plastered plinth and pray my other half will let me fulfill my vision and hang it up for all to see:)


Love and cookies

Ruth xxx

Collecting Kitch

In our house at the moment everything is all about the Kitchen, Kitchness and Kitchenalia!! Basically we are going Kitch mad!!

I have not been able to finish this weeks Bubbly Funk project due to the kitchen being re-plastered, however I have been inspired to continue shopping (not that thats hard for me) with my accents of colours for my new cream kitchen.

I got some pretty glasses from Next that are the same design as Cath Kidston only cheaper. (the red and blue ones)
A beautiful apron from TK Maxx for less than a fiver...seriously I couldn't make one for that price with all the detail and ric-rac on it. (you can't see it here but it has a very sexy and revealing neckline!!)

I finally got my butchers hook rack to hang my cookie cutters from and I made a start on some home decor things with my new Cherry Hill papers.

I bought some monster sized letters that spell B.A.K.E. and just need to decorate them .....oh and find them a home as I am probably running out of space.

..... and the plasterer made a mess and still has to come back to do another wall as he forgot one!!

The ups and downs of decorating huh!!

love Ruth xxx

On Friday I posted this little chippie birdcage over at Bubbly Scrumptious. I used some really pretty material instead of paper and was surprised at just how easily it stuck to the chipboard with a bit of fabric glue.

Today I took a wee trip to the Hobby House to get my hands on some funky October Afternoon Cherry Hill papers for next weeks chippie project and I am soooo excited because for once this is something for me!!

I seem to have come down with am instant cold so am off to bed to watch Desperate Housewifes......a little bit of escapism.......does the world of good!!

Love and tissues

Ruth xxx

All overcome by a Colour Challenge

I think this is the first time I have ever used a colour challenge for inspiration but Caroline has such lovely photos on the Bubbly Scrumptious site that I couldn't resist.
Plus I had some blue gingam from last months kit that needed using up!! (I also wanted to show off my new blue polka dot tablecloth from B&Q and a matching mushroom thingy from Asda not quite Kath Kidston but a cheaper alternative!)

I think it's a plant decoration but I don't want it getting all dirty so I am keeping it in grannies little vase for now.

This weeks colour challenge is PINK........I hope I have some more spare time as I like a bit of pink now and then!!

Love and spots

Ruth xxx

No Peeking MUM!!!

My Mother is celebrating a very special birthday this month and I wanted to buy her something lovely for it.

I found these incredible Art Deco matching earings and necklace (costume jewellery) and then had the dilema of how should I post them to get to New Zealand safely.
I couldn't just pop them in a jiffy bag or wrap them in paper so I decided to cover an old Christmas card box and turn it into a box come card, come necklace holder!!

I extremely reluctantly cut into my Graphic 45 papers from Toni, but I figured that Mum deserves a beautiful box more than I need to stroke my papers!! The flower is made with the candle technique and Organza and I fixed them with a vintage pin from a car boot sale.

You can see the rest of it at Bubbly Scrumptious...unless your name is Sylvia and it's your birthday soon!!
Made with love...
Ruth xxx

Bubbly Board book..only half blessed!!

My personalised word book from Bubbly Funk is coming along lovely........
......OK so it's only half finished but it's been one of those weeks!! (Thats the last time I work an extra shift at work it seriously cuts into my crafting time!!)

I love the way the first couple of photos are peeking through the letters.

I think this is going to be one bulky board book by the time it's completed. I may have to join the pages together with elastic to help the ever expanding waistline...lol!!

You can see my handy tips over at Bubbly Scrumptious HERE.

Love and ever expanding waistlines

Ruth xxx

Personalised Word Book kit from Bubbly Funk

This week I have finished part one of my word book....the painting , stamping and covering of the pages.

My favourite Websters Pages paper that is included in the kit.


The quality of this chipboard is fantastic!!

To see more of my pages and how I painted the letters or to order your own special word book please visit Bubbly Scrumptious.

ps: also included in the kit is a chipboard keychain with words and symbols and a whole chippie alphabet too!!
Love and stuff
Ruth xxx

Studio Calico House-The Walls!

Thanks to everyone who commented on my last post it was fun to read your ideas.

I took some photos of my collection of Red and Cream vintage tins and then changed my mind about using them as I had a better idea for them...something along the lines of cream and red hearts.

In the end I went with a watered down Andy Warhol Pop Art type look. OK so I'm not very good at altering photos and using such a basic programme doesn't help but I still ended up with four different ones......not entirely too sure about the green martian faces though!!

For me this was very much out of my box working with the colours from the kit, and as much as I had tried to make it quite nuetral on the outside and keep the insides in one colour palette it just didn't work and I had to release my inner rainbow.

I used the number Four as my theme for the title and carried it through the walls, with four numbers, four flowers, four photos and the repetition of all four colours on each wall.

All tied up with last years date on the front as thats when the photo was taken..... Hmm now I think about it, it might have been 2008..oops I think Ben is only a couple of months old and now he is 2!!

I finally used my Papermania Vintage Furnishings stamps...these were the ones that caused so much trouble whilst I was queing to pay for them. Ben had splattered a pot of glitter glue on the floor in the craft shop and the customers were complaining about the screaming kid outside. If they hadn't taken so long to serve me then this wouldn't have happened!! (It was a chain store not like my lovely LSS's they would never be so uptight!!)
They are too cool for words and such fab value for money! I am hoping to use them on my next Lets get Shabby project. Which reminds me have you finished your sweet love notes entry yet?

Love and four strong walls make a strong family

Ruth xxx

Just enough time for a quickie before the next round of Doctors visits...yup if it's not one thing it's another and usually with Me, Mark or Ben...Georgia is blessed to never have anything wrong with her except for last week when the Quack said she had tonsilitis and she sooooo did NOT!! Trust me that girl could talk and eat for England!!

So I now have DH home on crutches..not caused by a sporting injury but it is exactly the same as premier league players get except they don't play spinning games in the lounge with their 2 year olds and snap a tendon in their legs!!


I haven't had time to take some better photos but thought I'd better share my house before I decorate the insides of it. The pattern is Karolas and can be found on Webster Pages HERE. I used the cool Studio Calico Home Front kit from Bubbly Funk.

The house opens up into a dispay piece for the mantle so I am debating about pretty family photos or funky trendy styling of random pictures of our house..what do you think!! I'd love to hear your opinion?

Love and wacky wallpaper

Ruth xxx