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Hello Crafty Friends and Visitors, and welcome to my wee bit of Blogland. Always great to see you here, and read your lovely comments which I do really appreciate, as they give me encouragement that what I'm doing is fine and it's liked.
Popped in to see Moreen yesterday to take her card and the marathon one, she loved them both. She had managed to shower herself and get her hair washed, so she is beginning to be able to do wee bits and pieces, her shoulder is still painful though. She is however a very independent lady and didn't want any support, so we sat and had a blether. She thanks you all for the good wishes.
Well I have some amazing news.... not I've not been asked to be on a DT team, neither have I won the lottery, BUT.... only to sing in the forthcoming Russell Watson Concert here in Inverness.
Th Choral Society have been invited to sing with him, what a great opportunity it is to for our own publicity. The only thing is that we are a choir of 140 souls and only 60 are needed and to be divided as far as possible into the four singing parts. The only fair way was to pull out names, and I was one of the sopranos pulled out along with my choir buddy Fiona. Now, the downside is that I am working that day and the rehearsal begins in the afternoon and carries on until the performance in the evening, so I am hoping that one of my workmates might stand in for me. I should be a fab concert though.
Now my make today is;
I am so chuffed I managed to make one of these at last. I just Love Patricia's of http://patricia-summerhousecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
She makes the most wonderful gift boxes and bags. I'd bought the SB die before Christmas but never got around to using it until now and it was so easy to make with Patricia's tutorial. However, I wish I had seen her post yesterday to help with the roses, mine are not that good, but I'll improve.
I've used First Edition Rose Garden Papers and SB Rose Creations die, a Marianne die for the other leaves.
Liquid Pearls and some Satin Ribbon.
It has a beautiful Skye Candle and Lip Balm in it for a gift for one of my colleagues.
I've also got another cowl to show you this time modeled by my lovely assistant;
"Am I good looking or what! May be Alistair could be a knitting pattern model, after all Roger Moore was and look how he turned out......perhaps not.
This time I've used a a Tweed Aran by Sublime and in a rustic shade.
Well that's me for today, I must catch up with your creations now, and mabe a little crafting too. I'm back at work tomorrow for three days, but I feel I've had a good rest, and I have the evening to myself as Alistair is going to his music group.
Cheerio for now
Good Afternoon Crafty Friends and Visitors and welcome to my little bit of cyber space. I hope everyone is well, and if your not, sending you out kind thoughts and hugs that you will feel better soon.
We went to see Moreen yesterday, and she is still in a bit of pain, mostly from her shoulder which had dislocated and she is all bruised. I was asking her what had crashed in the kitchen, nothing, she was in the kitchen when she heard a noise outside the living room window, and it was when she was going to through to have a nosey that she tripped and fell. Honestly, I wonder what goes on inside Damian's head at times to have told me something different. Anyway I forgot to take her card over, I was so intent on the magazines and flowers, so I will pop it in tonight, Their cats are so clingy with her, they know she needs some TLC. Thank you so much for your get well wishes for her.
I have a little card for you today that Moreen asked me to make for her neighbour who is going to run in the London Marathon, just a wee good luck card, here is what I came up with;
I found an image on the web and matted it on to pink card, background is a Papermaina embossing folder with I've slightly inked with DI. Papermania Washi tape and Xcut stare. Peel off Letters and computer sentiment, Liqid Pearls.
Thank you all for your lovely comments on my last card, I do appreciate the time it takes and we are all busy these days. Thank you too to the lovely visitors who have no blog that leave comments.
I'm going to rehersal at Choral tonight, but I don't know how much singing I'll manage as I'm still coughing, it's such an annoying cough too.
So I'll say cheerio and hope to see you soon,
Good Afternoon to You, I hope you are all well and having a lovely day and that your weather is fine, we are blustery again but with a little sunshine which was quite warm.
A quite relaxing day for us, shopping in morning, but that didn't take us long, I hate food shopping, and a wee meal out and the cinema tonight.
My son popped over this earlier to say that Moreen has broken her wrist, she had a fall earlier on in the week when she got out of bed to investigate a crash in the kitchen,, this was in the middle of the night, and poor girl trip on he PJ's and went down with a clatter, breaking her wrist and dislocating her shoulder. Had to have surgery on her wrist and pins put in. This is me just getting to know about it now, honestly, talking about keeping yourself to yourself, Damian just says you know what she's like, doesn't want fuss. Anyway, Damian has been working from home to look after, but he is off to Boston on Thursday, so we will help out. Poor lass, she is in quite a bit of pain. We will pop over to see her tomorrow.
So I quickly made her a wee card;
As Moreen loves cats, I remembered I had this little topper in my stash, popped it onto an embossed card which I coloured with Derwent Coloursoft pencil, a bit of Wink of Stella on the butterflies, Liquid Pearls, and a butterfly and flower form my box.
I hope it cheers her up.
Off to get ready to go out now, but before I go I just want to say thank you for the lovely comments on the little cardi from yesterday.
Have a lovely evening and see you soon.
Good Afternoon Friends and Visitors and welcome to my Cuilliesocks Blog. I hope you enjoy what I have here.
Thank you all for the lovely comments on my last post, and I can say that my knitted cowl is so cosy, I might wear it out before I get on holidays.
I hope you are all well and not experiencing the blustery day we have here, even Teallach doesn't want to go out sit is so windy. The rain is just managing to stay away.
Friday once again and time to show an "oldie", this was stared by Erika of;
http://snappycrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
Showing something you've made at an earlier time in your crafting life, it doesn't have to be a card, just something hand made, it's fun and now quite a few of us are joining in, her is mine for this week, and sorry but it is knitting again, haven't had time to look out an old card:
For a friends little Granddaughter and made with Stylcraft yarn and a little Miss Kitty Applique, word back was that she loved it. It will be well grown out of now though as it was knitted a number of years ago.
Well we are heading into another weekend, don't they come around so fast. I got tickets to go and see the Second Best Marigold Hotel tomorrow night, so we are looking forward to that, we haven't been to see a film for quite a while.
So whatever you are doing have a really good weekend and hope to see you soon, take care
Good Evening All, gosh it's been cold today, but at least all the snow at our level has been washed away. Yesterday morning was something else trying to get to work in a snow blizzard. The bus was well and truly late and I was frozen waiting for it. As the bus stop is just at the back of our house I phoned Alistair to see if he could give me a lift into town, no problems he says, I'll be there just as soon as I get changed and as sod is true to his law, the bus comes along. Tried to phone back to let Alistair know, but he must have just left and I felt guilty that I'd disturbed his morning. We were having a meeting at work and didn't want to be late, but I shouldn't have bothered as I still have to understand what it was all about, just a waste of time really.
I don't have a card today but a bit of knitting to show you;
A new pair of socks and a cabled cowl. The cowl is so cosy, wore it today and kept it on even when indoors, I seem to need something at my neck these days.
The socks I was pleased to get finished as I didn't like the yarn, it is sock yarn and was fairly expensive, but it kept splitting as I was knitting.
Alistair liked my cowl so much that he wants one too, so that is on the pins just now, I do like the colour he has chosen, I dragged him into Hobby Crafts to choose it himself, Autumn colours.
I downloaded the pattern from Love Knitting which was free and it's made in Aran yarn and it's so quick to knit up. I can see these being Christmas gifts.
Well folks that's me for another evening, I'm missing Wolf Hall, the fabulous Drama that's been on for the last six weeks and there is nothing on TV to take it's place, so I'll just pick up up the pins.
Have a good evening yourselves whatever your doing and I'll see you soon.
Good Afternoon One and All, I hope everyone is well, but sending out hugs and kind thoughts to those of you who are not so well.
I am happy to say that both of us are feeling much better, though I'm still coughing, but I believe it can linger for a while, however I'm off back to work tomorrow and it's a whole day of meetings, no clients, so I can just sit and ruminate. Our CEO is coming up with various other head folk and they are calling the meeting a "Roadshow", I ask you! Apparently it is to tell us the future plans of the organisations and to hear our views and to have our say about things not so good. OH Yeh! like there is any notice taking. Gosh I'm so cynical, but fifteen years of experience makes me like this in this organisation.
Anyway, enough of that, Alistair's gout has eased too, and he has been able to get out more. We didn't get to Skye, weather not good, but we will go another time. Went out for a walk yesterday and as soon as we got out of the car the snow started but, we carried on and it was a lovely walk, good to get the cobwebs blown away. I've been indoors for most of my time off and I really need the fresh air.
I have a card that was commissioned for a chap's 40th;
Sorry not the best of photos, I've used a brilliant stamp from CB the Art of Chess.
Stamped on to black card with Brilliance ink in White to make a background.
Main image matted on to Silver mirri. Tattered lace numbers and sentiment Dies.
It does actually look better than this in real life, honest. I hope he will like it, he does play chess.
Well I'm off to choral practise tonight, I wonderful if I will manage it or if the cough will take over, I'll give it a go anyway.
Thank you all so much for the lovely comments you leave me and all your good wishes for our recovery, I'm sure all the positive thoughts helped.
Till next time,
Hello Everyone, time for another card for the Christmas Card Club. I almost missed it, lost all track to time and days since I've been off work. February having only 28 days has thrown me too, I keep thinking there is still another few days until the end of the month.
Anyway the theme this time around is Poinsettias and chosen by, Duchess Margaret, her is my effort,
This is one of my favourite stamps I've had for a while from Papermania. Coloured with a mixture of SN, Copics and Prismapencils. Festive Berries round the edge and matted on to an embossed card, Diesire Folder Bells. Stickles in Icicle and liquid Pearls in Opal White. Sentiment from same stamp set.
I wanted to keep it fairly simple letting the focus be the lovely image, I didn't think it needed any bows and whatnots.
I was a lovely challenge Margaret, I enjoyed playing aling so thank you very much for your choice.
They other lovely ladies from the CCC will be along too to show off their lovely creations.
It's a smashing wee club to belong to, they member's choices are always fab, even the challenging ones and of course it means getting ahead of the game with your Christmas cards.
I hope things are well with you all and thank you so much for the lovely comments on my last post,
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