Just a Note! CB Colour Challenge 22!

Hello Everyone, it's lovely to see you here and I hope you will leave a comment and I can go and visit you.

A big thank you to all my lovely followers who left such kind comments on my last cards for the CCC.  I'm getting a fair pile of Christmas cards now, but of course there will always be one for someone needed at the last minute and having to rush to get it made.

Anyway, it's not a Christmas card today, but a lovely Spring like one for the Chocolate Baroque Colour Challenge 22;

And here are the colours to follow;

Fabulous colours and I just saw daffodils when I first saw them.

I used the lovely Daffodil Script from CB and coloured it with the gorgeous Gansai Tambi Starry Colours Watercolour paints, and also colours from the original colour pallet.  My background is the same watercolours swooshed on to Yupo Paper and some orange card. Sentiment from CB McIntosh Sentiments and butterfly flourish from Signature Dies. Finished off with a few gems.

I would like to enter this card into; http://chocolatebaroquechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/challenge-twenty-two.html

Well we didn't have the weather with us yesterday although it started out well in Inverness, but it was really chilly and showery in Ullapool. The boats weren't sailing till today, and I doubt we would have gone anyway as the price was £35 each. Thought that was just too pricey.  So what to do?? So we went for a run further along the coast, that took us up until after lunch time, came back to Ullapool and had wonderful fish and chips siting at the harbour, oh but they were tasty, the seagulls eyed us, but we just ignored them.  It wasn't a wasted day in the end and it meant I didn't have to cook in the evening.  And just to top it all I spied four Red Kites, and a Buzzard, and a huge seal playing in the harbour, then following a fishing boat out.

I'm away behind with commenting, so please forgive me, I will try and catch up.

That's me for now, enjoy your evening and see you soon,

Snowy Trees for the Christmas Card Club!

Hello Everyone, I hope your weekend is going well and you are enjoying it all.
It's time again for our fortnightly share from the Christmas Card Club Ladies, where did the last two weeks go. I almost forgot about getting my card ready as I had been concentrating on this wedding card, but remembered in time in order to make two.  It was our lovely Christine's choice this time around, here is what I came up with;

Now there is bucket loads of Stardust on the trees and the snowy hills but it doesn't show up too well.

I used Die'sire Tree Dies and Inkylicilious Deer stamps and also their Mountains and Valleys stencil. DI for the background

Next card;

Dark blue card embossed with an Embossalicious Folder, Die'sire Village die, lots of Stardust and white pen for snow. The sentiment is from a stamp set free from Creative Stamping the other year.  

I'm going to schedule this post to go live tomorrow, we are hoping that if it's a good day with weather we will go to Ullapool and have a sail.

Our concert today was really good and really quite well attended. That is the Choral on holiday now until mid August, which is good too as it's nice to have a bit of a rest.

The town was so busy today with the Vintage and Classic Car show, lots of tourists and for once the weather held for it. Some fabulous cars on show, and towards the end the cars drove through the town centre with our Pipe Band to help them on their way. I did take some photos, which if they are  any good I will put them up. I did take a video on my phone but no idea how to put that on.

Do have a visit to the other CCC member's blogs, there will be fabulous creations to see, till next time, take care and enjoy the weekend,

 

Friday Oldie!

Hello Everyone, I hope you are well and looking forward to heading into another weekend, don't they come around so quick.
It's Friday so time to share an Oldie with Erika of Snappy Crafts and you can find her here.

This is just for fun and to share a make from an earlier time, it's good to see how our crafting can change over a period of time. There are quite a few of us play along now and it doesn't have to be a card, just something that has been hand made. Here is mine:

I just love this wee guy, well I love snowmen. I think this was a CC image.

The Choral Society have another concert on Saturday in Inverness Old High Church and again it is a lovely programme. Some pieces from our concert just past and a couple of beautiful pieces from Elgar.  I haven't done many of these extra concerts over the years as I've always been working, but I'm so pleased to be able to take part in this one. So if anyone is in Inverness on Saturday, do pop in at noon and you'll be pleasantly entertained.

There is also a Vintage car rally on which is also worth a look, old Inversneckie will certainly be busy on Saturday.

Thanks to everyone who visited and left a comment on my last card, you are all so kind.

That's me for now, take care all

Glorious Spring!

Hello to You All, I hope all is well with you and that you are enjoying the better weather. We have had some lovely sunshine and real warmth.

Thank you all so much for the lovely comments on my previous card and for the kind remarks about my little accident.  I ended up being quite bruised and still sore.

The duty manager phoned and was very apologetic and yes staff are trained and I should have seen a First Aider or the duty manager. He took details over the phone and said they would be recorded with there personal injury department.  He also said that Tesco would like to give me a gift card which would be waiting at the customer service desk for me on my next visit.  I duly picked that up along with a gorgeous big bouquet of flowers, and I have to say that the gift card was a generous amount. I wouldn't want to do that again though, the old bones won't take it.

So my little Action Man is back home having had a great time, although saying he wouldn't likely go back as it's a theme park for climbers, everything all laid out on the cliffs, meaning....not challenges onor excitement. But a beautiful island, weather and food wonderful.  The quietness for me was lovely, as I type this the fiddle is going it's duster and the thumping is surely going to bring the ceiling down.....oh yes he's home.

I have a card I made for a CB challenge for their shop blog and the theme was Spring;

Inked up my background with Memento inks and used the Glorious Spring stamp set. The colours aren't showing up all too well, but they are shades of green and darker colour to make the hills, then shades of blue obviously for the sky. Bird images from Inkylicious. 

I've been very industrious in my craft room making a wedding card requested by a friend for his Granddaughter, and could I get going with it, could I ding. All inspiration flown out the window, anyway finally got it finished, but I've almost got bald patches with tearing my hair out. now just the box to make and a gift bag to decorate.  I've decided to just buy boxes as I didn't want anymore stress and my boxes aren't the best no matter how hard I try. And to think I was going to make two cards and give him a choice, glad I changed my mind on that one.

That's me for tonight, off now to have a look at your creations. Enjoy your evening,

 

Free Climbing Friday Oldie!

Hello Everyone, I hope you are well and enjoying this rather upturn in the weather, at least ours is lovely up here in the North of Scotland.  I hope it lasts.

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on my previous post, especially about my Action Man.  I want to give a BIG HELLO to Pamellia who is my new Follower, I am delighted that you have found your way over here and decided to Follow.  I know may of you know of Pamellia's blog and her wonderful cards and the beautiful wild life photos she posts, but if you don't it's well worth a look see.

Anyhow with climbing in mind I've looked out an Oldie to join in with Erika at Snappy Crafts Friday Oldie today and you can find her here;

As you see this was a birthday card made for Alistair a few years ago.  I have to say that thankfully he does not free climb any more. I think he did when he was much younger.  Now this is scary stuff, not ropes or others to hold you., just some karabiners and a bag of chalk.

Please have a go at joining in with us, it's just for fun and it's good to see how your crafting has changed over time. There a quite a few of us now who join Erika.

I'm not on Milo watch today as Damian is working from home, and I'm so pleased as I had a crashing fall whilst in Tesco earlier today. I slipped on a strawberry and went down on an elbow and a knee, which are both stinging, so I expect bruises at some point. Don't you feel daft though, at the time I was more concerned with my pride, thankfully a kind lady helped to haul me up, that would have been another fiasco trying to do that.  However, I had to go and find an assistant to clear up in case someone else became a cropper, and it wasn't until I was home that I realised that the young lad didn't ask if I was alright, nor did he indicate that it should have been recorded in the accident book.  So I'm left wondering about their staff training.  So just to make the manager aware that there is a hiatus in staff training, I've phoned them, but the duty manager wasn't available so I'm waiting for him to phone back.  Not that I want the young lad to get into any sort of bother, but good staff training and customer service is one of the things that I think is so important, and the last think I'm thinking of doing is contacting Injury Lawyers 4 you.

Anyway, back to Milo, he is doing so well, and it's a joy to spend time with him. He was fascinated by the tortoises who were all out in the garden yesterday, in their pen.  He has had his first injections so it won't be too long before we can go walkies.

A longer post than intended, so I'm off now to link up with Erika.

Hope you enjoy your day and see you soon,

Quilts and Friends!

Hello Everyone, and I do hope all is well with you.
Thank you to all who visited and left comments on my poinsettias cards, I am so pleased you liked them. I was on a bit of a roll wasn't I.

Yesterday was my lovely friend Dale's birthday and I always try to find something that reflects her hobbies and interests. I'm lucky really as she is the most wonderful sewer/quilter, and the most talented florist, can't go wrong there.  So here is the card I made;

This lovely Woodware stamp jumped into my hand the other week and I thought just perfect for Dale's card. I had actually made a floral one for her, but changed my mind when I saw this.
Coloured with SN pens and the papers are patchwork from a Papermainia pad, it's a teddy bear one, can't remember the name.

I thought I would also show some photos of the my hero on one of his play away days;

Now I photographed photos so they are not the best, I couldn't be phaffed with all the scanning in on the computer.  
I think the first two are on Ben Nevis and the last one is on top of one of the Torridon mountains.

As you know who pop in often to visit, he is away in Greece just now climbing, and having a great time. One of "the boys" posted a photo of him climbing on a cliff in Klymnos, and it frightened the
 bejeesus  out of me, completely sheer cliff face, just amazing what a 70 year old can do with an artificial hip.

I hope I've not bored you too much, I'm off now for a mooch around your blogs,  see you soon,
Take care

Poinsettias for the Christmas Card Club!

Hello to You All,  hoping you are well and enjoying the weekend.  Don't they come around so quickly, May already, scary or what!!

It's time again for our shares from the Christmas Card Club (CCC), fairly getting ahead of the game and not leaving card making until the last minute.   We are a little group of ladies whom every fortnight make and share a Christmas card, and we all get the chance to choose a theme and this time it is the choice of our lovely Mary and she would like to see cards with poinsettias.  Always a favourite choice.

Now, I'm showing off here as I have more than one card, I don't usually do this but I was on a roll, here they are;

This lovely poinsettias image is a Papermania stamp coloured with watercolour paints. I used paper from the beautiful First Edition Silent Night pad, the ribbon is in fact white, but looking a bit grey in the photo. Xcut die and Liquid Pearls and a couple of gems, sentiment is from a wonderful set by the very talented John Lockwood.

Next up;

Same stamp and again watercolours, but embossed first with WOW embossing powder. Little poinsettias stamps from Cardi-O in the corner. Music score background is from a Papermania pad from a couple of years ago. CC sentiment, gold lace to make the bow and some gems.

Are you still with me? and for No 3;

Same stamp, again coloured with watercolour paint, card base cut out with an Xcut oval shape die then embossed with an Embossilicious Swiss Dot Folder and them some little gold gems. CC sentiment in gold ink, but not showing up too well.

And at last my final card;

Papermania Embossing folder, SB Poinsettias die cut from card painted my Imagination Crafts Starlight paints, the leaves are painted with IC Sparkle Medium. IC Noel sentiment stencil with Starlights and Sizzix leaves flourishes. Gold gems.
This last card was inspired by today's Hochanda's demos by Imagination Crafts. I love the Starlights and you can do so much with them.

So there you are, four cards, but like I said I'm showing off, however I did have peace to get on with it all as Alistair is by now in Greece on his climbing holiday.  Teallach is sleeping on Alistair's side of the sofa and loving it and all is calm and quiet, blissful......

Invited to dinner tomorrow by Damian and Moreen, so more Milo cuddles, and I believe steak pie, yummy, and no cooking, what more could one want.

Scheduling this now, so hope it works, then off to finished visiting your blogs.
Enjoy the rest of your evening and see you soon,