By the Sea!

Hello Everyone, I hope you are keeping cosy and well. Lots of places having snow, we've just had a shower like little polystyrene balls, but thankfully not lying, other than that it's a bright crisp sunny day.

Thank you everyone who visited and left such lovely comments on my last post, I appreciate each and everyone of them and the time it takes to visit.

I've a little piece of news that I can finally share with you....I have been invited by Crafty Individuals to be their Guest Designer for February. I was thrilled to be asked as their DT members do fabulous work. The post went live the other day, so I felt it's fine to tell you here and show one of the projects I made with CI stamps;

I found this little wooden shape in Hobbycraft and it reminded me of a beach hut and suit this set of stamps.... CI 454, find it here I painted the shape with acrylic paint in a lovely light blue, and stamped the words straight on to the wood, I coloured the deckchair and sign with watercolours and cut them out, The kite I stamped onto the wood and paper pieced it and added a some coloured twine. The sand is made by using Pebeo textured sand and colouring it with gold Starlight paints, then I've added a few shells.
I was really pleased how this little plaque turned out. I'm dipping my toe into mixed media and sometimes it works, at other times...well not so much.

I will be sharing my other CI makes later.

If you aren't familiar with Crafty Individuals you can find their blog here  and if you get a chance do pop in and have a look at the blog and see the fabulous work the DT create, and you can visit the shop and have a look at the amazing stamps here.

So just before I go, those of you lovely folks who have been visiting for a while will know that our Choral Society sing around Christmas in a Carolthon to raise money for our named charity of that year, which was Alzheimer Scotland, all our donations are now in and counted to the grand total of £5500, so we will be handing over the cheque to their fundraiser next week, a great effort for a well deserved charity. 

Well that's all from me for now, take care of yourselves and see you soon, 

Angel or Fairies for the CCC

Hello from a very dull and wet Inverness. I hope wherever you are your weather is better.

It's time once again for our little Christmas Card Club to show our creations. It's a fortnightly challenge just to get ahead with the making of the Christmas Cards and therefore avoid panic in December.  We each choose a couple of themes and if you can't meet that then it's anything goes.
We would love you to join us, and if you feel you would like to, just get in touch with any of the team, names on my side bar and we will tell you how.

So, this challenge seems to have come around very quickly, and it's been GranMargaret who chas chosen Angel or Fairies, here's what I've come up with;

Forgive the photography, it's so dull outside the light is hopeless. This is a Sue Wilson Angel die, a real b---er to cut out so it doesn't really see the light of day all that often. I cut two  of the images out in glitter paper to form a shadow. the dove, star and hear are all part of the same set.
The sentiment die is one from First Edition and cuts beautifully. Background is made with DI and then splattered with Silver Starlight paint to look like stars. I'm pleased with the overall card, just not the photo, so I hope it does Margaret.

Thank you all for the comments on my past post, especially about John's death, a sad time.
Scheduling this for tomorrow when the challenge goes live. 
Have a good weekend and take care,

Floral Delights!

Hello Everyone, I hope all is well with you, but if not sending you kind thoughts that you will feel better soon.

Well we have snow again, not lying in lower areas though, thankfully, and it's turning to sleet now, it's been a stay at home day for me.

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on my last card, I do appreciate the time it takes to visit and we are all busy, even if you're doing nothing as the song goes.

I have a little Chocolate Baroque card today,

I've used one of the CB latest stamps called Floral Delight and coloured it with Gansi Tambi water colours from Kuretaki, which are the most fabulous paints. There is a bit of SN Sparkle Pen on the image too. The words are part of the stamp, I've added a few sequins. The beautiful background papers are CB too designed by Lesley.

The base card is embossed with one of John Next Door's EF.. Confetti, then cut an aperture to make a window and I added a little DI to the embossed part, added a few gems and that's that.
I have to say that the new stamps from Chocolate Baroque are really lovely, especially if you like colouring in, and you can purchase them here.

Alistair had some sad news the other day, a friend of one of his friends and that he knew, died on Lochnagar, which is a mountain. He had been missing for a couple of days and although he had managed to get a couple of phone messages to Mountain Rescue, the weather was so bad that they couldn't find him, there was three rescue teams out but were beaten back and had to give up until the weather calmed down. John was only in his 60s and an experienced climber and well equipped, but he had diabetes, so that may well have been a contributing factor. Nevertheless, it's a sad loss and our friend has known him from the age of 14  so it's hitting him hard, and Alistair had shared a few climbs with him. It just goes to show that even the experienced can get caught out.

So, that's me for today, tomorrow we are going to see 3 Bill Boards in the cinema, it's supposed to be very good.

Have a good evening and see you soon,

Fun in the Snow!

Good Day to You All, I hope it is a good one for you, but if not sending kind thoughts out to you.

I'd like to give a warm welcome to Cheryl who had decided to become my latest follower, thank you so much Cheryl and I hope you will pop in often. I'm not sure if you have a blog, but if you do let me know as I would love to visit you.

It's a lovely sunny day here and I've got the day to myself as Alistair is away for a walk with one of his pals, poor man he's had cabin fever staying indoors as the weather has been so bad, so I hope they have a good walk.
Me.. well I've put a washing out.... it's the simple things with me, or I'm just sad.

At the dentist yesterday, and good news, she managed to do a marvellous repair job. As there still was a little bit of structure left she managed to rebuild by adding a metal strip????? note to self.. keep clear of magnets.  Anyway, the tooth looks better than it has in 20 years, but eventually it will give out, then I'll have to see what I can afford. When I got my bridge on the other side of my mouth it was on the NHS, not nowadays and it would be upwards of £3000 if I wanted to go down that path. However, all good for now, just a wee bit sore.

My card today is one I made before Christmas  but never posted;

Using stamp CI 484 from Crafty Individuals, one of their recent stamps, and coloured it with SN Aqua Pens and made a background with Pixie Powders, a few embellishments and job done.

Thank you so much for the lovely comments on my last card and I am pleased to say Damian liked it too, mind you he like the Port better. I can hardly believe that's him 46 now, Where did the years go!

That's me for now, till next time take care everyone and see you soon,

I would like to enter my card into the https://scrapsoflifebyscrappymo.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/january-2018-rudolph-days-challenge.html

A Birthday Brew!

Hello Everyone, I hope the beginning of a new week finds you well.
Our snow is finally going, even from the mountains, but much safer underfoot and driving.

Thanks to everyone who visited and left such lovely comments on my card for the CCC yesterday, you are very kind and I do appreciate it.

It's my lovely Son's birthday on Wednesday so I was out today to try and find a gift for him, and a Ferrari I can't afford. Coming so soon after Christmas I always have this problem, I have the same problem with Moreen as her birthday is a fortnight later. Anyway, I ended up with a really good bottle of Port, which I know he will appreciate, and it's sort of in-keeping with the card I've made;

I've used one of Stampin Up's new stamp sets, I though it was a great one for a guy and just perfect for Damian. A Tim Holtz wall embossing folder in the background with DI. I've stamped the bottles with different shades of Adirondack ink and gold embossed the labels. The middle one looks like a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale. I have a First Edition paper pad for men and I've used one of the sheets, although it's not showing up all that well, it's high rise buildings.
I'm pretty pleased with my efforts, I hope he will be too.

It's an earlier dinner for us tonight as it's music night for both of us, so off now to peel some spuds, Alistair is away for a walk over the Kessock Bridge, peeling is usually his job. so till next time, keep warm and see you soon,

Christmas Baking for the CCC!

Hello to Everyone, I hope you are managing to keep safe, warm and cosy in this snowy and icy weather. We still have a lot of the white stuff and even although the sun is shining it's not melting the snow, and our street is like a skating rink, makes staying home easy.

Thank you all for the lovely comments on my last card and commiserations regarding my tooth, the temporary filling is still holding.

Anyway, I'm here with a post for the latest Christmas Card Club Challenge and this time it's the turn of Maureen to choose the theme and she wants to see Christmas Baking. I thought that once again it would be Anything Goes for me as I didn't think I had anything suitable, but then I found this little LOTV image;

Now not only is the little guy cooking the turkey but, he's already baked the Christmas Pudding. I've coloured the image with SN Colourblend Pencils and the papers are form a pad given to me by my lovely friend Mrs. Duck, The sentiment and tag another gift, this time from Rita another dear friend, the stars I bought a wee while ago and they are from X Cut. The whole card has turned out not too badly and I hope it will do Maureen.

I enjoyed making this card and using a stamp that I've had for a long time, so thank you Maureen for your choice.

Remember to pop into the other CCC ladies' blogs and see what they have made, names on my side bar, and if you would like to join us and get ahead with your card making for Christmas, just get in touch with me or any of the others and we will give you the information.

Scheduling this post for tomorrow when the challenge goes live.
Enjoy your evening and see you all soon,

A Little Bit of Summer!

Hello there Everyone, how are you All?  Sounds as if many of you have had colds/flu viruses, they are certainly doing the rounds, and it's taking until now really for me to feel well again from well before Christmas. Some of the viruses knock the stuffing from you, so if you are struggling to get better, kind thoughts going out indeed for anyone who is struggling for any type of reason, I hope you will feel better soon.

Well it's been a while since I posted, I've not been idle though, I have been busy in my craft room, just not ready to post my projects yet, I've been trying a few different bits and pieces, but I've got a card today that was a simple design;

I found this LOTV in my stash whilst looking for something else and I thought it lovely and just right for something away from Christmas cards, so I've matted it with purple card and used papers from the Promises paper pad that I've had since Moses was a boy. I don't think LOTV have it anymore, and it's so pretty. XCut Hello die and a few sequins and a gem dragonfly , a little bit of ribbon and job done.
Hope you like it.

Thank you all for the lovely comments that you left on my CCC post, you are all so kind.

Disaster struck the other evening,.... whilst trying to have a healthy snack, instead of crisps, I took a filling out of a very precarious tooth. This is one the dentist has been trying to save for a while, but when I had a look at it I thought that this time it looked as if it was done for. Anyway, I managed to get an emergency appointment yesterday and have had an temporary filling put in, but was told it will more than likely have to come out, but my own dentist will look at it next week. Now disaster because, it will leave a great gap that will be noticed, so no more smiling for me. I'm hoping the dentist will be able to suggest something to do, but will wait and see. I have a great fear of dentists and what they do, many bad experiences in earlier times, and even although this lady is very good I stll feel anxious, but it's got to be done.  It was a hazelnut that done it...hate the damn things now, should have had the wine gum instead Lol.

What a beautiful morning it is here, sun shining and dazzling on the snow, yes we have had quite a fall of the white stuff, it's kept us indoors quite a bit, so much so that Alistair has cabin fever, and Teallach is refusing to go out, it is lovely though as long as you don't need to go out. I hope you are all being careful and keeping cosy.

That's me for now, have a good day whatever your'e doing,