With Sympathy!

 Hello Friends and Visitors, I hope you are well and enjoyed your weekend. Also hope you are not suffering any damage from the awful storm that's been happening over the weekend.  We had some high winds and battering rain yesterday, especially through the night, quite frightening.

On Saturday I was singing with a huge chorus in our cathedral, Messiah, around 300 voices and a large orchestra. It was an amazing day but so long, stared rehearsing at 9.30 until 5 o'clock and performance at 7 o'clock, add to that that the Cathedral was so cold it was an exhausting day. The Cathedral was packed for the performance with a very appreciative audience. The chorus was made up of different choirs, or singers who just wanted to sing. It was great to be part of it. Yesterday was a say of doing little and gargling my throat ☺ 

Thank you for you lovely comments on my last card, I'm here today with a Sympathy card for a  lady who was part of our Christmas Card Club who lost her lovely  Husband a few weeks ago, who had never really recovered for having Long Covid,

Just a very simple card using one of the new Lavinia stamps, stamped in Versafine Clair Morning Mist with a few splatters from Elements Ink.

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

Butterfly and the Cat!

 Hello Friends and Visitors, I hope you are well and keeping warm and cosy in this freezing weather. We have a good layer of snow, which is causing poor Teallach an awful dilemma around going out for his business 😄

Sorry not to have been around in Blogland for a while, so I will have missed many of your posts, but I'll certainly be having a looks tonight.

I have a card made for my daughter-in-law's birthday tonight.

 I've used a rather old Sweet Poppy Stencil with lovely cat sitting on the window. Inked with Elements Ink and coloured with Kuretake Zig watercolour pens. Wink of Stella and silver foil. I also decorated the envelope with lovely Mooch from Lavinia Stamps. Moreen's birthday isn't till February, but I thought I would get ahead.

Thank yo so much for your lovely comments on my last card, as always your comments are so kind.

That's me for now, take care of yourselves, especially if you're out in the snow and ice, Cheerio till next time,

Magnus!

 Hello Friends and Visitors, I hope you are well and enjoying your weekend.

We've had a few lovely days here in Inverness, although cold the sun was shinning and no rain or wind. Great for walks. Need to get the extra pounds off from all the extra treat eating over the Festive Time. Not easy, but all the chocolates, mince pies, crisps and dips are all gone now.

Thank you for the lovely comments on my last post of my coloured picture, as always you are so kind.

I've a card tonight, made for my Son's birthday in a couple of weeks, he wouldn't be looking at my blog so safe to post it,

I've gone for a sepia colour pallet, and all the stamps are by Lavinia Stamps with the gorgeous Magnus as the main focus. I used Elements Inks and Posca pen in glitter yellow. Lavinia sticker sentiments and some pastel pencil in yellow for highlights. This design was inspired by the fabulous Jo Rice, Head DT with Lavinia Stamps.

That's me for now, enjoy your evening, take care,

Christmas Clock!

 Happy New Year to you All, I hope it will be a really good one for everyone, filled with Happiness, Health and Contentment.

We had a very quiet Hogmanay, tried to sit up for the bells, then realised we were forcing ourselves to do so when we would rather be in bed reading our good books, so off we went to bed. Can't really be bothered with it all now, is that an age thing do you think! Anyway, if  any of you good folks managed to have celebrations I hope they were fabulous and yo enjoyed them.

I managed to get a bit of colouring done during the festive period,

This page is from Johanna's Christmas Colouring Book and I used Derwent Chromaflow and Derwent Drawing Pencils. Not pencils I use often but I have to say I enjoyed using them on this books paper. I also used gel pens and Star Dust Stickles. In the background I used a Lavinia Stamps Stencil, Leaf Trails in Elements Ink. I enjoyed colouring this page, it's  been ages since I've coloured up a page.

Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my last card, as always you  are so kind.

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

Merry Christmas one and All!

 Hello Blogging Friends and Visitors, I hope you are well and staying sane in this run up to Christmas.

We have everything done and dusted, presents bought and wrapped, food bought, and house given a once over, so a relaxing day tomorrow.

So, I'm popping in to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and hoping you have a wonderful day, and best wishes for a happy, healthy and contented 2024. 

I'm hoping that the New Year will bring peace throughout the world. It's just heartbreaking what is happening in so many  countries around the world, especially in Palestine.

I'm finishing the year with  my Snowman card , made from my friend Fiona, she adores The Snowman and I've made her one for many years now,

 I've made a shaker card this time, and the Snowman and his little friend are enjoying a hoolie  with their other Snowman friends.

Just a bit of time now to visit your blogs and see what you've been doing, take care of yourselves and see you next year,

Anything Goes for the CCC! Bringing Gifts!

 Hello  Friends and Visitors, It's been a while since I was last on the computer to go to Blogland, but here I am, late, but nevertheless here with the final card for the Christmas Card Club and the theme is Anything Goes,

 I've used a selection of sets from Card-io stamps. I just love this tall, lanky snowman, he's so sweet and he's welcoming his little friends who have brought gifts for him. I've used lots of glitter and gel pens.

It's sad the the CCC is stopping, but for lots of different reasons we are all finding it difficult to get around to creating the cards, and over the last few years our numbers have dropped. so it was time to call it a day. I will still be making Christmas cards all year round as Christmas cards are my favourite kind to make.

I'm also not blogging so much these days either, I just don't seam to get around to do it on a regular bases, but I do like to pop in and see what you are all doing, but don't go back on all the days that I've missed, so sorry if I miss you out, but I think I manage to comment on my usual friends fairly often.

I hope you are all well and getting through your Christmas preparations with out too much hassle. I got all my cards written out and posted today, that's the biggest chore. Next the the parcel wrapping, which I hate doing now. 

Hopefully we will manage to get the tree up and decorations, and this coming Saturday, the Choral Society have their Carolthon, we always look forward to that and this year we will be collecting for Crocus which is a Children's Bereavement organisation.

Thank you all so much for the lovely comments you left about my last card, I really do appreciate them.

That's me for now, take care of yourselves and hope to see you soon,

 

Christmas Catkins!

Hello Everyone,  hoping you are all well and keeping cosy.  Very cold here,  the other morning it was -8, temperature picking up a bit today. 

Thank you for all the lovely comments on my coloured page. 

This new card was inspired by Elizabeth  from Delbello  design team member Elizabeth, using Lavinia Stamps,  Posca pens  gel pens,  elements ink and holographic embossing powder. 

That's me for now.  Out at choral practice tonight,  rehearsing for the Carolthon in a couple of weeks.  It's lovely to be singing Christmas carols and songs again,  and of course The Messiah. 

Look after yourselves,  keep cosy and see you soon, 

Kate 💖