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Hello Everyone, hoping you are all well and having a good weekend. We are having a quiet one, well at least I am, just a bit of chilling and crafting....well knitting really, I've been trying to get a Snowman scarf finished, now I just have to put fringes on it, never done that before, so over o You Tube I'll be going.
Well our wonderful sunny warm weather has finally gone, today it has rained all day, felt strange to have the rain today as it's been so long, I think tomorrow is to be much the same, not good for the washing.
Anyway, time again for the Christmas Card Club ladies to show their creations with the theme chosen by our Carol and it's Sentiment as Focus. A super challenge so thanks for that Carol, here is what I've come up with;
Fabulous Woodware stamp, mind you you'd have to have friends with a sense of humour to send this one.
This is a lovely Crafty Individuals stamp and I've embossed it with WOW Gold EP, I think the paper is Dovecraft, and a lovely piece of ribbon that was in the pack that I'd won from Wendy Spanish Crafter. The little robin die is fro, Die'sire
I have to say I'm chuffed with how this one turned out, Woodware stamp again embossed in white WOW powder and coloured with SN Colourblend pencils. Sue Wilson's beautiful poinsettia stamp inked with DI and cut out, silver thread and gems.
Do visit the other team members as their creations will be fabulous.
I'll be scheduling this post for tomorrow, but just before I go, thank you all so much for your lovely comments on my Oldie yesterday, you are all very kind.
Take care everyone and see you soon
I would like to enter the third card into;http://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-flower-challenge-1-theme-anything.html
Good Morning Everyone, I've been up since silly o'clock this morning, Teallach though it was great as he got in much earlier than normal and had his breakfast. I've watched the dawn break, but looks as it it's going to be a bit of a dull day, but hey ho what marvellous weather so far for October.
Time for another Oldie, sharing work made at an earlier time on our crafting journey. Just for fun as it's good to see who time has changed what you make and what improvements etc. This all started with Erika of Snappy crafts, and you can share anything that's been hand made.
This little card was made for Damian and Maureen and I'm pretty sure it was the first Christmas card I made for them. obviously you all will recognise the lovely LOTV image and it must be coloured with Promarkers as that would be all I'd have at that time.
That's one thing that's changed in my crafting journey, TOO MUCH STUFF!!, bet you're all the same, and yet still buy more, in fact that will be the case as I'm going down to Glasgow at the end of the month to the big craft show and I have a list of things I hope to find.
Anyhow, do join in with us, it's just for fun and there are quite a few of us who've join in with Erika.
Have a lovely day whatever you plan and see you seen,
Hello to Everyone I hope you are all well and enjoying your day.
Thank you for all your lovely comments and visited, I really do appreciated it as I'm sure like me you are busy. I would have never have believed how busy retirement could have been so busy, but it is, but the good thing is that I can choose what I want to be busy with.
This is just going to be a short post as I'm off soon to see to Milo, and as luck would have it the rain has just started, now this must be the first rain here for a while, there are some lovely big dark clouds. Lots of frost in the garden in the mornings so it's pretty cold.
Here is my card
I've used a beautiful stamp from Chocolate Baroque, Trees, this was one of their AYOS stamps last year. Embossed with WOW EP, then shaded with Teal Memento ink and ink Dusters.
Background is inked with various blue shades of Memento Inks and Ink Dusters, then Winter Bough from Inkylicious embossed with Wow EP, then just a few embellishments.
This is for the CB challenge and here are the colours to follow;
That's me for now, I will be around to look at your lovely creations this evening, I've got a bit of time as Alistair is out at his music group.
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;
http://chocolatebaroquechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/challenge-twenty-seven.html
and
http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com/2016/10/09/challenge-116-trees/
Hello Everyone, Friday once again, gosh they come around so quickly don't they. I hope you are all well and enjoying your day.
Thank you all so much for your kind comments on my previous card.
Just a wee quick post today joining in with Erika of Snappy Crafts and you can find her here
for Friday Oldie. This is just a wee bit of fun posting something handmade from a while back, it's good to see how much your crafting style has changed or improved. It doesn't need to be a card, just something handmade, here's what I've looked out;
This is a lovely Little Claire image and it's coloured with Promarkers, not sure how long ago I made this, but one thing I have noticed about my change of style is that I don't use as many embellishments now, main reason is the cost of postage now. I must however begin to use up my stash of WO flowers and little charms.
Anyway, join in if you can there are quite a few of us playing now and it's just for fun.
Off to link up with Erika now, see you all soon,
Good Evening to You, I hope all is going well with you and that you've had a lovely day.
The weather once again up here was cracking, warm and sunny, can hardly believe it's October.
Thank you all so much for your kind comments on my underwater themed canvas, you've been very kind.
Alistair and I went to the theatre last night to see The Broons. Now all the Scottish Bloggers will certainly know this very Scottish family to be found in the fun pages of the Sunday Post along with Oor Willie. There is a play doing the rounds and it's well worth going to see if it comes near you, well it is if you're a Broons fan. Joyce Falconer who used to be in River City plays Maw Broon and Paw Broon is played by Paul Riley who plays Winston in Still Game, which is returning to TV tomorrow. Now sorry if all you lovely Englandshire folk haven't a clue what I'm talking about, but it is very funny Scottish comedy. Anyway, the play had a bit of Scottish music and the audience had a good old singalong.Great way to spend a Wednesday night.
So on to my card;
Another lovely stamp from Hobby Art called Poppy Field and coloured with Colourblend Pencils, First Edition Papers and SB die to mat the image on to, a few pearls and a dragonfly gem. Hobby Art stamps are wonderful to colour.
That's me for now, see you soon, take care of yourselves,
http://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-flower-challenge-1-theme-anything.html
Hello Everyone, into another week once again. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Up here in the North of Scotland we had fabulous weather, although very cold in the mornings, but for October it's marvellous.
Teallach and I had a lovely time on our own, and I've been playing with my sewing machine. Now I had been wondering how to tell Alistair I'd bought one, well I came up with a great plan. When he phoned to let me know what sort of time he expected to be home, he asked me if I'd had a nice time, Oh yes I have, I said, and guess what.... we've got another CAT. I could hear the explosion of words at the other end of the phone, I won't repeat them, so I shouted bye see you later.
I know he would be fairly annoyed by the news, actually there would be no fairly about it, but he could sound of to his pals and get great understanding and comfort from them, and by the time he got home and I said only kidding, I bought a sewing machine, he would be so relieved, that he wouldn't mind at all. Well a sewing machine doesn't ruin carpets and disturbs your sleep.
He arrived home with a face like thunder, but was certainly relieved it wasn't another puss, and was quite interested in my new purchase, especially as he wants me to make a waterproof bag for when he takes his fiddle away on the canoe weekends, so all's well that ends well, as the great bard said.
My make for today is me trying to be all arty and clever, so I don't know what you'll make of it, but here goes;
It's a canvas and as it is for the CB Colour Challenge, all the images are CB stamps from the Mermaid Queen set and one of the AYOS sets Fish, which I cut up individually.
I've used all sorts of mediums, there's Starlight Paint, Pebeo Dyna Paint, Pebeo Textured Gel. Imagination Crafts Shells stencil, Shells, ribbon, hessian, gems, and stuck it all together.
Here is the inspirational photo and colours.
It was fun to make and for once I had everything I needed to hand.
That's me for now, and thank you for all the lovely comments on my Christmas cards. Alistair is on the dinner making tonight, haggis, neeps and tatties, don't you just love when someone else cooks, mind you he'll be in and out with what do I do with this and how long will that take to cook questions, bless him!!
Take care everyone and see you soon.
I would like to enter my card into the;http://chocolatebaroquechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/challenge-twenty-seven.html
Hello Everyone, I hope you are well and have enjoyed your day. We had warmth and sunshine..can you believe it, it's the 1st of October???
Well I'm here with the next Challenge for the CCC and this post will be scheduled for tomorrow. I nearly missed the date as somehow I thought it was next Sunday, and if I hadn't seen Lorraine's post I would have been very late indeed. Where has the time gone...ney! where has the year gone??
This time Mrs. A, our lovely Valery wants to see cards with Festive Birds on them, here is what I came up with;
A Cardinal Bird image, digital but not sure where from, water coloured and matted on to card cut with a Tonic die set. Embossilicious Folder, twine and some gems. The sentiment was part of a Candy win from Lorraine, and such a useful sentiment it is.
Now this is a lovely image from Kanban which I've had for ages and not used, as it's a Christmas stamp, I take it the bird is a Robin, but with his back towards the front. Coloured with Pencils this time, decoupaged the holly for a wee bit of dimension.
Always love using bird images so thank you Valery for choosing this them.
On my own with Teallach this weekend, Alistair away for the traditional October Adventure, still while he is away playing, I was away buying, heee heee. Bought a sewing machine, been wanting one for a while, like years and I've hummed and hemmed as to whether It would get used, and if I had room for it. Well I eventually worked out that it would and I have. Not an all dancing, singing one, I leave that sort to my friend Dale as she is a sewer, in fact I think she took a mortgage out for hers. This one is a level up from basic, and a Singer. So I'm happy, just trying how to work out" oh but I've had it for ages dear" sort of statement for when the Adventurer gets home. Somehow I don't think it'll work this time.
Do visit the other ladies of the club if you have time and see their lovely cards on this theme.
Thank you all for your visits and your kind comments on my last card.
See you soon, cheerio for now,
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