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Hi, Welcome to my Blog. I'm a lapsed crafter of late but still managing my diary Scrapbooking, plus cards as required. Previously I've also dabbled in ATCs, Tags, Altered Books, Art Journaling, Décopatch, Knitting, Crochet, and Embroidery amongst other things. I live in Surrey, UK with my husband and son. For exercise I usually play Badminton and go Ballroom and Latin Dancing, not really got back to the latter since the pandemic. I like walking which I couple with Geocaching and sometimes Bouncing on my Rebounder (mini trampoline). I am a Christian.

Thursday, 25 September 2014

Roudolf Day

On UKPapercrafters we have a Roudolf Day where the aim is to make some Christmas cards on 25th of each month so Christmas isn't so much of a chore when it comes around!

I have made a few Christmas cards this month.

The first 3 I made up using the peg stamping I did at my last craft club at my house at the beginning of the month.

The second 3 I made a Ashtead Craft Club last night. The theme was to make stamps so I made a couple of Christmas trees from rubber erasers.

So there we go, 6 cards for Roudolf Day - horrah!



Friday, 19 September 2014

SWAP on the theme of TIME

On UKPaperCrafters the theme of this month's SWAP is TIME.

From Tim Holtz's blog I saw this wonderful Burlap Panel and just had to make my piece in the same vein.

I used some strips of Hessian (Burlap) and overlaid with an inked embossed panel plus various other bits and bobs.



I so liked it I made up a further 2 cards in a similar manner and hope to demonstrate them at next Months's craft club.

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Scavenger Hunt Part 10 - Finale

Here's to the end of another year's Scavenger Hunt hosted by Rinda.

I came unstuck with a few items this year and had to be inventive with my last two.

Yes #15 A Juggler so here is a book I found on-line.





Also the alternative of #A A Kite, Hot Air Balloon or a Blimp so here is an on-line photo of a Red Kite.




Another problem item was the #03 Birds on a Wire. I had added a bird on a signpost initially and then a job lot of birds on a "Spire" but saw this leaflet on Facebook and just had to add it.


Then there was the #13 A Sunrise. Earlier on in the Summer this was around 4am! Yikes! However, now it is more like 6am so I managed these from the house.

The sky was beautiful and pink and I saw the various stages of twilight and even got the sun after it emerged from behind the house across the way.

So thanks again for a great Summer 2014 Photographic Scavenger Hunt it has been great fun. Looking forward to next year already.

Sunday, 7 September 2014

Carshalton Crafts - Demo

Carshalton Crafts hosted a demo session yesterday so I went along. They were showing the versatility of die cuts to create some great cards. I especially loved the geometric shaped background mat and how you can cut into the dies to use them differently.





These are the 2 cards from the demonstration and I just had to get the Marieanne flower die to add to my ever increasing collection.



I made this black and white card when I got home.

Curious thought is that the pieces of waste from each petal on this die look like teeth to me!! Another use already!

They were having a wood backed stamp sale too so I got the script background stamp too.






Oh and for the record, my son liked my red iris folded card I made the other week so requested a black version for his girlfriend. He chose how to add the gems too.

Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Scavenger Hunt Part 09

Having looked at everyone's photos in last month's round-up a few ideas for my last 4 items for the 2014 Scavenger Hunt sprung to mind.

So, as the sun had decided to come out again, I popped to the local garden centre for my #18 A Waterfall. They have since built a children's play area and café next to it so I felt rather conspicuous taking my shots but it just had to be done.

I also came across these examples of miniature garden waterfalls too.

On the way home I scoured the local village shops for #16 A Sign in another language other than English. We seem to be extremely English here! But I did come across these two. The first pretty basic for a restaurant but the second has a feminine slant somewhat.










One main item (juggler) and an alternative (kite etc.) to go, although my other alternative might count for the missing main item! So I could have finished!