In the Garden

Hi!  I'm a bit late today but I've had another busy one.  Mr C and I have been clearing out the garage so that we have room to store the stuff for our new kitchen as it's being delivered on Friday in readiness for the guys coming to fit it next Monday.  It's amazing the things I've found but I have to say we've managed to get a load of stuff off to the skip too ... along with a few horrid spiders.

My friends and I had a brilliant time at Dancing on Ice yesterday.  The celebs were excellent but the professionals just took our breath away.  The speed they skate at is amazing and you don't get that sensation when watching it on tv.  Torvil and Dean are still sensational even after all the years they've been around.  When we got home we met up with the 'boys' and the 6 of us went to Frankie and Benny's for tea, a great end to a fabulous day.

I'm just going to post this then I'm going to have an early night as I'm reading a good book just now and need to know what happens next!

Hugs

Anne x

Challenges :

Alphabet - G ... Garden

Dream Valley - Special Lady

Paper Pretties - Flowers

Pixie Dust Studio - Flowers

Sentimental Sundays - Special Lady

Speedy and Friends - use 3 of something

Stars & Stamps - Flowers

Tuesday Throwdown - Garden

Elements :

Paper / Deco Image / Sentiment - Potting Shed Bear by La Pashe

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Acceptance

Hi! I'm still not getting into my normal routine.  Yesterday we had our new boiler and central heating installed.  Oh what a mess the house was in but this morning I was up with the lark and got stuck into the kitchen which was the worst, covered in gritty dust, yeuk!  All is clean again for another couple of weeks as we are getting our new kitchen on 14 May and will be in uproar again.  It will be well worth it in the end.  We bought our house as a shell 20 years ago and had to have everything done and we've never replaced either kitchen or heating since then so I don't think we can complain as neither owes us anything.  In fact I'm surprised the boiler lasted so long as latterly it rattled and banged when it went on in the morning - our alarm!

One of my friends is on holiday this week so we had lunch at a lovely farm restaurant then had a look around the farm shop.  She is looking forward to retirement and can join the 'ladies who lunch' brigade.

We have been invited to a golden wedding so I've made this card for our acceptance.  I was at the Sincerely-Yours craft fair at Ingliston on Saturday and bought some Dreamweaver brushes, a poppy die by Memory Box and a dot template by TCW, all of which I've used on this card.  It's fun using new things.

Challenges :

Crafts for Eternity - Something New

Fab n Funky - No DP

Fairy Fun Friday - Anything with Flowers

Fussy and Fancy - Punch / Die

OSAAT - Anything

Paper Pretties - CAS

Simon Says - Anything

Truly Scrumptious - Distress + Die / Punch

Elements :

Template - Mini Swiss Dots by TCW

Dies - MFD009 by Nellie Snellen : Prim Poppy by Memory Box

Colouring Medium - Pine Needles / Worn Lipstick Distress Ink by Tim Holtz

Family Christmas

Hello folks!  I can't believe that it's Sunday again and time for another Sunday with Santa challenge on Facebook.  The theme this week is Family and I think this lovely image fits the bill perfectly.  

I've got ironing (a veritable mountain of the stuff) to do today but I'm hoping to spend the afternoon in the craftroom as Mr C is working midday to midnight and I can get my head down with no distractions.  I've got a stall at one of the local companies in June and really need to get stocks built up.  

I hope you all have a lovely day.

Hugs

Anne x

Challenges :

Anything Goes - Anything Goes

Creative Belli - Children

Daring Cardmakers - Hats

Paper Pretties - 2 or more Designer Papers

Elements :

Image & DPs - from Faye Whittaker CD by Joanna Sheen

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Die - Elegant Flourises by Tim Holtz

B&W Christmas

Hi folks! I sat down in the craft room yesterday afternoon and made a couple of cards for challenges today.  I haven't quite got myself back into any kind of routine since coming back from Spain but I'm getting there. At least my back is almost OK again, I'm just being careful - after a fashion!

I met one of my friends for coffee yesterday.  She was in Lanzarote while I was away so we'd lots to talk about and compare tans.

This card was made for the Christmas Card Club and the theme of Black and White was set by The Dutchess (aka Margaret).  I love doing black and white cards so I was able to ease in fairly gently after my break although I think Mr Mojo is still on his hols or perhaps he's still in the case!

Hope you have a lovely day.

Hugs

Anne x

Challenges :

Divas by Design - Anything

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Paper Pretties - Mono

Papertake - Anything

Elements :

Paper - Southfield

Image - TLC Creations glittered using Star Dust Stickles

Sentiment - Tatty Teddy

Punch - Snowflake by Woodware

Dies - Rectangles by Spellbinders

Nailheads - Mark Richards

Bestest Friends

Hi!  I didn't have time to blog yesterday!  My friend and I had a day out to House of Bruar.  It was the most beautiful drive up the A9 and although it was very cold the sun was shining and there was snow sprinkled on the top of the hills.  We had a delicious lunch and then browsed through the shop.  When I got home it was time to cook the evening meal then I got my knitting out and watched tv.  Mr C and I are off to Spain on 8 March for a month and I'm busy knitting little cardigans for one of the charities in the town where we used to live.  It keeps my hands busy while watching tv in the evenings and I'm doing something worthwhile at the same time.

Mr C was working from midnight to midday so I'm up in the craft room this afternoon trying to get all my DT work up to date for going away.  I know there's still a few weeks till we're off but also I know how quickly things catch up with me!

This card was made from my latest purchase.  It's the Mabel Lucie Attwell CD by Katie Sue Designs.  I've loved MLA since I was little as I had several books with these adorable drawings.

Hugs

Anne

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Challenges :

Allsorts - One or More Hearts

Crazy 4 Challenges - Layers and Embellishments

Delightful - Punches / Dies

Divas by Design - Anything

Kaboodle Doodles - Make it Girlie

Karens Doodles - Cute & Cuddly

Moving Along With The Times - Heart

One Stop Card Crafts - Stitching

Paper Pretties - Ribbon / Twine

Party Time Tuesday - Anything

Pixie Dust Studio - Girlie

Secret Crafter - Ribbon

Stampin Sisters in Christ - Your Style

Stars & Stamps - Die / Punch

Tuesday Throwdown - Use Hearts

Elements :

Paper & Image - from Mabel Lucie Attwell CD by Katie Sue Designs

Ribbon & Heart - stash

Dies - Flower & Leaf Trio by Die-namics

Punch - Doily Lace by Martha Stewart

Pearl - The Hobby House

Insert - computer generated (Font : Boring Showers)

Baby Face

Hi! My Aunt called me at the weekend and asked if I'd make a special card for her friend who has just been blessed with her first great grandchild.  I rustled one up last night and took it to her today.  We had lunch then, as it's been such a miserable day, decided to have a clear out of her craft things ... you know what's coming ... I came home with a heap of things!  It's so foggy here tonight I can hardly see to the other side of the street so let's hope that it's going to be better tomorrow.  At least we didn't have the snow that was forecast for today.

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Challenges :

A Day for Daisies - All That Glitters

Fresh Brewed - Something New

Make it Monday - Anything

Paper Pretties - Glitter

Some Odd Girl - Bling

Totally Gorjuss - Welcome

Elements :

Image - A Day for Daisies

Paper - from Patchwork Blue collection by Cuddly Buddly

Pearls - The Hobby House

Sentiment - computer generated (Font : Al Sandra / Bank Gothic)

Dies - Flower & Leaf Trio / Prima Donna Petals by Die-namics

Colouring Medium - Promarkers

Glitter - Star Dust Stickles

Attitude!

Challenges :

One Layer Wednesday - Yellow / Orange / Aqua

Paper Pretties - Single Layer Card

Elements :

Image - Manga Girl #1 stamp by Sugar Nellie

Sentiment - Digis with Attitude

Purple Pretty

Challenges :

Allsorts - Birthday

Bearly Mine - Die Cuts / Lace

Birthday Sundaes - Happy Birthday

Bunny Zoe - Lace

CES - Embellies
Claudia & Co - Girl Birthday
Craft Your Days Away - White + 1
Crazy - 1, 2, 3 (1 flower, 2 leaves, 3 pearls)
Creative Craft - Restful Colours
Incy Wincy Designs - Lavender / Lace
Make It Monday - Anything
Paper Play - Blossoms / Blooms
Paper Pretties - Birthday
Papertake - Pale, Pretty Pastels
Sassy Studio - Pearls / Lace / Elegance
Southern Girls - Lace / Pearls
Woodware USA - Anything

Elements :
Lace - Crafty Feeling
Flower - Prima
Sentiment - from You're Dandy collection by Practicing Creativity
Dies - Parisian Accents by Spellbinders : Leaves by CREAlies

Something Beginning with ... P

Poinsettias

Penguin

I've been doing Christmas challenges this afternoon and made a couple of cards for Beginning with P.  I couldn't make up my mind which one to use so here's a peek at them both!

Challenges :

CCEE Stampers - Flowers

Fairy Knoll - Flowers

House of Gilli - Flowers

Paper Pretties - Flowers

Phindys Place - Christmas

Winter Wonderland - Christmas P

Elements :
Poinsettia
Image - not sure where it came from
BP - Southfield
Sentiment - Lili of the Valley
Dew Drops - Crafty Feeling
Dies - Rectangles / Circles / Scalloped Circles / Parisian Accents by Spellbinders

Penguin
Image - Margaret Sherry
BP - Southfield
The penguin's hat and pom pom have been finished of with white Flower Soft

Boots

Challenges :
DP2 - Boys
Less is More - Masculine
Paper Pretties - Male
Pollycraft - Teen
Simon Says - Happy Birthday

Elements :
Image - Beccys Place
Sentiment - computer generated
Stamp - ? I've had it in my box for eons and there's no name on it