tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13146619003125328012024-02-20T09:30:41.522-08:00Jan's JournalJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-13558592189125001302011-10-10T06:55:00.000-07:002011-10-10T07:18:23.364-07:00The Peak District<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEVYlhbak95wKU2shK49q9Oak8dXMdDNmF7ATsEKQoKLyrdi4-JttWDNiygfO9xbbEah1xxus7t5g2IOrhWDZuduRNNyW2ssx_nHnzCcFDSocNTUeByVqFTUMY4eZOU1ifHW737ciuZ7M/s1600/Craftaway+posters_0001.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEVYlhbak95wKU2shK49q9Oak8dXMdDNmF7ATsEKQoKLyrdi4-JttWDNiygfO9xbbEah1xxus7t5g2IOrhWDZuduRNNyW2ssx_nHnzCcFDSocNTUeByVqFTUMY4eZOU1ifHW737ciuZ7M/s320/Craftaway+posters_0001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661867292604686306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOT2OJLvFEGFerIfZoytXtxJbn8w2Z5Xq-sie72FE3gCEyOYlDaopsX1G-jHepCWgJja-oRZxLnm_sE9NNtVua-ugHndlRBdvdjwijUbBJCArnos3Fpx56MJ2uPcRbRva9InqzzDgam8J/s1600/Ivy+Cottage.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOT2OJLvFEGFerIfZoytXtxJbn8w2Z5Xq-sie72FE3gCEyOYlDaopsX1G-jHepCWgJja-oRZxLnm_sE9NNtVua-ugHndlRBdvdjwijUbBJCArnos3Fpx56MJ2uPcRbRva9InqzzDgam8J/s320/Ivy+Cottage.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661866962663458162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrt9YvUFKXYvWjb1AagIqjvjWgjuBqLvmcSy9rXy9x7-nPGReXB-03QxbJqFz6YNVdOvzvFujrL9Q5GYWfSWWgg7o6cnjbk0X-rNTxf1gd92HWUKDPrQ79p1jpC5hnEzhp1emf-HZNkAO/s1600/chicken+watching+2.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrt9YvUFKXYvWjb1AagIqjvjWgjuBqLvmcSy9rXy9x7-nPGReXB-03QxbJqFz6YNVdOvzvFujrL9Q5GYWfSWWgg7o6cnjbk0X-rNTxf1gd92HWUKDPrQ79p1jpC5hnEzhp1emf-HZNkAO/s320/chicken+watching+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661866835367222066" /></a><br />Here I am again to bore you with details of our week in the Peak District. The cottage there couldn't have been more different from Liverton Lodge in Yorkshire if it had tried. It looked very tiny from the outside but was deceptively spacious inside. There was a very modern kitchen (with a boiler that worked!), a dining room and large sitting room. The stairs led off from the sitting room where upstairs were two bedrooms, one with a double bed and the second with twin beds, there was also a very nice bathroom, the whole place was very tastefully decorated.<br /><br />We collected the key from Ivy House Farm (the cottage was Ivy Cottage)where we were given a very warm welcome from Christine the owner. She took us to the cottage where she had laid out a welcome tray, there was also a bowl of fresh eggs from her chickens and milk in the fridge. There was even a vase of fresh flowers in the sitting room, a lovely surprise.<br /><br />The garden, whilst not huge was completely secure with plenty of room for Bonnie to run around. In the field next to the cottage were chickens .... Bonnie had never seen chickens close up before and she was fascinated! She spent hours each day watching them and trying to get closer to play with them (at least we always knew where she was), and she had no trouble going outside on her own there!<br /><br />The heatwave continued for the first few days but then it began to get very windy and noticably cooler, in fact the wind felt bitterly cold on the last morning as we walked Bonnie in the fields.<br /><br />We knew it was time to go home though when we had a power cut at 3am and the smoke alarm kept "bleeping" keeping us awake for most of the night. The next morning there was still no electicity and so yet again no hot water and this time not even a cup of tea and some breakfast .... I never thought I would be glad of a service station for breakfast!! Still other than that we had a brilliant time.<br /><br />Now of course it's back to reality and all the washing and ironing. Still I can now look forward to "Craftaway Saturday" ... not far away now!Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-7943696599378736092011-10-10T06:34:00.000-07:002011-10-10T06:55:02.519-07:00I'm Back!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBt2xpY2gn5b_MYDPIELJG3EorLhCx6vxuJGmLHjvKmJ6nfWFDazpjoRO81fASDH9rphVylPjtlgoBvkIsqcYBLhJRDai_7CDD_b9kcz_OAWc7wlv6O1rr-_HnBJMBXej6jhDenxb9Uln/s1600/Joan+%2526+Ronnie.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBt2xpY2gn5b_MYDPIELJG3EorLhCx6vxuJGmLHjvKmJ6nfWFDazpjoRO81fASDH9rphVylPjtlgoBvkIsqcYBLhJRDai_7CDD_b9kcz_OAWc7wlv6O1rr-_HnBJMBXej6jhDenxb9Uln/s320/Joan+%2526+Ronnie.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661860757145803522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8T52XSOtPL9I8moAEx0nY4HKzCIzHPuftt5awlj9tID5JuQRM8fVGdSDpf26a93zHjfxJMPggTRjsS-6YEbMNFq9a9lkbBtWTyY_GD2yjyCc9BUGwD6u4kRRJy9QhOI9USSqJf-vDDQXd/s1600/Liverton+Lodge.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8T52XSOtPL9I8moAEx0nY4HKzCIzHPuftt5awlj9tID5JuQRM8fVGdSDpf26a93zHjfxJMPggTRjsS-6YEbMNFq9a9lkbBtWTyY_GD2yjyCc9BUGwD6u4kRRJy9QhOI9USSqJf-vDDQXd/s320/Liverton+Lodge.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661860643831766130" /></a><br />I'm back ..... yes I know, you didn't even realise I had gone! Well I've been on holiday for a couple of weeks. The first week we went up to North Yorkshire where we met up with my Sister Joan, she and her partner Ron have a B&B in Whitby, we had the best time ever and even better they are coming down here to Hampshire to spend Christmas with us before going off on a cruise for a couple of weeks .... I can't wait!<br /><br />The cottage we rented (well it wasn't a cottage really) was HUGE! Here's a photo of it, it had an impressive entrance hall with a sitting room on either side of the hall, both with TV's and one with a grand piano! At the end of the hall it went into a T shape, to the left was another hall a dining room and kitchen with a utility/boiler room leading off. To the right was a bathroom and shower, a cloakroom/telephone room an a walk in cupboard. Upstairs were 4 big bedrooms, two with king size beds and two with twin beds, there was also another bathroom and seperate WC, up another set of stair leading to the attic was another twin bedded room and various other rooms that were locked. The garden was also very big. All this and there were just 3 of us plus Bonnie.<br /><br />The only problem was that as the house was so big Bonnie was never quite sure where we were and so she would never go out of the house on her own (I have a very neurotic dog!). <br /><br />The weather was perfect, we arrived just right for the heatwave .... wonderful!!<br /><br />The only probem we had was on the last day when the boiler decided to pack up and so we had no hot water at all! So after a cold wash and breakfast off we set for our second week in the Peak District.... more about that later.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-67550513081588449232011-09-17T12:57:00.000-07:002011-09-17T13:29:34.199-07:00Turmoil<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhbOQHyzyPPPd2EqeVBTlHVkiWIw3aK5BwNMMW0cd8BaBrTQcSjyBAE4PboTatgg9nGttWlzgxLQ0CSH5Bf-7TiGoQPjspBaJWeRa5hgaPOZthxBGzlEubWNMf26qlZt-etOBRnGNtStY/s1600/IMG_0057.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px; height: 214px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653421374281485586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhbOQHyzyPPPd2EqeVBTlHVkiWIw3aK5BwNMMW0cd8BaBrTQcSjyBAE4PboTatgg9nGttWlzgxLQ0CSH5Bf-7TiGoQPjspBaJWeRa5hgaPOZthxBGzlEubWNMf26qlZt-etOBRnGNtStY/s320/IMG_0057.JPG" /></a><br />Isn't this a great photo? It's Spooky catching his ball, I'm not sure if it was Adrian or Rachel who took it but I love it! </div><div> </div><div>Lewis goes to Birmingham University tomorrow, I'm sure Deb is in a state of emotional turmoil, I know I am!!!</div><div> </div><div>I've just spoken to Lewis, he's amazing it doesn't seem to phaze him at all.</div><div> </div><div>Total change of subject ..... we've been out today to get Bonnie a new winter wardrobe! OK a new waterproof jacket and a lead. We have been invited to my niece's wedding on 5th November and as we don't have a "baby" sitter Bonnie will have to go too. We've checked with the Hotel and they are fine about it (and she has been to church before and is very well behaved) but a girl does need a new outfit to look her best! Hence the new outfit .... a stylish light grey jacket with reflective stripe and a red plaited lead (to match her red harness (when she wears that she knows it is best behaviour and not just walkies) and who knows, I may just make her a matching corsage!</div><div> </div><div>Craftaway Saturday is well underway now, I have just approved the "proof" for the advertisement in the local freebie mag. "The Herald" so we will very soon be "famous" or should that be notorious?! I'm so excited about it (the nerves may kick in later~!)</div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-25434065126810874702011-09-13T06:57:00.000-07:002011-09-13T07:15:31.192-07:00Time is flying<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgIySX8tDg0oO3ZxhPDbY6FJdHAaX1xjYHxklIc3dIggKw8gHu-K6MrCbIVyBdBHTmOt1IImt5TS2p5ZoIMSJT1L7YQptUSJj4zbwRFfX4JkiZ3QKcXQp3D7OUuMbfOCfJ3RgGAqJhfYo/s1600/Sept+2011-2.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgIySX8tDg0oO3ZxhPDbY6FJdHAaX1xjYHxklIc3dIggKw8gHu-K6MrCbIVyBdBHTmOt1IImt5TS2p5ZoIMSJT1L7YQptUSJj4zbwRFfX4JkiZ3QKcXQp3D7OUuMbfOCfJ3RgGAqJhfYo/s320/Sept+2011-2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651847389308609330" /></a><br />Time at the moment seems to be flying by. It's next Sunday that Lewis goes to University, just over a week ago Adrian and Deb invited both families to a meal at a Spanish Restaurant and Tapas Bar. It was a combination of Lewis's 19th Birthday, well done in his A levels (and Rachel's GCSE taken early)and farewell. We had a great time and a lovely meal. I thought that was the last time I would see Lewis until Christmas, then Friday evening Adrian rang to ask if they could all come over Saturday afternoon .... a wonderful surprise, they stayed for tea so that was a special bonus visit, sadly I now know that I won't see Lewis again until Christmas. Still look on the bright side .... it won't be long before it is here!! (that's a bright side? ... what am I saying?!)<br /><br />The posters are now going up for Craftaway Saturday and we already have our first customers booked .... all very exciting. We now have tomorrow and next Wednesday to get the final preparations done as then we are each on holiday on consecutive weeks, after which there will be one more Wednesday get together with the three of us before the Workshop!!!Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-5601654354034653492011-09-09T06:31:00.000-07:002011-09-09T06:46:49.073-07:00Craftaway Saturday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5ckPpAIvj74UlQYN_isJHqSSmN3VTNc55iszY-sufmLm94uNUyz2KIm1kSWc_66qfut6SaphY4TaBwp8l_6yAUmheIqeJxiE51RbmwCfWSK7XqsEcwlymUah5crXQVp6S6ZAhYIb0ef5/s1600/Craftaway+posters_0001.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5ckPpAIvj74UlQYN_isJHqSSmN3VTNc55iszY-sufmLm94uNUyz2KIm1kSWc_66qfut6SaphY4TaBwp8l_6yAUmheIqeJxiE51RbmwCfWSK7XqsEcwlymUah5crXQVp6S6ZAhYIb0ef5/s320/Craftaway+posters_0001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650354954506707202" /></a><br />Can I have a roll of the drums please to get your attention?! ....... I can now give you the news that has been getting me so excited .... our new venture, or should that be adventure?<br /><br />The two Sue's and myself are about to hold our first of what we hope will be many crafting workshops. The first is to be a full day workshop on Saturday 29th October which we have called "Craftaway Saturday". It will a chance to learn about colours, textures, try out different craft mediums, learn new techniques and generally have a play and meet other like minded people. We will provide everything needed for an enjoyable day, all materials, morning coffee and biscuits, a ploughmans lunch and afternoon tea and a cupcake ..... can't be bad eh? <br /><br />This is the poster that we have produced, so if you live anywhere near Dibden Purlieu in Hampshire then do come along and join us you will be made very welcome.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-74608754776551094452011-09-04T01:51:00.000-07:002011-09-04T02:02:52.480-07:00Exciting times<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQFwTR2Pvs8AtDHTsO69ytQ1fxtcN724ZBW-5NJtEw8pn3A99wYpQSKzrzF9esXefuo9Fghca-WvqscFNGT-IZVtgJya_vAqaSRcmJrnYpdgutzqrebuEfSTi7SbFnkqahdiyy8GKsyI0/s1600/Won+first+prize+2011.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQFwTR2Pvs8AtDHTsO69ytQ1fxtcN724ZBW-5NJtEw8pn3A99wYpQSKzrzF9esXefuo9Fghca-WvqscFNGT-IZVtgJya_vAqaSRcmJrnYpdgutzqrebuEfSTi7SbFnkqahdiyy8GKsyI0/s320/Won+first+prize+2011.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648426668495089634" /></a>
<br />Goodness, where is the time going? Is it really 3 months since my last post?
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<br />What has been happening? Well my wonderful Grandson Lewis got his A level results through, he needed A passes in Maths and Pure Maths plus a B in any other subject to get into the university of his choice, but he did one better and got A* in both Maths and pure maths and B's in French and computing so Birmingham here he comes!
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<br />Then my beautiful Granddaughter Rachel got a B in English GCSE, which she took early as she is only 14 .... well done Rachel.
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<br />What else? .... well I entered a stitched beaded card into the local Horticultural and Craft Show and won First Prize (a very minor achievement compared to my Grandchildren but I was well chuffed), here's a photo of the card.
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<br />AND ... my two crafting friends Sue I and Sue M have something VERY exciting in the pipeline I'll tell you more about that later so watch this space as they say!Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-5574739624876128492011-05-03T07:38:00.000-07:002011-05-03T07:53:32.831-07:00Did you watch the wedding?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqCzryKaC22b9E-t-ApKnlOTyvfPosFDJNKAoDQx2br8ffe4dyyqxp9JXN02M-JVQ7l5zxIwu-jdVzafq5w13eRGg6jbnK77NcgQ9bbJqH2RB5sD0uTn2Aemvv3-b73UcPMldNhnGnCnG/s1600/Royal+wedding+invitation.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqCzryKaC22b9E-t-ApKnlOTyvfPosFDJNKAoDQx2br8ffe4dyyqxp9JXN02M-JVQ7l5zxIwu-jdVzafq5w13eRGg6jbnK77NcgQ9bbJqH2RB5sD0uTn2Aemvv3-b73UcPMldNhnGnCnG/s320/Royal+wedding+invitation.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602502667201547154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvP8Zkj6Nx81Ktwujfb5LXX2yzD1uS6-gKkmZphtg0-fjYe2g_xDJH4jQ2DU4GJ4hzqjUXdnI7bj_To_Ru-LceqFBlEiPWMiv1f98wlPh6sqN1yejLWR45Vy5Wo37ucsWfvEIX50fjWEW/s1600/Royal+wedding+buttonholes.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvP8Zkj6Nx81Ktwujfb5LXX2yzD1uS6-gKkmZphtg0-fjYe2g_xDJH4jQ2DU4GJ4hzqjUXdnI7bj_To_Ru-LceqFBlEiPWMiv1f98wlPh6sqN1yejLWR45Vy5Wo37ucsWfvEIX50fjWEW/s320/Royal+wedding+buttonholes.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602502542849003826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTw3lKzHSC5fbE1f5e-b70yZQuierE8ZjY0MxnFmbjQbex3plWCWjt4rXa8JUtp1qDjRYZqUmjjIKP315RyFbXDOJA47BzrDGrCNR9ab5EDa7qz06ykFuNHEobuicYCrjiQUHT7wm6inr/s1600/Royal+wedding+fascinator.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTw3lKzHSC5fbE1f5e-b70yZQuierE8ZjY0MxnFmbjQbex3plWCWjt4rXa8JUtp1qDjRYZqUmjjIKP315RyFbXDOJA47BzrDGrCNR9ab5EDa7qz06ykFuNHEobuicYCrjiQUHT7wm6inr/s320/Royal+wedding+fascinator.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602502353476253570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjML8wr63M-f4_7RqHe1b9w1Pp-nouLfBhK4JsF61yyVPoXDSZA21xFFN9v8Ihxgt3efkpznyFqk0J6HtO-t-9-7-x7RB3abvdWm1yFIJ6udgGw11nOTcyMpob9k5Bp8vIb__exFH4nFVkr/s1600/Royal+wedding+medals.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjML8wr63M-f4_7RqHe1b9w1Pp-nouLfBhK4JsF61yyVPoXDSZA21xFFN9v8Ihxgt3efkpznyFqk0J6HtO-t-9-7-x7RB3abvdWm1yFIJ6udgGw11nOTcyMpob9k5Bp8vIb__exFH4nFVkr/s320/Royal+wedding+medals.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602502172778470658" /></a><br />Hi everyone. Did you watch the Royal Wedding? Didn't Kate look fantastic? As did her Sister.<br /><br />We went round to my friend Sue's for the day, she had invited us round to watch the wedding and afterwards have a BBQ. We had a brilliant day, it started at around 10.30am with bacon rolls and a cup of tea, quickly followed by nibbles and Bucks Fizz, then came the deep fried coated mushrooms, onion rings and garlic flavoured chips washed down with Pimms (we were watching honest!!). When the wedding was over we toasted the happy couple with a glass of champagne (or two) then it was out into the garden to watch the men doing their bit on the BBQ. We had lots of laughs and banter and thoroughly enjoyed he day.<br /><br />The theme of the day was Red-White & Blue so to enter into the spirit of the day I made a "Royal Invitation", buttonholes for myself and Rob (fancy Kate copying me by having Lily of the Valley in her bouquet!), I made myself a fascinator and Rob wanted a set of "medals" and a red beret. I forgot to photograph the beret but here is everything else...Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-36583939663688142362011-04-19T07:23:00.000-07:002011-04-19T07:33:19.074-07:00Introduction to Frank<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelhkEEVFVfz24NYD2QDkRqRlC0aP-VN-Gc84Y3ZT9uLtPsICt6wtEjcsBxlhjzsRNrf_zKsxOYYP9clgcb1QUUrErmOBOVB-PixEarprwT_m9sZDBWfmp5uK7N3rZlgMEHCPknYTocfbA/s1600/6.1.11+pheasant.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelhkEEVFVfz24NYD2QDkRqRlC0aP-VN-Gc84Y3ZT9uLtPsICt6wtEjcsBxlhjzsRNrf_zKsxOYYP9clgcb1QUUrErmOBOVB-PixEarprwT_m9sZDBWfmp5uK7N3rZlgMEHCPknYTocfbA/s320/6.1.11+pheasant.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597301437577945218" /></a><br />Look at this .... I don't post for months on end and then here I am two days running! Don't get too excited though, it is almost Easter and the family are coming over so not much time for blogging or crafting.<br /><br />We have a regular visitor to our garden now, so regular in fact that we have decided he should have a name ..... Frank. And here is a photo of him, not that clear I have to admit but it was taken through glass.<br /><br />Frank has now decided that he likes it here so much that he has started to bring some of his friends with him, two red legged partridge, as yet they don't have names nor do I have a photo of them ... yet!<br /><br />Isn't Frank a handsome chap though? Mind you, he torments the life out of Bonnie. If no one is out in the garden he peers through the patio window which of course starts Bonnie off barking, which in turn makes Frank squark ... then Bonnie barks ... then Frank squarks ... you get the picture!Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-13588125474520268292011-04-18T08:43:00.000-07:002011-04-18T08:50:21.479-07:00I'm back!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2d2k77CSWxPtfPXwFfuF0NSH3h1d5aBdfz7ik1ETxjVUYvzOmRih6qsskUPI1nLcDbP7n3e5_jNfeenqPCf8huJXxMtVPrWyd0GyenWmurQGn8l_nNBekwumJS9CStWdXwA_xvF8eB8s/s1600/lesson+4+Valentine+trug+2.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2d2k77CSWxPtfPXwFfuF0NSH3h1d5aBdfz7ik1ETxjVUYvzOmRih6qsskUPI1nLcDbP7n3e5_jNfeenqPCf8huJXxMtVPrWyd0GyenWmurQGn8l_nNBekwumJS9CStWdXwA_xvF8eB8s/s320/lesson+4+Valentine+trug+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596951089999551634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9JgW11T56wu08Pnw2m4BotSU2gzc-QrESgfNJlXJbm9siR8uQOb-fNmS9nHsjf5e2YCWOi9KhJ1zEIwaNyip5bSAOJrH_kyUlCdq4TuoedzbhM8bXAFaavmiNawN1ihq-GvQIhmLBIlt/s1600/lesson+1+-+2.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii9JgW11T56wu08Pnw2m4BotSU2gzc-QrESgfNJlXJbm9siR8uQOb-fNmS9nHsjf5e2YCWOi9KhJ1zEIwaNyip5bSAOJrH_kyUlCdq4TuoedzbhM8bXAFaavmiNawN1ihq-GvQIhmLBIlt/s320/lesson+1+-+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596950872001378002" /></a><br />Oh dear, is it really that long since I last posted?! So much has happened in the interim but I won't bore you with all the details, let me think what I have been up to over the last couple of months ..... My friend Sue and I went for flower arranging lessons, they were great fun, I really enjoyed those. Here are a couple of photos of my efforts. The buttonhole was our first project and the basket (one of my favourites) was done for Valentines day.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-48884119821742106302010-08-11T08:43:00.000-07:002010-08-11T08:52:11.025-07:00Something totally different<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmFv162nrZBk5NPBloqseJgP1irOiu4W2y3Fj7Y2641QA_M8ErDp1PT6Q2PIWDhXZAveegwF0dGhmE8QDfhnCOH0iOKEHGw87Tlo7G52gPaEtr2fbyekGlhBiAfFm6f-LK7QTh03YG9sf/s1600/basic+box.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmFv162nrZBk5NPBloqseJgP1irOiu4W2y3Fj7Y2641QA_M8ErDp1PT6Q2PIWDhXZAveegwF0dGhmE8QDfhnCOH0iOKEHGw87Tlo7G52gPaEtr2fbyekGlhBiAfFm6f-LK7QTh03YG9sf/s320/basic+box.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504180487759004674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-dClPSBGJvQDmg3bKs7W3aS2IDJqRl6TqfL5VH8oW6Wv9bfOvWW6sMQ8-y-V83Wj-rbxWUWx7VQxor4u9aDPuqiwYFkKd6_s0bawHnlr4PXiPgXFmCZdqrZmmY3GJfTNe37Canq6_1kN/s1600/box+altered.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-dClPSBGJvQDmg3bKs7W3aS2IDJqRl6TqfL5VH8oW6Wv9bfOvWW6sMQ8-y-V83Wj-rbxWUWx7VQxor4u9aDPuqiwYFkKd6_s0bawHnlr4PXiPgXFmCZdqrZmmY3GJfTNe37Canq6_1kN/s320/box+altered.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504180271839987938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wSO43LJsye5ynO3DZoCSD2k900-i7vW-zssvvNkEhhTKUQixLulwYpDnp8owrCia7bivELswkAMLa9H9DV40zQ1uvM3gAgWseXyfxXWaixYby6v0IVMDTrMWOAjDL8csP5WilqaLU6Ld/s1600/box+lid.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wSO43LJsye5ynO3DZoCSD2k900-i7vW-zssvvNkEhhTKUQixLulwYpDnp8owrCia7bivELswkAMLa9H9DV40zQ1uvM3gAgWseXyfxXWaixYby6v0IVMDTrMWOAjDL8csP5WilqaLU6Ld/s320/box+lid.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504180059428550146" /></a><br />My two crafting friends and I decided to try our hand at something totally different from our usual cards ..... altered art. I chose to alter a box (goodness knows what I will do with it now!)<br /><br />The box started out as a plain brown cardboard box and it has turned into a pretty lilac blue creation. I wasn't happy with the lid though (I tried to add micro beads onto UTTE but it didn't quite work so I made a matching flower but now I'm not sure if it is too much ... what do you think?Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-64396912841240789252010-08-11T08:34:00.000-07:002010-08-11T08:42:53.019-07:00Another 90th Birthday card<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMLW1ai5EjAdUIaDQx3lbk-Bg0yZwT7AqQ_EsZJivcdW7qe-gkYhzLvoEqOgRBJmHmzTDUzZIDIepXILZWD2KWgOmILcOiYbUfcaBRhhbnjj3qvJQbdaZFmoBEhEIVRRF-RtEa1hr27Eq/s1600/Rob+2010.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMLW1ai5EjAdUIaDQx3lbk-Bg0yZwT7AqQ_EsZJivcdW7qe-gkYhzLvoEqOgRBJmHmzTDUzZIDIepXILZWD2KWgOmILcOiYbUfcaBRhhbnjj3qvJQbdaZFmoBEhEIVRRF-RtEa1hr27Eq/s320/Rob+2010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504178028368165202" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4AU-pEX-B4rDO3E-kJNqm9CoKCgwVQWfQ9dmHsBu9nLJwV7VIKX4FuDsi0yR7m_k7zz5YSuQITUOyglE0Zrp3eZsCqVbEsCHXNHRbl6vKmSO5CtyXkjz5GVbOcZ7jv_v7QI156gr8ERI/s1600/Phylis+box.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4AU-pEX-B4rDO3E-kJNqm9CoKCgwVQWfQ9dmHsBu9nLJwV7VIKX4FuDsi0yR7m_k7zz5YSuQITUOyglE0Zrp3eZsCqVbEsCHXNHRbl6vKmSO5CtyXkjz5GVbOcZ7jv_v7QI156gr8ERI/s320/Phylis+box.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504177722803979618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MG694bsTBCcgsgadkyb_pqfMVnbuxIkAzirQKF6VxKSfpw9cOFq48CLVXGCUMTau3-Jh1WanJuDz3LeI9Yeh-_KSMzDBKh-pR5zqBiCXd0elZQMOxeIBL8j-9Mj2JYN32quL-1T5wr3q/s1600/Phylis+2010+001.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MG694bsTBCcgsgadkyb_pqfMVnbuxIkAzirQKF6VxKSfpw9cOFq48CLVXGCUMTau3-Jh1WanJuDz3LeI9Yeh-_KSMzDBKh-pR5zqBiCXd0elZQMOxeIBL8j-9Mj2JYN32quL-1T5wr3q/s320/Phylis+2010+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504177518257595986" /></a><br />This is the birthday card and box that I have made from me to the lady at our sewing club. As the other two were gold and cream I thought I would go for something totally different.<br /><br />The pup is one of the Giordano studio stamps from Joanna Sheen, my Son asked me to make a card for him for his Dad (it is Rob's birthday on Sunday)and I thought this little chap was so cute! It is coloured using Promarkers.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-63165248628226991472010-07-29T08:51:00.000-07:002010-07-29T09:01:32.531-07:0090th Birthday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQOnHONubRQD-szaYqFwRhjqrexOeRqvek58x08JR2d5nKDIdcOduaN-rCKO2jkPeH_ZF3x_-L2pBrvJBzIGW197WvfBAkQkbR3FPUCK7Zrycln8zo0kN_OPgCFVrxWzxJ1nuJoI5gRbH/s1600/SNV31264.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQOnHONubRQD-szaYqFwRhjqrexOeRqvek58x08JR2d5nKDIdcOduaN-rCKO2jkPeH_ZF3x_-L2pBrvJBzIGW197WvfBAkQkbR3FPUCK7Zrycln8zo0kN_OPgCFVrxWzxJ1nuJoI5gRbH/s320/SNV31264.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499358785971787730" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19nLT6rRxMTo-zaserNAcVZr8PryO90Z_-V1-CuepDkhQJOy5aRnWS4FmYOyMOA6Q61DxCai4rT0SkzsqpnWIB78BJPQdmY6LAHAQMfvgflY45GKcYrmMFBSKEB9soQc29D7ofQSF-fAM/s1600/SNV31261.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19nLT6rRxMTo-zaserNAcVZr8PryO90Z_-V1-CuepDkhQJOy5aRnWS4FmYOyMOA6Q61DxCai4rT0SkzsqpnWIB78BJPQdmY6LAHAQMfvgflY45GKcYrmMFBSKEB9soQc29D7ofQSF-fAM/s320/SNV31261.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499358584946038386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5PUEEJsf86Y0kiUZ_L-xyaOp-wRjzW76uttHCahrFHO6sWaBBy_gn6lvyBTUbvmGkFFCSW4uTB6K8oP2CkUcS5eHcI6h9bsL_vEqB4pWknJ5ucS1mkw5ZKnfwBbKJjSZtvEKdEzF6GzV/s1600/SNV31259.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5PUEEJsf86Y0kiUZ_L-xyaOp-wRjzW76uttHCahrFHO6sWaBBy_gn6lvyBTUbvmGkFFCSW4uTB6K8oP2CkUcS5eHcI6h9bsL_vEqB4pWknJ5ucS1mkw5ZKnfwBbKJjSZtvEKdEzF6GzV/s320/SNV31259.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499358335206370402" /></a><br />I have been asked to make two cards for a lady who goes to the Village Stitchers, a stitching circle that I belong to, she will reach the wonderful age of 90 next month! The gold and cream card will be from everyone at Stitchers so had to be fairly plain inside to allow everyone room to write something. The other card I made into an apature card with the Vintage lady on the inside of the card. I also made matching boxes which were lined with gold tissue paper. All I have to do now is to make another card for me to give this lovely lady.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-10449500267520999622010-07-15T07:24:00.000-07:002010-07-15T07:41:47.058-07:00Elusive Images stamps<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoIRrgGr7iuQPZ4UGSlQR-pk76DmSvkbWlVdg2iIOhMfJrAsaFswRhxG5hW84kLY8LmIGjwpkEknta2ImdtjGhYG5HHz2PbBbcOIeHAKfMkZ34-MOJoE6ycOHWdsffB3hbWFQGJnRaTGG/s1600/SNV31251.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoIRrgGr7iuQPZ4UGSlQR-pk76DmSvkbWlVdg2iIOhMfJrAsaFswRhxG5hW84kLY8LmIGjwpkEknta2ImdtjGhYG5HHz2PbBbcOIeHAKfMkZ34-MOJoE6ycOHWdsffB3hbWFQGJnRaTGG/s320/SNV31251.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494142883588407266" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yDZxiX9MKlYGBgFVyqEylpqYV2jxUAfmsFeiAgwudZxs27fkWbyatmRAiX5gHNa8AbePPcCYa_5oN995Zu_jy7bSUT3Yz4Kd5kBQVcnRt10aoFBTk5pn1T-CWpT4g-terssYQQp4mOX2/s1600/SNV31253.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yDZxiX9MKlYGBgFVyqEylpqYV2jxUAfmsFeiAgwudZxs27fkWbyatmRAiX5gHNa8AbePPcCYa_5oN995Zu_jy7bSUT3Yz4Kd5kBQVcnRt10aoFBTk5pn1T-CWpT4g-terssYQQp4mOX2/s320/SNV31253.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494142686599005490" /></a><br />Here are two cards I have made using stamps from the beautiful new Elusive Images underwater range. They are both coloured with Twinkling H2Os and the scales are touched with Crystal Stickles to give an extra shimmer. The background just behind the mermaid is given a little colour using glimmer chalks and the sea dragon has the edges sponged with Dusty Concord Distress inks.<br /><br />The background paper of the mermaid card is Graphicus (from the Guild Members pack) and although it doesn't show up very well on the photo I have stamped onto it using Brilliance Platinum Planet and some of the silhouette mermaids and underwater plants, this gives a shadowy glimpse of the images.<br /><br />The "frame" of the sea dragon is a shimmery paper that picks up the colour of the dragon beautifully. I have then cut out the pots, sea plant, seaweed etc and put on the outside of the frame, some flat others standing out using sticky pads, I'm really pleased with the results.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-59799452445649021902010-07-07T08:14:00.000-07:002010-07-07T08:21:24.936-07:00Adrian's Birthday card<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksfkesM2zIOrT9WWRL4ktMv9YM6qCopsihmivzBsP2U23Qjz0BtJnAdfbloLSAKn0BO8lBIjjzoi0P6fPUqBgSSwCJCdF0Ib4kL6bY51qDtui0MRenE0GLP7RtVR3sNDrKZK1MChFtr8K/s1600/Adrian's+birthday+card+2010.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksfkesM2zIOrT9WWRL4ktMv9YM6qCopsihmivzBsP2U23Qjz0BtJnAdfbloLSAKn0BO8lBIjjzoi0P6fPUqBgSSwCJCdF0Ib4kL6bY51qDtui0MRenE0GLP7RtVR3sNDrKZK1MChFtr8K/s320/Adrian's+birthday+card+2010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491184586727474626" /></a><br />It's Adrian's (my Son) birthday next month and this is the card I have made. I should perhaps point out that he is a forty something not a child but as he is in a very high pressured and demanding job I thought these words were ideal and it will apeal to his sense of humour. I would like to enter it into the Passion for Promarkers Tuesday challenge but I'm not sure I can remember how to do the ... here is .. thingy!Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-82409920397720536872010-07-05T06:43:00.000-07:002010-07-05T06:50:53.494-07:00Once upon a time ....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiYNm-QSQvhMM2N6mHIko5ecHURCIW9Fv2_27JXihi02qMPNltPTxrGfYn6gpLZiEPSy7njm44tcPRfbTTfA4xq-XNiOTzv67ck4bb4HVnSgDzZujMF8eG3Ov5DnRrqd12OMmWFrUM710/s1600/Once+upon+a+time+swap.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGiYNm-QSQvhMM2N6mHIko5ecHURCIW9Fv2_27JXihi02qMPNltPTxrGfYn6gpLZiEPSy7njm44tcPRfbTTfA4xq-XNiOTzv67ck4bb4HVnSgDzZujMF8eG3Ov5DnRrqd12OMmWFrUM710/s320/Once+upon+a+time+swap.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490418808120572802" /></a><br />Once Upon a Time .... that's the theme for this month's ATC swap on the Cardmaking and papercraft forum. You can make between 1 and 4 ATCs so this month I have made 5! Four for the swap and 1 for Spyder as a thank you for running it and here they are... well you can't have a Once upon a time without a Happily ever after can you?Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-25625781670412892772010-07-04T06:27:00.000-07:002010-07-04T06:37:38.273-07:0040th Birthday card<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4HwxNxkxHfNDNNHOuuqyOnyGTiVsbougQ-vOQhaBOwGONJ3Gse6Cmyi1U1uSpuXMqqLQg6oPlmVFmhbwb-3QELuCLjUsSE43S13V65cXjZss2DsOQlgDhlGBEUf9jbXG6Z3oaLnOtICT/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4HwxNxkxHfNDNNHOuuqyOnyGTiVsbougQ-vOQhaBOwGONJ3Gse6Cmyi1U1uSpuXMqqLQg6oPlmVFmhbwb-3QELuCLjUsSE43S13V65cXjZss2DsOQlgDhlGBEUf9jbXG6Z3oaLnOtICT/s320/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490044634167108802" /></a><br />I've been asked to make a 40th birthday card for a man who loves Koi Carp so here's what I've come up with. The backgrounds are made by spraying card with glimmer mists. The underwater plants are from the new Elusive Images Underwater range of stamps (can't wait to use the mermaid ones). The Koi Carp is a Joanna Sheen stamp, it looks slightly blurred on the photo but that is because I stamped and coloured it first onto card and then onto a scrap of sheer gold organza that I found lying around my craftroom. The fabric gives the effect of movement as you look at it hence the reason it looks blurred on the photo.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-57160964283407600052010-06-28T08:02:00.000-07:002010-06-28T08:21:03.046-07:00That worked!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7epEYpxJngJPSL3CZbA2U44rgYuMS17BwOzdnJXr6w5FpH1CW0-FkEjLjcYwUscpWF5mvDr8XpKdWMi8b0myOFwRSz9UlSNAE7DiSRL_XBiB3CVm91kvyQGaU3XcMiuyGKkJSNqS06Tt/s1600/SNV31232.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7epEYpxJngJPSL3CZbA2U44rgYuMS17BwOzdnJXr6w5FpH1CW0-FkEjLjcYwUscpWF5mvDr8XpKdWMi8b0myOFwRSz9UlSNAE7DiSRL_XBiB3CVm91kvyQGaU3XcMiuyGKkJSNqS06Tt/s320/SNV31232.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487843581914110450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_hf8tN7f8yKegq6T0LgdLdi3J6NBNVChmd0bPjbfINH7vcxJMzYiNBq5GrCsM7XdFvlnCN61vSOrS7_UmT8rQECITHkYYRZnmfchE9Bo9hjSvCp5fUTH5WIt6UUGCTXAJmfiW0J76h-E/s1600/SNV31231.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_hf8tN7f8yKegq6T0LgdLdi3J6NBNVChmd0bPjbfINH7vcxJMzYiNBq5GrCsM7XdFvlnCN61vSOrS7_UmT8rQECITHkYYRZnmfchE9Bo9hjSvCp5fUTH5WIt6UUGCTXAJmfiW0J76h-E/s320/SNV31231.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487843415594400018" /></a><br />Well that worked well so I will now share with you an easel card I have made for a friend of ours who teaches the guitar at night school. The image is cross stitched and I have added a couple of musical buttons. The frame is black mirror card (not sure if that will show up on the photo, the base is musical backing paper.<br /><br />Rob and Alan are very into golf at the moment and they are playing at least twice a week, now I don't mind in the least (more crafting time for me) but Rob is obviously having pangs of guilt because I have been taken out for dinner twice in the last few weeks and yesterday he even offered to buy me some Promarkers (lots of them!). Needless to say I ordered them this morning!Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-1465198599872580102010-06-28T07:49:00.000-07:002010-06-28T08:01:47.509-07:00Phew what a scorcher!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvN70Ynv2ygDy_sPZF-VnJNuHXGkDZoyRM2d1yAGw-9I_lVNGHnXqGF4I2nKtk4r0RyzxNLSwp6F5hxpYyui5NUFmbwPfK0LcNsYwXx-8xLVlYVFTiVqezL5-DTKhtY5RXIFC-JK2b1NwX/s1600/SNV31229.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvN70Ynv2ygDy_sPZF-VnJNuHXGkDZoyRM2d1yAGw-9I_lVNGHnXqGF4I2nKtk4r0RyzxNLSwp6F5hxpYyui5NUFmbwPfK0LcNsYwXx-8xLVlYVFTiVqezL5-DTKhtY5RXIFC-JK2b1NwX/s320/SNV31229.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487839637574183858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Y0WGJLqz8p6iJtEOvVfUMPiNtRdt8G3tFFVPubDtLiJZmvFwsXIJJ73Fvyv1tcJgwqNocESxlpnmPz7f9nPPdHGJgdZqznWVD0MN27GsSgHr2ykoM44kSB6sOdMeSQdfDkli3hWjq_up/s1600/SNV31227.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Y0WGJLqz8p6iJtEOvVfUMPiNtRdt8G3tFFVPubDtLiJZmvFwsXIJJ73Fvyv1tcJgwqNocESxlpnmPz7f9nPPdHGJgdZqznWVD0MN27GsSgHr2ykoM44kSB6sOdMeSQdfDkli3hWjq_up/s320/SNV31227.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487839462738758162" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg157IRwhB2Hs68UriwozRxUXIXt-FrSvtpdwN4BSLbnbRic6Fb6406JrnHPmHHb3lNAHDkiPCGtnIszx6oz1D4n-MESF2uBD23uKyGj0HxKXKC_aQSFzx5yT8xc9csxwpZ2Bk45SrGN3vY/s1600/SNV31228.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg157IRwhB2Hs68UriwozRxUXIXt-FrSvtpdwN4BSLbnbRic6Fb6406JrnHPmHHb3lNAHDkiPCGtnIszx6oz1D4n-MESF2uBD23uKyGj0HxKXKC_aQSFzx5yT8xc9csxwpZ2Bk45SrGN3vY/s320/SNV31228.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487839256563703682" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTSGyVAy9UB8_6z9A_En9yJLQh5Ped7DkuIkZwvVuLZAKR9hmljMu-kuuRqH6No16-v6CaER4SRMNChRkff8qWLybI0lIsUG3BT0hyaeatSR0_Tx_SyHEfjvpT28qtd0U3x1q7BCSPJU_/s1600/SNV31224.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTSGyVAy9UB8_6z9A_En9yJLQh5Ped7DkuIkZwvVuLZAKR9hmljMu-kuuRqH6No16-v6CaER4SRMNChRkff8qWLybI0lIsUG3BT0hyaeatSR0_Tx_SyHEfjvpT28qtd0U3x1q7BCSPJU_/s320/SNV31224.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487839048295442082" /></a><br />Isn't this weather absolutely glorious? Long may it continue.<br /><br />Alan's best mate (Alan is my Son) is emigrating to Canada next month and we have been invited to his farewell "do" so I have made him a little (slightly tongue in cheek) booklet of things he might miss when he leaves good old Blighty. It is in the shape of a concertina and I have decorated both sides using photos, stamping and downloads. The box to put it in is a sort of exploding box. I shall now attempt to show you some photos but as I have a brand new computer that although it is super fast doesn't resemble my old XP version at all so everything is taking me ages to work out where to find things and how to use them when I do eventually find them .... if you see what I mean! Anyway fingers crossed .... here goes.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-11823113219999683052010-06-12T06:43:00.000-07:002010-06-12T07:52:46.964-07:00Distress Inks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXeJwuUKG4bvma6_AE01MMnbTI7EiTgvgUmEnAnalvMTdzWHWiz1S4LJUsjO52p2s3NS3aHHucYkogykiCy_ZhNyn9FLlAuOS3TX_y_GeIvNz3sZSQKhgeNO8Q5b-8ibZJVXhxaTrY03e/s1600/SNV31220.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXeJwuUKG4bvma6_AE01MMnbTI7EiTgvgUmEnAnalvMTdzWHWiz1S4LJUsjO52p2s3NS3aHHucYkogykiCy_ZhNyn9FLlAuOS3TX_y_GeIvNz3sZSQKhgeNO8Q5b-8ibZJVXhxaTrY03e/s320/SNV31220.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481884392025167538" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwTpN14II2AmyhRE6sqb_hCYbjpBVultwEnSEfhKwaKA2V4ScEB2egw7r3zqbhssKEraCFnfV_FAH-qCvEYu15q1QPSW6H7VQ3-SlZY3QP6oX-n1lJvJa27-_wnvzj1bpORCYk7KNoK5y/s1600/SNV31219.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwTpN14II2AmyhRE6sqb_hCYbjpBVultwEnSEfhKwaKA2V4ScEB2egw7r3zqbhssKEraCFnfV_FAH-qCvEYu15q1QPSW6H7VQ3-SlZY3QP6oX-n1lJvJa27-_wnvzj1bpORCYk7KNoK5y/s320/SNV31219.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481884091173318066" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgP9KPmDHvLUQUmKmTT1OjA9lRCvlZsfN4pIWzxcZ0MwbHe4tI37k4Ng8A9rzhmBXcwvk4s14QuexjjpW0CeUD1IOUOLkzfx-0ynof8Jb2yo25_R_x1hfDhzJlV3g150up2Qi0taCaOin/s1600/SNV31218.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgP9KPmDHvLUQUmKmTT1OjA9lRCvlZsfN4pIWzxcZ0MwbHe4tI37k4Ng8A9rzhmBXcwvk4s14QuexjjpW0CeUD1IOUOLkzfx-0ynof8Jb2yo25_R_x1hfDhzJlV3g150up2Qi0taCaOin/s320/SNV31218.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481883847892658962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jBgICpRoBXaHCyVJ9w-HhaLAtRI2YwdwijjtGTXgiLv67k6DLJTGd36GH062trTXwgSoZ12XmNud4mvwH4d4-xGEelyLHSO_VE0naq2xDQDb-xPGjAoZOxoQl5urNiwT-siIevi89zJN/s1600/SNV31217.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jBgICpRoBXaHCyVJ9w-HhaLAtRI2YwdwijjtGTXgiLv67k6DLJTGd36GH062trTXwgSoZ12XmNud4mvwH4d4-xGEelyLHSO_VE0naq2xDQDb-xPGjAoZOxoQl5urNiwT-siIevi89zJN/s320/SNV31217.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481883467630806178" /></a><br />This week our crafting trio was reduced to a crafting duo, Sue M couldn't make it but Sue I and me met up and played around with distress inks. I have just finished making my efforts into cards, here they are.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-18341282455555332492010-06-09T06:51:00.000-07:002010-06-09T07:33:23.816-07:00Latest cards<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWXWI4NZ_DDng4b3M_Zy1KWuFcfNTVgRzatZwiI439gLZ4YaEHANqdNF9stm2T_11bwKDMQQhK4o6RFl4A1-lOABbFH1_FrPrw_ffQJIB0MgK8oL16k9XXdpsc68720wUmI_miWv_jI5Z/s1600/SNV31215.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWXWI4NZ_DDng4b3M_Zy1KWuFcfNTVgRzatZwiI439gLZ4YaEHANqdNF9stm2T_11bwKDMQQhK4o6RFl4A1-lOABbFH1_FrPrw_ffQJIB0MgK8oL16k9XXdpsc68720wUmI_miWv_jI5Z/s320/SNV31215.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480781472874374098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HctlggWXf0uxRIp8N5FpoKolKOgzyfFvWmMnOHkVwvw3xiiDi986a8XR9uTEAFwHep5qTqquwYJLNJX1l7CjdQ5ZcSYuaUO-_4-qYARXoOnhGQWrWi-_eQBBCswh_kMCe-iwU1lVlNs2/s1600/SNV31210.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HctlggWXf0uxRIp8N5FpoKolKOgzyfFvWmMnOHkVwvw3xiiDi986a8XR9uTEAFwHep5qTqquwYJLNJX1l7CjdQ5ZcSYuaUO-_4-qYARXoOnhGQWrWi-_eQBBCswh_kMCe-iwU1lVlNs2/s320/SNV31210.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480779602477218946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUh0kc3GugFw3IoaoR75n6APXyP4YKg0LYkGPfv_d8lX5N3X35DzQqRppGZiu_USU4NV9XHC6C56E52YineIMM8S9Fsc0FHs9cLX9rErPnTzBTNuPkPyFlmP14rlQTo75nxmlM6JtQ1d1o/s1600/SNV31216.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUh0kc3GugFw3IoaoR75n6APXyP4YKg0LYkGPfv_d8lX5N3X35DzQqRppGZiu_USU4NV9XHC6C56E52YineIMM8S9Fsc0FHs9cLX9rErPnTzBTNuPkPyFlmP14rlQTo75nxmlM6JtQ1d1o/s320/SNV31216.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480774604667432402" /></a><br />Well after a disasterous day on Monday I managed to make a couple of cards yesterday. The rather elegant lady is from the Creative Expressions Party Ladies set which I bought on Saturday when my two crafting friends and I went to a Craft Show. The show wasn't really very good but I did manage to get a few new stamps and we had a fun morning so all was not lost.<br /><br />The little boy and his Westie (well I had to have that stamp didn't I?) is a Sugar Nellie stamp by Mary Hall called Westie, I thought it would make a great Christmas card.<br /><br />The rather funky looking bird is the card I have made for last week's challenge (my two crafting buddies and myself). We were playing with alcohol inks and acetate and stamping with the "petal" stamps belonging to one of the Sues'.<br /><br />The colouring is done with my Promarkers and the boy's scarf and Westie's coat are alcohol inks on vellum.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-87549661283579770932010-06-08T06:44:00.000-07:002010-06-08T07:15:08.154-07:00Bad day!Have you ever felt really, really, really stupid??!! ... Read on ....<br /><br />Yesterday was not a good day, it began at around 1.50am (yes that is AM!) when the smoke alarm outside our bedroom door went off. I lept out of bed and bent to grab my dressing gown, not the best idea when you have a bad back (I put it out last Wednesday and it WAS improving thanks to my Osteopath). Thankfully it turned out to be a false alarm, the battery was running low! (in the smoke alarm not my back)but I couldn't get back to sleep so of course I felt shattered from the moment I got up. Anyway after taking Bonnie for her walk along the beach I got home and put the breadmaker on (or tried to) I put in the ingredients, set the programme, switched on, and off it went ... for all of one rotation of the blades then nothing ... no sign of life at all. I changed the fuse (pretty impressive eh?) flipped on the switch and ..... nothing it was completely dead. I spent the next half hour searching for the receipt, eventually found it then realized the machine was two and a half years old, now I know that is not considered that old but as it is used almost every day I thought it wasn't too bad going so the next step was to get on the old internet and ordered another one.<br /><br />Nothing too stupid so far ... I cleaned the oven, I did crispy roast duck for dinner on Saturday and it was delicious BUT ... well I bet Delia doesn't have to clean her own oven! and all that twisting and stretching did my back no good at all either.<br /><br />Then the Plumber arrived to fit a new tap on the kitchen sink, our old one sprang a leak at the weekend, Rob took it apart thinking it would be just a washer to replace, but no, something had broken inside so he had to go out to buy a new one, hence the Plumber to fit it (you don't really think I would let Rob loose fitting a tap do you?! ... DO BE SERIOUS!!!)<br /><br />Where was I? Oh yes after dinner Rob replaced the fuse AGAIN, he said to check that I hadn't used a dud one ... Mmmmm! .... NOTHING, then he turned the machine around to check that the wire leading from the machine ...... and there on the back was an on/off switch!!!!! I have had that blessed machine for two and a half years and didn't even know the switch was there Aaarrrrrrh! I still don't know why it switched itself off though but stupid or what???Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-4586197230005313262010-05-22T09:04:00.000-07:002010-05-22T09:09:10.368-07:00Oooops!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3gmq9GY7ouXlLivLaCWoHQM7ShnvUwOe0mWvgyBLQWw2zpjTSsEz4rdQVUU1vTtecOpeTkmNbz5n8ncPqE4ztAZ6_J0Zkajr2V-dB5x9bHaN-g8WOth25wmp5jTdiC-oJM1IJlXyHG78/s1600/SNV31199.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3gmq9GY7ouXlLivLaCWoHQM7ShnvUwOe0mWvgyBLQWw2zpjTSsEz4rdQVUU1vTtecOpeTkmNbz5n8ncPqE4ztAZ6_J0Zkajr2V-dB5x9bHaN-g8WOth25wmp5jTdiC-oJM1IJlXyHG78/s320/SNV31199.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474127010930807970" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs_c_w2PNRK4bLyopt94Z1P2TDL6BI_qRyWdOWoy55y-cu69ptbDxIAJu8OuoiYwGvDKiG3USUA9bzMBlJA6-DyCav_VU5KNVyMgFhzhc_ETCAYMdjp8z97IPCXGV-4MhlxTwsAqMiy4L/s1600/SNV31194.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs_c_w2PNRK4bLyopt94Z1P2TDL6BI_qRyWdOWoy55y-cu69ptbDxIAJu8OuoiYwGvDKiG3USUA9bzMBlJA6-DyCav_VU5KNVyMgFhzhc_ETCAYMdjp8z97IPCXGV-4MhlxTwsAqMiy4L/s320/SNV31194.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474126484899199442" /></a><br />Oooops ... my computer is playing up again so only one card appeared, here is the second tipsy frog plus a really cute pup.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-18010801711270067892010-05-22T08:45:00.000-07:002010-05-22T08:55:50.662-07:00Tipsy Frog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSt_0iaQyG3AWJwFAeqTZDESMbvBZlcgUula0g6udT57ieIKs9u-PExO4AJBP1NCntw3yUWSvDnX2Ph6fSCtKwU8me3WsNzoUt0u9UuGlUVznZiad_pvLMdCJqYlA3rgcP-B7kOdx2wxii/s1600/SNV31196.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSt_0iaQyG3AWJwFAeqTZDESMbvBZlcgUula0g6udT57ieIKs9u-PExO4AJBP1NCntw3yUWSvDnX2Ph6fSCtKwU8me3WsNzoUt0u9UuGlUVznZiad_pvLMdCJqYlA3rgcP-B7kOdx2wxii/s320/SNV31196.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474122843013701138" /></a><br />I just love this little chap, he makes a great man's card. I've made these two for my Son and my Nephew (typical of both!). The frog himself is coloured using just one Promarker and a blender, neat eh? I got the technique from a brilliant website I have just found called Passionate about Promarkers, they post a new technique every Friday, I have only just discovered it so I am still going through loads of past workshops and learning lots in the process.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-81134645800342429812010-05-19T08:26:00.000-07:002010-05-19T08:36:10.499-07:00Favourite stamp<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vrA0NoatOOACqktTimUakl6ssZ5qYN1d4ulM0YTsrnDuLqT_TeqMz8CX7uJJ1icwRwvd3v4adq-tHqwt4YWdt2eu4W107Yu1hCdSZUKgTKrmV0XBkRPZ6_duZAOfHYIv3qQ0e9WaHLtv/s1600/SNV31180.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vrA0NoatOOACqktTimUakl6ssZ5qYN1d4ulM0YTsrnDuLqT_TeqMz8CX7uJJ1icwRwvd3v4adq-tHqwt4YWdt2eu4W107Yu1hCdSZUKgTKrmV0XBkRPZ6_duZAOfHYIv3qQ0e9WaHLtv/s320/SNV31180.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473005161358057746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUwEas0ia4bGr_hBYqWiGjXfzrca80tUh5lHNPbpsTEajKTX3j3_Xha2P_nSRdCjczXjgoJd7UNc1QBTG4gTcFg-NmoWNzmSkIM4DeVvV25Sh4DOAntrFwxIkizuS39Vm_Qtv7qWvAWNa/s1600/SNV31183.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUwEas0ia4bGr_hBYqWiGjXfzrca80tUh5lHNPbpsTEajKTX3j3_Xha2P_nSRdCjczXjgoJd7UNc1QBTG4gTcFg-NmoWNzmSkIM4DeVvV25Sh4DOAntrFwxIkizuS39Vm_Qtv7qWvAWNa/s320/SNV31183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473004968627940962" /></a><br />This very elegant lady has to be one on my favourite stamps, it's a Clarity Stamp. The deep pink and purple ladies were stamped three times, once onto white card then twice onto two coloured papers, I then cut out the dress from one colour and the jacket, gloves and hat from the other colour (slightly different combination in the case of the deep pink lady) then it's just a case of reverting to your childhood and dressing the "doll". The background swirly stamp is from Stampin' Up.<br /><br />The lady in blue is coloured using my Promarkers, the background stamp is an Elusive Images which I love, this is just tinted with chalks.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314661900312532801.post-52550941742113467102010-05-14T07:27:00.000-07:002010-05-14T07:34:26.293-07:00CM&P freebies<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AGI9ygeIhfqsLAPUsMpLYwjn5rv_Nrv7_tICth8xI4AURVB8Dxj0fjhyx5YekjKwdiSTWDruLIegy5DLhnGCC-igleuvIJ_GRaspcHzu6VfKDoIQfem6LCYfNQI3IuJosY4aVzcvtGOw/s1600/SNV31177.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AGI9ygeIhfqsLAPUsMpLYwjn5rv_Nrv7_tICth8xI4AURVB8Dxj0fjhyx5YekjKwdiSTWDruLIegy5DLhnGCC-igleuvIJ_GRaspcHzu6VfKDoIQfem6LCYfNQI3IuJosY4aVzcvtGOw/s320/SNV31177.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471133958326665250" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib90vPKbINYzOsp80IIgfXYsRYydUM9eejzWHyNtYHLXKK_2cDEugcUlZhcdlS8dzNoDOUsBqTbLaC9U2ueJeYpP0OmIeVPoYTZRXzUyP94uL8s-hnaGSdAwK6dqAgxtRhPhlCwJz4c-Wa/s1600/SNV31176.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib90vPKbINYzOsp80IIgfXYsRYydUM9eejzWHyNtYHLXKK_2cDEugcUlZhcdlS8dzNoDOUsBqTbLaC9U2ueJeYpP0OmIeVPoYTZRXzUyP94uL8s-hnaGSdAwK6dqAgxtRhPhlCwJz4c-Wa/s320/SNV31176.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471133738554416594" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqq-ThXfKsl9Re6c5oCtt6EJSI1O_jct5Sn9kCbtvK-sS169K1JQjjJ6uXwi7vvwghgVlpYLnYdwY3RqfDl3UxLFj9wTf1p9o0Hsr1qBOA8SXMQu5LULBLWC-cVbZLV4uc-9m5ChmxtP1k/s1600/SNV31173.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqq-ThXfKsl9Re6c5oCtt6EJSI1O_jct5Sn9kCbtvK-sS169K1JQjjJ6uXwi7vvwghgVlpYLnYdwY3RqfDl3UxLFj9wTf1p9o0Hsr1qBOA8SXMQu5LULBLWC-cVbZLV4uc-9m5ChmxtP1k/s320/SNV31173.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471133378943576738" /></a><br />I love the Bentley Bear stamps given away free with this months Card Making and Papercraft Mag. I've made a card using one of the stamps and two cards using the free papers.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544706241918898465noreply@blogger.com1