We used to have snow....

This is a LO I did with an old photo, which is a bit scratched, of my daughter Tracey in the winter of 1967. Do you too remember the snow we used to have.
It took an age to get a colour of paper to match the very odd colours of the photo. I don't believe I put her in red pants, pink top and blue mitts. :o
I settled for the greeny blue shade of the snow (paper I've had for ages which I think was K and Co) with a little pink glitter card cut with edging scissors to contrast. I used snowflake 'Pop-It' shapes which I covered in Stampendous Ultra Fine Crystal glitter to encircle the focal point of the photo. The ribbons used top and bottom were Anita's stick ribbon with a border top and bottom of Christmas Paper Lace.

Shaped Cards..............

These cards were done for a Forum competition 'Shaped Cards'
The Fan card was done with a rubber stamp by Friends Stamps 'Angie Bhatia' and the small Japanese images are by Clarity Imagina
The screen card was done with a home-made template and a various assortment of stamps and embelishments including Clarity Imagina, Hero Arts, Anna Griffin and K & Co. 'Kim Hodges' papers.
The pyramid was made from another hand-made template and decorated and heat embossed in gold with Egyptian stamped images all from Clarity Imagina
These sort of cards are very difficult to get a good photograph of unless you have some sort of fancy lighting system so hope you just get the general idea of these.
Thanks for looking.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICK

That's my baby.....33 today. Have a good one and watch your brain cell tonight. LOL!!

 

50 GOLDEN YEARS.....

For the forum's 'Celebration' theme LO I also found some great old pics of Mum and Dad's Golden Wedding. It was a secret party and the look on their faces throughout the whole evening with each new element of surprise was wonderful to behold.<
 

WooHoo!!

2nd place in our Forum 'Celebration' LO competition has chuffed me no end, because I've only been scrapbooking for a few weeks. I have been scrattin' through boxes and boxes of old photos and found my mum's little album of my sister's wedding and thought them ideal to scrap as a 'Celebration'. Was worried because, of course, they were in black and white but was pleased with the result as I chose to do mainly pink as I remembered that was the colour of my bridesmaids dress. Yes I am the little bridesmaid...aged 9. I remember too that I had a circlet of real freesias on my head and tiny lace gloves

Sweet Memories

Boy, once you start scrapbooking there is no holding back.
I have been sifting through albums and boxes of old photos looking for something or other to keep my mojo afloat....and it's not hard with the amount I've got, added to those all my mums too.
Came up with this for a given sketch LO on the forum
Would you believe I thought I was fat then, I would give my right arm to look like that now. What are we like?....don't answer that. LOL!!

It's been a while.....

since my last post but I have been busy here are 3 cards for rhe Forum Challenges, 2 for the challenge 'Flowers'
and the other is for the challenge 'Got Your Number'
I have done 2 LO's which are for a forum competition at the end of the month so watch this space.

Happy Stampers Northwest

Had a wonderful few hours at this venue in Port Sunlight on saturday.
This was the Spring one and there is another one in October. It is ticket only £2 and I wouldn't miss it for the world. Even though it was hotter than ever...phew!!! I managed 2 hours with a sit down and a cuppa in the middle to recharge the batteries.
Brilliant to see Barbara Santerelli of Clarity Imagina Stamps, I love to see her work she is so vivacious and full of enthusiasm, but the stamp I wanted was sold out 'Feminine' :(
I did manage to spent a little cash, although the flow isn't what it was before I retired.
The large flower and sentiment are by Penny Black and the small flower is by Great Impressions and will be brilliant to use in scalloped circles with a sentiment inside.
Couldn't find any Hero Arts stamps that I wanted and no 12" x 12" paper at all. :(
But I have enough new stash to play with and have some ideas up my sleeve which I must get onto card....so watch this space! :)

Pink, plus.........

These were for a forum competition where the cards had to be pink plus additions of vellum, peel-offs and brads. Points being awarded for each element.
This really meant digging out old stash i.e. vellum and peel-offs lol.

May Bank Holiday

Well I hope you have all enjoyed yours, I spent a wonderful afternoon yesterday with my 2 sons Barney and Nick and their girlfriends Elen & Laura. We went for a pub lunch to the Cherry Orchard and I can whole-heartedly recommend this place. A great time was spent catching up and getting the banter on, haven't laughed so much in an age. Then it was back to Barney & Elens for coffee and snooker. C'mon on Ali !!!
So today I thought I better get some crafting done and have managed to cobble together my 1st ever double page LO. This was set as a challenge by Kerrie on the forum.
Wasn't too sunny for taking the pics today but I am happy with the result. And it just goes to prove that the humble dandelion can certainly hold it's own against the hybrid blouseyness of the pansies and tulips.
I definately I think I need an alpha for my 'bug' as I'm really scratting now for enough letters in any other format that I have to hand.

Black & White with a splash of colour

This was our forums' 4th April challenge.
The scalloped tag I made with a 2 1/2"punch and used my Hero Arts circle of dots stamp and an Elzybells sentiment.
Dotty paper is HOTP.
Please note that the marks on the black card are on the glass of my scanner which I really must clean for shame's sake.

I've Been Tagged......

By KERRIE
Ooo!! er!!! this is a first. Talk about being thrown in at the deep end. Well, here goes.
1. If a movie was being made of your life who would you like to be cast to play yourself? And why?
Pauline Collins because she is exactly the same age as me to the day and in 'Shirley Valentine' she was superb and that is sooooo me, down to the 'stretch marks' and the way she deals with what life throws at her.
2. You are spending a whole month on a desert island for charity and you have to choose your favourite celebrity to spend the first two weeks with & your least favourite celebrity to spend the second two weeks with, who would they be & why?
Favourite:Alan Titchmarsh, because I'd be bored and we could go plant hunting together....yes, plant hunting. And we could make a garden and chat about his books. I am such a good girl.
Least Favourite: Gordan Ramsey, well got to have someone there to do the cooking and I can teach him how to curb his foul mouth. I can drool over his rugged good looks but when he opens his mouth he is apalling, so he could do with a few lessons in manners.
3. What are your three favourite crafting products?
My Guillotine, although I could do with a new one.
My 'bug'....thanks girls.
Versafine black ink pad.
4. If you could invent something to do anything what do you think it would be?
A huge wind machine that blows the clouds away every day but sucks them back at night to rain on the gardens.
5. What are the last three books that you read?
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Wogan's Twelve by Terry Wogan
My Best Friend's Girl by Dorothy Koomson
6. QVC or create & Craft?
Used to buy a lot off QVC and it got me started on rubber stamping, but not any more, far too expensive. I do not like Create and Craft presenters.
7. Docrafts or Dovecraft or DCWV?
DCVW
8. What is your claim to fame?
I stood Russell Roberts (Russ Abbot) up on a date.
I am mentioned in a book -'Ifs, Buts and Definate Maybes' by Jeff Baker
I'm passing this on to:

Valerie
Mandy
Becky
Kerryn
Lisa

Cousins.....

Well this has taken me all afternoon...phew!! why do I get so in a mess doing LO's. My bedroom looks like a battleground and goodness knows where I will sleep tonight LOL!! The cats have been demoted to the garden.
Well as you know this is my 3rd LO and is courtesy of the forum challenge which gives a set LO map each week. I think I'm missing one though.
The card is Bazzill, the paper is HOTP 20228 'Light Blue Flowers On Blue' , the chipboard letters are QVC but I got them off eBay for peanuts.
All other embellishments from my stash.

My First Tilda

After a wonderful stamped image swap on the forum, I just had to make my first Tilda card.
I do love these images they are so cute, but have yet to buy any myself. I have enough stamps to start a shop of my own, and so many as yet unused I cannot justify buying any more.
I watercoloured her and added Stickles Icicle to her wings.
The card blank is ages old from a Dawn Bibby pack on QVC.
The 'bloom' was cut using a Sissex die in my 'Bug' along with the embossed swirl card done in the 'Bug' too.
Flowers and gems from my stash.

Weekends Witterings

Well, These are the cards I made yesterday.

The first is just a play with old stash, as I hate to throw anything away, even freebie papers in mags., and using my newish Nestabilities which I adore, really need the round ones now. The teasel stamp is by Stamps Away c1049

The 2nd card was using the new Laura Ashley paper that our forum 'Fairy Godmother' sent me. They are all stunning, I have yet to use any of the matching fabric covered brads. The ribbon is by DCWV 'Old World'. I scalloped the edge of the green card with Fiskars 'cloud' edgers and labouriously punched the holes with a Fiskars hole punch. Sentiment from a selection of swaps off the craft forum.

The 3rd card is using some gorgeous Basic Grey papers I have had stashed away for ages. The wasp/bee sticker is by Anna Griffin and the little word stamp is from a set by PSX

Time.................

This is a card I did for a forum comp. which was entitled Male + Flower.
The dandelion seed which I stamped all over the card and paper is an unknown unmounted from eBay. The dandelion full seed head is 'Dandelion Clock' by Hobby Arts FL923D
TO WISH YOU is black peel-offs and the Happy Birthday is a rub-on
Papers are unknown
The small round element next to the seed head says 'Time' and is off a sheet of brad frame stickers by I Kan'dee 43202-vintage

My brother George was the lucky recipient for his birthday on March 26th

LO No. 2

Getting Better.

This is my youngest son. Nicholas Edward born 30th May 1975

These 2 LO's were made thanks to the mojo inspired by my dear crafting forum buddy Kerrie.


Just the kick up the proverbial I needed.

My Very First LO

It can only get better from here.

Dear little Monica, I soooo miss her.

WELCOME

Hi, thanks for taking time out to visit my little planet Blog. I am now retired and have spent the best part of my life crafting in one way or another.I have been cardmaking for about 7 years now and have just recently turned my hand to scrapbooking. And with 60 years of photos at my disposal, I think I may have opened a huge can of worms.Please feel free to use any design you see for your own cards or LO's.

I can't promise I will be as up to date as necessary, but will try my best to keep up. LOL