Friday Sketchers - Sketch No 37

Great sketch and first time I've used a Tilda image out of my image swap box. Everything used is old stash except the flower brads which I recently purchased from Eyelet Outlet..they had a brilliant sale. I sponged around the edge of the image with Adirondack Denim to soften the edge. Getting braver with my colours here.

Mojo Monday No 72

Pleased I'm managing to keep up with these, so far, anyway. I'm determined I'm not going to lose my new found mojo.
Enjoyed this sketch, but intended to punch some holes along the scalloped edges of the card, then I stuck them on....doh!!
The image is Penny Black, the green card is Bazzill, the paper and large fabric covered brad is Laura Ashley and the flowers are Prima. Ribbon, pebble word and pink card just stash finds.
The scan is poor I'm afraid because of the large brad, I'm rubbish at taking photos of my cards. Need some hints and tips methinks.

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Sketch Saturday # 36

At last I think I've sussed how to do all the links for these challenges. Please forgive me if I've messed up. :-)
This was a taxing sketch and took a long while and plenty of grey cell activity. I just wish I could combine different colours and not play safe .
Everything used is oddments out of my stash and an image from a swap. The delicate watercolouring has been bleached by the scan unfortunately.
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January Challenge

First challenge of the year on the forum was 'LOVE', with St Valentine's Day not far away I daresay, but as that holds no interest for me I entered this to be used as an anniversary card for a family member. Made joint 3rd place which really pleased me.
The image was from a sheet of Blue Cardigan vintage images. The papers were K & Co and the Love sticker was from a sheet of Pebbles Real Life Bits and Pieces, buttons, ribbon and lace from my stash.

Friday Sketchers - Sketch 36

Loved this sketch, everything used was out of my stash. K & Co paper, Prima flowers and Kaisercraft Basics rub-ons. The stamped image was from a forum swap.

Mojo Monday Week 70 - belated

Only just caught up with this, enjoyed this sketch a lot. Pity I haven't anyone to send the card to. lol!!
Everything used is out of my stash, collected over the last 10 years or so.
The only new element is the black pinked circle which is my newest Nestability buy, love them.

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Mojo Monday Week 71

I am really enjoying using my new found mojo to do these sketches thanks to everyone involved.
The stamp used is by Hero Arts, the image of which I watercoloured using Marvy Le Plume Vintage colours, and the papers are all from old stash of Kay & Co. Satin ribbon out of my stash box too.

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Eyelets

Forum buddy Chocoholic set for this weeks Friday Challenge the theme of 'eyelets' and as the dust on my box of eyelets resembled a duvet thought it a brilliant idea to dust them off and remember how hard it is for me to use my Silent Setter.
The circular one was done using a cd to draw the circle around in soft pencil, flowers were punched out from scrap...waste nothing, me..... and were set equally spaced around the circle. The soft pencil lines can then be rubbed away. Eyelets were set in the centre of each flower and any suitable embellishment or sentiment can be used in the centre.
The 2nd card was made using all old stash. Kay & Co papers, Penny Black image from a swap and the sentiment stamp is by DoCrafts.

Card Sketch A Day No. 151

Well here's my first attempt so will try and get the relevant links working...fingers crossed.
This card was done using just oddments out of my stash.

The Bionic Woman Rides Again

A couple of weeks before Christmas saw me in hospital to have total right knee replacement, hence my absence from my blog. After coming home I had intended to throw myself into my crafting unaware that I would feel so down and woolly brained, and also sitting at the computer for longer than 5 mins was a no-no!. I was also convinced the surgeon had removed my mojo too. :-O
So now 6 weeks after the event I am starting to feel more myself but still have to limit the time spent sitting at the computer.
I have joined a couple of card challenge blogs and until I find out how to load everything needed to join in these in the proper manner I will just have to download (or is it upload lol!) a couple of my general cards I have made recently.

A COUPLE FOR CHRISTMAS !!!

Sorry for swearing...LOL!!
These were done for a forum Competition 'Buttons & Bows plus a Christmas Tree'

50th & 21st

 These were cards done for a neighbour, I don't get asked to do many cards, so It's always a panic. I actually chose a design of Lorraine's for the 50th as her cards always inspire me. I don't really have much faith in my own I'm afraid.
The 21st was inspired by a video I had seen on YouTube by Kim Burmeister her blog is 'Clearly Inspired', it's called a Flip Flop Card. I had to deliberate over this for a good while as this was for my neighbour's granddaughter and she is not 'Pink & Fluffy'....horror of horrors I can DO 'Pink & Fluffy' ...LOL!!! The papers for this card were out of a daisyd's 8" x 8" pad 'Beacon Hill'
 
 

I'VE BEEN TAGGED !!

I've been tagged by my forum buddy Clare XX
Sorry my answers are late...I was tagged in July...oh! the shame. :-/

What was happening 10 years ago? - I was actually working, my favourite job of all time. I worked in a local Veterinary Practice called Daleside and I was receptionist and did the accounts and ordered the stock. A very bitter sweet sort of job as you can imagine, very joyful times and also times when I went home crying.
I was single and on my own since the break up of my first marriage in 1987, all 3 of my children had left home. So it was just me and possibly 9 cats at that time. I was hugely into cross-stitch and hadn't yet found rubber stamping although I mad cross-stitched cards.


5 things to do today - well it's 4pm so not much of the day left, I have just put my lunch (late) on a plate - vegetable curry, so will enjoy that in a moment,/ I have buried a pigeon this afternoon which I found dead in the garden :( / must make a start on a few birthday cards for this month/ carry on sorting out old card-making magazines and keeping just the bits that are interesting and putting them in files/and finally make sure I watch the drama 'The Children' on ITV


Snacks I like - ice cream, cookies, chocolate, cheese & grapes ,Kettle Chips, olives, oatcakes, more chocolate, houmous...er! I could go on LOL!!

What I would do if I was a millionaire - Buy a house for each of my 3 children and a little cottage for myself with a room to have my craft stuff in. Have my own personal trainer and physiotherapist to sort out my stoopid body....and pay private for the ops I need.

Places I have lived - Chester, Ellesmere Port and Buckley

I now have to tag 5 people so I'm going to pass it on to Paula, Lisa, Mandy, Sarn & Valerie

Blog award

Thank you to Becky Stewart for this fab blog award:





The rules are:




1: The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2: Link the person you received your award from.
3: Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4: Put links of those blogs on yours.
5: Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated.



So here you go ladies - enjoy your awards:


Valerie
Mandy
Penelope
Michelle
Sarn
Caz
Paula

Have you missed me???

Where has all the time gone.??
My only excuse is I've been down, down, down. Not down under....I wish.
My mojo had briefly gone awol too and my duvet looked more inviting than my craft stool.
Hopefully things are on the up and I can show a few of the cards I have managed to do recently.
I'm afraid though that I have not done any scrapping at all. :(

September is a beautiful month, least of all because I was born in it. :P But I love the gradual turning of the leaves to all the golds and yellows...mellow fruitfullness of Autumn beckons.

The birdsong changes too, gone sadly are the screaming swifts which left much later this year ....on the 21st, only to be happily replaced by the beautiful song of a robin, I haven't seen it yet but will entice it with some mealworms methinks.

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.