THE WANDERER RETURNS

Hi Everyone 

Well, it has been quite some time since my last post.

Lots of things have been happening in my world.  Some very sad, but some happy things too.

My lovely Sis took a week off work and very kindly offered to take care of Mum so that Mr Heart and I could go away and re-charge our batteries.. .. .. and it was lovely .. .. but it was tinged with sadness as my fabby brother called me to say his wife had been taken seriously ill with a stroke and sadly after a few days she unfortunately passed away.

We have been going through quite a lot as a family over the last few years ... .. .. but each good (or bad) thing that has happened has made us even stronger and closer as a family unit.  Everyone is always there to give help and support whenever it is needed .. .. .. how lucky we all are to be part of such a wonderful family!!. 

Anyway .. .. .. 

Whilst we were away we ate somewhere that displayed lots a fabulous pictures on the walls and they reminded me of creations I had made in the past using old paperback books.

So once home that was what I wanted my first creation to be .. .. and here it is

This used:

Image:  Be Happy Stamp Set "SKU: JH1031" Julie Hickey
Backing paper:  Lovelytocu - Seamless Script Papers (better to colour on than porous book pages)
Sentiment:  Digistamp Boutique (sadly no longer trading)
Spellbinder Circle and Scalloped Circle Dies
ProMarkers
My Trusty Sewing Machine
and my "unusual snippet" of "a bobbin of yellow cotton with hardly any thread left on it"   (I decided that always using white to stitch with was getting a bit boring and wasn't reducing my cotton spool collection)  But I still used white on the shuttle as I didn't think there would be enough to use yellow top and bottom.

These were my snippets

and as always I cut extra shapes where I can (especially the little tags for the charity shop to use).

So off I go now to share my snippet make with the playmates over in the snippets playground challenge - and have a peep at what other ingenious ways the playmates have found to rid themselves of those snippets we all hoard and have hanging around.  I wonder if the paddling pool will still be out for a cooling down dip?

Hope all has been good with everyone in my absence.

Fingers crossed I will be back again soon because my card stock box is looking VERY depleted and that will never do!