MILO PATCHWORK MONKEY

Hi Everyone

Late again!!!  

Been at Mum's twiddling flowers and was determined not to pack my wares away until I had done them all!!!

As I walked through the front door (later than I meant to be) I could hear that football was on the TV so I knew hubby would be happy .. .. but what a surprise when I saw what he was watching!!  For the first time in his life he was watching the World Cup from 1966 when England won!  Yay!!

Such a young Queen and young players with very short, shorts and of course all in black and white. The picture was so bad that you felt you nearly needed to put 3D glasses on to see it clearly.  LOL!!!

It seem really weird because as I came in and out of the room I kept looking at the top left hand corner to see what the score was .. .. but of course they didn't show it in those days .. .. and I am sure the pitch was bigger.  

Then at the end when the players went off the pitch I noticed that they all just had huge numbers on the back of their shirts.  No names at all and each number looked really tacky like their Mum had hand stitched them on the night before LOL!!

Anyway, football report from 30th July 1966 over and here is my card for tonight  (remember that date you might need it for a pub quiz one day)!!!

This used:

Image:  Woodware "FRN009" Milo Patchwork Monkey
Sentiment:  Hero Arts "CL171" Sparkle Clear Tickets
Backing Papers:  DCWV "Nana's Nursery" Baby Boy
Martha Stewart Punch:  Embossed Zig Zag
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
ProMarkers
Ribbon from the Stash Box

So after the snow scare of up to 10cm we managed about 10mm .. .. so much for hubby putting the snow shovel in the front porch ready for digging himself out this morning!!

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Stay safe and warm.

Love

LINE DRAGONFLY

Hi Everyone

How goes it with you all?  Good I hope.

We are under threat of more snow before morning here .. .. so as usual I keep peeping through the curtains to see what is happening (just like my new little blog buddy Rach.  Rach is a "new kid on the block" so if you get chance to share a bit of bloggy love and encouragement with her that would be nice).

So far apart from a little sprinkling of snow at around 5.30pm there hasn't been anything else .. .. so we will just have to wait and see if we get the "up to 10 cm" dollop they were talking of.

In the meantime round to my creation .. ..

This used:

Image:  Magenta "73604" Line Dragonfly - Large
Sentiment:  Woodware Clear Stamps "FRCL009" "Must Have" Retro Words
Backing Papers:  Memory Box "Minuet"
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder:  Swiss Dots
Woodware Punches:  Daisy
Leone Em Pty:  Ash Branch
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
Scrag end of ribbon for stamping my sentiment onto (using Stazon)
My Trusty Sewing Machine
Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze "Waterfall"
1 Promarker
Tim Holtz Distress Ink (I think it was bundled sage)
Cord and charm from the Stash Box

My favourite bit on this card is the bit of ribbon .. .. it doesn't take much to please me does it!!!  LOL!!!

Well I got all my printing done last night .. but not much commenting .. sorry :-(  I did make amends and manage a bit bright and early this morning .. .. I promise I will catch up with everyone eventually but these Spring brides are keeping me super busy .. ... yay!!!!

Oooooo .. ..  hubby has just been out to the garage and he said the snow is just starting .. .. just teeny tiny snowflakes at the moment.

I had best go and have a look.  Go check and see if you have any Rach!!!  LOL!!!

Have a good evening everyone.

Love

THANKS A BUNCH

Hi Everyone

Well here I am .. .. much earlier today.

I'm just about to start a big printing and cutting job so decided I would post first (if only to make sure that Katina can get to bed early .. .. she won't go to bed until I have posted and she has found the heart .. .. .. and I have been making her very late just recently!!  Sorry Katina!!  LOL!!).

Tonight's share uses a stamp I bought from the sale at Dunelm .. .. such a cute image and one that can be used for lots of occasions.  Mother's Day, birthday, congratulations, thank you, get well soon .. .. sorry I'm late .. .. and just plain sorry!!  

I think I had better stop there or my hubby might say I don't need any other stamps .. .. I can just use this one for everything!!  Eeeeekkk!!!

This used:

Image and Sentiment:  Fizzy Moon "FZCS01" Thanks a Bunch

Backing Papers:  Pink papers = Pink Petticoat   Brown Paper = Nitwits

ProMarkers

My Trusty Sewing Machine

Pearls from the Stash Box

White Gel Pen

So that is me for today.

Time to get the kettle on for a cuppa ahead of clearing the decks ready to get cracking .. .. then hopefully a blog catch up later if all goes to plan.

Have a lovely evening everyone.  

Love

SORRY I'M LATE

Hi Everyone

Sorry I am late .. .. I have had a lovely evening designing a table with one of my lovely "happy couples" .. .. plus a yummy tasting session of their favour box fillings.  Boy their guests are going to be in for a lovely treat!!

So because I am so late it has to be just a very quick make, post and share tonight.

In fact in about an hour this image below could be me .. .. minus the glass of beer!!  

This used:

Image:  Digistamp Boutique
Backing papers:  Kanban and a strip from the snippet drawer
ProMarkers
Diamond Stickles
Glossy Accents on the glass of beer (but you probably can't tell)

Sorry this is a flying visit to blogland by me .. .. just time for a quick bath and a very late dinner!!!  A girl cannot live on yummy chocolate favours you know!!!  LOL!!!

But because it was such a quick make I decided to make the heart a little more difficult .. .. to keep you all out of mischief.

Have a lovely rest of the evening.

Love

HAPPY HANDY HIPPO DAY - WEEK 21

Hi Everyone

Happy Handy Hippo Monday to you!

I hope everyone has survived the snow and not had any mishaps!!

We still have a bit lying around this morning but certainly not as bad as yesterday.

Sorry that I am a bit late today .. .. hopefully it has given you all time to grab some ribbon bits for another play with my little tutorial coming up later in this post.

My share today is a little promise of the lovely summer days to come when we will see all those lovely butterflies flitting about here and there.

I used my Nestabilities to make a circular easel card .. .. though why I make easel cards at all I have no idea because I just cannot photograph them for toffee LOL!!!

Below you can find the Handy Hippo magic button .. .. and if you click on it you can see all the lovely goodies I used to make this little project.  Everything I have used has been automatically added to a shopping basket and as always you can remove anything you do not need (or add anything else you can't resist). 

You will notice that the actual butterfly stamp is out of stock at the moment .. . .there were loads available when I made my sample .. .. they are fluttering out of stock at the speed of light!!  Can't wait to play with it again as I can see so many possibilities for the lovely images.  (You can asked to be emailed when it is back in stock).

Here is the full set .. .. isn't it scrummy:

Everyone seemed to enjoy the little ribbon tutorial I did last week so I am continuing this week with "What I do with my Ribbons .. .. Part 2".

This week I am concentration on using ribbon when you don't want to have a bow.

These are the three looks I am going to show you first.
They are all basically the same .. .. but different LOL!!!

Start of by making two holes in your card.
Here I have used an eyelet punch .. .. but you can
buy punches that actually make two holes for you
but the holes tend to be rectangles rather
than round.  It doesn't really matter what shape they are.

The first look is achieved simply by threading
your ribbon through one hole and up
through the second.  The two ends of the ribbon
being stuck down with tape on the reverse side.

To achieve the second look .. .. instead of
wrapping the left hand end to the back of
your work you need to thread it back down
the first hole

So your work will look like this at
this stage

Next bring the same end back up through
 the second hole again

You can cut the ends now  .. .. which is great if
you don't have much ribbon to work with

Alternatively you can wrap the ends and
attach them to the back of your work

Here are the three looks .. .. and to ring the changes
even more I have stuck a little flower
into the gap on the first example I showed you 
to give it another look. 

So that is it for another week.  

A few more ways for you to play with your ribbons.  Apologies again for the photo overload .. .. but short of a video (and there is no chance of one of those!!)  there is no other way I can show you each step.

Still some other ways to use up your ribbons so Part 3 will be coming next week.

I hope that you have all enjoyed my post today and I wish you all a good week until the next Happy Hippo Monday.

Love



and all the lovely friendly people at Handy Hippo

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

How goes it this lovely Sunday afternoon?

Did you get lots of snow?

We got lots and hubby's football was cancelled.  (I think he was secretly pleased as I don't think he fancied trudging about in all the snow and standing for a couple of hours in the cold .. .. can't say as I blame him).

So with it being Sunday that can only mean one thing .. .. use up those snippets and images that are lying around already coloured and waiting to be made into something .. .. and then take them over to Pixie's Crafty Snippet Challenge No. 5. 

I must admit that with all the snow about I don't feel quite so silly at having made a snippet Christmas card again this week .. .. and definitely not as silly as I will when it is the height of summer and I still share one.  LOL!!!

So here are my makes for this week (unless I succumb to midweek snippets of course).

As always Sunday is my lazy day and I don't say what I have used .. .. but if anyone has any questions then just ask away.

Following my snippet post last week "M" asked me how I got my "ice" sentiment all dotty .. .. it actually comes like that M .. .. it was a digi image from Pink Petticoat years ago.  Not sure if it is still available or not though :-(

So that is me for another Sunday.

Off to be a domestic goddess now but I'll be back tomorrow bright and early with my Handy Hippo creation for this week and Part 2 of my "things to do with ribbon" ideas.

Enjoy what is left of the weekend and stay safe .. .. especially in the morning when they are warning of all the melted snow freezing overnight!!

Love

WASTE NOT WEDNESDAY (ON A SATURDAY)

Hi Everyone

I hope you are all well.

Have you got any snow?

Ours started around 1.00pm and we now have quite a covering.  Wonder if hubby's football match will be postponed tomorrow?!?!?!

My share today is to keep my lovely blog buddy Lisa company in her personal challenge .. .. Waste Not Wednesdays.  The idea is to print out and colour, or ink up and use, images that we haven't used before.  Well my image today is part of a set from Digistamp Boutique and I decided it was time it got to see the light of day.  Though to be fair I haven't had it that long.

I was also going to enter it into the St Luke's Charity Cards Challenge where this month the theme is "Love and Lace"  .. .. but of course with a theme like that it would have helped if I had added some lace instead of the ribbon .. .. doh!!!

This used:

Image:  Digistamp Boutique "Doodle Wedding Snap"
Image:  Inkadinkado "G3196" (used with Brilliance Ink Pad to stamp the frame)
Sentiment:  Lili of the Valley
Backing Paper:  Raspberry Road
Brilliance Pearlescent Beige Ink Pad
Diamond Stickles
Ribbon, flower and pearls from the Stash Box

Thank you for all your lovely comments on the flower I showed on my post yesterday.

Quite a few of you asked where the pattern had come from .. .. .. well this is the book

I think my lovely Sis bought it from the NEC on one of our visits.  She nearly always comes away with a book or two!!

The flowers in the book are actually made using wool .. .. but they would be far too bulky for me .. .. so I just used a smaller crochet hook and some embroidery thread.  (I have loads of the stuff left hanging about from those cross stitch days!!).

I have had a look on the internet and the book is readily available .. .. but of course there are also lots of free patterns on the tinternet too.  Oh dear ... why do I need to sleep?  So many things I want to try and so little time!!

Have a good evening everyone .. .. I hope the snow doesn't cause too many problems.

See you tomorrow.

Take care

Love

MY FIRST CROCHET FLOWER

Hi Everyone

Woo hoo!!  It's Friday!!

Not sure why I get excited though as all of my days are pretty similar .. .. but pretty good too because I am doing what I like doing best.   It's just a shame I need to sleep really!

Today I want to share a flower that I made at daft o'clock this morning!!  

Normally I catch up with house jobs and a bit of commenting first thing .. .. but since New Year I have had two crochet/knitting books, hooks and yarn sitting on my bedside cabinet (along with lots of other crafty pages torn from magazines etc).  I borrowed the books from my lovely Sis when I stayed over at New Year.  The books are crammed full of flowers and even vegetables to knit and crochet and I have been so excited about trying to have a go at some of them.  Well my itchy fingers couldn't wait any longer .. .. ..  and today was finally the day for producing 

"Crochet Flower No. 1"

Not brilliant .. .. but not bad either. 

So that is why there wasn't much commenting done by me this morning :-(  sorry!!!

Then of course once made it needed to go on a card to see if it had any practical use.

Totally the reverse order of making things as I started with my embellishment, then chose the papers to work with, and then the image!!  Normally I work the other way round.

So what do you think to my first effort?

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "3865K" Gossamer

Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat

Backing Papers:  DCWV "Latte Stack"

Josy Rose:  Nail Heads

ProMarkers

Brad and Ribbons from the Stash Box

Crochet Flower No. 1

So it has taken nearly 5 weeks to get around to making my first flower .. .. I wonder how long it will take me to get another one done LOL!!!

Have a good evening everyone and hopefully I will be catching up with some commenting later too whilst hubby does his Friday stint in the kitchen.

Love

GET YOUR SHADES OUT!!

Hi Everyone

Bright and early for me tonight .. .. with "bright" being the key word!!

Health and Safety Warning 

 this post contains bright images 
which may shock your visual awareness.

So, sun shades out. 

Place them over your eyes .. ..  

now I can share my share of the day in a safe and considerate manner .. .. 

This used:

Image:  Pink Petticoat
Backing Papers:  GCD " Soul Food" (are you sick of seeing this yet? LOL!!!)
Martha Stewart Punch:  Daisy and Frond
Flower:  Cuttlebug Flower Die
ProMarkers
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
Ribbon from the Stash Box

OK .. .. torture over .. .. time for you to go and lie down with a damp warm flannel over your eyes until they feel normal again LOL!!!

No claims for eye instability following exposure to such bright images will be considered due to the fact that you were warned before you looked!!

Have a good evening everyone.  Stay warm!!

Love

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all snuggly and warm!!

What a nippy, nippy day it has been .. .. .. although I have been charging about the place all day so have been well warm.  That is one advantage (or disadvantages) of working downstairs and having all your equipment upstairs.  I wonder how many calories I burnt off today?!?!?!?   LOL!!!

Still on the theme of lazy crafting I am taking advantage of the sketch over at Papertake Weekly and used that to create this little beauty (I love making baby cards).

This used:

Image:  Hero Arts "E3804" Special Delivery
Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat
Backing Papers:  DCWV "Nana's Nursery "Baby Boy"
My Trust Sewing Machine
Pinking Shears
ProMarkers
Button, pearls and bits of ribbon from the Stash Box

and then of course here is the magic sketch .. .. another beauty for the "repeat sometime" folder!!

OK .. .. bath time for me now and then jacket spuds!!!  Oh I know how to live the high life don't I!!  I suppose that will be all the calories I burnt off earlier put back on!!

A few folk are asking about the little flowers I make and how I put them together.  I promise to do a little tutorial on those too .. .. but sorry just didn't have time today.

Have a lovely evening everyone.

Love