Recent knitting for my Greatgrandson

One of the cardigans I knitted my grandson I made another but cannot find photo at present

Thank you Maria for such a fab award :)

The idea of this one is promote small blogs, less then 200 follower and pass it to 5 other small blogs.

The rules are:

1. link the award back to person who gave it to you
2. Pass in to 5 small blogers
3. leave comments on their blogs
4. Liebster in German means dearest

Now who to give it to

1.Gwyneth  http://gwynethroper.blogspot.co.uk/ who has a fab blog I wish she blooed more
2.Carole  who has a fab blog http://carolescraftycorner.blogspot.co.uk/
3.Debie Taylor  http://taylor-madecards.blogspot.co.uk/
4. Susie J   http://scrapbooksusie.blogspot.co.uk/
5. Gina http://southlea.blogspot.co.uk

Ooops I forgot to show you...

Oh how could I, sorry maria it seems I have not shown people the wonderful scarf you knitted me for my birthday so let me remedy that, immediately, if not at once

Also I forgot to show you the little love hear I have made my grandaughter for hanging up in her bedroom It says just for you on the front

25 ways to wear a scarf ...well worth watching I came across it on u tube

A new sewing Machine

My husband got me a new sewing machine for my birthday as one of the things I want to do is learn to sew better than I can at present he also got me a couple of books to help

and another one I have not taken a photo of yet. One of the things I really want to be able to do is applique. I really love all the wonderful cushions that are about. We had a ride out to a sewing shop to get some material and advice for one of my birthday surprises the lady there was really helpful and told me how to set up my machine .

So today I have had a  little play. I used some material I have had for a while. Firstly I die cut a heart out with my big shot, then I also used a new tea towel to sew the heart onto, (from the pound shop)  I then wanted to make it into a cushion  cover so I used more of the material I had lying around and did some embroidery stitches with the machine on it and made a stripe to bring the back in to match the front anyway here are the results of my playing a new cushion which I am very pleased with



Now not perfect but not bad for a first go and still good enought to give a extra gift Next time I will get the heart higher up and more in

 

Thank you for all my wonderful Birthday cards

As its my birthday season I thought I would thank everyone who sent me a little gift or card , or tag, I really do love them all and will treasure them

The wonderful card my son and DIL sent me

thanks Carole for the fab card

I was sorting through some old papers of my mum's who  sadly is no longer with us and came across this card as I am here own daughter I guess it must have been for me I was so surprised to find it and also so sad that my mum is no longer here I must admit I shed some tears on finding it but thought as it was mine It was only right to display it with the other, thanks MUM xxx miss you

Thanks Antony and Deb for these wonderful flower love the colours and they fill the room with such a wonderful scent xx



Thanks Elaine such a lot of cutting (left card) you really are a talented crafter. Thanks Claire and Gwyneth for such a cute card love it  



Left thanks to Sarah for such and original card such fun it made me smile, thanks Val for the fab card



Harley thank you for your thoughtful card and such nice words, you really do pick very nice gifts and cards love you loads xx

thanks Lynn for such a nice cards you know I love Roses Lynn and I have been friends since school many many years hehe.

Thank Maria for the wonderful card, and thank Donna for the fab tag

Thanks Shirley for the fab card, I just love it , and thanks Donna for the cure bear card

Thank you Sue for such a wonderful card and gifts which came this morning you know mes o well

These owls are so cute and are hanging from the draws in my bedroom, thanks Carole for making them for me they are very special, I wish I could sew as well as you.

My grandson and I infront of my birthday ballons

I like to thank all my family and friends for making my birthday saeason so wonderful. It was decided by Sue-Bubbles that birthday seasons were a good idear rather than a day, it gives people who maybe a little late a chance to catch up and also give the person with the birthday longer to enjoy it, what a good idear. My birthday is clebrated from 20th january till 20th february each year lol. I was lucky enought to have a visit from my school friend who lives in London but came down to see me for my birthday bearing a wonderful gift and card It was wonderful to see you Lynn and oh how we nattered and giggled those years away.  Thank you to all my friends and family photos will follow.

My grandson decorated our christmas tree this year

Our tree had been out but bare for several days waiting to be decorated so when our grandson came round he decorated the tree for us hes 11 years okld and did a fab job his grandad was helping him choose what to put on next and he placed them all on the tree. Then he had his dad (my son) take a photo of the tree to check I dont move anything lol I would not dream of it this year tree feels so special decorated by our grandson

I did make sure a special little ornament form my childhood had pride of place a little trumpet that still works I rember my Dad buys several from Woolworth and being so proud of them, my father and mother loved christmas so in their memory I display this trumpet evey year on the tree

I really must get on with some more tags Iam falling behind ...help

Tag Number 5

Ok I know where is 4 its coming I made 5 as a tag I could put on my christmas tree as I thought Tim Holtz tag lent itself  to being a tree decoration

Tim tag

My version of Tim tag a star for our christmas tree

Christmas Tags all present and correct...

I thought I would take some time to make my own gift tags this year ready for when we wrap the christmas presents I put them into colour codes and type to make the wrapping easier

they are very addictive to make lol

My christmas Bead Angel

I promised to show Maria, Gina and Sue this little angel but it got lost under a mountain of craft stuff and then did not want to be photograph so this was the best out of eight attempts

Now to show you the reason I could not find it

hehe my desk is under that mountain of craft stuff

And on the third day of Christmas Tim Holtz made a new tag

We all did our version of that ....

Tim Holtz Twelve tags of Christmas Tag 2

My version of tag two

The Twelve tags of christmas My version of tag one

I did not have the Tim holtz fir cone die so I just cut out similar shape and rolled on chopstick I love the twelve tags of christmas last year I managed to make two I want to try to beat that this year

Now to see what number two is like and maybe make a start :)

Wonderful Weekend with fab friends

The crop I go to have weekend crafting breaks, I never been to one before but I just come back from a weekend of sheer pleasure.  We all had fun and the highlight of the weekend was making a Maxine Melange Christmas Album this is the little book I made

Our  room was adapted with a walk in shower, thanks Elaine for all your help. Claire made a wonderful cake stand, cake wrappers and cake toppers, they looked so good we had to photograph them

I had a walnut cake it was very yummy :)

I will uploads some photos of the cards I made soon and also the scrapbook pages I was also lucky enough to win a spot prize a wonderful crafting tote (blue) We also made Christmas stocking from an amazing kit I didn't get another project done but have all the kit to do it But WOW what a fab weekend

Tis the season ...

To make lots of Christmas cards I love making and receiving hand crafted cards :)

I took the photos of them in there storage bags which I like to use to keep the cards nice and clean and also I can let people look and handle them that way without them become dirty and tatty.

WooHoo ! I won the card competition at Happy Stampers

The theme we were given was photography, the card base had to be 6" x 6" using colour inks from sepia to latte We were being judged on stamping so the main images had to be stamped. I spent all day doing two cards to enter you are allowed to enter two. I used Tim Holtz artisty collection stamps

The card I won with was the second card with the film strip down the side of it I cut out all the little squares and added in cut out photos from the main image I used to look like photo negatives. I was so chuffed as I never expected to win the ccompetition as the level of entries to the competition are always very high

My  Winning stash ...

I took the last photo's so I could print it out to scrapbook my wonderful day at Happy stampers made even more special by winning the card competition  I purchased lots of new stash as well, and got to sit and watch lots of demos during the day. I did get rather badly banged in my back which was very painful at one stage (due to existing medical issues) and ended up sat with the first aid group having a drink and recovering (thank you to the nice lady who looked after me)

Happy stampers is always a wonderful show to go it it held in the Wirrel at a place called Port Sunlight, which was built for the workers of the soap factory. The houses now are all privately owned The garden surrounding port sunlight are delightful at any time of year but look there best in spring and summer when they are full of tulip bulbs in spring, and roses in summer. There is also a wonder garden center and museum and art gallery in the area.

Fallen Leaves

When reading my copy of craft stamper I came across a design by Jean Franks Beck using fallen leaves, I loved it so much I wanted to have a go. My grandson picked up some leaves for me and I was good to go I did not have any tissue paper which was what Jean had used so I used Toilet paper which worked quite well

Jeans design which is a mini book

My version which I made into an Autumn card for my husband and he can leave it up all Autumn, I must say he loved it My heart shaped leave is rubber stamp and I put it on sideways onto the page it also meant I was using another one of my stamps for my friend and I stamp challenge

I adore Sizzix Dies, But have never really made a card using one

I recently got the Tim Holtz dressmakers dummy one and decided to glam it up and make a card out of it I really am pleased with the results