Recently it was Roy's birthday and as he is still very miltary minded , even though he has been out of the army getting on for forty years, I thought that Cpl Clegg from Dr Digi was very appropriate.
Friday 19 April 2024
Birthday Salute!
Friday 29 March 2024
March Rudolph Day
This month seems to have flown by. I seem to have been very busy but not sure with what! Certainly very little carmaking or indeed any sort of crafting. Although I suppose I could class painting Roy's very small military miniatures ass crafting!
Wednesday 11 October 2023
Unicorn Birthday
Today I have for you two of the 'same but different' cards. Roy;s great niece is obsessed with unicorns, so I went looking for unicorn stamps and found these sweet ones from Lawn Fawn. I decided to make two cards while I had them out as the little girl next door is 4 later this month.
Thursday 13 July 2023
Military Birthday Card
Monday 17 April 2023
Roy's birthday
The beginning of April brings a number of family birthdays, all fairly close together. The first one is Roy's. As many of you will know he is a keen collector of model soldiers, so when I came across this stamp from Picture This last year I had to buy it, and had been waiting to ink it ever since.
Sunday 9 April 2023
Happy Easter
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Oporto Port House
I hadn't realised how long it has been since I last did a blog post. Note to self - must do better! no cardmaking has been taking place but I have done some more scrapbooking, an online art course and some major clearing out of books and magazines stored in the garage! Now I only have to contend with the fact my craft room is like a sauna, despite having the window open, blind down and fan on! Anyway on to crafty things and here is another layout for my Canaries Cruise scrapbook.
Thursday 24 March 2022
Anyone for coffee?
Roy's birthday is coming up soon and I was feeling a bit stuck for ideas for his card. I was sure I had bought a stamp sometime ago especially for it, but there was nothing sitting on my desk that looked remotely suitable, so thought I must have dreamt buying it. The trouble was I couldn't even remember what the image was! So Plan B got put into action. Coffee!
Tuesday 25 January 2022
I'm Back!
Well it's been quite a while since I posted anything! First of all we went on a cruise over Christmas, which was great even with Covid measures in place. Then after we got back had paperwork to do, dental visits, and setting up a new computer plus reformating the old one for Roy. Then I had to help son with his tax return, Today I have managed to make a card for two challenges - hooray!
It is fairly simple though. I heat embossed the Woodware stamp in gold then mounted it on gold mirri card.
Challenges:
Thursday 18 November 2021
Lilies
There's not been much card making going on here recently as I have been doing some art workshops and I have so much stuff out there's little room left. So I thought I'd show you some of the pictures I've done - well only the ones that are fit to be seen!
This one was a workshop arranged by Unison Pastels and led by Cathy Pearce. It was only my second time using soft pastels which I love, even though they can be incredibly messy.
Thursday 14 October 2021
A Golf -Playing Unicorn?
No I haven't completely lost it - this is what Roy's great niece has asked for for her birthday! Of course it is impossible to buy such a thing so silly me has set to to crochet one for her ( I must be totally mad!) I'm still working on it but will show it when it's finished. Meanwhile I have made a card. It's been a long time since I took 3 days to make a card.
Sunday 25 July 2021
Rudolph Day June
Thank goodness it's a bit cooler her so I was able tospend a pleasnt afternoon making a card for Rudolph Day while Roy hosted the monthly meeting of the local branch of the British Model Soldier Society. he van no longer paint them as he is unable to manipulate the paintbrush with the arthritis in his hands, so every so often I get the job!!!! Here is a photo of one of the ones I am currently doing. The background is my SU grid paper showing centimetres.
Anyway onto more interesting things like cards. I have used a NBUS stamp that I bought last September and which has been sitting on my desk ever since.
Thursday 8 April 2021
Golden Birthday Buddha
It was recently Roy's birthday and as he is very fond of oriental things having lived in Hong Kong many years ago, I wanted to make a suitable card. He is particularly fond of Buddha's and when I saw this stamp last year, I knew it would make a perfect card for him. I have to thank Jane for her enabling post here.
Monday 22 February 2021
Walk all over Cancer in March
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Paw Prints
Friday 14 June 2019
The Cruise continued
We had just docked and were having breakfast when out of the window I saw all these girls appear. They were forma local school and proceeded to give us a delightful welcome by dancing (in the rain) to music from Frozen. I quickly popped out of the restaurant onto deck to get some photos.
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After breakfasr we headed into town and a visit to another church,
Both the churches we visited had these ships suspended from the ceiling and are apparently called votive ships.
fter leaving Arendal we sailed Hardangerfjord to the waterfall Furebergfossen.
Next stop was the small town of Eidfjord.
Unfortunately Roy was suffering from the nasty virus so stayed in the cabin. I had a walk around before visiting the tourist office to claim tax back on our purchases, and came across a row of knitted trees! Apparently when they first appeared they were so popular that they have been replaced every year.
Our last day was cruising in Lysefjord which was truly spectacular. The photos really don't do it justice.
Next post will be back to crafting.
Thursday 28 March 2019
Rudolph Day - March
I made this as I was tidying some stuff away. I had a Simon Says Stamp kit that had been sitting on my floor since it arrived, and the contents were perfect for a quick Christmas card. A card blank, some patterned paper and two stickers - job done!