Monday again already........

Quiet day in today.

Poppy is limping, not sure what she has done, is walking but is not keen to use it.
So will try to keep her quiet and rest it today. That's not gonna be easy!

Will have a good look at it when Andrew comes home at lunch time so he can help me get her to stay still. Tried to have a look at her paw but she just kept licking my face.
Have made an appointment to see Vets so I can get her some anti inflammatorys.

Don't think I will get any cards done, as she sits at the bottom of the stairs and cries if I go upstairs.....so I carried her up....yes....I carried her up and she then wants downstairs again!

I have a few cards I have made for challenges that I want to send to bloggy mates.
So... will try to get a few things popped in the post today.
*wink*

What do you do with the cards you make for challenges?

Some have become Birthday cards, and cards for gifts ,
The challenge cards are not style I usually make.
I enjoy making them and mostly am pleased with the end result.

I usually make more simple cards that look very plain here, but change is good.

I have a box at work I put cards in, in wee cellophane bags with prices on the back and I sell a fair few. I don't make much on them but it goes towards craft stuff so am happy.

I also make cards to order.

Sometimes I show them and then add on the personal info afterwards.
So you see the card but not who it is for. I have a few of them to do.

Card class starts again this evening. Am looking forward to seeing the girls again and trying out new card techniques.

Off to go watch Surfs up....a cartoon about penguin surfers!
Yeap thats what my Monday is gonna be all about!

Sunday cosy & warm

Sunday evening, hail stones , rain and wind....evening for crafting.


This card is my entry for Friday Sketchers Challenge blog.
I used a pretty black and white photo that my friend took of a
dandylion that I love.


The glue is dried on these cards I started the other day, so I finished them off and here they are.

The Secret Crafter's Saturday Challenge sketch is designed by Donna and this is my take on it.

I also used it for the Tilda & Co Challenge are also looking for a Tilda with a rainbow connection.....so my wee flowers are Richard of York gave battle in vain....
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet!

This one is the first challenge over at One Stop Challenge.
It is a sketch by Sharon.
The stripes and dots are basic grey, and stamp is Lulu who I love just now!
I am not sure about the papers on it.
I tried various back grounds but ended up with the pale pink.


And last but not least another Halloween card for my two nieces and nephew.


It is accetate card A5 in size.

testing ribbon storage.

In previous posts I mentioned using a Labrador to store my ribbons......

this worked fairly well .......

as long as she stood still didn't sit down or run mental around the house.....

Then.....well.....er.... , yeau, not soooooo effective......

Emma also bloged about ribbon storage and then we both were emailed by Melissa from www.ribbonring.com who asked if we would test out this product......



Emma has done a lovely proper review of the product....true professional!

I have copied and pasted some info form Emma's blog! She did such good job of explaining it!

"In our promotional packs we received ten ribbon tags, five inventory dots (if you have a long length of ribbon and need to cut it to a manageable length, you affix the dot to the corner of the tag to remind you that you have more of that ribbon...ingenious!) and a 1.5" ring."

I haven't used the inventory dots, as I don't have the stock to require them, but good idea.

I must admit when it arrived I did think I will never get many of my ribbons on these ten rings....

BUT I DID !

They took most my ribbons, to be honest I don't have a huge amount,
I was storing them in a basket & they were getting knotted and wrinkled.

Can now use that space for other crafty stuff!!

I need to get some for the wider ribbon, these don't take them,
but I do believe that they are doing wider ribbon tabs.
They are stored badly draped over the door at the moment.



It was easy to use, but could be difficult if you had any problems with your hands,
and I was surprised at how quickly I got the ribbons I have sorted out.

I used wee hook from my utensil rail from the kitchen to hang it up on the hanging basket.



I would order a few more tabs and keep this going, now it is done.
I have too many pink on the same ring but wanted to keep them grouped together.
If you are starting out with ribbons it would be a great idea to use something like this.
If you have load of ribbons it would be a fab way to store them,
you would have to spend a wee while sorting and threading them, a rainy day job.

I liked Emma's idea of using a wee bit of folded card to help thread ribbon through,
used this myself and it was much easier.

Not sure what they work out at cost wise per unit. Will need to have a look at that.

But I like them.

• They take up very little space,
• are easy to use and remove ribbons,
• you can see what you have,
• you can take the colour you want to work with at on easy go, whether you have one tab like me of purple or if like Emma you have a whole ring load of all one colour.
• You do not have to wade through a load of ribbons to get one the right shade or length.
• They don't seem that expensive.

I do like how you can see what you have at a glance. It looks really pretty.

But how did I end up with so much yellow gingham ribbon????

I have another three bundles of the stuff!!!