Warm & cosy craftin'!

Winter is a coming !

It is cold, wet and windy here in Moray this evening.
Mind you the clocks do go back on Sunday!

Andrew is on late shifts all week, so just me and Poppy here.

We braced the wind and went for a walk,
then home to some home made sweet potato and leek soup
with mild spices and coconut for me,
helped to take me to a warmer climate!

Both full after dinner, warm and cozy.
We settled down in the craft room,
her to sleep and me to do some challenges.

This altered Cd is for our friends wee girl who is either 4 0r 5....
I didn't put a number on it as I am almost certain she is 5....but not 100%

It is going into My Time to craft who are looking for personalised item.

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These two are from a sketch challenge on Christmas & Birthday Cards.
Sketch is by the lovely Linda.
They post a sketch and you do a birthday & a Xmas card from the same sketch.

I will put the personalised sentiment when I decide who the card is for.

#1)

This is not a colour combo I have used much, but like.
I wanted to use up a bit of green and blue paper I had so took it from there.


#2 )

The backing papers on this pink & green card are from funky hands.
I think maybe a pink ribbon might have been better on this card but I like the end card.

I did send some time this afternoon sorting out backing for some unmounted stamps
with Emma & Belle. What a sticky job!

Then sorted out some things for posting but will blog them when they arrive safely.

All in all a good day.

love it and not so sure........

I found this sketch looking back on a site I found after being on Linda's blog.
Just Birthday and Christmas cards.
They put a sketch on each week and you make both a Birthday and Xmas card from same sketch.
They have done 3 sketches and this was #1.

I am half way through trying their other two sketches....just waiting on glue drying.

This one is made with my first bits of basic grey from the Eva range,
and the last of my mate Briony's home dyed material.
She is so clever and uses the material for quilting!

Tilda is from an image swap.


It is the most beautiful purple, with bits of cerise in it.
I almost didn't want to use it up !

I am happier with the colouring on from the whisper pens using the blending pen.
And I might change the sentiment in between the buttons.

This one.....*sigh* I bought a cuttle bug embossing folder a wee while back
and this is the first time I have used it.



I used wee drops of two different blue inks to highlight parts of it,
I liked how it ended up, and then I managed to smudge ink on the edge of it.....
so I decided to trim it so it was not wasted.
But now.....I really don't think I like it very much.
I put some navy ribbon behind it....and thought I might use it for the Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge that is blue, white and a few snowflakes....


but I think I will have another go at this one.

four for Shirleyanne.

I am making good headway through my own Christmas/Yule Blessings cards.
Planning to make a couple most days and I should be done well before they
need posting or delivering.

Well that's the plan!

So I offered to do four personal Christmas Cards for Shirleyanne to give to her immediate family.

She didn't want them to be too cutesie or slushie.

I made a sheets of sentiment tags with all the names of people I was making named cards for,
so I popped four more on to print.
I will layer them and apply to the cards when she decides who each card is for from the list.

But here are three of the four I have done for her.

The sentiment will go on the top left corner above the hedgehog on this one.



She loves cats. The cat & the hedgehog above, are from (I think)
a images swap from the lovely Natalie at NG Cards.


I love the scribbles snowman and have used him in lots of my cards this year.


Since my hubby made lots of veggies and pudding yesterday....and none of you have turned up for dinner, we enjoyed yummy leftovers with some grilled fish as he had gone to local fish mongers when he did the weekly shopping,
so minimal effort for dinner,
hardly any clear up
and crafting time for me!

Sunday chillin.....

My lovely Hubby has been very good at doing most of the cooking and stuff
while I have been poorly,
we used to do a lot of the cooking together but I did the bulk of it.

He has taking to making the meal when my mate Shirleyanne comes over for dinner at the weekend and we then spend the next few hours haven a giggle
while watching Alaskan crab fishing prog.....

Don't knock it till you have tried it!

It is addictive!!

He surpassed himself yesterday!

We had parma ham and other meats with melon platter....
(I did that !) lol
then he did grilled lemon soul, with black pepper and parsley,
mashed tatties with spinach ( need to boost my iron!)
and a veggie medley from our veggie box.
and for pudding sticky toffee pudding which was so light and yummmmmmy!

I made two cards while he was making pudding before Shirleyanne got here!!!

The backing papers are from forever friends that I heat embossed and layered
using pearl papers and cards, while the backing behind the stamped image is dyed material that my lovely mate Briony did. It is a beautiful deep purple with cerise dyed into it.

It is very beautiful material and I was in two minds whether to use it or keep it.
It is stitched onto the white pearl card using two different coloured threads.

This one I am entering it for the Sketch Saturday Challenge



The image is a forever friends sticker that came with a crafting magazine.
I am still not keen on FF but will use up what I have.

We wont eat evening meals again together till Friday as he is on late shifts all week,so just be me and Poppy.

1,2,3 ......ATC.....1,2,3,4 then I made a puckle more.

I was clearing up after crafting last night and as I sorting all my offcuts & scraps
I came across 2 tags I had forgotten about.



And used up some of the left overs from the breast cancer cards I had made for this one.

I love the pink make a wish ribbon, its very sweet.

I have only made one ATC before.... thought they would be a bit fiddly
but am quiet please with these three wee offerings.

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Then the ATC bug seemed to have had a wee nip at me,
cause instead of doing the house work that I was ment to

I ended up with these ....

Do they count as a set?
Do I number them 1 of 4 etc?
I tried out a new glitter on the peace Angels wings
but prefer the crystal coloured one more for wings.
I also think I need to put something else on the
bottom of the white pearly card on the Peace , love & Joy stamp

but not sure what ...... Any suggestions?

oh and a puckle is a word my FIL uses to describe a wee drop.

A small amount....a few.

He will ask you a question like.........

"Can you feed a puckle of sheep for me".....this is usually a few sheep.....
that are dotted all around the croft....
in a few differnt places.....

"and you will need a hammer"

WTF for?

"well ......once you cross the burn and climb the hill to feed the puckle o' sheep
you can fix the fence on your way over there......"

challenges & blog candy !

Thankfully I had a bit more oomph today and managed a few cards for some friends,
and two of them are also perfect for challenges.

This one is as a thinking of you after your op card!





This card was made using a template that Emma sent me...



As you probably know, October is Breast cancer awareness month.
It is likely that we all have someone we know or love or maybe even yourself
who has had a battle or scare with breast cancer.

The card is also for a friend,
I have made a few like this to send to some girlie mates..
just to say hello and remind them to squish their boobs!

Check out Breast Cancer blog candy here at Slumber Cards!

I am going to enter it the This Thursday its all about,
because it is to do something from your heart....
and this is something I feel passionate about,
I am sending similar cards to people who I love ....
and all the time I was making it I was reminded about women in my life
who I care about who are fighting breast cancer or who sadly have lost their battles
with breast cancer.....

Helen, Fiona, Alison, Jean,
to all the ladies who I had the pleasure knowing while nursing
them during their battle with this awful disease...

• Some facts.....
• More people are being diagnosed with breast cancer, but survival rates are improving all the time.
• Around 46,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer each year - that’s one person every 12 minutes
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• Breast cancer also affects men, but it is rare, around 300 men are diagnosed each year

Be Breast Aware !

www.breastcancercare.org.uk

*sigh*

I also made this card for a friend, just as a thinking of you card.

I am entering it in Cute Card Thursday as its challenge is Autumn ,

I am loving the colours of Autumn so enjoyed making this card.

It is also made using a sketch from papertake weekly challenge.

On a much much lighter note.......

Poor poppy ended up in such a mess while trying to get the
yogurt out of the corners of the pot!!








hope you are all well,


much love Teen xxx

Natalies Blog Candy......

my lovely mate Natalie at NGCards is celebrating getting 1000 hits on her blog!
And being such a sweetie she is offering some lovely blog candy...go check her beautiful cards out!