fall back.....

Remember to put your clock back tonight,

Enjoy an extra hour in bed on Sunday Morning.


hope so xxx

posted with love & hugs

Finally got these two gifts posted off to Jane & Debbie,
now they have received them I can post piccies here.

The selection of hearts and backing squares are for Jane.
Spent the afternoon at Emma's the other day and cuttlebuged away till I got a wee pile of them.
If you want any more Jane , just let me know.

I decided to make a wee box to post them in, and the box was easy enough,

But the lid was a bloody nightmare!!! It took three attempts!


The box went well with the card I made the other week, so I posted that too.

Then I used the cuttle bug to emboss Christmas Tree's for the lovely Debbie.

Have you seen the wonderful digi downloads she draws?
Go have a look....

Anyway back to the embossed tree's
I did a selection on various different types of white card,
and had a play with black pearl card and green velum.

Then went to put them in the wallet card I had made to post them in.....


But I didn't take into acount the fact that once they are embossed they are twice as thick!!!

DUH!!!!! so here is wallet card mark two!





Got them posted eventually!!!

Enjoy girls xx

windy & cold....... perfect crafting weather!

I suppose it is winter, so we can't complain too much about the change in the weather.
In between laundry and other mundane house work I pottered in my craft room.
But didn't get many things finished.

I had another wee play with this card


I decided to move the silver stars onto the right hand side and black ones into the centre column.

So it now looks slightly different.


I am not sure if it was better the way it was.

Ach well.

Have half done a few cards and started a few ATC /tags.
will maybe get them finished tomorrow.

Now if I had managed to get Poppy to lie so both ears were showing I could have used this picture to make a bat card!


Last night she helped herself to the remote control.....today she found a bag of dog treats.

Friday makes.

Energy levels were not quiet so good today, was tired after seeing Physio.
But I am defiantly on the mend...just need to be careful how much I do and not go mad!

Man it was sooooo cold down the river today walking Poppy-dog.
Afterwards we enjoyed a quiet afternoon inside on a cold windy day.

Came home and rested, then made a couple of cards while dough was
needing in the bread machine for home made pizza,
tomato sauce was frozen from a previous batch.
Just added veggies for salad and a baked tattie from our veggie box.

Curves are the challenge on This Thursday, its all about....


I like how this has turned out.
I love greens in any shade and this one has plenty on it, yet is simple.

I am enjoying the quickness of ATC's just now.
Tags are I guess like ATC's and on Tag your it
they are looking for a tag with Christmas tree's on,

The papers are funky hand printed on card, I stenciled the tree four times then layered it.

The text is embossed in olive green, must use that more I love the shade it embosses into.


As for Poppy-dog, well Hubby sent the picture of her licking the yogurt pot
like a cow to the BBC pictures online.

And here she is.....


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7688309.stm

picture number 5 is my baby dog girl!

Poppy-Dog ......Superstar!

But the I knew that anyway! *wink*

vampires, a witches cat & a dog.

another blood test done today, all part of my long term information gathering before I see consultant in January.

I think they should have fangs and a long cape to make it all a bit more seasonal!

It would make the forthcoming blood tests much more fun!

They could dress up in different outfits like fairy outfits, Santa,Guy Fawkes.....

I must admit the nurses uniform get a bit dull after a while....

this from someone who wore many different types of nurses uniforms since I was 17!

anyway.......

I have half finished two challenges, just waiting on glue drying so I can do next stage.

But I did finish this......

It's for Cute Card Thursday.challenge 33 is stars at night.

They asked for see some stars or something spooky.
I also want to use it as a sketch challenge for 2 sketches for you ~ Laura's sketch

The Photo is not very good, I might retake it tomorrow and change it on the blog.

The centre square is a slightly sparkly navy blue which is matted on purple mirror card.

The centre column is from my beloved ribbon that I was reluctant to use up.

The blues and purples in it are stunning.
I put the silver stars on one side and black stars on the other...I think maybe I should have mixed them together, might take them off and re-stick them.

I love the wee witch's cat on it......

and now,

if you are a poppy-dog, and your humans are ignoring you while trying to watch the TV....
What do you do???

You take remote control and walk off with it!

*sigh*

was left half done

I found some bits n bobs half done or half finished on my craft desk this afternoon, so gathered them up and finally got them finished.

Need to check with Natalie if this wee hedgie is a penny black stamp or not.
If so will enter him in a ATC challenge on Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

This ATC might become a card....not sure yet, will enter it on ABC Challenge
which this week is N for Nature.



I love the plainness of this card.
The sparkly glitter and simple stamp and the scarlet red against the dark bottle green card.


These two cards started off as I was trying to do Arty Girlz Challenge is blue and orange
The only orange I had was perfect Halloween colour,
so doubled it to make it also a card I could enter in
Papertake weekly Challenge is it is fright full but delightful.


Then tried it out using black for the background and will enter this one for a spoonful of sugar
who are doing Halloween this week.

I like the black with the shimmery blue inside so it gives the witch a nice background.



The witch is stuck onto acetate on both cards.
I have a few more bits n pieces that I need to do something with
and a few bits I will put away and see if I can do something with them another day.

Am all warm and cosy inside in a yucky evening,
but it will be soon time for me & Poppy to go to dog class,
lets see if she behaves tonight!

We moved up a class last week, no longer in beginners,
and the other doggies that go seem to know what they are ment to do

and on the whole do it...

now our Poppy dog....well *sigh* ...........life is just one long game!

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.