getting there......

WARNING CONTAINS NUDITY!!!

So I have had some serious crafting time this evening and
made some cards to get ontop with the pile I needed to make....
Some I am very pleased with....some could have done with a bit more work...

I don't normally get so behind with cards I need to do,
and also had a few extras I wasn't expecting.......the image swaps from Nessy & Natalie helped.

I haven't done any of the change off address ones...but that's a whole other story...

I did manage to make the New Home card.

The image on this card and the engagement card below are from Natalie. Thanks babe!



This one is quiet simple, and I am not sure about it....
It's a peel off with sukura pen ....

I love this one.
It started off being a pink card, but it developed into more browns
with some olive embossing down the deep brown border.


My cousin Zoe has just got engaged to the lovely farmer Alan!

Congratulations you two!

This one is for mates Fiona & Jim who have their 15th Wedding Anniversary next week.....

And its Jim's Birthday the same day.....

I actually coloured this image in but preferred it in black and white.

And as promised......here's some nudity!!!!!

It is where I get one of my fave statements from....

I can go from zero to bitch in 10 seconds flat!!!

(don't do it Emma....no comments needed about this at all!!!)

And REMEMBER!!!! Christmas cards for the troops
need to be received by Emma by Wednesday 1st October !!!

too many Cards ....not enough time

I have a fair few cards I need to make over the next wee while,
1 more engagement.
2 anniversary cards
2 thinking of you cards.
3 birthday cards

but have little time and even less inspiration or energy...
I received this beautiful wallet card with stamped images from the wonderful Nessy yesterday

The images inside have given me some inspiration....
I need to get the wallet I have started for Nessy finished and sent.

sorry for the delay my lovely xx

And just now I received this beautiful wallet card from Natalie.

How do you get the glaze on the images so neat? I think I put it on too thick.....
It is just chocka full of stamped Images .....
Thanks girls .....I am sure this will get me going!!!

This is the wallet card of images I sent Natalie




I used one of the images included from Nessy in this to make an engagement card.....


I love this wizard Edwin image,....it goes so well with witchy Tilda!!!
will need to see if I can find this stamp as I could use it in lots of things.
Not your usual kinda of engagement card......but Karen & Neale will love it.

This one is a get well card.....honest! LOL my firend had a bug so had a temperature!

And this one is Birthday card for my cousins Daughter.


I love the Butterfly ribbon down the side and the daisy's I made using layered punched pearly paper.

My friend was ment to be moving house next month, so I said I would do change of address cards as a house moving gift.....she only needed a few.....

now seems she is moving tomorrow...needs help to move...and needs 48 cards!

I have made one....now printer is playing up and I am feeling overwhelmed.....

*deep breath in* EXHALE and relax.....

Rowan & Rosehips.

Harvesting and preserving continues here,

Andrew made the most wonderful Rowen and Apple Jelly.


He is also made some Rose Hip and Apple jelly.
It is darker than the Rowan & Apple.
And tastes fantastic!




And will make some Rose Hip syrup which is Hugh says
is tasty over pancakes and good for colds as it is high in Vitamin C.

Planning gathering Brambles later on today or tomorrow.

Today is our 14th Wedding Anniversary and this is the card I made Andrew.




We went out for Chinese food last night and will go to dog class with Poppy Dog tonight.
Fun for the whole family !!

Talking of Poppy dog......if you get caught on the sofa,
where you are not ment to be ,
cause you are wet.........

do you................

A) jump down quickly and run away
B) Act very sorry and promise not to do it or get caught again....

or

C) ......

lie on your back and wait to have your belly tickled!!!

This is Poppy delivering my card from Andrew,





At least you don't get teeth marks on Elf post!

Happy Birthday Andrew.....and a gift for me!!

Today is my hubby Andrew's 41st Birthday.

This is my card for him.

We had a huge surprise Birthday for him las year,...
nearly drove me nuts keeping it a secret from him!
Had lots of family & friends and even his wee Brother from Australia !

So a quiet year this year.
I made him a cooked breakie and we will spend some nice time together as he is on leave this week and next. No plans for this....will see how it goes.


This was in the mail for me today......from my mate lovely Briony.
She makes quilts and cards that have material that she had sewed and dyed.
The are beautiful!

I love these postcards, they are pictures of her quilts and they are beautiful!

Briony generously gifted a quilt to the hospice I used to work in, it is also a beautiful piece.
YOU are very clever Mrs B!!!!

7 things about me.

Was tagged by Debs ......thanks babe!


so....7 random facts about me.....

1. I am a qualified nurse who specialised in palliative care, but don't work as a nurse just now, might not ever do this again but who knows.... Maybe I will return to some sort of care role some day.
   
2. I have a birth mark on my tongue....I also talk too much!
   
3. I practice a few complementary therapies like massage, reiki, crystals & aromatherapy
4. My three serious boyfriends were a butcher, an baker and I married the meteorologist!
5. I used to be a vegetarian.
   
6. I would love to be able to read tarot cards.
7. I am scared of heights and large spiders.

will tag others tomorrow xx

Autumnal Equinox.

This is time of year is my Fave time.
I love Autumn.

Andrew's Birthday is tomorrow,
a few weeks ago was the anniversary of when we met 16 years ago
and we have been married 14 years on Wednesday.




Today is Autumnal Equinox.
This is the point of the year when once again day and night are equal.

'The reaping is over and the harvest is in,
Summer is finished, another cycle begins'

I love the change in season, the colours of the tree's, the harvest of the fruits.

Making Apple and Rowan jelly is some thing we do every year.

It is not sweet so perfect for using with cold meat and in gravy it is delish!!!
We went gathering Rowan's today but found hardly any.



We have enough for one batch.
Will look else where later on in the week.

I knew Rowan tree's were popular in Scotland to grow in the garden to ward off evil spirits.
But didn't know they had such a history of protection.

There was a huge batch of rosehips , must have a look for a recipe for them....



We also went nut picking..... can you see them???

yeau ....we found 6!!!

I am not sure why everything is such a poor crop this year.


Craft wise.....not done so much, have finished a scrap book page but can't show it here till it has been delivered. And finished Andrew's Birthday and Anniversary cards.

Birthday wishes , witches and wallets

Got three cards made yesterday evening.

This one is for my friends wee boy John.




I think he will be 6 this week coming.
John is a wonderful wee lad who I love to bits.
have stuck a Birthday peel off in blue on top corner too.

And this is another thank you card,




made with my new one and only Tilda stamp....
First one I have bought !

And being part witch it is just me!

I love purple so how much better can this card get? lol
I must admit I smudged her a wee bit trying to get her done too quickly, so I could post her.

The last one is a wallet card with stamped images in it to send to Natalie for a swap.
It is the third one I tried to make.



The first one was cute, but ended up not big enough.
The second one I managed to spill something all over it so it had to be binned
after I had spent ages finishing it.

But here is the one I have decided to send.....and have just posted!
The contents are a surprise.

I am off to the craft shop with K to have a wonder round and leave my purse behind.
It is Hubby's Birthday and our 14th Wedding Anniversary next week.....

do you think he would like a cuttle bug embossing folder for a gift????

SERIOUSLY??