Sun Bonnet

July 1st and look what  I have blooming in the garden.

No not the weeds....... the daffodil it doesn't seem to know 

we have another 8 weeks of winter yet.  Still a joy to see.

Also time to invite you to join us at 

CHN Christmas Extra for the month of July.

As usual our sponsor is Bugaboo stamps and I have chosen

to use Sun Bonnet with candy cane.

She has been coloured with Faber Castell pencils

and is very pastel but I smooched the candy cane added

stickles and 3D medium and some dots of perfect pearls to give her some bling.

Must say I do enjoy looking at all the cards you are making and visiting 

your personal blogs.  

Now is the time to start making those cards

to avoid the rush in October, November.

Will be entering this in:

CHNC Patterned paper - Anything goes with patterned paper

Christmas Card Challenges - Anything goes


Through the Craftroom Door - Anything goes


Thanks for dropping in


Margaret M

Snowy

Talk about cold I don't think it has got to double figures today.

At least it is not as bad as yesterday with the rain. 

Had a horrid drive home after visiting hubby just on lighting up time.

We do badly need the rain to give the ground a good soaking.

This afternoon I have been to an afternoon tea at the care home where hubby is.

This was for residents of the village to come and meet residents in the home.

So my hospitality skills were put to the test helping to make tea and coffee

for those present.  It is many a long year since I was working in the 

hospitality industry and I was finding it hard work to remember 

2 orders at a time!!!!!.

 Today I am playing with 52 CCT who have a colour challenge.

and Case-ing Christmas

Although my card doesn't look anything like theirs 

it was the snowman that inspired me.

Thanks for dropping in.

Margaret M

Christmas Angel

Time for the  mid month reminder at 

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge extra.

We love seeing all your Christmas makes and it is good

to see so many of you are not leaving it all to the last minute.

Here is my little bit of inspiration.

Do pop over and have a look at the my other team mates have made.

Tilda is coloured with copics.

Christmas card challenges - Anything goes.

Fairytale stamper - Anything goes

CHNC patterned paper challenge - anything goes

Lovely Heangler - Use a diecut

Thanks for dropping in.

Margaret M

Happy 60th

Thought I would show you something a little different for me today.

This is the card I made for my daughters 60th

back in March but it never made it onto my blog until now.

The layers were made with card and shimmer paper.

The satin ribbon is laid over lace and I didn't have enough for a bow.

The number was cut freehand from white glitter paper.

 I made the small blossoms with an EK success punch

and although it doesn't look like it they were all sponged with

Worn lipstick DI.

The leaves are from Flower frenzy by Paper Artist and it is all set out on

SB Floral Ovals.

This week  Allsorts  Flower Power.

Simply paper craft Anything goes

Thanks for dropping in.

Margaret M

Coffee and Cream

How about this for a surprise another card from me.

Life is now beginning to get back to some sort of normality.

Well really it is the beginning of a new stage of life.

We have been through the resistance, the anger 

and the emotional blackmail

and now DH seems to be settling down in the aged care facility.

In fact he has made a lot of new friends and is a hit with the staff

I have been through the tears and the guilt at 

enjoying being on my own and am gradually learning to live on 

my own and am getting back to crafting again.

So here is what I have made.

52  CCT this week is choose a colour challenge 

so I chose April 2015 Coffee and cream.

With a Cuttlebug holly embossing folder and a holly leaf die

this is what I have come up with.

The inside too.

Am also going to enter it in:

12 Months of Christmas link up - Anything goes

 Christmas card challenges - Anything goes

613 Avenue create - Anything goes

Thanks for dropping in:

Margaret M

   

Ava and Deacon.

June 1st and time to invite you to get the Christmas crafting

off to a good start and enter into 

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas extra 2 challenge.

Here is a little inspiration for you using one of our wonderful sponor

Bugaboo stamps  Ava-and-Deacon-Christmas--HoHo_

I have coloured this with my copics and a very simple 3D with 1mm foam.

The ribbon I have had in my stash for ever and the paper was just 

scraps.  I finished it off with dots of gold perfect pearls and glitter.

Here is a close up of this gorgeous pair.

Also managed to get my faux stitching straight for once!!!!

Am entering this in:

Christmas card challenges - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Colour it

Crimbo Crackers - Anything goes

613 Avenue create - Anything goes

Thanks for dropping in you are most welcome.



Margaret M

Merry Christmas

Hope all of you enjoyed a happy Mother's day last Sunday.

DH spent the day at home with me

and I think he enjoyed it but was quite ready to go back

to the home by late afternoon.

It is good that he is settling down but now I am 

feeling guilty because I am enjoying being on my own.

You can't win can you?

Time for the mid month reminder at 

Craftyhazelnuts  Christmas Challenge extra 2 

do hope that you are going to join in. 

A fairly ordinary photo I am afraid I took it during the evening and 

the lights and flash have reflexed on the background 

so the colour has disappeared.

Yes it is another Bokeh background.

I love this technique but promise this is the last I will inflict upon you.

Thanks for dropping in

Margaret M

Bokeh again

It is nice to have a little time in my craft room.

I needed a card for a birthday coming up this week so

as I had fun with the Bokeh last time that I did it, 

thought I would give it another try.

 House of Cards have it for their theme this month so I have entered it

in  their challenge and a few others.

Once dry I sprayed the background with Pearl glimmer mist.

It is a long time since I used it and think it is rather over done.

It is certainly glittery.

Am entering this in:

House of Cards - Bokeh

Whoopsi  Daisy - Things with wings

Mema's challenge - Anything goes

Perfectly Rustic - Use 3 of anything

Craft your passion - Anything goes

Crafty boots challenges - Things with wings


Thanks for dropping in.

Margaret M   

Cold Outside

Oh boy this has been a busy couple of weeks since I last posted.

I have been back and forth to the aged care facility

where my husband is sometime 3 times a day

and have been so tired at night that all I want to do is chill out.

Fingers crossed he is beginning to settle, gets on well

with all the staff and talks to other residents.

So he really is getting more social contact than he was at home,

but of course it isn't home.  

I am hoping to have him home for a couple of hours this weekend

and if that goes well hope to work up to having him home for the

day on a Sunday when a lot of the other residents in the home

go out and the place is very quiet.

Then of course my computer decided to play up.

everything I wrote was disappearing, it wouldn't copy my photos

just told me there was an error and closed down.

Have no idea why but today it seems to have gotten over it's hissy fit.

Thanks goodness.

My card today is a DT one for

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge extra 2
Come and join in where anything goes as long as it is a Christmas make.

We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and I have used

Polar-Bear

Sorry I took the photo before I added gloss to his nose and the pads on his feet

Have layered the Happy Christmas to add depth

and added glittering snowflakes.

The card blank is a blue grey and the darker blue card 

is not as bright as it looks in the photo.

Thanks for dropping by you are most welcome.

Margaret M.

Angelic

Haven't really been home very much this past week or two.

Trying to get my husband settled in the aged care facility.

Everyone in the place is so helpful and friendly

but being so new it is having teething problems.

So I am running very late again with my DT card for

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas challenge 2 

So without more ado here it is hurriedly made last night.

I don't think I have ever made this LOTV image before and he is rather cute.

This has to be a boy angel don't you agree?

Coloured with copics and the stars were coloured with a gold gel pen.

The DP is by Maja Design covered with gold snowflakes.

The rhinestones are by Papermania.  I love the sparkle of these

and they colour so easily too.

Thanks for dropping in you are most welcome.

Margaret M

Bokeh background

I have been watching all those lovely tutorials on 

U Tube on this sort of background and decided

it looked my sort of thing.

So I thought I would try it out as I needed a card

for one of the men in my life.

Sorry about the terrible photo it does look better IRL.

I started with Bundled sage, Shabby shutters, and Mowed lawn.

The circles were sponged with Brilliance Moonlight white

and I did some with Shabby shutters as well as stamping the 30. 

You do need to let the background dry before you start on the circles

as I found out the hard way despite being warned.

The feather is real dropped in passing by the Pink and Grey Galahs

that visit the park behind us.

It was just so perfect that I felt I had to use it.

Do hope no 3 grandson likes his card.

Am entering this in:

Seize the Birthday - Make it birthday
Creative Knockout- Birthday wishes
Through the craft room door - Anything goes
Penny's paper crafty Challenge - Anything goes


Thanks for dropping in you are most welcome.




Margaret M

Merry Santa

A very quick post today as I am late, late, late.

My Card for CHNC Christmas extra 2

and here it is.

I chose this merry looking Santa because I thought it would make 

an excellent child's card.

So I have gone to town with the glitter and glitz.

No that is not glitter on his beard it is the frosty night.

Hopefully in the next few weeks life will settled down into a 

more relaxed pattern and I will be able to get back to crafting again.

In the meantime it is an emotional roller coaster.

Life wasn't meant to be easy was it?

Thanks for dropping in.

Margaret M