3 Florals

I have 3 cards to show you today.

They have all been coloured with Faber Castell pencils.

The colouring in helps my daughter while away the time when she

has her treatment.

I let her choose what ever colours she likes and then match them up.

Clear proof that I have too much card stock yet still yearn for more!   

This is a beautiful floral design by the very talented Beccy

Teemed with papers from LOTV but I think they don't sell them any more.

This one was harder to match up and I think that I should have put it on a 

  dark navy card and not the pale blue.

This one gave me the opportunity to use up those strips

of white card left over when I die cut a border out.

I would not say I am a hoarder but I do have a whole box of strips like this

Am going to share these with:

https://beccyschallenges.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/january-challenge.html

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com.au/

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com.au/

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com.au/

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com.au/

Wishing you all a wonderful day.

Margaret M

My first Christmas card

36 degrees yesterday and what did I do make a Christmas card.

Well you do don't you.

At least it was cooler indoor with the A/C on

I was trying repeat trying to tidy up my craft room and picked up 

this piece of gloss card that I had embossed with

a Spellbinders Impressability ages ago.

While looking for something to go with it I found Tilda

already coloured and cut out must be at least 3 year ago.

I scrap of mauve card and a Downton Abbey die make a new card

Sharing this with;

http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

https://themerrychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

Such good news my first Great Grand Daughter arrived safely.

She is such a tiny little girl but so so gorgeous.

Margaret M

Happy New Year

Wishing everyone who drops in a very Happy New Year.

May 2018 see all your dreams come true.

My new year resolution is to start posting all the cards I make.

Time for me to post my DT card for

 Craftyhazelnuts patterned paper challenge.

This is about the closest I ever get to shabby chic.

Would welcome any tips to improve.

The papers are Heartfelt creation .

The larger bunch of flowers are fussy cut.

I still have masses of these papers left and a whole drawer full

of other designer papers so why do I still buy more?

Do pop over and see the lovely designs of the other team members.

Well the start of a new year and I still have to pinch myself

as I can't believe that by the end of this week I will be a great grandmother.

Plus Christmas brought another wonderful surprise

of a second great grand child due the middle of the year.

Whoopy Doo again.

Add to that my planned trip to England in their spring.

2018 looks great from where I am standing.

Margaret M

Happy Birthday

It is not very often you get the opportunity to make a card for 

someone who is coming up to 100.

But this is the pleasurable task that I was set this week. 

I started with a cream card base used the 

Sizzix Scalloped border die thinking that I was cutting out

the pattern only to find it had cut the card base.

Not that that really mattered

A piece of pink card soon filled up the space and I cut 

the left over piece of cream card with the plain scallop border

and popped it over the pink edge.

Another piece of pink card with the plain scallop border

probably finished the base card better than my first idea.

I cut out SW Frames and tags Maggie

{Well I had to buy Maggie }

in pink and cream.

The larger flowers which are white and cream, the camera 

has not picked them up very well, have been in my stash for years.

The rose buds were made with Sizzix cinch and go flowers.

The ivy was scraps of white card sponged with

DI Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive and 

Memento Cottage Ivy.

The one sprig off silver ivy and the numbers look tarnished 

but here again it is the camera's fault.

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com.au/

http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com.au/

Have a great day.

Margaret M 

A spring birthday card

I have just been trying to compute my brain from 

Eastern standard time to Greenwich mean time

but alas my brain is not computing as well as it should.

Trying to work out what time I needed to schedule this post to go live.

I blame it all on this heatwave we are having here in 

Tassie we are not used to this heat and certainly not the humidity.

The hottest November for 150 years!

Anyway on to my DT card for the December 

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com.au/ 

What a love selection of cards there were in the November challenge.

I have had a great time visiting and finding new blogs along the way.

I pulled out a punch to make a pretty little border to go with this piece of 

Nit Wit paper that I have matched up to some lovely blue card.  

I coloured the pearls with a copic {sorry can't remember the no} 

and was so delighted they were such a perfect match.

A lovely spring card that I think I made when I was wishing the weather 

would warm up at the beginning of spring.

We are never satisfied are we?

I wish you all a lovely day. 

Christmas seems in a hurry to get here doesn't it?

Margaret M 

"STUFF"

I have been trying to tidy up my craft room..... no don't laugh I'm serious.

Oh yes you are right it is never ever going to be tidy.

Anyway I seem to have more bits and pieces that never find homes.

I have not been able to get to any craft shop

let alone my favorite craft shop for over 12 months now

and buying on line is just not my style.  I want to see and to touch things.

So I took a deep breath and rummaged through the pile of

"STUFF"

that I have here waiting to be used and came up with 4 blue card blanks

that I have put to good use with one piece of 6x6 DP.

Apart from the one piece of DP everything else was just hanging 

around waiting to be used up.

Here is what I cam up with.

The card blanks were all different shades of blue and the white card

I used for mounting had patches of ink on it which 

I was able to hide or cut around.

I would be happier if it had made more of a dent into my piles of

"STUFF"

so that it would warrant my buying more.  Big Sigh!

Just hoping the poinsettia ones will go through the post without getting squashed.

Am sharing these with:

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com.au/

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.com.au/

http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com.au/

http://beccysplace.blogspot.com.au/

Hope those of you in the North are not too cold.

We are starting to get some rather warmer weather than I like.

I am indoors with the air con on working on my "STUFF".

Have a good day.

Margaret M

The Puddle Duck Vineyard.

Yesterday we had a lovely time here on a glorious day celebrating our expected baby.

LtoR

Me,  Mum to be Meagan,  Daughter Angela gran to be

Younger Daughter Deirdre.

Sorry about the shades but it was to bright to take them off. 

The pond with a balcony jutting out over it.There were a lot of 

ducks on the pond but they don't show up.

Vines in the background past the trees

  

Some of the gifts on display.

Even the soap containers in the bathroom were ducks!

An enticement to come again.

It was so hard to take photos as with the sunlight one could not see

just what was in the photo so it was a bit hit and miss.

Now I should include a card in this post but I do not own a stamp with a 

duck on it! 

Talking to my daughter we asked her what she wanted the new bub to call her

I am Grandma and will stay grandma for any new offspring.

She said as her husband wanted to be Pop she had thought

Lolli would be a good name!!

It is supposed to get to 27 today so I have already been out and shopped

now to stay inside and keep cool.

When it gets over 22 I have had it.

Have a good day.

Margaret M

Pink for a little girl !

The last few days have been beautiful and I took this 

Twilight photo the other evening.

I can take any amount of this weather in the low 20's am enjoying 

it before it gets any hotter.

Tomorrow is going to be another lovely day because we are going to the 

Baby Shower that friends of my Grand daughter - I - L are holding for her.

And yes it is going to be a girl hence the pink.

The first baby in the family for nearly 19 years. Can't wait. 

The lovely soft Teddy Mia even has a birth certificate.  

I hand cut a pattern for the card and covered it with double sided

wrapping paper, spots one side and plain the other.

Made the scallop pattern with Spellbinders Bracket border

and just a small piece of white satin ribbon to finish it off.

Am sharing this with:

http://inthepinkchallenge.blogspot.com.au/

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com.au/

http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.com.au/

http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

Margaret M

I'm Late, I'm Late........... Sorry

Yes I am late for the start of the month and 

Craftyhazelnuts patterned paper challenge

Falling down on my DT duties.

So without any ado here is my card for this month.

The papers are Maja Design teamed with one of my

favorite LOTV stamps coloured with Faber - Castell

pencil by my daughter.

She colours in to pass the time while she is undergoing treatment.

This has not been a good month in fact this whole year has been

very much up hill. 

Am sharing this with  the following challenge.

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au/ 

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.com.au/

http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com.au/

http://christmasatsweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/

Thanks for dropping in

Margaret M

Spring has not yet sprung!

September was not a month that I care to dwell on as I have had a virus 

probably an off shoot of the Flu bug that has laid a lot of Australians low.

My energy levels have been non existent.

Hopefully we will get some better weather soon while those in 

the south of the country are having record heat.

down here we are still into winter with a good dump of snow 

on the mountain yesterday, thankfully gone this morning.

At least with the weather still being cool we have enjoyed these.

They have lasted longer than normal.

On to brighter things.

My card for Craftyhazelnuts patterned paper challenge. 

I was given a pack of these 3D floral stickers so I hunted through my box 

of die cuts "That will do for another project" to find something to

mount them on.  Found more of the mauve card and a piece of

Nit Wit patterned paper such a perfect match and

added a few rhinestones.

A pleasing result.

Our clocks went on over night so we lost an hours sleep.

Think I could do with a NANNA NAP!

Have a great day.

Margaret M

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned paper challenge time

What a wonderful display of cards you shared with us in August
over 400 lets see if we can top that in September.

Yes time  to show you my design team card.

I found these two rose Stickers/Peeloffs when I was sorting out.

They have been hanging around for years so I thought use them up.

The DP is digital and the embossed card was another scrap.

The blue card 2 different shades were also off cuts so I feel very virtues.

Even if it has made no dent to my pile of bits.

I coloured the roses with my copics.    

A better look at the portrait one.

This has lace on it but it is a little hard to see in the photo.

Have a great day.

Margaret M

Marble effect

I had a wonderful time playing with inks and cling film.

It is ages since I did this.

I pulled out some Adirondack pads

Caramel, Denim and Currant.

Cling film and water to spritz.

This was the first with Caramel and Currant.

I spritzed the water onto the cling film and put it on the card and left it to dry

These are with the Caramel and Denim

and I removed the cling film slowly when they were still wet

to get a lovely marble effect.

I used more Caramel on this one and left the Denim patchy but thicker.

But best of all I used up 4 card blanks that have been in my stash

for at least 15 years.  They were a perfect match.

Am sharing this with:

http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/

http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com.au/

http://southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

Have a great day.

Margaret M