Valentine's card

Well, I had planned on making hubbies card on the Sunday before Valentines Day, while Steven was out for a couple of hours. But then remembered I had Steven respite bag and paperwork to do for the Monday, and my bag as was visiting Bath while he was there.

Hubby takes my bag in the car when he leaves at 7, to save me having to take it on the train and carry it around Bath. I never get to the place we are staying at till at least 4.30/5, as I make the most of having no ties or worries and mooch round the shops and little side streets. It seems that every time I go, I find another little shop or lane that I didn't know existed.

Anyway I had 20 minutes to spare before Steven was due home, so this is what I came up with, lol.


Anyway he like it, oh and this is the one he bought me...


which I loved too...

Saying of the week...

If you can't see the bright side,

polish up the dark one and look at it again...

Bit of cheating...

I enjoyed doing my sisters card so much, I decided to make a batch of them.. I did them in stages, choosing the card, the punching, added the inserts, putting the peel off on acetate, cutting them out etc. But I enjoyed doing them and they were all were done and dusted in less than a week.



Well I have so many cards to do each year, am hoping this will make a dent in them, then can get back to scrapbooking. Saying that I still have the wedding invites to finish as they have to be sent out in April. It's only the inserts that still have to be done, Sam and Matt can write them and the envelopes out, lol.

I've been doing the odd bit of latch hooking in the evenings too, while watching 'Masterchef' on V+, am also recording 'The Midwife'. So will start watching that when the series is finished, as get fed up having to wait a week for the next episode. I will be able to watch all of them over a couple of Sundays evenings while doing the ironing. I've been told it's good, so am looking forward to watching it, as don't normally do TV.

I've also got Steven's care covered so I can attend the make-it craft show in Farnborough this Friday with my mum and auntie, think it will be my 8th year. I originally ask Russets (his respite centre) to have him in for a sleepover, but it seemed, 5 months notice was not enough and said no. So I have Out of Town keeping him for an extra hour, then Sam will come here when she finishes work, and will look after him till hubby gets home from Bath. All that juggling, just so I can go out, I do sometime wonder if it's worth all the hassle, lol.

Talking of Bath, I was there for a few days last week, had a very relaxing few days, meeting up with my sister-in-law and having breakfast AND dinner with hubby. I also came home with some red roses, box of chocolate and a card, seeing it was Valentines Day while I was there, lol.

The only downside was after I got home, but won't bore you with all my moans and doom and gloom. As there is already too much in the world, without me adding to it...xx

Saying of the week...

You know you need to diet when...

you get wrinkles on the wrong cheeks!

Latch hooking...

As you may remember I said I was going to do lots of different crafts but mainly use kits that I've already got or started.

Well here is another old project, I bought this latch hook cushion and the matching rug years ago, for my conservatory.



Well did get the rug made, but then couldn't get any binding for the edges, so it got put at the back of the cupboard and wasn't in any hurry to finish the cushion because of that.



But the other week when mum and I went for a mooch round Chichester we popped into the haberdashery there and managed to get some binding, so hopefully have bought enough to finish all the latch hook projects.




I've also got a Eeyore rug that Sam had started years ago and I've got a Christmas one, so as I say 'it should keep me out of trouble', lol...



So watch this space to see if any of them get finished, hehehe...

Saying of the week...

The grass is never green until you've grown it yourself...

100th Birthday card

Well have hopefully done one...

But took me ages to get started as I just couldn't get my head round it, lol. I think that was because I was asked for one, for them to give rather than me just making one for me to give. Do you see what I mean?

I started by going on a few crafty sites, but nothing jumped out at me. I even had a nose in a few card shops and only one had a card for 100 and that had the number and a few stars, that was it....

Anyway Steven was in respite on Saturday, so after doing the household chores I went into my Arty Attic around 2pm and came up with this, what do you think?


The number was cut using a sizzix die and was placed on a spellbinder nestie with a bit of stickles round the edge. (The writing was printed on the computer).

For the bottom I use a cuttlebug embossing folder and organza ribbon. The flowers are papermania with brads that were also stickled in the middle and finely the butterfly are 3 peeloffs joined together to add a bit of depth. (and while writing this, I'm thinking about adding more stickles to the swirls).


Also a friends daughter is 21 next week and is off to New York to celebrate it, so came up with this card for her.


The imagine was printed off the PC, writing and number are sizzix dies again.

So have been a bit of a busy bee, well for a few hours anyway, and when I got into it it, I thoroughly enjoyed every minute, lol...

Saying of the week...

A wise old owl sat in an oak;

the more he heard, the less he spoke,

the less he heard, the more he spoke, the more we heard;

We should all follow the example of a wise old bird.