Oh Dear!

I don't know what's happening, but things are still not right with blogger and I know it's not just me this time:(
Just going to share journal page with you today. I'm quite pleased with the way it's turned out. I've had the background for a while - its a babywipe that I used to mop up ink ages ago, but liked the way it looked and glued it to some paper. Yesterday after sewing some curtains I sewed the pointed grasses on to it. I then doodled in some weeds and grasses. It looked a bit dull so coloured a Stampotique toadstool and a butterfly I've had for ages by using Sakura pens. No words came to mind so I'm leaving as it is! 

I hope to link this to enter the Stampotique Challenge.

Thanks for looking, Chrisx

New look

Good Day to all, I think at long last I'm beginning to get the hang of this. 

I promised a look at a little notebook I've made. It started out as something I could take away with me, and something to use up scraps and it just went on from there - a little bit of collage,stamp in and just enjoying myself!!  

Kaisercraft text stamp, scraps, heart from a bargain sheet 

when a shop in Morecambe closed down,Studio G letters

   Crafty Individuals image, Kaisercraft stamps, 

Martha Stewart lace punch

Kaisercraft stamps, Crafty Individuals image, Eiffel Tower image from card bought in Accesorize, Martha Stewart leftovers from craft club project, scraps

 Kaisercraftstamp, Cuttlebug text, squared paper 

Darkroom door stamp, Penny Black stamp, scraps, 

music napkin, Crafty Individual bird stamps.

                 Tim Holtz salvage sticker, tissue tape and adage ticket, scraps and Kaisercraft stamps

I really enjoyed doing this and have already started another,I kept it thin enough to pop in my bag but on reflection don't think I will (not just yet anyway).

Woop! Woop! and not so Woop!, garage just rung to say car will be ready tonight - then gave me the cost!$!?! Oh well.....

Thank you for looking and for your comments, which I love reading, Chrisx

                             

A NEW PEAR!

While on one of our trips away we went into Morecambe, having walked around in the wind for a while we were on our way back to the car when hubby suggested I might like to go the little craft shop just off the front. Having a little look around I found a Rubber Stampede pear stamp which I just had to have, then I found it had been reduced - great!!
So, while waiting for the garage to ring on Monday(btw car still not been fixed -boohoo!)I set to and made 6 cards no less!

Plain and simple - Martha Stewart 'lace', 

Kaisercraft text and 'the pear'

Plain and simple - twine, ricrac, Kaisercraft text, birthday sentiment that I've had for ages and 'the pear'

An experiment,LOL, I had been cleaning off stamp in between using it and liked the look of the wipe so after it had dried I stamped on it, so - Martha Stewart lace,kraft paper, Craftwork cards sentiment and 'the pear'

Another experiment - a background using a pear napkin, 'the pear' stamped and embossed onto kraft paper with just a hint of 

bundled sage on the paper

Another plain and simple - 'the pear', stamped and masked, Kaisercraft text stamp,ribbon and a sentiment from my box

Finally, another experiment,'the pear' stamped and masked onto baby wipe, Kaisercraft text stamp, mounted onto card stamped with Kaisercraft music stamp and edged with Martha Stewart 'lace'.

I also carried on with a little notebook I am making, here is the cover

I hope to be back soon with it finished.

Off now to get my head around how to get all the shopping without a car - although my youngest has offered to take me. It just goes to show how reliant I have become on having our own transport, my mum used to do the shopping for the family without one, so how come I feel so darned grumpy about this!!

 Thanks for looking, please feel free to make a comment, I need cheering up:(
Chrisx

so not organised!!

There was I, April pages finished, May pages ready, photos taken, and then what happened? (see previous post)I have had a call and garageman he say - your clutch has gone missus. So, having been really careful with money last month because I have plans to go to Port Sunlight stampers show, I now need even more money than I probably saved to pay for said clutch.....darn!!!!
So here are my May pages ready

 I used one of my favourite stamps from Stampendous along with some stencilled flowers and a Craft Stamper freebie and basically should have stopped stamping long before I did so I'm not especially happy with this, although I do like the colours. Journal spots were done by stamping onto my craft mat with distress inks and smooshing and spritzing, very therapeutic!
Here are my finished April pages, as you can see I've been quite busy, no wonder April went so quickly!!   

Thanks to Kate at http://thekathrynwheel.blogspot.com/ for 

the motivation to keep a 'diary', my boys are most impressed 

that I've kept up with this and I hope they and my 

grandchildren will enjoy reading them someday.

                         

Thanks for looking, I didn't do so well getting to look many others last month so hope to make up for it this time, Chrisx

Back to normal -never!

Hubby back to work, time to craft - noooo!!
We went out for a little jaunt at the weekend to Styal Mill, beautiful gardens,

Below is the handkerchief tree

met eldest son and my youngest grandson, had lunch - then went to leave, we were going to nip to Wilmslow to pick up some more salad stuff, as we left the car park our little car made little squealing noises which we thought must be from the dusty carpark, by the time we reached the supermarket(not far) the squealing hadn't stopped and there was a horrendous smell.
Two hours later and with the help of a friendly AA man and my youngest son's partner (son had been drinking) we got home and our poor little car had been abandoned for the night outside the garage we go to for repairs etc.. Had to notify police and council to explain why we had left our car on double yellow lines, although there was a note inside from said AA man which he assured us would be treated as 'official'.
So.....I am waiting for a call from garage with the news. I am hoping it is just a bag caught in the  engine,(it was a very windy day), as we have had a similar smell once before while we were away and the garage we went to found a plastic bag wrapped round everything!!
I have tried to concentrate on making some cards and tags but I am on pins waiting for the phonecall.


Will be back later(I hope) with piccies of 365journal.


Thanks for looking, and also for those who make comments, Thank You, they are much appreciated.
Chris 

Designed by Orla!

Happy Easter everyone! Just want to show you what Orla Kiely has designed for me! (Well actually for anyone shopping at Tesco) I was so pleased to find this by the tills.

It's great for taking my craft stuff away with me and sooo pearshaped!

Looking forward to getting out and about this weekend with family and hope that you all have the same opportunity.

Thanks for looking, Chris.

Good things coming in threes?

Two very important young people have birthdays this week one is going to be 6 and the other is going to be 9. They are my two lovely grandsons and I have made them special cards.
The youngest is dinosaur mad so I have made him this....

I found the little plastic stick ons in a £shop ages ago and kept for the occasion, just made a landscape from a photograph paper stack I've had for a while, some wallpaper, computer generated speech bubble and it was done.


My eldest grandson loves(and I mean loves!)Eddie Stobart trucks.He can spot an Eddie coming in the opposite direction on the motorway from about quarter of a mile ..IN THE DARK!!!!

I hope he likes this. I found a picture on the internet then made a background using printshop and a sentiment with tyre marks around it.


I hope he enjoys his morning at an ES depot (he is a member of the Eddie club and this was a special request)


I'm now off to get my head round a card for hubby (do other people have birthdays that come in threes?) His birthday is on St Georges Day ...hhmmmmm...Knight in shining armour?LOL


Thanks for looking,
Chris