Wednesday 21 March 2018

frosty start today

Good Morning everyone, frosty start to the day in Cumbria! But the sun is shining, it may not be the warmest yellow ball of fire, but at least its trying to shine!
I have some craft to show you  a mix of scrapping and parchment. I haven't done heaps because of pain issues in my back and neck. Lack of sleep hasn't helped either, but upwards and on wards has they say, or have I got that the wrong way about! Bad luck to change it now! So, here I go....parchment first, The first one is a little Easter basket. Pattern by Christine Coleman. I filled the basket with chocolate eggs and a tiny bunny and chick on some shredded green paper. I made a few of these as small tokens for friends.
Below is a design by Dorothy Holiness from her Embossing book. I gave this to a class for homework. Be interesting to see how they get on with it. I do keep repeating myself, slowly and emboss in layers leaving the layers to rest each time, you can't rush it. with embossing, you can add but once you do the work then it can't be rubbed out like crayon!

below a close up. It can get confusing has some of the work will need embossing from the front,embossing is mainly done from the back you see. Always use a piece of cling film or cellophane under your tool when embossing from the front or it could mark your work.  

this is from a Pergamano M104 book. Using a red parchment under the  regular type.

so onward to scrapbooking, pages from my trip to Lanzarote. I had these cardboard frames for a while and I had lots of photos of views so I combined them to make the page. colouring the frames pastel colours. and a die for the hammock and trees. I just cut the die a few times and used the trees on their own and 3D'ed the hammock.

a close up of the die. Pro markers are used for the colouring.

Next Mothers day. This is my eldest daughter Karen with me. I was spoilt rotten by all my grown kiddies! LOL but Karen and her hubby were up north with me on the day.

Below Maraca Del Rio. We went on a drive high up one day to see this view. You paid to get in, but worth it and it wasn't expensive. The view was wonderful. "I can see for Miles and miles." that old Who song kept coming into my head.! Showing my age now! With the views are photos of myself with my two lovely daughters and two granddaughters.

Last a parchment card. I made this twice, once for the lesson and once to give to a friend. It shows how what you mount your work on makes a difference. The one on the left is mounted of pastel rainbow paper backed with white card. The one on the right is mounted on bright rainbow card. Its a Ann Jennings pattern.

Well folks. I hope you have a fabulous day. Remember be nice out there Everyone has their own problems, some are worse then others. So, show a little understanding. not everyone is having a great day! A little love and a smile can go a long way.... spread happiness and kindness and leave the hate and intolerance behind... the world doesn't need it....all we need is LOVE right???? Me? I'm off to chase dust bunnies and wait for the Tesco man to deliver the shopping! What an exciting life I lead eh???   
             take care out there and SMILE.. 



and  u

Friday 2 March 2018

Guess what? its been snowing! LOL

So, folks, I hope you got through the snow and ice and wind chill. Windchill! WOW wasn't that something? I had to go out to walk the dog but boy oh boy was I glad to get back home. Not that it seems to have bothered Leo! Cumbria had its share of snow woe...but my area is largely free from white stuff now and it does feel a tad warmer but only a tad! still need the gloves and hat and scarf and boots!
So, this is the first post of March.I have been wondering if its worth blogging but hey ho... if nothing else I keep a record of what I made and I know from Facebook there are a few kind souls looking. So lets start with scrapbooking. I love scrapbooking, memory keeping,I hope in future my family will look back on the pages and be saying things like "Remember this" or "OMG I can't believe that we did that" etc.
First page is full of photos taken over Christmas in Lanzarote. My two daughters enjoying being sisters and dare I point out having more then one or two cocktails! They both shared a chair and laughing so hard fell off it! Backing paper is by Amy Tangerine  and emojis were part of another paper collection.
Next My Tribe! How I love them all. Two photos again taken on our holiday and one same day has the above page photos were taken and the other in the villa, during a evening we were playing card games.

close up below of some of the detail

Holiday again Granddaughter Chloe and myself

Next is Chloe and  Angela together being silly. :)

Of course I had to do a page on the snow! Those photos were taken from my bedroom window. 

Die cut snow man

Another page of winter weather. I was walking the dog on "the Line" which is part of the coast to coast walk, that goes from Whitehaven to the East coast.  The old railway line is now a lovely place to walk and cycle etc. These photos were taken at the part where the old station used to be.
Next two photos are once again from the holiday.. I loved watching the sunrises. and these are photos showing how beautiful they were.

I used mixed media on this page including cheesecloth dyed with  inky spray mists and some lace and ribbon.

A Disney page. Me and Daisy! I fussy cut those banners from a 12x12 paper

Parchment. These will be for a lesson. I cancelled the last one because I didn't want the ladies driving in the snow! Pattern by Anne Jennings
This pattern  below is by Judith Maslen.

Last of all another Disney page. My fave Disney person DONALD DUCK! YAY!  I used a stencil and paint for the background,  

So, that;s it for this time. seems to be a lot of craft stuff but there are a few pages I didn't show last time! I hope you all keep warm and safe in this awful weather. Remember to check any elderly neighbours are OK.Spread the love and be kind to people, you reap what you sow, so sow love, kindness and acceptance and understanding not hate and anger...that way we can all do our bit to make the world a better place.till next time byeeeeeeee