Happy rainy day Monday.....

 

Hello all, hope you all had a good weekend and are well, so many bugs about. My DIL has been quite ill, it started on her birthday last week so as yet not seen her, she is so lovely and I always say we are so lucky to have her in the family, fingers crossed we will get to see her soon.

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OK, so I bought these little flat pack boxes but didn't realise they subject matter, it was all lovey dovey,  usually I would make my own, but thought for once I would take the easy route !!!! was I wrong, anyways, I had these beautiful papers from temu, so decided to use them.

This is how they started

Here they are

Edged with gold wax, hadn't changed the ribbon at this point just wanted to see what it looked like.

Thought they would make nice table gifts at the dinner table come Christmas, filled with some deliciousness of course.

Anyway this now lives with Mia of course haha.

I am off to do some house work and then who knows what, I have a new book looking at me, I pre-ordered it last February, it finally got here last week and I just haven't got round to it. Its Al Pacino, Sonny Boy, I love him, especially when he was younger and his story sounds worth reading about, so maybe I will get round to it.

Have a good day friends, a big 'THANKYOU' to those of you who always make it here with every post I do, I really appreciate the loyalty to me and my blog, so many can't be bothered anymore, its sad really but there you go.

Getting ready for Halloween...

 

I have made a couple of tags for the boys bags, I looked everywhere yesterday for a stamp set I bought last year, all spooky stuff, can I find it, well no, so the pumpkin die came out and I just hope they like it, mind you, they will probably like the treats to notice :))

Coloured the pumpkin with inks, put them on a spring so they wobble about, cut some letters out of gold card, added some gold ink splashes and added some charms I had.

Colouring in progress...yes one of the branches snapped off, stuff happens what can you do....

Thats it for now, I have had three birthdays this week alone, including todays, my DIL, and still got two more to go before the month is out, I tell you, October is a pain of a month for me these days :)) but shouldn't moan.

Have a lovely weekend, its abit chilly but dry, fingers crossed it stays that way.

Christmas card.

 

Good morning, I managed to get into my room yesterday while the sun was shining, and made this quickie card, I found I am short a few so need to sort.

Its a quick make as its just some DP I found in my drawer, some twine and a little wood sign, done.

No idea where I got this paper pack, but its quite nice I think for a quick card.

Inside, not yet stamped a sentiment but will get round to it before it leaves.

Also thought I would share these.

The best pic I could get when the northern lights came to visit, it must be great to have a proper camera, but I was happy to see it.

Hunters moon, it was actually wonderful IRL, so big and it just lit the sky up across our fields, beautiful.

Last but not least, misty morning, the other day I woke up to this, this one was taken from the back bedroom, we are surrounded with such beautiful fields, I am grateful each day for that, no matter the season, the views are just a lovely sight.

I think that's it, hope I haven't bored you to much.

Enjoy the day, see you all soon.

Short post.

 

Hi all, hope you are all well.

I haven't made anything new for a week or so, well apart from a Evacuee tag for my little grandsons school class, they were learning about the war, he looked so realistic it made me cry to think of them all, haha. No photo but thats ok, it turned out well. Anyways, I looked through my pics and found this, not posted as not to struck, but here goes.

Birthday tag, cut the shape from white card, rubbed some ink and stamped some script and swirls, had to do the splashes of course, then added the shapes, you know I have had those dies forever and hardly used them at all, then added a birthday sentiment, double cut, done.

As I look at this I am not so sure if I did show this before but can't find any sign of it, sorry if you remember it, senior moments and all that stuff.

Thats all for today, I have lots to get on with its just getting round to doing it all.

Stay well and warm, the sudden drop in temps has been a change this week but  so long as the rain stops who cares..

Thankyou so much for leaving a comment, it means so much. 

Journal page

 

Hi to all, I hope this will be a quick post, spare you all :))

Made this page about an hour ago, its a slight bit warmer here today so I ventured into my back room, it gets so cold you wouldn't believe, anyways, here it is.

Warm shades for the time of year, the images are from some Mintay papers I have had tucked away, like to look at them but dread using, how daft is that. The wording is from my label maker.

That's that then. Below you will see  photo of my parents, today is Mams birthday, 100yrs. she was always the most elegant, smart woman you could wish to meet, always well presented and made my life brighter by just being in it.

I managed to get some flowers and Carla brought the roses she always loved, some years are harder than others, this has been a bad one. I have felt her loss so much, we were the best of friends, no one could ever replace her, and her guidance was priceless, what do you do when someone this wonderful has to leave, well, I remember how lucky I was to be her daughter, in all the good and bad times I may have had, she was there, always had my back. So, happy birthday Joanie, you are and always will be loved and remembered.

Thankyou all so much for your visit, I truly appreciate you all.

Need your opinions please...

 

Hi there, hope your week has been fine, to all those suffering floods and horrific storms, I hope you and yours are all safe.

I just made this Christmas card, its quite a simple one, the image is from a pack of rub on transfers I bought recently and they are gorgeous, layered it on gold mirror card and added gold twine and some ribbon, the sentiment is a die I have had forever and it was from either Amazon or ebay, who knows, sorry about that.

Problem is, should I splash it or leave as is, I can't decide and if I splash, gold or black, what do you think...........

Side views of the twine, I mean it won't be controlled so hopefully it will sit better when its been in the envelope....

Now these two candles were asking to be 'done up' The small one is actually from Dunelm, its scented with Sicilian lemon verbena, its gorgeous, I use the sprays in the house, it the only thing that doesn't kill me, and the house smells delish. The bigger one is just one from a pack I bought and put in this glass, then added these transfers, they are like three D and look so pretty, I tell you these things are going to be used, alot.

So thats all for now, I hope you all have a lovely weekend, we have been having some sunny days, it makes all the difference in the world.

Thanks so much for any comments you may leave, always grateful for those.

 

Birthday card.

 

Morning you lovely lot. Today I have a card I made from this gorgeous EF I have had in stash for awhile. Decided it was high time for a play around. Made the card and added the happy birthday sentiment.

Its quite simple, I did add a touch of gold gilding on it to try and bring out the design, , so I ran a few darker tags through and this happened.

How pretty is that design, quick and easy, on the back I added a little note tag.

I just couldn't cover the design on the back either so did the same gold on there.

Added some gold string I had and done.

Hope you agree with me, I love this EF and I can say it will be used alot more in future.

Thankyou so much for any comments you may leave. Have a happy day.