Simple is all I have had time for today.
Mr Manic was at work until 12pm so I had to cook the Sunday lunch......bit of a shock to the system that was I tell you. Mr M always does Sunday lunch but with this new job he has to work three Sunday mornings in a row. By the time he was home and we had eaten, washed up and had a cuppa it was 4pm gone and I still had a couple of things to tidy upstairs. Ah well at least it's finished now and I can just make cards when I get up there.
So the card is made from a scrap of paper found in my box which I put with some lovely pear green card that I have had for ages....waiting for the right project.
The stamp is from a clear set by Artemio. Stamped in Tea Leaves Versamagic ink and twinkled with Stardust Stickles.
After the glitter dried I decided to add a bit of chalk to the background. It stuck to the glitter as well and turned it a gorgeous colour.
I am so happy that Dancing On Ice is back tonight. I am just off to cut some sandwiches for tea and then I shall veg out on the sofa and watch that.
Thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-
You see the two stacked drawer sets in this photograph from when I moved upstairs. Well I have three sets and I have had them for years and have always intended to do something to pretty them up a bit..........and I have finally got around to doing it...........
Ta da.....................
I have used papers from a stack by My Minds Eye and all it took was two sheets of each pattern. The carcasses need a coat of cream paint and a bit of a shabby treatment and I am going to make some label holders for the fronts of the drawers so that I can find everything. Once the adhesive is dry I will give the fronts a coat of varnish to protect the papers. I think they look gorgeous and go so well with the pink chairs.
Just a couple of corners to finish off and the floor to hoover and then I am done for today.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-
Woke up at 7:15am and not a speck of snow anywhere. It started at 7:30am and by 10am looked like this. It absolutely thrashed it down. Now at just after 6pm it's thrashing down with rain and washing it all away. Ah well it was nice while it lasted.
Now this next pic is not for the faint hearted. Yes I do believe they are Christmas cards and yes they have been made today....all sixteen of them. There are only fifteen in the pic as the odd one ruined my composition....lol!!!
I will explain my slightly mad behaviour. It all began when I rediscovered the holly embossed card during my move round/sort out. I must have had that card for four or five years. It's been stroked and admired then put away again so many times. So I sat down today, cut it all up and made the cards before I could change my mind and put it back in the drawer.
I've had a lovely peaceful day. Snug in my little eyrie at the top of the house. My batteries are fully recharged and I am off back up there to try and make some everyday cards now until it's time for a bath and then a DVD with DD......Gone With The Wind tonight......heaven!!!
Bye for now and thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-
Pheweee........I have been upstairs since I got up this morning...apart from an hour or so when I minced a shepherd to make a pie ready for tea. Sorry that is a family joke......DD when she was a little girl used to think that shepherds pie was made from actual shepherds like the ones that watched their flocks by night......lol!!!
Anyway...I digress. The room makeover is coming along nicely and since the pic was taken I have tidied that awful mess in the background...nearly. It would have been finished but Mr Manic decided on an early night and didn't want me tromping about above his head while he was trying to get to sleep. An hour in the morning should see it sorted and then I shall be away with the crafting fairies.
Please excuse the dreadful curtains.....they will be changed as soon as funds allow.........but do you like my chairs? I love them...yes even the colour which is a bit of a shock.
Well I'm off to catch up on Blogland for a bit and then I am gagging to get back to my new book I started last night. It's called American Devil by Oliver Stark and so far so good.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-
........But not a lot......lol!!!
Actually I have quite a lot more room than I originally thought I would because I decided...after seeing it in the flesh.....to have just one table. It was much larger than I imagined so I also got some chairs......oh my you should see my chairs.....they are pink and they were in the sale knocked down from £24.99 to £9.99 each. It's not often I get a bargain so I am chuffed to little mint balls. I need chairs for the odd time when clients call in or us girls....DD, DDIL and myself go upstairs for a chinwag.
So everything is assembled and put in place and now it's just a case of getting all the stuff sorted out and put back. I'm thoroughly enjoying it.....and getting rid of a load of rubbish at the same time.
I sorted one drawer out and found card fronts that I had put paper onto ready to decorate from 2006!!!
Well I have come down now after a nice hot bath and I am going to chill out with DD and watch Fried Green Tomatoes on DVD. I love that film and haven't seen it for ages.
Bye for now.....and thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-
