Waxing Lyrical!!!

After thinking I might get some stamping done on Monday I got sidetracked........nothing new there then......lol!!! The old sideboard and worktop in my room has been bugging me for ages so I decided all of a sudden that it had to go. I then proceeded to rearrange everything and I am still at it.........you know the 'pint into a half pint pot' thing........ho yes we have some of that going on here at Manic Towers. I thought I had done a good sort out a few weeks ago but I have still taken two bin bags of rubbish down and burnt them so I don't know where all that came from.
Anyway it's getting there now so normal service should be resumed at the weekend......that's if I can find anything......lol!!!

On to the card then.........the small panel is floor wax and Adirondack reinkers on acetate with tissue paper and the background is the same image stamped over and over again then coloured with the same inks but picking up the colour from a pad.
The green at the bottom of the wax panel came out a little dark so I will add less ink when I do it with my ladies tomorrow.

Watched Avatar on Monday night...........WOW.......what a fabulous film.......I loved it. Did wish that I gone to the cinema to see it on a big screen though. It must have been doubly awesome.

Just need to do a bit of research on the old www and then I need sleep.

Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Fabulous Weekend!!!

Oh we had such a lovely time with Ruby over the weekend. She is such a good baby. Very smiley and just too cute for words.
As predicted I didn't get much sleep but that was down to me........Ruby slept from 8:30pm through to 6am and when she did wake she just lay there blowing bubbles and making little noises to herself.
When DS and DDIL picked her up yesterday they were going straight off to London for a few days with DDIL's family.
Today I am.......to put it bluntly.......knackered.....lol.......so after I have tidied up down here I am off upstairs and will hopefully be back later with a card or something.

Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Butterfly Wings!!!

This is the last of the Isopropyl backgrounds for now.
Here I have used Teal and Royal Purple StazOn.
The stamped image is a butterfly wing pattern which is from a set by Creative Expressions. It has been stamped over the background using Versamark and silver EP.

I didn't get much crafting done yesterday as I took advantage of hubby being out to have a good baking and cooking session. It was lovely and peaceful having the house to myself which doesn't happen often.
Today I am doing laundry and cleaning up a bit ready for the arrival of Ruby Doodle. I am so excited about her staying over night but also nervous and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if I end up staying awake all night to keep my eye on her..........or maybe she will keep me awake......who knows........lol!!!

Hubby didn't hear about the job he went for so he obviously didn't get it. They didn't have the courtesy to ring and let him know that he hadn't. I think that is just plain rude when they had said they would let him know either way.

Well another load has finished and is ready for me to peg it out in the sunshine. It's such a beautiful day here in Staffordshire. Lovely bright sunshine but not too warm which suits me down to the ground.

Hope you are having a fab weekend.
Sheila-x-

I Want To Be........A Tree!!!

Sorry that this is yet another Isopropyl background but I am doing quite a few different samples for putting around the shop so this is what I am working with at the moment.
The tree stamp is from Kanban.
The swirl is hand drawn and then gone over with yellow stickles.
I did a class today with this technique and it was absolutely fabulous. We had such fun.

Came home with my bag of Tim goodies. The dies are just wonderful. I had five Bigz including the flowers and the flourishes. Then I had a couple of the 'On The Edge' dies and a Vintage Market alphabet. Can't wait to get time to play with them now.
We had another delivery today of the most gorgeous narrow cotton lace in colours with matching grosgrain ribbon. The colours are divine and I have my eye on some beautiful red and green for adding to Christmas cards.

Tomorrow is mucking out day as I have the house to myself for a good while. DD will be in bed and hubby will be out.........bliss. I do like having the house to myself as I get ten times more jobs done than when they are all under my feet.

Tonight I am treating myself to a couple of hours in front of the goggle box to watch some more episodes of Private Practice. I have to wait until hubby has gone to bed as he is not too keen on it.

Night night.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Bit Of A Numpty!!!

Honestly.....the older I get......the dafter I get. Bought a card home to photograph for posting tonight and I have totally forgotten to do it........duh!!!
I got so tied up in the job I was doing......pretty boring stuff......packing card blanks and envelopes that I want to get rid of at the car boot.......that it went straight out of my mind so I'll get it done in the morning and post it tomorrow night.

We had a very nice delivery at the shop today..........Tim Holtz dies from Sizzix. Unfortunately it wasn't a complete order so most of it is to fill pre-orders but I think there may be a couple to put out. My name is on several of them as you might expect and they will be coming home to live with me tomorrow night........oh yum!!! I did open the box and have a tiny peek and I'm so much in love with the vintage alphabet strip die........so glad I ordered that. Ooooh I love new toys.

Hubby who took early retirement/voluntary redundancy at the end of last year is on tenterhooks at the moment as he went for a job interview yesterday and will hear on Friday if he has been lucky or not. In the meantime he is doing the nervous eating thing and the pacing thing bless him. If he doesn't get it......well more fool them......they don't know what they are missing.

I'm in a snuggling mood tonight so I think I might go and throw myself under the duvet and read for a while once I have finished on here. I would kill for a mug of hot chocolate but will settle for tea seeing as how I am supposed to be being good. Hoping that when I go for my checkups next month that there will be some improvements as I have lost about two stones now and the clothes I bought for my holidays were several sizes smaller than I used to buy.

Right I'm off.
Thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-