Today we are going modern and using diecuts.
I love the turquoise and lime glitter card......it makes my mouth water just looking at this combination of colours.
Dies used-:
Sizzix for the larger circle and Quickutz for the smaller.
X-cut for the trees.
Tim Holtz Mover and Shaper die for the deer.
Sentiment tag is a blank from Craft Creations with a peeloff greeting.
In the wars a bit today. I offered to have Ruby for a few hours while DS and DDIL had a grown ups lunch by themselves. Well my back was feeling a bit delicate after the marathon bathroom clean the other day and it went with a bang when I was lifting Ruby off the loo earlier on. So I am hobbling about with a stick now. Hopefully it will put itself right sooner rather than later but it's spoilt the day out Mr Manic and I were going to have tomorrow. I am working on hubby's maternal family tree and we have found ancestors in Froghall, Staffordshire. We were going to have a trip there to look around but it won't be tomorrow as I can barely walk.
Ah well I had best go and find some crafting I can do sitting down.
Thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-
This is a bit of an allsorts card with every element from a different company.
I'll start at the back with the music which was a free download from the Dover newsletter.
Patterned paper is DCWV.
Ornament is stamped from the Urban Stamps Home For Christmas set.
Tree is an old Sizzix die trimmed and stamped with a flourish from a Viva stamp set.
Gems were leftovers from the table scatters at DS's wedding.
So that is one design down for the traditional lovers and lots more to go as checking my stocks I have found that I don't have many left.
I'll be spending a late night crafting tonight (our visitors didn't leave until 7pm) but that will be after a little online shopping spree for a few crafty things I am lusting after.
First I have to go and track down the open window which is causing the most awful draught in here.
Bye for now....and thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-
I'm in a bit of a grump today......miserable old sow that I am......lol!!!
I make plans....lots of plans of how I will spend my time. So today I had planned to have a day making cards, taking photographs of said cards before packing them and then I was going to spend the evening prepping some cards to put together in between other jobs tomorrow. How far did I get? I made some cards and carted all the car boot stuff back down to the van as it was making the kitchen look untidy. Then hubby decides he wants a bbq for our evening meal, then we get a phone call to say that we will be having visitors tomorrow which puts the kibosh on me finishing off the painting in the lounge. I have just spent nearly two hours cleaning the bathroom so it's nice and fresh for the visitors, my knees are screaming and I am totally p'd off. I wish I was a drinker as a large glass of something alcoholic would go down really nicely just now....lol!!! I think I'll have a cup of coffee instead and have half an hour trying to get into this new book I started which just isn't doing anything for me at the moment.
On that note I shall bid you goodnight and apologise for being a misery gutses. Hopefully I shall be back tomorrow with pics and in a better mood.
Sheila-x-
What a fab day it's been today......despite the 5am alarm call.
Sold lots of stuff, bumped into an old school friend I haven't seen for years, ate the best bacon butty I have ever tasted in my life and came home to a Sunday roast cooked by Mr Manic.
In fact it was such a fab day that I shall be doing it again next week.
I've just finished emptying the van and condensing stuff down and now I have a date with some hot water and a bottle of Badedas shower gel.....mmm......mmm......mmm!!!
Oooooh I got some bargains too......two Tala jam kettles......one huge one I swapped for a punch and a stamp and a smaller one for £3, a beautiful glass footed trifle bowl and a huge box of dressmaking patterns for next to nothing. The patterns aren't all dated but they range from the 1950's to the early nineties. Some I can use and others will be used on fashion or sewing themed cards. Eeeeeeh, I were dead chuffed.
Right....water here I come.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-
Well the van is loaded and all I need now is some customers who like a bargain.
An early night for us tonight as we need to be up at 5am but I still have a few hours to do some crafting and it's back to the Christmas cards.
Best have some tea first as the old tummy is rumbling a bit.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-
