Getting Boring Now...

I feel very virtuous at the moment because I've just given my car it's annual wash and yesterday I performed the heinous task of defrosting the ice compartment of my fridge - both jobs I had been looking forward to with about as much relish as that of my execution. But now I can tick them off my never-ending "to do" list and move onto something more enticing, such as making things like this:

This little box once contained dental floss sticks (how delightful!)

Now it's home to 8 little birdie notecards.

The World: "Gah! Will you please STOP using the same set of papers for every project you've ever made since the beginning of time??!?"

Me: "What?? Not until every last miniscule smidgeroony has been used up from my scrapbox I won't!
Mwahahaaahaaaaahaaaarrr!"

Ahem.

Quick Visit

As hoped for, I am having a nice, crafty week - yay! Quite a few projos on the go, nothing I can show at the moment though, except for a couple of cards:

As you can see, I am getting quite a lot of mileage out of those papers!

Cosy v Scary

Hello folks, hope you all had a good Halloween. Mine was spent in "interesting" circumstances at a Hen Night in the centre of Glasgow, that I was not entirely sure I would come back alive from. But I lived to tell the tale, which included a pleasant meal, a "tired and emotional" bride-to-be, a Sex and the City theme (we scrubbed up well if I say so myself), an encounter with grown men dressed as Oompah-Lumpahs (bizzarre!) and actually managing to find our way there and back without ending up just north of Aberdeen. It was fine but I'm rapidly reaching the conclusion that I'm just not a party animal in any shape or form!

Much more my scene was a cosy day in yesterday; wild weather outside, a game of Scrabble with Himself (he won - bah!), a veggie curry and curling up under a throw to watch X Factor. Bliss!

I've spent a couple of evenings in front of the telly, making Christmas embellishments:

And I finally used my new Craftwork Cards stamps to make this New Home card:


PPs are Wild Asparagus from My Minds' Eye, just love those papers! The stamps are pretty nice to use as well.

That's all for now; the cats are tearing round the lounge in a frenzy so I'd better go and rescue my priceless Ming vase (ahem) from toppling. Byyeee!

Feline frisky...

It's been going Pumpkin and Aubergine crazy round here, with my class being themed around them, to show what a versatile range it is....

We were making:

Gift card/money wallets.

Treat bag toppers.

A birthday card for someone mischievious.

And another version of the teepee card.

So even though Halloween will soon be over, I look forward to making things with these little characters all year long...

A Load of Old Waffle

Ah, yes, feeling much better now, thank you, after my little "off"-day. In fact, by Friday I'd recovered sufficiently to be able to attend the Hobbycraft show at the SECC with my craft friend V. We'd vowed not to spend much money. We both broke our vow. Oh well. It was an enjoyable day and for once we didn't have to wear full body armour in order to survive the crowds of determined crafters who were jostling around all the demo areas. There were some fab products and sample cards on display. My favourite stand had to be the Craftwork Cards one, where I bought some goodies:

V and I both bought these cute owl/birdie stamps because the cards they'd made with them were sooo nice. V also introduced me to the "delights" of Cut-n- Dry foam, which should "revolutionise" my stamping, thanks to it's many uses! And I couldn't resist more candy dots, in festive colours.

When our feet were sore and our brains were jellified, we called it a day. In the evening I had a very nice time at A's house while our other halves indulged in a Mexican-themed evening, complete with huge sombreros and margaritas. A and I had a rather more sedate evening of chat, but we did manage to eat more jalapeno "poppers" than our wussy menfolk!

This weekend I have had not one but two delicious meals cooked for me by Himself - his culinary skills know no bounds! And, in the name of culture, we spent a chilly autumn afternoon perusing the works on display at the National Gallery of Modern "Art" and pretending to be pretentious art snobs, when in fact we were snorting with derision at the sight of a lump of plaster someone had thrown at a wall and named "Creation of the Universe" or some such piffle. After that, a visit to H's brother's place to coo over the VCB and to deliver a 30th birthday card:

I decided to go slightly "avant garde" with this one and make it into a criss cross pocket card with a pull-out tabbed insert.

Or, in other words, a juxtaposition of colour and form, combining the ordered geometry of straight lines and the free-flowing curvaciousness of ethereal colour, which can be analogous to the fragility of the human condition.

Pah!!

Bluuurrrggghh...

Been feeling a bit under the weather today :o( but some rest and relaxation has done me good, as has the fact that my Halloween projects can now be found HERE . The Team has come up with some fab projects using those Pumpkin and Aubergine critters so check them out!

My projects are:

A HALLOWEEN MINI CHIPBOARD ALBUM

A TEEPEE HALLOWEEN PARTY INVITE

All instructions for making these and the other girls' projects can be found on the D&D blog.

A couple of quick cards made for occasions this week:

Stamps are the Pocket Silhouettes set by Stampin'Up.

Not sure what the stamps are on this one as they were brought back from Canada by K (who has been very kind to me today - thanks K!), but the wee notelet is from the Scrumptious set by Papermania and the PP is Wild Asparagus from My Minds' Eye.

Not much to add today; I'm off for a bath, but normal service should resume next time folks!

Holiday - A Summing Up!

Well, that's my weeks holiday just about at an end. As expected, there has not been a dull moment to be seen. It has involved:

-A wedding and some "liquid" overindulgence

- a couple of very pleasant days by the sea, which have resulted in a desire to live within 2 yards of a beach

-a sick cat :o(

-the 30th birthday party of our shop manager; it had a twenties theme, of which I didn't adequately warn Himself, so for the first excruciating (for him) hour he was the only male not attired in a trilby hat, pinstripe suit and spats. I'm not sure he will ever forgive me.

-A complete and utter lack of mojo

So there you have it! Today was my planned cardmaking day and so far I have produced the grand total of NONE! Just as well I had an owl-fest a couple of days ago:

With this one I was messing about with my new chipboard shapes from Stampin'Up. I coloured the eyes with brush marker pens and added Glossy Accents over the top. The leaf stamp is a Bloom and Grow one from My Minds' Eye and the PP is DCWV's Green Stack.

OK, now I'm off to do a spot of truffle-making. I realised I hadn't brought my colleagues anything back from my trip away (oopsy!) so this is my attempt at a thoughtful gift (ahem)! Will they notice that said truffles are NOT bought from a quaint sweetshop on North Berwick High Street? We shall see!!