WOYWW #217

Actually ......... it's WOYFW  #1

My workdesk is unimportant at the moment - LOOK AT MY FLOOR!!!!!!

How good is that?  
Darling DH brought the vacuum cleaner upstairs to clean the rooms and I managed to get my carpet done as well - on occasion he is allowed in.......... specially when there's a vaccy about!!  It's not perfect, my hands don't like me lifting, manoeuvring, gripping ....... insert endless list here (stupid hands!)
but just l o o k . . . . . .  and enjoy.......... I am !

Happy WOYWF day!!!

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Off the web....

We are changing providers tomorrow. Looking forward to a day of sewing, and cable connecting!!

The Last July Birthday

So we are arriving at the end of the month - and I forgot to post the last card!!
Had to run round with it and sing 'Happy Birthday' to him as way of an apology........
It's a long story but suffice it to say that there is talk of R buying a moped one day to make the travelling a bit easier for him - cue 'Funky Moped' by Jasper!

The motorcyclist was coloured with watercolour pencils and attached to an Action Wobble          (details can be found at top of page)
The background papers are two pieces of wallpaper and these are backed onto a silver card.
R was very pleased with his card!

ANOTHER July Birthday

This is for my neighbour - I hope it makes her smile!

I never listed where the digi came from, she is rather old although you'd never think it!!! 




 Watercolour pencils came out and coloured the image which I backed onto pink paper backed onto music paper - all corner rounded.
I printed the sentiment and popped it onto some pink paper.

Like I say - I hope it makes her smile!

WOYWW #216

I am not here - guess................

At the hospital for PJ's first Physio?!             We're having fun ...........................

Here is my desk just as I left it last night.  The remnants of a Grab Bag from ATC's for All forum, an orange net (something to do with stamping!) and my ATC ruler - specially marked for measuring.

So that's it for today ...............
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Happy WOYWW week!!

July Swaps for CardWorkShop Group

Included in this month's swap is a Technique one - this is always a challenge and a lovely surprise.  This month it is to make a tissue flower.  Melody tries to include a video along with written instructions and although I found the written instructions hard to follow, as soon as I saw the video I remembered them.  I have spent many happy evenings making 'carnations' for other people's desks in various offices I have worked.
That aside...........
I decided that this month I am going to use up some of the printed / coloured digi images I have downloaded at some point in time and left in a box.
My first one is the little girl blowing bubbles.
I used a green 'bubbly' paper as backing and used a 'bubbly' corner punch. Some of the punch outs I placed inside the bubbles in the picture and round the edge.  I did not add a sentiment as I thought it was 'busy' enough!!

I received this card from Robin, a beautifully painted rose, blinged up a little.

I found some 'sandy' wallpaper and cotton twill with footprints for my second image.  I used my pencils to colour the image and gave it an appropriate background.  The card is folded so that there is a margin over and I filled this with the twill.






Colour My World this month is a brown card with Orange, not my favourite colours I must say but after some searching I found brown card and cut it to size.  The flowers are from my stash as is my ribbon.  I printed out the sentiment - which I would have preferred to be on orange paper but ............





I had found this little dress fold while searching for an easier fold to do than the one for a challenge.  I gave up on the challenge fold and made this one instead.  The fold is called Garries's Challenging Double Kite Fold and is in my 'Library'.  The bodice was definitely challenging.   I knew that I had some dolls in my folder on the PC but while looking for them found this little Ballet Dancer - from With Wild Abandon that I bought some time ago.  I printed her out (she comes on an A4 sheet) several times till I found the right size.   

The brown paper is from my stash - probably Paper Wishes!!  I added a little bit of Flower soft to her straps, tiara and right hand, then a small sentiment on background paper popped in the corner and finished.

Angela has also been thinking 'outside the box' and sent me this beautiful fan.

My Technique card did not really turn out as I expected ........... I spent a lovely couple of hours making the tiny flowers, edged them using an inkpad and added some Flowersoft to the centres.  The background paper I had chosen was a bit too heavy but it wasn't till it was cut out and on the card that I realised.  To try and balance it out a bit I backed the sentiment onto a piece and then lightly 'grunged' the details - edge of sentiment, bird and flowers. 

I am happier with it but not as much as the Ballerina!!

Angela sent me this card with beautiful rosette and great sentiment.  She has used a Peel Off round the outside of the embossed square.  Love it!

The best July Birthday!!

I have blogged these days on my other Blog.............

I have had this image since PJ started working on the train engines and kept forgetting to use it on a card for him, I wanted his card to be the first one I made using this image.

I printed the image out and then just added relevant colours - the colours have some significance to us both. 

 The background paper is just that bit different - as I don't make Valentine cards it would never get used!  
PJ loved the card but the colours significance passed him by!........... I will explain one day......... and he will apologise ............. then he will say 'you're very clever'........... and I will say 'I have my moments' ........... we will laugh ............