At Last....

....I have managed to get hold of one of those illusive Hanglar stamps that everyone seems to use but aren't available to buy anywhere in this country.

And here she is ...

I found a Challenge blog called Lovely Hanglar only and the challenge was SEASONS. I thought seeing as she looks dressed up for the WINTER that I would use this stamp.

Unfortunately as I loaded these photos I noticed that I have not done a very good job of the shading below her feet - it is a bit lopsided - I have now rectified that but was too lazy to take and edit more photos!!!

I have combined it with the sketch from Truly Scrumptious so I am entering it in that challenge as well.

Here is the sketch



and another photo of the card.


The papers are from Pink Petticoat as is the Sentiment and I have coloured the image with Copics.
Have a nice day!

Sketch Saturday

Only a quick post today to show you my card for the Sketch Saturday challenge - which was a sketch.

Here is the sketch

and here is my interpretation of the sketch.

The papers are pink petticoat and the flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Before I go I must tell you that I am aching a bit today because, with it being a nice day yesterday, I decided to rotavate (don't know if that is spelt right) my veg plot. It is easier than digging but by the time I had finished it at tea time I had blisters and white finger syndrome (is that what they call it when you have been using power tools?) Anyway I did enjoy it and managed to get my winter onions in as well so it was a very productive day.

thank you for looking.

Lili of the Valley Challenge

Well can you believe it?
My flipping computer is on the blink again. It hasn't just been right since I got it back but the last few days I have
had trouble starting it so I have had to take it back to the shop again this afternoon.
I am lost without it but luckily I have my laptop - although I don't like it as much as my computer.
I have uploaded this image using Picasa so I hope everything is ok with it.
I bought these die cuts at Harrogate and thought it would be much easier to use these for making Christmas cards this year.
I love these images but I do find them very hard to match up to papers because whatever blue I try it just doesn't seem to be the right shade.
Anyway at last I have managed to get something that looks half decent and so here is my card for this weeks Lili of the Valley Challenge - which was untraditional Christmas.



On Sunday my son went to Warrington to watch the two rugby finals and the Halifax game was unbelievable - coming back from 22-4 to win the game - we watched it on the tele.
Unfortunately when my son made his way back to the coach he came across a friend of his, who he plays football with, lying in a pool of blood. Apparently he had been beaten up by 12 Featherstone fans and he is now in hospital fighting for his life. I just cannot understand how people can do that to someone - apparently they had been stamping on his head. How sick are they?
I am sure you will all join with me in hoping and praying that he does make a recovery.

Well I hope this posts ok and I certainly hope I don't have to go nearly a week without my computer like last time.

Just Magnolia Challenge

I know there probably won't be as many sad people as me about - blogging on a Saturday evening - but I have just been uploading the photos from our rugby game this afternoon so I thought I might as well show you the card I have made for the Just Magnolia Challenge.

I made this for a Challenge which was Unconventional Christmas and thought I would combine it with Dawny's sketch but when I checked which Challenge the Unconventional Christmas was I found it was Lili of the Valley so I could not use this card with Tilda on. That is so typical of me - totally unorganised.
Hope you are all having a good weekend - I will get back to washing the rugby kit now!!!!

Lili of the Valley Challenge

I know I am a bit late but on the 21st May my friend's daughter had a little boy and I have only just got round to making her a card - how awful is that???
This is the card - and I have made it for the Lili of the Valley Challenge.

I had a lot of difficulty trying to find a nice baby blue colour - I used to have some paper by American Crafts which was ideal for babies but I don't think they make it anymore.
back in a tick with another card.
luv
eileen
x

Valentine After Eights Holder

Just a quick post to show you the After Eights Holder I made for David for Valentine's Day.
Again the front

and the back

of the holder are digital downloads from Pink Petticoat and inside are

yummy After Eights!!!

Thank you for looking
luv
eileen
x

Friday Sketchers Blog

I thought I would have a go at doing the Friday Sketchers Challenge this week and below is the sketch.

and here is my card

the picture is not very good because I had to take the photo tonight whereas I usually take my photos during the daytime when the light is better.

I really quite enjoyed doing this one. I used Pink Petticoat papers, magnolia stamp and prima flowers.

luv

eileen x

Yet another crazy week.

First and foremost I must say "Congratulations" to my niece, Lynda, and her husband John on the birth of their new baby son - a brother for the totally gorgeous Ethan. Congratulations to my sister, Kath, and her husband Chris on becoming grandparents again. Looks like Kath just will not have time for crafting now she has got two grandsons.

On Monday Chris had to go to the hospital to see a consultant and he has to have an operation for a trapped nerve.

Tuesday my Mother in Law had to go to the hospital.

Wednesday I went for my check up and was pleased that everything is OK apart from having a painful hip, which the consultant said could be arthritis.

The consultant said that when you have had chemo it can age your body by as much as 10 years - don't know whether that is right or not.

Thursday Lynda went to the hospital and it was the funeral of my husband's sister in law (his brother's wife)

Today I had to drop my husband at the hospital for the camera "up and down" (everything is alright.) Then I had to dash to the dentist. My sister rang me to say that my niece had started in labour. I came home and had a much needed coffee and my husband's sister rang to tell me she has a benign tumour!! Then my sister rang to say Lynda had had a little boy and then I had to pick my husband up. By the time I got home I was exhausted.

Today the decision has been made to fold the rugby team that we run (at least I won't have to embroider the t.shirts) due to lack of players. I don't know what has happened to all the young lads they don't seem very interested in playing rugby - I think they must be out shopping with their girlfriends. I am very disappointed about this really but I suppose these things happen. The players, including my husband, that are interested in still playing and trying to stay together as a team have decided to move on to Brighouse and join their club.

I am now frantically trying to get all my Christmas Cards made and sent out.

Below is one that I made using another Whipper Snapper Stamp

and I love the one below. I used 2 Magnolia stamps and I am very pleased with the outcome.

The backing paper is from Pink Petticoat, the ribbon and dark coloured card is from Stampin Up and the sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

I think I need to go and have a lie down now!!

thank you for looking (if anyone has!)

luv

eileen

x

Hi there.
At least we have had a better weekend than we did last week and I have managed to finish my card for the Mojo Monday Challenge.

Below is the sketch


and this is my card





I used a Whipper Snapper Stamp and the background paper is by Pink Petticoat.
I will have some more to post in the next few days.
thanks for looking
luv
eileen

Hello everyone!

I had a lovely day out yesterday doing a bit of Christmas shopping with my daughter Claire and grandaughter Florence. I don't get to see much of Florence with her living in Retford and she always used to cry when she saw me. Yesterday she was absolutely brilliant - she was very well behaved and gave me lots of kisses especially when it was time for her to go in her car seat. She is a right cheeky little monkey!! We were there from about 10.30am till about 4.00pm and when I left Claire at her car my legs hurt so much I could hardly walk back to my car. Anyway I made it and got stuck in a bit of traffic coming home but it wasn't too bad really.

Below is this week's Papertake Challenge sketch

and here is my card

hope you like it

luv

eileen

x

Hi everyone, what a week this has been!!

On Monday my sister was taken to the A & E with a suspected heart attack but luckily it wasn't, and she came back home in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday we visited my mother in law who is hospital but is due to come home tomorrow.
Today my husband rang to say that his brother's wife had died - she was 61. Although she had suffered with asthma and bronchitis for a lot of years, she had been fine in the morning and was having a conversation with her husband and not long after that she could not breathe and died within 10 minutes of being admitted to hospital. I still can't believe it.
Let's hope there is nothing else bad to come.

Back to cards and below is the Mojo Monday sketch No. 61 which is quite a nice one I think.


I did two cards. The first one just using a snowman stamp that I had and Pink Petticoats paper. The darker card is Stampin Up Elegant Eggplant and so is the ribbon.



The second one is more or less the same except that I put the ribbon in a different place and forgot to put the 3 brads on the top of the picture. I was inspired by Dawny P. to use my Sugar Nellies snowman stamp and used my new Pro Markers to colour it. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

Thank you for looking.

luv

eileen

x

Well it is over a week since I last posted on my blog - I have been so busy.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday my son Paul came up from Newark and my son Richard was off work for a few days. Saturday was rugby and on Tuesday my daughter and grandaughter came from Retford.

My grandaughter, Florence, has started nursery 3 days a week (whilst Claire has gone back to work) and she has really changed. She used to cry everytime she saw me but on Tuesday she wanted me to pick her up and wanted to sit on my knee, she was lovely.

Wednesday we went to Newark because my husband was doing a job at Paul's house.

In between all this I have been embroidering some of the rugby shirts and I have also embroidered t.shirts and sweatshirts with my husbands logo on. That is why I have not had time for making cards.

Today I have actually found time to make a card for my son and daughter's mother in law, Cathy, - my son and daughter are married to brother and sister therefore both have the same mother in law.

It is 4 years since her husband died so I made a card for her.

Here is another similar one that I made a few months ago and really liked it.

Thank you for looking

eileen

x

Well it is Sunday evening and I am shattered after quite a busy weekend doing nothing much.

On Saturday we had a run down to The Craft Box at Elsecar Heritage Centre, Hoyland - they have some lovely goodies there - and on Sunday afternoon we went to Oswaldtwistle Mills.

About 18 months or more ago I bought an embroidery machine and had just about got used to using it when I was taken ill and I have never got round to using it since. My husband runs a local amateur rugby team, Hipperholme Warriors, and he had some polo neck t.shirts donated. He decided that I could embroider the team badge on it. He thinks it just takes a few seconds to do it but I have to get the design digitised and figure out the machine again. That is why we went to Oswaltwistle to Lords Sewing to get some thread etc for these badges. Whilst we were there we also went to Dawn Bibby's new shop - which is really nice. Well I say new, it is the first time I have been there, I dont know how long it has been open.

Anyway below is Mojo Monday sketch for week 50 (I always seem to be a week behind)


and this is my card. I am not entirely satisfied with it, what do you think?



I have used papers from Pink Petticoat, the stamp is by Penny Black (one of my favourite companies because they do such cute ones), and the ribbon is from Stampin Up.