SUCH A LOVELY DREAM

I had such a lovely dream last night.

I wondered off down to Newport Pagnell where I met hundreds of fellow crafters. Not knowing why I was there, I asked one of them who told me to look at a list. Lo and behold, my name was on it!!!!

'Tis true!  Yippppeeeeee   I've got a place on Tim's workshop next February. I've booked the Thursday 10.30am one so will see you there.

Oh! what wonderful joy and I've just been informed he is going to Harrogate during this trip too. Wonder if I can make that demo aswell!! Also, he will be on QVC I bet. This is all just too much for me in one go. I'm off for another lie down. What a way to start a day.

Then there's this Saturday which is going to be unbelievably marvelous..........................

MY FINGERS ARE CROSSED

It has taken me 41mins to book a ticket for Tim's workshop at Paper Artsy. My payment was accepted but I'm not sure that means I actually have a place.

Oh the wait to know for sure is going to be awful.

Anyone else I know managed to book??????

SCD - 1950s

Well, a little bit of mojo came back this week, in between more jobs outside, and I managed to complete a very special birthday card for my eldest step-daughter who we haven't seen for around 8years. A lovely moment when we bumped into her a couple of weeks ago. I'll leave it there suffice to say we all appear to be contented and happy.

Anyway, this weeks challenge over at Something Completely Different, is 1950s.  Still using the monthly theme of ARCHES, I finally came up with this........

Unfortunately, I can actually remember some bits of the 50s. Having been born at the end of 1948, the 50s were my infant days and I lived with my parents and grandparents for the first 4 1/2yrs before moving to a new house for the next 7. The music of the day for me was probably more of the old 'uns like Bing Crosby, but I do remember Bill Haley and Rock Around the Clock. With that song in mind I made my arch!!!

The base is mount board cut to shape and distressed with pumice stone (another pun on rock there!!!) I then stamped the clock, outlined the edge in glossy accents and added a couple of spinners held with a long brad. Having cut a lot of flowers from grungepaper I was left with awkward bits, and not wanting to throw then away, I cut out 'rock' shapes and coloured them with - wait for it Gez - mushroom dabber. I stuck these around the clock with glossy accents and then added some flower soft to the cracks and a little ladybird. The words are created with a dymo, black on clear tape.

This technique was one I learnt on Lindsay Mason's fairy doors workshop. I had fun again.

WOYWW - WUYWW

There goes another week. Mind, apart from the glorious sunshine and lovely blue skies, I'm glad it's gone 'cos, boy have 'peg leg' and I been busy. All those outside jobs that have waited 2yrs because of illness, have finally been completed. The only downside to this week has been a farewell to the 'swifty swallow martins' - no idea which come to visit so I call them all 3 names! - who left for Africa yesterday.

Anyway, if you pop over to Julia's blog all will be revealed about this WOYWW thing. You will not be disappointed.

Thought I would give you a peep under my desk for a change.

Not very awe inspiring but I have to keep it as clear as possible so I can push my chair under. If I couldn't get the chair under, I wouldn't be able to get in the room!!! It's that narrow - about 4' to be exact.

The pink bag is really a computer bag but I use it as a craft bag when I go to workshops that require me to take card stock etc.
The black bag is full of ATC sleeves but I found that my cards got squashed so I've had to remove them all and some of them are in the white Gatineau box you see with an elastic band round it. The black and blue bag is my little HP photo printer, then there's a Purple Cow guillotine and an A4 box full of card.

Oh! at the far left is a box file, but it's been that long since I looked in there, I haven't got a clue what's in it!!



I just want to warn you that I have had to re-install word verification for comments due to a number of unscrupulous anonymous commentors out there who think it right that they either link their blogs to mine or want to advertise some rude and totally unnecessary products. Also, I have received some quite disgusting emails and I know other crafters have had the same experience. My whole computer is virus protected by, I think, 4 programmes, not your over the counter stuff either, so both incoming and outgoing stuff is well protected. However, these hackers keep getting through. I am monitoring this hiccup and have another action up my sleeve to prevent this but will leave it there for now. I hope you do not have the same experiences but just keep a watch.

I'm off to sneak around the world of craft desks now and leave you with a snoop of the top of mine this morning.

It's full of glitter as I'm making ATCs for Heather's Sept. swap.

SCD - ARCHES

This month, being a new one, also starts a new challenge over at Something Completely Different.

This months theme is ARCHES and week 1 is LACE.

The arches can be any shape and size making this challenge completely different to last month's, hence the meaning of the whole experience.  Now every time I hear or see the word 'lace, I immediately think of our CDs, Leather and Lace. It made life difficult for me, as if it wasn't hard enough!!!!, to come up with a way of interpreting those thoughts. Also, my mojo left me last week and only comes back for a few minutes at a time this week. Anyway, here is my arch.

I cut a piece of mountboard and then used Tim's plaque on the edge die to cut the top. That's my arch, for this week anyway. I then masked the middle and used pumice DI on the top splashed with water and stamped and clear embossed an Anna Griffin background on the lower half. I then used victorian velvet DI over this and ironed off the embossing. I struggled to photocopy the front of one of the CDs to print the words, but after 2 attempts managed to print words which would fit. I put glossy accents over the L to the word leather and rock candy stickles on the L on lace. The lace corner is an Anna Griffin one, the black lace is from my stash as are the black and heart brads. The little lines on the top part are from a Hero Arts frame stamp.

I'm not happy with the end result because I think the cut out words look just that, but for the life of me, I can't think what else to do. It's so annoying.