Baby Baby

Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge time again and guess whose turn it is to choose the theme,  yeheee, it's me!!!!!
The theme I chose is 'Baby Baby' so anything to do with babies, obviously.

Now you may have noticed that  this is not a card.!!!


I am showing you some of the hats that I knit with wool that is given to me by Linda from Animal Aid (one of the charities that I give my cards to ).

She has a stall on a local market to sell  the donated goods she gets and she gives me stuff that she thinks I can make use of.  So any odd bits of wool, she gives to me, 'cos she knows she  wont be able to sell them.
I knit these baby hats to go to babies and kiddies in Bucharest, ( see details below).  I give them to my MIL When she visits and she takes them back with her and gives them to Joan Elliot (Lions Charity) details of which is at the end of this post.

It does not matter what colour they are or how many colours are used on each hat.

Most of them are quite small but I do have some chunky wool to use, so I will use larger needles so they will turn out bigger.
As you can see, I use all small amounts of wool.  I,m sure the kids dont care how multi coloured they are.

I want to see any Baby creations - cards, layouts, gifts, any type of baby creation really.  I cant wait to come and visit you all.



Our sponsor this week is ---
Whiff of Joy    who  will give the  winner a  stamp of their choice.
                  

Have fun.
xxxxx
Wendy L

This is the email I received after asking for a little detail of the charity where the hats are going -------

Hello Wendy

Thank you for your interest in the charitable work that I do. I belong to City of Liverpool Lions Club, and one of the projects that we have is to support the charity Children in Distress by providing toys, clothing and blankets for a hospice/orphanage in Bucharest.

The charity works with the sick, the incurably and terminally ill, those with HIV AIDS or Autistic Spectrum Disorders, the physically handicapped and those who face a daily challenge for life as result of accident, infection, genetic or birth defects, those who daily race discrimination or religious persecution , the socially excluded, the desperate and disadvantaged children and families, the poorest of the poor.

St. Margaret’s Hospice provides palliative and respite care for up to 15 children with chronic neurological disorders and multiple handicaps, who would otherwise barely survive in general children's  wards in the overcrowded state hospitals.

Many parents are unable to care for a disabled child and St Margaret's Hospice provides the care and treatment that a child may need. Whilst some parents will continue to visit their child many parents abandon their child at the hospice.

More detailed information can be found at the website ... http://www.childrenindistress.org/whatwedo.php

Thanks for reading.

  xxxxxx

Christmas Crochet

Good Evening All 

Feeling so mad, I ordered from Create & craft ( Grand Calibur plus lots of other stuff) on 24th July and after numerous emails was told order had been dispatched 2nd September, long story but told today that I had been refunded, when I looked into it, it was less my membership fee and less P&P.  So b*****y annoyed.  Got on the phone again, and they dont know their a***es from their e****ws.  Who wants to be a member of a club that I am now told, dont deliver to Spain, even though , on their website they deliver  worldwide!!!!!! Grrrrrrr I cant describe how I am feeling at this moment in time, I could screw someones head off!!!!!!

Anyway, as promised to John Next Door here is my card for today.

These are from recycled Christmas cards.  I had a browse around on Pinterest    ( (recycled Cards)  and the actual website is here )    and saw this idea.  You cut the image out and punch holes and then crochet around.

xxxxxx

Wendy L

Tidy

Good Evening All

I have had a very busy day.  Firstly I went to a nearby town to see about helping in a charity shop 1 day per week, I will give it a go but not too sure about being on my feet for 4 hours at a time, dont know if my back will stand up to it (excuse the pun).  Then it was our Spanish lesson this afternoon and in between all that I was trying to get my craft room sorted.  

The units were delivered yesterday at teatime, so I did manage to get everything put away but today I was sorting drawers out and having a serious tidy out.

I always keep my desk covered when I,m not working there as we have the windows open all the time and get  dust blowing in.


This is moving round from the front window, where I now have my desk so I can nosey out!!!!

Then round to the side where I have had to keep some plastic drawers (I had quite afew sets of these all bought a different times as my stash grew)  I have made a table out of these with a glass top.

And these are my new units with everything at hand.

I have my ribbons on the top (in the red trays) and John Next Door came up with a good idea - As there are pre drilled holes in the sides of the units, he suggested putting a piece of dowelling across and attaching to the sides, so I think I will have a go at that.

Then this is my desk tonight as I have been working, my next design team projects on there ready to get started on tomorrow.


I have thoroughly enjoyed doing all this and it has made me feel alot better.

Now onto a card I made for the Joanna Sheen Challenge.  I was given one of her cd's by a lady that goes to my 'fat club' called 'The Cardmakers Year' and it has some lovely images and papers on it.

I used Joanna Sheen ribbon, one of my bead pins and one of Nettys freebie sentiments here and all matted and layered on shades of brown card onto a pale green card blank.

xxxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES ------

Joanna Sheen - Ribbon

  

Christmas Window

Good Morning All
Firstly I would like to welcome my new followers, I hope you enjoy what you see and I love to read what you have to say too.

As most of you know, I have been feeling down in the dumps abit lately, so, talking to John Next Door on Sunday, he suggested that sprucing my craft room up my help.  Well when I decide to do something, I want to do it NOW, or even yesterday.  So off I went on Monday to look for new shelving or cupboards, shop was shut for siesta so I went back last night and ordered what I NEEDED and it is being delivered this morning, I hope.  Two tall shelving units, so this means I need to do a total re-organisation, which I love.  I have been up since 7am and emptied room out, swept and mopped, so now waiting for the call to say they are on their way.  And the best bit is I am going to our local craft shop with Val (Spain) she doesn,t have a blog but we met through my blog and she only lives 10 minutes down the road.  So going to spend abit more money!!!!!

Two Christmas cards I made last week using a window idea.

        I just cut thin strips of the same card and stuck on the inside in a lattice pattern.  Kept the rest fairly simple.

 Used a Spellbinders square de lis  die for the window.




The sentiments are freebie from Netty HERE, she has lots of these on her blog that cover nearly every occasion.

 




A gorgeous Forever Friends picture for the inside stuck on embossed card.

CHALLENGES ------
Crafty Calender - Going on a Bear Hunt
Created With Love #CWLC 57 - Tic Tac Toe - Emboss, ribbon, brad    Made TOP 3

This is done the same way using a Docrafts decoupage, Daisy and Dandelion.




All my Christmas stuff is from at least, 1 year ago, most, 2 or 3 years ago.

Have a fun day, I know I will.

xxxxx
Wendy L

Feed The Birds

Good Morning All

Happy Sunday to you all.  It has been mentioned about John and I's Sunday Mojo coming back and I will talk to him this week about it.

I have done a couple of cards using one decoupage from Joanna Sheen.  This is to combat the postage costs, instead of having four or five layers I make two images from one set that are only two or three layers each.

Hope you like them.
                                         
CHALLENGES ----
Joanna Sheen - Ribbons
Crafty Ribbons # 60 - Anything Goes + Ribbon
 








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Just wanted to share a couple of pics of Hollie

Her Mum cant wait for her hair to grow more so that she can put slides and ribbons etc in it.  It's getting there.

This one was taken at  a wedding.

She has just started walking and had her new shoes on.  When we Skyped, the day she got them, as soon as she saw me on the screen, she pointed to her feet and held her foot upto the screen.

It is only about 8 weeks now until my new Grandson is due, wow, how time flies.

xxxxx

Wendy

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Use A Butterfly

Good Morning All

Allsorts Challenge time again and the theme this week has been chosen by Tracy Mouse and it is a lovely easy one - 'Use A Butterfly'
I was very late making this as I have been having a bit of a down time the week before last and did not feel like crafting !!!!!!!
I was browsing around on You tube and came across this and thought it was a brill idea.  This lady has a great talent.   'The Paper Boutique' is the link to see how to make this.

The butterflies on this are from the sponsor for this challenge
Digi Stamp Boutique.  I printed them on 160gsm paper and cut around them leaving a very small edge and went round it with a grey Promarker.  I curled the wings and stuck them to the file with Pinflair glue.

Added a couple of white quilled flowers.










Here is one in a different colour.

I could not find the magnetic fastener that she used at Paper Boutique
so I used the ever faithful ribbon.

 

This could be used for a number of things -----

Digis,   notelets,     toppers,    etc etc etc.

We have 2 sponsors -----
Digistamp              6 images of winners choice

                 

Flonzcraft      

Flonz $20 store gift voucher Also 12% discount offered on purchases to those entering the challenge

I,m sure this will be a very busy week for entries so get going and visit the challenge blog to see the rest of the Design Teams creations.
xxxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES  ------------

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Rosie and Rhedd - Something for the Ladies
Lets Craft & Create - Black  & White  (1st file)

Christmas Tags

Good Morning All

These are the tags I mentioned the day before yesterday.

All these are on black card measuring 10 x 5cm and I have shaped the corners.  On a couple of them,  I die cut some bauble shapes and glued them together to give a 3D effect.

  Some have quilled flowers on, leaves, lace, ribbon.

        Cheery Lynn Rose die cut on this one 

                                                                                      with a Marianne Aster diecut.

I looked on Pinterest and saw some gorgeous shabby vintage ones, but no matter how I try, it does not come easily to me.



  Anyway, I will be making a variety of these and packing them in 6's to sell at the fair, and to use some myself of course.

xxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES --------
Crafty Ribbons # 60 - Anything Goes + ribbon
Bearly Mine Challenge # 102 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 
 

Fancy Flourishes

Good Morning All
Charisma Cardz Challenge time again and the theme has been set by Natalie - Fancy Flourishes.

I,ve tried to show in the picture how the image and flourishes are behind the window.


I,ve used brown and green ribbon and tied the sentiments on with twine.

This is a picture with the front folded back to show the image and flourishes.


I stamped some flourishes using 'My Paper World Stamps' and heat embossed them.  Added my bugaboo image and some die cut flourishes.  As the image it abit autumnal I used this die cut ( one of Johns Next Door) that has been on my desk for ages and used it as a window with acetate.  I added some of my homemade sentiments and liquid pearl dots on the branches.

Sponsors this week are ----
Bugaboo 

And
Pink Cat Studio     5 digis


xxxx
Wendy L
Ps.  Tags here tomorrow. xxx

CHALLENGES -----
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes + ribbon
 Sarah Hurley -84 Autumn Glow
 

Small Christmas Cards

Good Morning All

Woohoo I made the daily talent spot at Joanna Sheen again yesterday  with another Gruffies card, my pink one here.  Thanks for picking me, it does make me feel good.

I have been making a start on some Christmas cards.  I followed a tutorial on a hinged card at Christinas Card Making Magic but did a smaller version.  While I was in the UK I was busy with my scissors and sticky pads doing some decoupage for Christmas cards so I am using these.

 I used Spellbinders 'Fleur de Lis Square'.

These are 4" square so small and cute, just having probs now finding envelopes.  I have put them with 5" ones but they are abit big.

These will all go to the charities here or on the stall at the craft fair in November.  I have just checked that there is a fair as I did not want to be making lots of stuff if we were away on holiday when it was being held, but it is the end of November so we will be back.  And it is before I go to UK to see my new grandson who is due on 13th November.

Tomorrow I will be showing you some gift tags I have made.
xxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES --------
Try It Tuesday  - 3 Different Fancy Edges
Country View Crafts # 7 - Layers
 

Must Have Wings

Good Morning All

Lady Annes Challenge time and the theme is 'Must Have Wings'.  Now normally I would have gone with butterflies but I was given this lovely image by the sponsor called 'Fallen Angel'

Coloured with Promarkers, I just added twine, ribbon and afew embellishments.

Sassy Studio Designs will give 4 images    

xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Hiding In My Craftroom --HIMC 113  freestyle
   

Feeling in the Pink

Good Evening All
I am now feeling abit, well, quite alot actually, better.  The black clouds have lifted abit but not quite.  Thanks to those of you that sent good wishes my way.  I did not even go in my craft room from last Saturday to Thursday, so it must have been bad!!!!!  I got an email from one of my charity ladies and she wanted a wedding card making,  (I will put this on my blog later in September after the wedding day) so that was the kick up the backside that I needed and since then I have made quite afew cards, mostly Christmas ones that I will show in the next few days.  This is another Gruffies made for the Joanna Sheen Challenge.

All pinks and greens.

Items used ---
Gruffies decoupage
Joanna Sheen ribbon
Paper Mania paper for flowers
Marianne flowers die LR0107
Pink flowers and button Ebay

xxxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ----
Joanna Sheen - Pretty in Pink
Totally Papercrafts # 182 - Decoupage