Me on Monday

Hello Monday!!!!  And this Monday feels extra special because it is also the 1st of the month - I don't know why but I get a little bit excited about Mondays that are on the 1st but hey you knew I was weird anyway didn't you????? 

The weekend was full of more Christmas making, I still have a shortfall in my cards and I also needed to make lots of little boxes for my crop gifts.  But the weekend was broken up nicely by a trip to the ballet on Saturday evening with my Mum - this has become a pre-Christmas tradition in recent years and this year we supported a local youth ballet company and their production of Coppelia - it was beautiful, I last saw this ballet when I was 16 and had forgotten how lovely the music was. 

So this 1st of the month Monday finds me opening up the first window in this -

 

Mr P always gets me a choccy advent calendar each year and as it is now December I am officially allowed to play Christmas music LOL!!  So this Monday finds me giving this CD its first play - my dreams have come true and Marillion have finally released a Christmas album - now I can torture my family and friends all year round ROFL!!!!!!!!!!

Of course there is plenty of boring stuff too like ironing, laundry and doing a Monday roast (when Mr P works on a Sunday the roast always gets deferred to the Monday).

If you would like to join in Me on Monday then go and give Sian a wave over at From High in the Sky

Puppy Love

I'm sneaking in quite late this month with my entry for Scrapology's November challenge 'H is for Hearts'.  As soon as I saw the sketch I knew exactly what photograph I was going to use for it.

 I am still on a mission to use up all my half used Sarah's Cards kits so used one that was based on Crate Paper 'Restoration' range.

 

The photo is of my god-daughter's lovely dog Pixie as a puppy, how could you not fall in love with that adorable little face xxxxx

I cut the hearts with a framelit die and layered a patterned heart over the top of a base of Bazzill cardstock.  I used handstitching to hold all the hearts down.  

 I cut the main title out of funky foam using Tim Holtz 12" sizzlet alphabet die 'Wanted'.  The glitter subtitle is Papermania alphabet stickers.

A sprinkle of gold tone sequins from my stash completed the layout.

Thank you Scrapology for a lovely sketch and challenge to follow x

Have a Bbbrrilliant Christmas

This month's challenge at Penny Black Saturday Challenge is All Wrapped Up.

I made these cards for my fundraiser earlier this month, using this cute snowman stamp from Penny Black T for transparent set 'Jolly Friends'. 

The sentiment is from the Little Doo Lally Pip collection by Lindsay Mason (Crafty Impressions).

 The papers are mainly free magazine ones apart from the two pink ones which are from Craft Creations.

 The snowflakes are mainly diecut with a Cuttlebug die or a Woodware punch using glitter cardstock

 I coloured the images with Promarkers and added some glossy accents to the mistletoe berries to make them nice and shiny.

I am also entering these cards into Sue's Beat the Christmas Rush and Penny Black and More at Allsorts 'Anything Goes' challenge.  They were certainly popular at the fundraiser as I sold them all!!

WOYWW #286

It is Wednesday so it is time to hook up with Julia at Stamping Ground and share what is on my work surfaces.

At the weekend I dusted off the sewing machine to make some tissue pack covers following the lovely tutorial that Fiona at Staring at the Sea did back in the summer.  Even though my sewing machine skills aren't the greatest they were very easy to make - thank you Fiona for such a clear and easy to follow tutorial.  My ironing board was put up to provide an extra work surface to work from -

I made four to start with and have already ordered fabric to make some more for a Pass it Forward thingy that I am in.  I will definitely be making these for the fundraisers that I have planned for next year.

Today there is no crafting going on,  not on the dining room table or the laptray as I am busy in the kitchen making these for small Christmas gifts.

The baby Dundee cakes are made using this recipe, they freeze really well and will be ready for me to start gifting in December.

If you want to join in with WOYWW you can find out how to right here on Julia's blog

Me on Monday

It was a dusting off the sewing machine, lots of fabric cutting, sausage sandwich eating, Strictly watching with Mum (and the odd glass of wine), Erasure gig going kind of weekend.

Monday finds me a little hoarse (maybe too much singing last night???), nothing exciting on the cards today, just a little of this -

And then a lot of this -

Today Mr P did our fortnightly shopping trip and I have to scan it all (for market research) before putting it away.

Go and give Sian at From High in the Sky a wave if you join in with Me on Monday

What's on your Workdesk Wednesday #285

Gosh in a blink of an eye another week has come and gone, it is Wednesday again and time for crafters around the world to 'fess up about what is on their desks.

The weekend saw the usual crafty takeover of the dining room table and cards were made for orders that I had gained from the fundraiser.  One of the first substantial pieces of 'kit' that I bought when I first started scrapbooking in 2004 was the Creative Memories cutting system - I still use it all the time and still on my first set of blades (the good news is that I managed to get a spare set of blades before they left the UK).  It is so handy to take to crops/retreats when I don't want to lug a die cutting machine with me - at least I can cut circles, ovals, hearts and diamonds.

The laptray was put into action as a post it note pad production line but sadly I never got any photographs of the finished items as suddenly last night I heard my brother was coming round to collect them for my sister-in-law - oh well, if they don't all sell I will get photographs when they come back to me LOL!!

 At the moment the laptray is home to beady stuff - I had a request to make some longer dangly earrings for my sister but I had to wait for some longer headpins to arrive in the post.  I will make every effort to get photographs when they are finished!!

So now I must pop over and visit Julia who came up with the idea of WOYWW, if you would like to share your desk then take a look here to find out how.

Me on Monday

Before it rapidly becomes Tuesday I need to tell you about Me on Monday.

The weekend was very craft filled - fulfilling card and post it note orders from the previous week's fundraiser.  The weather was wet, wet, wet so it didn't bother me having a weekend tucked up warm and cosy at home.  There was also roast gammon, rose wine and Strictly thrown in too, so a nice laid back weekend!!

Monday has found me with a large Avon order to unpack, check off and repackage for delivery - I usually only have a small delivery but this was much larger than usual as these are the orders from my open house party. 

Go and give a wave to Sian who hosts Me on Monday