Paper Flowers......

Hi there... Had a really busy couple of weeks, but finally... Make Your Own Paper Flower Boutique is finished!!!! Phew... have to say it became a labour of love towards the end, but I did it!! :-)

I had a count up.. nearly 450 printable pages on this one..... everything you need to make beautiful paper flowers... all on one handy little disc!

There are 100 different flower sheet, and a matching paper for each one.. each with a mat and layer base and leaves, some are girly-pretty, some are bold, some are elegant, some are pastel, some bright, some are.. oh you get it.. hopefully something for everyone!

On top of the flowers, there are also loads and loads of patterned papers, inserts and tiles, plus a folder of buttons, bows, extra fancy leaves and beautiful butterflies just to finish your flowers off....

Looking forward to seeing what my clever customers come up with for this one!!!

If your interested.... here is the link..

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Helpful pets....

Had a peaceful week last week... my daughter was on a school trip so I was "Home Alone"  Decided to try and get some parchemnt bits done for my tutor to look at.... as we all know, the best laid plans and all that....  I had some help....

Yes.... that is an A2 mat he is on.. he is huge!!!!

Having persuaded him to get off..... by feeding him.........  a little while later....

Baby Girl decides to join in.... you will notice she is on an A4 box, and not filling half of it... she really is tiny..... but eats more!!

He, however... is terrified of her... she has a heart murmur, so couldn't be spayed... when she comes into season.. he runs and hides!!!!!

So, all in all, didn't get everything finished that was on my list!  Oh Well!
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CDs and Digi Days

Hello!  Well, I am well organized again!!!  While not doing much last week cos of half term.. I was having a little look at a site my friend recommended, and I downloaded a few Digi Images....

I wake up this morning... and the CD Sunday challenge is..... Digi!  Yayyyy

Had a little play.. and here is my entry

The images was from the digi site.. which is here ... some fabulous images, the backing papers were taken from Lighthouse Bay, and I coloured the image with my trusty Derwent pencils

Can I also just say a HUGE Well Done and congrats and all that to my friend Jocelyn.. who as well as being wonderful is also a fabulous crafter and who has been asked to be this months CD Sunday DT guest!

Anyway.. here is my entry.. and thanks for looking!
hugs xxxx

A (very) sticky way of saving money!!

Hello!!!  Sorry I have not been a round... all this booootiful weather and half term... busy busy!

Anyway... little story for you all of todays adventures.....

A little while ago, I went to a parchment workshop, and the tutor (the wonderful Tina)  had this fabulous little wooden block, with big holes in it for all her ink to stand up... as I am as clumsy as.. well a very clumsy person.. I decided I needed one, so I set to work on good old google to try and find one... with no luck!

I explained what I wanted to hubby.. who dug out his drill bits, and his largest drill is a fraction smaller than a Tinta bottle... Typical!  So back to google!!!

This morning I got an email for a company I get email updates from... and..... YES!!!!!  They have the wooden blocks .. New In Stock... two sizes... one for Tinta and one for Pintura... How excited was I!!!!  Off I rush... I had a look... bunged them in my basket.. and then thought.. hang on... I can make them

So I "tried"

At this precise moment I am sooooooo sticky it is untrue.... I have fingers stuck together, fingers stuck to thumbs... hair stuck to ear... elbows stuck to the desk, various sizes of off cut paper stuck EVERYWHERE, a very sticky knife......and I think I need to go and sandblast myself clean

Result...... using one empty cat food box and two loo roll tubes.. some paper and lots and lots of glue!!!!

For anybody interested... the link to the Proper holders is here ..... but don't buy them all cos I think I am off to get myself one!!!! All that sticky aggro today... to save less than six quid!!!ROFL

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Another Blatent Plug!!

lol!!


Brand new on my site..... FlowerFlies and Flutterbugs, bright, cheerful and full of summer sunshine!

Loads on this one.. pleased with it.. and have done the layout a bit different, so if you are just looking for say a pretty background... they are all in one folder instead of jumping from one to another to find one... all the folders match up, so topper number 7 goes with all the number 7 papers, number 7 waterfall etc etc etc

Plus I put a bonus folder in... printable buildable paper flowers.....  had a very quick play, just to see if they worked.. and they do!!!  So you have 26 of these.. all in matching colours to the rest of the CD

In total you have 13 folders, each with 26 printable pages... that equals lots and lots! LOL

If you are interested... Thank You.. and you can find it here

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Flowers and die cuts......

Morning!

Postie bought me a present yesterday... a very lovely set of flower shaped nesties... wasn't that kind of him!!! :-)

I am very very into my die cuts at the moment (you may have noticed!)... and having found the group I mentioned where we are all totally addicted to paper flowers, these ones seemed a must have... Oh.. the paper flower group... is here .. Please feel free to come and join us... so many ideas floating around, and videos and all sorts.. great little group

Anyway...  decided to have a play... plus I needed to check out the print quality of some work I am doing... and the dies fitted the bill perfectly.

The printing is onto slightly glittery paper because I need to go shopping and buy some basic good quality white... but it works!

I die cut a few of the flowers, shaped the petals and used my trusty stash of Card Candy for the middles

Going to enter this card into the CD Sunday Blog  (they will be amazed... twice in two weeks!!!) as this week the challenge is Die Cutting or Yeehaw.... Yayyy Die Cutting! LOL  Happy Me!

As for the CD used.. I might be bending the rules a bit here.... cos the papers are not from an actual hard copy CD... yet!  Flowerflies and Flutterbugs will be out by the weekend though.. so if I get it finished and on the website before the end of this challenge... I think that might make me eligible! LOL

Hope everyone has a great day... best go and get the CD finished!!

xxxxx

Matilda-Rose and I fell out yesterday....

But we are talking again now!   She did try to kill me however! LOL

Ok.. to clear up any confusion....  here is Matilda-Rose.. well, it is not actually her.. but could be her twin! LOL

Anyway.....  long story made short....  I went to see my mum yesterday morning. and as I was leaving.. mum and I were still chatting....  mum has a beautiful albeit it sharp and spiteful gravel drive...  I went to leave.. remembered I wanted to say something.. took two steps back and got caught up in the pedal and went down in a thwumfffph!   I wasn't even on the blasted bike.. I was walking next to her... so I didn't fall OFF her.. I fell OVER her....  How dumb am I?!?!?!?!?!?

When I got my foot caught.. I felt Matilda-Rose start to tilt.... well she is new.. only had her a few weeks and I didn't want to drop her... so I tried to save her, but I was unbalanced... and Matilda-Rose is a big girl (she takes a 26inch wheel and I have to stand on tiptoe to get on her.. and I am not short!)...  the momentum of both of us meant I went straight down on top of her....Backwards!!!!!

Now.. partly this was good..... avoided the gravel... but was also bad as I now have perfect imprints and bruises to describe the frame size of M-R graphically if necessary cos I landed on her......  plus the offending pedal wizzed round and smacked me upside the kneecap causing a luvverly friction jeans burn... but my elbow...  oh.. my elbow.. was bent...  funny bone (which soooooo is not!!!)  took most of the impact.. yup.. on the gravel.. (A lot of my elbow is still there... on the blasted gravel!!!LOL)  Ooooo it hurt!!!

My poor mummy was leaping around trying to sort me out, get me up, remove gravel etc etc etc.. all I was worried about was had I scratched Matilda-Rose!!!!! (I hadn't.. so pleased!!)

Now... having recovered... although I am very sore and swollen... I am also very proud.... I have been thrown off horses at all kinds of speeds (including an ambulance rush to A&E).. I have actually jumped nearly 7 foot without a horse cos the sod decided at the last second it didn't want too.. and I mean the last second!!!!  I have been reversed into by a van.... etc etc etc and I hardly ever bruise.. I mean really hardly ever....


BUT LOOK............

Don't panic.. it is my thigh.. but it is a BRUISE!!!!!  I am so happy... proof it happened! ROFL

Tell you what though.. having a bath last night hurt like.. ouchies..... hot water v no skin.. no contest! LOL

Not done much today aprt form feel sorry for myself! LOL

Gentle hugs all

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Update.... Mr Bruise.. a few days on.....

Just so you can tell the size of him... and he is impressive... I selotaped a two pound coin to my leg!!!!!

A couple more days on... and Mr Bruise is leaving me.... Awwwww... lol  fading nicely... but seems to have developed a yellow glow around him as he goes......

Just hope I don't ever do anything stupid enough in the future to get another one!!!!!

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