Mmm what should i title this post?

Gosh its been so busy around here that i actually forgot to play with my July Cocoa Daisy kit. So the other day i had a little peek and found this beautiful paper that i just knew would go with one of my Papertrey Ink Stamps, so i made a card

well several in fact all of the same design
and because you follow my blog you know what comes next
yes a tag

and i haven't cropped any of these photos as you are all meant to be going ooo ahhh over my lovely new blind and voile's in the background...are you, i cant hear?

and then i had to do a LO with some of the bits and bobs that came with the kit
the photo i used is one that catches my eye whenever i am going through my Adobe catalogue so i thought i should use it. Caitlin took it of herself with my IPhone when i was driving   taxi-ing her around, i just love how the light has reflected of her sunnies.

and here's a closer view

very simple, but i got to play with some ink and a stamp from my rather largish collection it was fun to do.

Off now to play some more
see ya
xx

oh and i haven't forgotten about my antique juicer, its just that we haven't got the side-board yet, but i should go and get it out of its box and give it a polish, yes that's why its been in said box for nearly 10 years its silver and needs frequent polishing and its so intricate oh maybe i should do it now instead of playing with crafty stuff.

Fabric & Paper

Hi there

i have heaps for you today so not too much chitter chatter

here are my last months blocks for "The Family Gathering" quilt that the three of us are making.

i am too lazy to hold my patterns up to the window to trace everything so i have just free hand drawn my people and boy if you look close it tells. I cant work out whether the guy in the middle looks like a frog or if he has the mumps and as for the poor little wee one on the end he's looking a bit cross eyed

this guy is kinda OK he has very long skinny arms and i drew the fishing rod which turned out OK. On to next months block which is meant to be a family tree and as i don't think this particular block goes with the quilt i have designed my own block (god help me), will show you when it's finished.

Here's a quick boy card using SU stamps and ink.

and here's a LO, the photos were from my IPhone and the sun was way way shining so the photos aren't that crash but i still wanted to scrap them. Poor Andrew has got a nice big ink blob on his face from when i was inking the photos, all journalling is tucked away in that gorgeous envelope.

Yesterday saw me making some more tags and dying my seam binding with different types of inks and sprays

and now you can meet my tag lady. As you know i make a few tags, so where does one put them, on a tag lady of course...

now all i have to do is just grab one when i want one.

Now i have tried to resist, even when i have seen some amazing blocks completed i have still tried to resist, i have too many projects on the go as it is so i still tried to resist, all to no avail, here is the book which arrived last week

and the fabric should arrive in a couple of weeks. So i will be behind but that's OK i can work at it  at my own pace and i haven't decided yet whether i will hand piece it or machine stitch it.

Whew that was a long post thanks for persevering and making it to the end.

Have a great week

xxxxLindaxxxxx

Papertray Ink (PTI) Love

Hi there
last week my May PTI order arrived, and oh what fun i have had with theses stamps and dies.
I went to their gallery to get some inspiration and there was one card that I had to make so here it is all totally lifted from their gallery.

I liked this card so much that i had to make another

which i have sent to my dear friend Jenni whose birthday it was yesterday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEN.
and of course i had to use my scraps so i made this gift tag

Aren't the doily's cute they too are from PTI, a die that i am using over and over again.

Tomorrow night "the three of us" are getting together to make our next Labelcrew kit, so here is my fabric all cut out and i am ready to go

I cant wait for tomorrow night it seems like ages since we have caught up, and what are we making you may ask-well I'm not telling i will show you on Saturday.

cards and crochet

Hello
How are you all?
Fine i hope
Here is my entry for Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge we had to use the Zoobaloo cart and make anything that we wanted with an animal, i don't have this cart so i chose this cute dog from Everyday paper dolls and used my Gypsy to make a card. Below i have just used some scraps to make a tag and at night sometimes i just feel like colouring-in so i thought that i would make a card out of some of my coloured flowers. I have used my copics for these flowers and the stamp is Stampin up (so is the cupcake in the tag)

oooooooooooooooo look at my granny stripe blanket it is growing and i still love the colours i have chosen (sometimes i get half way and think :i dont like the colour) anyway not this time. I am about a third of the way i think and in these cold nights its nice to sit and crochet.

I have a duck roasting in the oven (yuk not for me and Joe) but for Caitlin and Andrew, the smell has gone throughout the house ugh, now i have to think of something for Joe and I. mmmmmmmmmm something yummy and fattening is called for.

Have a great week everyone, we have another week of school holidays here so i am getting in lots of sleep-ins.
XX

Linda

Stuff

Hi all, how are you. Today's post is a bit random so please bear/bare with me.

Now they say "that it's all in the packaging" so-
Aren't these tags just gorgeous. I have used a new stamp set and matching die from Papertrey Ink. (sorry bad photo). Paper is Basics from Basic Grey. I love this so much i think i will spend this arvo making a whole ton of them. There is a lot of words in the stamp set ie- hand sewn, preserves,veges, handmade etc. Cant wait to wrap gifts with these tags. Now the hand knitted tag i am going to attach to this bag (don't know if i like it or not) but i made it for one of the ladies i work with. At lunch times "I" (ha ha ha me who learnt to crochet of You Tube)have been teaching Michelle how to crochet, so i made her this cute little bag to put her crochet in. The yarn may look cute but i am NEVER knitting in this again. The handles i took from an old handbag that i have never used. (how's that for recycling)

Finally i have felt inspired to do a LO and a double one at that. Again all of the papers and embellishments have come from my monthly kit club that i get from Cocoa Daisy.

Last Friday was the end of our school term and Joe had his Year 11 Dinner/Dance so I scrapped that.

Now for some exercise...please tilt your head to the left so that you can see the next two photos.

I don't know why they posted like this when they were the right way up in my photo folder. I have tried to delete them from this post and that didn't work so..tilt away.

Here are two cards i made using Stampin Up everything.

A friend of a friend gave me a yummy mix of coffee beans to use in my cappuccino machine so i thought it only fitting that i make her a card with some kind of cup on it to say thanks. This stamp set is very versatile, it comes with a blob of icing, a handle, a mug/cupcake so you can decide on what to make.

How i wish this posted the right way as in real life it really is a beautiful card. Joe was "asked" to ask his mum (me) if i could make a thank you card on behalf of all of the year 11's for the lady who organised the dinner/dance. Oh the pressure, it's OK when you are making for yourself to give out but when this was on behalf of about 200 students..well...i went straight to the SU book and looked for ideas so this was inspired by a card i saw there. It really does look much better the right way round :)

Sorry again about the poor photos in this post. I am off to -

1. get warm

2. make some more tags

3. play around with a mini album for Caitlin's 18th

4. get warm

5. try and organise my cookbook into something better than what it is-i have one of those ideas

in my mind

6. get warm

7. and stay out of the kitchen which is really hard when you are on holidays and its cold.

Have fun

xx