A Tweet Shoe.

Thank you for all your lovely messages on my last post.

I still have the problem! I did have a text from the surgery, 

to ring them and book an appointment with my usual GP. 

I did, straight away but couldn't see him until the 

10th February. That was 3 weeks from when I called them!!

So, this is another old stamp I bought at Ally Pally Craft Show.

It is a House of Zandra stamp. She is now trading under a 

different name.

I found it in a box of my partly painted stash!!

So I decided it was about time I finished it!!

So I got out my Copics pens and Nuvo Drops and finished it!!

I have quite a few more images in 'draft', 

so I will try to post a few more over the next few weeks.

Thank you for visiting my little blog and your

 messages are so lovely to read.

I am a naughty blogger and would like to welcome

 Christine and Julie as new followers to my little blog!!

A big thank you to Kelly in Florida too!!

Telling me her daughter had this same nose problem

and it eventually went away.

That made me feel a bit better.

Big hugs,

Carol

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Chalk and Cheese!!!

Thank you for your lovely messages on my last post.

They are all read and treasured.

Sorry the pictures are a bit poor. Dare I say

it is too sunny today, certainly for the first butterfly.

If you click on it, the bigger picture is much clearer.

This first one is colour wise, the normal colour

and design I would make. 

I do love the soft effect that pastels create. 

So this is my 'Chalk'!!

My 'Cheese' is this one below!!

I do love Poppies and have never used them on a Butterfly.

I can cope with this bright red one, as it is offset

with the white ones too.

The centre Poppy is decoupaged, using 3 layers I cut 

from the 12" x 12" page in the paper pad.

Loving this weather!! Just to wake up to see the sun lifts my spirit.

We went to a Birthday party yesterday. It was put on 

for a friend of mine, that moved up to Suffolk about 15 years ago.

It was in her daughter's home. 

OMG!! It was a fantastic Barn Conversion!  It was stunning.

We were able to sit out in the garden for the whole day, other than 

going to collect the gorgeous food, that was in the dining room.

Going to have to get the hose out this evening, as the garden

is looking a bit dry!! The bird bath needs a refill too!!

Got to keep the birds happy!

Hope you are all having a lovely long weekend.

Must make a card for Hubby!! His birthday is on Thursday!!

Thanks for taking the time to pop in and will leave 

you a message on your blog too.

Big hugs,

Carol

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Whimsy

Morning all!! 

Yes another post in one week!!

And not a piece of clay anywhere!!

I couldn't resist this very cute Whimsy Fairy at the

Thetford Craft Show and she was a bargain!

I stamped her onto watercolour card and used

Distress Inks to colour her with.

Just a quick, simple design and you can't

even see the glitter on her wings!

A few dotted Nuvo Crystal Drops around her.

Thank you for taking the time to pop in and 

thank you for the lovely comments you leave me.

They are all read and treasured.

Big hugs,

Carol 

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Oldies

Thank you for your lovely messages on my last post.

Hope you joined our challenge at Winter Wonderland.

I have so many rubber stamps, that have 

never even seen an ink pad, so I decided 

I must make an effort to use some of them.

So, these cards are from an A4 size set of stamps, 

from Kay Carley.

She used to come to the Craft Barn where I was a Tutor 

and I loved her stamps.

They are all hand drawn by Kay.

They are coloured with Copics.

The background of the first one is made

from shaving foam, mixed with my very old bottles of 

Ranger Alcohol Inks.

The butterfly was one of Kay's stamps from the set 

and stamped onto the backing paper.

I fussy cut it out, as I don't like white edges around my images.

The papers on the next 2 were free with a magazine.

Three cards of the many I have made over the last few weeks.

The weather is supposed to be getting warmer 

this week. Dare I say it's rain we need!!

I am even thinking we might have to get the hose out.

We haven't seen any rain for ages.

Could I put an order in for rain over night

and lovely warm sunshine all day!!Lol!!

Thanks for taking the time for popping in 

and than you for your lovely messages.

They are all read and treasured.

Big Hugs

Carol

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