Ellie Balloons

Thank you for all the lovely messages again on my last post.

You are all so kind.

I have been playing with clay again. 

I had made a blue one of these boxes for a boy

 before, but never got around to making a girly one.

Ellie is made, using a Kathryn Sturrock mould 

and air dry clay.

The balloons and gift box I make in my hands,

using the same clay.

The flowers are made from air dry clay too.

I have a few more ideas for makes, so just hope

my head will get on with it!!

I have nearly finished a cross stitch picture I have had for years!!

It was still in an unopened bag!!

This morning, I found 4 others that I had started but not 

finished for years. They are mostly very big ones, 

by my favourite company Lanarte. 

A week today, my hubby will be 70!! 

Sadly, we will not be having a gathering of friends

 and family, that I was lucky to have.

We will just have a lunch out at a lovely pub near to us. 

Just hope the weather is kind to us. 

Back to my craft room to finish off a few notebooks. 

I must give a BIG HUG to Chrissy. 

You are so kind and thoughtful. I will treasure it 

and will stay on the wall in my craft room for ever!

Thank you for taking time out to visit my blog

and hope you are keeping safe and well. 

Please leave me a message so I know you have been

and I will visit your blog too. 

Have a lovely weekend.

Big hugs,

Carol

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Clay Flowers Frame

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

Also to my 2 new visitors, I hope you liked my blog. 

I love making flowers with my Air Dry Clay and Roses 

are a regular make. So for a change, I thought I would

 try to make a Calla Lily and a Camellia.

I do have some in my garden, so I went and had look

at them to make sure I could get the detail right. Ish!!

The frame was an old one that I recycled, painting it

with some Gesso first. I then topped it with some

Duck Egg Blue Emulsion paint.  

I dried the paint with my heat gun.

I then dry bushed some craft glue over the whole frame.

I then dried to glue off a bit with my gun.

 I then dry brushed white Emulsion over the whole frame,

covering the glue.

I then dried the whole frame with my heat gun, which

then created the paint on the top to crackle. 

Below is the top corner with 2 clay flowers and the 

white flowers are from Hobbycraft. 

The pretty paper in the frame is from my stash.

So the flowers below are a Rose, Calla Lily and 

a Camelia. 

I don't use Moulds for making most of my flowers.

I prefer to just make them in my hands. 

With petals it works, as they mostly have veins

on them, which they can pick up from your hands.

So I have made a gift box to put this in and it will

go up for sale soon!!

Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine and keeping safe.

I can't remember when we last saw any rain!!

Thank goodness we have 2 big water butts for my new plants.

Thank you for taking time out to visit my blog

and I love reading your lovely messages. 

Big hugs, 

Carol 

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Fairy With Flowers

At last I have got a picture on my blog!!

Our main computer decided it didn't want to take my photos

 off my camera!! It told me that there were no pictures on there!!

 Not very helpful!!

So I had to do it on my lap top, which is a bit of a pain.

This is a Christine Haworth image and I have a lot 

of her stamps, from many years ago. I didn't have this 

one, so I bought the prints in a Cancer Charity shop.

Hope you are all keeping well.

Happy at last, as we  had some rain, not mega amounts, but

saved getting out the hose!! 

Well back to my Family Scrapbook I am doing at the moment.

Stay safe and stay well.

Thank you for taking time out to pop into my blog

and will visit you too. 

Big hugs, 

Carol

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Whale and Friends

First of all, I must thank you all for the 

lovely, caring and understanding comments

on my last post.

I now feel that I am not alone in feeling

different, in this sad and strange world.

So I just made this for a bit of fun!!

The base of it was a kit I bought last year.

I added the Sea horse, the Pirate flag and of course 

the little Pirate!!

The pirate and the Seahorse I made with Air

Dry Clay. The pirate was a mould from 

Kathryn Sturrock.

I only made his head, neck and his hands with clay!!

The Sea horse was also a mould.

Back to making more Christmas cards!!

Well they have to get done!!

Thank you again for you kindness.

Stay safe!

Big 1metre away hugs!!

Carol

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Fold Back

I have finally got to posting on here again!!

I was in 2 minds to close my blog down completely.

I think this lockdown has effected me more than I thought.

I don't feel safe now if I go out but I really want to get out!!

I am sure I am not alone feeling like this.

I also feel I am not making the most of all this

spare time I now have.

Never mind, at least we are keeping well and

hope you all are too.

Any way, here is a fold back card I made a few weeks ago 

for my stock box. I have made quite a few and

I am now going to try and make some Christmas cards.

The centre flower I made from paper and a petal die.

Husband just back from doing the food shop and I 

have washed every item with an Anti-bacterial spray.

Can't wait for that job to come to an end!!

I have a few items in 'Draft' but wasn't very happy with

some of them. So they will get lost!! 

Thank you for your lovely messages on my last post.

I must try harder to get back to commenting too!!

Keep safe and 

big hugs,

Carol

Lily and more!!

A lovely Lily Stamp by Sheena Douglas.

I picked it up, unused, at a Cancer Charity Shop, along

with other stamps, back end of last year.

It just got used for the first time, for this CAS card.

It will be great to stamp the petals twice and 3D them.

Stamped onto Watercolour card and painted with

Distress Inks.

A very simple CAS card and quick to make.

I have spent quite a lot of time doing some 

major jobs in the garden! Including sawing down

some old shrubs I didn't like and I will replace them with 

ones that I like more! 

I did keep 2 Honeysuckle climbers I liked and a climbing Rose.

All growing in the same area, up a wall at the end of the garden.

I now have a bit more sawing to do and then decide what plants 

I want to make the bed with. I have quite a lot of plants in tubs, 

some that will be suitable for the shady area.

Well sitting here, on my computer won't get it done!!

Not a cloud in the sky and already 25 degrees!!

Fortunately, the area I will be working in, is in the 

shade for the morning. It gets full sun in early afternoon,

So better get out there quickly!!

Thank you all for the lovely comments on my last post.

Especially the ones who joined in my paper hoarding!!  

I will get around to your posts this week.

Stay safe!

Keep well!

Big hugs, 

Carol

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Roar!!!

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

Very kind of you, to take the time to drop by..

This is another stamp from Pink Ink Designs.

He is so amazing to colour and I used Distress Inks to colour him.

I also added Glossy Accents to his eye, nose and jewels on his crown.

I had a stamp that I bought at All Pally, many years ago.

It is a sentiment, which I put inside, saying:

'Wishing you a day fit for a king!'

Had to do so, didn't I?!!!

Another sunny day again today.

It certainly makes it more bearable to stay safe.

I had a sort out in my Craft Room,

 of all my papers in their storage boxes!!

I have 20 X  12"x12" boxes, 17 X  A4 boxes, 6 X  A6  boxes.

Also 12 X A4 files!!

Also, the 11 X  12" x 12" paper pads, that aren't boxed!!

Dare I say, all the boxes are full too!!

Does that make me a hoarder?!!!Lol!!

Hands up, for you all to tell us how many you have!!Lol!!

I did sort out some papers, that I would not use and have put them

in a bag, for one of the 3  the Nursing Homes I fund raise for.

They have a 24 x 7 hours, Craft Room for the residents to use.

Sadly, this year, they won't get the money they usually have

from the Craft Fayres I do.

I felt better for a bit...….until I had forgotten to include,

the Lily Of The Valley  and Hunkydory books, I have in a drawer!!! 

Oh, and the drawers, one for Vellum, another for Acetate and 

the one for Shrink Plastic!!!!

They are all full too!!

Enough!! No more secrets!!

Better get on, as I still have one A4 box to go through.

I have even had the strength, to half fill a Charity bag,

with all the very small scraps I had kept!!

I know why I kept them!! I thought I could cut a small butterfly

out of the 3cm X 3cm piece!! Sad!!

Hope you are all staying safe and please be careful, if 

you decide you really need to go and visit the big stores,

that open today!!! 

Big hugs,

Carol 

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Pooh Bear Book

Sorry I haven't been around lately but life has

been a bit tough. 

I am now finding it difficult to make things,

when I am not sure if we will do any Craft Fairs

before Christmas.

I have had this fabric for a while now. 

I also have the same images, on a pale blue fabric,

so I made a book for a new baby boy too.

I put some wadding between a piece of card and 

the fabric. Then stretched the fabric and stuck it 

onto the piece of card.  

Then added a some ribbon and a metal butterfly.

Then glued it to the front of the book.

The teddy bear stamp, is one of my all time favourite bears!!

He is quite big and is still on his wooden block!!

I stamped him onto Langton smooth watercolour card.

I painted him with Distress Inks.

Added some Glossy Accents onto his eyes and nose.

Thank you for stopping by my blog. 

I have a few things in draft and will try to post them.

Stay safe and keep well.

Big hugs,

Carol

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Smile!!!

Morning all!!

Thank you for your lovely messages on my last post.

With the sadness of the last few weeks, within my circle

of friends and family, your messages were kind and uplifting.

I just thank goodness for having the best hobby you can have!!

You can make things, that make you smile and not all Sympathy cards.

This project made me smile for the days it took to make!!

What isn't visible, is that her face and ears are 3D.

I stamped and coloured her head twice.

The flowers and leaves are all die cuts.

Now tell me, she certainly makes you smile!!! 

Or, Are You Having A Giraffe!!!Lol!!

Sorry, just had to add that quip!!

To colour her and the flowers, I used a palette of water colours, 

that I bought in Hobbycraft. 

They were half price, so I had to have them!! (Rude not to!!)

I used Langton Smooth Water Colour pad, that I 

also bought in Hobbycraft. I then mounted it onto a canvas.

Guess where I bought the canvas?!!!!

I edged the card with TH Distress Oxide, Faded Jeans.

Hope you are enjoying the sunshine. It certainly lifts you

mentally and physically, pottering in the garden.

Stay home and keep safe.

Big hugs,

Carol 

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Pretty Purple

Hope you are all staying safe and healthy!

I fancied to use some vellum for a change. 

I hadn't realized just how much I had......a whole drawer full!!

So I used it for the stamped flowers, which are from 

Honey Doo and used Wow white embossing powder.

Coloured on the back of the flowers and leaves with Copics.

The background on the left is also vellum,

 that I had stamped many years ago, using Stazon ink!!!

In fact I had loads of A4 pieces stamped with 

different colours and stamps! Ooops!!

I hope this is all going to go away before the Summer. 

My son is getting married on the 4th September and

we don't want to have that date changed.

I was trying to get down to a size 12 before then, but

I am not getting the exercise I should be!!

So I might have to stick with being size 14!!Lol!!

Well enjoy the sunshine while it is with us.

Big hugs,

Carol 

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