Birdie Heart

Hi, hope you are all being good and staying safe 

in your own homes!!

I have had a text this morning from my friend, Lorraine,

saying that her Dad, our neighbour, passed away at 10pm 

last night. 

I am so shocked, as she has lost both her parents in 1 week.

I am sorry I haven't been visiting your blogs, but I am 

having a problem with my knees. I have had one replacement 

about 7 years ago and the other one is now very painful. 

I am finding it hard to sit at my craft desk, 

computer desk or even my laptop, being too heavy on my knee..

I can take pain but not like this. I am even finding it difficult 

to walk around the house. It's the dreaded Osteo-arthritis. 

Also my fault for spending 5 hours working in the garden!!

It's been in pain for 11 days now and getting boring!!

This a paper mache heart I have had for a few years. 

So as I had some pretty tissue in my stash, I had a play 

with it on the heart. 

I cut out some of the bigger flowers and the birds, stuck them 

onto scraps of card and then used Pinflair Glue gel to 3D them. 

This was done a few weeks ago. 

Front

Back

Well I have to go now, as my knee feels like a red hot poker is

being twisted in my knee joint. An ice pack is called for now!! 

My neighbour came out of hospital and the following day, 

 he was taken back in. Now fighting for his life on a ventilator!

If that wasn't enough, one of my very old friends is very 

ill with cancer.

A lovely, very kind lady and will miss her very much. 

A friend for 29 years.

What a happy time we are having this year!! ....Not!!!

Big hugs,

Carol 

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Happy Birthday Sister

Happy Birthday Sis!!

Had a good chat this morning and hope you enjoyed the 

rest of your birthday.

Sadly, this wasn't the only card I had made.

My neighbour's wife passed away yesterday, from 

Alzheimer's, which she had for many years.

He was in hospital too, with a dislocated shoulder and 

then got the Coronavirus. He came home yesterday.

Their Daughter and I very close friends and it doesn't

feel right, not being able to give her a big hug.

Or going in to see her Dad is ok!

What a horrible time to be living in!!

Sorry this is not an uplifting post but it can only

get better, I hope!!

Stay safe,

Big hugs,

Carol 

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A Quicky CAS

Right!! Who pinched my Mojo?!!!!

This card took a long time to make!

It took all of 20 minutes to put together.

That was mainly cutting all the pieces

 of the flower and the butterfly.

It took days to decide what I was going to do!!

I think it was the distress of no Easter Egg!!

The background was a die, which cut out the card blank

and I then backed it with a piece of purple Mirri.

Six pieces of Candy and a crystal in the centre of the flower.

That's it done!

Hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend.

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

It lifted the atmosphere we are living in at the moment.

Big hugs,

Carol

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An Old Frame

I have been having some fun with my airdry clay. 

It's quite relaxing, because if you don't like what you have made,

you just squash it in your hand and start again!!

 I have had this old wooden frame in my craft room

for ages, along with a few others. They were waiting for

me, to have the time to play with some ideas, to  make them 

look a lot better than they did. 

I gave it a base coat of Gesso and then a coat of grey paint.

Then came my crackle paint layer.

While that was drying, I made my roses with my Hearty Clay.

It was a first attempt at making the Calla Lily.

There we are, finished at last!!

Just a quick post and there are more sitting in my draft list!!

Have you got an Easter Egg? I haven't had one for years!!

I hope you are all staying home and safe.

My neighbour is in hospital with the Virus but appears

to be getting better. Everything crossed for him and his family.

Big hugs,

Carol

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Oldies!!

This is a set of stamps that I have had for at least 

12 or 13 years!! There are 2 sets in one pack and

I have 2 packs. I think they are Woodware stamps.

They have all been used......a long time ago!!

They are coloured with Distress Inks. 

Looks like the butterfly on the left has lost it's colour! That's

taking photos with the sun streaming in the window!!

Not complaining about the sun, as it does give you a lift!!

Well it does me!! And boy do we need a big bit of a lift!!

Thank you for your lovely messages on my last post. 

They give me a lift too. 

I cancelled my scan appointment at the hospital, which was

on Good Friday. They said they would have probably cancelled it anyway.

So still doing the drops in my nose twice a day. 

Got another 4 weeks of that!!

So stay at home and keep safe in this scary time.

Big hugs,

Carol

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It's A Bag

Hi, all my lovely followers and thank you for the lovely

messages on my last posting. You are all so kind.

This one will be short and no rambling, to bore you.....to tears😂

This is the last bag I have to do, as Hobbycraft are no longer 

selling them.

I still have this one but it is sold. 

The background card is so beautiful and looks much nicer in real life.

 It may show up better if you click on it to make it bigger.

It is similar on the other side too.

Well thats it from me. I am struggling with my Mojo.

Okay some days and other days not interested.

We are not used to have to look at the same 4 walls, 24/7!!

I always wished I could have one day to be bored!!

Never again!! Just not used to all this free time!!

Stay safe in your home,

big hugs,

Carol

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Bits Of Slate......Or Is It?!!!!

I hope you are keeping well and safe, in this 

awful time we are having this year.

It's just surreal and can't wait for it to go away!!

I am trying to do different things, now that I have the time to play!!

I do like the look of slate but a bit pricey for what 

I would do with it. So I thought I could try to make

something to look like slate. So this is what I made!!

The bigger flowers I made with clay and the small roses are from 

Hobbycraft. The cream fillers are from Anna-Marie Designs.

This was the first one I tried to make. The flowers are from Hobbycraft.

They do sell some flowers with tiny beads around the centre

of the flowers. As I have had minute beads, in a few different 

colours for years, I would add some myself!!

Well today, I have finished painting a drawer set, which I keep

my distress inks in. I had one side not finished!!

Don't ask me why, as it was bought over 4 years ago!!!

It was my first purchase in Beccles in Suffolk.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving lovely messages. 

Just what we need at the moment.

Thank you, to you all that left me kind messages on my last post.

Big hugs,

Keep safe,

Carol

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Took 5 Years!!!

Firstly, I must thank you all for your kind messages,

on my last post here and on my Face Book page. 

Also to welcome Debbie, a new follower and hope you 

like what you see!!

Yes, the title 'Took 5 Years' is correct!!

I started making this wine bottle just over 5 years ago!

I originally covered it with plaster of paris and painted it with 

duck egg blue paint. I then added some embellishments

I covered it with Gesso and job done. 

The problem was, I didn't like it! 

So it sat on my desk for 5 years. I even moved house 4 years ago

and it still sat on my desk!

Until last Saturday!! 

I wanted to do something messy, so picked up the bottle and made 

a start on it. Stripping off all the embellishments.

I made the flowers with clay and sprayed them with 

some bottles of Tattered Angels, a mica and a mix of colours.

I also sprayed the bottle with some of the colours.

I then used on everything, some Cosmic Shimmer Opal Polish and  

Metallic Gilding Polish, which I used my fingers to spread it where I 

wanted it. Very messy but great fun.

The colours are much nicer in real life and the Mica

is gorgeous. 

I am quite pleased with it now!! Lol!!

It's just like the world has been tipped upside down, with 

the Coronavirus and to me it feels surreal. 

I just wished that I could wake up in the 

morning, to find it was just a bad dream!!

At least, here in Suffolk, the sun has been shining for a 

couple of days and the spring flowers are so pretty.

Please stay at home if you can and stay safe. 

We have cancelled our holiday and I am thinking

of cancelling a scan, that I am booked to have on Good Friday.

Big hugs,

Carol 

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Have a Heart!!

Thank you so much for your lovely messages on my last post.

They were very much appreciated. 

Kelly you always make me smile!!

I made this heart this afternoon, to take with me to a Craft Fayre

tomorrow. I just have to put the ribbon on it, to hang it with.

It is the first time I have done this Fayre.

It's in a lovely town, Southwold, in Suffolk and right by the sea. 

The lady running it, asked me if I would like a table there. 

It took me 1 second to say yes please!!!

The white roses were made with airdry clay, by a lovely lady

called Mellie and she has a stall at a Craft Fayre I do, every month.

She is an award winning wedding cake maker.

At the Fayres, she makes and sells miniature animals, mostly bears.

So very cute and I have one on a shelf over my desk.😍

I made the pink rose and the leaves. All out of air dry clay. 

The pink rose was made with three shades of pink. The

darkest in the centre and the lightest on the outside

Off to bed for an early night, as we have to get up at 6am!!

Thank you for your lovely messages, that are well loved

and you know I will visit your blogs too.

Please keep safe and well. 

Big hugs, 

Carol

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Spot The Cat!!

Spot the cat and not the one at the bottom

corner of the card!!

Just found this card in 'Draft' and now see

why I didn't post it!! Photo was rubbish, as it

was taken on a grey day. So I just went into

my image program and lightened it a bit.

It is a very old stamp and took ages to colour!

I mainly used Copics, with a few Tombows

thrown in!!

I nearly just threw it into the bin, but managed

to finish it!! Phew!!!

Thank you for taking the time, to leave me such lovely

 messages on my last two posts.

You are all so kind. 

I am a bit excited, because I have been asked if I 

would like a table on Saturday 14th March, 

at a Craft Fayre in Southwold town.

Omg!! I have so wanted to get into this town!!

Oh, an update on my nose (saga) problem. Went to see a 

ENT Consultant at our local hospital last Thursday.

He stuck a camera up my nose! Not nice!!

He thought it could be a number of different things. 

Had a blood test as always. If that is ok, I will get a date to 

have a Cat Scan. If nothing shows up on that, 

I will the have to have an MRI Scan.

Having to do a nasal washout 6 times a day and

waiting for my surgery, to process a script for

nose drops, to be used for 8 weeks!!! Ugh!!

On that note, I am going back to my desk,

as I want to do something that came to me,

just before I got out of bed!!

But I must finish the 3 items on my desk, 

that I am still in the 

middle of putting them together. 

Do you have 'light bulb ' thoughts and 

then can't wait to do it?!!

I might have another post, if it works.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. You know I love to

read your lovely messages and then I 

can pop over to your blogs too.

Big hugs,

Carol 

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