Here I am in France staying with my sister for a week - so I won't be creating anything but have already taken about 200 photos!
Of course most will be deleted post haste! Yesterday we visited Eze, a lovely village on a hill and then went to watch the night-time carnival parade here in Nice. All of you would have loved Eze - so pretty and picturesque. So we are quite tired today and will just mooch around Nice. Here are a couple of photos - just to keep my blogging up to date.
The garden always looks so untidy before I get round to giving it its first spring clean of the year. Dead plants, leaves and lots of fallen twigs litter the ground. Happily there are the early spring flowers, snowdrops, crocus, primulas and daffodil leaves and buds to prick my conscience and push me into starting the gardening year - although for real gardeners October/November is the real start of planning for the year ahead, and if I was a real gardener too I should have a greenhouse full of plants waiting for the spring rush. Needless to say - I haven't!
I've taken the plunge and bought my first die cutting /embossing machine! After much deliberation went for the Cuttlebug - (1) because I found a good deal on the internet, and (2) it folds up and so takes up less of my tiny workspace. I am really pleased with it so far and have been busy making some use of it over the last 24 hours. I made these post-it note holders for my nieces and the little 'matchbook' notepads for my
ex-colleagues, all of whom I will be seeing this week. Needless to say both ideas are copied from creative crafters I've found on the internet. I've adapted them a little - I used the chipboard that comes as a stiffener on lots of items instead of coasters for the post-its and just covered it with papers that came free with a craft magazine. I embossed the paint sample cards and of course used my beloved scallop circle punch copiously on both projects. I may have to take another trip to B&Q to collect some more colour samples soon!
NOW - I'm must thank Jeanette "here" (thank you very much for your kind help Jeanette) for giving me instructions on how to insert a link into my blog..... so I'm trying it out here and here to show where instructions for both projects can be found. Fingers crossed I've done it correctly!
This page was sparked by the wonderful BBC2 series Victorian Farm. Although these photos were taken in the 1930s, farming had not changed too much as you can see from these scenes. These tiny photos (they are only about 1" x 2") were taken when the family had a farm near Llanrwst and Dad worked for his Father.
Here's another page about my childhood - I seem to be harking back to the past a lot lately - must be my age! Nothing fancy on this one. Just sticking things one on top of the other. I used the Creations 23 kit from Oscraps again and a couple of bits from Sande Krieger's Altered Elements at 2Peas in a Bucket.
Stayed up till all hours doing this page - I couldn't leave it alone and then deleted half the layers in the end! I found an amazing digikit on Oscraps called Creation 23 by Createwings Designs and Catherine Designs. It's stuffed full of fabulous scraps and papers in just the altered art style that appeals to me - and there was 20% off! It was a bit more expensive than kits I usually go for but there's so much in it - at least 3 average kits worth. Haven't used a lot of it here though - just the numbers and background paper. The embroidered flowers were a freebie from Oscraps and the eyelet paper from 2Peas. 
