Swinging away Monday

Todays card is another from the cdrom Pretty Sweet by the wonderful Polka Doodles. When I was little I loved to swing. I was never a throw myself off the swing type of girl though. And never too high. I am and always have been a wuss. I remember some girls going up so high and then hurling themselves off onto the grass. Not me..I wouldn't have wanted to get my dress dirty..lol. No I was a gentle swinger, swinging and dreaming. It's funny thinking back to those days..I can remember my favourite pair of shoes...well sandals actually...they were bright red and I loved them. In my day there weren't such colours available as there are now. A lot of my shoes and sandals were black or brown and hard wearing. I didn't want hardwearing...I wanted pretty and dainty and shiny...but it never happened. It makes me laugh now because when I was a teenager all I wanted was a pair of doc martens. And even now I'm a bit of a doc marten girl.Mind you I'm saying that and I have a pair of pumps on my feet...not ballerina type pumps but the type you had to wear for games at school. The reason I have them is that they give me extra grip if I should need it. So here I am many years later still dreaming of shiny pretty girly shoes...perhaps I should get a swing..lol

The card image and the backing papers are all from the Pretty Sweet cdrom.I have layered them and added peeloffs and then added diecut foliage and some roses from my stash. It is a really girly card...if I can't do it in real life at least I can do it on my cards.

Well what a day today has been. In the village we have been blessed with a team of council workers who are trying to resurface the pavements. There are only 3 in the whole village and of course the council never bothered to inform anyone of what they intended to do.If I had known I could have kept my animals in and everyone would have known to park their cars somewhere else..but it was more than the council could do. So chaos has reigned here today. I haven't been for a wheel with Reg because I can't get the wheelchair out and if I had managed to get it past the sticky stuff..they have managed to park all their vans all over the place. And did I want to take on 8 council workers just to get 200 yards past them..no. Not today. I know I can be a mouthy madam but the thought of getting them to move all their vans was just too much. Of course if the council had informed the village as it was supposed to we could have been organised..but it's not worth the argument today.

Well the coffee is calling and I think I need to get the hoover out. I hope you all have a grand day. I won't be blogging tomorrow due to my hospital appointment so until Wednesday..take care and happy crafting

Sweet Sunday

Todays card is made featuring the wonderful artwork of Polka Doodles. This image is from their Pretty Sweet cdrom. All the backing papers are also from the cd. There is an amazing collection of backing papers on the cd and I've used 3 of them on this card. The leaves were diecut using a die from Joanna Sheens Signature die range and the flowers and greeting were from my stash. My ever growing stash...lol..if I see a flower that I like it goes into one of my stash boxes.

Reg is in so much trouble today..he's lucky to have been given some gravy bones at any time this century. Whilst I was sleeping he brought himself into the parlour and into my crafting recess and caused total chaos. I had been working on a card for one of my design teams, which involved a lot of colouring and he managed to get hold of the card and trample it. It can't even be saved..so I have to begin again. I tell you it's a good job that I love him..lol

When I took him for his wheel today we were joined by the girls..Rave, Tankie, Pinkie and Milky. As I was wheeling I was picking blackberries and Reg was sniffing his way through the grass , looking a bit like a demented hoover..lol. Coming back was a very strange experience. Following my friend getting bitten by next doors dog, the neighbours have put up a wire fence. To all the world it looks as if I now live in a prison camp. There is nothing nice about it..wooden poles with square netting attached. The cats think that it has been put up for them to swing on. They have so far had 3 of their team all hanging from it..hanging on by their paws looking through the squares. I don't know what the neighbours think it looks like. What amazes me is that they have proper fence panels which would look so much better..but what can I do..nothing. The only positive thing is that hopefully my friends will be able to visit without being bitten. We shall have to see.

Well the coffee is calling and so are the athletics..lol. I hope you all have a great dat. So until tomorrow..take care and happy crafting.

A Jiggery Makery lady has arrived

Here she is ...the first lady from the wonderful Jiggery Makery. She is a digital download only available through the Jiggery Makery facebook page. All copyrights belonging to this ladies digi are owned by it's wonderful designer Adele Bradwell. If you need to know more about any of the Jiggery Makery designs please contact Adele. To make this card I have used some background paper from my stash from the Pretty Tuff cd rom by Polka Doodles. I just love this image of the tennis player because it is something so different and I just couldn't resist coming up with a funny greeting. There are lots of my girl friends that would have a laugh at this one. I am so excited to now be a member of the Jiggery Makery design team and I am lucky enough to be able to share my designs with you. The lady featured, I have coloured with my copics, and I have to say that the joy I get from colouring is as great now as it was when I was a little girl..lol. My Gran knew that if she presented me with paper and pens she would be guaranteed an hours peace. To think that most adults have left the pleasure of colouring in behind them...so how lucky are we crafters to get to still do it.

I took Reg for a wheel today along with four black cats...it's no wonder that people talk about me..lol. On the way back it started to hammer it down..which saw Reg ignoring it, four cats hiding under a raspberry bush and one very damp wheelchair driver. Reg is the only dog that I've known that is not bothered in the slightest by going out in the rain. My old dog Hilly would just refuse to move if it began to rain.Reg just skips along..quite happy in his own little world..lol

Well the coffee is calling and I'm expecting visitors this evening. I will have to tidy up Regs memory foam madness. I don't know where he keeps getting more from. It seems every time I look up he has put even more lumps of the stuff on the carpet. So after the coffee it'll be a case of woman with dustpan and brush..I can't use the hoover because the lumps are so big ..they just block it up. Reg has a lot to answer for..lol. So until tomorrow..take care and happy crafting.

Dotty about his bike

Todays card is one I made for the design team over at the wonderful JB-Crafting Supplies.The card is made using the fabulous cdrom 'Pretty Tuff' brought to us crafters by Polka Doodles. I've been spending the last week making cards suitable for the males in your friends and family. Todays card is for the younger ones. I love this cd not only for the amount of different from the norm images but because of the amount of really great backing papers. The really exceptional thing about the papers is the range of colours in each pattern. And there is such a selection, should you need a paper for another craft project..the chances are you would find one here.I have a number of cds from Polka Doodles and have always found them to be easy to work with  and a joy to have in my library. One this card I used 2 of the toning backing papers which I layered onto the card. I then cut an oval from a plain blue card and added the image onto that oval. I just added some peeloffs and some card candi. All I need to add is a greeting at some later date.

I have the feeling that we are in for some rain some time soon. Reg got taken for a quick wheel today...I didn't fancy getting caught in a downpour. We were joined by Milky, Jeff,Rave  and Tankie. The side of the verges had been mown this morning...well the cats thought that it had only been done for their enjoyment and spent the whole time tumbling in the piles of grass..just like children playing in leaves...they were grabbing pawfuls and throwing it in the air. Well that obviously caused some hilarity on the road..which then caused them all to go giddy and they were all playing chase me in and out of the wild raspberry bushes...lol. They are all now exhausted, lay on the studio roof.

Well the coffee is calling...so until tomorrow ..take care and happy crafting

New Home Card

Todays little joy is to celebrate a friends new house. I just loved these stamps from Polka Doodles. I coloured the images with promarkers. I added flowersoft to give a little texture on the trees and garden paths. It was a fun card to make using different papers from the Polka Doodles "Sundae of Seasons" This is such a great cdrom and I find myself going back to it time and time again for all the different papers. I use cdroms alot...sometimes for the images and sometimes when I'm looking for a different paper. I know alot of crafters that just use their cdroms for the image and matching backing papers and that's it. I love to look at the images and see it as a design feature for the card and what I really enjoy is doing the decoration..sometimes using embellishments from my stash or more than likely making my own. I love my collection of cdroms and as a crafter they are my largest resource. I can't seem to get on very well with card kits because i always feel as if too much as been done for me. Having so much done seems to stifle something in my brain. I think it's down to the fact that I like fiddling about and starting with a blank piece of paper,,some stamps and whatever colouring medium I fancy is the way to go for me. I always buy stamps that I feel I can use in lots of different ways, one of them as an addition to an image from a cdrom. I'm off now to make a start on an atc...so out will come the inks and the jewels. I will share when it's finished. Lets get crafting.