What's on your work desk 130

Yes it is Wednesday once again...

wow that week went quicker than the one before.

Keep them flying by please...

Your now thinking am nuts...

if they fly Christmas will be here

and yes that's sort of what I want

I am Craft-less .. it had to be packed away ready

So I have nothing to do..

So if the the next two weeks would like to fly past

then please hurry and do so..

This is what my day brings

Craft wise anyway.

I do have lots to do

Tomorrow we are going out for the day

and then Friday I am doing them last minute

cleaning jobs before Pickfords gets here on Monday

So next Wednesday I wont even have a desk...lol

Here is my VERY VERY tidy desk

See all packed away

I was going to take the table down also

but we still use it at tea time

Sorry it's a boring one.

but am sure there are some other

more interesting desk's out there

for you to sneak at

if your in the mood to nosey then

Julia's stamping ground

is where you need to be

with her G3 !!!!

Thanks for stopping by

and am starting my smooch round desks now

Claire xx

Last card made in Portugal

Evening to you all in blog land

Hope it is warmer where you are

it's like a good old British day over here in Portugal

I am snuggled up in the study keeping warm Hector the Iguana's heaters keep the whole room warm

anyway onto my card.

Although I have more cards to post from now until we leave for the UK this one I made yesterday

Just before packing all my craft things away

I am officially craft-less now until two weeks time

But the study does look nice and tidy !!!!
Wait till they see it tomorrow !!!

I am sure to look like this by the end of the week though

Hopefully not so hairy though !!! lol
My card
Purple and orange 

Lil Lolita Willow from Tickled Pink

Coloured in PENCIL
(two weeks till I get my shiney new pens)

 I then added some flowers in Orange and Purple

 Here is a close up of her..

 And then the Handwritten Sentiments

 Oh and of course Tasmin had to get in there somewhere
As you can see I took the pictures outside
as it is a very dark day today


I am entering this into
Tickled Pink - Handwritten Sentiments
Make it Monday - Linky

Thanks for stopping by
Claire x

The last day

Well Today is my Official last day of crafting..

Over here in Portugal

I have been slowly putting things away

and then taking them out again

but today see's the last card made...

I had planned to make another maze book 

but

I can not print as the printer once again needs ink

and will not work without the one it needs..

it isnt black I need it is yellow,

but it still will not let me print just black and white !!!

And it is going into storage for a few months

so not replacing for the ink to dry out

I have one remaining coloured image

that needs to be placed with care onto card and paper

Then I have to pack..

I have been told I need to know for definite 

that I can get what I want into the tub I have for the car

No amount of I will try what I think I want to take

then do the rest on Sunday will not work

Paul wants it packed and in the living room

with things we are taking !!

So once I have made my card

any scraps of backing paper, card, etc

will be thrown in the bin

ready to start a fresh in the UK

I think we still have internet the rest of the week

or at least I hope so

I need something to do

Had to share a couple of pictures 

Taken on our trip out with our neighbour

 Hannah in a world of her own waiting on her orange juice

Then tasting my Galou... 

Milky Coffee

Hannah thought it looked nice

A bit like hot chocolate

But soon realized is wasn't that nice

meaning I got to drink it all myself

Right I am going to go off and make my last card..

Slowly.... lol

Will post it later today if not it will be tomorrow

Thanks for stopping by xx

Hand written sentiment

Hello and welcome

Hope you have had a good weekend.

I have a card to show

Christmas once again

Started as an easel card but turned round

and again a Tickled Pink image

as I chose the backing paper first for a change

.

this time I kept her fairly simple, mainly white

Isn't she a sweetie

 As you can see i went for red and green

traditional colours, although a checked paper

I have then added a Hand written sentiment to the inside
I really really do not like my handwriting
so I don't do this very often...lol

I am entering this into
Tickled Pink Challenge

We have been sorting the last few bits and pieces out

But we have also been out with our neighbour 

for a goodbye coffee

Here is a picture of the little town
we was in earlier today

As you can see it has a lagoon on the left

and behind the houses on the right

is the Atlantic

We plan to go back next weekend on our own

so I will have some more photos.

Thanks for stopping by x

Using up

Things in the kitchen units time

We move in just under two weeks.

so I am trying to use food up..

We will not be taking any with us so what is left will go in the bin

and it's amazing what is in them

Fridge and freezer are more or less empty

its the store room things, flour pasta rice etc

here is what we made yesterday afternoon

 we made cakes..

 Chocolate ones.. and am sure they will be eaten with in the week

Paul and Hannah like them

We did buy some Portuguese Christmas cake.. it isnt that nice

here is a pic of it

 Yes it comes with full thick slices of peel on the top

amd has more nuts in it than anything

it looks lovely but the taste is not so..

I then made this

 looks very pale as this is a before pic...

Apple crumble but with a pastry base

I always do a pastry base so the apple stays nicer

Just the way I like it

 Here is after its cooked

and I have to say..it was rather nice

There is plenty left...lol

we had it hot with icecream last night

so tonight it may be cold with custard..

Time for me to get some washing in and ironing done 

and pack some clothes into black bags

ready to go into the car travel box.

Thanks for stopping by xx

Maze book attempt one

Morning to all my blog friends

and Hello to my new follower Okienurse

Very nice of you to join me

This post is picture heavy.. grab a coffee

and I will try not to rabbit on tooooo much :o)

I have been saying about this maze book

for nearly a week now so thought I had best get it posted on here

We may be internet-less at any time !!!

(just two weeks to go...excited)

I saw it on Julia Dunnits blog two weeks ago

and thought I have to give that a try

so here is my attempt

Here I have my large peice of card folded ready to be cut

you can also see book number two

Yes I am going to make another

Here is the front

I decided on a paper Christmas tree

then used a gold wooden star and peel offs

Here is the book stood finished

Now onto the inside

I chose to do Paul and Hector

As the book will be going to Paul's mum

the little Teddy tag is from Bugaboo

the house image from Google

This page again using a picture from Google

We spent a good hour or so downloading music

and then burning the CD,

we then used the same image on the cd.

The music is King college Choir and it's lovely

I listened to it while making the book

I have a lot of stitching paterns

so hunted through and found an Angel

Perfect for Christmas and only took an hour to sew

And with the added bonus Paul's mum loves them

I then used part of a Christmas carol 

and yet another Image from Google to create the opposite page

Here is a closer view of the Angel

Isn't she sweet.

(I plan to sew another this afternoon for the next book)

Then came the two pooches

Tasmin and Kiya

I don't mention Kiya much on here 

she spends most of the day laid outside

and Tasmin is always by my side.

(Kiya is Paul's dog)

Then it was the terrible two...lol

This is an old picture of the two of us

but I know Paul's mum likes it so used it

The snowman is from Bugaboo

The robins I found on the PC but it doesn't tell me where I got them from

Next came Santa

I used a couple of verses from a very famous Rhyme

with Ivy round as I could not find my Holly

(I was a lot annoyed but it doesn't look too bad)

Then in the pocket there is Santa

He came from the local supermarket

I thought it would be nice to have a small present inside the book

so in he went, and he will be hung on the tree after

Closer view of Santa

not sure you can tell but he has sparkly beard and hem on his coat

This page I was stuck on for ages...

so opted for tree and Raindeer

It look quiet plain to the other pages

Then came the BIGGEST pest of all

**Hannah**

This was last years School photo

Then just a rather plain back page

Finished book...

oh and I HAVE to add the next picture

Paul thinks people should see that it is me making these things..lol

I really don't like my picture being taken...lol

but that's me, happy in craft world, making a mess

I am going to enter this into

Art with no Boundaries - Red and Green

Make it Monday - Linky 

One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers.. but not litterally

Thanks for stopping by

Claire xx

WOYWW part two

haha... I am doing a second post...

why your asking

well Hannah got a lot upset about the fact I had shown the world

that her stuff was on my desk...

so here is the desk now

 Hannah spent a while moving her stuff and making it look tidy

Hannah even took the pictures.

This one is a little blurred but I have to add

I can still see her bag on the desk...

and my guess is..everything of hers is stuffed inside...lol

happy WOYWW

Claire

7 days have flown by

Meaning it is once again that day where we travel around the world and look at peoples work desks

it all starts over at the Stamping Ground with the Head mistress Julia Dunnit

and wow her desk looks fab this week...I love the owls eyes !!

I have to say my desk is not as interesting, 

(it's the old patio table)

 it has been shoved into the corner of the room 

why am I complaining I was the one that moved it...

I finally finished packing my drawer unit that stood in the corner,

 so I moved that into the living room with everything else to go a week on Monday

here is my desk

 Yes messy... 

not a lot of the things on there are mine.. 

as you can see I have marked accordingly

to Hannah's utter disgust...lol

polish I have to admit to putting on there after I had polished the study

The tub on the floor is my moving tub...

I have to get everything in there for the move

which I have tried and done.. it is nearly full 

but the things on my desk fit in nicely..

Well tha'st it for now...

I will get my post done on my Maze Book

its Julia who got me started on it after seeing hers last week

Thanks for stopping by and I will try and pop to your blogs later 

Claire x

How sweet is MDH

I have re decorated for Christmas...

thought it was about time 

seen as December is nearly with us

And lots of blogs seems to be going Christmassy

I changed the wallpaper this morning... 

but my little headers had to wait until Paul came home

The software I have just didn't get the job done 

anyway my baubles are now hanging on my blog

oh and the fact that my new header was toooo big

so Paul had to hack into the program bit 

and change some of it !!!

Not something I can do, as I don't understand the code

But I am now happy with the look of my blog.

The header might stay after Christmas

just delete some of the writing

if I can find a nice wallpaper to go with it.

I had to share two pictures that I took on Sunday

I was over at my work desk

while Hannah and Paul where watching Zookeeper 

Hectors house door was open for him to stretch his legs

anyway he climbed onto the door and proceeded to clamber onto Hannah

Which Hannah was not impressed about

so Paul had to lean over and get him to walk onto his arm

 As you can see above it worked,

but not for long he was straight onto the back of the chair

and looking out of the window

Then about ten minutes later decided to cause havoc

by joining me on my work desk

and as you can guess his tail sends things flying

in all directions along with his long fingers and toes

I was not impressed..

Look what happened a few weeks ago

I don't mind when he sits on my knee

or even on my back.. 

but this time Hector had other things in mind

Yes he decided he wanted to be on my desk..

and climbing over me was OK

But I can tell you it hurt

His claws are sharp

and going into my eyes was not nice

And the fact Paul was taking the picture and it all happened to quickly

he couldn't stop him.

So if your thinking about getting an IG

remember you will be their personal climbing frame...lol

right time to go backing papers to print off 

and then in the morning I will do a post

on my Maze book...

Which I think turned out rather nice for a first attempt

Thanks for stopping by and hope you like the decorations xx

Monday Morning blues

Well hope you all had a lovely weekend

Mine was ok... Boring at times..but ok

I had lots of craft time so was happy

I have made my latest card for

Tickled Pink Challenges

Actually made two..but one of them I was not happy with

It looks fine but the colouring of the image is not good

anyway here is the card I am going to enter into a couple of Challenges

Tickled Pink Sketch

Southern Girls Bingo

I have used Die cuts, Gems and Ribbon

also three patterned paper and Embossing

One Stitch at a time Challenge

Anything Goes

Make it Monday

Anything Goes Linky

Onto my card

made in Browns and Blues this time

the papers are from Summer Driggs

she has some gorgeous papers.

The Image is from Tickled Pink 

called Lil Christmas Ivy

I followed the sketch on the front panel

 adding some square gems in the top corner.

The sentiment was stamped onto 

a die cut scalloped circle

 Closer view of the Image

 Here you can see the inside of the card

with my chicken wire embossed card as the panel to write on

This card is made as an easel card

just stood the opposite way..if that makes sense

maybe there is a name for this type of card

I have also been busy making a Maze Book.

After seeing it on Julia Dunnits blog

and wanting to have a go

I googled and got instructions..

and had lots of fun

Will show on the next post

I need to get some pictures taken

Right that's me for now

Hope you all have a good week 

will pop over to your blogs later

(I am going to look for new wallpaper for my blog)

Thanks for Stopping By xx