Get well soon

Morning...

Over at CDAC the next challenge is up and running

and if I am totally honest I forgot about it

I have had the image sorted and ready to go onto a card

but just not had time to make the card up

So last night after spending my craft day painting the kitchen

I thought I had best get one made up so I can get my entry in

here it is
The Image is by Priscilla Styles

 I have paper  pieced the sofa... and the wall paper behind

Then I coloured kitty with my  Speecctrum Noirs

And looking at this I have not coloured the flowers on the window sill....

he is rather dopy looking isnt he..

thats what made me decide to do get well

he looks like hes flopped there and is not moving until he is better

Right time to go again..

Life is getting in the way of this blogging and crafting

thanks for stopping by

CLaire xx

Monday morning

And what a horrible one it is...

I have not seen so much rain in ages..

I have 30 minutes before I have to tootle to work

I have a card to show you all

Made for a boy

15cm square base card

layered with blues

The Yellow I wanted to look like a strange star

not sure I got that look

I made it from scraps

so it is not one whole piece.

 I coloured the image using my Spectrum Noir pens

and it was nice to colour

Must order some more...mine are now dry and not working

the Image is from Bugaboo !! I think

 He is so cute.. I think I won him in competition while I was in Portugal

long time ago now

I have arrange for myself to have a craft day on wednesday

I have been busy all weekend so I have the day free

my evening up until will be getting things ready..

now I am not sure if I have shown these

its me and Hannah ready to go into a cave

can not for the life of me remember where

all I know is its on the penines...lol

 Here we are... again this time in the cave... not much headroom..

and I can tell you it got lots worse..

Paul found it amusing taking pictures but I am not showing them on here

It would put you off your food for weeks...lol

and I suppose we was not really dressed for it either...lol

it was hot and sunny out but oh so cold down there

Right I have to go now...

work to get to I may get back online later

while having a late lunch

thanks for stopping by

Claire

I will link my card up later !!

Make it Monday linky

My Candy Update

Hello there...

I have taken a picture of what I have in my candy so far

right what you can see so far is

some embossed card... in white gold and cream

Anitas ribbon Red with happy Christmas on

green ribbon with merry Christmas on

some cream with gold edge ribbon.

Papermania clear stamps - Christmas Tree

Papermania Henbury Lane outline linen stickers (red and silver)

Four ready made calenders for 2013

Flatbacked gems

Doilys

Tilda and Edwin images

6 charms 3 Christmas trees and 3 reindeer

I have a few more things to add to it.. 

just not had time to sort it out

I have some new dies

wording ones for christmas and a christmas tree

I will be back later with pictures.

wow its cold today, so cold the heating may go on later on

right time to dash to get Hannah from school

then back home again to do more housework

a womens work is never done

Craft time tonight if i get all my housework finished

am sure Hannah will help..

I have a few spare pounds to tempt her with

she is after a new book to read...lol

thanks for stopping by 

CLaire

xx

Claire's Christmas Candy

Morning folks..

I have not forgotten honestly

Candy time

For my lovely followers.. I should have done it for 60.. 

but then I looked and I had lost a follower...now I am at 62

Thanks for joining my corner of the www

not many compared to some people

but thanks to each and everyone of you for popping over

even if its just from time to time

I went to the local garden center yesterday 

to get something for this..

I have an idea you see

I thought I would do a Christmas theme candy

as am sure it will come in handy

And they don't seem to have much in yet !!!

so a picture will follow

Am going to see what I can order online

sooo with that in mind

this will run for two weeks

gives me chance to order and delivery

so all you have to do is

Be a follower of course seen as it for those that do

and add your name to mr linky below..

If  you want to pop a picture on your blog

then your free to do so !!

And I do hope to see 62 or maybe more names 

Thanks for being a follower 

CLaire xx

Hello and evening all

Hope your all well

I have had a busy day today

been to work and wow for a little farm shop

we are kept on our toes... 

I was just checking in on things as I had an email alert on my mobile

telling me I had a comment

and I have noticed that I now have an amazing 61 Followers..

and you know what that means..

yes I will sort out a candy

for all of you to enter

I will do a post in the morning with a picture

I am sure I have new things in a draw

anyway I also thought I would share a picture with you

It is me and Paul

This was taken two weeks ago

when we went down the coal mines with Paul's sister

they had a photographer there so we thought why not

I do have another pic (on the pc)

which I will pop on in the morning

it is all of us together.

It is a lovely morning out

and only cost's £2 each, and your down the mine for over an hour

if you really want to you can ask for the £2 back

but most people don't as it goes towards the upkeep of things.

Right I am going as I am doing a first attempt on knitting

a HUG MUG..

I have seen Toni over at My world sort of make them

and really like them so found a pattern

and I am attempting to make one

it is the first time I have ever added stitches while knitting

and a first for following a pattern

so I have had to look up what all the letters mean

K1, M1,... haha..oh and would you believe

I even had to look up GS... Garter stitch..

omg whats that stitch I don't know it

turns out to be what I call normal stitch...lol

right wish me luck.. it doesnt look that big 

so I may have a picture to show in the morning

Thanks for stopping by

CLaire xx

WOYWW 171

Morning folks...

Wow how the weather has changed the last couple of days

it is so so cold here today..

so much so I have popped the fire on in the study to keep me warm while crafting

Tasmin is happy she has a fire to lay in front of

Well today is the day we snoop

over at Julias you will see lots of others who enjoy snooping

although I have not snooped for what seems like ages..

but today I am having a crafty morning

so thought five mins to write this post while I have a cuppa

wont hurt

Here is what I am doing

on the left are envelopes.. lots of them

they each have a decoupage in 

which I have cut ready to glue together

as you can see I have a few put together

they will move onto the windowsill to dry over night

by the side of the screen is another project I am working on

it is for the CDAC challenge.

I am paper piecing as well as colouring

my markers are in the green bag just on the right.

So I had best get on..

I do have the usual things to do as well

and Tasmin will want another walk soon

take care out there

thanks for stopping by

CLaire xx

Another Year.. 10 years on

Hello  there.

I am writing a quick post in remembrance to 

911

How sad a day that was.. and it changed the world

I was at work that morning and only heard bits and bobs

from people I served

it wasn't until I got home that i saw the devestation

I have been to work this morning

and a lot of people where talking about ten years ago

when so many people lost their lives

very very sad day for all.

I watched Jeremy Kyle this afternoon

I say watched I had TV on while dusting

and heard the subject..

Didn't get much dusting done

just whole lot of crying

he was talking to some families that lost whole generations

who where on the plane, son daughter in law and granddaughter

and one remarkable man that survived after being on the 22 second floor

who thought when he opened his eyes and could see sky

that he was in heaven !!!

And then the firefighters who lost so many best friends

trying to help and find the missin and the dead.

Not a happy post I know

but it needs a mention and a few minutes thought

to all those out there that are still grieving

CLaire xx

Sew Charming Challenge

Hello it is me again

yes again...I am getting back into the swing of making time for blogging

as well as crafting and visiting

I have managed to do it in an hour (ish)

the blogging part of it

the crafting takes a while longer

I have news... 

I have a part time job..well hopefully 

I am on a weeks trial starting tomorrow

I am so looking forward to it

I will tell more later

I am writing this post as I hopped over to 

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge

and they have a new challenge

Sew Charming

You can use sewing and or a charm

here are my cards

yes I have two cards both with sewing

 They are old cards..

How can you tell

they where taken at Paul's mums house

I just have not shown them on here

I think they have already gone to good homes

 this one didn't take long to sew

but the one under took a while longer

 I added decoupage as a focal point to both

both cards are 15cm square

just with layers to match the thread

Hop on over to the challenge blog and enter

I will also pop this into
Make it Monday Linky

Thanks for stopping by

CLaire xx

Challenge over at CDAC

It is me again.. 

I have made my card for the latest challenge

we where given the surf digi

to use on our project

it doesn't have to be a card it can be anything

here is what I came up with

I printed the image straight onto patterned paper

it was a freebie from a magazine that had squares of colours

I matched it the best I could 

the paper on the base card is also from a magazine 

the flowers I made from what paper was left after printing and cutting out

Now the sentiment is a bit wrong

I found it on the internet and though it matched the paper

but it doesn't sound at all right

but I am useless at making them up myself

hope over to have a look yourself and join in the fun

CDAC progressive Freebie Challenges

Thanks for stopping by

CLaire xx

Link for Pink

Morning folks...

How is your week going..

Mine is so much better now the house is back to being just me..lol

Hannah went to school this morning all excited

which is good

Just me and Tasmin at home

I am here today to tell you all about an amazing Give away

Over at

Link Up For Pink

I have been a follower for some time now and pop over for inspiration

it's all about Breast cancer and the likes.

Hop over and take a look..
you have 11 days left to join in

(link above)

this is what they are giving away

Cool do you not think... 

I have not managed to make a card for challenge 5.
which only has two days left..
I may spend today doing that

But take a look and enter.. its an amazing sketch

Thanks for popping by

CLaire xx

Pink Corset

It is lovely outside... so much so I have been doing the garden

But I was getting a little too hot

so I have popped inside to cool off

and thought I could make a quick card 

that will be added to the pile

but it keeps me happy

 You have seen this image before but orange

Today I went girly pink

more so because Hannah chose the papers to use

 I layered onto card and used die cut card for interest

the flowers I bought online from Ebay

they feel like fabric

I added sticky pearls to the centers 

The inside of the card matches

with the top left for writing

Hannah is back at school tomorrow

so it will be all quiet again

just me and Tasmin

So I should get some more card making done..

I am going to get started on christmas cards.

So the stamps will be out and Christmas papers found

I am going to pop this into a linky

Make it Monday
Alphabet challenge - one colour plus white
Simon says Stamp - Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge - Flowers
Thanks for popping over and see you again soon
CLaire xx

Birthday flowers

Morning bloggers

I am sat here wondering what to do

so I thought I would write a post

I actually have some time !!

We have guests staying and they are still in bed..

so I cant go making noise...lol

in reality I could be hoovering and getting sorted...

I have a Tilda card to show you

She is paper pieced

and coloured with Spectrum Noirs

(The whole picture looks a bit orange sorry)

 I have used the largest die I have to make the base card

and layered with all the others

I chose orange as I am using up papers

so that is what Tilda was pieced in

 The flowers are mulberry paper with gems added to the centers

7 on the large ones to make then look bigger

the leaves I die cut from the same paper as Tilda dress

as I had a little bit left

I have also added stickles to her flowers

Here she is stood at an angle

The sentiment is heat embossed

but I have only slipped it down the side

so if I want to change the cards occasion then I can do

We have been busy bees of late and I have so much I can tell...

but I will write a post about that

I have to tell you something though

I have a job interview on Monday

So wish me luck

Thanks for stopping by

CLaire xx