New Year catchup

 

Surprise Surprise

The wanderer returns again!

 

I have badly neglected my blog these past few months and have decided that I should get myself back in the saddle.

I'm gonna try and get things up to date so here we go.

Here is a short synopsis of whats been happening since I was last here.

Well at the end of August I fell while hanging my curtains and badly strained the ligaments in my foot. Four months on and I am still walking with a limp and using a stick outdoors. I managed to get to Jayne N's workshop on September 1st thanks to my wonderful son driving me there and back.

In October I went to Jayne's weekend workshop which was fantastic and we had a real good time

November I had a great time at a friends hen night at a Greek restaurant and then attended the wedding which was an experience as the couple are heavy metal fans and entertained us with a Metallica tribute band and rock disco, It was loud!

I went to a Maria Simms workshop in December and it was brilliant. She is such a talented and lovely lady.

My daughter had got me tickets to see Sarah Millican for my birthday in October so we went to see her in December. Unfortunately when I got home John wasn't too well and had to be admitted to hospital. He was home for Christmas and is doing ok  but now has a load of hospital appointments for January.

So there you have it I'm up to date.

 

Here are a few of the cards that I made for Christmas

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll pop back tomorrow and share some more cards that I have made since I was last here.

 

Pat xx



The wanderer returns

 

It's been a while but I'm back to share a few cards that I've created while I've been absent.

Well my son and daughter in law celebrated their 1st Wedding Anniversary on the 3rd and I just can't believe it's been that long since what was a wonderful day. Where does the time go?

So here is the card I made for them

 

 

The card is infact aubergine although it does look black in the photo. The heart cut out was done with a Spellbinder die and is the one used for the wedding stationery. The other dies used are Xcut border die and Laa laa land banner which I adore.

 

When I received this months copy of Craft Stamper magazine I just loved the Kay Carley creations using  PaperArtsy stamps: JOFY collection 11 designed by Jo Firth-Young and had to order them straight away. So here are a few cards I made with them following Kay's inspiration.

 

 

 

 

 

For those who haven't seen the article in the magazine Kay coloured the images using copics (any alcohol pen) and  used Distress Inks for the background.

 

I have also been "playing" with Jayne N's new mask stamp set and hopefully will be able to share them with you soon. This stamp set is amazing. Hopefully they will be available on Jayne's site before too long.

 

Pat xx

 

 



Still waiting for summer

 

 

Can't believe it is now July and we still haven't had a any summer except for the odd day here and there. Hopefully it is going to improve as the week goes on so fingers crossed. We will be having a few days away in a couple of weeks so hoping for some sunshine in Suffolk. We are going to stay with John's brother and his wife at the bungalow they moved to last year so really looking forward to it. That leads me nicely to share with you a card that will be winging it's way to Suffolk for BIL birthday next week. Don't worry he wont see it as he doesn't blog.

 

 

I stamped the clocks onto some basic grey paper to create the background. Stamped and clear embossed the car onto some craft card and cut out using a  Spellbinders label. The border was cut using a docrafts die.

 

Now on Sunday I attended Jayne Nestorenko's workshop in Rugby and so I am going to share the two gorgeous cards we created using Jayne's new stamp set which will be available shortly on her website

 

 

The blue one is as we completed on the day but I completed the pink one at home by adding a ribbon flourish, gilt filigree flourish and some butterflies (part of the stamp set) coloured using a Sakura stardust pen to give a shimmery effect. We created the background paper too for this card by adding colour to plain paper using blending brushes and ink from DI or Adirondack pads then stamped onto it using some Inkylicious background stamps. I know I shall be using these stamps over and over again because the possibilities for creating fantastic designs are endless.  The workshop was fantastic and it was great catching up with friends including fellow blogger Elaine (Craftetter).

 

Before I go just want to let you know that Jayne will be on C&C on Friday at 1pm with her Christmas stamps.

 

Thank you so much for visiting and I'm sorry I do not blog as often as I should.

 

Hugs

Pat xx