Double Ta-dah!!

Hi all well, I've finished my spring blanket

and with one day to go woo hoo.
Some of you might remember i gave myself till the
end of the month to finish it.
It's been tough this week sitting with it on my knee
in this lovely warm weather we have had.
So i mostly stuck to working on it in the evenings.

 In the end i went for a simple 

picot edging on a row of trebles.
 

It's going to look fab in the camper, 

now I'm going to make some matching 

bunting and if i have any wool (sorry yarn) left a 

tea cosy.

In between making the blanket i also

made a ripple pattern cushion out

of the same book.

 This is such an easy pattern to do

it grew in no time at all.

I'm thinking another blanket might be in 

order in this style (but not to soon, i need time

 to recover first).

 I must have picked the colours subconsciously 

look how well it matches my Ikea cushion and it

 was not planned.

Last photo just to give you a spring boost

Daffs from the garden.

roll on summer.

Take care

Daisy, Daisy.

Hi all hope you are well, what fab weather we have 

been having here over in the North West

it feels like summer.

So much so that the shorts have made their 

first outing this year and so have my

Maxi dresses.

They don't often get an outing so I'm making the 

most of it while i can.

I don't know how long it's going to last,

the kiddies break up for Easter hols on 

Friday so the weather is bound to change.

This weeks Papertake challenge is on again

and it's Sketch time.

We are sponsored by 

Simon Says Stamp.

I've gone a bit Vintage this time.

It all started with sorting a cupboard and 

coming across my Twinkling H2O's which

i must confess (shock, horror) have well and 

truly been neglected.

Then getting all excited about using them

again, it felt like i had got something new to play with.

I wanted to paint something delicate so out

came my Flower Fairy's stamps from 

Crafters Companion.

This little Daisy stamp look so pretty she 

had to be coloured.

The Backing papers are from Sheena's CD Rom

i then used the daisy to over stamp this along the

bottom with Frayed Burlap.

I used a couple of Marianne Creatables dies

behind main image.

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and the 

lace and Ribbon from stash.

While i had all my H2O's out hubby came in with 

an old CD disc spool asking if there was 

anything i could do with it. I'm sure I've seen

this idea somewhere on blog land, it pop straight

in my head when i saw the spool.

Isn't it fab. I have used 

pinflair glue to stick them to the clear

disc's you get in the pack, this way i

can still see the colour names and it keeps

them all together and handy. It 

also frees up some much needed draw space

and it's recycling.

Thanks for stopping by today

hope to see your wonderful

creations over at Papertake weekly.

Take care

BINGO!!!

Hi all hope you are well,

and all you Mums out there got

spoilt rotten on Sunday.

I had breakfast in bed and got

some lovely smelly stuff and new shoes.

Beth had also been busy at Guides last week

and made me these.

I have put the fab Keyring on my Knitting bag,

if i put it on my keys it might get broken.

It was a glorious day here so we went for a walk 

along the sea front, we even manage to get

my 14 year old to come along to.

It was a brilliant day.

Onto my card today 

It's Papertake time and this weeks

challenge is Bingo time.

Choose a line from the grid 

it can be up, down, across or diagonal

it's up to you.

This weeks challenge is sponsored by 

The Ribbon Girl.

I chose the bottom row

Buttons, Glitter,Lace.

As you can see i have been having a play 

with Sheena's Paint fusion stamps again.

I love this lilac, when i saw it on C&C as a 

pick of the week i knew i had to have it.

Lilacs are one of my favourite flowers

i love the scent.

This was one of the first goes, i also did

another two and gave them to my Mum and 

Mum in law for mother's day they

both said 'wow have you painted it.'

Once you know the tricks it so easy to do.

I have made this one for a lady we know,

it's her 60th next month.

The Dragonfly's are buttons, i had to break to

loop off the back so they would sit right.

I used Glitter card and added glitter to the image.

I then added a row of lace flowers along the bottom.

Blanket update i have one more row to add
which i am going to do when i leave the computer.
Then i have to join the squares on the 
other sides and then lastly put a trim around the edge.
It's getting exciting now it coming together.


Isn't it great we have had lovely weather the last
few days and i have finaly managed to get into the
garden. I tidied up the green house and got some
seeds sown. Lets hope this weathers here to stay,
i must admit i'm only a fair weather gardener, if
it's dull or cold it's a no! no!


Thanks for looking today 
take care

One for the girls

Hi all hope you are well.

It's time for another challenge over

at Papertake weekly

and this week is all about the girls.

In the UK we have Mother's day

coming up this Sunday so the challenge

is to make your cards

as girly as you can.

This week we are sponsored by 

The Stamp Fairy.

I have used one of my all time favourite

Tilda's and coloured her in with distress inks.

Papers are from Basic Grey.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Sentiment is computer generated.

Butterfly and paper ribbon are made with

Martha Stewart's punches.

Thought i'd show you how the blanket is coming on

 I'm getting there

 Looking good though. Must confess i've not been

paying much attention to it, I just had to start on

a ripple effect cushion i've been planning, i 

will get if finished and before the end of the 

month that's my target.( give or take a week).

Thanks for looking and hope to see you

over at Papertake.

Take care

Pretty Butterfly

 

Hi all hope to find you well today.

Well would you believe it, it's Tuesday 

again I'm sure I've missed a couple of days 

this last week, it's come round so quick.

So onto this weeks Challenge over at 

Papertake Weekly.

It's anything goes week and this 

week the optional extra is to use

shrink plastic.

As ever we are sponsored by the 

wonderful Lili of the Valley.

I've been having a play with this card,

Out came my distress inks and watercolour card.

Also i had to remember where my shrink plastic was,

not played with it for years and it had been tidied 

away so it took me half an hour to find it.

But ooh what fun, i had forgotten how

much fun shrink plastic is.

The stamps i have used are from the 

range that Sheena does for

paint fusion.

Stamped the flower on the shrink and 

coloured lightly to make a little charm.

The butterfly is stamped onto watercolour card

 and painted with distress inks

 Weathered wood and Spun sugar.

The backing paper is a perfect match,

i was lucky as i painted my image again first

then tried to match the papers.

It's from DCWV old world stack.

I love this stack there are lots of fabulous

distressed papers.

Stamped swirls round the main image and embossed 

them with silver embossing powder, 

also did the same with the sentiment.

Ribbon is from the Ribbon Girl.

Now I've rediscovered shrink plastic

I'm definitely going to use it more.

Blanket update

 I've put together 5 rows

at the moment and it's looking good only

another 19 rows to go.

Thanks for looking today 

hope to see you over at Papertake.

Take care

 

Hooray!!!!!

Hi all hope you are well.

HOORAY!!!!

i have finally finished making all

432

granny squares for my blanket.

I  finished them last night, i have had a big

push over the last few days as i 

could see the end in sight.

Between you and me though I'm all granny squared out,

so i think i might wait awhile before i 

tackle another.

The next job is now to crochet them all together.

I made a start last night as i have been dying to

see what they look like in their finished state.

I'm also glad i tidied the backs as i went

along, as i didn't relish the thought of

doing it all in one go when it was all

put together.

On the home straight now i don't know how long it's 

going to take to put together but it's nice to

 be doing something other than a square.

Take care