It All Depends On The Weather ....

I'm still making (frantically now - lol) cards for the local PreSchool's Maypole Fete this coming Bank Holiday Monday.
The Fete is very much dependent on the weather - because if it rains to much the Village Green becomes a pond and they will to have to relocate to another village - would you believe !!!
My part-time job employers are on weather watch and people have been seen testing The Green with sticks (like they do at the racing) and stroking their chins - lol. Despite the rain here on Monday and Tuesday the weather forecast is looking good and currently the going is firm .... Keep your fingers crossed ....

Anyway I digress - Time has been short since my last big burst of creativity. I was down at Mum's in Somerset from Friday to Sunday lunchtime and have had to work three evenings this week but hey-ho onwards and upwards. Despite all that, here are some more cards I've made for the stall ....I am well and truly into the Scene-It stamps by Hobby Art .....

Another cute Penny Black stamp and don't you just love the dog by Stamps by Judith from Stamp Addicts (another Shepton Mallet show purchase). I'm going to have to make some more of those ....

Last night I thought I would put the cards on the stands, just to see what they looked like - as you can see there are some gaps - lolSo, a quick bite to eat, go to the last evening meeting of the week in about an hour (please don't let it go on for ever) and the rest of the evening playing with Cupcakes and Mice .....

I Confess .....

I have decided to own up to IT. My crafting pals, Sue (the one who hasn't got a blog and should have) and Anita also said I was and I have always denied it ....

What is the IT? I confess to being a Storage Junkie .....

This weekend just gone I was down in Somerset to see my Mum and just had to take a couple of hours out to pop over to Shepton Mallet to visit the Creative Stitches show on Saturday morning. The first stand that caught my eye was Storage4Crafts and my addiction was fuelled with this ....

THIS is the Clip It Up. It stands about two foot tall and the two levels tier move around freely and you can hang whatever you like from the silver hanging rounds with little clips that hang from little hooks from the silver round thing - hope you understand that - lol. Just to give you, the general idea I have hung a piece of paper, a photo, a greeting card and a bit of string on it .
It was an absolute steal. Generally, you have to buy the base unit and the upper tier separately, but the show offer was both units for less (a lot less) than half price.
Don't you just love a bargain ....

Finally Some Card Making .....

It's been a long time since I have made a mess but I have a stall at a local fete on the next Bank Holiday (providing the Cricket Club and the PreSchool can reconcile their current differences - lol). Oh the politics of a small village - eat your heart out Gordon Brown, you think you have it bad - lol.

So, anyways, this weekend I have been updating my depleted stock ....This is a new stamp from Magenta - and even though I say so myself, I rather like these. They're done on big A4 slim cards from MSA Crafts .....The stamp on these is by Penny Black - Wind Carressed. To colour them I used an old favourite - Marvy Wet Look Embossing Markers. Using them you get a really nice high gloss raised finish which looks really quite stunning ....

Two more of the same and the ones in the middle are the Hobby Art stamp, Floral Display, coloured with Twinkling H20s (such a shame they're being discontinued). The In Bloom stamp I picked up for 99p - bargain .....

The DL card with the flowers is Flowerhead by Little Claire Designs (picked up at the NEC). The veins of the flowers were drawn over with a Quickie Glue Pen and sprinkled with ultra-fine Crystal glitter. Lovely effect, but will be wearing it (the glitter) for a couple of days - lol. The top two are my new passion - Hobby Art Scene It stamps. Such a relaxing way to pass a couple of hours. The little dotty things on the top left card are from Craftwork Cards - they look just like larger brads but a dab of silicone glue and hey presto - no holes - love them. Such an easy embellishment ....These last three are two from my Rubber Stamp Tapestry sets and the bottom one is a new Penny Black cutie stamp - Playtime.

That's all for now - don't want to bore everyone ....

Bluebells and Violets ....

I'm not going to talk about the last month - suffice to say I'm glad it's over. So moving on ....

Here are a couple of photographs of the bluebell wood at the back of my house. The wood goes from this ....to this - as far as the eye can see ....
The photographs do not do the scene justice, not least because a photographer I am not. The woods are absolutely stunning and the scent of the bluebells is gorgeous. When I went over there this afternoon, I was horrified to find that the wood had been fenced off sometime during the winter. Not letting that put me off, over the fence I hopped .... I wasn't the only one in there though - and not a shotgun in sight - lol.I took nearly 100 photos and aren't you pleased that they're not all here - lol. Here is one of a clump of sweet violets growing around a fallen tree - thought I would have a go with the macro setting ....I hope you like them ....