I Have Returned .....

The last few weeks have been really busy with one thing and another but I'm back (yes, I know I said that a short while ago - but this time I really am - lol).

Over the last few weeks I have been really busy with one thing and another but I am back - and yes I know I said that the last time but this time I am - really - lol.
One of the things I have been doing lately is making cards - loads and loads of them.
Right this minute I really don't care if I never see another Christmas stamp, pads of Christmas backing paper or anything remotely to do with a crafty Christmas. Although I will confess, I am waiting for the Tim Holtz Letters to Santa plate from the lovely Wendy at the Stamp Attic!!!
So why all this frenetic card making? Well, I have ventured out into the public arena with them!!
I haven't 'done' a Christmas Fair for a good couple of years and earlier this year, the confidence took a bit of a bashing, when a potential outlet to sell my stuff went pear shaped (she turned out to be a very nasty lady and I had a lucky escape). Anyways enough of that, spurred on by my daughter and my good friend Sue (you know, the one who hasn't got a blog but should have) I set to and Today was The Day .....
Here's a photo of one end of my table (the photo of the other end was all blurred) ....
What do you think of the stand? I was going to buy a couple of the cardboard ones but then I found these online and thought they would be much better - you can take the slopey bit off the back and hide them away flat under the bed or somewhere. You can't do that with the cardboard ones without risking breaking all the little tabs and where would I keep them!!!
Here's some pieces that I like - More than Words albums from Colour My World. I just love these and have quite a few now. These are Christmas and Noel ...

And here are some Paper Artsy Christmas Tags - just love these - aren't the green boots something else ....The Christmas Fair was for the local PreSchool and they also did their Nativity Play. That took me back a good few years I can tell you - lol. One of the angels suddenly started crying because she wanted her Mum, the PreSchool leader picked her up and the Mum threw the angel's comfort toy to the leader and caught her stright in the face with it. One of the Shepherds got 'stage fright' and wouldn't get out of his seat for anything or anyone and one of the Kings tripped over Baby Jesus laying on a pile of straw - just your pretty normal Nativity Play really. In all seriousness though it was great and gave you a nice warm feeling to watch.
The Pre-School did well and what will I do with my earnings? I'm off to visit Wendy in The Stamp Attic again, 'cos I'm going to make Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas for both this year and last year and they will be Just For Me - lol.

Christmas Is Coming .....

My daughter had announced that some time during my holiday she would like to spend a day with me making Christmas cards. After having a rummage through my Christmas stash, she decided that I needed new, more and different, bundled me into the car and headed for The Glitter Pot, where we had a lovely time ....

There was then a lull over the next few days and then on Friday she turned up at 8.30am with The Gorgeous One, aka Finley, bouncy chair, play mat, and half the contents of his wardrobe and her fridge. A day, I thought, staying for the weekend more like - lol. I casually mentioned that I thought we needed 8" x 8" Xmas papers (or bigger) and off we went again back to The Glitter Pot .... lol.
We were back by 11am and that was it - she was off like a rocket .... I didn't get to make any cards because I was detailed to feed, keep The Gorgeous One amused, run up and downstairs for foam squares, chalks, gel pens and anything else she thought she would need and keep her fed and watered ....

Here's some of the cards she made .... and yes she did go home but left the mess ....Saturday came along, complete with No. 1 son .... Christmas cards were put on hold ,as the day was spent commiserating with him about his love life, watching re-runs of Top Gear and Jaws 2 and generally running around constantly preparing food (that boy is an eating machine - lol).
Sunday dawned all grey miserable and raining .... so I sent a text to both my darling children saying that unless there was a real disaster, I was not available .... So here's some of the Christmas cards that I made .......
The first ones are some lovely Penny Black stamps that we bought .....
Christmas Trees also took my fancy. I just love the Ribbon Tree stamp set by Woodware and, of course, Paper Artsy .....
I had also bought a Penny Black clear stamp set - 12 Days of Christmas - and this is what I made with that ....The end result - we all got something out of the weekend - lol ....