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Sunday 13 October 2024

CD Sunday challenge - anything goes #144


 Hi,

Tine is flying by very quickly this  year and it’s time for another challenge on CD Sunday,  the host this fortnight is Carol

For  my card this fortnight I used Sunflower Dreams CD by Debbi Moore, both for  the background and image,  I matted the image onto gold textured card,  and place a spray of sunflowers at the side with an orange feather and yellow ribbon.

CD Sunday Plus challenge has a Facebook page for those who would like to enter the challenge and do not have a blog,   here is a link to the page the challenge and do not have a blog,    

I hope you will visit the CD Sunday Plus Challenge site, and remember if you want to enter the challenge you must use something from a CD, USB or digital material no matter how small and let us know where and what you used the material from,   and that it is a card or a project.    Here is a link to CD Sunday Plus Challenge blog  we would be pleased to see you.


Hope  you are having a lovely weekend

Margaret



Sunday 29 September 2024

CD Sunday challenge - Anything goes # 143


 Hi,

Here we are at the end of September,  I have scheduled this post as I am away for the week.  As usual it’s anything goes and the host this fortnight is Jocelyn.

For  my card this fortnight I used a free download from craftsuprint,  I enjoyed this card,  but the top with the roses is very fiddly so I cut around and used a grey promarker to save some of the more fiddly bits and give a more stubble top,  I also decoupaged the roses in the middle.  I added a red ribbon bow 

CD Sunday Plus challenge has a Facebook page for those who would like to enter the challenge and do not have a blog,   here is a link to the page the challenge and do not have a blog,    

I hope you will visit the CD Sunday Plus Challenge site, and remember if you want to enter the challenge you must use something from a CD, USB or digital material no matter how small and let us know where and what you used the material from,   and that it is a card or a project.    Here is a link to CD Sunday Plus Challenge blog  we would be pleased to see you.

Enjoy your weekend,

Margaret 


Sunday 15 September 2024

CD Sunday challenge #142 - anything goes


 Hi,

Middle  of September ,  this year is flying,   We have another challenge on CD Sunday and this fortnight I am the host,

For this card I used an image from by Opulence by Design,  they are a Facebook and instagram base digital designers,   They have some wonderful designs and I fell in love this image,,  I have put their address at the bottom of this post.  The tree dies are Winter trees by Creative Expressions,  and Winter Wonderland Seasonal springs by Crafters companion.  The backing paper,  silver ribbon and the silk flowers are all from my stash. 

CD Sunday Plus challenge has a Facebook page for those who would like to enter the challenge and do not have a blog,   here is a link to the page

I hope you will visit the CD Sunday Plus Challenge site, and remember if you want to enter the challenge you must use something from a CD, USB or digital material no matter how small and let us know where and what you used the material from,   and that it is a card or a project.    Here is a link to CD Sunday Plus Challenge blog  we would be pleased to see you.

Enjoy your weekend,

Margaret



Wednesday 11 September 2024

2024 TTAL - Temperature tat along part 12


 Hi,

Here is update on the temperature tat along on Facebook,   I have now finished August,  and I am 10 days behind.  I have had a couple of days which I have been too tried to tat,  but hopefully I can catch up this month,  

The weather has not been very hot in august and we have been below normal temperatures or just on the average temperature,  I was really hoping to get a few red  thread days this summer,  but dark pink and only a few days of those all summer.   My sister  in law suggested doing it again next year to compare temperatures,  not sure it’s been a bit of a labour of love.  I am looking forward to December now and finishing it.

Today is 9/11 and a day that begins back memories of the planes crashing into the twin towers and the pentagon,  my pen friend was in the pentagon when the plane crashed into it,  she escape but I remember my thoughts watching that plane go in the build.   She told me that they were in her bosses office watching New York and someone saying behind her that they would never hit the pentagon,  then bang and someone running though shouting get out.  She ran out with everyone else as fast as she could.

Hope you are having a good week

Margaret.

Sunday 1 September 2024

CD Sunday challenge- anything goes #141

 

Hi,

Today is the first day of September,  and I am hoping the weather just might be a bit better,  it’s certainly been windy towards the end of august,  while I am writing this post,  it’s blowing well.   It’s time for another challenge at CD Sunday and the host this fortnight is Jo

For my card I used an image  and backing paper from party Penguins 2 CD by Debbi Moore,   I thought this was a little different colouring to the usual Christmas cards, and I felt it worked well.  I decoupaged the image  and  I also used a snowflake die frame  by Chloe,  which I cut in half and used in two corners and scattered a few snowflake around the card,  

CD Sunday Plus challenge has a Facebook page for those who would like to enter the challenge and do not have a blog,   here is a link to the page the challenge and do not have a blog,    

I hope you will visit the CD Sunday Plus Challenge site, and remember if you want to enter the challenge you must use something from a CD, USB or digital material no matter how small and let us know where and what you used the material from,   and that it is a card or a project.    Here is a link to CD Sunday Plus Challenge blog  we would be pleased to see you.

Enjoy your weekend,

Margaret 


Monday 26 August 2024

A walk around my garden

Hi,
It seems ages since I did a walk around my garden,  and as I have not a lot to put on my blog,  I thought I would do a walk,  the first walk this year,  the weather this year has been the best,  a wet winter, wet spring followed by a wet summer,  it’s been around or below average temperatures so that has not helped either.  With Vernon out of action as well,  and having to do everything the garden has suffer even more, so please don’t look too hard,  the weeds grow faster than the plants.
The picture above is a new lily bulb I brought in the spring called Viva La Vida and it’s striking colours,  brought some sunshine to the garden.

 

This is my yellow day lilies,  I have some in orange too,  but they went over before I could get a picture of them.







this is a hebe,  I found this growing in the gravel it’s not a seedling from my garden and the birds must have dropped to,  and it grow,  so I transplanted into a better spot,  it has pale purple flowers.  A nice gift via a bird.






This is my pink Hebe,  this is a cutting which I took of another Hebe,  originally I planted a Hebe,  to go over my dogs grave in my mothers garden and then I took cuttings,  I call it Shona’s bush,  as I have no idea what name it should have.





This is Evening primrose,  they are a pain really,  they seed themselves where they want to be,  not necessarily where I want them,  if I try and transplant them they die,  so I tend to leave them,  well one or two depending where they came up, and pull the rest up,  this year they have grown very tall,  the flowers only last about a day.




This is very pretty plant,  lovely pink flowers,  I have no idea what’s it’s called,  but it’s really a front of border plant.






These are beautiful orange flowers,  I saw these when we stayed in Weymouth and collected a few seeds,  which I have been able to grow, again,   They do tend to self seed themselves which is fine,  I  have no idea what they are called.





This is a bush Fuchsia called Lena Dalton,  I brought this plant in the spring and I am very pleased with it,  in the pot beside is my Nerines,  they flower in the autumn,  I put the bulbs in the pot last year,  I have plenty of leaves hoping for some flowers in the autumn.




I forgot this is my marrows,  I love marrows,  I thought I would try to grow one,  ha ha lots of flowers but the veg,  they just seem to start to grow and then rot,  might be the weather,  who knows,  but I don’t think it’s going to give me any marrows,   My tomatoes and runners beans are not as good this year either.

Well that’s a quick walk around the garden,  the photos have been taken over the last two months,  

Hope you enjoyed your walk

Margaret


Saturday 24 August 2024

Debbi Moore 15 birthday Competition

 

Hi,

I am a very happy bunny today,  I made this card for the Debbi Moore 15 years birthday competition,  of course I did not win,  never expected I would,  but the new magazine came today   Bring inspiration to you. Number 69,  and there was my card on page 68 with the other cards on the 15 Birthday gallery.  There are some lovely cards, for the competition,  it’s nice to at least have the card published.

I hope you like my card,  I will now put in a folder and keep it,  I try to keep cards that were made for competitions over the year.

Thank you Debbi for including my card.

Margaret