Tatted bookmarks

Hi,

It’s a beautiful day here,  not as hot but I would say comfortable,  we did have some rain on Wednesday not enough no I am not greedy,  but some at night would be nice,  the ground is rock hard and the grass is now a mixture of brown and green.  

I made these bookmarks a couple of months ago when I got rid of the flu and to get me back into tatting again.  The top pattern is by Robin Perfetti called cross of sevens,  one of my favourite patterns,  I used yellow Lesur Pixie thread,  it’s a new thread to me and is very bright yellow, and peacock blue by Lizbeth no 20 

 This bookmark is from a bracelet pattern by Augusta Greco and I used purple Iris fusion by Lizbeth no 20

I hope you are enjoying the weekend here in the U.K. it’s a bank holiday 

Margaret 

CD Sunday challenge - Anything goes #92

Hi,

Time for another challenge at the CD Sunday challenge blog,  as usual it is anything goes,   this fortnight the host is Jo.

For my card  I tried something a little different,  I used the backing paper from The Royal Horticultural Society CD by Joanna Sheen.   I embossed an orchid from the vellum orchids by Clair's Crafts,  I have had these for ages and it time I used some,  I used the large size orchid  and with orchid  leaves with pink ribbon placed it on an embossed card,  added a bow of ribbon and a die cut butterfly.

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.  Please remember we only allow three entries per challenge.    Here is a link to CD Sunday Plus Challenge blog  we would be pleased to see you.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend

 

Margaret

Happy 20th wedding anniversary

Hi,

Today 20 years ago, Vernon and I were married,  gosh 20 years it does not seem like it,  yes we have had our ups and downs,  the good times and the bad times, illnesses,  that’s me more than him,  wonderful holidays here and in Europe and Turkey,  not a lot more I could ask for.

I made this card for him,  reflecting on it I think it’s more female than male,  originally I was going to add an invitation in it hence the table where she sitting for afternoon tea,  but Vernon said he did not want an afternoon tea,  he wanted a pair of slippers,  so I will get him a pair when we go shopping.

Last week I had an injection in my hip,  a guided one with a scanner,  the injection goes deep into the hip,  the gland is very inflamed,  and I told to rest and it would take two weeks to settle down.  I could not shower for 24 hours because of the hole where the needle went,  and the dressing was not to get wet.  I am following their instructions,  it still hurts and is bruised inside,  just hoping this injection will work and the pain will ease,  it’s been very bad over the last few months,  less pain would be good.

Today we are having a quite day,  a Chinese meal and a bottle of wine.

Hope you have a lovely day

Margaret

CD Sunday challenge - Anything goes # 91

 Hi,

At the time of writing this its slightly cooler than it has been,  although I have been in heatwaves all over Europe,  this heatwave  has just killed me and played the fibromalgia up as well.  My garden would love some rain,  it seems to miss us and we just get a few spots that does nothing for the plants.   As usual for this challenge is anything goes.  This fortnight Pamela is the host for the challenge.

For my card this fortnight,  I used an image and paper from The Pamela Wrest collection CD by Joanna Sheen,  I matted the image onto Kanban card from stock, using a plain and embossed purple  shades of card,  I tried something different,  not sure if it worked,  I added the fence and lamp die from Polkadoodies.  and I made a matching ribbon bow.  I added silver peel offs  welcome to your new home

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.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend

Margaret