A selection of christmas cards

Hi,

This is a scheduled post, I do hope these are working OK.
These are some cards I made from a free gift that was in the magazine called Papercraft Inspirations, November 2011. I did change them a little bit from the ideas in the magazine. I hope you like my ideas and how I used their free gift.

I hope you are keeping well and everything in your world is OK. see you soon

Hugs

Margaret

Purple Twist

Hi

This is a scheduled post.

Today I thought you might like to see these tatted items, they are done in Lizbeth no 20 Purple Twist, I brought this thread by mistake I wanted to order the variegated green and something happen with the computer and I got this. Purple is really my colour but it has worked up well and makes a change from the normal colours I use.

The above is the Celtic 5 point motif, buts its 10 points as 5 do not sit with me, so I have done 10 and I think it looks better, the pattern is by Sue Hanson.

This is a selection of items, the butterfly and cross are Mary Koniors and the little cross is a pattern which was on "intatters" and I have to confess I cant remember who's it is.

This is a close up of it, it makes a lovely tiny cross.

Hope you are keeping well.

Hugs

Margaret

Selection of Easel Calendars

Hi,
This is a scheduled post, today I thought you might like to see some easel calendars that I have made.
This one has an art deco lady design, with the backing papers from the Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams CD, finished off with pink ribbon and peel offs.




A close up

This one has an image and backing paper from the Joanna Sheen's Pamela West Collection Cd, the image was mounted on purple miri card and I have put some peel off dragonflies and finished it off with peel offs.

a close up.


This one has popcorn the bear image surrounded with pink roses, the strip and green backing paper was from stock, and again finished off with peel offs.

A close up.

I hope you are keeping well and have a lovely weekend.

Hugs

Margaret

Peter Tyrer

Hi,

Just a very quick post from Grand Carania, we are very upset at the moment as Peter our Brother in Law was killed over the weekend in Kenya, You may have seen a piece in the Daily Mail and on Television.

When I get home I will write more, we are not having the best of holidays, Mother is still in hosptial. the hospital has a bug so we were unable to visit her before we left.
All other posts are scheduled.
Will write more when we get home in the meantime take care.
Hugs
Margaret

Mary's Butterfly

Hi,
This is a scheduled post, I wanted to show you Mary's Butterfly.
Her link to her blog is here

This gorgeous butterfly is her own pattern and is made up of all rings, its quick and easy to do and looks well as I say gorgeous I have done a few now in various colours.

This is Lizbeth no 20 Falling Leaves

Lisbeth no 20 Rainbow Taffy

Red which I think might be no 20 DMC by the shape of the ball which I found last week in the draw.

Lisbeth No 20 Butterfly Breeze

I hope you are all keeping well

Hugs

Margaret

Happy Birthday and Retirement Vernon

Hi,
Today is Vernon's Birthday ( my husband) and he retires from work after 50 years of working from today he his own boss (well in his dreams). I made this card not the one I originally thought up as I wanted a picture of him as a baby, the great British Post office failed us, his Dad sent me a picture and the post office lost it. So this card is my second thought about what to do for him. I am not very good at parchment so I really hope he likes it.
I did my own design and used peel off boot and hat embossed in the designs, Vernon is into Country and Western so I hope he likes it, as I say I am still learning parchment and their are no teachers in this part of somerset, so its self taught, reading the parchment magazine and books. I hope you like the card its takes many hours for me to do just a simple card. I put blue paper behind the parchment and blue ribbon down the side. The ribbon is from Joanna Sheen's online shop.
At work they said to Vernon that he would be under my feet from now on, he replied "I told them you would be under my feet", I don't think so. On one hand it will be nice to have him home but all day not sure about that.
He says he is going to do the garden, there's plenty out there to do, as it has not touched the garden for a year, its my job to do the garden and being ill I have not been able to get out there and play.
Its amazing how mild it is at the moment I have a plant called Lady Mantel, it flowers in June, well I have found some in flower now yes November and its in flower, I cant believe how some plants are so confused about what time of year it is.
This cross stitch picture I made Vernon ten years ago, I knew he liked Country and Western and the first Country and Western night he took me too they had a special Indian night, so I saw this picture and decided to make it for him. It was the hardest cross stitch picture I have ever done, I vowed then I would never do another one, the detail in the Indian is vast and took many hours to do. Most of it was done at work then as I was a live in carer, that way he did not see it, that's how we meet he was a friend of the family of the old lady I was looking after.

Here are some close up pictures for you

I made it ten years ago before we were married and has been admired by many visitors. It was a Gold Collection Petites from Dimensions and called Noble Warrior.



Update on mother she is now in a community hospital at Paulton, shes very confused, but they have a bug in the ward and they wont let me in to see her, I have left her a note to say that I have been and that we are on holiday, plenty of nighties I have never known so many nighties coming home for washing in such a short time, I think they change her for something to do. It going to be a long job as they have said 6 to 8 weeks in hospital and that I am to go on holiday and not to worry about her.

From now on all posts until the 5th December are scheduled as we are in the Canary Islands soaking up the sun. this is his planned holiday for his retirement, we are going to make the most of it.

Until we meet again in blog land take care and keep well

Hugs

Margaret

Commissioned christmas cards

Hi,
On this sort of sunny day, at least it is fine, even if the sun is hazy. Its still mild although not quite as mild as it has been, hopefully this mild spell will make the winter shorter.
Today I am showing two commissioned cards, they are both decoupage images from Joanne Sheen's Thomas Kinkade collection.

I have mounted them both on cream card and used gold miri board, gold ribbon, and glitter both images on the snow where the lights hit it.
This is a close up of the card above.

I do hope he likes them as they are being sent to him as I wont see him again in time for Christmas.

Mother is doing quite well and will be in hospital for 6 to 8 weeks, at some point she will be transferred to a community hospital, not sure when that will happen. We have found someone to look after the Joey while we are away. This week is proving to be a busier week than I had planned and I am already feeling knackered.

This card is also a Thomas Kinkade image from Joanne Sheen, but was mounted on silver card and has a sheer blue ribbon and matching bow, the ribbon is also from Joanne Sheen's online shop. It is also glitter and is in my esty shop.

I hope you like the cards today, and until we meet again take care

Hugs

Margaret