The CD Sunday Challenge, Tag You're It

Hi,
This morning we woke up to snow, just a light covering, but when I drew the curtains, there's still a little left around, most of it has melted. Its going to freeze tonight so another cold day fore casted for tomorrow.

Today I am showing my card for the Sunday CD challenge, Tag You're It, link here this is the first one I have done for some time, as my followers know its been a very busy time over the last couple of months.
Anyway I hope you like my card, the image is from Joanna Sheen's CD The Pamela West collection,
I used a scalloped edged card, and used the same backing paper as the image on the CD, I like this image of the lilies, I punched the gold card that I matted the image on at the corners so the image fits into the corners. I added two flowers and a tatted butterfly in pink. I put rainbow ribbon down the side of the card and on the tag and finished off with pink and blue gems, the pink ones I put on square and the blue ones to pick up the blue in the image I put as diamonds.






I hope you are keeping warm, and until we meet again take care.
Hugs
Margaret

TIAS day 7 and My beautiful present

Hi,
Its very cold here today and we have snow forecasted for later, hopefully it will just a small amount or rain if they are wrong.
Today its Day 7 of the TIAS, well that could be a tail, but there again it could be anything. Have you any ideas, don't forget if you think you know what it is leave a comment and if you are right, I will make you one when we get to the end. It not too late to join in the TIAS the link for the blog and information is here
Yesterday when I got home I had a lovely parcel from Rachel of Piney Woods link here
This is her New Year Giveaway, I must say its a beautiful Journal book which Vernon said the cover looked like tatting. The pendant is gorgeous, she is a needle tatter, tatting can be done with a needle, I have always been a shuttle tatter, this is the first piece of needle tatting I have seen to my knowledge. The pendant has a crystal bead in the middle and smaller crystal beads around the circle with tiny seed beads, The middle is a Celtic design, with chains in circles around the outside. I will be wearing this pendant with pride.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend and are not snowed in. Until we meet again take care.
Hugs

Margaret

On your bike

Hi,
I had a good day in Cheese and Grain at the Craft Fair, but its cold, the heating was very welcome in the hall.
The forecast is for cold weather and we might get some snow, please please whoever does the weather up there, we don't want any snow until we have finished emptying Mother bungalow.
Anyway on to today's card, I thought with all the tatting I have put on over the last week it was time to show you some more stitching cards. These are two bicycle designs, I have done the first one in two shades of blue metallic thread on a white card, matted on a gold card. I kept it simple to show off the bike.
Close of the stitching.






This card is also gold but with my own drawing of a Penny Farthing bicycle, which I stitched in gold thread. This thread
has different colours in which makes the thread very pretty when stitching, again I used the white card.
A close up of the stitching




The next post will be the TIAS day 7 when I have done it and my beautiful gift which I have received from Rachel in the USA.
I hope you are all well, and keeping warm, stay safe and until we meet again take care.
Hugs
Margaret

TIAS Day 6

Hi,
I hope you are keeping well and enjoying the TIAS.
This is Day 6 and half way so Jane says, two tails or two legs what do you think?
They are saying we might some snow, its certainly colder than it has been, we don't want snow at the moment, we are still working on clearing mothers bungalow, its been a hard job as due to her age shes not kept up with most things.
I was hoping to join in the Sunday Cd Challenge this week, but I have not had time, hopefully I will be able to join in soon, I really enjoy doing that challenge.
Tomorrow I am in cheese and Grain Frome doing my craft table, hope it does not snow over night.
Keep warm and take care until we meet again in blog land.
Hugs
Margaret

TIAS Day 5

Hi,
Its a bit late but here is Day 5, well it looks like a tail but knowing Jane it still could be anything, last year was an aeroplane, at the moment it looks like a kite.
I know Carol said it might be an earring, sorry Carol its already a bit big for an earring.
If you have an ideas what it might be, just leave a comment whoever is correct I will make one for them.
I hope you are all keeping well, I am feeling very tired nearly about half way with mothers bungalow, I will be glad when its finished.
Until we meet again take again.
Hugs
Margaret

TIAS day 3 and 4, and Celtic Medallion

Hi,
Its a bit dull and overcast today, we had rain yesterday and over night but its beginning to get cold again and they say a frost tonight. I noticed in Mothers garden there is a sole daffodil flowering, I don't think the plants know if its time to flower or not.
Today I am showing you the TIAS this is day three, yep we have gone around in a square. and this is day four any ideas what this is yet. Don't forget if you guess correct I will make you one, whatever it is.
I put the link for the TIAS on the last post if you need it.
I forgot to tell you that I am using coats No 20 cotton in pink, its an old ball I found a few weeks ago when I was looking for something else.

Now this is a Celtic medallion pattern which was on "intatters" in the last couple of weeks, the pattern is by Becky Clark
here is the link
Its a lovely pattern and not too difficult well if you don't a mistake like me, this one shows the cock up, I was using Lizbeth thread no 20 butterfly breeze, I love this colour thread. Vernon said no one would know but I do and I like my tatting to be as perfect as possible.

This is my second attempt this time I used Lizbeth thread Grape Pizzaz no 20. and it worked out better this time.




We are busy clearing out mothers bungalow, not easy when she has not thrown away correspondence since god knows when, hopefully we are nearly to the end of the correspondence, I still have the bureau to tackle perhaps I better not speak too soon, we have sorted out the clothes and she has nearly all of them in the nursing home, its just books and other personal items to sort now, then the furniture, seems a never ending job. To be honest we are both feeling worn out.
I hope you are keeping well and until we meet again take care
Hugs
Margaret

Northern Lights over Teepees

Hi,

I was sent these beautiful pictures and I thought I would share them with you.

These are
spectacular and the teepee's are so pretty in the
dark But, check out that thermometer!!!!
NORTHERN LIGHTS, YELLOW KNIFE ,
CANADA

BELOW IS
A FIRE RAINBOW - THE RAREST
OF ALL NATURALLY OCCURRING ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA.
THE PICTURE WAS CAPTURED

ON THE IDAHO, WASHINGTON BORDER. THE EVENT LASTED ABOUT 1 HOUR.
CLOUDS HAVE TO BE CIRRUS, AT LEAST 20K FEET IN THE AIR, WITH JUST THE
RIGHT AMOUNT OF ICE CRYSTALS AND THE SUN HAS TO HIT THE CLOUDS AT PRECISELY 58 DEGREES.
I hope you have enjoyed these lovely pictures, thanks Sue for sending them to me.

Take care,

Hugs

Margaret