The CD Sunday Challenge - Wings and Legs

Hi,
Its quite mild today and they say its going to get even milder this week, what a funny month February has been. I hope we don't get snow next week as we are going away for a few days towards the end of the week.
I am sick of this bug, I have had it for a week and feel absolutely weak and tried, I still have the pains in my stomach and feel as if I have a cold now, the cough never seems to get any better. Anyway enough of me today I am showing you this weeks challenge card for the CD Sunday challenge which this week is Wings and legs. link here

This beautiful image comes from the Joanna Sheen's Cd Enchanted Dreams, its not one I have used before but I love the way the butterflies are pulling her along on a flower. I put the image on a blue card and punched the corners twice, once with one that's makes a slit for the corners to slid into and then the rounder corner punch. I put the multi colour peel off butterflies onto acetate and cut them out and stuck them together so the large butterfly has three layers, and the one at the bottom has two layers. The background paper I wanted to do something different so I folded it and made pleats for a change, the background paper is the one that goes with the image on the CD
I finished off the card with a blue ribbon from the Joanna Sheen online shop and silver peel offs.
I hope where ever you are you are keeping well and until we meet again take care
Hugs
Margaret

A tribute to Gina

Hi,
There was a request to put a piece of tatting on the blogs today in tribute to Gina (The Tatting Goddess) who died last Monday.
Well here is my piece, its the first time I have done this pattern, it strange the first piece never looks its best and its a long time since I did netting.
The pattern is one of Gina's Netted Hearts, its not my best piece of tatting and it needs blocking but at the moment I am suffering from a bug and was sent into hospital last Sunday night for a few hours, whatever the bug is its really taken its toll on me so please excuse my tatting. I wanted to do a piece in honor of Gina. I never meet her and I only found her blog last year but she gave a lot of inspiration to every tatter around the world.
My thoughts are with her family at this sad time.
Here is a link to her blog
May you rest in peace and tat with the angels, and if they can't tat I am sure she will teach them. Margaret

A very sad day in Tat land

Hi,

I was very sorry to hear that Gina the Tatting Goddess ( link to her blog here) has passing away last Monday.

I only discovered her blog last year, and I never meet her but she was part of the world wide tatting community and therefore we are all sad at her passing.

I hope she is tatting with the angels. My thoughts ate with her family and close friends

Margaret

Playing with Mary's Butterfly

Hi
Do you remember Mary's butterfly, pictured here in various colours well I have been playing with the pattern, I thought it would make a nice pendant.
So I stated to play yes I could tat a round without beads then I thought I would try some pearls, but the pearls proved to be very heavy, so I thought I would try a lighter bead..............


Close up with the pearls, I still think it looks lovely but its very heavy in weight.

This is the lighter bead, only its went a bit wobbly, I think I made a loop too big somewhere, the piece looks OK and worked out how I thought it would, yes OK a bit wobbly but I am still not happy with it, so I will be playing with it a bit more, I think the idea works just getting the right beads.

I still think the pearls make a better looking pendant perhaps every other ring with a pearl would take some of the weight off it. What do you think?

The thread I used for both was Lizbeth no 20 in white and Grape Pizzaz.

Any ideas will be gratefully received.

Just one last thing I found that Janette left a late comment with the guess on the TIAS so I will be making one for her, I have your address Janette but what colour would you like.

Until we meet again I hope you are keeping well, warm and staying safe in this cold weather.

Hugs

Margaret

TIAS Day 12 It's Finished

Hi,

I hope you are warm, its a very cold day we woke up to snow, yes we are white again but not as much as last time, its slowing melting so hopefully it will go by the end of the day.

Today is the end of the TIAS (tat it as seen) so now I can reveal what it is, oh boy I have had a laugh over the last few days, I really thought you would all get it and I would be making this animal for so many of you but I am sorry to say only one person got it. I am happy to say Sue won so will Sue please e-mail me with her address and what her favorite colour is.

I wanted to find a picture of a mountain but this is all I could find, I really wanted to say High on hill, a lonely Goat herd, So have you got it................. Its a Goat.

Here's a picture of him on his own, I have to say that my Sister in law Sheila got it a few days ago so she will be getting one.

I hope you are keeping warm and safe in this cold weather and look forward to seeing you again soon in blogland.

Take Care

Hugs

Margaret

The CD Sunday Challenge - A La Mode

Hi,
Today I bring you my card for the Sunday CD Challenge link here this week its A La Mode, I was not sure about what to do with this challenge. I used a blank white scalloped card and in the end I used Robert Addams Roses CD, for the backing paper and the pink rose ( I think its the wrong shade of pink) I only used part of the rose decoupage so I can make another card with the remaining pieces. I used the shoe from a pack of cards in the shape of shoe, I cut one in half and used just one side. The feathers I had in my craft box, the pale pink ribbon I placed under the ribbon roses top and bottom of the shoe, place a doily under the shoe for the lace effect and then used the heart ribbon and cut into pieces putting a heart on the roses and at the top where I put Mother for the wording, I thought it would make a nice mothers day card. This heart ribbon I found in a craft shop its brilliant you don't need to use a lot and its cuts into little hearts so my few meters is going a long way. I finished off the shoe and the card with gold peel offs.
Its not my usual card but its nice to try something different for a change.

Until we meet again take care and keep warm.
Hugs
Margaret

TIAS day 11

Hi,
Another freezing cold day here, the temperature has not gone above freezing all day.

Day 11 of the TIAS (tat it as seen) only one more day to go, I am sure you must know now what it is. So far I have had guesses of a Dog, Kangaroo, rabbit, turtle and a bird, I am sorry but your wrong. Would you like another guess, I promise to make one for anyone who gets it right.

Until we meet again in blog land take care, keep warm and stay safe.

Hugs

Margaret