WOYWW 184

How the mighty fall! LOL Last week I was up with the lark and made numero uno at What’s on your Workdesk Wednesday – this week we overslept and even missed breakfast. We are staying in a hotel in Somerset for my birthday (yesterday). I haven’t unpacked my crafting bags yet, so here is my workdesk!

Please pop over to Julia’s blog and hop around a few workdesks – it’s addictive!

See you at my proper workdesk next week.

Sue x

ETA Love today’s date : 12.12.12

Make it Monday #119

Now all my Christmas cards are done, it’s been a real treat the last few days to get back to my first love in papercrafting, making  a scrapbook page. This scrumptious photo of Leo, my great-nephew, has been crying out to be scrapped. How cute is he? I’ve used the Littlegreen December kit for the page, which is quite simple and unembellished for me – is this a new trend in my scrapbooking style, I wonder?

I’d like to enter this into the MiM linky party. Pop over there to see some lovely projects. My favourite this week of the DT examples is this one by Rene.

Sue x

WOYWW 183

Here I am, three weeks before Christmas and still making cards!

We have an idea at CCW to make 5 cards on the 25th of each month through 2013 so that, when November hits us in the face, as it generally does, we’ll have 50 cards, all done and dusted. Hmmm will I keep it up? Well, I fully intend to … at the moment.

Anyway it’s Wednesday and you are probably here snooping at my desk, so here it is …



… centre stage is the card I have just finished for baby Beth and on the work mat is a pile of penguins waiting to be put on the last of my cards … then I’m done … yay!
To visit some more workdesks, hop over to What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday and click on a few of the linkies.

Sue x

2TC35 Winter White Snowflakes

The challenge today at Twisted Tuesdays is to make a card that is mostly white and the twist is to include  snowflake or three. I’d like to enter this simple little card. I’ve been making them today for the ladies at our crop. I hope they aren’t peeping at my blog!

Sue x  ETA My favourite of the 2Ts design team examples is this lovely vintage-style card by Carol   

 

Make it Monday #118

I’m on the last leg of my card making now … some for the children. I’m using the Stampin’ Up owl punch to make penguins. I have glue all over my fingers but they are very cute and worth the fiddling. Hope you agree.

I am linking these to Make it Monday. Hop there to see lots of lovely projects. My favourite of the MiM design team projects this week is this card by Lisa M.

Sue x

And the winners are …

Thank you everyone who left comments on my Christmas Countdown projects.

The winner of my Dorset Buttons tree dec kit is …

comment number 4, Jennie Hart.

And the winner of my Reindeer Noses kit is …

comment number 3, Lindsay Coleman.

Sue x

Sophia’s Fairy Wishes

When Marilyn and I were little girls we absolutely believed in fairies. There was an old oak tree in Windsor Great Park where our dad told us they lived and we visited it with gifts of feathers, flowers and anything else we thought a fairy would like.  I loved Brussels sprouts because my dad said they were fairies’ cabbages. There was so much excitement in our house if a fairy ring of mushrooms appeared on the lawn over night.

I saw the idea for a jar of ‘wishes’ from Jennifer’s Jumbles blog and adapted it a bit. I painted Stickles icicles on an Ikea jar and was surprised to find they dried perfectly. The Mistletoe fairy is made by Joy of Joyous Cards, one of my favourite Ebay sellers. The jar is full of ideas for an activity for Sophia to do each day until Christmas. I have made them in two colours – one for school day activities and the other for activities more suited to weekends or holidays. I hope she likes it.
Sue x

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Advent Calendars

There are Advent calendars …

and there are works of art …  

This was made for me by a very dear friend and I will treasure it, always.

Happy December.

Sue x