Chrits Mass

I'd forgotten to show this page for last week's WOYWW despite having made it before then. It had even been hanging on my picture frame since and I STILL didn't notice the spelling boo boo.

I posted the page on my craft group and one member kindly asked me if the spelling was done on purpose!!!

Errrr NO!

Spent a fare while rectifying the mistake.
I had to prise the two letters off which wasn't easy as I had stuck them on with wet glue!

It took loads of gentle scraping with my fingernails and I was glad the backing paper was slightly speckled with whiter anyways.

Then I had to find the same paper to cut two new letters out of which ended up being a search of my recycling box!

It was an accident waiting to happen as is the case when dealing with individual letters.

Never mind, glad it was spotted! Thanks Karen!

As for the photos - the Tiffany lamp was from my Mother for Christmas, we'd always wanted one, love it. The lit up house was spotted by a badminton friend and we were stunned when we found it.

Magical!

WOYWW #357 - Nada!

Yep absolutely NOTHING!

I don't think you can count the pile of A4 paper collected after my son covered my room in it for April Fool's Day.





Nor my new glasses ordered last Wednesday on-line and arrived the following day. They are a duplicate pair but I was still blown away with the service from the supplier.

Well I was tasked to join in WOYWW for a 3rd week in a row and I have. Best go do some crafting so I have something to show next week!

Lovely Day - Happy April Fool's Day

I felt a bit mischievous this morning so hid the remotes, taped pictures over mouse sensors, turned the calendar upsidedown, switched the kettle off by the plug all before going out!

I'd arranged to give the border of the preschool garden the once-over so I can sew seeds and plant bedding plants with the children when we go back after the holidays.

Here are the before and after photos:-

I got back to THIS!

Did I laugh!

















Would have made for an interesting WOYWW desk! Yep Lovely Day.

WOYWW #356 - Bird Die

Gosh second week in a row.

I spurred on another lapsed desker last week, who in turn has spurred me on this week.

Thanks Cindy.

From last week's freebie peacock die I made some more peacock cards.



I made some Anniversary cards too, I used toppers I had bought yonks ago.

They are all ready to post.



Also made a few Easter cards for next year so I can breath a sigh of relief like I did this year when I found some already made in my card box!

Then I got out my new number dies and made a couple of little girl's cards as well.




All set up for the next few months in the card department now.

To join in the WOYWW desk hopping go to Julia's Page.

WOYWW #355 - The Return!

Desk in a mess - unusual

Bought mag due to freebie - usual

Followed instructions on the tin

"Make This Card Tonight"

So I did!

Thought I'd join in again on WOYWW

Number Dies

So what to get with my birthday money. Well I splashed out and got some big Number Dies. Each digit is 4" high and they range from 1 1/4" to 4" wide.

I had enough room on my Sizzix Bigz shelf so it would have been rude not to get them!














I made my SWAP group card this month using them. We've been doing SWAPs for 10 years this month so a bit of a celebration for me.

Also I guess a lot of Birthdays to come will feature them heavily. Not to mention my birthday scrap page - got the photos printed and am working my way there via Christmas.

Got some ideas for preschool too.... I made some number cards for the children to clip pegs on.







And whilst I was at it I cut some eggs and flowers out for another Easter craft.

Autumn Layouts

We applied for our son's provisional driving licence back in September and had to take quite a few shots of him to get the right one. Scrapped a few of the others too.

Then hubby went off on yet another business trip, this time to Toulouse in France.

Hubby and I did some geocaching down in Reigate which showed us around the little town, its Castle Park and Caves. We need to go back in late Spring or Summer to be able to see into the caves though.


My latest page shows our garden with the Winter snows. First on 21st November last year and nothing until 17th January this year. Neither time did it last for very long.

In between some Parakeets came to visit too! I blogged them on my old blog HERE.

Cycling Squash Monster Roof

Interesting title! Just my next scrapbook pages.

First my husband doing the Palace to Palace cycling challenge. Buckingham Palace  to Windsor Castle in aid of The Prince's Trust back in September last year.

I used an alphabet which was gifted to me for my birthday along with a squash book.


Secondly my son's monster slippers.

They had somewhat given up the ghost with lots of holes in the soles.

So we photoed them before they found their way to the bin!







Finally my husband repairing the roof of his workshop. It had started to leak so he gave it a thorough overhaul.

After removing all the vegetation which had taken root on it he vacuumed all the bits up, so funny!

Glad to report that despite an incredibly wet Winter it has stayed waterproof, excellent!

Not so shiny now though.

Where Did February Go?

Been knocked sideways by illness this month so far. Came down with Flu on 1st which ended up as Bronchitis which is slowly dissipating but is not all gone yet.

I have managed a few scrap book pages.

Here's when my son met his girlfriend for the first time up in Cumbria last Summer.


My Grow Wild seeds flowering, and a few of my hubbies exploits.







Some Fairground shots and my son's first day at 6th Form College last September inspired by some mirror embellishments.













An 80th Birthday card for my Aunt and Valentine for my Hubby.

Oh and a little game for preschoolers. Not that I have been well enough to work for a few weeks, hoping to be back at it all soon though.

Fires at Midnight

I have had my "big" harp for a year now and am learning some tunes from the old "Scottish Music Graded Exams for Harp" book - still grade one though!

I say "old" as the Scottish exam board have changed their syllabus so my harp teacher got lots of the books for a good price. I'm not really intending to take an exam at my age, especially as my son says I don't really need it for my CV now, but it is a good structure to work through all the same.

So my latest favourite tune is "Fires at Midnight". It is recent gentle waltz composition by Wendy Stewart.

I started with a Wendy Stewart tune, "The Streams of Abernethy" back in March 2014. It was my first tune after I started lessons. I made this journal page back then.

Anyway I have tried to record "Fires at Midnight". This is my 9th attempt and I still haven't mastered it but I am working on it.

My previous recording was in April 2015 of a piece called "Charlotte in Spring"