another bag

Another bag this time i put a small lace gathered in a ball with a pearl in middle and a tassle hanging down and braid around top  ,i made the tassle from the braid that i had i pulled it out to match.
bag is made a bit different from the other

monkey cake

Its supposed to be a monkey my granddaughter is monkey mad so i bought a cake tin ages  ago
it is for her 9th birthday this week ,i tried to copy picture but was a bit hard
still better then nothing she will like, it i dont. i think it looks a bit of a mess.

Thank you card for Vee

This is the card that i made for Vee as a thank you for my stamps i received from her for joining in her guessing game, it was fun Vee. I coloured the girl in with promarkers, ,the pink background was a freeby ,i dont now were from it is really velvety to touch cut out the window with the new die i bought with birthday money and put azitate inside it and cut the butterfly's with Marianne Stewart punch,& the  2 flowers with another punch.

Botticelli Bag

This is a Botticelli bag that i just made.I got the pattern off eBay and thought i would try it out. It comes in to sizes this is the smaller size. have lined it in a blue lining and made  a ball of lace gathered up and sew it to top of bag and found an old silver  button in my button tin and put in middle.
do you think i should do a smaller lace as hubby says its to Big
I must start making more cards, haven't had much of a chance to do any,

Dolls bed set & pyjamas

Bed set for Granddaughters dolls pram ,i put lace all around the edge and have chain stitched the flowers with a darker pink and blue embroidery thread

bottom picture 
Pyjamas that i have made for granddaughters doll
has a contrasting lace  on cuffs neck legs and bottom of top

pink dolls set

Another set of dolls clothe for my grandaughter

coat hat dress petticoat and panties

this pic shows the coat  and doll is wearing dress and hat,panties and petticoat

another dolls dress for granddaughters birthday same pattern as before but in a plain pink material put ric-rac around edges pink ribbon on dress and hat made some ribbon flowers on dress and hat
last time the hat was to small!!! this time hat is to big... got think how to sort this as i made the hat bigger than the pattern this time
Hat sorted now ,i measured a piece of elastic round her head and put it in the lining of hat...

Vee Cassidy ,has been awarded The Versatile Blogger award    http://veecassidy.blogspot.com  and has selected me for this lovely award,it was a nice surprise after the disappointment for my birthday.


 Read her post her.     Vee     http://veecassidy.blogspot.com 

Vee  has selected me as one of the people to whom she wants to give this award.. Thank you very much for nominating me,Vee xx

There are a couple of conditions attached to the award:

"If you are nominated, you have been awarded the Versatile Blogger award". First, thank the person who gave you this award.

• Include a link to their blog,
• Select 15 blogs that you have either recently discovered or follow regularly,
• Nominate those 15 bloggers for the Versatile Blogger Award,
• Finally, tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.

My Nominees for The Versatile Blogger Award (In no particular order) Are:

goonergirl-craftingheaven.blogspot.com

http://kelsmakes.blogspot.com/

http://goonerhangus.blogspot.com/

http://allthingsprettycraftee.blogspot.com

http://craft-owl.blogspot.com

http://janesplaice.blogspot.com

http://tsunamirosedesigns.blogspot.com

http://lindasrainbowcraftingcabin.blogspot.com/

http://handmadecardsbyjo.blogspot.com

http://creatingisfun.blogspot.com

http://simplystylishstamping.blogspot.com

http://louscardcreations.blogspot.com

http://mowbraydesigns.blogspot.com
http://lynnslittleinspirations.blogspot.com
http://cmdesign-cmdesign.blogspot.com

I was 66 yesterday am married to Bernie with 2 children 8 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren and another on the way.

I love making cards and sewing knitting and making cakes,I  hate doing meals though,

we grow some carnivorous plants and take them to flower shows and county shows and put up displays,our first one is in the Isle of Wight  ,we go all over the place

i have a little dog called Millie and i love her dearly she was the best birthday present i ever had,and she came to me on the right day!!!

I also have a load of chickens

and hatched some last year (  6 cockerels and 2 hens  they lay blue eggs )

we have a 2 acre field were we grow the plants and keep the chickens  26 including the cockerels 

made some cakes a sponge cake for my birthday today

made a sponge cake put some sugar past icing and some lady birds on
made this cause its my birthday today and hubby gone fishing and am all on my own its a bit plain but couldnt be bothered to do any more 

also made some chocolate cup cakes recipe from baked and delishes book for both cakes

Dolls clothes

dolls dress,hat and panties  i just made ,hat is too small for her head !!!!! dont u think her slippers are sweet....

LIEBSTER BLOG AWARD

LIEBSTER BLOG AWARD

hello  to all my friends from   all the craft  blogs,

Vee Cassidy, has been so kind, as to chose me the Liebster Blog Award.

Vee has left me many encouraging comments on my Blog and she and her wonderful cards have been a inspiration to me. 

Thank you so much Vee.

this is her blog

http://veecassidy.blogspot.com/

The purpose of the award is that each recipient has a small blog (less than 200 followers). Then in turn nominates five other recipients each of whom has a blog with less than 200 followers. Leibster is from the German and means "dearest" and the award is passed to people who have inspired  and motivated me.

The list for my five nominated blogs is as follows, they are all people that inspire and encourage 

others

This is my list and would like to say thank you to all

Patricia Wagner

 http://just4fun2-pat.blogspot.com/

Barbara Daines

http://glitterarti1.blogspot.com 

Kate Martin

http://kraftsbykatemartin.blogspot.com/

Claire Mackay

http://clairebearscards.blogspot.com

Linda Hill

http://lindasrainbowcraftingcabin.blogspot.com/

 
.So in your turn, each of you should do these things:

1. Link back to the person who awarded you and thank them.

2. Post the award to your own blog.

3. Give the award to five bloggers (with less than 200 bloggers) you appreciate and value.

4. Leave a comment on each of the five blogs of the five people you nominate to let them know.

Easter Teddy

Another Easter card teddy from same mag as the bunny card i cut out middle of card again with spellbinders and stamped butterfly's on,Teddy i put some wiggly eyes on,put the middle that i cut out inside card coloured in butterfly's with some whispers pens that i have,card is a cream one
I have entered this card into Spring into spring challenge at http://stlukescharitycardschallenge.blogspot.com/

Girl in yellow

I bought this pic at a flower show  in craft marquee

A little girl sniffing flowers used white card gold card on top and a black square card on to of gold,i love this pic its sweet

flower basket

another Mums day card,bought a lot of these ones from craft creations just before Xmas cut pic out and decoparged it . stuck a black card that i cut out ( i have theses sets that you go around the edge with this little knife that fits on edge to make different shapes ( have round , oval ,square and a triangle shape ) and placed it on a white card, put some butterflys that i punched out  on the black card. . had to use a different camera to take photo as couldn't find camera card to my Cannon one, Found it when i went to put card in slot,there it was in machine were i had left it!!!,i thought it had fell out as the place it goes in camera was open

mums Bunny

Mums day card  Bunny  pic was a freebie  from a craft magazine not to sure which one though

i cut the middle out of a cream card with my spellbinders and went around edges with a whispers pen and stamped card with a flower  stamp all around it again used my whispers pens to colour in,stuck the middle piece inside card  and stamped in the middle with the flower stamp as on outside,teddys ears are hiding it