BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN......

HI ALL,

WELL HOW YOU ALL DOING....WELL THOUGHT I WOULD LET YOU ALL KNOW,  I AM BACK AT COLLEGE, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, ME 56 YEARS YOUNG, HOB NOBBING WITH ALL THE LATE TEENS EARLY TWENTIES CROWD, BETTER LET YOU ALL KNOW WHY I WAS THERE......I AM GOING TO BE DOING..... A LEVEL 3 DIPLOMA COURSE ON HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, I ALREADY HAVE MY NVQ 2, THAT I COMPLETED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, SO I SUPPOSE THIS IS THE NEXT STEP ON THE MANAGEMENT LADDER SO TO SPEAK.... BUT AT THE MOMENT, THE WORKLOAD LOOKS QUITE DAUNTING .....BUT I HAVE TO ATTEND COLLEGE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO DO THE MANDATORY UNITS , AND THEN I GET TO CHOOSE SOME UNITS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. IN TOTAL THERE ARE 58 UNITS, AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WILL TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE, SO I WILL BE STUDYING HARD, BUT I MUST ADMIT I DO NOT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN INFORMATION AS WELL I USED TO.....OH DEAR, ANYWAY I HAD TO HAVE MY PHOTO TAKEN AT THE COLLEGE TODAY FOR MY IDENTITY BADGE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE HAVING TO POSE FOR A PHOTO, SHE TOOK ABOUT THREE, THE FIRST ONE SHE ACTUALLY SAID QUITE LOUDLY I MIGHT SAY, THAT THIS ONES NO GOOD YOU HAVE YOUR MOUTH OPEN AND EYES SHUT.....WELL WHAT DOES SHE EXPECT, WHEN THREE OF MY WORK CHUMS WHO ARE ALSO DOING THE SAME COURSE,  STOOD THERE PULLING FACES....I ASK YOU, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ADULT'S, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT BECAUSE I AM CLASSED AS A STUDENT, I GET STUDENT DISCOUNT IN SOME OF THE HIGH STREET SHOPS, DOROTHY PERKINS, NEW LOOK, PEACOCKS NOT SURE WHAT OTHERS, STILL JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS, HMM I WONDER, YOU SEE MY HUBBY OWNS A MUSIC SHOP, I WONDER IF HE OFFERS STUDENT DISCOUNT.......SO I SUPPOSE I HAD BETTER MAKE GOOD USE OF THE  SPARE TIME I HAVE AT THE MOMENT, AS I WILL NOT HAVE MUCH WHEN I HAVE TO STAR  STUDYING..NEVER MIND NO BODY HELD A GUN TO MY HEAD TO START THE COURSE IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU ARE NEVER TO OLD TO LEARN....

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MATERIALS USED

THIS IS A MOST SIMPLE DESIGN

HAMMERED WHITE BASE CARD 350 GSM WITH MATCHING ENVELOPE 

IMAGE TAKE FROM THE TATTY TEDS CD ROM

SPELLBINDER FRAMES

PALE BLUE GINGHAM PAPER BY KANBAN 

SPOTS HAVE BEEN PUNCHED IN A PALE BLUE AND DARK BLUE LINEN EFFECT CARD STOCK

NATURES WONDERS........

GOOD AFTERNOON ALL

ANOTHER DRY DAY HERE IN CORNWALL AT THE MOMENT....THIS MORNING I WENT OUT INTO OUR GARDEN AND IT WAS A BIT MISTY AND THE DEW WAS DRIPPING FROM THE TREES,EVERYTHING IS LOOKING A LITTLE SAD AND BEDRAGLED AT THE MOMENT, THERE ARE HARDLY ANY LEAVES LEFT ON THE TREES, THEY ARE ALL OVER MY LAWN....AND I STOOD THERE JUST GAZING AROUND, AND THINKING TO MY SELF ISN'T NATURE WONDERFUL, WHEN YOU REALLY STOP TO LOOK, I TOOK A COUPLE OF PICS, ONE OF A MOST WONDERFUL SPIDERS WEBB, WHICH REMINDED ME OF A CRYSTAL CHANDALIER, AND ANOTHER OF A SOLITARY ROSE, I JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE SO BEAUTIFUL I HAD TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU. WELL I WENT CRAFT SHOPPING TODAY WITH MY WONDERFUL AND VERY PATIENT MUM...AS I WAS NOT IN THE BEST OF MOODS TODAY, DUE TO A FALL OUT WITH MY DAUGHTER HAZEL THIS MORNING, BUT HEY HO I HAVE BROAD SHOULDERS AND I AM SURE IT WILL ALL SORT ITSELF OUT....WELL UPON ARRIVAL AT MY MUMS, SHE SAID SHE HAD SOME TEDDIES FOR THE BOYS, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THERE EYES, NOT THE PUPS EYES THE TEDDIES, JUST INCASE THERE ARE ANY ANIMAL ACTIVISTS READING MY BLOG,AS THE EYES COULD GET STUCK IN THE PUPS THROATS....BUT I COULD NOT BRING MYSELF TO PULL THE TEDDY'S EYES OUT, IT'S AS IF THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO FEEL ME DOING IT, AND I AM SURE THEY LOOKED STRAIGHT AT ME WHEN I LOOKED AT THEM, ANYWAY DID ANYONE WATCH TOY STORY.....WELL ME AND MUM DEPARTED TO THE THE RANGE, TO LOOK AT THE CRAFT GOODIES, KNOW I DID SAY LOOK....BUT AS US CRAFTER'S KNOW WE CANNOT JUST LOOK, SO I PURCHASED SOME GREAT STAMPS, AN EMBOSSING FOLDER, SOME BLANK CARDS AND ENVELOPES, AND SOME BROWN TAGS, MUM BROUGHT SOME EMBOSSING POWDERS,BLANK CARDS AND ENVELOPES, KNITTING NEEDLES AND SOME POPCORN.....THAT'S RIGHT POPCORN, WE HAD A GOOD LOOK AROUND BEFORE WE RETURNED HOME, BUT NOTHING ELSE CAUGHT OUR FANCY, SO I DROPPED MY MUM OFF AT HOME AND KNOW I AM TALKING TO YOU.

I AM NOT UPLOADING A CARD TODAY, I AM HOPEFULLY GOING TO MAKE A CARD WITH MY NEW GOODIES, SO WILL SHARE IT WITH YOU TOMORROW.

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TODAY'S PURCHASES

MY CRYSTAL CHANDALIER

A SOLITARY ROSE

SUNDAY STROLL.......

GOOD AFTERNOON ALL,

IT'S ANOTHER DRY DAY HERE IN CORNWALL......

UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN AGAIN THIS MORNING, WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.... I AM NOT AT WORK THIS WEEKEND, SO YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LIE IN.....NO NOT ME I WAKE UP THE SAME TIME EVERY MORNING 4.56, AND THAT'S IT, I LIE THERE THINKING I WILL DOZE OFF IN A MINUTE, NOT A CHANCE, I AM STILL LYING THERE AT 05.30 SO I THOUGHT I MIGHT AS WELL GET UP AND GO TO THE STABLES, WHICH IS WHAT I DID, ALONG WITH THE RABBLE. ONCE FINISHED AT THE YARD I TOOK THE BOYS AND QUEEN SMARTY PANTS OVER TO OUR FIELDS, FOR A RUN ABOUT BEFORE RETURNING HOME. HOUSE WAS NICE AND QUITE, HUBBY STILL IN BED....NICE TIME FOR A BIT OF ME TIME, QUITE CUP OF COFFEE,BOYS WERE SLEEPING AND QUEEN SMARTY PANTS WAS SAT ON HER THRONE ( IT'S A CHAIR I HAVE IN MY CRAFT ROOM, NOT A REAL THRONE...)SO I CHECKED MY E-MAILS AND MY BLOGG, AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME SAPPHIRES MUM AS ONE OF MY FOLLOWERS,THANK YOU.I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THAT I BELONG TO AN ON LINE CRAFT GROUP CALLED CRAFT BUBBLE, AND OUR OCTOBER CHALLENGE THIS MONTH IS TRAVEL, SO I PUT MY THINKING CAP ON AND DESIGNED A CARD FOR THE CHALLENGE. THEN I HEARD THE DOLCET TONES OF HUBBY, COMING DOWN THE STAIRS,PEACE AND QUITE SHATTERED, ONCE WE HAD BREAKFAST WE DECIDED, THAT OUR SUNDAY STROLL WOULD BE HAYLE BEACH TODAY, SO WE PACKED UP A FEW ESSENTIALS, AND TRUNDLED OF TO THE BEACH. ONCE AT HAYLE WE UNLOADED THE TRUCK, WITH THE DOGS AND HEADED OF TO THE BEACH, IT WAS RELATIVELY QUITE, WHICH WAS NICE SO THE RABBLE STARTED CHASING EACH OTHER, SMARTY PANTS WAS TRYING TO CATCH THE SEAGULLS AND THE BOYS FOUND A CRAB....WHICH WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE NOT ONLY FOR THE CRAB, BUT ALSO FOR THE PUPS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT STARTED TO CRAWL OF DOWN THE BEACH..THEY ALSO ENCOUNTRED THERE FIRST PIECE OF SEAWEED, WHICH DID NOT GO DOWN TO WELL, I THINK IT WAS THE TEXTURE THEY WERE NOT KEEN ON, MYSELF AND HUBBY WENT IN THE SEA ONLY FOR A PADDLE BUT I DID HAVE MY WELLIES ON, BRIAN HAD HIS SANDALS ON , AND HE DID PASS REMARK THAT THE SEA WAS A BIT CHILLY, SO GLAD I HAD WELLIES ON,IT'S JUST NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT IN TO THE FRESH AIR,AS MYSELF AND HUBBY BOTH WORK INSIDE, SO IT FLUSHES AWAY THE COBWEBS,I ALSO COLLECTED SOME PRETTY SHELLS, WHICH I HOPE TO USE IN A FUTURE PROJECT I HAVE GOING AROUND IN MY HEAD AT THE MOMENT.SO WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SPEND A SUNDAY,AND TOMORROW I AM TAKING MY MUM CRAFT SHOPPING YIPEE....
BELOW IS A PICTURE OF THE OCTOBER CHALLENGE DESIGN I WAS TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT, AND ALSO SOME PICS OF TODAY'S OUTING.

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MATERIALS USED

OCTOBER CHALLENGE

BASE CARD WHITE 350 GSM WITH MATCHING ENVELOPE,
BASE CARD HAS BEEN COVERED WITH ONE OF THE MATCHING PAPERS
ALL PAPERS USED ARE FROM KANBAN
IMAGE IS FROM PANTHEOAN ARTS AND GRAPHICS
SPELLBINDER FRAME DIE CUTS
SPELLBINDER FLOWER DIE CUTS
SILVER BORDER PEEL OFF BY ANITA'S
LETTERS HAVE BEEN DIE CUT USING THE CUTTLEBUG ALPHABET DIES

COME ON I'LL RACE YOU

BRIAN WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING

ME AND MY PINK WELLIES WITH THE RABBLE

LOOK DESERTED

WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR.......

QUEEN SMARTY PANTS TRYING NOT TO GET HER FEET WET

MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING I SAID....

IS THAT BASIL FAWLTY IN THE BACKGROUND.......

WONDERFUL CORNWALL AND I AM LUCKY TO HAVE THIS ON MY DOORSTEP

SUPER SATURDAY.....

GOOD AFTERNOON ALL,

WELL WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY HERE IN CORNWALL, LOVELY SUNSHINE BIT NIPPY BUT HEY IT'S DRY.....WELL DAY STARTED OFF GOOD WAS RIDING MY HORSE AT 8.00 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, IT WAS LOVELY JUST ME AND ACE, TOOK THE RABBLE FOR A RUN AROUND THE FIELDS, AND THEN WENT AND HAD A COFFEE WITH MARY AND LIZZIE, WAS BACK INDOORS BY 10.30, WASHING MACHINE HAS BEEN GOING FOR MOST OF THE DAY, GREAT TO BE ABLE TO PUT WASHING OUT, SAVES ON THE OLD TUMBLING....THEN GOT SHOWERED AND DRESSED, AND WENT INTO CAMBORNE TO MEET MY FRIEND SHERRY FOR A COFFEE, ARRIVED EARLY SO DECIDED TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND CAMBORNE, BIT OF A MISTAKE AS I WAS DRAWN TO THE CHARITY SHOPS, OH DEAR.....ESPECIALLY AFTER YESTERDAY, WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING A CLEAR OUT, NEVER MIND WHAT'S ONE MORE TOP THEN WENT INTO SUPERDRUG, AND THE LADY AT THE DOOR WAS GIVING OUT LEAFLETS AND SELLING UMBRELLA'S, AND GUESS HOW MUCH I PAID FOR A PRETTY MINT GREEN ONE WITH PURPLE AND GREEN SPOTS ON, NEW IN SLEEVE UMBRELLA, 10P YES YOU ARE READING RIGHT 10P, WHAT A BARGAIN....ALL THE CHRISTMAS THINGS ARE APPEARING ON THE SHOP SHELVES EVEN IN THE CHARITY SHOPS, BROUGHT SOME PRETTY MATERIAL HANGING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OUT OF THE AIR AMBULANCE SHOP, 25P EACH,REALLY CUTE,NOT SURE WHAT TO DO WITH THEM YET BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO DECIDE... SO I HAVE BAGGED MYSELF SOME BARGAINS TODAY...THEN I MET SHERRY FOR A COFFEE...WE WERE CHATTING AWAY HAPPILY, AND SHERRY ASKED IF I WANTED A DRINK, SO I THOUGHT HELL YES, I'M NOT WORKING IT'S MY WEEKEND OFF SO BLOW IT, AND I HAD A SMIRNOFF ICE, ONCE FINISHED I RETURNED THE FAVOUR AND BROUGHT US ANOTHER ONE... BEARING IN MIND IT WAS APPROX 2.30 IN THE AFTERNOON AND I HARDLY EVER DRINK,THEN IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE, I STOOD UP AND THOUGHT B....HELL I FEEL LIGHTHEADED,I'M NOT USED TO THIS DRINKING LARK...JUST AS WELL I ONLY LIVE DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THE EFFECT DID NOT LAST LONG I AM HAPPY TO SAY, SO RETURNED HOME AND HAD A STRONG COFFEE AND MY PUPS HAD NOT DEMOLISHED ANYTHING WHILE I WAS OUT WOW...SO KNOW I AM TALKING TO YOU...SO THIS HAS BEEN A SUPER SATURDAY, AND IT IS NOT OVER YET....

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MATERIALS USED

BASE CARD WHITE 350 GSM WITH MATCHING ENVELOPE

SPELLBINDER DIE CUT FRAME, IN A WHITE SATIN CARD STOCK 250GSM

SPELLBINDER DIE CUT FLOWERS, IN A WHITE SATIN CARD STOCK 250 GSM

CUTTLEBUG DIE CUT SCROLL, IN A WHITE SATIN CARD STOCK 250GSM

SILVER BRADS

IMAGE FROM A CD ROM BY PANTHEON ARTS AND GRAPHICS. SILVER BORDER PEEL OFF BY ANITA'S

MY CHRISTMAS BARGAINS

25 PENCE EACH WOW

MY 10 PENCE BROLLY

GOOD INTENTIONS.......

AFTERNOON ALL.....

WELL IT'S ANOTHER SOGGY DAY HERE IN CORNWALL,AND IT'S A BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE.....TIME TO LIGHT THE FIRES, AND DRINK MUG'S OF HOT CHOCOLATE HMM....WELL THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT THE STABLES TODAY, WAS THE CHRISTMAS PARTY....WE HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARTY EVERY YEAR,LAST YEAR WE HAD A TURKEY AND TINSEL ONE IN JANUARY, THAT WE ALL THOUGHT WAS GREAT, AS THE STRESS OF CHRISTMAS HAD GONE AND YOU COULD RELAX AND ENJOY YOURSELF, SO WE DECIDED WE WOULD DO THE SAME THIS YEAR, VENUE THE GREEN LAWNES HOTEL, WHICH IS LOVELY SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, ALSO A GROUP OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHRISTMAS LUNCH, SOUNDS QUITE POSH....AT TREBAH GARDEN'S WHICH IS NATIONAL TRUST AND QUITE STUNNING...AND ALSO SOME OF MY WORK COLLEAGUES ARE TRYING TO ARRANGE A CHRISTMAS DINNER AS WELL, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT AT WEATHERSPOONS IN CAMBORNE, SO IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE A BUSY TIME AHEAD...KNOW I DON'T NOW ABOUT YOU....BUT I LOVE A BARGAIN...WELL WHO DOES'NT, AND I LOVE CHARITY SHOPS, AND CAR BOOT'S, SO OVER THE MONTHS I HAVE COLLECTED QUITE A COLLECTION OF  THINGS, SO TODAY WHEN I RETURNED FROM THE STABLES I DECIDED TO HAVE A CLEAR OUT....WELL STARTED OFF OKAY, GOT A BIG PILE OF STUFF ON TO THE BED, THINGS STILL HAD TAGS ON...CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, AND STARTED TO SORT THROUGH IT ALL, DECIDED WHAT I DID'NT WANT ANYMORE I WOULD PLACE ON THE LEFT AND THE STUFF I WANTED TO KEEP WOULD GO ON THE RIGHT....SO AN HOUR LATER I STOOD BACK TO LOOK AT THE PILES.....AND YES WAIT FOR IT THE PILE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WAS THE BIGGEST, THE ONLY STUFF ON THE LEFT WAS THE BAGS THAT IT CAME IN....SO IT ALL GOT PUT BACK IN TO THE CUPBOARDS, BUT HEY LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, I DID FIND A COUPLE OF NICE THINGS TO WEAR FOR MY UP AND COMING SOCIAL EVENTS...SO MY GOOD INTENTIONS WERE NOT A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME...

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MATERIALS USED.

WHITE BASE CARD 350GSM, HAS BEEN PRINTED ON WITH ONE OF THE BACKING DESIGNS FROM JOANNA SHEEN'S VICTORIAN GARDEN CD ROMS,

BURGUNDY CARD STOCK 250GSM,

SPELLBINDER HEART DIE CUT

BIG SHOT CHARMS DIE

BUTTERFLY PUNCH

SILVER CORNER PEEL OFFS BY ANITA

BURGUNDY ORGANZA RIBBON

VINTAGE LADY IMAGE FROM PANTHEOAN ARTS AND GRAPHICS.

I LOVE THIS STYLE OF CARD THE VINTAGE LOOK IS TIMELESS, AND CAN BE ADAPTED TO MOST OCCASIONS.

ROSE

TREBAH GARDENS ONE OF THE WALKS

TREBAH GARDENS

TREBAH GARDENS WITH THE HOUSE IN THE DISTANCE

GREEN LAWNS HOTEL FALMOUTH 

DINING AREA AT THE GREEN LAWNS HOTEL

A SAMPLE OF THE FOOD

OUT OF TUNE CHRISTMAS SONGS.......

GOOD AFTERNOON ALL,

HOPE YOU ARE ALL WELL.......HAVE  ANY OF YOU STARTED YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING YET.....

IT WON'T BE LONG NOW, ONCE THOSE CLOCKS GO BACK AT THE END OF THE MONTH...WE WILL HAVE THE DARKER EVENINGS OH DEAR.....WELL LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE WE LOOSE AN HOUR......I REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHY THEY JUST DON'T LEAVE THE CLOCKS AS THEY ARE....I AM NOT EVEN SURE WHY THEY DO IT ANYWAY....I WAS TOLD IT WAS TO DO WITH THE FARMERS ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO KNOW'S WHY PERHAPS YOU COULD ENLIGHTEN ME....ANYWAY ENOUGH WAFFLING, I HAD A GREAT DAY AT WORK YESTERDAY, THE CRAFTING GOODIES THAT WE PURCHASED AT THE WEEKEND WERE WELL AND TRULY USED YESTERDAY.....A COUPLE OF THE RESIDENTS, MYSELF AND SARA, WENT UP TO OUR CRAFT DEPT THAT WE HAVE WERE WE WORK, AND HAD GREAT FUN WITH THE  AIR DRYING CLAY AND THE CUTTERS THAT WE GOT, WE CUT OUT CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS, REINDEER, SNOWMEN, STARS, ANGELS THE LIST IS ENDLESS, AND WE WERE ALL GETTING IN TO THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT TO THE POINT THAT WE ALL STARTED TO SING CHRISTMAS SONGS....IT WAS GREAT, AND TO JUST SEE HOW MUCH THE GUYS ENJOYED THEMSELVES REALLY PULLED ON MY HEART STRINGS, THESE GUY'S WERE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME ONCE...LIVING A NORMAL LIFE GOING TO WORK, LIVING AT HOME WITH THERE FAMILY, AND DOING NORMAL DAY TO DAY THINGS, AND THEN THROUGH NO FAULT OF THERE OWN THEY ARE TAKEN AWAY FROM THOSE THINGS AND PLACED INTO A CARE HOME, SOME HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS AND THEN SNATCHED AWAY FROM THERE WIVES, HUSBANDS, CHILDREN, AND PLACED WITH COMPLETE STRANGERS IN A PLACE THEY DO NOT KNOW,AND WONDERING WHAT THEY HAVE DONE WRONG, IT IS SO CRUEL, I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME WELL THEY DON'T KNOW ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO MEMORY, BUT DOES THAT REALLY MAKE IT RIGHT, TO SEE HOW UPSET SOME OF THEM GET IS SO SAD, AND THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT, ONLY REASSURE THEM, BUT IS THAT ENOUGH.....SO YESTERDAY JUST BY MAKING A FEW CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND SINGING A FEW OUT OF TUNE CHRISTMAS SONGS, MADE A COUPLE OF MY CHAPS HAPPY THEN I THINK, I MIGHT JUST HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE, SO THE NEXT TIME SOMETHING TRIVIAL UPSETS YOU, OR YOU HAVE A SLIGHT HEADACHE, REMEMBER THAT YOUR SLIGHT HEADACHE WILL GO AWAY, OR THE TRIVIAL THING THAT UPSET YOU, REALLY IS NOTHING IN COMPARISON,

 I KNOW I AM GOING TO TRY......

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MATERIALS USED, 

 BASE CARD IS WHITE SIZE C5 350 GSM WITH MATCHING ENVELOPE,

PAPERS ARE FROM KANBAN

IMAGE IS FROM A CD ROM BY PANTHEON ARTS AND GRAPHICS.

PINK AND CREAM SKELETON LEAVES  ARE BY ANITA

FLOWER AND DRAGONFLY HAVE BEEN DIE CUT BY THE BIG SHOT DIE CUTTING MACHINE, IN A PINK SATIN FINISH CARD STOCK.

THE LARGE PINK GLITTERED BORDER DOWN THE EDGE OF THE CARD, HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY USING DOUBLE SIDED TAPE AND THEN COVERING WITH GLITTER. I PERSONALLY LOVE THIS EFFECT, AS YOU CAN MATCH THE GLITTER TO THE COLOUR THEME OF YOUR DESIGN.

TO FINISH OF I HAVE PLACED A PINK FLOWER GEM IN THE CENTRE OF THE FLOWER, AND SOME PINK ORGANZA RIBBON AT THE THE EDGE OF THE LAYERED IMAGE.

ME OR THE CHEESE CRACKER.......

HI ALL.

WELL I'M BACK AT THE COMPUTER, AFTER WORKING THE LAST THREE DAY'S, AND MY DOES'NT TIME FLY WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN.....I TOOK THE PUPS IN TO WORK AS PER USUAL ON SATURDAY, AND WE ALL WENT TO THE PARK, QUEEN SMARTY PANTS WAS SITTING ON ONE OF THE RESIDENTS LAPS, IN HIS WHEELCHAIR REFUSING TO GET OFF, SO WAS WHEELD THERE AND BACK, SHE IS SO SPOILT, ON SUNDAY I  TOOK SOME OF THE GUY'S TO TRAGO MILLS IN FALMOUTH, TO PURCHASE SOME CRAFTING GOODIES, BUT NOT FOR ME ALAS....ALTHOUGH I DO GET TO PLAY WITH IT, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR THE MALE WING, WHERE I WORK, AND I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE ART AND CRAFT DEPT WE HAVE, SO I WAS GIVEN A PURSE OF MONEY AND TOLD TO GO AND SPEND IT ON WHAT I WANT....WE PURCHASED SOME AIR DRYING CLAY, AND SOME REALLY CUTE CUTTERS IN THE SHAPES OF SNOWMEN,REINDEER,STOCKINGS,STARS LOADS OF CHRISTMAS SHAPES, WHICH OF COURSE WE WILL ADD GLITTER AND BLING TOO ONCE FINISHED, HOW COOL IS THAT.....AND TODAY I SPENT SOME TIME WITH MY WONDERFUL MUM, WE WENT TO PORTREATH BEACH TO GIVE THE RABBLE A RUN, AS IT'S THE 1ST OF OCTOBER SO WE CAN TAKE THE DOGS ON THE BEACH, WHICH IS GREAT AS IT IT JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM WERE I LIVE, KNOW I WILL BE UPLOADING SOME OF THE PICS I TOOK TODAY, AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE NONE OF QUEEN SMARTY PANTS.....I DID MANAGE TO GET HER ON TO THE BEACH THE FIRST TIME....BUT SHE DECIDED TO ONLY WALK A SHORT DISTANCE, BEFORE SHE DEMANDED TO BE CARRIED, WHICH IS QUITE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE TWO BOUNCING PUPS JUMPING UP AT YOU, DEMANDING TO BE CARRIED AS WELL.....SO WE RETURNED TO THE TRUCK, WHERE MY MUM WAS SITTING, SO ME AND MUM HAD A COFFEE AND THE RABBLE A BONIO EACH,WE SAT CHATTING ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS ALSO ABOUT CRAFTING...AND THE PUPS SAT WAITING FOR THE SECOND OUTING, SO WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE PUPS TO HAVE ANOTHER RUN ON THE BEACH, I DECIDED TO LEAVE QUEEN SMARTY PANTS WITH MUM, BUT I AM ALMOST POSITIVE SHE WOULD NOT HAVE COME ANYWAY, AS MUM WAS FEEDING HER A CHEESE CRACKER,AND I MAY AS WELL OF NOT BEEN THERE.....SO GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN WALK AND BISCUIT, WELL WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE.....  

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                                        TIME FLIES

                                 MATERIALS USED

C5 SIZE

WHITE HAMMERED FINISHED BASE CARD WITH MATCHING ENVELOPE,

PINK HARLEQUIN PAPER BY KANBAN

PINK GINGHAM PAPER BY KANBAN

ANITA'S GOLD PEEL OFFS,

TAGS HAVE BEEN CUT OUT OF A PIECE OF  PRINTED CARD, THAT WAS TAKEN FROM ONE OF MARIE JOHNSON'S CD ROM'S CALLED TIME FLIES.

GOLD BRADS AND PINK ORGANZA RIBBON HAVE BEEN PLACED AT THE TOPS OF THE TAGS...

THIS DESIGN IS IDEAL FOR MOST OCCASIONS.

BELOW ARE THE PICTURES TAKEN TODAY AT PORTREATH BEACH

PORTREATH BEACH

MOSS ROCK

CHUMLEIGH WITH BALL

MY MUM

CHUMMERS AND TOBY