Rubber Stamping - North Wales

It's a rather big almost too - as you will see from the photo that I am going to pop in here.  Bob decided he could get into the room, move a few things & at least get me a desk to work at.  So yesterday we organised the position of the desk & this morning I found a few essentials to put on & near it.  I decided I needed a photo of my first sit down in my new craft room so Bob obliged & took one for me. Here it is; Yes! that really is me down the end there. I think I have already shown you the state of the craft room in a previous post so the only improvement from that is that Bob moved some of things down by the window so as to get my desk turned round for me to use.  I also have a bookcase down there to put some of my things on as I find them. I spent a lot of yesterday & today emptying the boxes that are in the dining room & washing all the crockery & cutlery & putting them away in their appropriate places. It feels a little more

Hello again & this time I am here with the second set of photos from Mold II;s evening on Tuesday.  This time the photos of their project for the evening - which was making their own Washi tape. I must remember to refer to it as tissue tape - as it can only be referred to us Washi tape if you have used the Japanese Washi paper. Here are the photos - Some nice colourful tapes & both thin & wide tape used. Another good selection of tape & those monochrome butterflies are great. I love that top one with a sort of continuous vine effect & the fans are just right for this, aren't they. Someone has been busy here.  It shows that whether you use an individual stamp or a border style stamp - it all works. Someone else who was busy creating lots of pieces. On the top 2 pieces of tape a text stamp has been used,  But the text is not like sections of a book, it is more like in a newspaper ads page, Some more tape using t

Good evening everyone. Ummmm - it looks like Bob & I could be the bringers of the wet weather today.  This morning I picked up some solar lights for the garden & whilst I was at my workshop he popped into Buckley & bought a BBQ. So sorry about that  :) Now for some club photos - the first set is the Show & Tell from Mold II's evening where the theme was an ATC with Roses as the theme, & here they are; Two lovely monochrome ATC's - aren't they pretty? Beautiful flower photos - they look really good with the gold edging. These three ATC's have been created by our painting member - Liz - they are really lovely & are going to some of her pen-friends. Some pretty rose background paper to compliment the lovely sentiment Three roses that have been decoupaged & coated with glossy accents - or similar Some more decoupage roses in a totally different way - really lovely Last month the Show & Tell

............................. here it is The chopped photo is not my bad photography skills - but I didn't want the registration number on show. Not bad aye? I think I mentioned sometime about my new craft room & how long it is likely to take me to sort it ... here is the reason why. ah well - maybe by Christmas Off now to get ready for the Mold II meeting.

Birthday greetings It is 25 June & a Mold member has a birthday Happy Birthday Clare Have a lovely day

Hi, I am back again with the next set of photos, this time for the project of the evening. For that evening I had decided to take the group out of their comfort zone (possibly) & try something really different.  The project was to decorate an Art Doll. Not sure what that is?  Well it can take different forms but the one I chose for them looked like this I found this on the Internet some time ago.  It's a strange shape & comes with an alternative mermaid style tail & a pair of wings as you will see.  I gave the ladies a printed image (outline) which they then decorated & cut out.  I also gave them a sheet of face patterns to help out & she did not have any hair. Here are those made by the group It looks like this one has a party skirt ready to wear. I seem to have forgotten to flip this one upright & I cannot do it in blogger, so we will leave her to rest.  I think the extra pieces are meant to be wings - they are in a rather unusu

At last I hear you cry - photos to look at. This set is of the Show & Tell for the evening, which was an ATC with a theme of roses. A beautiful decoupaged sparkly rose with shiny leaves, & I love the 2 opposite rounded corners - very effective.  It's a lovely stamp too. Another lovely stamp & more decoupage work with sparkles.  Love the tiny leaves that have been decoupaged. These 2 beautiful roses have been stamped on parchment paper then coloured & embossed with a ball stylus on the back to raise the shape.  Absolutely beautiful. A stunning black & white image with the look of Zentangle about it. Don't know what Zentangle is?  Keep an eye on the blog & your club programmes.  A really delicate ATC with some beautiful rolled roses on it.  These rolled roses can be made by cutting a circle of paper then cutting in a spiral from the outside to the inside. Finally you roll it in a similar manner to quilling.  But in th

Hi everyone Just popping in to apologise for not putting Mold photos on here yet.  But I am experiencing a little problem with my netbook which is where I keep all the photos for the blog & generally work from when writing about everything. I had made a decision to return the process to my laptop (which I am using now) - but I need some spare time to do that.  Last night I loaded the Mold photos & went to post the first batch to find my netbook has "lost its link".  Bob is going to look at it for me during the day - so hopefully tonight I can keep my promise of photos to show you. I am off first thing this morning to the optician - time for new glasses I suspect. Back later with a better write up I hope.

..... well I suppose you could say that this is truly our first day in our new home.  We were very fortunate in that the man buying our house was happy for us to take our time moving out.  So although the really big main part of our move was over Monday & Tuesday this week we did have some things to go back for this weekend.  I won't go into details here about what that was, but there was still almost a days work to be done, & with the help of Gareth our son, everything was cleared away. So that is why I say that today is probably our first proper day in our new home, because we now do not have a link to our old home.  A home that has served us for 21 years.  It was sad letting it go - but it was exciting moving on & already this feels like home. There is lots to be done as I am sure most of you will appreciate & especially if you have done it before.  I have some photos to show you later - mainly of the room that is to become my craft room Talking of photos -

Good evening everyone....... & a very late evening it is.  Tonight it has been the June meeting of the Mold group & we had a great evening.  I had fortunately chosen a project that didn't need much input from me & seeing as I wasn't even sure what day of the week it was - it was a very good choice   :) Since getting back home from the meeting Bob & I have been sitting & discussing what is going where with one or two rooms for how we work tomorrow.  It is very fortunate that we do have similar ideas - although tonight before I went to the Mold meeting we did have one thing that for the first time ever we didn't necessarily agree on.  But I think I am going to be OK with it - well a moderation of it.  Te he. I have taken some photos of "my craft room" - which I will put up here over the next couple of days. You will be amazed.  Why?  Well just wait & see. The priority for photos on the blog does come down to those taken at tonight's

Hi everyone - quick pop in before the phone line is closed. We are sat here having breakfast in an almost empty house.  It is really strange.  I just can't believe how many boxes our little home has been packed into & I don't think they have packed the craft room yet - that is one of today's jobs.  Most of it is in boxes which need putting into bigger boxes. I am the "old" house watcher today - I will be here whilst the last things are packed.  Bob will be chasing the keys to the new house then staying there as things are moved.  I don't expect to be at my new home until late afternoon / early evening after Bob comes back here to check everything is locked up & visits the purchaser who lives just up the road from us now. Not sure when we will have the Internet as I think I have said before.  So photos from Thursday's Mold meeting may not appear for a couple of days. Tha'ts me for now - take care everyone - will write again as soon as I

Hi everyone I hope you have all had a great weekend. It has been a busy one for us trying to prepare the house for the removal people tomorrow. My little craft room is all packed in boxes - I just hope I know where everything is when I am ready to unpack.  I have been very good & made sure that the Mold & Mold II boxes are ready for their club nights.  Mold is this Thursday & Mold II is a week Tuesday.  Also I am attending a workshop myself on Saturday so have had to put the things ready for that, also the things for the crochet workshop I am running on Wednesday.  It's going to be a busy week. Tomorrow I shall watch my little home being put into boxes as cupboards are emptied & ornaments, crockery etc put safely away.  Then on Tuesday the big task of the furniture & actually moving.  I would think by the time we get to the new house the only thing we will want is a cup of tea, something to eat & a good nights sleep. Then it all starts again in the oth

Hello everyone Time for a catch up blog. Well, today we learnt that monies have been transferred & that completion should be Tuesday - which is what we hoped seeing as the removal company are packing on Monday & moving us on Tuesday.  I have to admit I have been worried as to whether the date would be met & had visions of us sleeping overnight in the removal van.  I have been waking up at night thinking will it work? Am I prepared?  Hopefully tonight a good sleep Last night I visited Carmel WI & talked about rubber stamping.  My neighbour came with me - as my glamorous assistant.  She used to come out with me years ago when I did these talks regularly we used to have great fun.  I, or I should say we, were very graciously received & there seemed to be a lot of interest & quite a few ladies who already stamped & had even visited Port Sunlight.  They are thinking of asking me back to run a workshop some time in the future. Now ladies, did I take my came

Birthday greetings Today is 12 June & a Mold II member has a birthday Happy birthday Sue Have a lovely day

Today is 9 June and a CSNW member has a birthday Happy Birthday Joyce Have a lovely day

Good evening everyone Gosh it has been 2 days since I last wrote anything - sorry.  But it will get a bit fragmented for a while.  We have heard that signing on the properties should take place around Wednesday this week with exchange on Tuesday 18th. We had a good clear out today of kitchen cupboards - so many things that hadn't seen daylight in years.  Dishes that were too big to cook in for just the 2 of us etc. But after that I sat for a while & sorted your club programme to the end of the year.  They are not all set in stone - but at least I have a plan to follow & if other things crop up or someone offers to take a session they can be adjusted.  So I feel happier about that. Tomorrow some other cupboards to be stripped of their contents - we are almost there - well downstairs anyway.  Some furniture & items that we don't need are being picked up this Wednesday to go to a charity - so that will be another step covered. I don't have any workshops n

Back again - this time for the second project of the evening, in which I shared an idea that the Mold club had been shown by Joanna. Again the ladies were not necessarily prepared with the right items for this - but once again they came up trumps. The idea was to randomly stamp 1 or 2 images across a piece of card leaving spaces.  When the image are stamped vertical & horizontal lines are drawn on the card.  The lines do not cut across any of the images - the line is drawn up to the image then stops & continues the other side of the image.  This will make sense when you look at the samples of work. The images are then coloured in - if required, also colour can be added to some of the squares & faux stitching around the edges or part of the squares.  Have a look at the photos & you will see what I mean. Instead of colouring individual squares the whole of the background has been coloured on this one & faux stitching has been included Here some of the