Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Good afternoon everyone. I have been busy this morning sorting dates & subject for workshops at the craft shop for November.  At the moment the workshops are not booking too well other than for the crochet. This makes it difficult to work out what workshops to put on.  Never mind - we soldier on! I said the other day that I would show you the latest stage in sorting the craft room so here are two photographs of the bedroom end of the room.  I took 2 more looking down towards the window & my desks - but they were rubbish photos - so will take them again today. the bed all made up to look like a settee. the bookcase & trolleys on he other side of the room looking back at the door to the lounge. Today & the next couple of days we are having new cupboard fronts fitted to our kitchen units plus a new cooker. There is a hold up with the cooker, as the one we wanted doesn't come in white anymore, so we have had to choose another one & th...

Yes ......... I am back from Port Sunlight. I didn't spend overly long there (& in fact I didn't overspend!), we left about 2:00 I think.  I really enjoyed showing Pauline (that's the mum of Gareth's young lady Elayne) - she had never been before & didn't know about it. We had a good wander around together & made our purchases as we went.  Then we had a snack & sat outside in the sunshine having a chat, after that we had a think about whether we wanted anything else - decided not & I rang Bob to come & collect us.  A most enjoyable time. Did you all find the lovely "Clearly Besotted" stand?  I bought a lovely little set of stamps from them of flowers & leaves which came with its matching dies.  Can't wait to try them & I think the stamps alone will suit a new technique we are going to be trying out as well.  I also bought 3 sets of stamps from "Lili of the Valley" - one was sentiments, one was some deligh...

Hi everyone Just popping in for a quick chat - I have been busy today finishing off the bed in the craft room by getting a cushion & throw for it so that generally it looks a little like a settee, & making it up ready for tomorrow night.  Trouble is it means that when it needs to be used as a bed (like tomorrow night for my brother) the throw, cushion & extra pillow need to be removed & put somewhere.  Ah well, you can't have everything.  But I must admit it does look rather smart.  Will take a new photo of the room over the weekend - so that you can see how well it has turned out.  It really is quite a pleasure working in here now. The other day I printed off some images & background paper in order to enter another challenge - this time for the CD blog that I often join in on & was also a guest designer for in April.  So once the room was sorted I sat down & put the card together - it can be seen on my digital blog - quite a...

Hello again Right ! this time the photos for the project for the evening - which was the Art Doll.  Now, once again there hadn't been a lot of enthusiasm about it when I announced it - but I think the ladies enjoyed doing it.  I can't say that they would make more - but it is good to stretch yourself now & again. Here are the photos; but first a basic one showing a rubber stamp that was found to suit the head of the doll absolutely brilliantly; Do you remember this stamp?  I think it was from The Stamp Man & part of a set. This doll looks like she is about to take off - I love her blonde curls.  The stamp used on her wings is very effective too. This is the art doll that introduced the hair - very chic lady.  I love the strategically placed foliage & she is very chic isn't she. All the clubs have now made this art doll & it has been interesting to see the different ways the bald head has been dealt with - here it i...

Good evening ladies! I am here with the first set of photos from the Mold II meeting last night. Oh my we were a small group - just 7 ladies& that's not counting me  - when I drove into the car park there was only one other car there & Christ & Liz had been thinking that they might have come along on the wrong night.! Still, despite the small gathering we had a good evening.  This first set of photos is for the Show & Tell which was a card using a sketch.  There were only 3 cards made, but as usual they were high standard. Here they are, but first a picture of the sketch that was used; What delicate colouring & the flower arrangement is really beautiful. I don't think I would ever have thought to use these sort of papers like this - but there you go, what do I know.  What a great card! Some more delicate colours on this card & the focal image is absolutely enchanting. Right I will be back in a short while wi...

Good afternoon everyone! Well! the mattress arrived about 30 minutes ago - so the bed now looks like a bed.  It is missing one thing at the moment - we bought a mattress protector for it but when I unpacked it & started to put it on the bed it didn't seem right.  Took a look at the packet & I had picked up a double size. Duh! Anyway it won't be wasted - we have a bed settee that is about double size so it will go on the mattress on that.  So need to pop back to Dunelm Mill tomorrow & get the single size. But - to my photos.  When I opened the blinds about 7:15 this morning the sky was absolutely amazing so photos had to be taken.  Here they are Look at all those streams from aircraft - I wonder where they were going or where they had been? another view & the light is already changing look at the change in the colour of the sky now & all in about 15 minutes. another slight change here too This has just go...

Hello everyone! Today I have been busy making more space & packing away more craft stash in order to have the room ready for the mattress to be delivered tomorrow for the craft room bed. I actually have achieved a lot of floor space today.  That may sound strange but when you think boxes & boxes covered the floor - it means - lots of them have gone.  I am actually left with 3 boxes & 3 plastic crates which I am hoping to sort & remove tomorrow morning.  Of course there are loads more boxes stashed elsewhere in the bungalow & the summerhouse.  But - hey! I am getting there. When I stopped sorting in order to prepare my dinner I quickly took a photo of a couple of pieces of Zentangling I did on holiday.  The craft is Zentangle - the process of doing it is - Zentangling - so does that mean I have Zentangled? Here are two photos I took of what I created on holiday - This bow was a stencil that came as part of a Fiskars Parchment Em...

As a reminder - when you see this post title it means someone in one of the clubs has made something interesting or won competitions etc. Back in August everyone from Mold was trying to guess who had a sent in a message about their success & then not added their name.  Well we were all right - it was Rhiannon & on Thursday she brought to the meeting the item that she had had success with at Rhuddlan, along with 2 other items she had also entered into competitions & done well with.  I just had to photograph the projects & here they are starting with the outside of an altered book - which was this years project at Rhuddlan Show; One of the ladies at the meeting was wondering how I felt taking a photo of it - knowing I have a little problem with altering books. this is the fly leaf. this is the next page in & then this .............. ....... is the opposite page that has a little door in it The door opens to reveal "treas...

Hello again - where has the sun gone!  Mind you I suppose it is heading towards the evening now.  It was really hot in the garden earlier when I was finishing the greenhouse off. So here we are with the photos of the project for Mold.  I had organised for this meeting a particular technique - but with taking a holiday & still sorting out my craft room I had not managed to really have a good play with it myself.  So, I didn't want to try & show it without being sure of what I was doing. I posted a message here that we would not be doing the planned project - unfortunately not everyone saw it - but never mind.  You will never be at a loss at the meeting as long as you come with stamps, inks & card.  They are the basis of all we do. So! what did we do?  I selected another sketch & packed my craft bag with folded cards, white card, decorative paper, a large roll of white ribbon, & 4 boxes of beads & embellishments. Here is t...

Good afternoon everyone! Isn't it nice to see the sunshine again - even if only for a short while.  First thing this morning I sorted the photos from the Mold meeting to show you.  Then Bob & I went off to North Wales Beds near Wrexham & ordered the mattress for the craft room bed.  That arrives on Tuesday. Next we popped to Asda got our shopping & then decided to go to Dunelm Mill in Sealand & pick up the duvet for the bed.  So quite a run around this morning. When we returned home I decided it was time to put the cover on my little poly green house - so that is another job done & it is sitting there waiting for when I start growing my own plants. Having got all that domesticity out of the way - I had a "playtime" look around the Internet looking for ideas for all you lovely ladies for 2014.  Yes! it is time to think about another year of crafting & stamping. So anyway - here are the first set of photos which are of the Show ...

Good morning everyone Last night was the Mold club September meeting & I have some photos for you from the meeting - but I haven't loaded them yet.  Will do that in a little while & then write about them later. I am still busy sorting my craft room in order for my brother to stay over which looks like it is only going to be for one night!!!  Never mind once it is done it is done & ready for future visits. There still seems to be lots of things to find homes for but I am gradually organising it - but also clearing out a lot of things as well.  Two things I do have that somebody might be interested in are - an encaustic wax iron & a brand new brayer (not in its box though).  I had 2 irons, then Bob also handed over an old travel iron which also does the job, so that gave me 3 irons.  The brayer - well - do I really need 4!!! So one is available & as one of the other 3 is a half size hard roller I am going to hang on to those.  Of the ...

It is 20 September so popping in to wish a Mold member a happy birthday Have a great day Lynn