Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Good afternoon everyone. This afternoon I have the second set of photos from Mold II's meeting last Tuesday.  Today they are of one of their projects for the evening. They took on 2, in fact 3 projects but only created 2 of them that evening & this is the "Post-it note holder" project put forward by Dot; Here is Dot's note holder. It really is a handy little gadget & by having the bulldog clip holding the post-it note in place they can easily be refilled. This is Annette's pad - she has included a pencil rather than a pen. Sue also has used a pencil rather than a pen & just the right size too. I like the piece of paper covering the bulldog clip to tie it in nicer, which, as I look back I see Dot did that as well. Carolyn also covered her clip - they really are quite cute & very useful. Oh! - now has Carol added a little trim to the pen as well, on the long clip? Rita has used a wooden peg to hold h...

Good morning everyone I do hope that your weekend is going well. Yesterday we had a lovely visit from our grandson - & his parents of course - 😊- a couple of hours of joy.  For some reason he laughs when I am talking to him & will just laugh if he turns & looks at me. I am trying to work out why - do I look funny to him - or is he just happy to see me? Today I have the first set of photos taken at the Mold II meeting last Tuesday evening.  This set is of their Show & Tell which was to use a Teabag.  This challenge was put to them by Elizabeth one of the members who had brought along a couple of cards, to the March meeting,  made with teabag in the main image. I think I did mention it somewhere. So here are their cards; Annette has used the teabag to create her topper image. It is so effective & I love the words in the background. Elma made 2 cards & used the teabags as embellishments to the card - brilliant idea. ...

..... a couple of days - so no blogging done. Wednesday was our wedding anniversary & Bob treated us to an overnight stay in a very nice hotel to celebrate. We went to Rookery Hall, Near Nantwich We had a suite which was beautiful & one of the rooms is behind that pointed window in the left hand part of the building - the one with the light grey front, that stands proud of the roof. We had an excellent meal & very restful short stay.  It gave Bob the chance to relax for a while after all the running around he has done for me recently. Tomorrow I will show you the special card I made this week - which was of course - our anniversary card. I popped into the Mold II meeting on Tuesday evening & am hoping to soon have some photos to show you of the project for the evening. Another weekend is here - so have a lovely time & of course the next weekend will be a bank holiday! Have fun 'Bye for now.

Birthday Greetings Today is April 27th & a CSNW club member has a birthday Have a lovely day Ruth

Hi everyone  -  just got back in from visit to hospital so thought before I get involved in anything else, or fall asleep, I would write this blog post & show you the second set of photos from the Mold club meeting last Thursday. The project was a really sweet pop up card - for which I cannot find a proper name. Different people give it sightly different names & of course to search the Internet for pop up cards you get loads! The evening was taken by Joan - it was supposed to be Rachel & Joan but Rachel was poorly & couldn't attend & I don't think Joan was feeling too bright either.  So I  hope you both are feeling better now. Here are the samples that Joan & Rachel made ; They are beautiful and here are the cards made by the ladies; 3 views of Clare's card This is such a cute design Janet's card Those colours are really lovely - delicate & bold all in one. Joanna Oo...

Good afternoon everyone. Just popping in with a couple of photos from the Mold Show & Tell last Thursday.  They got missed from the other post due to the fact that when I went to put the here - the file was blank.  No idea why - just one of those computer mysteries.  Anyway I got in touch with Joanna & she sent them again - this  time OK. So, apologies to Sheelagh whose photos they were - but then you get a post to yourself!! As a reminder the Show & tell was to make a card with Black, White & Silver or grey colours; That is absolutely stunning but wait - look below .... It's an easel card. Well done Sheelagh  & apologies again for being missed in the last post. That's me ladies.  'Bye again.

Good morning everyone I hope you all had a good weekend, in that lovely weather. I did say I was going to show these photos over the weekend but it look me a little longer to make my special card that I was making. Mainly through really frustrating things - like not being able to stamp clearly - don't know what I did wrong but 2 images did not come out complete so the card layer had to be cut again,.  Really frustrating but it turned out great in the end.  Can't show it to you yet. So, Mold's Show & Tell for their meeting last Thursday was to make a card in white, black & silver / grey. Here we go; Lynn What an amazing card - it's simply beautiful Janet A really lovely design There really is something nice about the black/grey tones isn't there Joan Made 2 cards for the Show & Tell & both of them a lovely clean & fresh design Joanna This is a really pretty & clever design - but - Joanna said...

Good evening everyone. This afternoon I have had a play day - well half day actually. I went into my craft room to make a particular card, then thought I would make one of the "easy" cards I had seen on the Internet recently - to get warmed up. I used designer paper for the main decorative part - something I do when first trying a project, but did manage to stamp on them as well. When I had made the card I had a reasonable amount of card & paper left over - so went to put it in my "bits" box, then thought - if I do that it will possibly stay there for some time.  After all, that is how we get a bits box.  So for a change, I decided to see what sort of card I could make instead. Here are the 2 cards & the first one was the one I went into my craft room to make;- In this photo the card doesn't look anything particularly special but the difference shows in the next photo. This the  card stood up & open. I have to say I was ...