Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Good afternoon everyone - not a very nice day weather wise at all. I have just returned from my regular hospital visit & everything seems to be being kept under control.  That is the situation is being maintained.  The appointment today was with the nurse & my next appointment with the oncologist is on December 27th.  What's more it is at 9:00 am.  😒  Also the blood test I have to have before that visit is on Christmas Eve.  😟 Today I have the first set of photos from the Mold II meeting on Tuesday evening.  Today's photos are of their show & tell, which was to make a Christmas card around the design shown by Carolyn at the October meeting. A tri-fold card;- This is Dot's card. It doesn't have a name tag with it, as she had left it at home on the evening & emailed it to Carolyn later. Love the colours of the background that go so well with the topper. This is Carol's card & she has kept her decoration to a mini...

Good afternoon everyone. Today I have some more photos from Joanna of those beautiful Christmas trees that she has been sewing; Not sure - but I think that some of this is the backs as well as the fronts. This was the first one that I showed a few days ago I am showing it again  because in the next photo it is had the lights switched on Beautiful That's me for today.  Off to the hospital tomorrow for my regular check up. 'Bye for now.

Hi everyone - golly it's cold & now its pouring with rain too.  So it's going to be a cold visit to the Mold II club meeting tonight. I am busy crafting - making Christmas cards, but many I cannot show you as they are the ones I have been making to give to you.  They will be shown in the days after Christmas. So on some days I don't have anything to blog about - that's when there is no blog post on a day. The other day, on a Facebook group I belong to, a lady posted the following poem.  So I thought I would share it here.  I hope you haven't already seen it; Very funny & most probably quite appropriate to most of us, don't you think? Tomorrow I will have a member showcase for you.  Take care in this cold & keep warm. 'Bye for now.

Good evening everyone I hope your weekend has gone well. Today I have photos for you of two Christmas cards & one Anniversary card that I have made to send out to America. Here are the two Christmas cards; This one is for our daughter & son-in-law The photo is not very good & the colour is way out - perhaps it is because I took them late in the afternoon when the light was fading.  But the background should be green & quite a bright green. This one is for our son-in-laws parents. Here is the anniversary card; As you can see our daughter & her husband have been married 10 years. Their anniversary is early in December. All 3 cards were made from Hunkydory kits.  I was beginning to get through the kits I have had for some time - but then there were some news ones free with a magazine.  They are the ones I have used here. That is all from me today. Enjoy your evening. 'Bye for now.

Good morning everyone. This morning I have another member showcase for you to see.  This time it is from Dot of Mold II club.  After seeing the needlework photo I blogged that was sent in by Joanna, Dot decided to send a photo of something she has been making. Her email said; "I, too, like to sew and I've made 6 of these dress dust covers for gifts this year.   They are nice and easy to make and by choosing the right fabric can   make them look expensive." It looks lovely Dot I am sure the people they are for will love them. Thank you for sending the photo to me. Enjoy your weekend everyone. 'Bye for now.   

Hi everyone. Sorry, I promised this showcase for yesterday but forgot I would be out all day. So here it is now. The member showcase today is one of the cards made by Rita, of Mold II club, which has been featured in a recent copy of Creative Stamping magazine; Well done again Rita its good to see your work still being published. I haven't seen your cards appearing recently - but there again I am not buying (or at least trying not to buy) so many magazines. The weekend is just about on us - have a great one everyone & I hope you have lots of lovely things to do. Back soon - 'bye for now.

Good afternoon everyone The member showcase I have for you today is from Maureen of Mold club & it is of her Impossible Card that she hadn't quite finished on the evening we created the card. A lovely Christmas design. Thank you for bringing it in Maureen. It is always nice to see later the cards that leave a meeting unfinished. Another member showcase tomorrow. Have a nice day 'Bye

Good morning everyone. Well, I had a really nice meeting at Happy Stampers last night - we had our nibbles & mince-pies & also did a show & tell of a Christmas decoration we had made.  I will show you what I made in another post. Today I have those photos from the Mold meeting last Thursday & they are of our efforts with the project that was Spotlight Stamping. The first two photos are of my card - well toppers - I have yet to put them onto card bases. I was pleased with this one - until I saw the photo - my colouring in leaves  quite a bit to be desired 😀 & in the next one I got ink all over the little square - I think a butterfly is needed. This next one is by Joan & it is soooo elegant. The next 2 are from Lynn. I particularly like the fantasy flower one. The next 2 are the ones created by Mair. I love that she tried the frame idea from Janet's samples. Both very clean & delicate designs. ...

Good evening everyone. This evening I have for you the start of the photos from Mold club project last Thursday.  Joanna & Janet divided the group into two smaller groups & took one each, then halfway through the evening they swapped over. So that way we got two insights into the technique, which for the evening was the Spotlight Technique. As this will be very photo heavy I am going to show in this post the beautiful samples that they both brought along to give us inspiration; The first set is by Joanna showing a variety of styles. & this next set are the samples by Janet & it was so nice to see the different styles. Tomorrow I will post the photos of our cards. This evening I am off to the final meeting for the year of Happy Stampers Club. That is me for today.  Have a nice evening. 'Bye for now.

Good evening everyone. I did say yesterday that I would have another member showcase for you - but I haven't taken a photo of it so can't show it to you today.  But I have now received the Mold meeting photos from Joanna so I am going to show you the photos of their Show & Tell for the evening.  The challenge was "Time waits for no man".  I think this is Janet's card - as it was on its own without a name & I know she made one. I like the flight of butterflies depicting the time not waiting element. Joan's idea is very clever. She has stamped the same image fading it out to make it look  like the watch has flown across the card. I love the way Joanna has used the clock stamp like balloons.  It works so well with that silhouette man. Lynn has created her favourite mix media style card. That sentiment is very interesting!  Great card. Maureen's card  has not only a watch but an Orrery  !! (Whi...