Rubber Stamping - North Wales

 Good morning everyone. This morning I have another member showcase & it is from another Mold II member - this time Dot. This is a card Dot made for her son who is a keen cyclist. This is what Dot said in her email; "Here is my latest card made for my cycling-mad son's upcoming birthday.   I  cut up a map, one showing Brandon (his name) and the other  showing Stockport where Edgeley is a suburb. I think he will get a kick out of that!   I found a free , cycle-related verse on the internet and a tongue-in-cheek definition of a 'Cyclopath'.   The only bit of stamping are the words Adventure and Strava which I cut out into tiles,  diamond-glazed to make the words pop, and affixed these around the oval.   I was quite pleased with the result and think he will like it." He will be delighted I am sure, Dot. Thank you for sending it in.

 Good morning everyone I hope you are all well. Today I have another member showcase for you & this time it is from Madeline of Mold II club. Madeline made this lovely card for a friend who regularly feeds a robin from her hand. The sentiment is from an RSPB papercraft set.  She sent the card because they cannot meet for coffee & a natter due to the lockdown Beautiful thought Madeline.

Good afternoon everyone. Today I have a really interesting card for the showcase. It was sent in by Ruth who is a member of the CSNW club. Ruth created this with acrylic paints & blowing through a straw to move the paint around. Then stamped the flowers & sentiment in black ink. It's beautiful Ruth. Thank you for sending in the photo.

 Good afternoon everyone. Recently I have received several sets of photos of what you have been doing during covid-19 so I am going to gradually put them here. The first set is from Sheelagh of Mold club who has sent me photos of some of her Christmas cards she has been making & also some knitting that has been doing for Bonnie Babies. Christmas cards Knitting for Bonnie Babies. You have been busy Sheelagh. Some more to come from other Mold members.   Have you made some cards, other than the show & tells, or other things that you can show us?  It helps us keep in touch. Bye for now.

Good afternoon ladies, I do hope you are all having a nice weekend. My! did we need this weekend to try & relax & get over the upheaval of the last 2 weeks.  Everything looks really nice with new carpets & decorated. But it is getting everything back in its right place now. So we are shattered. Anway! enough of our problems. I have a member showcase for you this afternoon & it is some beautiful cards from Madeline of Mold II club.  She made these cards in order to use up a stash of flowers she had. They are beautiful Madeline - lots & lots of work there. Looking forward to seeing everyones Show & Tell cards for this month.  I have received a few already. Enjoy the rest of the weekend & continue to keep safe & take card. 'Bye for now.  

 Good morning everyone. Today I have a member showcase for you & it is from Rachel of Mold club, who has been featured Papercrafter magazine. Here is what Rachel said -  " Well I made it into the Papercrafter magazine!!! Thanks to Jo’s previous technique of the circles botekeh (thingy). Ps I have written what I actually provided to them below - they made it sound antiquated by adding ‘ my dear mother’ not that Joanie isn’t of course lol!!!:" Well done Rachel. It's good to see that our members are still being recognised by the crafting press. Enjoy the bank holiday weekend everyone.

Good afternoon everyone. Well - the rain has stopped - for now - but it still very warm, isn't it. This afternoon I have 2 lovely cards to show you - from Joan of Mold club. They are lovely Joan & so fresh looking. I have been going through the photos that I have received from the Mold ladies over the last weeks, & will show a few more over the next few days.  I have fallen behind with showing them. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 'Bye for now.

Good morning - I hope your weekend goes well. Today's member showcase -- what have you been making during Covid-19 -- is from Madeline of Mold II club. This little project Madeline called Surprise. Here is the surprise - closed and then this is the surprise opened. Its really pretty Madeline. Thank you for sending it to me. That's it for today. 'Bye for now.

Good afternoon all Today I have a member showcase for you & it is one from Dot of Mold II club. Do you remember a lttle while back I mentioned she had mentioned in one of her emails that she knitting cup cakes? Well, she really was.  Here is the proof...................... Doesn't that look good? Here's a close-up (a little fuzzy - sorry) Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 'Bye for now.

Good afternoon everyone I hope you are all safe & well. I thought that today I had better start showing some of the member showcase photos I have received over the last weeks. So the first one, is from Dot of Mold II club who sent a couple of photos of a card she had recently made.  I say recent - it was back in May Dot didn't actual leave any comment about the card. What she did tell me was that she was busy knitting cupcakes & would send a photo when she had finished. So! watch this space. More member showcase photos to come. 'Bye for now.

Hello again. I am back with another member showcase & this time it is Cathy from Mold II club. A really lovely 3-tier easel card. Cathy was inspired by watching the Tonic show & C&C. It's beautiful Cathy & thank you for sending it in. That will be all for today. I promise not to leave it too long before the next post. 'Bye for now.

Good afternoon everyone. I am very sorry I have been rather lax on here lately.  I am trying to use my time crafting & catching up on some projects I have had laying around for a while.  So, I get lost in time & do not remembers what day of the week or what week it is.  So I don't keep track of when I last blogged. When checking this morning it was quite a while ago - the 15th in fact. Anyway I have some member showcases to catch up on - so will put a couple up a day. So do remember to scroll down to make sure you haven't missed anything. The first one is from Rita of Mold II group; A retirement card for someone with a lot of interests. Great card Rita. I will blog another one a little later this afternoon. 'Bye for now.

Good morning everyone, another member showcase for you today. I do believe I have been "sitting" on this one as well as the one yesterday.  This time it is some cards made by Sheelagh of Mold group. They are really cute Sheelagh - I am sure they were both thrilled with their cards. Thank you for sending them in. That's me for today. 'Bye for now.

Good afternoon everyone - isn't it a gorgeous day?  Really very pleasant for my walk today - around my garden. Today I have photos of cards made by Joan of the CSNW ladies group.  They are in the style of the card I showed them at their last actual meeting in March. It is the card with the split front which is kept together by whatever cutout image is placed on.  Joanna showed Mold club how to make it some time ago - but I cannot remember what it is called. They are very beautiful Joan. Also at the February meeting I showed them how to make a little box that holds one Ferrero Chocolate. Joan wasn't at the meeting, but here is one she made later; Thank you for sending the photos Joan & I am sorry it has taken me quite a while putting them here. If anyone has sent me photos of what they have been doing whilst we have not had meetings, & I haven't shown them here, please, please give me a nudge. Keep safe & well everyone. ...

Good morning everyone on another really warm sunny day.  How are you all doing - keeping occupied, sane, safe & well I hope? The member showcase I have today for you is from Joan of Mold group. Sometime ago she had one of her cards featured in a magazine & recently came across the magazine again. So here is the card; Well done Joan I hope you received a nice prize for the publication. That is it for this post - I may do another one later. 'Bye for now.

Good afternoon everyone - I have a couple of photos this afternoon from Rita of Mold II group. The photos are of visitors she has had to her garden.  She is rather busy with her house & garden (& she sent a photo of the work in the garden but it was blurry so I cannot include it). But here are the ones of "her visitors"; Rita said that she hadn't seen one of these for some time. Managing to get a photo through the kitchen window. Lovely visitors that make regular visits. Thank you Rita. That's it for today folks. 'Bye for now.

Good afternoon everyone, today I have another member showcase which is from Rita of Mold II group & it leads on from my post yesterday about Tom Moore. Rita has made a card for his 100th birthday which is next Thursday; In her email with the photo Rita also gave me the address to send any cards to - so I am putting it her in case anyone else would like to recognise his achievementboth in age & the great thing he is doing for the NHS. Captain Tom Moore  c/o Post Office Ltd 67 Bedford Road  Marston  Moretaine  MK43 0LA Earlier today it was announced that the money he has raised is now over £25 million.   That's me for today.  There are more member showcases to come. 'Bye for now.

Good morning! I spoke about tidying yesterday & so I thought I aught to do a little myself in my craft room.  Amongst the things that were ready to go out were some magazines I had finished with.  I always have another look through before I throw them away & so that is how I found this card for the member showcase. I cannot remember which magazine or which issue, as soon as I had taken the photo I threw the magazine away. The card featured was one by our Rita of Mold II group. Good to see you are still being featured Rita. As I said in the last post - I don't buy magazines any more - so if you have been featured recently, or get featured in the future - please send me a photo. Back to my tidying - uhmm no - I think I will make some cards. 'Bye for now.

Good morning everyone Today I have the last set of photos from Joanna when she attended a Sweet Poppy Stencils workshop last year; These two images on black card have been created with micro beads. Amazing. This image is created by placing 2 different colours of glitter over wet paste. This snowflake is created with ink over dry paste. They are so beautiful Joanna & I believe you are going back for another workshop this year! That's all from me today ladies. 'Bye for now.

Good afternoon everyone.  I hope you have lots of good things planned for the weekend. This afternoon I am going back to last year & another set of photos of cards made by Joanna of Mold club, when she attended a workshop with Sweet Poppy stencils. The first 2 cards - the pink ones - Joanna made when she was back home. These next 2 cards Joanna made at the workshop. & this panel is one that she took along to a Mold club night & the ladies said they would like to learn that technique; So, I think Joanna along with Janet are working out how to organise this for sometime in the year. There is one more set of photos from Joanna & Janet's workshop so I will probably post those here tomorrow. Have a great weekend. 'Bye for now.