WOYWW122

Well typically my desk is a complete mess as usual.
Today I have been rushing around as a very dear scrapbooking friend has been taken intohospital following a heart attack so I am late posting this as I have just returned fro the hospital.
The lighting isnt the best in this pic as its taken with flash in a small room at night so apologies.

This week I have been working on some beautiful new stamps for my christmas cards.
A collection of images from Sugar Nellie and Lily of the Valley.
Spent ages practicing my 'COLOURING IN' as the girls call it.!!

Fresh new stamps landed on the door mat today too from the fabulous Tim Holtz.
Im really looking forward to playing with these beauties.


Shimelles starting point layout for this week resulted in this layout, it came together very quickly with some recent pics of the girls at the airport waiting to go to turkey.

Sorry not a very exciting post this week but wanted to update.
Enjoy and thanks for stopping by.
Why not stop by Julia's blog to see what everyone else is up to?

xxxxx
xxxxxx

LOTV Challenge 113

This is my Christmas entry for the LOTV Challenge 113.
The theme was aqua ,white ,sparkly...

Flowers are from Wild Ochid Crafts.
Wired pearls from Country Baskets.

I have used the image Moonlight Wishes and coloured her using
my promarkers. Still getting this colouring thiing fugured out.
I've used stickles for extra sparkle.

For a final finishing touch Ive added a christmas tree.
Hope you like..

Show success

Well what a day it turned out to be.
Hudson was on his best behaviour and wowed the judges to gain his 3rd
Challenge certificate which now means he has Champion status!!
We are thrilled to bits.

As an extra special thrill he was also nominated for best in show
but today was not his day for that, but to be nominated was a really buzz.

Just as an added bonus he came first in his side classes and his lovely
breeder mummy gave him a card to celebrate his win....

Having a laugh and taking it all in his stride..
We love you Hudson big well done.
meow ......!

Grief

Here is the layout I made last might using the image I found on
google images yesterday.
(sorry to not be able to honour the creator as I couldn't find it.)
I guess this represents my mood at this moment in time.
I lost my father sadly 18 months ago and am still finding it very difficult to carry on my life without him. Its in times of change when I feel I need him most.I am currently off work following a fall and am having an epidural procedure carried out on my spine tomorrow. These are the days when I would turn to him for comfort.
I recently saw a medium who told me my father and my angel are with me constantly and I guess I should feel comfort from this.
Always in my thought dad, missing you terribly.

I used PDQ Regal Bissous Bzoo papers
Paper mania random gem stones
Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and lace
Thickers letters
Butterfly stamp Tim Holtz
Queen and Co Felt Fusion black felt swirls
Poem by Black Star.

This is a close up of the Felt Fusion swirl by Queen and Co, accented with some
flowers from Wild orchid crafts.

Some of the beautiful Papermania random gems.

A very heartfelt poem by Blackstar.
Take Care
xx

How little it takes....

by BlackStar

Getting colder and colder
Feelings becoming less every time
Almost nothing to care about
Nothing to smile for

Losing every feeling that I have left
Meaning nothing anymore
I've been smiling
But at the inside I'm dying

Still always silent
Just keeping on smiling
And keeping silently dying

WOYWW120

Well as you can see I have a tiny space to craft in which also doubles up as the family office.
Not the best but at least everything is close to hand.
The beast of a pc on my desk is the one we let the children use as my laptop
is out of bounds to downloads of boybands and images of peppa pig!!
As you also can see I'm not the tidiest crafter , this is
how I left it late last night following an inspirational moment to use my Once upon a time papers, always difficult but thought what the heck...

This is the result....
My cheeky chop 5 year old Ruby doing one of her many cheeky faces
at her daddies 40th birthday party in April.
I just used some of the Once Upon A Time accents
and the beaded swirls were just left overs cut to fit and adapted ..
My faithful Herma roller , everyone has a glue of choice , this is mine..

Whilst off sick I have been experimenting and
watching some tutorials on utube
and these fabric flowers were something I did yesterday
following along, not sure quite what to do with them
now but sure they will come in handy..

Aaahhhh my lovely Gorjuss girls note book for doodles and such.
Im currently doing Shimelles LSNED class so all my jottings are in there...
Hopefully next week my desk might be in some kind of order ,
but hey I very much doubt it..
Thanks for stopping by....
xxxx

The Art of sleeping in a box.

The Art of sleeping in a box

This is a How-to with lots of pictures to make it easy

Even small boxes will do at a pinch..

as well as this one..

Just remember to be creative...

or you can try and hide in an absolutely unexpected box..

Perhaps they will not even notice you,
chose a box that matches you fur colour to avoid unwanted attention..

Your humans will wonder how you can sleep like that..

ignore them and snooze away..

This position is for experienced yoga cats only...

Why not ask a friend to join you in your box?

If your box is rather small try sticking out just one paw like this front paw..

or this back paw...

Sometimes o positions do not fit terribly well..

but its fun with a friend..

If you totally trust your humans, relax your back legs to the maximum..

Use your imagination , try an L shape like this one..

or an inverted c shape...

Or an s shape like this...

Sometimes a bigger box might be needed..

If you are longhaired use the benefit of your long fur and tail for added comfort..

Use the lid of your box as a pillow maybe.?

Maybe to start with just try on your side...

or back...
?

Remember that you and your box musy nearly become one...

Just enjoy and be creative!!