Crafting Holiday in Derbyshire.....

I have just returned from my annual crafting holiday. This year we didn't travel far which was a good job as it snowed heavy in Sheffield last weekend! Our cottage was at Stanton in Derbyshire. It was a very relaxing week. I decided to concentrate on my first hobby, patchwork and quilting. I didn't take a scrap of paper! I spent a lot of the week designing a superking size quilt for my bed at home. I had great fun as I didnt quite have enough fabric so it meant we had to visit a few fabric shops to get more! My good friend Norma and I made a small fabric bag together, just big enough for your phone and purse.

The location was lovely we took in a few walks across Stanton Moor, stopping at the Nine Ladies Stone Circle for a photo or two. I only took the older dogs with me and they were very well behaved.

A lovely day.....

It was a perfect day for Sally and Dan's wedding at the weekend. This photo was just taken on my phone but if you would like to see more take a look here. It was in an amazing setting, and the day was really emotional for Sally's family, some of you will recognize Mary, Sally is her daughter! I had a quieter day on Sunday, wasn't it miserable? I couldn't be bothered to walk the dogs far in the rain so I made a birthday card with my new stamps from the Craft Den sale.

Wedding card...Done!

I have finished my friend's wedding card, really enjoyed playing with the stamps and decorating the box!

Looking back at that mess on my workdesk last wednesday, I'm pleased with how it as turn out!

What's on your work desk Wednesday?

Over on http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/ its that time again. I love looking at everyones posts but I have never joined it! So here goes....

I am goimg to my friend's wedding in a few weeks time so I must make a card. I have been planning the design! I have some great bargain stamps which I bought from TK Max, of all places! The cardboard box is from Graze, the box come filled with healthy treats through the post. I thought I would recycle the box after I eaten all the goodies, its just the right size for my special wedding card! I am using some lovely paper from Basis Grey and hoping to include a paper doile and some ribbon to finish.

Check back over the weekend to see if I've finished it!

Memory Quilts....

On Saturday I went to my regular sewing class, we were making Memory Quilts. I loved it, it was like scrapbooking but in fabric! We had a brilliant teacher Anne, who explain some basis design techniques so you could plan a layout. The photos I've taken show the work in progress, so you will see pins and all sorts but I still thought I would share them with you.

The photographs in the quilts were printed on fabric prior to the workshop. We had a great worksheet to help us decide who would be the main character in our Memory Quilt and what story we wanted to tell. I'm sure you can tell which one is mine and of course my main character is Big G and I wanted to remember the good times we had together on the beach enjoying the sunshine. I have a lot of work to do as I wanted more patchwork in mine so I have started with some curved flying geese which I will piece into the background. The words you can see will be painted to blend into the background which was a great idea from Anne.

 Sarah's mum, Hillary!

 Sarah's

 Marian's

 Linda's

Sandra's

It will be really nice to go back next month and see them all finished! The finished ones below are Anne's designs

 

 

I love weekends...

All good weekends should consist of:

• Time at the Gym
• Lunch with Friends
• Time to scrapbook
• Walk out in the countryside

I'm doing well so far, the walk is today as the weather is looking good for a change. Last night I completed a single page LO which is unusual for me. I have used the sketch challenge for BO Bunny's Friday Challenge My background paper is from the Bo Bunny range but the rest is from my stash so the sketch was just used as a starting point.

The photographs are from early December when we took Isabel to see Peppa Pig turn on the Christmas lights in Chesterfield. The photo on the left is my Mum and my Sister Rachel. The other photo is Isabel and her Dad enjoying the rides!

 

The title is "Vintage Market" from Tim Holtz Alterations

Happy New Year...

I've finally finished my double layout for Angus, the oldest foster dog in town! It was an ideal opportunity to use some of my christmas presents. My good friend Norma bought me loads of scrapbooking goodies so I have used them all in these pages....Some lovely paper called Dog's life, with matching Card Candy.

I stamped some flowers has I didnt have any in just the right colour and I also added some ribbon from My Mind's Eye range. To finish I stamped some doggy words to create a border.

It's the Other Half's birthday today so off out for a Japanese meal....yummy, sushi! We have been to the Pantomime today which was great fun, Sleeping Beauty! Im still chanting ...it's behind you!