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!

It's All Over.....

Finished double page layout!

I love Christmas once it's all over, the 6 week build up drives me mad! I love the time off work at home at Christmas time. A chance to catch up on scrapbooking and walks with the dogs! I have finally finished the pages I started a while ago for Luna! I had treated myself to a new Cricut cartridge "Songbird". I jusy love the font and the shapes, so cute the wellington boots!

I've had some packets of pearls for a while but havent got round to using them.....I think I made up for it on theses pages! I also used my pearl scrolls that I got from the Craft Den ages ago, I think they look scrummy!!

Luna is growing strong and fast. She is becoming quite a handful but we love her. Puppy classes start in a weeks time, oh how much fun they are going to be...not!

My favourite way to spend Boxing Day, walking in the Peak District with the dogs. It was snowing hard when we set off but it soon stopped. It was totally white over on the hills but not too deep to enjoy a walk.

I am back at work tomorrow but making the most of my time at home, I've got another layout on the go of our last foster Angus. It's alway productive when you can't see the dining room table...lol!

Xmas cards....Dogs, Dogs and more Dogs!

A spot of creative time....just what I needed. I've made a few cards to send to my doggy friends and foster families. The paper is from Tesco's, what ever next! I was gob smacked when I saw a lovely 6x6 pack of scrabooking paper on the shelves!

Snow, snow, snow!

 Daisy and BJ enjoying the snow...BJ hates it really, it's too deep for him to walk through!

 Our road....where?

 Daisy and Luna keeping warm!

Sorry not much crafting is going on here...I think the weather is effecting my creativity! Lol! I just thought I would share some snowy pictures. I had 3 snow days last week as they had shut our place of work. I still didnt achieve much on the creative front. I have started another layout for Luna but its just not coming together!