Last page

This is the final page. I love, love, love this poem but have never read it all, just seen quotes from it.

Definately good inspirational words to help you feel strong and what amazing handwriting Elke has!

This is what she did with the shell stamp, again in my favourite purple!

Thank you Elke, I shall treasure these words.

In a few weeks I will be able to show you what I did in their CJs.

Page 3.

Next page and coincidentally, more cosmic shimmers! Lovely butterfly made using the shell stamp and beads.

Then this beautiful tag created using a technique we saw at Ally Pally last year involving cling film! Again more lovely words. I can see me taking this CJ out for a read when I need a boost!

Thank you Gilly, another gorgeous page in my favourite colours!

Page 2

So here is page two. It really does not show up in the photo but it is beautiful cosmic shimmers with very subtle stamping on the BG.

Another lovely quote around the edge too.

Thank you Helly, I really love the colours of this.

CJ back home at last!

http://chickenlickenscreations.blogspot.com/2011/08/inside-my-cj.html ...remember this from way back in June last year? I managed to persuade my scrapbooking friends to have a go at a mini CJ. Well we didn't keep it going round very fast but I am glad to say that we have at last finished!

I am going to be in hospital next time we meet so they gave me mine now.

Today I shall show you my first page...

I asked for a DLO, to use the stamp and include some words/quote. Sharon did this amazing purple encaustic background and made the shell stamp into a pansy like flower....

..and then there was this lovely quote. I've not heard this before but I rather like it!

Thank you Sharon.

Di's Exploding Birthday Box!

Last time Linda and I went to Burnice's Cabin we made an exploding box. Well I should say we started one! It was all cut out and awaiting decoration. On Saturday I am going to my friend Di's "Fabulous and Forty" birthday party with a red and black theme. So I decided this could be her "card". Lots of red embossing on the outside and a subtle 40 on the top....

...exploding to a bunch of red roses with a message....

...lots of painty reds and whites and pinks with flowers stamped in white paint and glimmer mists and nice punchy outy corners! I don't even know if she knows I am crafty so I hope she is surprised and likes it! It was great fun so I might make some more!

My next quilt.

At least it would have been if my maths was any good! I have had the rather luscious Dogwood Trail Jelly Roll hiding in my stash , waiting for me to use it! Now my eldest is at Uni daughter No 3 is going to move into her bedroom and I am using this as an excuse to re-decorate the room and make a new quilt! Luckily she like this fabric so I carefully worked out that for this particular design I would only need 22 strips. I sorted them into two groups, darks (green and blue) and lights (pale pink and white) and off I went with this continuous corner log cabin pattern. All would have been fine except I calculated my strips as being 5" long and in fact they are 10"! So I made 16 of the 35 squares needed before I worked out what I had done wrong. However, there really were no more blues or greens that I could get out of the roll so I will just have to buy a second one! Such a shame I will have to go internet shopping! The good news is there will be enough left over to make a second top from all the pinks! I wonder if Jasper would like a pink quilt.....

Wedding Card

Just a very quick card. We are off to a wedding today; my FIL is getting re-married. I wasn't really sure what to do so I modified the valentine card from Craft Stamper.