Getting there...

At long last I am starting to feel much better and hoping to get back to normal service now here on the blog.

First up I have played a little catch-up with this week's DCM dare which was to create your own embellishment and use it on a card.

Well sometime at the start of the week I had a really good idea of what I wanted to do for this dare. Then Thursday came and I'd promptly forgotten what I'd wanted to make by then.

Then I went to make my card with a certain embellishment in mind, a DIY crocheted flower I was going to design my card around.

Another spanner in the works happened when the rest of the card just didn't work with the flower on it!

So I have admitted defeat and this card features a little DIY banner that at least adds the finishing touch in a nice way. :o)

 

Papers: Crate Paper
Ribbon and twine: The Ribbon Girl
Stamps: My Cute Stamps
Die: Papertrey Ink
Other: Promarkers, Liquid pearls

 

Also I thought I'd share some odds and ends photos...

 

My Christmas present amaryllis has been doing very well positioned over a radiator and close to the boiler - so much so it has had two sets of flowers and has now moved to the conservatory where it is less hot.

 

Last weekend at our scrapping retreat I had something nice and new to stroke.... mmmm the AC cardstock swatch which is just lovely and means I can now easily identify my favourite shades for when I run out.

Last weekend was rather a productive one. I got my Chicago Mini-album made from scratch including some time spent painting those blessed chipboard pages!

 

But I think the shabby chic white paint look was well worth it - and the mix of Cosmo Togetherness with OA Thrift Shoppe was just perfect for my photos... so here are a few snaps of the inside:

 

That first stop - a trip to Bath and Bodyworks right before a tornado hit and we were evacuated to the basement to wait it out. Never a dull moment shopping with us.

 

That holiday we seemed to go up quite a few tall buildings for a view of the city...

 

Ah that bead shop - an easy way to part with a lot of money in a most pleasant way!

 

My Uncle Wlodek's homemade lemon vodka is famed in his neighbourhood, so he always has mini dixie cups on hand for entertaining... It was very potent but very nice stuff!

 

This photo of me and my cousin Basia really cracks me up as both of us have the exact same pose without having realised it... apparently my mother believes this to be genetic... I just think we'd do quite well at synchronised standing.

And as you saw on the cover of the album I used the Tim Holtz rosette die kindly loaned for the occasion by Gill - well... you know what happened don't you... I just needed that die and the new one to play with:

 

So watch out for these on many more projects to come!

I also started and almost finished my snaps of 2010 mini-album at the weekend too. I had a major boo-boo mistake on punching my jan/feb calendar pages - the kind of boo-boo you can't easily come back from and find yourself having tantrum breakdown and swearing fit over... but it all came good in the end and I paid better attention punching the rest of the calendar pages!

I still need to do the cover and journaling and other bits and bobs but here are a few shots of the inside as it is:

 

Ah, marble slab ice cream and words of wisdom - a perfect combination.

 

I used some filters on my photo prints and was really glad I did as they worked much better with the BG Blush papers I used.

 

I just love that strawberry shot - it just sums up summer for me.

Anyway, depending on my progress with my new read I might finish this album off tomorrow, we'll see!

Comments

[Ruth S]

Cute kitty card! And I love your journal too, TFS ;)