Happy New Year

Wishing everyone a wonderful crafting New Year

Hoping to complete the backlog of card kits I have accumulated over the years from Country Papercraft

Thanks Marg and Vic

Just done a preview and have not added to my blog for seven years.

Day 11 to Day 25

Day 11 - Cushla's stitches came out today but he still has his "lampshade" on to stop him licking the wound site.

He can start to walk a bit on the leg now.

Cage Dancing!  His mate was happy to see him home again

 Day 15 -  The "lampshade" has come off but he is still in pain and not very happy.  But starting to put some weight on the leg at a very slow walk on his trips outside for the loo!

Day 24 - While Cushla enjoys his freedom on the couch, his "bed" is tested out!  He is starting to walk a lot better too!

Day 25 - Company this morning!  Waiting to go and see the vet.

9am saw the vet and been given the all clear to start more exercise! 

He will be very happy with that as he is getting really fed up with the cage. 

Things you see out on your walk in the morning!  

The peacock males from Hammond Park must have found something interesting to eat!

Day One

We have Cushla home after his cruciate surgery.  
Thank you to Gail Marjie and all the staff at The Animal Hospital for looking after him as he is not the easiest patient. Now the recovery begins.

One very unhappy Cushla!
This is his home for the next three months.
One not sure, what is going on Lena as her mate will not go out to play with her!

Out of the cage getting some warmth into the bones and some love from mum!

Cushla

Cushla

No crafting has been done in the last couple of weeks.  First I managed to hurt my back digging over the vegetable patch then the Cushla has done his cruciate ligament in his right knee - chasing Mudlarks!!!

He was suppose to have his op yesterday but there were some emergency surgeries so he is being operated on today.  We left him at the vet over night as he is not an easy dog for others to handle, I am told his disposition has greatly improved this morning which is good news.  Things happen for a reason and this is one of them.  But his little mate is missing him!

He will not enjoy being in a small cage so the next three months are going to be very interesting! I am going to have on very bored Jack Russell!  

Get better quick my friend!

Cards

We had a weekend of pruning the garden, doesnot take long for the shrubs to get out of hand, but the birds love them with all the flowers out at the moment. 

Not had a chance to do much last week but below are a sample of the 32 Christmas cards I sent to Judy in Southern Cross to sell this weekend at the Southern Cross Collectors Fair Car Show and Swapmeet - 28 and 29 September to raise funds for the Southern Cross hospital.  I did add some other cards I had made and Lydia kindly added to this pile too.  Good luck with the stall Judy



I used the papers from the Kaisercraft 6" Christmas Paper Pad free with a Simply Cards magazine from last year



Another day

The house next door has been sold and the new owners have been tidying up. They tossed this ball over the fence thinking they were returning it home.  Two Jack Russell's did not complain!  Alot of noise and teeth!

Just wondering how long it is going to last?

 I have been trying to us up some of the stash!

The below cards are made from patterned paper

by Kate Knight - free with a Cardmaking magazine

Those MFT dies are out again and I have found the edge punches too

MFT Card

Three days in a row - no wonder it has been cold here!

A card and bookmark for a friend for her birthday.

Using the serviette over a stamped image and the the card constructed with MFT dies.

I do love the MFT dies as I am finding the Spellbinders (also a favorite) are getting to ornate.



  Below are the crochet flowers I have been making.  Mum gave me a pile of crochet cottons she had left from different projects over the years, so have been using them up.  Found some great patterns on the net, thank you to those that had their patterns to share.  Had to convert the abbreviations on some patterns to the English terminology as we ended up with some strange looking flowers!

MFT Roses

Two cards to share with you using the MFT Hybrid Heirloom Rose dies and Fishtail dies



Valentine's cards for DH



Birthday card for mum

MFT Blueprints 2 & 4

I love the MFT idea of the Blueprint dies, but have not had alot of time to play with them but here is a Christmas card I did with Blueprints 4 and the tag from Blueprints 2

Goodbye

Goodbye my Blaze

Getting old is a bugger!

We had to make the decision last week about our faithfully old friend

He will be sadly missed by us all.

Woof woof

from Cushla and Patchalena

I really miss you Blaze

There is no one under my desk any more!

More cards

Another three cards to add to the collection of completed cards!

Love the Marianne dies for the flowers

Stampin Up order arrived yesterday and today - Thanks Miriam

now to some work to start making Christmas cards

Cards!

Last Friday I had a tidy up of the Office/Studio and found my drafting table! and a few different piles of card ideas. 

Had a wonderful weekend making cards!

The results below!



Completed some cards started on the Wednesday night class with Leoni



Two male cards



Male cards from an idea from Marg's card kits from Country Papercraft



Not forgetting the ladies!  Using some of my many off cuts from work

Tea Cosy

I have been at home for the last month as the job I started in January, didnot work out! 

So I have been recuperating from the stress and catching up on all the unfinished bits around the house.

With Lydia's encouragement I entered the Tea Cosy Competition at Fossick Handmade

The Tea Cosy display at Fossick

My entry constructed of shopping bags ironed together and then free motion stitched

"PlasTEAic Cosy" by Annie Laing, winner of the Recycled category
"Best recycled materials cosy"

I won the Recycled category and my cosy has been sold. 

I was absolutely rapped!

Thanks to KBULG- for sponsoring this prize - yet to have a spending spree!

Thanks also to Fossick Handmade for organizing the event

Happy Easter

Belated Happy Easter to all

Sharing the Easter egg basket for DH with MFT Die-namics Tools dies

and (empty) for them at work!  They were filled up!

The basket is the MFT Die-namics Flower Box and inside the Trapezoid Treat Box and the roses the Classic Rolled Rose.

Not much else has happened as work has really got in the way of crafting at the moment.  Hopefully that will change in the next few weeks

Happy New Year

Here's wishing you all a wonderfully New Year!

May it be full of crafty times!

One of my Christmas cards I made.  Still have lots of ideas for this coming year so will continue making Christmas through out the year. 

The New Year's resolution is to use up the many accumulated Christmas papers!

Guarding our prey!!!

Cushla and Lena guarding there find from the bathroom renovations!

September

September is here!
The warm weather and September winds.  Summer is coming!

My quilt from the last post sold at the Radio Auction, which I was pleased about.

No photos this time as not much has been done lately

Another Month

The months are flying passed!

Winter is here and colder than the last couple of years!

Not much craft has been happening with trying to get a piece sewn for the Art Exhibition in September, but have managed to finish this quilt as a donation to the Boulder Rotary Radio Auction fund raiser in August

Thanks to Nancy for getting it quilted so quickly for me.

So Long.....

Time has flown again!

Not much is happening here, been to the Craft Fair in Perth and the annual shopping trip but not much else has happened!  Life has got in the way of being creative!

Sympathy card I have made.  Thanks to Christine for her lovely idea.

Sewing

With DH having been away I have managed to get into the sewing room.  After a tidy up I had a play!

Having recently got Rayna Gillman's new book, Create your own free-form quilts I had fun playing with all the scraps left over from our entry into the Kalgoorlie Art Prize

Here is the result

Need to add a border and then quilt it.  Just love Rayna's idea of sewing strips and blocks when you want to sew but have nothing in mind.  Then come back to them later.

Another card

A Birthday card for Angela, 

Created using the Cheery Lynn doilies die and the Spellbinders flower topper die.
The flower topper dies are one of my favourite dies!