tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30941287195474225162024-03-05T10:48:57.486+00:00....DragonsWeb...Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.comBlogger363125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-18542274152739253682012-10-24T00:28:00.000+01:002012-10-24T00:31:47.520+01:00WOYWW #177 - Look Away Now.....Look away now if you are squeamish!!! But then you will miss my new zip fastener knee!!! yes, everyone, I am back after my operation... well, been out a long time in only 66 hrs after it, actually - I beat my own record time this time. 4th joint in fastest time...<br />
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So now I have a full set - two hips and two knees, full metal jacket... opps I mean joints!!!! tee hee. Above I was in the pre-op ward waiting to go to theatre. You see my lovely arrows. The consultant made the dainty ones and the registrar made the fatter ones!! What a jolly sight with my compression stocking on eh??<br />
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And here is my "zip" two weeks later!!! Horrendous number of clips and so close together... but will make a good scar I hope.<br />
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Here are the 38 offending beasties. YES I did say 38... ouch when they came out!! I was good for me, and did not actually cry once, but Miranda said I had not been a good enough ickle soldier to have a lollipop!!!! Awwww.....<br />
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And see the nice clean line here?? when all the stuff is healed that's about all that will be seen. Not bad. However, there's a long way to go. I am doing fine and the physio is so pleased with my progress, but I am tired this time. 4 ops in 5 and a half years take their toll... Still I was awake-ish and heard stuff, but no hallucinations this time, thank goodness. Played my meditation music and gave myself over to the process - THANKS PETA!!! So I am healing well and taking time.<br />
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So, sorry no crafting just yet and needing to rest but deffo in the land of the living again... Thanks for visiting,<a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">care of the wonderful Julia.</span></b></a> I hope to get to lots of you this week<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-47227290917452954832012-10-12T15:28:00.000+01:002012-10-12T15:28:05.965+01:00Record Breaker!!Hi honeys. I am home!!! The op is all done and I am back home now to rest, recuperate and generally get fit and well. I came home on Thursday morning, <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">barely 66 hours since my op</span></b> was done. !!<br />
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My scar is long and straight and has HUNDREDS and THOUSANDS of staples in it - well it seems that way, any way!!! I have some bruising but not like last time, yet!! so I am hoping for a speedy recovery.<br />
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Thanks to all those of you who sent well wishes, and I hope to be back doing stuff soon<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-25132673396423205322012-10-08T09:03:00.001+01:002012-10-08T09:03:17.827+01:00Wave me Goodbye!!!...And wish me luck... !!! I am just about to go to the hospital for my knee operation today. It will be my 4th total replacement in just over 5 years!! You would think I would be a dab hand but, of course, I am very scared!!! Still, can't do with the pain I have just now, so it will be ok afterwards when stuff heals.<br />
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Meanwhile, here is me being a bronzed goddess, up top the Acropolis a bit more than a week ago!!! This was a triumph to get up there, in my condition!! and a big hill to climb in other, more spiritual ways...<br />
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Anyway... I have my iPad with me so I HOPE I feel like looking if you feel like leaving me a message!!!<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-28561365185523996832012-09-12T00:30:00.002+01:002012-09-12T01:15:26.730+01:00WOYWW #171 - Cards and Tiny Tin!!Hi Wyggers... s'me again, with a flying leap to catch up to the week, dashing by!! Leaping for what, you may ask... well, my dear readers, leaping on to the magic carpet that is the <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Stamping Ground,</a></span></b> run by our intrepid leader, Julia, so we can all blog peacefully together - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">well that's the theory if it!! snooping more to the point!! ha ha</span></b>...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuw-RDbvb-0b5SyLpOSE7hLah4G0eW1SyApsOlqOErU9fewNulSCI5kRgCNoVmbGpDgRRe650qGz5hZLFelTcUqtOYEhfPCgUy9RsPfKFqm-GgC0o9cfHPDV_i2S8OdtPKmpAiTXC-K0/s1600/adesk1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuw-RDbvb-0b5SyLpOSE7hLah4G0eW1SyApsOlqOErU9fewNulSCI5kRgCNoVmbGpDgRRe650qGz5hZLFelTcUqtOYEhfPCgUy9RsPfKFqm-GgC0o9cfHPDV_i2S8OdtPKmpAiTXC-K0/s640/adesk1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> So here is my "money shot" this week, in the middle of designing and making a couple of cards and altering a wee ickle tin. I have not had chance for much crafting... it is simply work in progress this week, actually - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">yes, but you should see the REST of the room!! OMG!!!</span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzzjGuFuQeygR4vzDSs4VYhX6t9PLgHm1FV6ePx1RAHSR2GJESIarzmsJPQwXlMsIUpLz7kG1SOZ_3ztzXvrCoRgbU1KOLZKeVouYrtb7romQyNMbG0fY2-gSBz-orlVuIRIccHnlWcA/s1600/adesk2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzzjGuFuQeygR4vzDSs4VYhX6t9PLgHm1FV6ePx1RAHSR2GJESIarzmsJPQwXlMsIUpLz7kG1SOZ_3ztzXvrCoRgbU1KOLZKeVouYrtb7romQyNMbG0fY2-gSBz-orlVuIRIccHnlWcA/s640/adesk2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Firstly, a ickle tobacco tin that Pete left in his cupboards... Well, they are MINE now and I can use whatever I want... As you can see from the numbers on the cutting mat on my screen, it is actually only a very small tin but has been transformed ... eh, voici...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT_kgL3kzv-HxxbdhzUYea9jdIAY7spurDQ-QcMTsIqEmc9tjsuDE4j9TGXVDc5ZNRkKQ15rBOyKz39RQ2hcRkaFDPTgZb9HXky2EB-pKlooUkfc85NHdOQsfRw9dhoVhZ7WKEQ9oA1c/s1600/adesk3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT_kgL3kzv-HxxbdhzUYea9jdIAY7spurDQ-QcMTsIqEmc9tjsuDE4j9TGXVDc5ZNRkKQ15rBOyKz39RQ2hcRkaFDPTgZb9HXky2EB-pKlooUkfc85NHdOQsfRw9dhoVhZ7WKEQ9oA1c/s640/adesk3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some patterned paper, distressed and smeared with the dreaded Rub n' Buff!!! and it looks so different, eh?? The charm is a delightful one, made of brass, but slightly altered and enhanced... I want it to take a bit of my makeup in and it will do the job nicely, going to Turkey!! -<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"> huh!! show off!!! Anyone would think it's your birthday too...pah!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55eT18Xks6S3uEJjy4gnOB8bQgDuw0BuJKKmvAmHQelaoBTYu9ssIq8WvR6-e9NcqJl-hV6VdNSOfx_BF415giWvOkCtBmqNPxB9GP7vdYIQiQETZv4LqeHNlrlGhi-wlS3vcEjMURyM/s1600/adesk6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55eT18Xks6S3uEJjy4gnOB8bQgDuw0BuJKKmvAmHQelaoBTYu9ssIq8WvR6-e9NcqJl-hV6VdNSOfx_BF415giWvOkCtBmqNPxB9GP7vdYIQiQETZv4LqeHNlrlGhi-wlS3vcEjMURyM/s640/adesk6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then, I have been making a couple of cards... one is a commission from my great friend, Peta, and the other is a congrats card for and her new hubby!! Good stuff - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">well THAT news shook you didn't it dear??!! </span></b>This one is for said hubby, whose birthday is a week after mine, and I DO hope he likes it. The bloke looks a lot like him I think!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFhsZrY9BwB-xU-a0lemMWXzOS6Y42uSYK5P3R-y2qm0056mcJVuXjdN0H7O4pL7T6Ci6KULZTuHUKVmCDtOt-LoDLdNUq51dI_ZThw9lHqtnBLQ8Ca4A2wBOKZMlELrMlqoer4oM6O0/s1600/adesk9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFhsZrY9BwB-xU-a0lemMWXzOS6Y42uSYK5P3R-y2qm0056mcJVuXjdN0H7O4pL7T6Ci6KULZTuHUKVmCDtOt-LoDLdNUq51dI_ZThw9lHqtnBLQ8Ca4A2wBOKZMlELrMlqoer4oM6O0/s640/adesk9.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> This shot is from the back of the card, behind the raised cogs and main image. Most of the pieces I used are from the Kanban steampunk range, which is REALLY fab to use. Wendie's great influences here no doubt, but she seems to have gone from the scene again... shame!! - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">oh do get on!!</span></b><br />
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So, next 2 weeks, I will be off and away to beautiful Turkey for rest and rest and rest and play!!! I may be able to read and comment but won't be able to show my desk - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">obviously NOT, drip!!!</span></b> but I shall be thinking of you all and wishing you were here/there, well you know what I mean... so goodbye, party people!! Have a great couple of weeks (one on the beach and one cruising up the Aegean Sea to Istanbul... always wanted to go to Byzantium/Constaninople... yippee!!)<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-75017733109896730952012-09-07T09:10:00.000+01:002012-09-07T09:10:09.774+01:00Give Away WinnerHi All<br />
As promised on Wednesday last, I am here now to announce the winner of the birdie spare tag I made for Laura Denison's swap. I really enjoyed making so many alike, but unalike - is that a word??? - and I am so pleased that so many people felt moved enough to comment and enter the draw. So, who is the "lucky winner" of the random draw??<br />
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I put 33 into the generator and number <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>26 </b></span>came out... so counting through I think that should be Silvie/Barnie!! She is a member of my DDDT, but it was NOT a fix, honest!!!! So email me, Silvie, with your address and I will send it off to you as soon as possible.<br />
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Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-32216009175779749862012-09-05T00:31:00.000+01:002012-09-05T00:31:28.173+01:00WOYWW #170 - Make Time to Make ArtThat is very difficult just now... time seems to slide by out of the corner of my eye, when I am not looking!!! -<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">OMG she is off already!!! this is a record... must be all that sporty stuff on TV!!! gold medal this week!!!! </span></b>- Anyway, as I was saying, time is leaping past and my birthday will be here in a couple of weeks!!!(21st) Then the year gallops, rapidly downhill - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">would be great if she had ever got UP-hill this year!!! </span></b>- The week has flown and it's time for another swoop around the world aboard the magic carpet called<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Stamping Ground</a></span></b>. So, here is the desk shot - not very edifying, but in progress of a sort.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOI5QVdJ4G6yVj-nEPC7WqcmPRQu4fTY9VosmvQjlqMJeT9jnv4Uewcf1IDRzOuYtGHTFQGRonVKny1tthep4rSTE55goOL3oPZu65oe0onT2Oz0nis_iUzTfO_MHHTBHKNjU2HWdZVa8/s1600/aba7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOI5QVdJ4G6yVj-nEPC7WqcmPRQu4fTY9VosmvQjlqMJeT9jnv4Uewcf1IDRzOuYtGHTFQGRonVKny1tthep4rSTE55goOL3oPZu65oe0onT2Oz0nis_iUzTfO_MHHTBHKNjU2HWdZVa8/s640/aba7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Time to make anything seems at a premium, then, and the jolly old crafty'oom stays silent, dusty and empty for days on end... -<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"> you are meant to get out your violins and handkies at this point, dear reader!!</span></b> - not because there is no muse but because other things call me away, and family needs my attention... -<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"> oh yes, and there is something she has not told you yet, my dears...</span></b>. - we have been on a couple of outings including to Scope at Stafford, a fabulous horse show, to see others jump and show for a change. That was a great day for all of us, except mum, who had to be organised at home. - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Come on, woman, tell them, you know you want to</span></b> - So here is my lovely news in pics<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7KLZoQeEGAaoK2-ATd6VmQhZOeF6QLGZCGMlyDCiZM_5kBI0ea3BN-ptVhv1DV0dF9-LDKOI1IbjFmEgja6h-DjwpLDqjijWtJiHHAiHT42ivpEGDmKX5nbi-TdjnJP_4HH3BMo06JU/s1600/2pony2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7KLZoQeEGAaoK2-ATd6VmQhZOeF6QLGZCGMlyDCiZM_5kBI0ea3BN-ptVhv1DV0dF9-LDKOI1IbjFmEgja6h-DjwpLDqjijWtJiHHAiHT42ivpEGDmKX5nbi-TdjnJP_4HH3BMo06JU/s640/2pony2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>So WHAT is so remarkable some of you may ask?? Well, it's BOTH my little lads riding at once, which can only mean one thing - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">OMG, she is at it again... DO GET ON Gaywood!!! </span></b>- that we now have 2 ponies. And this one is called Beau, just like our very first one!!! But he is 16 and knows what's what. He was a snip to a good home and we love him already. Jay has him so he can do his cantering now, and Matt has Rosie, but they can each ride the other.... I must be MAD!!! but I do get such pleasure from it all and I can't help but give back that pleasure to my family.<br />
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And any art, you are waiting to hear - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">oh, she noticed dear readers, at last </span></b>- well, a couple more pages on my album and the <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">TIO tag for this week "In a Heart Beat" recipe, a beating heart, a tattered timepiece and a bit of grunge</a></span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFU8v6IR0rZR3KI-XXDh43iAent_ifew2UHBS31FkEFklL9jiZrmkPqxWsW9rg8RX3KDzfMDVyO4G-B4t0y4fUlAq4DLs7kxNz5DGQyjnVIakbx3BcGkcoPamESZLCqRnopiDcj6TTEA/s1600/aba2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFU8v6IR0rZR3KI-XXDh43iAent_ifew2UHBS31FkEFklL9jiZrmkPqxWsW9rg8RX3KDzfMDVyO4G-B4t0y4fUlAq4DLs7kxNz5DGQyjnVIakbx3BcGkcoPamESZLCqRnopiDcj6TTEA/s640/aba2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> The heart is from an Elusive Images set, coloured with distress inks on my new Splodge mat<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2axFjzqezydLSuHSTDv9lGiPSyaa7eHpRtOV2uc0-XDqFZS08Nw6C2R8hns1qJMDxG79JWShZALlrfnIbdcHQ5BFKv417db1Cf67Brub-iPY08-zCZJWwSjmxovFWTnc4DysYyYx3vy0/s1600/aba3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2axFjzqezydLSuHSTDv9lGiPSyaa7eHpRtOV2uc0-XDqFZS08Nw6C2R8hns1qJMDxG79JWShZALlrfnIbdcHQ5BFKv417db1Cf67Brub-iPY08-zCZJWwSjmxovFWTnc4DysYyYx3vy0/s640/aba3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Here is the title of my piece and the watch I made. The strap is fun, made from tyvek, coloured with distress inks, then distressed!! I loved doing the additions of the eyelets, below...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9qwToL3zx2iMlRvtDDISUtwPwJ6XYUzn9qa8IJlA2tDKlUMwpouDCNb8dl21q9ed9scx_HBKgyVIGZ5l9G_B-9YoodmRvjao3TgKTpHGAj6JAOoh6uproIcOS50ah_AN9lJDH3tAu04/s1600/aba5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9qwToL3zx2iMlRvtDDISUtwPwJ6XYUzn9qa8IJlA2tDKlUMwpouDCNb8dl21q9ed9scx_HBKgyVIGZ5l9G_B-9YoodmRvjao3TgKTpHGAj6JAOoh6uproIcOS50ah_AN9lJDH3tAu04/s640/aba5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Lots and lots of textured loveliness!!The black tag was put through the Vaga-007-bond - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">OMG!!!</span></b> - in a texture folder, then inked with clear ink, and covered with verdigis and garnet ep... liking the look<br />
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So, thanks for the visit and comments... I have not done the draw for the tag last week, yet, so have a look and see if you would like to try for it - just leave a comment there too, to be in with a chance to win it... draw at the weekend.<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xx<br />
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Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-22717569175553455482012-08-29T01:24:00.003+01:002012-08-29T01:38:53.731+01:00WOYWW #169 - All About the 5 S's??<div class="deleteBody"><div class="postBody"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi Wyggers... hope you are all ok?? Welcome to the desks of the world and the magic carpet ride we can all take as a weekly</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">dose!! A spoonful of </span><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stamping Ground</span></b></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> makes the medicine go round -</span><b style="font-family: inherit;">oh dear,folks, she has started to go off the rails VERY early in the process this week!! </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was just lying here in bed, blogging,- </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">as you do</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">... and the fragrant Freddie happened to notice me sorting out my desk picture for this week - </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">well at least she did one this time!!!</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> He was shocked. yes SHOCKED!!! but I can't think why...mmmmm</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzAfl4PJ0ibdJOKJEOJjFTmGnDRIHRG3vAVzdHHxekIs2pbopS-_h3Hrt5PP-uJfFpREWDwh3P3dWh5LFDUsyUOL2BgPski51wF3tb0sJ4J16pFm7fQF7oNB7NGr2p2baPmCggdK1H2s/s1600/aad1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzAfl4PJ0ibdJOKJEOJjFTmGnDRIHRG3vAVzdHHxekIs2pbopS-_h3Hrt5PP-uJfFpREWDwh3P3dWh5LFDUsyUOL2BgPski51wF3tb0sJ4J16pFm7fQF7oNB7NGr2p2baPmCggdK1H2s/s640/aad1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now what's wrong with that folks??? -<b> well if you don't know there is no hope for you!!!</b> Then he said "you would not get away with that desk at my work!!!" So why not, I wanted to know... "we are working on a new system of 5 S's ..." more of which in a minute... But I agree actually, it <b><i>is </i></b>a mess but nothing new there then!!! Working on a new album, as I said last week</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LXMf7rM-5DIUU3bdUOSTX7igr4TvUdyuAFUZ4a32tEYDkaZd1NnGsF_deihqSlp-oEovUomWKyn6dZsQXfCdJ0wVdsqopijxKrPXHsd6j80CzaficX6RqV87yvUFgIDnfSyND3Rexog/s1600/aad2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LXMf7rM-5DIUU3bdUOSTX7igr4TvUdyuAFUZ4a32tEYDkaZd1NnGsF_deihqSlp-oEovUomWKyn6dZsQXfCdJ0wVdsqopijxKrPXHsd6j80CzaficX6RqV87yvUFgIDnfSyND3Rexog/s640/aad2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's cover is unusual as it opens both ways... will show you more another time. This paper is Bo Bunny and I have used Destinations by Tim Holtz and some Check In from Kaisercraft. The slot is for fitting a D ring when I get one... <b>well she ordered all sorts but forgot the D rings, silly moo!!</b><br />
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<b>So what about these 5 S's then ?</b> well they are from a Chinese management senario, and that totally makes sense to me when I read them!!! They are<br />
Sort<br />
Set in order<br />
Shine<br />
Standardise<br />
Sustain<br />
and are supposed to be "the building blocks of all improvement activity"<br />
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I get most but "standardise" that one sits badly with me, cos I don't want us all to do and be the same... however, I would like my desk and crafty'oom to be sorted and set in order AND sustained!!!<b>tee hee!</b>! So I have established that I can't do many of them, but I did have a go at standardise some time ago. Laura Denison was having a tag swap and I entered Sent off 8 + one for her, and got 8 back...</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yXEIF4XEp97yFBWb1pxFzE148WAtaycRCozVdeGE7kiXD2XsrMywiI-cc-J8WiijFwaEN5TBqAFep5sfLxPbf-VbATnNJQ4tQGHnk0aIS5eaL8ILbt1Y4vmQ7nEcN41cTTqpjNW6AlE/s1600/aad3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yXEIF4XEp97yFBWb1pxFzE148WAtaycRCozVdeGE7kiXD2XsrMywiI-cc-J8WiijFwaEN5TBqAFep5sfLxPbf-VbATnNJQ4tQGHnk0aIS5eaL8ILbt1Y4vmQ7nEcN41cTTqpjNW6AlE/s640/aad3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here they are. Some of them are really cute, eh?? All are interesting, but NOT standardised!! However, we<br />
were set the task to send off something similar to each person, so here are a few of the steps in the making of mine...</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7Xy3XM7JApFC_lHqF5yXBGGAerm26JT2jAeI791jFb0MkVmjg7lmi2TJ9VLx2WHYkbf4cjrz34G9-wLFLO2cHRPkHwK2BPOWB7UILOha_Zof48NKseKXAiNTMpZeDZDYDGSoNiobhzA/s1600/swap1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7Xy3XM7JApFC_lHqF5yXBGGAerm26JT2jAeI791jFb0MkVmjg7lmi2TJ9VLx2WHYkbf4cjrz34G9-wLFLO2cHRPkHwK2BPOWB7UILOha_Zof48NKseKXAiNTMpZeDZDYDGSoNiobhzA/s640/swap1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">First, find a way to make the locks, so I got out the melt pot and made some suitable enamel... I mixed my own, and made a mold of the Tim Holtz key hole</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7Yj1lOjP8rCuWUUloMcb05-1Pz0X05s63WzhzA8RgcIe2DRHyq_ZaZ9Zt0GHvqQ6_h09aW-JsPtMublIjGY6UFmdX47FDzBtpkyUUcbUFT5zAnehlaK1Eqo6N2_sQWNfVDLktTYKE0M/s1600/swap5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7Yj1lOjP8rCuWUUloMcb05-1Pz0X05s63WzhzA8RgcIe2DRHyq_ZaZ9Zt0GHvqQ6_h09aW-JsPtMublIjGY6UFmdX47FDzBtpkyUUcbUFT5zAnehlaK1Eqo6N2_sQWNfVDLktTYKE0M/s640/swap5.JPG" width="488" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">They were then poured, into my mold...</span><b style="font-family: inherit;"> is this standardisation??? Or perhaps the cages all die cut, underneath??? - no, drip, this is mass production!!! but they do look rather good... Hey, that's not the same key hole as before?? What happened? -</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Well, the first mold went wonky so I used a different key hole...</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_X6ImykAcv6l0zyEv4DrIuJt4_3sBwXN0b7ajcTRbncnUu0K6__SsVSITSwdYZe-v-3tniFkSUYVnW0MhuJvDg6m3-8LvgQcaQogwtPFMYANlj5kfCpWR_KAlKBZ4_wcW5OFM5w0qAQ/s1600/swap12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_X6ImykAcv6l0zyEv4DrIuJt4_3sBwXN0b7ajcTRbncnUu0K6__SsVSITSwdYZe-v-3tniFkSUYVnW0MhuJvDg6m3-8LvgQcaQogwtPFMYANlj5kfCpWR_KAlKBZ4_wcW5OFM5w0qAQ/s640/swap12.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">For my crackle background, I painted with white glue in a random fashion - </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">gosh, I wish you had washed the brush out properly afterwards, Gaywood!!!</b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_e_s_0fUgM95bUkMXWtaojokSvh9chsVwqBVdCxmePzr2iaQkTnh4WR6HqLFDjVt5iMHlptevErm4I6mdU8k307wLE5ARq3T7DuQ3mbVNvpq8gTdhspHcQr30J4qCfhYzvyHvzBI0JQ/s1600/swap13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_e_s_0fUgM95bUkMXWtaojokSvh9chsVwqBVdCxmePzr2iaQkTnh4WR6HqLFDjVt5iMHlptevErm4I6mdU8k307wLE5ARq3T7DuQ3mbVNvpq8gTdhspHcQr30J4qCfhYzvyHvzBI0JQ/s640/swap13.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then straight on with a coat of acrylic paint...</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8rAzs-lLEQnYtyU8zWg0Zi41mQ-Op6EdgEgqOF_LkrsApdF5D6OC266imqDeG_PLs4wHqUHXLjGORh1_Cy9aq_vuwl3_TU6Ii4ta86vk5hSQeRjp1Z-mS6P2I_LqBDcn58S-el6TO1c/s1600/swap14.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8rAzs-lLEQnYtyU8zWg0Zi41mQ-Op6EdgEgqOF_LkrsApdF5D6OC266imqDeG_PLs4wHqUHXLjGORh1_Cy9aq_vuwl3_TU6Ii4ta86vk5hSQeRjp1Z-mS6P2I_LqBDcn58S-el6TO1c/s640/swap14.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Crackling in moments!! - </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">yes, but not in a uniform, standardised way!!</b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TBNgMPY-3cZzKkmvtdlMcaT0CoVKFn4_DeSAiPX-I_0wLijen2ZMy53ohTrurOx3QeM86afe7B2q9uja17lv-zuT0DBQeL-tnHJL8DXoL7YKmOLbSRDqfKpNVxL1KavTxfRxCOIJPNk/s1600/swap35.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TBNgMPY-3cZzKkmvtdlMcaT0CoVKFn4_DeSAiPX-I_0wLijen2ZMy53ohTrurOx3QeM86afe7B2q9uja17lv-zuT0DBQeL-tnHJL8DXoL7YKmOLbSRDqfKpNVxL1KavTxfRxCOIJPNk/s640/swap35.JPG" width="488" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;">At last, all ten tags, standardised????</span><b style="font-family: inherit;"> NO. Similar but creatively different and Vivre la difference!!</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I used similar but not the same trinkets, and such. If some appear crooked, they are not,they are just swinging free and moved for the photo...</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieStYBuPdmAelCWFmY6hic2f3vRkEXF3aMLfVaiAIcdomsExjiqpdohc-8mvdBo2AuUwj9nDk4OZcBn_kjdozMIk6wCLVbUxC9yEsVZnHnbxfM_Qjk7DnfKr4RCsLfd9z6RWGuaRrv8Nk/s1600/swap40.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieStYBuPdmAelCWFmY6hic2f3vRkEXF3aMLfVaiAIcdomsExjiqpdohc-8mvdBo2AuUwj9nDk4OZcBn_kjdozMIk6wCLVbUxC9yEsVZnHnbxfM_Qjk7DnfKr4RCsLfd9z6RWGuaRrv8Nk/s640/swap40.JPG" width="488" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">So here is one ickle chappie, with all his glory, cheeping away... and talking of giving away - </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">no you weren't!!! </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">- Oh yes I am!!! <span style="color: red;">I am thinking that if you leave a comment, I will do a random draw</span>, and send the lucky - </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">or unfortunate!!</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> - winner, the one I still have here... so <span style="color: red;">comment away and you might get my ickle birdie in the post </span>- </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">anywhere in the world???</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> - yes, of course...</span><br />
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Thanks for reading and commenting again this week... it has been a bit easier here, since my usual carer got back from Eid celebrations, but will take some time for mum to settle again... then we are are all away, so goodness only knows what will happen - <b>well I know... she will be all at sea again and confused!!</b>! But I NEED my holiday so there!! Here's hoping you are all well, anyway<br />
Love and Light<br />
Frankie<br />
xx<br />
PS. I don't think I was cut out for an office or a factory anyway, so who cares if my desk/crafty'oom is messy beyond belief???</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">xx</span></div></div>Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-69089299507221730992012-08-22T00:32:00.002+01:002012-08-22T07:43:15.359+01:00WOYWW #168 - About How I Feel!!! (Updated)Hello Wyggers everywhere... Oh I missed you all last week, as I did not manage to blog at all, and never found time to do much... the morning/evening carer has been off for 2 weeks - <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">well almost, but not yet</span></b> - for Eid... and all hell has been let loose chez moi!!! OMG... some carers seem not to have any sense and are not worth the name!!! (<span style="color: red;"><b><i>I should have said that there <u>have </u>been replacements ... a DIFFERENT one every time!!! Late, rude, no English, incompetent, you name it, we've had it!! Very wearing..</i></b></span>.)<br />
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Suffice it to say that things have not gone smoothly here for a while and I feel let down... I let the office have it with both barrels this morning after the ministrations of one particularly rubbish visit!!! Would not be so bad if they actually came on time, or thereabouts!!! - <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">enough, already, don't bore the pants off your readers mrs. woman..</span></b>.<br />
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So I have been working on the cruise album a little and have started another for the coming holiday - nothing like being prepared!!<b> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">and is she prepared?? NO!! not a single thought about clothes or anything, but she <i>is </i>doing an album!!! mad</span></b> -<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to Turkey over my birthday time, as usual</span>... Anyhoo, here is what I have made - <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">hurrah, we thought you would NEVER get to business!!!</span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSaSzNseMQPMM5AALLVazE9Zh46y53dW6ktuf5pLh8bXWIjNKmhcN3UEE5TZuEw9YYdmNq4XiL6td5xoHyWBVqBKytjHgCm1yAE4pwZU1pqr6b-Bjrpi6iBLjPMn6Z47ylndF6iCg0Wc/s1600/art1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSaSzNseMQPMM5AALLVazE9Zh46y53dW6ktuf5pLh8bXWIjNKmhcN3UEE5TZuEw9YYdmNq4XiL6td5xoHyWBVqBKytjHgCm1yAE4pwZU1pqr6b-Bjrpi6iBLjPMn6Z47ylndF6iCg0Wc/s640/art1.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> So this is the thought behind my title... it's a TIO DT piece for today, Wednesday, for the recipe "It's Art for Art's Sake" using a homemade background, interesting character(s) and a quirky twist. And the character looks JUST like I feel!!! - <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">poor soul</span></b>...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ705d1_tEIr0h2_2aB9hy-G7nAF0MS245ASj_7qvXUBKCha6A_b4yHwHWw6_QSw98_GNpieSzjg-h9Wu8OoJePUwpacbmGDJDya_zje7s6hVWYj2wvVkG89zn98Sr88bnyyyM4qI6nRI/s1600/art2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ705d1_tEIr0h2_2aB9hy-G7nAF0MS245ASj_7qvXUBKCha6A_b4yHwHWw6_QSw98_GNpieSzjg-h9Wu8OoJePUwpacbmGDJDya_zje7s6hVWYj2wvVkG89zn98Sr88bnyyyM4qI6nRI/s640/art2.JPG" width="484" /></a></div> I used a TH stamp for the background, along with a quirky stamp from a set which includes the eye, hand, and body of my character... naughty girl is showing herself here, in this bottom corner!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseOsk2kOuSs-BfS83_yQOwqX9tGTQ3lIH7NdG-PD6_jxe9A1cboVHyYP8X6zoYXFDTwKC7a4GS4HEuCMdMlCTMsEq0Wrh0XrgnArvm0GpotCUNxTVqJwcRW1tQMvq7M4U-mHUnyhbmRg/s1600/art3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseOsk2kOuSs-BfS83_yQOwqX9tGTQ3lIH7NdG-PD6_jxe9A1cboVHyYP8X6zoYXFDTwKC7a4GS4HEuCMdMlCTMsEq0Wrh0XrgnArvm0GpotCUNxTVqJwcRW1tQMvq7M4U-mHUnyhbmRg/s640/art3.JPG" width="484" /></a></div> This head is a Lynne Parrella creation... lovin her stamps, they are SO outlandish but so neat!!! Watch the birdie land on her head from the tag hole... swoop!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDU9K-ndRWQDjbh6moD-f4QN-ixBSHOzrbjFOF7zqTFrvQgwfliR_1lAtFFzmlkBfe40xDfbhH-0O5pW4tpNo5OCLsP0NlkrObyuCInWiFRVNQ7WhCKyWZ4u3yxCNNeL4A-f47-SjruCk/s1600/art4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDU9K-ndRWQDjbh6moD-f4QN-ixBSHOzrbjFOF7zqTFrvQgwfliR_1lAtFFzmlkBfe40xDfbhH-0O5pW4tpNo5OCLsP0NlkrObyuCInWiFRVNQ7WhCKyWZ4u3yxCNNeL4A-f47-SjruCk/s640/art4.JPG" width="484" /></a></div> So me, juggling and failing... hands -we notice that there are 2 left ones!!! - not succeeding in keeping control... head trying the recede into a shell - <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">oh shut up Gaywood, you are getting silly now!!!</span></b><br />
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Love and Light<br />
Frankie<br />
xx<br />
PS - <b><span style="font-size: x-small;">opps, she went and forgot the desk shot completely!!! typical... laters, maybe!! silly moo...</span></b>Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-11823197663805039442012-08-08T00:30:00.001+01:002012-08-08T01:22:28.030+01:00WOYWW #166 - Stamp Addicts DT Samples +Hi Wiggers... yet another 2012 Wednesday has flown into my window and on to my desk... don't know where it came from, but it came along like a bullet!!! Never saw it till it arrived then opps!!! get a pic of your desk to share - and why you ask, if you have been travelling to Mars with Curiousity!!! Well cos <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Julia says so, here</a></span></b>...<br />
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Hope you have had a good week... mine has been ok and fairly uneventful, which is FABULOUS for me, eh??? not much going on is a TOTAL blessing!!!! tee hee. Hands are getting so much better and holidays to Turkey only a few weeks away, so I am feeling more optimistic... knee op when I get back, but that's then and THIS is now!!!<br />
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I have been making a couple of samples for Stamp Addicts next show on Create and Craft, later this week... they sent me two beautiful stamps and this is what I made... First three are made from a lovely snowy village scene + some extras from last year...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZlmqHRro4BG4xgxUW98_YFFnfrhG_wc1ieGaA2xCqv7l0JZILNGwm5xiDrC6hZCeO2XLG8rD4WPy-XtysTLlXS4b2iSuRoLKKOGlvP4xBdYegw1d30RS2o2SquKDl6o4srJj1xjhMBw/s1600/ad1-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZlmqHRro4BG4xgxUW98_YFFnfrhG_wc1ieGaA2xCqv7l0JZILNGwm5xiDrC6hZCeO2XLG8rD4WPy-XtysTLlXS4b2iSuRoLKKOGlvP4xBdYegw1d30RS2o2SquKDl6o4srJj1xjhMBw/s640/ad1-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Made this like a window in a Tudor house looking out... there is acetate for the glass, I also used the floral stamp.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWtEsUS-i0hVyIG-33EOqhHzKSFmMwYgIHZTuH8XWp6b_RVy5XkBqtSbFoWwkah9KVjlXUVg0VhO_eCtgpiNDuOz-81qXxSSDF_PYgDED_DcCImOegzwJDfznCdDyUHg4-PrfsBcIZx8/s1600/ad6-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWtEsUS-i0hVyIG-33EOqhHzKSFmMwYgIHZTuH8XWp6b_RVy5XkBqtSbFoWwkah9KVjlXUVg0VhO_eCtgpiNDuOz-81qXxSSDF_PYgDED_DcCImOegzwJDfznCdDyUHg4-PrfsBcIZx8/s640/ad6-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> This is the make a mess technique. Stamp on acetate then emboss and turn over... put glue and inks and alcohol inks and glitter etc in a swirly, messy gloop, then scrumple tissue and leave to dry. This is a great way to get inky and dirty... be sure to have a scrubby ready !!!<br />
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And the other thing I have done is my TIO tag, which is very dark this week, the theme having been chosen by my dear friend, BlackDragon. Walking with her in her grief... It's called<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> "Nightmare" and the recipe is a murder of crows, a blue moon and a chill wind</span></b>.... oooo she knows how to pick em!!!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjisJJWI-OUJLpBA8RMbAEstU5vG-TXBu0kGsX0OuSBZd11UhLPtlM4No9_JFeiD6wiJp-rv4TkDHGclL-ZOIp6wVr4xafub6HFjuZxz8guYqCLyqgYBNiJoieMnoyufGAjfpRqtqj3yw/s1600/ad18-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjisJJWI-OUJLpBA8RMbAEstU5vG-TXBu0kGsX0OuSBZd11UhLPtlM4No9_JFeiD6wiJp-rv4TkDHGclL-ZOIp6wVr4xafub6HFjuZxz8guYqCLyqgYBNiJoieMnoyufGAjfpRqtqj3yw/s640/ad18-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Alongside those cards etc, I am still working on my cruise album... putting in the embellies now, and planning the photos and journalling... it's a great one just to turn the pages... some of you asked how it's made... it's a hybrid of Kathy Orta's "hidden hinge" technique and Laura Denison's pages... they are both fab to follow and watch on UStream... The former is Paper Phenomenon and the latter is Following the Paper Trail...<br />
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Well off to post this now then to bed... perchance to ??? dream or have a nightmare!!! Why not join us at DragonsDream TIO this fortnight for this GREAT recipe, the team has done some AMAZING work, again!!!<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xx<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-51039806214446753832012-08-01T00:34:00.001+01:002012-08-01T00:38:18.685+01:00WOYWW #165 - Look Everyone, No Hands!!!Hi Woyggers... blog hopping buddies, from around the world... hope you are leaped about <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">those desks</a></b></span> safely and successfully. As for me, I did nothing much of anything, having had my thumbs injected on Thursday. Only had a ickle drive today, and been out of the loop on ALL fronts. ... so no crafting either... desk looks 'xactly the same... sigh<br />
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So I thought I would show you the things I made for my soap-making, erstwhile Taiji teacher friend and mentor, Peta. Many of you said you would like a full view rather than the teasers I gave you. Well, she has them all now and loves them, so I can share them with you... get a cuppa, put your feet up - there are quite a few photos- and enjoy...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoD5SD_ymb5jrOcWxy8EYIP4inVNuKfku91iZX0eX8mD_yX3eao9d_Kvh-InehU7GorCVjiyZfW0qF0xLrc8qNVcWs8qf784OVtCf2R64SxQNE2zT-1reJGY31ICeZS6cYA1WBRJxfq4U/s1600/petapg2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoD5SD_ymb5jrOcWxy8EYIP4inVNuKfku91iZX0eX8mD_yX3eao9d_Kvh-InehU7GorCVjiyZfW0qF0xLrc8qNVcWs8qf784OVtCf2R64SxQNE2zT-1reJGY31ICeZS6cYA1WBRJxfq4U/s640/petapg2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Her grand-nephew is almost 2 and he ADORES Peppa Pig!! So here's the one I made for Peta to give him. Mummy is having another baby and Freddie says it's "George" !! - that's Peppa's ickle brother for those not in the know!!!! So I put him on both cards!! This one is approx A4<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmRpNyRlCLxz10j1bUXsMn1yKdMbfkvqJHzl-KQlK8zU2evKLGYkZl_TLFpKTULLyvrKb_M563BWLUyl_ykrh3gbjRR6_hgwjZ80KGZXX0QzbLF6ICPA3HgxJPlVedlhFJu0cMV3MQi4/s1600/petapig1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmRpNyRlCLxz10j1bUXsMn1yKdMbfkvqJHzl-KQlK8zU2evKLGYkZl_TLFpKTULLyvrKb_M563BWLUyl_ykrh3gbjRR6_hgwjZ80KGZXX0QzbLF6ICPA3HgxJPlVedlhFJu0cMV3MQi4/s640/petapig1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This one is NOT A4!!! More like A3!!! and SO cute being so big!!! It makes me smile just looking at it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfslTk7Z2U5c4JfsvuyPL4twLlJ7afhkF1O0RzhrGn5sDHThgPu2jMWkFxo9iPGyWNsx_vqz81KbpMeiPRhtL9AbhVkTidqwZHwF0HHT0IDg2e0vI_U-u-HpUQvenQGu2bT_BA1zX9bA/s1600/peta4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfslTk7Z2U5c4JfsvuyPL4twLlJ7afhkF1O0RzhrGn5sDHThgPu2jMWkFxo9iPGyWNsx_vqz81KbpMeiPRhtL9AbhVkTidqwZHwF0HHT0IDg2e0vI_U-u-HpUQvenQGu2bT_BA1zX9bA/s640/peta4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Her actual nephew is a young man, trendy and musical... she loved this one for him because it fits his image...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJys4zXLLR-G7yri2xzuc2SWVQ_1Hdu96QymM6q6lU5Uj2rYJwh8xt2vMgvs0KSzG076Mr7jzCmblsxOqa7bYmoocqtoZPUVYPrXaULMN7yAWzGVqBfn7B4WIRqhlL_jIW25HW-H5gdGw/s1600/peta7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJys4zXLLR-G7yri2xzuc2SWVQ_1Hdu96QymM6q6lU5Uj2rYJwh8xt2vMgvs0KSzG076Mr7jzCmblsxOqa7bYmoocqtoZPUVYPrXaULMN7yAWzGVqBfn7B4WIRqhlL_jIW25HW-H5gdGw/s640/peta7.JPG" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used lots of Kanban elements from the steampunk range they did a while ago... I teamed it up with some musical paper from a G45 collection and distressed it with a tool at the edges, as well as with ink.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJffZtvt953HMBgtCuYKLFkDBt1OuG1X9UFUAp1jSXAmE4s5j2hAJqvvfyD4u3m7oq8WsoLTKSTJ4DDPpTAodywHWvWqobeS4U8G2cY7lQHcp-sFNMUjBsUe18dYVroeOF9ucc8uGs4M/s1600/peta11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJffZtvt953HMBgtCuYKLFkDBt1OuG1X9UFUAp1jSXAmE4s5j2hAJqvvfyD4u3m7oq8WsoLTKSTJ4DDPpTAodywHWvWqobeS4U8G2cY7lQHcp-sFNMUjBsUe18dYVroeOF9ucc8uGs4M/s640/peta11.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Remember this ickle trinket made from Vintaj pieces and coloured with Patinas?? It has a bale so that Sally can hang it from a chain if she would like to... anyway, below is the whole card...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Y-qCoeWjHiwSyMWutUQ8NsV8NwwXgM9TcCXb9ci3GW1HV-3OHPaotV_xAPHDFZr3RlTi_gVWbsC-FGNnqZ_9Pd6AypcXJ0X3f8hL7uGR9N9ZljLCydlryr45xuk-8DtdaguOHuYAiwc/s1600/peta9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Y-qCoeWjHiwSyMWutUQ8NsV8NwwXgM9TcCXb9ci3GW1HV-3OHPaotV_xAPHDFZr3RlTi_gVWbsC-FGNnqZ_9Pd6AypcXJ0X3f8hL7uGR9N9ZljLCydlryr45xuk-8DtdaguOHuYAiwc/s640/peta9.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> I recycled some pieces from a different project, and added new backgrounds and the jewellery piece. I was very pleased with the finished effect. I hope she is!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA54MS0xqezWxk-Y7uUIsRHy7WGn9X0jykaE5Mop8ld55mKvQawRkzVQ5-IJJXBXBkkY_grouDy672e27gj-iuvymy70fCzt5RE65IlD9Yb7pyWTDK0okiDHRGn3wkTcR4K4rBlRVrjVY/s1600/peta15-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA54MS0xqezWxk-Y7uUIsRHy7WGn9X0jykaE5Mop8ld55mKvQawRkzVQ5-IJJXBXBkkY_grouDy672e27gj-iuvymy70fCzt5RE65IlD9Yb7pyWTDK0okiDHRGn3wkTcR4K4rBlRVrjVY/s640/peta15-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Here is the whole thing. I love the papers from the Conservatory collection by 7Gypsies... it's layered for a scrapbook-look...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMPJoxpcl78dtSH5WPoGWkNLkjy6e_8yTRhsa88MqQLwHRq2QGw-pVZrDqBJ4trSxu4uwH8Be2zdBwkCGk6mZTgmk5wTg8rvc-ZXJtanlTfAcGYmVAlmofP09xKLyi0MPx6Xih3EqqQA/s1600/peta8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMPJoxpcl78dtSH5WPoGWkNLkjy6e_8yTRhsa88MqQLwHRq2QGw-pVZrDqBJ4trSxu4uwH8Be2zdBwkCGk6mZTgmk5wTg8rvc-ZXJtanlTfAcGYmVAlmofP09xKLyi0MPx6Xih3EqqQA/s640/peta8.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> This is another card that I altered from it's original, and gave it several other distressed layers... for Sally from Peta's mum... and finally... tada tada<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYFZqmzChpe2Swh41YAoql3aJ9LQYC1RuRXvbSM34zoxaW42-Qx-TvExXU0iTRWrgKIVMbqHM-tiXYClvrc0MsLAjwadQmAjyBI_DyArHs7wgDRWh3jUOHaswL0zGWZWsEYd8ECgcF6U/s1600/peta20.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYFZqmzChpe2Swh41YAoql3aJ9LQYC1RuRXvbSM34zoxaW42-Qx-TvExXU0iTRWrgKIVMbqHM-tiXYClvrc0MsLAjwadQmAjyBI_DyArHs7wgDRWh3jUOHaswL0zGWZWsEYd8ECgcF6U/s640/peta20.JPG" width="482" /></a></div> This spotty inside paper is from a stack called Boy but I can't remember who makes it... however, it fitted the colour scheme perfectly!! The straps and handles are made from pieces cut and coloured, from Tyvek envelopes - very thin and workable - sewable even!! - but VERY strong and virtually indestructible...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwG-dihsY5JisKPtK1Ssr03ULFhLclbykQ91Px3RtGaRPCQFI6q_ulZEiIdNYRoYSoWfeSk-53lB8MHNrCHS_UsGt_0Qw9NnL8hJdHhEgLbOhYgaxwXsL48d6z0c98cXd6aq0Ytiv0d4/s1600/peta21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="483" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwG-dihsY5JisKPtK1Ssr03ULFhLclbykQ91Px3RtGaRPCQFI6q_ulZEiIdNYRoYSoWfeSk-53lB8MHNrCHS_UsGt_0Qw9NnL8hJdHhEgLbOhYgaxwXsL48d6z0c98cXd6aq0Ytiv0d4/s640/peta21.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finally understood the construction when I made this one... so I may make another, or try one with slightly bigger dimensions... thanks again to<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <a href="http://followingthepapertrail.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Laura Denison of The Paper Trail</a></span></b> for her patterns and UStream classes... she is an true inspiration...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So that's me for another <a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stamping Ground</span></b></a> week. I am sorry for no visits to you all last time, but am getting more dexterous now and more able to type etc.. I am off to post this then off to bed... sleep still keeps alluding me and I am wearing a bit thin!!! Thanks for all your support.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Love and light</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Frankie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">xx</div>Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-44667245580949703622012-07-25T15:33:00.000+01:002012-07-25T15:33:18.262+01:00TIO #121 - Alice & the Rabbit Situation - Opps! Out of the Bag...Hi... over at <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">DragonsDream Tag It On</a></span></b>, my design team have excelled themselves with their entries for our lastest challenge - Alice and the Rabbit Situation, lead this fortnight, by May.Why not visit the blog to see their creations, be inspired, and join in!! The work on their own blogs is WELL worth a visit too...<br />
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So what did I come up with? Well, the recipe calls for Alice, the Rabbit and a situation. I dreamed the rabbit hole, swirling round, and all the consequences of Alice following the rabbit down... so I envisaged all the characters spilling out of the book as the rabbit reads....<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsnwbHG31sFbwVtUbnWDEtXwjZ_bIcfg_patCErJx2oVsSkNl7e71oMPSbxHWE46rk1na0MFfUD5KJPJx44j87tLsHth2joR-RrHaw7S5gdZKx7i3LT1DIyjq-LCeqne1HidxUnruJkc/s1600/alice1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsnwbHG31sFbwVtUbnWDEtXwjZ_bIcfg_patCErJx2oVsSkNl7e71oMPSbxHWE46rk1na0MFfUD5KJPJx44j87tLsHth2joR-RrHaw7S5gdZKx7i3LT1DIyjq-LCeqne1HidxUnruJkc/s640/alice1.JPG" width="484" /></a></div> The rabbit is minding his own business, when a great gallumphing girl begins to drift out of the pages.To follow are lots of other images, characters rising up and out of the book to have their own adventures...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdz8YErvFjUo-rby28stcUElNEcVxdyckpNv69kjxFe4Yjm2eb0E01CMG4FrG5BX9sw5NKOuQHTSbCXRS9PeD99PPMbhDSLt4jSd3DMgkb6WypeTcUQB3oBFhj-OVVQQhz1XxGhPWGvN8/s1600/alice4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdz8YErvFjUo-rby28stcUElNEcVxdyckpNv69kjxFe4Yjm2eb0E01CMG4FrG5BX9sw5NKOuQHTSbCXRS9PeD99PPMbhDSLt4jSd3DMgkb6WypeTcUQB3oBFhj-OVVQQhz1XxGhPWGvN8/s640/alice4.JPG" width="484" /></a></div> Here he is in close up! I have used the My Craft Studio disc images, as I don't possess any Alice stamps. Awww!!! I fussy cut him out then made a decal-scissors-cut black shadow to make him stand out. The book image is decoupaged<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8z1mI56s_DOsSw10L6kTjWhJsdVAr99wRWXIL-EYzYokSEBcM0UgUp4oJBwZSHjvaTArwPd_nQ_OqwojwO09U3ADD1dQwuqLEEfr5x0vL1EI2blMnofXyb_xR9O6kwB-13Br-yjZH78/s1600/alice5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8z1mI56s_DOsSw10L6kTjWhJsdVAr99wRWXIL-EYzYokSEBcM0UgUp4oJBwZSHjvaTArwPd_nQ_OqwojwO09U3ADD1dQwuqLEEfr5x0vL1EI2blMnofXyb_xR9O6kwB-13Br-yjZH78/s640/alice5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> This pic shows a GIANT Alice, slowly drifting from the book, so much bigger than all the rest...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_a6QVBePA32i91HoDLFWw-d-U4qbH7KPgdO50Igpe96ArmU6m33vSeyjMp4Fvu_z5ZhOuemaR7iX4njLLqIlJ3NNMYDEnpZm52iue7sLA_Uw98bs5lfeHFFAccupUy-QkSw4RhmuH64/s1600/alice3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_a6QVBePA32i91HoDLFWw-d-U4qbH7KPgdO50Igpe96ArmU6m33vSeyjMp4Fvu_z5ZhOuemaR7iX4njLLqIlJ3NNMYDEnpZm52iue7sLA_Uw98bs5lfeHFFAccupUy-QkSw4RhmuH64/s640/alice3.JPG" width="484" /></a></div> Here you can see a corner of my background. I created this from Tim Holtz stamps and distress inks. embossed with clear ep - well, when don't I??!! I used the new specialty matte coated stamping paper and it is FABULOUS!! However, I think it is rather expensive per sheet and therefore too much to use for an "ordinary" project... I just needed to have a play with it!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIRANWXYd0EskxO2QKntZQ4LeUDUH3U9L1RHSApDfrh9o4xz82FTbCgtNAR6c7ZFvHLZqnGO_Fibi8RrMMXfBjURyHkCxUyQBVhxHTBYP0kY64H7q91spKpuBiN7VXXTKAEdt6FLNI8w/s1600/alice6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIRANWXYd0EskxO2QKntZQ4LeUDUH3U9L1RHSApDfrh9o4xz82FTbCgtNAR6c7ZFvHLZqnGO_Fibi8RrMMXfBjURyHkCxUyQBVhxHTBYP0kY64H7q91spKpuBiN7VXXTKAEdt6FLNI8w/s640/alice6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> This one shows the twins off as they emerge, and how the watch and the tea and cards just keep moving outwards from the page, as the rabbit looks on - rather wistfully I thought??<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8uHeX5VYN0FtXNVjISdZntoWCKmFFhxMppCA8rC0T1LK5yD_BS0Drdv_OeKYGfWX5sDSVfct1yZlxFaprfZ3xH6l384lFYndc-GQdC0e48t_V99G3tkNYeCIArIq9c8bx2n6LMnucKA/s1600/alice2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8uHeX5VYN0FtXNVjISdZntoWCKmFFhxMppCA8rC0T1LK5yD_BS0Drdv_OeKYGfWX5sDSVfct1yZlxFaprfZ3xH6l384lFYndc-GQdC0e48t_V99G3tkNYeCIArIq9c8bx2n6LMnucKA/s640/alice2.JPG" width="484" /></a></div> Hope you are liking the 3D quality of this tag, and the texture used... I love how the colours have blended together, creating a garish dream-like backdrop...<br />
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Thanks for looking and leaving comments. I value every one, and they certainly keep me going when my pain is bad!!<br />
Love and Light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-3123296570636025082012-07-25T00:09:00.000+01:002012-07-25T00:09:21.213+01:00WOYWW #164 - Good Week Getting better!!Hello Hoppers of the world!! Snoopers of the world unite on this, yet ANOTHER Wednesday, to peer and ogle, and yes!! covert (well I admit to it anyway!!!!) the stuff on desks all over the place. All courtesy of the chief deskarian, Julia... be whisked away on soft zephyrs<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> here.</a></span></b>..<br />
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So how has the week treated you?? Hope you have been ok. I am walking with my friend BlackDragon, whose dear grandad died this week.... peace BD<br />
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And how am I??? well, feeling a bit better with this sun and bright light all day... serotonin levels rising a bit now, with the lamp and the real thing!!! Hands are about to be done on Thursday - OH!!!! HELP!!!! I HATE it!!!! It is SOOO painful, but better when they settle!!! So it just has to be faced... and just realised it's tomoz!!! Ugggh!!!<br />
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And crafting?? Well, I finished the book and started another, this time for our cruise memories of a couple of years ago... pics later. I have also worked on a commission - a bracelet for a teacher pressie. I did the chain threaded through with stretch cord one, with turquoise chips and beads, with silver tone findings and charms... you should tell me what you think?? I hope she likes it!! So here we go with the pics then. Hope you enjoy..<br />
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So that's about it from me this time. I loved visiting you all last week and look forward to seeing your comments again this time. Thanks and welcome to those new followers who have joined my journey recently. I am so flattered and proud that you find my blog and work worth a visit or two<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-76924224252449565652012-07-17T23:37:00.000+01:002012-07-17T23:37:03.056+01:00WOYWW #163 - Quiet Week???Hi Wyggers... another WOYWW has raced round again... where has the year disappeared to?? Anyway, it's time to snoop and spy on the desks of the world, courtesy of our dear leader, Julia at <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Stamping Ground</a></span></b>. What would we do without this session each week ? I know I would be lost!!!<br />
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Anyway, dear reader, what are happed chez vous this week?? !! I would LOVE to have no news to tell you... mum is mostly settled, my pains are about the same ( but what's new?? -well I have a date to have them injected again on 26th July!!! YEY!!) New car is FAB etc etc... The boys came for a sleepover at the weekend, and the 6 year old, Matthew, announced in the morning that there were "drippy drops of water from the ceiling, Nannar!!" Oops and he was not wrong!!So leaky flat roof had to be done post haste!!! Will the disasters ever stop??? Well I have decided that they won't so I just keep keeping on!!<br />
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Short and sweet this week, guys. Hope to see you all chez vous this next week...<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-18515260164246986902012-07-11T00:32:00.001+01:002012-07-11T01:01:48.693+01:00WOYWW #162 - Good Stuff v Bad StuffMorning, evening, night, afternoon wherever you are in the <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">WOYWW world</a></span></b>... what a dreary, miserable, wet, dull, rainy, disappointing (tennis!!) painful, depressive, dark, dismal, galling and breakdown (horse lorry) week it has been... bad stuff eh??<br />
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Good stuff - Thank goodness for my weekly snoopy dodge around your fab blogs, and for your WONDERFULLY supportive comments on my own... last week was particularly nice that so many of you were glad for me winning my fight!!! and a plus, my dear readers... the whole new prescription arrived in Friday, so no struggling on until August !!! Yippee from me and mum...<br />
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Bad stuff - Tried to take the big mare to her first jumping show of the year, what with one thing and another... all set, picnic packed, horse loaded, boys on board, my mother safely left behind!!, everybody happy.... few miles travelled, then lumpy engine and no go!!! Horse was on for hours and we never did get there... we were brought home in a pick up and Freddie waited with the mare and was towed home... anyone know of a mobile lorry mechanic????<br />
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What's that you are shouting ???? Pest - oh no, I hear you now it's DESK isn't it?? Well here goes<br />
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So how did the TIO tag turn out??<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next few things are sneaky previews of stuff made for my good friend, back saviour and one-time-Taiji teacher, Peta... but can't show the whole cards as she reads here and has not seen them yet!!! Stuff for her family...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioQeJaWsmsZ80nb6MWjpbmIkO1HrNdq8bESx3oCURPRJSah7dUMQDseOn49c7tTP7fQkj_CEXgxUo5P4g3YYg1NG3nfmsLPP37i5G1assoOPMpjjnhZ9n-gmlZDpul6kYh_dNNfujfyc/s1600/peta5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioQeJaWsmsZ80nb6MWjpbmIkO1HrNdq8bESx3oCURPRJSah7dUMQDseOn49c7tTP7fQkj_CEXgxUo5P4g3YYg1NG3nfmsLPP37i5G1assoOPMpjjnhZ9n-gmlZDpul6kYh_dNNfujfyc/s400/peta5.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>for her nephew<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbrZ2zdmtrDgyrA5mcg4ze1ky_P7I9IfzekYMOsukLH3QrdqDGC4Iqwe4GcP5ddc2AiJt1C_V21VYoFwkuBHGnhR_LeTHO0ewROCt4ysfyCqrRF3jGji6t_vpiHOwLPLX1-H91rKuu2g/s1600/peta21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbrZ2zdmtrDgyrA5mcg4ze1ky_P7I9IfzekYMOsukLH3QrdqDGC4Iqwe4GcP5ddc2AiJt1C_V21VYoFwkuBHGnhR_LeTHO0ewROCt4ysfyCqrRF3jGji6t_vpiHOwLPLX1-H91rKuu2g/s400/peta21.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">for herself for displaying her soaps at the fayres she does - a vintage suitcase like those I made for myself, but in different papers... woo, it's SO pretty!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyways, that's all folks... the good stuff is all the art I have made this week... I am just feeling so creative, even though in pain, so I craft to forget it... just in my own ickle world - are YOU like that I wonder?? with a time warp in your crafty space doorway!!?? Well I am away now to try to sleep - that's a hoot, but I have to try. Thanks for ALL your support, it means SO MUCH to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Love and light</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Frankie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">xx</div>Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-22566800713899724722012-07-04T01:02:00.000+01:002012-07-04T01:02:42.105+01:00WOYWW #161 - Another Week to Forget but...Well, dear reader... I don't know where this week, or the summer have gone, but they seem to have gone to the same place!!! The week is important 'cos that's the time for spying, poking around, snooping and generally enjoying being a voyeur - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">in the best possible taste, you understand!!!</span></b> - courtesy of the admirable Julia at the Stamping Ground. The lack of summer is important because I have S.A.D - seasonal adjustment disorder - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">for those who are baffled</span></b> -: quote<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">SAD usually begins, in the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD11">Northern Hemisphere</span>, around November reaching its worst point for sufferers in January and February. It is caused when the shorter days of winter reduce the amount of sunlight to the retina. The lack of sun causes the body's level of serotonin to decrease while increasing the level of <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">melatonin</span>, which in turn causes seasonal depression. SAD symptoms disappear in spring, and many sufferers may experience a short period of hyperactivity or hypermania when the light begins to increase</span></b>. </i><br />
Summer sun picks me up and I feel better, less in pain and find it more easy to cope... not this year with the wettest and least sunny spring/early summer since records began!!!! Oh well...<br />
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Anyway, where was I?? Oh yes, my week. Well it came and went, without much done in my crafty'oom. However, I did tidy my awful desk and made it look as though I always have it that way!!! tee hee... starting another book when I can do a little , with some wonderful Graphic 45 paper, which is kraft colour. It looks fabulous with black, so I used a couple of precious black chipboard sheets for the cover. Will show you next week, if it gets any further along. So here we go - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">finally, I thought she would NEVER show us the photo!!!</span></b> -<br />
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And the final "but" from the title??? Well, something that went right, for a change!! For a couple of months now, I have been battling the powers and gathering evidence about mum's need for pads, bless. We have some that are woefully inadequate, leading to her being wet several times a day.instead of comfy and dry!! Not to mention risk of skin problems and infections, or the amount of washing that piles up in a single day!!!<br />
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Finally, yesterday, I was called by a district nurse who asked if mum <i>really </i>needed to take all the pills she does, and also why I don't ask the carers to take her to the loo when they come!!!! OMG, I was cross but SO upset and in floods of tears... I actually called this woman a coward for not visiting for a proper reassessment and she had the gall to tell me it was "quicker this way" !!!! She also wondered why I was getting upset and said I should not, in a very condescending way, so I put the phone down on her!!!! YAY!!! She rang back...<br />
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The problem appears to be that you can only have 3 a day of the big monster ones that mop it all up, and you have to buy any others yourself... mum spends all her pension and allowances on the care we have 7 days a week... nothing left to keep her dignity and health intact!!! So I would have to pay from my pension...<br />
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Long story short - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">well THAT will be the day!!!</span></b> - my social worker - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">oooo get her!!</span></b> - rang this morning and said that <i>she </i>had asked the doctor if mum needed the pills she takes!!!!!! WHAT???? I guess he gave her short shrift from what she said!!! I kept cool today - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">that makes a first!!</span></b> - and laid it on the line... I told her I would go public and tell the press how badly we are being treated, and all I wanted was dignity and dry pants for my 88 year old mum!!! She rang back some hours later and.... yes , you guessed it <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WE WON!!!!! We CAN have 4 big monsters</span></b>, so my persistence won the war, after MANY battles and skirmishes. But it shouldn't have to be like that, methinks...<br />
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OK, the high horse is now back to grazing, and all is quiet on the western front -<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"> just a small cheer rings out in the night, for a fight well fought!!!</span></b><br />
Thanks for the visit and reading my drivel!!! Still, the desk was good, eh??<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-28017450378256454162012-06-27T01:04:00.000+01:002012-06-27T01:04:46.430+01:00TIO Challenge and Simon Says Stamp and Show distressing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamZWZ5EdT5KyjoxZTQ-xhG0rF1xbKS0CTejkAxgVVULj5wcAWdHptYXg_Tenu_eUppBl25u-fOfn3BaKVu00NPaWYNfyj8-uFBHqNE9XM5tKpN7YULemOGjWCQPFUvRYDC2wJBNdtl34/s1600/ddd9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamZWZ5EdT5KyjoxZTQ-xhG0rF1xbKS0CTejkAxgVVULj5wcAWdHptYXg_Tenu_eUppBl25u-fOfn3BaKVu00NPaWYNfyj8-uFBHqNE9XM5tKpN7YULemOGjWCQPFUvRYDC2wJBNdtl34/s400/ddd9.JPG" width="302" /></a></div> We continue with our FABULOUS recipe challenges again this week, where it is Silvie's turn to tease and inspire us... her choice is "Don't Fear", with the ingredients, a scary image, a crowd of purple and texture - how zany and amazing is that!!?? I stamped on shiny cardstock for maximum depth of colour and texture from my clear ep.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64HXpxhR8yZk1mNsTDMH9T9GQNnD5GOaw9VtvN5hmuezxO3PJ-Yh048BeFRV51zL7NDTxXuhe_6AxVrbe1owC9Jjc-sOJhxelC2cqw1EXTDhujpYi4QLw1D-EKzAwy_0-6fPqZb2eibM/s1600/ddd5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh64HXpxhR8yZk1mNsTDMH9T9GQNnD5GOaw9VtvN5hmuezxO3PJ-Yh048BeFRV51zL7NDTxXuhe_6AxVrbe1owC9Jjc-sOJhxelC2cqw1EXTDhujpYi4QLw1D-EKzAwy_0-6fPqZb2eibM/s400/ddd5.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> That yummy texture shows up here in the light from my window, and you can see that the two crows are raised off the tag.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQcnayY8ithJ_Ol0ynyRo_1J9RFceg5GpdFLBzWNFOIYCld5ZLAcBbenqx13CWxuez93kXn6s0d4Fr44HqCSPGnJr8es_hFoJOD_N7fz_xkALZOuGibpi3CJvJvdlZOIDoxNPGdK62H0/s1600/ddd4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQcnayY8ithJ_Ol0ynyRo_1J9RFceg5GpdFLBzWNFOIYCld5ZLAcBbenqx13CWxuez93kXn6s0d4Fr44HqCSPGnJr8es_hFoJOD_N7fz_xkALZOuGibpi3CJvJvdlZOIDoxNPGdK62H0/s640/ddd4.JPG" width="484" /></a></div> WOOO, I am LOVING this huge image.!! With my old blog layout, I did not have room for this, but now I can, I shall!!!! So this is the whole tag. My scary image is the crows, 'cos I think they are evil-looking, and how shocking that one should have the key to the door in his beak... what if he flies away with it???<br />
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Well off to add it all to the challenge blog, where most of my team have already posted their fabulous inspirational pieces... do pop over and have a look, and do visit their blogs too, as they are all immensely talented!! Thanks for coming to look and for leaving your uplifting and supportive comments, they really do help me when I am feeling low, after yet another set of wet clothes for mum!!<br />
Love and Light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-59401861242738114012012-06-27T00:29:00.001+01:002012-06-27T01:18:26.729+01:00WOYWW #160 - What a Week!!Welcome to my week of hell... not boring you except to say mum was taken off to hospital, quite unnecessarily, as I told 'em all at the time!!! Anyway, back now and just as honery as ever... But I am trying for a Blue Badge for me and am advised to apply for attendance allowance for me too, to get help for <i><b>me </b></i>with mum!!! Complicated eh?? But I shall try it.<br />
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Anyway, to why you are here - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">well I thought she would NEVER get on with it!!!</span></b> - It's THAT time of the week again and we are running amok through the worlds' desks and work spaces, to see what we are all up to, with the permission of her highness the Julia of Dunnit, <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a></span></b>... I visited many of you last week but had insufficient time for commenting, unfortunately... visiting the hospital is a time-consuming pastime, and jolly costly in parking fees!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihP-Nq45rj2nMxtN-kwY-IAyWM0-p3alqG-RRIg8Ik5YvfI-iCRO1-BFyUDjjpF552oMfAQ9q4z3PGuCOiJTYtXgY_UfazWiTiXXbaO56p3G6BqyaWl2eI7u_gALHRN06244vNgkpWwz0/s1600/ddd2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihP-Nq45rj2nMxtN-kwY-IAyWM0-p3alqG-RRIg8Ik5YvfI-iCRO1-BFyUDjjpF552oMfAQ9q4z3PGuCOiJTYtXgY_UfazWiTiXXbaO56p3G6BqyaWl2eI7u_gALHRN06244vNgkpWwz0/s400/ddd2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> So here is my desk - photos from top to bottom equals right to left across my space. <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">Junkyfied eh???</span></b> Untidy and jumbled but I was making a tag for TIO... and I am still able to find stuff - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">only just though, lady!!!</span></b> -<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12ibA7wU_Cp2-OSpCz_5NDg9M3DoxB7TPMTdqJHfCwu4H7qPskAK3L-MIjXFin7ukUIRIP85SxwjqXA0DfEQkk6d5v1_jV1oU7g0lQad3aUmDyDfmXgQJCBJy-Tfekra9vWMtDY6gey0/s1600/ddd1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12ibA7wU_Cp2-OSpCz_5NDg9M3DoxB7TPMTdqJHfCwu4H7qPskAK3L-MIjXFin7ukUIRIP85SxwjqXA0DfEQkk6d5v1_jV1oU7g0lQad3aUmDyDfmXgQJCBJy-Tfekra9vWMtDY6gey0/s400/ddd1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> The middle portion is the actual bit I work on... barely big enough for a postage stamp!!! All my purple distress inks are out to fulfil the recipe for the<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> <b>TIO challenge</b></a></span>, and also for <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp and Show some distressing</a></span></b>... yummyliscious!!!<br />
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Thanks for popping in again and leaving your lovely, uplifting comments<br />
Love and Light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-63525259031648102072012-06-20T00:41:00.003+01:002012-06-22T08:12:26.863+01:00WOYWW #159 - Oh Deary Me!!Well most of you were very tolerent last week and said my desk was ok... but Oh deary me, this week, I think even the most untidy amongst you will be utterly dismayed!!! And why would that matter??? Well, we love to snoop, and pry and oggle, all with the express permission of the lovel<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_720088469">y </a><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mrs. Dunnit at the Stamping Ground</a>...</span></b> she said we could and so we do... but no-one expects (the <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">Spanish inquisition... tee hee for those old enough to remember Monty Python!!!!)</span></b> to see a scene of such utter devastation!!!<br />
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Do I have an excuse, I hear you cry... well a ickle bit yes and a ickle bit no... yes, because I have been in the garden trying to sort the chaos that has been two winters of bad weather - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">actually, folks, she had one of her "issues" with it again, and could not bear to go in it for months</span></b> - and no, because I should tidy after a project, and be good!!! The last thing I made was for the Stampman DT challenge,<a href="http://dragon-dragonsweb.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/stampman-design-team-lead-week.html" target="_blank"> <b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">here</span></b></a>, and it can be seen on my window sill below...<br />
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And speaking of pressies, I collected my NEW mini yesterday (Monday) It is wonderful - a special Olympic edition, only 2012 made, with leather, heated seats and all sorts of other mod cons... shall post a piccie of it later in the week oif you care tocome back and see!!! She is a beauty, and so comfy... -<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><b> fewer if even less crafty goodies for you then, my girl, with a ickle jobby to play with!!!</b></span> Oh well...<br />
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I am off then now, as I am trying not to bore you ridgid this week... mother watching and gardening duties permitting, I shall endeavour to be less naughty and get to more of your desks for a snoop this week... keep the comments coming, as they REALLY help on a dark day!!<br />
Love and Light<br />
Frankie<br />
xx<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-91404041193658037852012-06-15T03:15:00.001+01:002012-06-15T14:31:44.980+01:00Stampman Design Team - Lead WeekHi Readers... back on Firefox to upload my pics... what a pain blogger is at times eh?? But at least it puts me back in business.<br />
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So today, it's my turn to lead the Stampman Challenge blog DT for the next game.. The theme Jill chose for me was Time or Travel - well, right up my street eh?? So thanks Jill!!<br />
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So there you have it. Thanks for coming to have a look, and I hope you will leave a comment.<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
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PS I would also like to submit this piece to the following challenges:-<br />
<a href="http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Simon Says Stamp and Show</b></a> - anything goesDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-71420277542886149062012-06-13T03:50:00.007+01:002012-06-14T00:29:39.780+01:00WOYWW #158 - They Keep Multiplying!! - UPDATEDMorning, Evening, etc wherever you are in the world. Welcome to another WOYWW, facilitated so adeptly by our great leader, <a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Julia at the Stamping Ground</a>... where would we be without this each week?? - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;">up a creek without a paddle, or an excuse to blog!!</span></b> - Welcome, also, to my week from a little hell!!! Mum has been poorly, with a cyst in her nether regions - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;">oh very nicely evaded!!</span></b> - which necessitated calling out of hours service at 8.30am on Saturday morning no less!!! <b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;">And THAT was a battle and a half</span></b>... she has antibiotics and a sore spot... <b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;">and has done much complaining of same ALL week, until today... </span></b><br />
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And what of myself, I hear you cry - <b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;">well, maybe not but she will tell you anyway, you know what she's like!!</span></b> - My blood pressure is no longer elevated... <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>no, it's UP and mostly high!!!</b></span> OMG, I NEVER have high BP, even carrying 2 babies... oh well. Freddie bullied me into going to the docs on Friday. <b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;">And did that get it sorted??? - no actually, she saw a "doctor" who is not her own who told her to keep monitoring it!!! drip!!!</span></b> Various appointments with social type peeps and a visit with dear daughter to the hospital for a check on that ankle, have precluded a second visit, but I PROMISE to go on Thursday morning, honest... -<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><b> yeh, we will believe that when we see/read it</b></span><br />
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So what delights do I offer here then?? - opps, be prepared for that desk again, folks, you know how sluttishly untidy she is!!<br />
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<b>OMG I HATE blogger... I have been trying, with absolutely NO success, to load photos here... they are loaded, in fact, but won't save, so only this text will save... so sorry not to have pics... kinda defeats the object eh???</b> Suffice it to say the desk is untidy and the new album is coming along SO well....<br />
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Any ideas?????<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xx<br />
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Well at last I think I have cracked it, so pictures without more ado!!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4xHRl6XEo-OwcwdcB4p83P024sTakreQfIa1PvFcJtSu0tUyur7DvjTHQ_bMpMvKieO9xMJR7Pmk35SfEvxnz7H3nNtF8Ep0uD62bmtaLe5Sz_WqRAjTRwb7mKhnEib_PelGIIy4ubA/s1600/jundesk5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4xHRl6XEo-OwcwdcB4p83P024sTakreQfIa1PvFcJtSu0tUyur7DvjTHQ_bMpMvKieO9xMJR7Pmk35SfEvxnz7H3nNtF8Ep0uD62bmtaLe5Sz_WqRAjTRwb7mKhnEib_PelGIIy4ubA/s640/jundesk5.jpg" width="484" /></a></div> And this is my cover, with some triple embossing using antique gold, a lapis blue and some gorgeous Egyptian stamps... well, enough already, and so SORRY for the topsy turvy nature of my post... I have used a different browser to get this far, so hurray and farewell!!!<br />
Love and Light<br />
Frankie<br />
xx<br />
PS Thanks for coming back, if you did!!!! and here is my tag for TIO, as a bonus prize!!! tee hee - Industrial Chic, no less, so why not join in?? xx<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqewAcsl-G57YPpJHgGt6w862xwZ-BxDnMZlZccwzmdZVUWM0d0fk0wN5-T3yEuEzlig4eKk5-xN3nlIudcKzTslPg3kenjGi5xv0iKvlCni8E8M8g3lSB-T0G54zdmyC2pvIoOWHB9lA/s1600/inchic3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqewAcsl-G57YPpJHgGt6w862xwZ-BxDnMZlZccwzmdZVUWM0d0fk0wN5-T3yEuEzlig4eKk5-xN3nlIudcKzTslPg3kenjGi5xv0iKvlCni8E8M8g3lSB-T0G54zdmyC2pvIoOWHB9lA/s400/inchic3.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-55635509059396430512012-06-06T03:40:00.000+01:002012-06-06T03:40:27.692+01:00WOYWW #157 - A Slow WeekWell, my title is a SLOW week, but that refers to work on my desk... the TIME, on the other hand has flown apace, and totally disappeared up it's own rear end!!! - <strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">careful now, steady on!!</span></strong> - Well it must have, because I blinked and it was gone!!! And why should that be important?? Just a small matter of desk-revealing, shame-inducing, crafty-making and downright snooping at the <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Stamping Ground</a></span></strong>. Where would we be without our weekly fix???<br />
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So what's on offer this time... <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">not much actually</span></strong>. I have been working on a couple of DT projects, and watching the nation jubilate, whilst explaining "stuff" to my curious grandsons... I am not a royalist, but I love an excuse to extol the long history of our country, etc and the Queen's reign covers much of my life, as I was in my 7th year when she came to the throne, and in my 8th when she was crowned... what changes have occurred, not always for the best... anyway... here it is, for what it's worth...<br />
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I am using a mixture of black, kraft and paperbag paper, and the whole album will be about 7and half ins X 5and half. Have you used scor tape yet?? It's <strong><em>easily</em></strong> as sticky as the red line, but the backing comes off easier and does <strong><u>not</u></strong> stick to your fingers et al ... uhhhg that drives me wild!!! Well, the chipboard cover is almost done, the pages are ready to stick in. There is only the spine to make. This album is adapted from a deign by <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://paperphenomenon.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kathy Orta</a></span></strong>, a wonderfully profane but clever scrapper, with some great ideas. It's her hidden hinge I will use this time...<br />
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And finally this week, a shout out for my erstwhille Taiji teacher, long-time friend and mentor, <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="mailto:petajck@aol.com" target="_blank">Peta</a></span></strong>, who is a quite remarkable lady of MANY talents, one of the greatest being as an osetomyologist (she works with the soft tissue of the body) and the giver of much relief through use of the Bowen Technique on my poor, weary bod!!! Well, recently added to her repertoire is soap making. She asked me if she could borrow some rubber stamps, so I complied. The results are nothing short of amazing!!! Soap... stamped, and designed to have a traslucent window window, through which the sun can cascade!! - <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">ooo, get her waxing poetical</span></strong> ... <br />
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Well, I am now done harassing you and am off to bed -<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> turned 3.30 am, daft bat!!!</span></strong> <br />
Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate and value any comments<br />
Love and light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-79859913198221366192012-05-30T01:12:00.002+01:002012-05-31T12:27:10.978+01:00WOYWW #156 - A Commision!! and an AnniversaryWell, here we are again, as the song goes, sun shining and happy as can be?? don't know about that LAST bit, because I find my blood pressure is elevated ... ah well, they do say you only have given to you what you can bear and someone out there thinks I have extreme tolerance and the broadest of shoulders... perhaps I have, so I will roll with each new punch!! - <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">oh DO get on and show what you have made!!</span></strong><br />
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Last week, I was honoured to accept a commission from LLJan, to make a piece, somewhat like my suitcase inside thingy... so that's what's been on my desk. <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Strictly speaking, it is parcelled up and sent, but when did that ever stop her showing you stuff??? tee hee</span></strong>...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhVvc7I-5FA_C-lrsMi2vSInmC9MG1uLnKl1h58VoZb9mk9Na00rPUV7TBXgd13nXsrjTO40qkAuNqwREDYx1A9EQze5_DtGPjYtWnPchLlMED3J6gX3KNjcaQxCNxvbPI5lNGCT4Qgg/s1600/comm5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhVvc7I-5FA_C-lrsMi2vSInmC9MG1uLnKl1h58VoZb9mk9Na00rPUV7TBXgd13nXsrjTO40qkAuNqwREDYx1A9EQze5_DtGPjYtWnPchLlMED3J6gX3KNjcaQxCNxvbPI5lNGCT4Qgg/s400/comm5.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> Anyway, here is said strap all attached and mostly filled. The large bottle is supposed to be ink and there are some nibs... I also made a quill pen but forgot to attached it for the photo!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIxBI0fzSiJcD1yeHU7KgQEpwouRch3FZs9-OgWzUftnwpsEQHK3CTKhZYK3rfRaH4lXlJ884Fu4ZdFJoivvmnCJ6wN69yfx9vSYg4Ncc2GTU946aWVX9FsICcGkmqyk7dhPCXq4SrIk/s1600/comm15.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIxBI0fzSiJcD1yeHU7KgQEpwouRch3FZs9-OgWzUftnwpsEQHK3CTKhZYK3rfRaH4lXlJ884Fu4ZdFJoivvmnCJ6wN69yfx9vSYg4Ncc2GTU946aWVX9FsICcGkmqyk7dhPCXq4SrIk/s400/comm15.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Here are some of the bits and pieces inside the pocket - tags, notebook and...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfTuBNO4ZHRUwBqpU79Joj-l_-aYLv6gCXSBkLfH45gNKv_4yot1HlIC_GXDWIoMf0zOAV7Nwzdlv7qjZNmTg50oSw6z3EXCifTlEQCo2WUJTXkygUZBp_DHTb4vXmwCGCHHPIw9bEaM/s1600/comm17.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfTuBNO4ZHRUwBqpU79Joj-l_-aYLv6gCXSBkLfH45gNKv_4yot1HlIC_GXDWIoMf0zOAV7Nwzdlv7qjZNmTg50oSw6z3EXCifTlEQCo2WUJTXkygUZBp_DHTb4vXmwCGCHHPIw9bEaM/s400/comm17.JPG" width="302" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are the tags and tickets etc </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetfDS_-ofRHXi63YeBccsCouKlTRN3h3MGqFMgmXBqRw4cCz1iTresQ5lF2JUZLNwpSxixnwsiNOvQZ04QHDdHiVHgMoeTMt9s5bJz2WN2vnpWza0utbgyeMxY9OLZibQu2SQO3l81Ms/s1600/comm18.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetfDS_-ofRHXi63YeBccsCouKlTRN3h3MGqFMgmXBqRw4cCz1iTresQ5lF2JUZLNwpSxixnwsiNOvQZ04QHDdHiVHgMoeTMt9s5bJz2WN2vnpWza0utbgyeMxY9OLZibQu2SQO3l81Ms/s400/comm18.JPG" width="302" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and this is the cover of the ickle notebook, with steampunk imagery inside...<br />
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</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyARoJP-lvGB9sQrLY1QBhVLAfpR51srgyCL799R77OEjPCWZ8-WmM6NNcXKIOnTTuMsr563AbGay83TGxYq_rl1_I04-W68k434sgOpnXDJqbmqzMq96EmJQSzE2r_w17iYtCcU2_bcs/s1600/comm30.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyARoJP-lvGB9sQrLY1QBhVLAfpR51srgyCL799R77OEjPCWZ8-WmM6NNcXKIOnTTuMsr563AbGay83TGxYq_rl1_I04-W68k434sgOpnXDJqbmqzMq96EmJQSzE2r_w17iYtCcU2_bcs/s400/comm30.JPG" width="302" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These are some of the bis and pieces in the strap roll - I am particularly pleased with the "glasses", again made from fragments and Vintaj brass elements...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnt9zgLijcFYB3xJmNP4879uqsXDvSGsHRz5X6CQYuAb3uBIV7Qj4mdYokkN66dqgIeM4uwruvWw6G3YPOuFqBKQnNq-IaYrV5G1gG5WOlxxGAyHNKr3w3GMthyphenhyphenD5i5FMPpYBLzPkjgI/s1600/comm31.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnt9zgLijcFYB3xJmNP4879uqsXDvSGsHRz5X6CQYuAb3uBIV7Qj4mdYokkN66dqgIeM4uwruvWw6G3YPOuFqBKQnNq-IaYrV5G1gG5WOlxxGAyHNKr3w3GMthyphenhyphenD5i5FMPpYBLzPkjgI/s400/comm31.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> This ickle bottle is so yummy, filled with teeny tiny watch parts, ickle gears and such... awww!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtuKbJJ1DKbDmdL00F3lJK3zTxMF9lSQbkwxrK2ZjPhPXS3LTvRsBwBG9FFY5gO1lotNsyibw0XSEJaxYfaymRfF3Ujc21RgUsPH_FJSOsMp03wOW8PxYquQs7rUkAEtDZFQtUJgQY30/s1600/comm9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtuKbJJ1DKbDmdL00F3lJK3zTxMF9lSQbkwxrK2ZjPhPXS3LTvRsBwBG9FFY5gO1lotNsyibw0XSEJaxYfaymRfF3Ujc21RgUsPH_FJSOsMp03wOW8PxYquQs7rUkAEtDZFQtUJgQY30/s400/comm9.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And this is the "thing" full frontal, mounted on a gears background from the DCWV Tattered Time stack, which is totally yummylicious!! <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Well that was a marathon, eh??glad you made it through this far!!!</span></strong> And just in case you wondered why I should be showing you my desk and stuff, it's all down to the wandering<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Julia at the Stamping Ground</a></strong></span>, cos she gives us ALL permission to snoop and stare at each others' desks all around the world!!! Happy Third Anniversary, Mrs. D.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
Thanks for popping over and leaving your lovely comments... hope you enjoyed the tour!! - <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">tour de force, you mean, woman</span></strong>... I shall be hopping over to see you as soon as I can, mother duties allowing!!!!! tee hee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Love and light</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Frankie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">xx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PS - I would like to share this piece at the following challenge blogs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><a href="http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp and Show</a></strong></span> - one for the boys</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/challenge-41-jungs-manner-boys-men.html" target="_blank">Fairy tale Challenge Blog </a></span></strong>- boys and men</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://abc-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">ABC challenge blog</a></span></strong> - pockets</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">2Sisters Challenge Blog</a></span></strong> - bring on the boys</div>Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-51166643885727706022012-05-23T01:41:00.000+01:002012-05-23T01:41:21.673+01:00WOYWW #155 - And Then There Were TwoGoodly mornington to you, and how lovely it is to see that strange orb in the sky!!!! But what... where has my week gone??? I am sure someone turns the hands on my personal clock when I am not looking!!! - <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">OMG she is completely ga ga today!!!</span></strong> - so it is that bloggly hopping day when we all <strike>snoop</strike> look at each others' desks -<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> well she was right the first time... she could be in the Olympics for it!!!!!</span></strong> - and from where cometh the permision to do this deed?? Why, it is Julia who say "yes" at the <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Stamping Ground</a></span></strong>...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3TLu0A04YC4q5ZhSdtrvPx65cD9287QbgcrTq6JwBHBVqOcYBP7m97nkWd7aDcqpLN1G5SsFU8wAMduhd3dsaeSY_HUbN_1V0KRv-klH4WvOxWU24G4FAn0ByaGAJCh_0wRgX63__y4/s1600/2desk1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3TLu0A04YC4q5ZhSdtrvPx65cD9287QbgcrTq6JwBHBVqOcYBP7m97nkWd7aDcqpLN1G5SsFU8wAMduhd3dsaeSY_HUbN_1V0KRv-klH4WvOxWU24G4FAn0ByaGAJCh_0wRgX63__y4/s400/2desk1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> Strictly speaking, this was Tuesday afternoon, cos I don't do much later in the evening, and that sun is streaming in. The windows were wide open and I was thoroughly enjoying myself... So what is going on?? Another suitcase ?? I hear you cry, and yes, it is, so that's what's on my desk this week...<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> along with all the rest of the grolly you untidy wretch!!!</span></strong> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtGJYMXfo-aJ5IukpV84bDLgeZtGyEoMCNAaFxjnM0PQYZNyZogrZp3VZiuKGazL0JYCd_lHWhmZ692SeOENlUK51uMU0YLZiEgTsMzT_anjpuJMjvm9TO36QYFO1W20CVPuZXFSbDik/s1600/2desk2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtGJYMXfo-aJ5IukpV84bDLgeZtGyEoMCNAaFxjnM0PQYZNyZogrZp3VZiuKGazL0JYCd_lHWhmZ692SeOENlUK51uMU0YLZiEgTsMzT_anjpuJMjvm9TO36QYFO1W20CVPuZXFSbDik/s400/2desk2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> And then there were two!! I used the same outer paper, but decided to use a few different features and materials... The first case has grunge paper straps and holders, and handle. They look good, but with use, the fastening holes are getting very raggy and the creases are cracking somewhat...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVb0rgoGBgJJfYB8Hsz6qbfCCXiNa_cg0ZdIFIYHyLJW-YrLja3p-Wo1cS4FwOwGHtbd2hGJGg7utRivN2WMosPbDCFFTJfwG3rsQZLwBjZMIewucGM2nmkNp6bZ-9JCw2XqCTAvLQ94g/s1600/2desk3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVb0rgoGBgJJfYB8Hsz6qbfCCXiNa_cg0ZdIFIYHyLJW-YrLja3p-Wo1cS4FwOwGHtbd2hGJGg7utRivN2WMosPbDCFFTJfwG3rsQZLwBjZMIewucGM2nmkNp6bZ-9JCw2XqCTAvLQ94g/s400/2desk3.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Whilst watching <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/20222622" target="_blank">Kathy Orta</a></span></strong> a few weeks ago, she demonstrated the use of this stuff called "Tyvek" I have never really heard of it before, so I was intrigued. I sent for a packet of the envelopes she suggested, from Staples, and cut them as directed by Kathy.. well it's FAB stuff. It is strong to the point of indestruction, you can easily cut it, fold it, glue and colour it, it is lightweight, you can sew it etc etc... and I love it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2S8ha3axqF0x48NyabawlvtGQyRK9uB3EIDYQpqQcHggubEFqBdkUbp-mCLSlZBfjdpOS9TbqYCEDMRouMV798BGYdsVXrH2z5hTCARRyuQQgB5h796vFP2AooC9f458Q9H3ysjLc8U/s1600/2desk5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2S8ha3axqF0x48NyabawlvtGQyRK9uB3EIDYQpqQcHggubEFqBdkUbp-mCLSlZBfjdpOS9TbqYCEDMRouMV798BGYdsVXrH2z5hTCARRyuQQgB5h796vFP2AooC9f458Q9H3ysjLc8U/s400/2desk5.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> So here, I am making a strap for the pocket of my suitcase. I have cut a 2" strip from one of the envelopes and stuck half inch scor tape down the middle... simply fold then stick the second half down <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XjmxQY61Rz3J3vKyvrIE_N9LOWx1pF6_K8FsHxwqCf1Wn_lf0B7NvxIke_VitxmiIMWwGcJh8_wAu00F2E8fndhInAVnrCXav-frgMKpS4J_WTFZrWObWj75b9DIB5lleJPezffVyQM/s1600/2desk9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XjmxQY61Rz3J3vKyvrIE_N9LOWx1pF6_K8FsHxwqCf1Wn_lf0B7NvxIke_VitxmiIMWwGcJh8_wAu00F2E8fndhInAVnrCXav-frgMKpS4J_WTFZrWObWj75b9DIB5lleJPezffVyQM/s400/2desk9.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is the strap in situ, all pinned down and holding pen nibs, vials, scissors and a key. I have also made a pretend magnifying glass - <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">to no particular purpose, but heyho!!</span></strong> I am loving the shine on the Tyvek. It really looks like a well worn leather strap... So now it only remains to settle that pocket into the lid of my suitcase and a couple of other ickle jobs, then it will be finished. I intend to use it for more Egyptian memorabilia and photos, so it will be a matched pair of luggage, teehee!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks for the visit again this week... I love reading your comments and got to many more of you last week... aiming for a record this time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Love and light</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Frankie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">xx</div>Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-26129328358105523522012-05-19T10:17:00.001+01:002012-05-19T10:20:01.585+01:00Time Flies!!Morning all... -<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> coo, you sound like Dixon of Dock Green</span></strong>!! - it's a special one today because it's my daughter's 40th birthday... where did the time go I wonder?? She was an emergency C-section, in the end, and they ran down the corridor!! They even asked my Pete if they should save mother or child!! He valiently chose mother, or so he always said!!! She was born on Friday lunchtime and I did not see her again until Sunday morning... but what a thrill. She was, and still is a beautiful girl, and everything a mother could want in a daughter...<br />
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So here is a card I made for her and a little plaque to keep, without the 40 on!!!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLx2ENJfx0IlXa3TEoR30Eoo9Qusuy6uADVyqRAX3ltE019CauRShei4ufZg3n5aTWZRsjElx6_5rmEEUJO93cQd08mxYk34CMRxcOxV0Hgj_bW38YWMEfs4Wwk6i28ubkHisb5sGDfw/s1600/bday2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLx2ENJfx0IlXa3TEoR30Eoo9Qusuy6uADVyqRAX3ltE019CauRShei4ufZg3n5aTWZRsjElx6_5rmEEUJO93cQd08mxYk34CMRxcOxV0Hgj_bW38YWMEfs4Wwk6i28ubkHisb5sGDfw/s400/bday2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> This closer view shows my steampunk elements with little touches of the VP.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaOLV5bWN_iaBP0gZxfL096TNeLFyXGeXqDDqWvA_pk66hgwfohWl1QgIzxjX7eiDmNk12lF1UALbgrKgRBBVrln8ACcpD9xVKh6b1JNt4eBiTFJ30bt87CLLBklhO71HljPckF9gfuU/s1600/bday3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaOLV5bWN_iaBP0gZxfL096TNeLFyXGeXqDDqWvA_pk66hgwfohWl1QgIzxjX7eiDmNk12lF1UALbgrKgRBBVrln8ACcpD9xVKh6b1JNt4eBiTFJ30bt87CLLBklhO71HljPckF9gfuU/s400/bday3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> This is the part of the card that gives me the title "Time Flies"... well it has flown since she was born. Positively my BEST ever gift... The clock stamps are all from The Artistic Stamper, as is the butterfly.You last saw it used on my polymer clay piece for their team blog...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUye3fSj9tNDYnRQo4RhlC26N_LWk8LGq3jGkAmKlPNm_O6sCzlznsgVYXQ-S5X33X7rvQOVJcuYXXv67TeOykFG2_lyBteSuFPbExACZmoIuE3YYnAPaAXb8j_t7P6xPHf6d5WISsqZw/s1600/bday4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUye3fSj9tNDYnRQo4RhlC26N_LWk8LGq3jGkAmKlPNm_O6sCzlznsgVYXQ-S5X33X7rvQOVJcuYXXv67TeOykFG2_lyBteSuFPbExACZmoIuE3YYnAPaAXb8j_t7P6xPHf6d5WISsqZw/s400/bday4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> Better views of the other clocks and the cogs etc are from the lady who does ECO paints, but I can't remember her name, unfortunately...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMv_VT4LBNfmZeN-Lg6XYINLAqLxqtpdWDIMX5AjJKj5ZsiJqpqWvMVlDvqLp4rRjlqYXsizh9PNpxXw3bcYL6T9nYH5iMNAkPoJP64CnXsUByDEtRsEgf3gU6GPjBnmUfiWAi49YwLY/s1600/bday7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMv_VT4LBNfmZeN-Lg6XYINLAqLxqtpdWDIMX5AjJKj5ZsiJqpqWvMVlDvqLp4rRjlqYXsizh9PNpxXw3bcYL6T9nYH5iMNAkPoJP64CnXsUByDEtRsEgf3gU6GPjBnmUfiWAi49YwLY/s400/bday7.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> This is the matching wall hanging. Roughly 8"x8", I used the same Tattered Time papers but from the matte stack... I made more flowers like the ones for my TIO tag and some more TH elements to punk it up!! There is a central pont where the time swirls round and round...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroE9zFAnWzhVqqCIFyh-KKtEcE8XcK2HEJ_rvooh619zTlZrmI8hPopI78zxiiyG2TU2LcblY4hhLWyj2wHHq1xHcDKdTD_zI119USMzoth6y28lVKgE-P0q4zAcLj6oBZOYRWYOvgSM/s1600/bday9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroE9zFAnWzhVqqCIFyh-KKtEcE8XcK2HEJ_rvooh619zTlZrmI8hPopI78zxiiyG2TU2LcblY4hhLWyj2wHHq1xHcDKdTD_zI119USMzoth6y28lVKgE-P0q4zAcLj6oBZOYRWYOvgSM/s400/bday9.JPG" width="303" /></a></div>All these flowers are cousins of the ones I made for the last TIO tag... I must admit to recycling the book plate piece, but have mounted it onto a Wendy Vecci watch part, to continue the time theme...<br />
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One good piece of news to report - well for me anyway!!! - is that I can start the process for getting my right knee sorted, as soon as next Thursday... let's hope they get on with it quickly!!! Then both hips and both knees will be fully bionic, tee hee...<br />
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Thanks for coming along and looking nad Happy Birthday, Miranda<br />
Love and Light<br />
Frankie<br />
xxDragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3094128719547422516.post-19375037213174442852012-05-16T00:01:00.076+01:002012-05-17T09:53:45.471+01:00WOYWW #154 - A Symphony of Flowers Recipe for TIOHello yet another quick-fire, lightening fast week has zipped past me!!! If I don't hold on to my hat, I might fall off the world, it's spinning me so much!!! Go to Julia's at the <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Stamping Ground</a></span></strong> if you want to snoop and oggle, like me!!! She has all the answers right there. Actually, she made my week, last week, with her lovely comment, so thanks, Julia, much appreciated!!<br />
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Well, I have had some bad and some worse news again this week!! (1)The big mare had an abscess and was hobbling - <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">clearing up now though, thanks to the vet!!!</span></strong>..(2) The doctor says I will prolly need an op on my right knee later in the year cos I did for it on those two falls in Feb/Mar - <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">oh goodie, as if we didn't have enough metal bits already!!!</span></strong> (3) a whole load of regular carers have vamooshed, so we are back to muddle again!! -<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> yippee, you know you didn't have enough to worry about!!!</span></strong> (4) I need a new boiler cos my old, reliable, goodly working one has a screw loose -<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> not the only one around here girlie!!!!</span></strong> - and they can't get parts... <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">only had it for 35 years!!!</span></strong> and (5) my paws are DREADFUL in this damp, changeable weather - <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">quite a litany, so shut up now please and show 'em what you got!!! </span></strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWCJoXm637oe2NaQq2YtiQ131h2H9eFFjxUx3wSHrEQH3xo8w7SpHUnlRx-LH2y6OQ-QXDxddDJe308oR4FTrh2iDZW3rNgHPpmVdEsSi0BKCjCajvHWZqrbkJ_izk5pKAPq58Ad3Iss/s1600/dmay1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWCJoXm637oe2NaQq2YtiQ131h2H9eFFjxUx3wSHrEQH3xo8w7SpHUnlRx-LH2y6OQ-QXDxddDJe308oR4FTrh2iDZW3rNgHPpmVdEsSi0BKCjCajvHWZqrbkJ_izk5pKAPq58Ad3Iss/s400/dmay1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Same old same old at the back of the desk...do you do that, I wonder?? Have a load of stuff out all the time in roughly the same spot!! Frankly, if I move stuff, I generally can't find it again, so it's safest on the desk!!! - <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">well, that's YOUR excuse anyway, lazy girl!!</span></strong><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQ0bPNaBVSDREM2C50kLz68hbQg7EgNACSzqtyu20k3tx21lvb25yZKOoVIasaQvbTYrhm4lgEHqW3Vj91-o251WU9k97m__yGXe3cPBTbO7hJ8B0SJBBTebTOFCQa06n1gqpsGzlNl0/s1600/dmay10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQ0bPNaBVSDREM2C50kLz68hbQg7EgNACSzqtyu20k3tx21lvb25yZKOoVIasaQvbTYrhm4lgEHqW3Vj91-o251WU9k97m__yGXe3cPBTbO7hJ8B0SJBBTebTOFCQa06n1gqpsGzlNl0/s400/dmay10.JPG" width="303" /></a></div>This week's recipe at <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://dragon-dragonsdream.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">TIO</a></span></strong>, is a symphony of flowers, so I did lots of metal and paper ones, with Timmie tape for the symphonic background.... the special ingredients had to be a pinch of greenery, buttons and a butterfly or two... so that's what I offer!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXX1vSvOh2fmFpYedrUhJtLlyy4Juh6O7-IpoAAEpobSfReJ0G1HAV7uJN8PAceOGNBaHgrgr8s8VHO1rnRur2EdpjZtq4ojTqnB9TH1PYFksGcW0Gi22vn2lrgxUH9Jbh_qkAKp2C-o/s1600/dmay2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXX1vSvOh2fmFpYedrUhJtLlyy4Juh6O7-IpoAAEpobSfReJ0G1HAV7uJN8PAceOGNBaHgrgr8s8VHO1rnRur2EdpjZtq4ojTqnB9TH1PYFksGcW0Gi22vn2lrgxUH9Jbh_qkAKp2C-o/s400/dmay2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I used Graphic 45 paper and metal flowers, some Timmie buttons and some metallic, square brads.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQWwfhG2QsewV-sri7uwE00xoi_vkOH10K8dlo21eSeFlNGzzHb6DNHhSNmmNGPZPM1XpVLw-QDEhS1YkNAlrP5Z4YVWknTYtNLgZf0O4n9Yk2nbOK_n95vqwYmLD-j3GkzfUVp7SZ_c/s1600/dmay3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQWwfhG2QsewV-sri7uwE00xoi_vkOH10K8dlo21eSeFlNGzzHb6DNHhSNmmNGPZPM1XpVLw-QDEhS1YkNAlrP5Z4YVWknTYtNLgZf0O4n9Yk2nbOK_n95vqwYmLD-j3GkzfUVp7SZ_c/s400/dmay3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The stamp is from Wendie Rhodes, when she had her own range... this one is more unusual because the flowers are more spikey and stylised... colour bits courtesy of my distress markers, which show up better than I thought on this kraft card tag.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FGU_QNgCVJKKOfgwcd9S9-AUEDJNX79a2znZ06WKhe6iYUwZFv2BumKAr8W3kK3H0ZgIKwxNkVFRvseqta_WBIPJJJla2yDeKY4RYlahcPBCZdejXJvU0xTRKcD3PC0WT56KtxupN5o/s1600/dmay8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FGU_QNgCVJKKOfgwcd9S9-AUEDJNX79a2znZ06WKhe6iYUwZFv2BumKAr8W3kK3H0ZgIKwxNkVFRvseqta_WBIPJJJla2yDeKY4RYlahcPBCZdejXJvU0xTRKcD3PC0WT56KtxupN5o/s400/dmay8.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>A different angle shows how dimentional and textured it all is...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sS1oXJJ_0Fy0sB2Zm4qJpJI4YYdQG5C84AA8oWud6US00zVR_XHX3A9p-P6vHezjhncULpYwFAXQLMYNAOHdpNXnUhWE-y0n0W-2zPvHdty_Wx2ebVhI8aRiYDsotA131CGHjRhH_Lw/s1600/dmay6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sS1oXJJ_0Fy0sB2Zm4qJpJI4YYdQG5C84AA8oWud6US00zVR_XHX3A9p-P6vHezjhncULpYwFAXQLMYNAOHdpNXnUhWE-y0n0W-2zPvHdty_Wx2ebVhI8aRiYDsotA131CGHjRhH_Lw/s400/dmay6.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Now, I can hear you shouting at the screen "where is your pinch of greenery??!!" Well.... I have taken licence with the flowers, so I decided to do so with the "greenery" and I used my new-to-me flourish die with black cardstock, to represent the greenery...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6LWWJXs-0Ag5mhm4vl8QixMjylaFG5oAKo6K7wNIag7wuZkjDIuPn0MKeoF-4lVH0Z2uxqY0PXHQ7upRAqEs3nff_F475_qD4-fhRWVwmth3GfGN2uYNNjXTa3kqjj420TGCf6Tu7eQ/s1600/dmay7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6LWWJXs-0Ag5mhm4vl8QixMjylaFG5oAKo6K7wNIag7wuZkjDIuPn0MKeoF-4lVH0Z2uxqY0PXHQ7upRAqEs3nff_F475_qD4-fhRWVwmth3GfGN2uYNNjXTa3kqjj420TGCf6Tu7eQ/s400/dmay7.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh, and those butterflies?? Well they are from an MS punch, but could not be colourful in this setting, so they are nade from black cardstock, like the flourishes.. The ribbon was dyed using frayed burlap and black soot. So that's this time's offering. I hope Helen feels it fits the bill. BTW, I did not get a place on the Artist Stamper Creative team... never mind, my heart will mend eventually!!! I will be along to see you soon.... Have a great week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Love and light</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Frankie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">xx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have looked around and decided I would like to enter this creation into a couple of other challenge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://theprettylittleribbonshop.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pretty Little Ribbon Shop</a></span></strong> - blossoms and butterflies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Crafter's Cafe</a></span></strong> - handmade flowers and butterflies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Stamptacular Sunday Challenge</a></span></strong> - butterflies kisses</div>Dragonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839419581322863953noreply@blogger.com57