Its that time of year again! I figured I should get started early. Played around with digi stamps and my promarkers.
Digi stamp used: Karen’s Doodles Bigsby
Promarkers: Henna, Mustard, Sandstone, Ruby, Forest Green, Rose Pink, Blush, Canary, Sky Blue.
Paper: Cosmo Cricket and handmade paper
Eyelets: WRMK
Just a short post from me this week but I’ve had a bit of a reorganize! Having been to TK Maxx I had to find somewhere to store all the ribbons and card I bought!
Out came a big box where I house all my assorted junk (CDs, PC leads, Camera manuals etc) and I tipped a lot more into there and lo and behold I had space in the cupboard!!
The snazzy red pencil case houses my promarkers…it’s already full!!!
The rest of my space is not so tidy as I’ve actually been crafting this week!
My poor old trimmer is being retired to the bin…it rips up all my paper and I know it doesn’t cut straight, so I’ve ordered myself a new one which hopefully will arrive today!
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I didn't manage to get round any desks last week thanks to my manky shoulder but hopefully this week I can do much better!
Yes I’ve finally been out with my camera again! Managed to get a nice day yesterday so while in town I popped into a local park next to the town library and then to the quay by the river and managed to get some good shots. I was there taking pics to make up a panorama as part of Cheryl Johnson’s latest workshop. Here’s the result.
And a few of the other photos I managed to get…
Shock horror, I’ve crafted!!!
The delivery of my promarkers prompted me to dig out my messy rabbit stamps once more and put them to good use, rather than sitting in a box! Here’s the result. It needs something more but can’t work out what! Together with card and ribbons from American Crafts found in TK Maxx!
Onto the workspace. This was taken last night and you can see the in progress digi stamps I’m using from digi boutique and my promarkers (which have somehow multiplied since last night…how did that happen!!), and my PC desk along with my photoshop magazine/book I bought last week. Much better than the big thick book as it has pictures…! Oh and my new mouse mat which is very apt for this household!
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My crafting has once again been non existent but I wanted to post and reply to a few of the comments left last week :)
First though for all those who asked to see some of the cards I made for the museum, I managed to grab a couple before they were taken to them and take photos.
Not the best photos but you get the idea.
Spyder asked me about the rocker blocks. I love them…my hands are so small I can only use the tiny one and the medium (around A7) sized one but they make life much easier. I have regular acrylic blocks too for foam backed or larger stamps but I can’t stamp as well with them! The cutter was a QVC bargain buy…it’s great except for on copy paper which it tends to shred a bit.
Julia, I’ve not learnt photoshop from the book unfortunately. I bought it with that intention and it has been helpful but I have learnt more from Cheryl Johnson’s latest course than I ever would from that book lol. That and online tutorials!! Still not touched even 10% of photoshop though!!
Pics above were taken with my new little tripod, which I adore!!
Hopefully some craftyness next week!!! In fact definitely as I have succumbed to the power of promarkers. Bought a set from QVC on impulse this afternoon and have a feeling this could be the start of either a beautiful friendship or a spiral into another crafting addiction!!
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Just a quick second post for the day. A few people commented on my WOYWW about my making cards for the museum. Here’s the link to the website, if anyone is interested.
It plays a recording when you open it so beware.
It’s very close to my heart because most of my Dad’s ancestors were fishermen in the local area and this tells the story of them.
Also found a little bargain today.
This little tripod is a free gift with Practical Photography magazine. It’s exclusive to Tesco’s but it’s very handy and compact for a handbag. You never know when you might need it. I don’t normally buy the magazine but saw it and thought what the hell. Supposedly it’s worth £4.99 and the mag is £3.99 so I thought why not. It fits my compact camera very nicely.
I was, in honour of it being speedway world cup week (my other passion) going to post some of my speedway photos but to be honest once you’ve seen one photo of a speedway track you’ve seen them all!
So instead, as I’ve been renaming all of my photos and organizing them properly I have decided to post a few of my favourites!
Dooley decided that she could play trivial pursuit as well as anyone else in the family one Christmas (to be honest she’s probably right!)
My baby’s first picture!
The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff is a fantastic place to go. I’ve only been for speedway but I would love to be there for a Welsh rugby match and hear Land of My Fathers sung by 70,000 welsh voices.
This statue is in Lowestoft. I was in my phase of ‘must photograph everything, it may go on a scrapbook page’ and I just snapped it. It came out really well considering the rubbishy zoom on my old camera!
This was taken this past weekend at our local park. We visited because of a local fun day for Help the Heroes and ended up exploring the park a bit more.
Finally, even though I said I wouldn’t post one…here’s a speedway photo ;)
More interesting than a boring old track, yes?
I completely missed last week! However there’s been a distinct lack of activity on my workspace over the last week so nobody missed anything lol.
This week I’ve done a little crafting, a few cards for a local museum who sell them for their funds. All going well except my stazon has become really sticky and won’t stamp images properly so I had to stop until I could buy a new one. Still here’s a pic!
No cards on it...no sooner had I finished them them then Mum had taken them to put into bags! You can see my Photoshop Elements book lurking too, a left over from a PC desk clean up!
That’s all from me…hopefully some photos tomorrow!
I’m currently wading through our photograph collection on my hard drive and attempting to rename them all. We used to do this as they were uploaded but go out of the habit and it made me wonder, how many people do it for every photograph? Do they, like I have in the past, simply rename them when making a copy for adjustments or resizing?
I mean it’s taking me ages and I’ve used Photoshop’s multiple process function for the collections which are general such as the 500+ of the cat where a simple name will do but even so it’s a mammoth task!
This is what we had for tea tonight…made with my own fair hands. Creamy Prawn Pasta Bake.
It’s one of Sainsbury’s feed your family for a fiver recipes that we’ve had for ages and I wanted to cook something new. Before today the only meals in my repetoire were chicken risotto, beans on toast, or anything bunged in a microwave!
I duly went shopping this morning (and I like how the self service checkouts give me nectar card coupons at every visit!) and collected all my ingredients and this is the finished result. It’s photographed before it was put into the oven as nothing lasts long enough once it’s cooked to photograph it!
It’s pretty simple to make and not pricey. My kind of dish. It also tastes delicious!
Here’s the link to the recipe if anyone else wants to try it.
