CHRISTMAS IS COMING SO THEY TELL ME :-D

Good morning Peeps,
I have finally finished painting the sitting room and now I must dedicate myself to doing Chrimbo cards. Here are two of my first commissions which are winging their way to Oz as I speak. :-)
They were made using 2 stunning paper kits I bought from TLC CREATIONS -  " Poinsettia Party Journal Set " and  " Winter's Nature ".

They were both layered up with 3D foamies and I added die cut floral embellies.

I must try and remember to do my own cards this year !!!  I usually am so focused on getting the commissions done that I forget all about myself !! LoL

Right Ho - I must away..... I have a small Doggo here for Christmas holidays, so we better go and do the " Walkies " now it has got light :-D  I'll slip in a photo later if I can get a decent one :-)

Thanks for popping in.

Challenges I am entering:

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FOR MIA

Good morning Peeps,

I have taken a break from house painting to show 2 cards I have made to join in with Mia's upcoming Birthday celebrations.

You can find Mia and her wonderful creations over at CRAFTARTISTA.

The first one is made using a butterfly cutting file. It was a bit of a pain but after changing blades it cut just fine.  The backing papers are from my stash.

This 2nd one is actually a card kit I bought from CuP.  It was really fiddly to put together and takes a shedload of ink because all the pieces have to be printed twice to give it the strength. Afterwards I added some glaze to the butterflies to make them shiny. 

I must admit, I wasn't as in love with it after I had made it than when I first saw it and bought the printout kit :-(  It will probably be the one and only time I make it !

Anyway - I am now painting inside the house.  I got 3 toning colours for the lounge and expected to be finished by now, but the paint I bought is absolute shiiiiiiiiite and gives no coverage and am having to put 2 coats on each time.   I mean - how can dark grey NOT cover beige in 1 coat !!????  

I am sooo frustrated and pee'd off that I am NOT doing any more painting today in disgust !!!

On a brighter note - the dyeing of the leather sofas is going well. I've done the 2 seater and it looks FAB. I am only hoping that the colour is not going to all crisp up and flake off !    Well - they are old and this was a bit of a money saver and they were going to be thrown out anyway, so let's see how they behave :-) 

So - I am off now to calm myself down and maybe mess around with some crafty bits and bobs - that will make me smile I am sure :-)

Thanks for popping in xx

Challenges I am entering:

Craftartista Birthday Celebrations

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.

Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.

They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,

They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;

They sit no more at familiar tables of home;

They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;

They sleep beyond England's foam.

RIP Dad and THANK YOU xxxxx

SOME RECENT CARD COMMISSIONS

Good morning Peeps,
I am here with some recent card commission.
A friend was recently 80 years old and still doing decorating on his house even after falling off a ladder last year and breaking his hip !!!!
I saw him a few days before his birthday and scolded him for doing it after I had been told he had been up a ladder painting his chimney !   I mean ..... REALLY !!!

Anyhoo - naturally I made most of his cards this year with a decorating theme using a fabulous image I bought from DOCTOR DIGI  - Dunderton Decorators - which was just perfect.  They made perfect images for men which is so useful as I often struggle with Male cards :-D
Whilst shopping, I saw a card on the Dr Digi shop site which gave me inspiration so I CASE'd it LoL  
Here is my version.

I used Kraft paper for the background and printed some rose pattern for the ' wall paper ' . All the images were coloured with Spectrum Noir markers and then fussy cut and layered.

For this one, I used the same image but cut out only his head and hands to add to a ' Wing Suit '. The person who ordered this card made a joke about him being safer with a Wing Suit, so that's what I made for her card.

This Birthday Boy and his lovely wife also feed lots of stray Greek cats around their house and there are always more sneaking up. This card was decoupaged into 4 layers with all the cats. As he is 80 I put that on the front and the joke inside says  .... " Is that your age or the number of Cats ? "

Thank you very much for popping in xxx

Challenges I am entering:

AAA Challenges #7 - Include a Number    1/12  ( Card 1 )

Creatalicious Challenges #174 - AG/For a Man    ( Card 2 )  16/11

2 Crafty Critter Crazies NOV Challenge - AG with a Critter  ( Card 3 )  27/11

TEA TIME

Hello Peeps,
Well, now that the Cat Hop is finished I am trying to get my Mojo in gear to put things on my sadly neglected Blog. I am nearly finished painting the house but today's weather has stopped play LoL
I am snugg in my craft room and having a sort out :-)

I saw the new Challenge over at SISTERHOOD of SNARKY STAMPERS IS #149 T is for TEA, so I have made a couple of ATCs to enter that :-)

When I lived in the UK I used to drink gallons of tea and never touched coffee until lunch time, but since moving to Greece I just drink coffee. Can't remember the last time I had a cup of tea !!

So, here are my ATCs......
The first one is in true SoSS fashion hahahaha.....

My second one is a bit more girly and definitely the sentiment I need for myself just at the moment. !

I used the same tea cup paper for the background but changed the colour. The little row of cute tea cups is from MELONHEADZ. I fussy cut them and added with 3D foamies :-)

Challenges I am entering:

SoSS Challenge #149 - T  for Tea  ** Princess  **

Creations in Pink Challenge #15 -   AG/Mainly Pink   (ATC #2)

DAY 3 CAT LOVERs' HOP SPOT PRIZE WINNER

Hello Peeps and Happy November,

I am here today to announce the WINNER of my " SPOT PRIZE " that I offered on my DAY 3 blog entry for the 2019 Cat Lovers' Blog Hop.

Here is the Prize I offered.............

I had 2 comments which said NO to the Prize as they already had this set which left the following commentors, which I numbered reading down the page -

     1. Donna M                                     11. Catnip & Kitty Whiskers

     2. Arianna                                      12. Susan R

     3. Tink                                             13. Vivian Foo

     4. Mandysea                                  14. Jennifer Scull

     5. Ginger Ninja                             15. Leslie

     6. AJ                                                 16. Carole J

     7. Suzanne H                                 17. Bonnie Lynn

     8.  Becca                                         18. Karen Ladd

     9. Janis                                           19. Andrea W

    10. NanaConnie                           20. Denise B

I used Mr Randon............

The WINNER is  #18  - KAREN LADD

Please contact me - IKE -  with your DonkeyMail address :-)

Thank you all very much for playing along and I hope you all enjoyed the wonderful HOP.  Now we look forward to next year     =^..^=