Sketch Saturday #262

 

Hi,

I am pleased to say it's lovely and sunny here still... hope it is where you are.  It has been lovely having such wonderful weather... I have been painting decking and fencing and playing with the garden so have not done much crafting... I find that I am now getting withdrawal symptoms and want to do everything at once...

I made this card as a quickie to be honest... inspired by the sketch #262 over at Sketch Saturday.  Lovely and simple...

 

 

 

Hopefully I will have some more things to show soon. 

Take care and thanks for looking.

Hugs

Kim M

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Sketch Saturday - Week 258

Hi,

My inspiration for this card came from the sketch at Sketch Saturday week 258... really fun sketch... really fun playing along... perfect for this as I wanted to keep it simple... 

 

I seem to be running out of cards in my cupboard... I am so used to having a bit of selection that it came as a shock on Friday when I realised I only had a couple left...

I haven't been doing much crafting really... am working on a cross-stitch for my kitchen... but even that seems to be slow... need to get the mojo going...  I blame the weather... dreadful today...

Hope you are having a lovely weekend.
Take care
Hugs
Kim M
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Mojo Monday - 289

 

Hi,

Where does the time go?????  I can't believe it has been that long since I posted... I have almost sorted all of my crafting stuff... and have officially taken over the cupboard under the stairs as a craft cupboard.  It's amazing to be able to find everything so easily... and storage tubs are so expensive!!!

 

I have been crafting... my first offering is a card... inspired by the lovely sketch over on Mojo Monday #289...

 

I have just started an 8x8 scrapbook of random pictures of my son...  funny how there are always random photos... some times I don't even remember where or when they were taken...  I haven't done the journalling yet, but I wanted to include it in this post... This one was taken on a walk one sunday at Fairhaven Lake, St Annes... one of our favourite walks.

 

I have also managed to finish some cross stitch ornaments that I had found in the cupboard half done... looking forward to hanging this one this Christmas... really pleased with it.

 

And some beading ornaments... Mill Hill beads... love them... have 2 more to do... really love making these... have a feeling I will be ordering some more!!!!  For some unknown reason each time I took the photo it was blurred so gave up in the end... sorry!

 

Thank you for dropping by...  hope you are finding time to craft...

Take care

Hugs

Kim

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Busy busy busy!!!!

Hi,

My card making seems to have  been put on hold... and I am about to start making two that I need for next week... but I thought I would share the reason I have been busy first!

Obviously we had half-term last week... I had a migraine for the first part, and having two kids around the house made that harder work than normal... but I have managed a scrapbook page.  I am really pleased with this...I had fun playing... I think I am finally getting back into my scrapbooking!

 

I also finished this... an Easter banner... it's wool and plastic canvas, came in a kit... a present when the children were  very small, but I never had the time to start it.  As I am on a 'use everything up' binge, I dug it out and got cracking... and it didn't take that long to be honest!  We don't have Easter Ornaments, so the kids are quite thrilled with it!  Only thing is they want it up now...

I am now finishing off a cross stitch piece I started to make a friend a friendship cushion a couple of years ago... I know, dreadful!!!! 
Anyway, off to browse, then make at least one of my cards...
Take care
Hugs
Kim
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Mojo Monday 279



 



Hi... Inspiration for this card came from the sketch over at Mojo Monday - 279...  Great sketch... sorry the picture is abit rubbish... I used all things from my scrapbox... I love it when I do that!

 

I have also been making scrapbook pages... using some old photo's I found in a package with stuff I didn't know I still had... I love doing that too.  I found lots of trinkets that I had obviously put away for keepsakes, my mum must have given me the box and I hadn't look in it. 

 

 

And... I have even made a Christmas card... thats five I have now... ooh!!!!!  Also used stuff from the scrapbox...

 

Seriouly need to have a flower making session... and a die cutting session... hopefully this afternoon. Hope you have a lovely weekend.

Hugs

Kim

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Sketch N Stash 105

 

Hi,

The card I have to share today was inspired by the challenge at Sketch N Stash 105.  I know it's not really vintage, but I like the sketch and I like to make my cards to fit the people I am sending to... which is what I have done.  I am pleased to say that I used old stash (The paper in the background and the flowers, these came with a kit I bought from QVC years ago and were actually forgotten in a box at the back of my cupboard).  I also used new stash... my mum got me some Kanban images for cards for christmas and that is where the card and sentiment came from too).  The sketch was fun to work with and I am sending it to a friend of mine who loves cupcakes...



 

 

I have also made another scrapbook LO.  This was inspired by a link I found but lost it... don't you just hate it when you do that????!!!!!  If I do find it again I will add it in... They had a wonderful sketch that inspired me to use some squares I had made using a Martha Stewart Punch set I have ages ago and didn't use...  The photo was taken on a day out at Cannock Chase... I love to take the children there because I spent so much time there as a child myself...  There is just so much to see and do there we all love it...

 





 

 

Here is my finished scarf ... very difficult to photograph a scarf... I am very pleased with it it is very warm.  I don't really have the patience for knitting... I tend to get bored half way through... luckily this didn't take too long... and I am glad to use up the wool.  I have had it for quite a while... now I need to find something to knit or crochet to use the rest of what is in the baskets!!!!!

Still have cards to make... hope you are finding time to craft and keep warm.
Hugs
Kim
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Mojo Monday 277

Hi,

Today the sun is shining... isn't is it amazing how when the sun is shining you feel so much better about everything?  Well I do anyway... easily pleased, eh?  I hope you weren't too affected by the snow... we haven't had much here really... being by the coast and all that, much to my childrens dismay, we seem to not get alot of snow. 

I have been playing... I suddenly seem to need quite a few cards all at once... this one was inspired by Mojo Monday's Sketch 277.  Really was fun to play along.  I am very pleased with this card and I think it really suits the person I am sending it to.

 

 

I have a scrapbook LO to finish that I started yesterday, so this is short and sweet.  I also been knitting a scarf, just need to finish off the ends so I will be back tomorrow with pictures.  I'm not the best or the faster knitter in the world, but I have actually enjoyed myself.

Keep warm and smile at the sun... might encourage it to shine more (my Nan always used to say that when I was little!!!).

Hugs

Kim

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