Oldie for Friday........................

not posted one of these in a while, but there has been talk of knitting on a few blogs and I remembered this cardigan I knitted and decided to get it out and take a photo...........

this is an adult sized one.....................which I knitted for myself but it came about because I knitted Emily one when she was around 4years old which she wore with a little red kilt, black tights and little black patent boots............................I loved how it looked so decided to knit the lot bigger version!!!

I remember how heavy it started to feel as I got towards the end of knitting it.................................

although this was knitted about 25 years ago I can't bear to part with it.............................


All for now folks.......

have a good weekend

xxGailxx



 

Good Morning....................

well not so 'good' here but I guess it is the same the country over............grey, wet, damp, miserly etc etc.....................

Anyway at least we are not snowed in so there is always an 'up' side to things................

Here is a bit of 'Sparkle' to help brighten your day..........................if only it was that easy!!

two colours of Sparkle medium used on this background..........................I was getting a bit braver by the time I made this one...........

the stencil is from Imagination Crafts and is called the Merry Xmas Trio.......................the sparkle medium is Silver and Diamond.....................

this is also an Imagination Crafts stencil....................aptly named Flower Flourish.................

this is Amethyst Sparkle Medium on CE Blush card.......................

snowy background made with Multi Snow Dots stencil..........................

again from Imagination Crafts using the Diamond Sparkle.......................

Stencil for this one is That Special Touch - Nuts!!! and the Sparkle Medium is Canadian Blue..............

this is a Memory Box Stencil name Stars - surprisingly enough...............................

the Sparkle Medium is Gold Shine and this was done on Centura Pearl Card - I wanted to see how it would look and whether it may spread out like the CE pearly glue does........................but no it doesn't so a bit of a result.........................this stencil is teeny tiny though so had to wait between each section for it to dry before being able to cover the piece which is A5 in size......................

Now I just have to use them on a card or project.........................watch this space................

Also thanks to Mrs B who left a message for me on John's blog - I have been in touch with CE as John actually left me a message on my blog about who to contact and they have responded straight away - I am sending them back today and I will keep you posted as to the outcome - but very impressed so far.

Take care all
xxGailxx

Thank you......................

yes a big Thank You to all who take the time to visit my 'musings and makes' whether you have to time to leave a comment or not.......................we are all so busy with our daily lives that I find sometimes I don't even have time to check the blogs that I follow until late at night.................fortunately I am a night owl so not too much of a problem......................

 

anyway the title is also for a card I made.........................

 

 

it was for a male (although you may have already guessed that) though I'm sure there are some females who would think it was good to have sprockets and gears on a card - although maybe with a bit of glitter and sparkle!!

 

 

sorry this isn't an amazing photo but just wanted to show off the gilding flakes and wax...............

 

a bit better photo..........................

showing the micro bead effect.....................

Ingredients used:-

Crafters Workshop Emboss Folder
SB Sprightly Sprockets
CE Double Sided Adhesive
Indigo Blu 'Yorkshire Dales' Gilding Flakes
CE Micro Beads
LOTV Sentiment Stamp
Inka Gold Wax in various colours
Card Blank made with CE black foundation card

 

I hope you like the end result as much as I enjoyed making it,  it was good to give the Sprightly Sprockets an airing, as I think this is possibly only the second time they have been used and really had started to wonder  if they were such a good investment, but can see me using these again.................especially for those pesky male cards!!

 

The recipient was rather 'chuffed' with it, so I would call that a result.

 

 

Take care and keep safe

xxGailxx

 

 

For someone special............................

here is the birthday card I made for our daughters birthday in August....................

 

 

 

made with her namesakes die from Tonic................................which was trimmed and joined to make the scroll along the top of the card..............

 

 

 

 

and a co-ordinating book.....................................using the die in full with a shadow of soft gold card shadow behind.......................

 

 

 

 

 

just a cheapish Kraft style book - just waiting to be dressed up...............................

 

 

the inspiration for the book came from  Rebecca's Cards  posted 4th August...............who makes the most amazing cards with hand stitched papers and lots of embellishments but always just the right amount......................she had trimmed a book up very similar to this and I just thought how lovely it looked and decided if I saw something similar then I would have a go........................well fate or what I'm not sure, I was shopping the following week in our local Sainsbury's and saw this version of the book and into the shopping trolley it went........................ Emily can put photos in or anything she wants. 

 

I enjoyed making it and hopefully she will enjoy using it.................................

 

Ingredients used:-

 

for the card

SB Grand Squares

SW Sea Garden Emboss Folder

SB Dainty Dots Emboss Folder

Tonic 'Emily' Die

Tim Holtz Bird Cage Die

SB Decorative Labels Eight

SB Decorative Labels Twenty Two

Stampin' Up Papillon Pot Pourri stamp

Stampin' Up Butterfly Punch

 

for the book

in addition to some of the above I used the

SB Fancy Frames Two

MB Dancing Butterflies Die

 

 

Well we have another lovely day here today................going to get ready shortly to have a walk and get some fresh air and blow the cobwebs away....................enjoy whatever you are doing today and sorry for taking so long between posts.

 

xxGailxx