Gerbera Wreath. . . . . . . . . . .

Good morning everybody peeps. Hope you are all well.

I've had a couple of down days again but its always worse when it affects my sleep. But onwards and upwards as my gynaecologist would say.

I was thrilled to get my undies in the fresh air again yesterday. Its the little things that can be the most satisfying...............said the bishop to the actress.

Sunshine and a good breeze and all is well with the World.

Nesta and I are hoping to meet up with some friends in Birmingham this week (can't say what day in case of a WART raid) which will be great as we haven't seen them since last year with my health ups and downs, then Nesta's Dad's illness.

Now, today's card is one of the recent samples I made for John for his last release of dies. I had to wait to get it back from John as the original photos I took were pants (as my good friend Kate would say). The wreath is glued onto acetate and I made the inside look as neat as I could.

Ingredients

White card

Black card

John Next Door Gerbera Circles dies

Presscut Squares dies

Acetate

Black bling

A simple and quick card that looks a bit different.

Jackie, ramblings would be a very accurate description of my collection of words lol!!!

Maureen, didn't realise that George was an elderly Mexican.....is he really Jorge Killendez?

Perhaps June S and Myra can give him the once over with their rubber gloves to make sure that he hasn't smuggled in some Sanatogen.

As for June F.......all I can say after your comment on my last post, the kitties are girls....ahem! Lol!!!

On that note....

TTFN

Ang x

Gerbera Swirl. . . . . . . .

Good morning one and all. Hope you are all doing well.

I am still having some "moments" but you just have to get on with it sometimes, especially with a couple of minxes to chase after.

They were good girls when they went to have their 2nd jabs........Molly certainly didn't let the stress of the situation stop her from crunching her way through a quarter of a packet of Dreamies en route both ways lol!!!

The meet and sniff with their new vet will now be next week, probably now as I have lots on again this week.

Now, as you said you didn't mind, I'm still on the samples I made for John using his new dies. I wanted something different again to do with the Gerbera Circle so I chopped it in half and came up with this. Of course, I had to do a black and gold card amongst the samples too lol!!!

Ingredients

Cream, black and vintage gold card

JND Gerbera Circle die

JND sentiment stamp

Hougie for scoring

Black blingage

Very simple and quick to make but with a certain je ne sais quoi as they say in Scunthorpe.

Hoping to get to the NEC this week for a look around and hopefully to meet up with Nursey Harrop.........if I can get a kitty sitter as I don't want to leave them on their own all day......I can imagine it will be like the Worcester Boiler advert if I did lol!!!

Here's another couple of snaps of the minxes..........

Molly licking Mousey

Lily Poser

Hope that any Mum's enjoyed yesterday and were well and truly pampered and also that this week is kind to you.

TTFN

Ang x

Gerbera Trio. . . . . . . . .

Good morning everyone. Hope you are all well and snow free now............I should say to the members of WART, we have 8ft of snow here and the ground is frozen solid so removal of the Wisty would be impossible. Forecasts are that its here for at least the next 6 months by which time Molly and Lily will have gone through their feline ninja training and will be poised to protect their territory, so any further attempts to employ a birdlike drone will be met with disaster.

I have been better this last couple of days but thank you for your kind concern. Its always just when I think all is pootling along nicely but what can you do.

Welcome to Stephanie, alias Pawprintsx4. Thank you for your lovely comment and for pressing the "follow" button.

I noticed that I am not too far from 200 followers now so I shall come up with a Paddle Prize for when I hit the 200. I will put a photo of something up soon.

Now, I'm still sharing the samples I made for John and as I only had the Gerbera Panel and Gerbera Circles dies, I had to be quite inventive at times. As I didn't have the Gerbera Flower die, I cut the Gerbera Panel die 3 times and cut the flowers from that and layered them up to create these blooms. 

Ingredients

Cream and lilac card

JND Gerbera Panel die

JND Gerbera Circles dies

JND sentiment

HC Delicate Asters dies (Leaves)

Tonic punch (Small flowers)

Various green and lilac inks

Hougie for score lines

Jelly tot gems

Pearlage

A simple card but understated enough to even use as a sympathy card methinks.

Well, the dentist seemed to go ok. A couple of filling repairs and no numbing up required so, so far, so good.

Today, I'm taking The Girls back to the RSPCA for round 2 of their shots so hopefully, there will be no shananigans with getting them into their carrier ***...........perhaps I should put pieces of my curtains, rug and wallpaper in with them as these are items that they have a close personal relationship with lol!!!

Here are some latest gratuitous itty bitty kitty pics..............

Molly Mogs

Lily Kins

Oh, don't they look as if butter wouldn't melt lol!!!

Off to their new vets later in the week for a meet and sniff (the kitts, not me..........well, depends what the vet looks like lol!!!) and they will probably hope that they don't need their temperature taking..........there is an advantage to being human sometimes!!!

Yorkie Wendy, sorry you have not been well. Hope that you are better but please see above regarding any planned Wisty assault.

Hope you have recovered from your fall too Jeanie. I still can't have alcohol so can't use that as an excuse anymore for my clumsiness lol!!!

Maureen, I have no sympathy with you swapping bugs with Wendy as I know it is that poor misguided woman who is being led astray by you.

As Myra says, it would be cheaper and less infectious to buy your own Wisties lol!!!

Anyhoo, this won't get the lady a baby as my dear Mum used to say (I think it was some strange Malaysian saying lol!!!) so better scoot.

Be good all.

TTFN

Ang x

*** Update on the pet carrier

      

     We had invested in a covered litter tray (less scatterage and pongage......hope I haven't put you off breakfast/lunch/dinner).

I put the pet carrier in the kitchen last night for them to get used to it ready for their trip today and Lily went straight into it..........great, or so I thought.

She obviously thought it was a new toilet facility and promptly peed in it!!!

I'm hoping that the same thing doesn't happen on the way to the RSPCA as its about 5 miles away...........wish me luck!!!

Gerbera Apertures. . . . . . . . .

Good morning everyone. Hope all is well with you. Where the heck did February disappear to then?

Apologies for being missing again but its been a combination of not feeling 100% and being busy with bits and bobs.

Staying warm has been a priority as its been colder than a penguin's chuff in these here parts. We currently have about 6 inches of snow but it is beginning to melt.

The Girls haven't been out yet but I did bring some snow inside for them to investigate.

Molly was pretty nonplussed but Lily loved it, licking and munching it.......bet she's not so keen when she is old enough to have her paws in it lol!!!

Now, I'm back with another of the samples I made for John. I wanted the inside to look neat, even with an aperture so have included a photo of the 3 layers so you can see how I did it.

Ingredients

Cream card

Gingerbread card (Limetree)

Terracotta Blaze card (Limetree)

JND Gerbera Panel

JND Gerbera Circles (Sentiment and circle dies)

Hougie for scoring

Pearlage

The rectangle apertures in the gingerbread card are rough cut as they are sandwiched between the other 2 layers so wouldn't be seen.

Another busy week ahead with a visit to the dentist, 2 visits to the vets (not me I hasten to add with the vets, although my nails could to with a clip), meeting up with some old work pals and shopping. Hopefully, the weather will allow all of these activities.

Hope that whatever this week brings for you, it is warmer and kinder to you.

TTFN

Ang x

Munched Circle. . . . . . . .

Good morning everyone. Hope that you are all well.

I haven't had a great few days with heart issues again and still not 100%. Guess my body likes to remind me there is an issue when I have been feeling quite well.

The Girls have been keeping me on my toes and thankfully have taken to their scratching post and mouse on a spring but I still have to watch Lily with the wallpaper. Molly is very laid back but Lily is into everything.

Welcome to Jackie and Terri who have kindly clicked follow. Terri is the lovely lass who arranges John's Northallerton workshops. Thank you for following ladies.

Now, back to another one of the samples I made for John for his latest die release.

Thank you for all your lovely comments about my ribbon threader die idea. I have to say, the only dies I had to work with were the Gerbera Panel and the Gerbera Circles so I wasn't able to play with the ribbon threader until now lol!!!

Ingredients

White and pink card

JND Gerbera Circles Dies

Crafts Too Daisy Lattice embossing folder (back in stock on my website)

Spectrum Noir markers

Teeny weeny gems

I think Hayley said this card looked like it had been munched lol!!!

I just wanted to do something different with the die and thought this was unusual. I matched up the die cut with the "munched" bit.

Before I scoot (not feeling great again) here's another kitty pic.................

I think that I have lost my chair and blanket lol!!! (don't worry Joy, shes not allowed on yours lol!!!).

TTFN

Ang x

Gerbera Fest. . . . . .

Good morning everyone. Hope everyone is ok.

A quickish post today as everytime I try to type, a furry friend has to jump on the keyboard.

Thank you for your lovely comments on the furry monsters. They are giving me lots of exercise having to jump up every 10 seconds to stop them swinging from curtains or scratching the wallpaper (don't tell Mr D).

Now, I had hoped to post yesterday in line with John's shows but it didn't happen lol!!!

This is one of the samples I made for the shows and I think it was in the back of shot. Didn't he do well again!!!

Ingredients

Cream, black, grey and pink card

JND Gerbera Panel die

JND Gerbera Circles die (the Special Friend die)

Crafts Too Daisy Lattice embossing folder

3mm pearlage

Its an 8x8 card so for a special occasion.

Better go for now as the furry monsters were asleep and are now doing the charge of the light brigade around the living room.

TTFN

Ang x

Ps.....thank you for all of the orders on the website and I shall be doing blog visits again asap. x