I'm Back

After several months of inactivity I am finally back! My loyal followers must be truly fed-up with me and I have no excuse really. My mojo up and went and have been through the mill with new treatment for my diabetes but at least it seems to be working. I have lost 10 kilos [22lbs] at last count with the hospital and I think I have lost a little more but not sure how reliable my scales are lol. I am so chuffed can hardly believe it so long may it continue.

Now down to business I have my BIL's birthday this month so finally sat down this morning and made a card. Nothing fancy but I love the scene and colours. I mounted scene onto lovely jade coloured card stock and decoupaged the oval picture added a little glamour dust and a ribbon.




Hoping to make a start on my Christmas cards so haste ye back.....

65th Birthday

Got off my backside today and sat and made card for my neighbour's 65th birthday. He loves flowers and gardening so stamped this image of morning glory's by Stamping Up and coloured it with Faber-Castell watercolour pencils. Mounted and layered several times added bow and sentiments. Hope he likes and it doesn't look to feminine.

Again apologies for photo not getting the light right here.

I also finished off another card today for hubby's birthday on Saturday. Hadn't a clue what to do so pumped for a cat image as even if he doesn't admit it he does love cats. This was done with pop out decoupage [which is just as well as my wrists and fingers have been really sore these last few days]. Added the usual sentiments and not much else, so again, hope he likes it as not my usual.



Haste ye back........

Golf

Today I am posting the card I made for my brother's birthday. He is a golf fanatic so what's more appropriate than a picture of a golf course. It doesn't look like much in the photo but I printed off the golf scene and then decoupaged the tree which gives it more of a 3D effect.



As I said not the greatest of photos!

First of the Month

First day of September and first day of my new regime with my diabetic medicines. I now have to inject myself twice a day on top of all the different medicines I have to take so here's hoping the side effects mentioned don't last too long.
On a more lighthearted subject I have made a couple of cards but need to finish them off so will post them when they are ready.
Meantime here are a couple of photos taken while on holiday - the first one is the sun going down outside our holiday cottage in Appleby Magna and some lovely old houses in Market Bosworth



The third and fourth are photos taken while on a trip down the Avon while in Stratford.

Holidays

My last blog for a couple of weeks am off tomorrow on holiday and really looking forward to it. We are going down towards Leicestershire where I have never been before and quite a drive for us but we will take it in easy stages. Bought OH a Sat/Nav so hopefully that will help us a lot getting there without pouring over maps. Praying for good weather and less rain so until I come back be good.
Oh by the way the scrapbook went down well she loved it.

Scrapbook & Flowers

Well I finally finished the scrapbook and decorated the cover and inside with encouraging quotes to help a 16 year old along the way! My son and DIL are having a bar-b-que for our grand-daughter's birthday, and 17 of her friends, on Friday so that should be fun!



GARDEN
Went out in the rain yesterday and took a few photos of my potted lilies and one of my hydrangea's which had finally decided to flower after about three years. It is a gorgeous colour completely different from the other one which is hues of lilac and blue.

Scrapbooking II

Here are a few more scrapbook pages I managed to do yesterday just to add to the collection. Quite getting into my stride now and enjoying doing them. I was a bit hesitant at first not knowing how to finish the pages. Hope you like them.




Haste ye back.....

Scrapbook

Just a few pages of the scrapbook I am making to let you see what I have been up to this past week. It has been really difficult to decide what photos to use as there are some wonderful ones of my grand-daughter growing up.
Here are a few of them........