Sunday Snippet Card - March Hares

Hi Everyone,

And a very happy Sunday to you too. After almost two weeks of not being able to do much in the way of crafting it gives me great pleasure to tell you that my mojo returned yesterday - yay!

The first card I made has a topper with a lovely image of family of hares - very seasonal.

Here's how it was made:

1. I started with the topper, stamping the image from the March Hares set (Hobby Arts) on to a scrap of smooth white cardstock, using a Versafine ink pad, Olympia Green.
2. It was then coloured with Windsor & Newton watercolours mixed to create browns, greens, blues and yellow.
3. Once dry the greeting was stamped on the topper, again with the Olympia Green ink, which was then matted on to some dark green cardstock, another scrap.
4. To a cream card base measuring 4½" I glued yellow polka dotted patterned paper, Summer Textures 6"x 6" paper pad, trimmed to leave a very narrow margin of the cream base showing. Leftover patterned paper was used to decorate inside and back of the card.
5. Finally, the topper was fixed with sticky pads, to create some dimension, to the front of the card. 

The March Hares stamp set has a nice selection in it, including another larger hare image and several wild flower and grass stamps - all very easy to colour and usable at this time of the year. In fact, I'm now working on a second card using the flowers and grasses ... hope I'll be able to share it soon as my crafting life get's back to normal.

Having used two snippets of cardstock on this card I'm submitting it for our Head Snippeteer Di's consideration at Pixie's Snippets Playground.

Take care and happy crafting,

Jury Service - The Last Day

Hi Everyone,

Well yes, after all that turning up bright and breezy and hanging around for hours and hours, my number wasn't drawn after all. In the end some forty plus of us were dismissed leaving fifteen 'good people and true' to do their duty.

Despite the seeming waste of time I admit to finding it an interesting experience and one I'm glad to have participated in, if only up to a certain point. It was a pleasure to see the inside of the beautiful 19th C building with it's ornate cornices, round arched niches and timber paneled doors. The staff did their best to keep us informed and even tried to lighten the boredom with the occasional joke. Saying all that, I hope that it will be quite some time before I'm called for jury service, if ever again ... there's no upper age limit in Scotland so I'm not holding my breath!!!

Now that's over and done with normal crafting will be resumed ... I just have to find my mojo. It'll be around here somewhere, no doubt buried under the stuff that has piled up on my desk.

Hope you are having a great weekend.

Jury Service - Day Two

Hi Everyone,

Day One of Jury Service was a bit of a disappointment. We hung around waiting for hours only to find we were not required because the accused person changed their plea to 'guilty'. So I'm back again this morning. What will today bring, I wonder.

Have a great day,