First Snowdrops

Morning everyone,

I missed joining in with Cathy's In A Vase On Monday yesterday so I thought I'd share the first snowdrops from the garden.

Dainty little beauties. 

There were no snowdrops in the garden when we moved in but slowly over the last four years I've  managed, with some help from Cathy, to introduce them and the numbers have now increased to the point where I can pick a few and not feel guilty.

Snippet Sunday

Hello Everyone,

I thought I'd have more cards to share with you for Pixie's Snippets Playground today but recent events have conspired against me. Instead I have just this two.

I used a part of an embossed sheet of card - Hunkydory I think - which came free with an order for ... it's so long ago I've forgotten what!

The base was made from a sheet of aqua card trimmed to create a 5" square tent style card. I cut the sheet of embossed card making best use of the design, trimming it to leave a ¼" border all round. The greeting topper is made up of two scalloped circles cut from a M&C Boutique die set (The Works), one from a snippet of silver card and the other from a piece of teal leftover from trimming the card front, and topped with a circle punched from a snippet of white card stamped with the greeting. The butterfly was also cut from a snippet of silver card using an X-Cut Dinky Butterfly die.

This card was made to use up the card base that I'd decorated, several years ago, with a flourish that I'd stamped in pink ink and then in Versamark and embossed silver powder. I made the topper using the tiny '4 You' embossed and die cut piece - found during the craft room sort out. I think the embossing folder & die came with the Cuttlebug and I've had that a good few years now. I wanted to layer it onto the same shade of pink as the ink on the background but a thorough search of my ink pad collection and I still haven't found it. So I've compromised with Pinflair's Hot Magenta Gentle Blends blended over a scrap of white card and cut out with a stitch edged square die, again from M&C Boutique. To finish the topper another larger square was cut from silver card.

So there you are. Two cards made from scraps and snippets and old bits and bobs found stashed away and forgotten. I can't say I'm making much of a dent on all the bits I've unearthed during the clear up but I'm enjoying the challenge and, bonus, there's now e a few more cards ready to use when needed.

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.

Friday's Smiles

Hello Smilers

I hope your week has been a happy one bringing with it lots of reasons to smile. Today I have a couple of photos taken this morning because they have a funny story, involving me, attached to them.

Nothing particularly funny about these two figures sitting on what is known locally as Rabbie's Ring ... probably in reference to our noble bard, Robert Burns though I don't see the connection myself. Anyway, what makes these two shots funny is not the subjects but what was happening behind me whilst I was clicking away. I sensed that someone was standing behind me all the time I was taking the first photo and when I moved to take the one of the dog the person behind followed me. When I turned round to see what was going on I found myself face-to-face with a big security guard. I jokingly asked him if he was following me, not for one minute thinking he was, but he admitted that was exactly what he was doing. What I had not realised is that directly in shot was a large well-known jewellery shop. The guard was checking to see that I wasn't taking photos of what was in the shop window, etc., - in other words 'casing the joint'. I think he soon worked out that there was no danger of me breaking into the shop, especially after I explained that I was a scrapbooker!  I suppose you can't be too careful these days.We had a good chuckle together about it as he escorted me to the exit ... I think he believed me, or did he!

There's never a dull day. How he could imagine a 70 year old great-grandmother, carrying a bag filled with yarn at that, would be interested in a jewellery shop beats me. I told him that it was too much a boring subject for my lens.

Here's a couple of funnies to finish with.

Having just bought yet more yarn I thought these were appropriate.

If you're looking for more smiles then do pop over to Annie's A Stitch In Time to read about what has made her and others smile this week.

Wishing you all a very happy weekend.