Friday Smile - The Boss + Tough Love - Simon's Cat (A Valentine's Special!)

It's Smiley Friday over at Annie's A Stitch In Time again.

In a week full of reasons to smile, for example, one perfectly lovely sunny day, a good book to read, a difficult sewing project finished, it is difficult to choose what to share but I think this photo of The Boss snoozing on the windowsill is a favourite of the week.

That windowsill is the perfect site for a snooze because she can catch the sun on her back and the heat rising from the radiator just beneath ... the best of all possible worlds for a sick old cat. And the book, not mine but the EM's - we both read crime novels but I don't share his taste for violent and gruesome London gangster based crime!!!

A bit early, but I thought you might enjoy the Valentine Special featuring Simon's Cat.





He/she does make me laugh :)

Hope you have a wonderful weekend with lots to make you smile.

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - WOYWW Wk 348

Hi to you all ...

... from a very sunny Ayrshire!

A perfect day to join in and show what's on my desk for Julia over at the Stamping Ground.

I was going to draw down the blind but then thought, no, you might prefer to see that rare ray of sunshine hitting my desk. Out today is a bunch of photos of The Boss together with some cat themed papers, ribbons, washi tape and coordinating buttons. I take tons of photos of herself but rarely get around to creating any layouts with them so I've decided the time has come! Just to the side, out of shot but not forgotten, is the Christmas album ... it's there as a thorn in my side to make sure I complete it this year!!!

On the other desk I'm making some advance on the tartan applique you might recall I started a couple of weeks ago. This is my first serious attempt at free motion sewing and it's a lot more difficult than the experts make it look, sigh. However, just a couple of small flowers and butterflies to sew on and I'll call this one done. The EM will be pleased. He bought a pair of trousers yesterday that are now waiting on the sidelines to have the leg length altered :(

The sunshine is drawing me out of my cave so I'll be popping out soon ... I desperately need some ink cartridges ... but I will be back to check out as many desks as I can before bedtime.

In the meantime, enjoy the rest of WOYWW.

Snow Scene Cards + Altered Countdown To Christmas

Afternoon Everyone

Thought I'd post these cards while I'm waiting for the storm to really hit town. It's already gye (Scots for very but more so) windy but that, apparently, is just a taster of what is to follow later today. Anyway, just in case I have to shut down here's a very quick share of some cards I made recently for the January UKPC swap - the theme for which was 'snow'.

If you think this design is familiar, and those of you who have been following me for eons may well do, it is because I made one almost identical to one I made back in November 2011 ... and for details of supplies and how it was made here's the link.

I had to familiarise myself with my brayer again ... I don't think I have had it out in months, or longer. My hands are not what they used to be and I struggle with my grip so I didn't make as good a job this time but I'm not ready to throw in the towel just yet. I did make a few practice pieces though and here's another two cards made with the rescued pieces.

This last one is matted on to a snippet of blue cardstock so I shall be submitting it to Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 214.

I'm also submitting the first card to CHNC Challenge - 266: where the theme this week is 'anything goes as long as it's Christmas' and CHNC Challenge Extra for February 2016

I should add that there is just two little differences in the supplies used this time around. Instead of using Archival ink to stamp the row of houses, and therefore having to colour them in with AquaMarkers, I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink and a selection of ProMarkers to colour the houses.

If you caught my Rudolph Day Countdown To Christmas card you would have noticed that I reflected that it would have looked better if I had rounded the corners on the card blank to match the PL Topper, as I did with the patterned papers. Well, Kath, of Plain  & Simple, suggested I quite simply pull a couple of star gems off and round the corners, so I did. And I was right, it looks much better with all the corners rounded.

And just in case you are wondering, that is a bit of winter sunshine you see in the photo. When I took the photo this morning it was raining, howling a gale and the sun was sunshine ... only in Scotland!!!

Apologies to those of you who look forward to the In A Vase On Monday ... it's much too wild out in the garden to go flower picking, always supposing there's any blooms to pick!

Well, that's me done rambling for now ... I'm off to fit in a bit of bloghopping now before having to take The Boss for her monthly visit to the vet. She's overdue her injections and so a bit poorly today but tomorrow she will be as sprightly as a kitten again ... well almost :)

Take care and stay safe,