Spyder's Corner
In a darkened corner in a tiny room...a pile of paper grows...
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
A birthday Card for a Lady
Here's a Birthday card I made a little while back... It's really Valentine's Paper from somewhere I've forgotten. Let me know if you know who, but I just loved the colours. I'll have a hunt, and if I do find it, I'll add a link here.It came with this page too...which I used for the inside. Printed out two sheets and reversed one of them. Sometimes I'm clever...or not. Did you notice? (no) I've had over 3,452,08 page views! Wish you'd said "Hi" too!! That's it for now, don't forget to scroll down for the freebie! Thanks for stopping by! See you tomorrow!
Sunday, 13 September 2026
This weeks late FREEBIE-An Oldie from the past!
Morning! I'm having trouble with people taking money from my account, under the scam 'you get it cheaper if you subscribe' but you don't, they just keep sending less and taking more money!! And my dyslexic brain can't handle it!! (I have many words stuck on my wall so I can smell spell them! as well as my phone handy) so the freebie didn't happen, mainly I was hoping I could download pictures the normal way (see last post) but no ...I've had no luck so far, so we will see! I've chosen a freebie from waaaaaay back, an oldie, and here he is, go here to download him...hope you like him/ show me what you do with him. No sharing! Send people here... He will be here for one week only.
YAY!! Normal download is now working! Have a great Day! Thank you for stopping by!
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
WOYWW 901!
Wow, I just made it...with less than an hour to go before it's Midnight! Happy WOYWW 901! I typed that bit before I realised it wouldn't let me load any of my pictures!! (angry growl) I'll tell you how I sorted that out at the end...
I've not been in a good place this week (anniversary of Hubby passing) and haven't done anything, (apart from binge watch StarGate) I bought spring bulbs, but they're still in their bags. Then I decided to get off my butt and do some crafting! I've had this little black scrapbook, from The Works, for ages and wanted to do something with it....so?? This is what I've started doing... Above is the front cover of the 6x6 black scrapbook. Below is two of the back pages... 
I've taken about 8 pages out of the book so far, and using them for pockets and backings. I'm going to try and keep to the dark backing paper, as I think they go with the black back ground.
The papers I'm using so far I've had for ages, probably years. (again hoarding them) So I thought it was about time I used them up...
I was thinking of giving the scrap book a title, any ideas??
Above is the back cover, I really like that paper, but hoarding it doesn’t get it used!! And I know this little scrapbook will look so much better when it's finished. Now!? How did I get my pictures uploaded?? Click on the HYML view...yes I know it looks jibberish, but never mind... load up your photos as you usually do. You won't 'see' any photos but a pop-up will ask what size and where (left, right centre, etc) Just click on what you want. This is supposed to be large and in the centre. Then go back to compose... the pictures may or may not go where you want them and appear at the top instead, but at least you can shift them about from there... Well that's it from me! I got there in the end and it's now nearly two in the morning but I'll try and set the timer for Wednesday. Have a Happy Crafty WOYWW Day, pop over to sarahscraftshed and join in! Thank you for stopping by!!
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
Happy WOYWW 900!! And Birthday Cards
Wow! Just think....it'll soon be 1000 WOYWW?! Go and Pop over to Sarahscraftshed to find out more. Well, as I'm up to my eyes in washing driveways and clearing out gutters...I really haven't got any new crafting to show you. So I'll show you a card I made for Son in law...birthday money is in the envelope...And below is the one I made for Grandkiddie, Oliver. I'd had this map for years...honestly. Years. So? It's about time I used it, I thought. So I did, and made Oliver's card with it...The 'treasure' of course, was his birthday money...hidden inside a secret pocket.Here's the back....The pocket's hidden in the bottom square...where X marks the spot. It all folds flat to go into an envelope.
And seeing I haven't got any mojo for just crafting... except masterboards...
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| Washi tape masterboard and cover |
I've been covering boxes again... They really do come in handy.
That's it for now, thank you for stopping by! Happy 900th WOYWW
Friday, 28 August 2026
Months in a flash! Late WOYWW and Garden Room
Oh my, has it really been that long? I haven't even sat at my laptop in ages...SOooo, I'll do some catching up! Above is my WOYWW worktop from ages ago...it's not really the same, it's loads worse! And... I think I got to the bit where the old mancave/shed had to come down, and so did half my rose tree...that's growing like crazy now...and then came the building of the new garden room with 'shed'. I don't think I added any pictures of that...so here goes...
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| Old shed gone |
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| Base |
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| Roof's on! |
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| Doors and windows |
And here it is...garden room on the left and the 'shed' on the right. There's a big step up, so I'm hoping they're come back to put a step into the garden room, and a slope into the shed. I have tried...but I'm rubbish. Now all I have to do is get the garden done...all this dry weather and the ground is like concrete. I have done some crafting...a couple of birthday cards... and of course, I've been away house/dog sitting a few times, as well as looking after Loki, Lola, Dexter(who has a new puppy brother called Ollie now) Max and Frankie. I'll add the birthday cards in the next posts. What about all the freebies we've missed Lyn?? OH! Well, I have found my Wacom, so there's a chance of a freebie coming up at some point very soon too... Happy Very late WOYWW. Thank you for stopping by!
Thursday, 21 May 2026
The Washi A4 page-always a freebie
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Happy WOYWW!? #885 with a washi freebie?
cousin twice removed, (what does that mean?) But it needn't've worryed as the date on it is 2010-so it's been many years in a darkened case covered in cobwebs.
At the very top of this post, is last weeks start on my ATC's. I thought I'd made 9, but after double checking the photo, there is only 8. Above is how they ended up.
I have sent some off already and you may have them, but sometimes I think the postie forgets to collect them...then I ran out of stamps....so a few of you will get them later...and seeing I'm doing a couple of Dogs/house sitting this coming few weeks...(you know where I'm going with this...)
Back to the demolishing of the Man Cave...that was hard to see go. It took two men all day...
And this was the skip after family helped to clear it out, most of what you see was in the shed half....everything was getting wet as there was a hole in the roof that side...On John's side, Matt said, it was so well insulated, you could've lived in it!
The rose took a bit of a battering... but everything else was fine! Meanwhile, I did a bit of Washi Tape master BoardingYou could copy and save it, if you like...I'll try and take a better picture for next week.... Well, that's it for now, thank you for stopping by! Have a Happy WOYWW!?Wednesday, 13 May 2026
#884 17th-anniversary of WOYWW!?
Well, that really is all I've done so far....there really isn't enough days in the week, or hours in the day! The skip goes tomorrow, the electriccian on Friday, the shed men of Saturday and Little Lola for the weekend, plus Remi and Bronte on the Sunday...phew!! Have a great 17th year in WOYWW!? and see you all next week. Thank you for stopping by!
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