Its What's on your Worktop Wednesday! #782 plus2

Morning WOYWWers, it's a lovely sunny day down here in the New Forest and another new day of WOYWW now hosted by the lovely  Sarahs Craft Shed  . Three ACT's turned up in the last week from my swappers. Mine have also gone off, although, will be late as I forgot about the Bank Holiday so they were stuck in the post box for three days! Left to Right... Stamping by Helen, Angela-Felix The Cat and Cindy! I'm expecting two more, but have forgotten who they were. Please remind me if it was you, as my very small brain has lost were I wrote down addresses and names!

Here's what's on my kitchen counter this morning. What's left of my ATC's. The little folders I put them in, which I made some time ago, knowing I wouldn't have time and I do like to put the ATC's into something.

These are the ones I have left....except no1, that's gone off.

Here are the five pocket folders I've added the ATC's to, And!!!! wonders will never cease!!! The 'up load from my computer' thingy is working again!! After months of just saying 'try again later, or words to that effect, it's working again...no more emailing my images to myself so I can download them in 'photos' after altering them on my phone, which was a pain!! Shhh! Don't shout too loud Lyn, 'They' might remove it again!

 

Here are the ATC's before I'd finished them, no numbers, no spider, or paw prints  yet... and I never did get around to adding my usual, wobbly eye, a heart and WOYWW...meaning 'Eye Love WOYWW', never mind! I can't believe I can actually load up my pictures in the old normal way again! I'm doing a little jig! It's been sooo long, I'd almost forgotten how! It was by accident that I found out! Now all I need is a new backing for the blog. So far nothing's worked. This ATC below, I think went off to Helen, showing off the little five pocket folder. Oh let's add another picture!! Yay!

    I also made envelopes too, but from an old atlas using maps from Southern England...where as, the ATC's maps, are from a small booklet filled with 'Walks Through The New Forest.'

Now, because I can, here's my Bargain of the Week. 'Flowers In Colour' first published in 1955, by A.G.L Hellyer. There's 21/- written in pencil on the inside yellowing cover, and it cost me 50p! I may make ephemera with it, I might not! We'll see... or...

 

 

 

 

I might fussy cut the pictures out or use them another way...or just keep as is! That's it for now. Still have some ATC's left if anyone wants to swap. Just email me. dragonsmoore at Googlemail dot com. Now pop over to Sarahs Crafting Shed and join in!  Thank you for stopping by!

Tea for Tuesday's Breakfast....plus a bit more

 Shortish post this week, for T stands for Tuesday! and, as always, my life at the moment is maddic! I am soooo behind with everything, I've half cut my hedge, half cut my lawn, still need to plant up some flowers, put away piles of washing, and loads of crafty stuff. I feel like... hiding in that dark corner where my pile of paper grows... only, that's over flowing too and there's no room! Also, getting up five minutes before I go to bed, is not a good thing!

This morning I had a mircowaved pouch egg on toast. The trick to cooking these in a mircowave, is, add a dob of butter and a drizzle of milk into a mug, add a cover but don't seal it, place cup on the outside of the mircowave plate and cook for 20 seconds, take it out, have a look at it, maybe give it another 10 to 20 seconds... any longer, it might well explode! Drain off the milk/butter liquid and place the runny egg on some toast. Simples. Later, my drink changed to Cranberry juice just for a change... In the background are what's left of my WOYWW Atc's (which were late posting as we had a Bank Holiday this week, so no post!) You'll also notice, I plan to go spray some weeds with weed killer... That's it from me! Go join AlteredBookerlover! Thank you for stopping by! Phew!

Is it really WOYWW!? 780 plus ONE!?

 Late as always. And so it continues! WOYWW!? Has a new address, at sarahscraftshed. So be sure to go and join in! I've been people busy last week and this week, I'm sooo behind, I tend to shove everything into the spare room and close the door...ohoo?? But I haven't really got a spare room! Never Mind. The weeds in the garden are nearly taller than me, but at least I've planted up some flower pots and cut the grass! (don't mention the headge!) I have on and off over the last month been trying to get some ATC's ready for Woyww 15th anniversary, which was last week! but with my printer not working proberly there's not a lot I can do. I did manage three ATC backings when the printer wasn't feeling so poorly, but everything else since then is pretty well, rubbish! Anyway, above is a picture of my crafty ironing board. I've used maps from a small booklet about 'Walks Around The New Forest' for the back ground. If anyone still wants to swap, just let me know! Have a great week everyone. And a Happy New WOYWW! Thank you for stopping by.

It's Time For Tea On Tuesday...

 

 For once, I'm not that late for T stands for Tuesday! Although I might speak/type too soon...who knows what Blogger has in store for me this week...hmmmm. I am running around chasing my own tail...perhaps I mean, towel? W-well, my phone doesn't want to help with my spelling this morning... and I'm rubbish at it. A cure for that, is to restart it. Don't throw it into a bucket of water though, I have been tempted! Above, is the normal Boring Breakfast with Tea! With the usual bits of crafty stuff shoved back. The books on the right, are my bargain of the week. More on them later.

This week has seen  my son-inlaws birthday party. Emma came over and borrowed the BBQ and we managed to get it into the back of her car!   At the party I sliced and diced and cut and made the Pimms, which didn't last long!

Before the BBQ there were snacks....Dexter (7) told me he made the vegan cup cakes. And they were (surprisingly) yummy!

Tom loves to do marathons, running, swimming, cycling and lastly that Muddy Race, getting covered in as much mud as you can...before getting past the finishing line. So this is what his cake was all about! 

After the BBQ they cut into the Cake! Chocolate sponge inside. Shame to cut into it really! Now back to the books and my bargain of the week. 99p each from a Charity shop. One, made to look like aunty's cook book and the other, all about Wild Flowers...

The cook book looks tatty and old...but it's not. All hand written inside with notes, postcards and magazine recipes suck into it with yellowing tape. All just an illusion!  Even the cover.

The inside cover

I don't think I'll ever be able to cut into this! It's already, someones 'scrap book'

None of these  stuck ins are stuck ins! I might even try some of the recipes!

As for the wild flower book, it has places to write your notes. It's never been used and  it's not like the others I have, so, to begining with, I'll just love it and maybe slice it up at a later date...(2051)

Last, but not least, this morning's cup of frothy coffee made in my 'cake in a mug', mug! Happy T Day! Pop over to AlteredBooklover and Join in with drinks and food and other things! My job today is....the garden. Weeds wait for no one! Thank you for stopping by!

woyww!?? #780!

 Afternoon all you WOYWWers! It's lovely and sunny down here in The New Forest.  I'm late again with joining in with Julia's Stamping Ground, that's been going for 15 years!! I haven't been here all that time but still remember when the numbers were soooo high, it took a full 24 hours to get round to everyone! So, sadly, I believe this may be the last WOYWW!? Stop me if I'm wrong! (stop me I said, not sock me!) It's been a fabulous mix of crafty people, which I am going to miss, sooo much!! The reason why I'm so behind with blogging in gereral is seen through the window in the above picture! That little saugage dog puppy! DD.  She is soooo cute, but very nervous, loves having play fights, hiding under the bed covers, barking and hiding her chews!

Hiding her chew under a blanket

 

 As you can see, I haven't started on my ATC's for the swap!! I do want to swap, honest!! Well, I have made some, but can I find them?? No. They're probably with all those labels I made.

 

No matter! Once I've got this week over, dogs, dentist, two birthdays, a wedding and another birthday- I'll be right 'at it!' Probably using my new Tim Holtz deckled chomper!! which just arrived today.  At the moment, I'm house/prof/ and doggy sitting. Here til midnight! So, I won't bore you with any more chat! Just pop over to Stamping Ground, and you too can join in the ATC swap! Don't forget, I'm up for an ATC Swap too! Just email me, or comment below! Happy (Very last woyww???)WOYWW?! Thank you for stopping by!

Late Again for T stand for Tuesday!

 Not a lot I can show you for T Stands for Tuesday this week, A birthday get together...where most of the drinks have been, drunk.

I don't drink, so mine was the water, how boring can that be? And of course my breakfast, Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes, a bacon, tomato and cheese toasty, tea (with the teabag still in) and my whizzed up fruit juice, using my new 'blender'.... and the continuing story on that is...

 

all the 'cheaper'  blenders I'd seen on line, and on their site, that looked the same as mine, but were a lot cheaper, were....'used' or  'second hand'. What a load of old barlarney! So, I've learnt a lesson from this, be careful where you buy from! Have a great week...pop over to AlteredBooklover and see what else is going on! Thank you for stopping by!

Ta-Da! Happy Birthday Karen's Mum! 90th!

 Karen's mum was 90 on May The 4th. Unfortunatly, she isn't a StarWars fan, so the Obi-Wan Kenobi Lightsaber wasn't such a good idea for a present, so, a selection of plain chocolates and a potted orchid was what I came up with instead. (Just as well, adult lightsabers are nearly £300!) Karen owns the cattery where Mr Jinx would go when we had a few days away. I wanted to make her mum a card and decided on my lastest die cut from Craftstash, the Ta-Da! Diorama card. I've always fancied making one of those. And now I realise how easy they are to make (well, there were a few swear words at the beginning) I think I can work out how to make a bigger one.

I xspec you're wondering why I chose dogs to go inside the card? (not really) seeing Karen runs the cattery business from her home, well both Karen and her mum have been/are  dog breeders (Shitshoes) Shih Tzu. Here they are, all smiling at you! She used to have six!

Smiling at the camera

After I'd made the card, I fixed it to another card so I could have an inside to add my sentiment and Karen's mum's age too!

The card is really tiny, so there's not a lot of space inside to add the party of dogs I wanted, in fact I had to redo the front scene because I put two many dogs on that raised hillside, and the doors wouldn't close!

Most of the papers I used were from, 'First Edition Paper, Let's Celebrate,' although,  bits from different packs of Craft Consortium may've popped in there too. There's a sticker balloon and I've added tiny clouds to the back panel. The dogs are Lawn Fawn as is the diecut to make the Ta-Da! Diorama card. Hope to add this to some Challenges later! Thank you for stopping by!

Challenges 

Unicornchallenge-98 for the girls (for Sylvia)

sweetstampinchallenge-Animals

More Coffee?! Rat would Be Nice! Coffee Stained Freebie,

 It's probably the first time, I haven't wished you a 'May The 4th be with you' post... Never Mind. I was out having a lovely meal with family instead. And on Saturday (May the 4th) we had a 90th birthday to celebrate. Anyway, Happy May the 6th instead... I had two foals born on this day many moons ago. Tami and later, her half brother Toni and inbetween them was Tawny, (born on the 16 April) Toni's full brother, and later still, there was Tia, Tizzi, and Teko.  Nice memories, but no FaceBook then, so no photos. Shame. Right, I'm off track. I'm shoveling dirt out of the little side of the shed, the bigger side was John's mancave, because RATS have gnawed a big hole in the floor and dug it all out leaving heaps and heaps of  deep mucky soil everywhere! It's raining hard now, so I came in... and started putting some things back into my craftroom as I made a card over the weekend. I'll show you that later... and this coffee stained paper fell out from somewhere, so!? Here it is as an 'Always a Freebie'. Just click and save... Now? Back to the rats I suppose! Thank you for stopping by!

Its the Wednesday Freebie on a Thursday!!

 Well, at least I'm only a day late with this weeks freebie! Hope you like him, splashing about in the rain in his wellies! My inspiration? Because it's raining again!!

Oh bother! When is blogger going to put the 'download from my computer thingy on again??? I'm getting fed up of emailing pictures to myself! And another thing, once they are in' photos', called 'Google Photos', I can't find any way to delete them! Does anyone else still have this trouble!? Moan over! Thankyou  for stopping by!!

PS. If you'd like the coloured one, just email me... 

Its W for Wednesday #778 And a T for Tuesday!

Happy WOYWW #778! getting closer to the anniversary date! And Happy T day for yesterday! Sorry to join these two posts together again, but sometimes things overtake me on the inside lane and I'm left wondering 'What day is it!?' I'm walking dogs in a minute! so I'm typing quick, there will be mistooks with my smelling! I'll double check it, when I get back. On my kitchen counter this morning are things I must do.  Make some birthday cards, using those two LawnFawn diecuts, which I've had for ages and not use yet and, scan in my drawings of Snuffy the Hamster (which I drew decades ago including writing a story, for my two girls) And!! Not forgetting!!  I must make same ATC's!

One cold cup of tea...plus more tags/tabs made from rubbish... I had my order from Hobby Craft, so now have plenty of that decopatch at half price! Yay! So that meant I had another box to start cutting up. Not finished that yet.

Then once more I got side-tracked and started making more things out of normally 'throw in the recycle bin' card.. I was using pill boxes and handcream boxes and a few unmentionable boxes. My bargain of the week was that little hole puncher for about 80p!

Outside under the carport- (although it was built by John so he could work on his bikes... which are still there. I can't move them, they're too heavy!) are loads of flowers.  I'm potting on ready for the summer!

My replacement blender arrived last week. I think I had a moan about it... not the one I ordered, not the one they said they would send and worse still, they charged me the same even though it's half the price!! No answer back from them yet...

And here's a loverly picture of some fabulous looking drinks that Emma sent me! (I mean she sent me the picture, not the drinks!) I have no idea what they are, but that one in the middle, I wouldn't mind trying!! She, along with her friends went to see Take That! That's it for now!! See you all later today!! or tomorrow! Thank you for stopping by!