Happy 10th Birthday Oliver-Better Late than never!

 Well, it seems I missed nearly the whole of August! How did that happen?? Where have I been and what have I been doing??? Never mind. I'm here now. Lot's been going on, but nothing to shout home about really. Just mad panic when it happens! Daughter Emma and Grandkiddies went to Seattle, USA. to visit Maria for ten days. I was meant to go too, but chickened out. Probably the lack of a proper invitation put me off and the thought of 'other things too'! (like, no John to stop me from panicking) Although I did do some dog/house sitting and walking, and Emma's cat Ozzie, came to stay too! 

   Anyway!! It was Oliver's 10th birthday while they were away, so I of course, I made him a card. I'm not too pleased with it. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. I had it in my head what I wanted to do, but my 'thinking bit' obviously wasn't connected to my 'doing bit!'!

For a start I made the box too small to fix all the layers I wanted to add to the inside...and I forgot to add the frame I'd cut out... as it vanished into the next dimension and was lost forever! 

Nearly lost the little guy in the plane too! I added that because they travelled by plane to get to Seattle....The little guy, would you guess, is a baby kangaroo! Fits in that plane perfectly! 

 On the back I added a Happy Birthday envelope with some birthday money added to it...All the images are Lawn Fawn coloured with Promarkers. And the papers I just had in my stash! 

I decided to add a slider to the front...At first the Fox was zooming along willy-nilly, and was hitting his head and not looking cool. So I changed the card circles holding him to two 5p coins...but they prooved too heavy and too stuck on to change. So the bit I cut out became a pully to keep him up straight  and the rabbit helped stop to him. It's a bit wobbly, but I think it works...sort of!  

I've been watching 'Darcy's Misadventure Mixed Media video's on YouTube  trying to tidy her craft room and it's given me hope that I CAN get my smaller just as messy craft room organized...and tidy! So, dare I say it?? Watch this space! 

   Two more pictures of Ozzie the Cat. He was really nice having him to stay. He slept mostly under the bed, on any bag he found, in doors or out doors, my shoes, and loved snooping in shopping bags! 

That's it from me for now. Thank you to all who have asked me where I am, it means a lot! Just off now to do a bit of dog walking! Thank you for stopping by!