The White Fairies

Actually no, these aren't white fairies at all...they're the new Isle of Wight Ferries. Wight Sky and Wight Light and at last they sailed today! In January 2008, John visited Croatia to watch the launch of WightLight. She first touched the water over a year ago, to the sounds of bands playing, cheers from proud workers and villagers, after being blessed by the local Priest.
Later leaving Croatia, crossing the Adriatic Sea, staying close to the coasts of Italy, through the Mediterranean, Gibraltar, up past Portugal, through Spanish waters, past the Cape Finisterre with dolphins for company and heading East into the English Channel. So, John was very excited today as TV cameras watched from the Quay side as these proud new Ferries, after sailing over 3,600 miles, finally sailed up the Lymington River... to become the new link between the Mainland and the Isle of Wight...

Pictures by John

Lovely In Lilac: Ooh-la-la-Creations Challenge Blog

Been surfing...(don't be silly, not the sea, I'd sink like a brick! I mean, the web) and found 'Ooh-la-la-Creations' challenge for a striped card. Now, bare with me, I still haven't worked out links and things, but I think I might have a go... I have a few stripy cards down there, now then... I think I'll pick.....that one!
Now, if I've done it right, clink the title above and you should find the site!

Pan Cake Day

Pancake day! Don't you just love it! Hunting for that 'special recipe' your granny gave you. Diving into the back of the cupboard to make sure you have a bottle of lemon juice-and that it hasn't gone past it's sell by date...and then the tossing of the Pancakes. I can remember the girls having a go when they were little, to see who could get it to stuck on the ceiling first...the smoke filled kitchen, the fire alarms going off and the clearing up afterwards...oh what fun...

Two More Cards

I've used the Forever Friends stamp again. (I really must get some more stamps!) Someone should think of a 'Stamp Library' where we mad stampers can go and look at stamps, talk about stamps and then chose a stamp or stamps and then 'borrow' them (like a book) for a week or too. They would make money, especially from me, because I never return my library books on time. (Lost somewhere in my craft room under piles of stuff!) Anyway...where was I? Ah! yes, the cards I made today. The top one also doubles up as an ATC.
(Hero's is on now...so I'll catch you tomorrow!)

Another day another dollar (not)

Monday. Sometimes I think the days go by, and when they think we're not looking, they take a day off...five seconds ago I'm sure it was Friday. Anyway, nearly catching up with Birthdays and forum makes. Four ATC's, three Fat pages, two birthday cards.... (and a partridge in a pear tree) It's all go...
This is my first Fat Page...no I lie...it was supposed to be my first, it's my second! A lovely forum member sent me one of hers to show me what they looked like and this is what I'll be sending back. Thank you Rhea!

Had a letter fromThe Sun this morning. (groan)
Dear Sir/Madam (I must stop using John's shower Gell) I wish to inform you that The Sun will not be publishing Sun Fun Cartoons for the foreseeable future . I am in the process of returning all the cartoons we have received and you may get your cartoons returned in stages. The Sun would like to thank you for the time, effort and laughs you have given to us and all our readers over the years.
Please could you send me your address, telephone number and email so I can put this on file should we need your cartoons in the near future....Many Thanks...BlahBlah Blah.... oh poo...not that they've had any of my cartoons for ages and ages...(Well, they've had them,they've just not bought any!) Huh. Banks are going down, Woolworths has closed, and now The Sun doesn't want to make us laugh...Oh well...look on the bright side. More time to make cards!!!

Blue Hedgehog

Another day over. The weekend always seems to go by so fast. Spotted three Sparrow Hawks hovering over the back of our garden yesterday, probably spying on some mice in the fields or something bigger in the woods. Sometime last week one even swooped into our garden, did a swing around the bird table, a backward flip up through next doors apple tree and was gone in a flash! Whether it grabbed a blue tit or a sparrow on it's way, I didn't see , it was so fast! Today, another Sparrow Hawk, dived in from nowhere, but this time hit the fence and somersaulted backwards across the lawn, then, a little dazed but still with the ease of a jump jet fighter plane, shot straight back into the blue sky, and was gone. Definitely not the kind of bird I thought would be visiting my bird table! Finished another card today but am still behind. I couldn't decide if it needed a blue ribbon or not then was thinking entering him into a blog challenge but chickened out! Still haven't worked out how to do the links, but I'm sure I'll soon get there one day! Although hubby says, if my navigation of the internal workings of my blog-site is anything as bad as my map reading...it'll be sometime never!!

Sun, Sparrow Hawks & Spiders

While John was out in the garden in the sunshine yesterday, attacking next door's monstrous bush, which was trying not only to grow over our shed but move in, I made a few more of the 'Fat Page with ATC ' for a forum swap. I wasn't sure what to do not having ever made a 'fat page' before, but had some nice 'hinges' and some blue ink blotted paper that I was dying to use. I still need to do a few more, but for some reason, my printer doesn't want to print the blotty paper, it only wants to save it. Strange! So I ended up scanning it first and then printing it out.

I hope it's been a lovely day where you are, it's been really sunny here, spring is really trying to take hold! Spotted three kestrel type birds were hovering over the back of our garden, probably spying on some mice in the fields or something bigger in the woods beyond all the houses. Yesterday morning one even swooped into our garden, did a swing around the bird table, a backward flip up through next doors apple tree and was gone in a brown blurr. Whether it grabbed a blue tit or a sparrow on it's way, I didn't see, it was that fast.

Today, after John had finished attacking next doors over ground shrub, another brown bird of prey, probably a Kestrel dived in from nowhere, but this time hit the fence and somersaulted backwards across the lawn, then, a little dazed and with the ease of a jump jet fighter plane, shot straight back into the sky, and was gone. Definitely not the kind of bird I thought would be visiting my bird table!

Google Photo

Yippee! It's Your Birthday!

Haha! A different hedgehog! He looks as though he's just had the best birthday pressie ever! I know hedgehogs aren't pink (well...I won't admit I've seen a pink one!) but to me keeping the colours almost the same as the papers looks really nice. I was going to put 'Yippee!' on this but changed my mind!
I cut out two hedgehogs to make the 3D and used silicon glue and a bit of stickles glitter. The Happy Birthday was printed straight onto the paper before cutting it to shape, so the font is on my laptop.

Who's spotted it? This card has been here already...