Hi, been awhile since I updated, I been very slack the last month, must be getting old, not enjoying this heat one bit, this little effort for the comp at Kata's shop is the 1st LO I have completed since Christmas. I'm not very confident with vintage LO's.wasted most of the day yesterday making roses & flowers to put on it, the rose in the bottom corner is a bit different, from normal, some dill forgot to change the size of the photo to 4"x"6", & tried to print the 1st photo A4 size on a 4x6 photo paper, so rather than waste it I made a rose out of it, very creative LOL

Below is a close-up of the detail in 3 of the corners, a couple of roses from the page of the old book.

The photo rose & folded ribbon roses

A crochet butterfly & the little scrap of leftover lace made the birdies wing, birds have to have wings.

Last is a pic of the moth we found on the screen door, how cute is that.

I guess I had better go & get this food dished up, as it is all cooked. Maybe I'll get a walk in this evening before it gets dark. so bye for now folks, be good & if you can't be good, enjoy yourself
Luv Helen

Hi all, I'm back again, been a while since my last update, haven't been doing much lately, life around here is not very exciting, same old routine every day.
I surprised myself & managed to do 3 LO's in 2 days, the 1st one is the kit from Katas scrappin day last Sunday, not quite complete, have to do the journalling yet, have to check on the details, I think it was Ash's last preschool photo in 2008

This one is one of this years Christmas pics

And this is my masterpiece that may win me a prize. LOL (in my dreams I'm competing with real scrappers there)

That's it from me for now. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

Good health, more Wealth & much Happiness.....

PS, Something gross just happened, something hit the window beside me with a thump, I thought, there must be kids out there throwing things, went outside to check it out, a starling has committed suicide, it is laying on the lawn dead & it's eye is stuck to the window, it must have hit with a bit of force.

Another ATC

Hi, I finished my ATC's for the family & friends swap, the title is "Owls". Below four of the nine I came up with, I spent hours cutting out all those limbs & twigs & owls, it was worth the time spent on it. I have to buy some big envelopes before I can post them off to Amanda


above is four of the nine, the photography is not the best, the colours are a bit light, the moon is actually yellow in real life. the ones I took last night in the craft room with candle light, (those new eco friendly light globes aren't much better than candle light) were crappy, so I left it til morning to take them out side in natural sunlight, and they were only a a little better

A close up view of one.

Guess I better say bye for now & go to bed, first I will have to wipe my keyboard over, the grandies were on it today & the keys are sticky. So be good & if you can't be good enjoy yourself. Luv Helen

Hi All, I'm doing well it hasn't been a month since my last update.

Ta da! I have actually finished the double layout from the scrappin day we did a couple of weeks ago, I think I'm happy with it, except for the untidy handwriting on the journal cards, I didn't use all the embellies that came in the kit, I made some cardstock flowers to put on the white ones that came with it, as well as the butterflies, and bought an extra birdie, to which I added some wings cos birds have to have wings.

All of my grandchildren taken last time they were all together, which was Xmas 2007, so they are all 2 yrs older now. The individual pics are all taken either at the end of 2008 or in 2009

The double LO, Colours aren't real good in the photos, as it is overcast again

Now I will have to do one of the great grandchildren, what am I saying, I think they are all great kids, but maybe I am biased.

Well I had better go and do some veges, roast lamb for dinner tonight & it smells so good my mouth is watering already. So bye for now & be good & you know the drill

Luv Helen

An update

Hi all, thought it about time I updated my blog, last post it was cold & wet, well it's not cold today, the weather has gone to the other extreme & turned hot, not quite as hot as Sth Australia, the last few days, I feel for them. I haven't done much in the last month, but seem to keep myself busy doing it. Finished my ATC's for the Family & Friends swap, pics below, the photos aren't the best, the colours look a bit pale.

A double shot with different advantages.

A close up shot the colours are a bit better on this one

I have made a few cards this week, tried out a bit of paper tole. I got the Popcorn Bear images from Vic's CD, she bought from the Crafters Companion. I reckon he's pretty cute. ( I luv bears, LOL). I nearly need to make a heap of belated B'day cards, as I have done it again, sorry Krystal you card is on it's way.

That's it for me today, better go check the mail & get a few groceries, then get stuck into a bit of housework, as the housework fairies are only a fantasy. Bye for now, be good & if you can't be good enjoy yourself !!!

Another ATC

Hi, it's cold & raining here again, it's supposed to be spring, we have a few nice spring days to tease us, then winter comes back again. We can't control the weather just whinge about it.

I haven't done much since my last post, but been busy doing it, all I have to show are my Heart ATC's for the family & friends swap & I made an Xmas wall hanging, plus the centre panel of another quilt, pity I had to stop on that one when I was on a roll, but living in a small town without many shops I had to wait til I went to Albury, I stretched my alloted 10 mins in spotlight to over half an hour, didn't take me long to choose the fabric, it took forever to get served, a heap of customers & one girl on the counter & when someone came to help her there was still only one cash register, once my fabric was measured , had to wait for the till to be free.
sorry whingeing again, must be the weather.

Wall hanging (not quite finished got to get a hanger for it & add some tabs) my Hearts ATC

Tried to move my pictures around but don't know how to move them. LOL
click n drag won't work, it wouldn't let me cut n paste, so I gave up.

That's it for me for today folks. be good & if you can't be good, enjoy yourself.

Luv Helen

UFO's

Ta da, another ufo finished, a queen size patchwork quilt, been a work in progress for a few years, I reckon the next one I do I will have professionally quilted as it's getting too hard. Getting old, my neck & shoulders ache, trying to manoeuvre all that bulk around on the sewing machine, I tried to quilt it in the ditch, but like a drunken driver I kept steering it out of the ditch, LOL, looks OK from a distance, just don't look too closely at it. 1st pic is it folded into to four. 2nd pic is it laid out on the bed.

Now I have that out of the way I can get back to scrap booking.

Lousy day today it was snowing this morning, didn't settle but thank goodness, but it is so cold 4got to switch the electric blanket on, so I'm updating the blog while it warms up, better go and get some shuteye, as I am going to Albury with Karen & Jess tomorrow, as it is nearly one o'clock, it will be time to get up again before I get there at this rate.

That's it til next time, be good & if you can't be good, be careful. Cheers Helen

Update

Just a little update after the last post when I mentioned all my UFO's, that I would have to get stuck into doing some quilting , look at what I won today, nine patches to be turned into a quilt, talk about the booby prize, trust me to win something that involves work. LOL

A close up of one of the patches

The nine patches laid out together

This is a pic of the quilt made with the last set of patches I won about 3 years ago, that pack had the 4 heart patches & a bundle of 3.5 inch charm squares that i turned into nine patches & i made the butterfly patch in the centre, so I guess in a few years time I will post a pic of the finished article

So til next time be good, as the old saying goes if you can't be good be careful. Bye for now, Helen

More ATC's

Hi it has been a while since my last post, haven't done much, finished a couple of atc's the pics will follow. It was a beautiful day here today, I washed the caravan, it has to go for a rego check, this week, dunno why we bother, it just sits in the yard year after year & doesn't get used except for the rare occasions that we have visitors, it comes in handy for a spare room.

I will have to get myself motivated to finish quilting my patchwork quilt for the display at the Apple Blossom Festival in October, plus a few more ufo's that are hanging around waiting to be finished.


The Family & Friends ATC. "Teddy Bears" I took a photo of one of my own bears that I made, cut it out & sat him on a log, another one of the bush pics I took out in the Granites area


These 2 pics of the local ATC swap, "Apple Blossom" hand made felt blossoms & buds, I'm happy with the result, even though they took a bit of time to do, it was worth it, I think.


That's it for me folks, take care 'til next time

heart Atc

the heart Atc I've made for the local swap.



Finished another ATC for the local scrappers swap. I delivered my family & friends one & forgot 2 take a pic of it.

snow album and atc

Hi, I have been pretty slack, four weeks since my last post, I lead such an exciting life go nowhere exciting, unless you call two trips up to Khancoban in the truck & trailer with a load of logs exciting, I took the camera the 1st trip & took some nice pics of Mt Kosiosco & Tooma valley shrouded in mist, from the top of Tooma Hill, from the window of the moving truck as grumblebum wouldn't stop for something as frivolous as taking photos. lol. The second trip I forgot the camera & missed another photo opportunity as we left town, the sun was just coming up amongst the clouds, the colours were spectacular.

Krystal and Bec at Alpine Ash..



mum dad and gramdma Bowmen




the old blitz that has sat out at Storm Lookout for years & years, since I took that pic last winter someone has removed it, must be going to restore it.

Here I am again with another set of ATC's completed, thanks Vic for your help and the use of your stamps and inks, only had white lace, but a little bit of parisienne essence and vinegar in boiling water made vintage lace, not sure about the orange flowers, so stampesd them with basic brown to tone them down, happy with the result.

Bit sad at the moment, some b...... run over Misty, the mostly white cat in the pics in the last post I found her dead on the road. MOTH wanted to know why I didn't start the excavator and dig the hole in the pet graveyard down the back and bury her, we don't do things in a small way around here, that's what he did when he got home, well one things for sure the next door neighbours dog is not going to dig it up and take it home and leave it on the doorstep like Dudley & Michelles dog did years ago, with one of the dogs that we buried after about three weeks in the ground, it was nice and ripe. LOL

I have finished another one, not sure I got it right this time. I googled woodland animals 1st,then tried forest animal images and there were pages of them and they all seemed to be English animals, so then I started on possums & quolls etc,till I found a cute possum that I could use for a paper tole technique, then I went driving out the bush and took a heap of photos of the scrub, found a perfect one for the background. after going to all that trouble ,I'm not happy with the result.I will put in a couple of pics. Then trying to take the pics was another drama, the flash reflected on the glossy photo, so took it outside to try in the natural light and the damn cats harassed me trying to help, they are a pair of characters.




One helpful feline





with a little help from his friend



Sorry about the long post I seem to be rambling a bit today. I am going to the friendship patchwork day I went to last month and I was a month early, so I landed there with my plate of goodies & show & tell, it was block of the month day. so made sure before I turn up with everything and make a idiot of myself again

Roses

Hi it hasn't been a month since I last blogged so I will surprise everyone and show you how I have been wasting time, like I had nothing to do and all day to do it in. The 1st pic is a rose made from satin ribbon, it would have turned out better if I had double sided satin ribbon, but I am happy with the result anyway, the 3rd one is made with double sided ribbon, but I won't go into production with those because they are too fiddly & time consuming, as you can see by the rough thumbnail that is holding the paper up to the window for the pic, the flower is very small. The 2nd pic is flowers made with cardstock, from a tutorial Vic & I found somewhere on the net, once you get the hang of it they don't take long at all.







Better sign off now and go put put a stew on, it's wet and miserable out there, good night for it, I like those one pot dinners saves on the washing up,Luv to all til next time :)

Here I am after 4 weeks & I don't have much to show for all that time. Vic you said you wanted to see some cards, well all I have managed to do is 2 new ones & my ATC's for June F&F swap, I want to thank you girls for getting me hooked, had to boot up first thing this morning & redo an important document that I attached to an email yesterday, as they couldn't open it for some reason. Of course I can't sit at the computer, without checking on what you girls have been doing on your blogs, and I have been blog hopping for 2 hrs, and not doing my my housework, someone is sure to come visiting and I will be so embarrassed, because the floors need cleaning, the beds not made, I'll just have to point to the little sign Jen sent me,"I cleaned my house last week sorry you missed it", she knows me so well, eh!

Not much to write about as I lead such a dull life & don't go anywhere much. I went out yesterday to the CWA International Day, Sue I got a couple of pic's of your Mum dressed up as an Egyptian but I wont embarrass her by posting them. I was a wuss & refused to dress up, someone might look at me. I told them I might have to go in a hurry if my phone went, so I put it on vibrate & put it in my pocket so it's next to my skin & I'd feel it, LOL pulled it out to tell someone the time & there was a missed call, the one that I had been waiting on, maybe I am dead from the waist down,


a simple card


and another


my ATC, simple, a clipart picture, seahorse cut outs from Vic & a bit of bling

May # 2

Three times in one day, Lol I wanted my pictures under the writing, might get it worked out by next month, had a couple more pics but I give up on them, this AAADD (Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder) is a real worry, I cooked my pumpkin soup for an hour yesterday, took it off the hotplate to puree it and it wasn't even cooked, the hotplate behind it was very hot with an empty camp oven sitting on it.

My ATC

May update

I am way overdue for another update, so here goes, haven't been doing anything exciting, went to netball last Saturday with Karen, her team won their game.

Went to craft on Tuesday for a couple of hours, Tumut on Thursday for a hydraulic hose for the excavator,while they were making up the hose went and had fish & chips by the Tumut river, and brought a new TV with his Ruddy money, as old faithful died after ten years without a hiccup, it will be delivered on Tuesday, hooray I will get control of my own remote again, and get my TV back.

I missed a beaut photo opportunity on Wednesday night, we went out to stoke up the bonfire, the apple trees the other half pulled out and heaped up and burned.

Haven't much craft for show & tell took a couple of pictures of my ATC's, cards, my patchwork block for block swap at the group meet on Tuesday, I eventually finished the Quilt I made with the set I won about three years ago, I will include a pic of that too.

Better stop rambling on now and upload a few pics, so til next time, be good if you can't be good be careful.

Sorry no pics forgot how, instead of a picture, there was a heap of gobble de gook LOL have to get Vic to show me again.

I'm back

Hi I'm back, Hope you all had a great Easter break. Thought I would have plenty of time to play around and learn how to do this while I'm on light duties. LOL there are still not enough hours in a day. thought I would share a giggle with you, after having surgery was told not to hang washing on the line, Ms Independence has been doing the washing and putting it straight into the drier beside the machine, didn't want to tumble the work clothes so asked the MOTH to peg them out for me. Looked out the window and just had to grab the camera. In future I will try update more often than I have been. Bye for now

birthday pressie

I made this gift bag for my sisters 70th birthday..