Lots to do - quotes

These are my entry for this weeks Lots to Do which is Quotes.

A Scrapbook page of my Mams brother Tom when he was in the Merchant Navy , and a little atc with one of my favourites quotes on it.

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Lots to do - Mail Art

This is my entry for this weeks Lots to do , which is Mail Art.


After having first hand experience of mail going missing these days when I saw this short story I couldnt help but chuckle to myself.

My Great Grandfather, and then Grandfather, and then my Mother used to run our local Post Office I thought I would make up this mini book for my Mum.

I managed to find some images to go with the text and it turned out ok.

The text reads:


The Missing Five Pound Note


George worked for the Post Office and his job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day just before Christmas, a letter landed on his desk simply addressed in shaky handwriting: 'To God'. With no other clue on the envelope, George opened the letter and read:
Dear God,
I am a 93 year old widow living on the State pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had £100 in it, which was all the money I had in the world and no pension due until after Christmas. Next week is Christmas and I had invited two of my friends over for Christmas lunch. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. God; can you please help me?

George was really touched, and being kind hearted, he put a copy of the letter up on the staff notice board at the main sorting office where he worked. The letter touched the other postmen and they all dug into their pockets and had a whip round. Between them they raised £95.
Using an officially franked Post Office envelope, they sent the cash on to the old lady, and for the rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of the nice thing they had done.
Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter simply addressed to 'God' landed in the Sorting Office. Many of the postmen gathered around while George opened the letter. It read,


Dear God,

How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your generosity, I was able to provide a lovely luncheon for my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told my friends of your wonderful gift - in fact we haven't gotten over it and even Father John, our parish priest, is beside himself with joy. By the way, there was £5 missing. I think it must have been those thieving fellows at the Post Office.
George could not help musing on Oscar Wilde's quote: 'A good deed never goes unpunished'



Anyway my Mum got a laugh out of it and its now coffee table conversation in her house.

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Lots to do - the last 3 weeks !!

Apologies that Im posting 3 lots of challenges for Lots to Do in one go.
This scrapbook page shows my use of a grungeboard flourish. The photo on the page is that of my Aunt Amalia Augusta Kell ( nee Douglas) who at one time used to perform on stage.




This card shows my rubber stamping collage, peacock themed for last weeks challenge.





And the final two pages are for the Friends challenge the week before that.
Apologies for not posting them at the correct time, Life just got in the way once again, oh what I would give for a boring life !!

Thank you for stopping by my blog , hope everyone has a fab weekend, Im just about to start work until midnight ..........hehehe

Lots to Do - Faces

Thes atcs are my entry for this week Lots to do challenge which is faces.

Two I have inked with distress inks and rubber stamped, the other two i have used papers and printed images. But all show a face.

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Lots to do - Leaves & Trees

This is my entry this week for the Lots to Do Challenge which is leaves
I have made a very simple anniversary card for my friend but it does have some leaves on the bottom corners.
They are Bazzill Basics paper leaves and they are really good quality I love working with them. They come in a variety of sizes in the one packet.




Next is a page from my daughters memory album , picture of her and her late father having fun. On here I used skeleton leaves which i find a nightmare to attach, they do adhere with glue dots but through time they stick to the plastic pages of the album so if anyone can give me any tips I would be grateful.





This next one is from my Disney album and its to represent the beanstalk that grows through the buildings in Fantasyland in Disneyland Paris. I know the leaves I have used are not beanstalk leaves but I think they make a pretty good alternative.



Lastly I have used the same leaves which are cut using a cuttlebug set of dies. The come 4 in a pack and I have used them on many projects.

Im sorry I have no trees to include in this post , but Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a nice weekend.

Lots to Do - Alcohol Inks

This is my entry for this weeks challenge over at Lots to do which this week is Alcohol Inks.

Once again I used my trusted embossed butterfly which I adore.
I inked a piece of glossy cardstock with the inks and then cut out the butterfly and embossed it.
Then using scraps of papers left over from scrapbooking ( I waste nothing hehehe) I added them to the card.
I then added the finishing touches of the flower, initial and ribbon.

My card is all set to go off in the post for my friends birthday.

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Click Clack !!! The knitting is back !

As I just found out Im gonna be a Grani again I thought it was time to get the baby patterns and the knitting needles out.

I had forgotten how quickly baby things knit up, im hooked .......once again...

K1 P1 hehehe, but the stuff looks so cute.......
And now I have to fit knitting into my week also LOL think I best just not go to bed , Ive got too much to do.

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Lots to do - Embossing

This is my embossing for this weeks Lots to Do challenge.

I would be totally lost without my Cuttlebug I use it all the time .
This die cut and embossing set for butterflys is also a favourite of mine.
After I have embossed them I rub them with distress inks to get the colours to match my work.

These pictures are my grandparents on their wedding day , my grandmother as a young woman , and my mother as a young woman. They are all images from my vintage family photo collection.

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Artist Trading Club, Swap till you drop

Well these atcs are for the Artist Trading Club April Vintage.

The images I have used are all family members from my supply of vintage photos waiting to be scrapbooked.

I feel they are a little bare , but ive messed about with them so much, far short of scrapping them and starting all over again they are going to have to stay as they are im afraid.

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Already Traded

Just wanted to share these vintage atc's which have already left in the post for a
trade with a friend.

Its been a while since I made as many atcs as I have done lately , Im enjoying them , I had forgotten how much fun they were to do.

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Anji's Birthday - & Lots to Do , Black & White

This sketch was drawn by my daughter Hannah , a gift for my friend Anji for her birthday.










This is a mini book that I have just made for my friend Anji.
It goes with the card that I entered for this weeks Lots to Do challenge, Black and White.

Anji adores Michael Jackson and this book holds images of Michael dressed as Charlie Chaplin.

I would like to say Thank you to Carol, who came to the rescue with the stamped image of Charlie Chaplin that I was having trouble getting a hold of.

Its a shame I cant load all of the pages , for some reason blogger is rotating them and I cant figure out how to keep them the correct way up.....I havent had this problem before .....

The drawing at the very top was done by my daughter who is trying to perfect her drawing skills as she would like to be a tattooist specialising in portraits.

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Lots to do Black and White

Apologies that this entry for Lots to Do - Black and White has been just that of a quick card.
Im working all weekend and my daughters dog came to live with us, which has made the weekend very hectic to say the least, but I still needed to make this card for a dear friend so decided to do it in black and white.

My Friend Anji adores Micheal Jackson and since the music and lyrics of Charlie Chaplins smile are appropriate, this decided the theme of her card.


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