Memories – The Art of Cobwebs

. . . but the memory lives on forever.

I made a card based around one I saw in a magazine a few weeks ago. It was the sentiment they’d used on the card which struck me and I wrote it down in my note book, hoping to use it at some stage. I went on-line to check that this sentiment didn’t belong to a crafting company – a stamp or something like that, and it didn’t – (yay!).

I printed the sentiment and cut it out using an oval die from a set bought a while back from Tattered Lace.

The card is pretty much self-explanatory if you look at the selection of 4 photos in this post.

The papers I used are from a selection of left-over scrapbooking papers – the two different prints were originally from the same book of papers. I layered them up on top of a soft rosey pink paper to pick out the lovely pink in the roses, then onto white card.

Made on a white 6×6″ card – the front of which I scored down the centre and folded it back on itself so to give that an extra dimension to the card. The oval sentiment is mounted onto the folded front of the card.

The adornments – the roses, the star, and the Angel bunny inside the card, are all from a selection of Tilda adornments, which I’ve had for ages. I tied a bow of pink satin ribbon from my stash and . . . . Voila! That’s all there was too it!

Once I’d figured it out, and chosen the papers I wanted to use, – the actual making of the card was really quite quick.

Well … It’s Wednesday again! I’ve not liked Wednesdays very much since I was at school.

On Wednesday (when I was at school) we had:- a whole morning of Cookery. Loved Cookery! Then after lunch we had Double Geography (which I didn’t like), then a lesson of History – which I quite liked, and finally, at the end of the day, was a Double PE (physical education). Having PE at the end of the day Was. A. Nightmare!

Our [meany] PE teacher wouldn’t end the lesson until five minutes before the end of school bell rang. This meant that we had to: Get stripped off; take showers; get dried; get dressed; and get out of the door and run the length of the playground and to the bus stop, all within those five minutes, or the chances were that we’d miss the bus and have to walk home. She was a real pain and wouldn’t listen to us when we begged her to give us ten minutes instead of five, to wash, dress and get out to our bus. Hence … I hated Wednesday, and after a gazillion years of not being in school, I still have that ‘droopy mood’ feeling about the day.

What about you? Do you have any day that you don’t like very much? Or days you remember from school which you didn’t look forward to? Do tell and share with me.

Aaanyhoo ….. Wishing you a truly lovely day. May the weather be warm, may the wind be gentle, and may you get out of school in time to catch your bus!

Sending squidges from my corner to yours ~

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Hello! Happy Wednesday. Wednesdays are such friendly days. Even the name: “Wednesday” – sounds sort of made up. Giggly. Silly. Like it’s not a real name at all, but one that someone inserted into the middle of the week, just to see how gullible we really are, and how many of us would notice.

And while we’re on that subject .. did you know that the word ‘Gullible’ isn’t in the dictionary? No .. no it’s not. Go on… I’ll wait here while you check. … … … … … … .. .. . . . . . . . .. . [three minutes passes and I hear footsteps coming back down the hall] . . . . . . So, did you check? Well those of you who believed me … and either checked in the dictionary which you keep handy there in the house, or those of you who remembered that you’re on a computer and can ask Mr.Google these things, …. aw, you GULLIBLE lot!

You do know that the rest of us are all having a giggle now, don’t you? ahh.. but we love you.

Annnyhoo ... it’s down to business, and todays business is crafting.

I made a quick card which I titled Summer Memories, and I did this because I’m fed up with Christmas coming all too fast. At today’s date, (23rd Nov.2016) we have 4 weeks and 3 days until Christmas day arrives. FOUR WEEKS AND 3 DAYS. ARRRRGH!!!

It feels like it was only a couple of weeks ago that I was wearing shorts to craft in. Now I’m wearing my ultra warm jogging pants and a warm top and even, sometimes, a scarf around my neck! What the DIVIL is going on here people?

So to do something which was totally opposite of Christmas… I made a little card of Summer Memories.

I began this card by giving the glass in the door some dimension by using Anita’s 3D Clear Gloss over each pane. But then, when it was finally dry, it still didn’t feel like memories. So I thought I’d give it a watery sort of effect – like looking into a pond or something like that, so that it wasn’t all quite so sharp and in focus.

Once dried, I loved the effect. It gave you a focus on all the summer bedding plants, but all the other things like the step, door, porch, bricks .. were all in the background, in a sort of soft focus.

I matt and layered the picture then fixed it to the card front, added the title ‘Summer Memories’ onto the bottom of the picture, and then added four metal corners to draw the eye in towards the photo. And that’s all there was to it.

This card made me think about what my favourite memory of this summer was… and I came to the decision that it was some poppies which grew in our front garden. Big, bright and beautiful. Warm almost sparkling red, and smiling. When I pulled my car onto the drive I could see them growing against the wall, and I would sit for a moment, smiling at them. They almost seem to talk to each other in whispers, and I imagined that they had soft, gentle little voices, and one, I imagined, had a lisp. Yes … those Poppies will be my chosen memory to share of Summer just gone.

What about you? What memory of Summer just gone would you like to share? Do tell.

Have a wonderful Wednesday. Don’t get stressed or annoyed. Just let the day flow over you and keep a pocketful of joy in your heart, which you can dip into all day long.