Sleepy In Staffordshire!!!

Mmmmm.....doesn't quite have the same ring to it as Sleepy In Seattle does it?
However sleepy is what I am today despite having an easy day.
Deb and I spent the day sorting out stock for the sale and the raffle and then we tidied the workroom ready for doing the demo's.
There are lots of bargains to be had at half price....stamps, paper pads, Christmas stock, embellishments plus loads more and special offers for one day only and a special offer on the Epic which is £70 only until December 24th.
Also...while stocks last.....people spending over £20 will receive a free plastic wallet with fifteen sheets of assorted card and paper inside.........nice stuff too........I know as I filled them....wink, wink.........lol!!!

Anyway I obviously worked harder than I thought and I am ready for bed even though it's not yet midnight which is practically unheard of for me......lol!!!
So I am going to say night night and get gone.
Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Tall Gift Bag & Card!!!

A tall gift bag made from a 12x12 sheet of card and a matching card.
The band around the bag is made from a strip of silver card embossed with a Quickutz 12" embossing folder and the tag is embossed with the Quickutz Snowflake folder.

I'm still getting Christmas card orders coming in so can't put away all my festive crafting stuff yet although I would love to so that I can get on with other things.

Feeling proper off it today which is just about right when I manage to get a whole day upstairs. I hope I'm not coming down with a cold because I just don't need it at the minute.

Right.....I shall go and get on with this new order so I can deliver it in the morning.

Bye for now......and thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Pastel Oriental!!!

Well I actually managed to go out this morning but had quite a disappointing morning. Only managed to pick up one present, the coffee shop was packed and we couldn't get a seat and I was really disappointed with the Christmas displays although there were some gorgeous decorations.
We ended up heading for home and having a coffee at Costa Coffee in Tesco.......not my favourite place.
I did get some nice card from a stand in the cross stitch shop so I suppose it wasn't a total washout.

Escaped to my workroom after dinner and made a few of the card up yonder. The paper is Basic Grey Urban Couture. Sorry I don't know whose the stamp is as it's unmounted and I can't even remember buying it......lol!!!

Off to snag a space on the sofa ready for X Factor.

Thanks for visiting.
Sheila-x-

Celtic Colours!!!

Here's one of the Celtic cards I have been making over the last couple of days. The Basic Grey distressed papers are just perfect for these and I have a huge stash of them so now have a good pile of cards done in all different colourways but this one is my favourite. I think the stamps were Dovecraft but I'm not 100% sure as I have taken them off their blocks and they have just been stamped onto one of the coloured papers in Ancient Page Coal Black. Then they were layered onto gold card.

Couldn't be bothered to go into town again today so DD and I are off to Trentham Gardens in the morning.Loads of shops there so I should be able to get started on Christmas shopping plus it's much nicer than town and they have fabulous coffee shops.........Cappucino.....yum yum!!!

I've got tomorrow's dinner simmering on the stove.....a lovely beef casserole. So that will just need finishing off when we get back tomorrow. Just the thing to come home to if it's a damp and dreary day.

Stopping downstairs now until teatime so I think I'll have a bit of a browse around the net and visit a few blogs.

Thanks for stopping by.
Sheila-x-

I Fibbed!!!

Sorry......I fibbed. This is definitely the very last Christmas Easel Card I am making this year.
I forgot that I had done this one.
Die cut bracket shape is actually a frame from a Cuttlebug Cut and Emboss die. Circles are Quickutz and the snowflake is a Dovecraft punch.

Today {Friday} I have been doing something different as I have definitely finished with Christmas now thank goodness. I am using up a pile of Basic Grey 6x6 plain papers..... which I have been hoarding forever........and making some Celtic cards.
Was going to go into town this afternoon but just couldn't face it. Will need to go at some point I suppose.

Not enjoying the second book DD got for me but am trolling through it....it may get better.

Thanks for dropping by.
Sheila-x-

Acetate Smash!!!

Sounds quite violent doesn't it? Acetate Smash.......lol!!!
It's quite a gentle technique though involving stamping onto acetate, adding acrylic paint to the reverse of the image and then placing it onto a piece of neutral cardstock.
Gorgeous effect though.
Here I have mounted the piece onto some gold card and then attached it to the stamped card blank with gold elasticated thread.
Stamps are Hero Arts and Stamp To Your Arts Content.

Well I have come home with card cutters elbow. I have been prepping a class for tomorrow and have spent the whole day scoring and cutting all the bits needed.

Still feeling a bit tired so DD is insisiting on my taking a night off tomorrow night and I am not going to argue. She has offered to cook again bless her and apparently I am to do nothing except go straight up and have a shower, change into my pj's and get comfy on the sofa. Ooooh I could get used to that.......lol!!!

The man of the house has just arrived home so I had best go and have a cuppa with him before he goes off to bed. I am going to read for a while as I am just about to start the second of the books that DD bought me.
The first was Last Christmas by Julia Williams and I loved it.

Thanks for your visit today.
Sheila-x-

Paint Effect!!!

Here's a little something I made while I was at work today.
The mountboard tag has been done using the Peeled Paint technique which uses petroleum jelly to create a resist for acrylic paint.
In real life the green paint is much softer.....it looks kind of hideous in this pic.....lol!!!
Script stamp is Hero Arts and the Queen Anne's Lace is Penny Black.
Paints used are Plaid Folk Art.

Had a fab class with some lovely ladies this morning and I have an all day class to do on Thursday and then I think that's classes pretty much done with for this year. I can't do any next week as the first part of the week we will be getting ready for our Christmas Party Day.
For any customers that read this blog we will be open from 10am to 7pm on Thursday 10th December. I will be demonstrating stamping and the Quickutz Epic in the upstairs workroom all day and we will have nibbles and drinks available up there too.
There will be a raffle and it will also be the start of our Winter Sale.
So come along and grab some bargains.

Feel totally whacked now so another early night I think.
Thanks for your visit.
Sheila-x-