The Craft Room, Derby

Monday

DAY - THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE - Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper Christmas cards

Good morning, doesnt Monday soon come round. I do hope you have had a wonderful weekend. Mine flew by but it was enjoyable. Lots of time spent with family and friends which is what the weekend is all about.

I am into full swing with my Christmas card making, rather later in the year than normal but there isnt a lot I can do as life has taken a bit of a change.

I was inspired by a card I came across during my internet travels using the Sentimental Christmas Designer Series Paper.

I really enjoyed putting these together and with the matching stamp set, the perfect sentiment was found. I have listed everything that I used at the end of the post, do get in touch if you need any further help.

I have been making cards throughout the whole of th year. I host a Festive Friday most months so that I get a bit of a head start of this busy time of year. I shall be finishing off those cards over the week as I need to start posting them out next week, yikes.

Today I am out and about for the majority of the day but as we have had a weather warning for snow, I hope to be back home before it all starts. I do like looking at the snow, just not driving in it.

Thank you for having a read and I hope you have an amazing start to a wonderful week. Tracey x

If you click on the image below a new window should open up and you can have a browse through the September - December brochure.

Should you like to place an order online, you can click on the image below and a new window will open up where you can have a browse through the shop. Obviously, if you would like any help please, do get in touch with me. My contact details are at the end of the post and I really am happy to help as much as I can.

If you would like to get in touch with me, here is where I can be found.

I would love to hear from you.

Product List

Sentimental Wishes Cling Stamp Set (English)

[164210]

£22.00

Sentimental Wishes Dies

[164219]

£19.00

Sentimental Wishes Bundle (English)

[164220]

£36.75

Sentimental Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[164209]

£11.75

Sentimental Christmas Suite Collection (English)

[164225]

£65.00

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

£13.00

Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock

[121694]

£10.75

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad

[147050]

£8.50

2 3/8" (6 Cm) Circle Punch

[161354]

£22.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

£5.75

Bone Folder

[102300]

£7.50

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

£27.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

£4.00

Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[150673]

£62.00

Stampin' Pierce Mat

[126199]

£4.75

Color Coach™ (English)

[166481]

£11.75

Sunday

DAY THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE - Thank you

Good morning. I was up bright and early this morning and have already got through a few of bits and pieces on my 'to do' list. I must say that there isnt too much on the list though as I am reducing the amount I am doing each day because I cant do it all. What doesnt get done today will get done tomorrow, maybe.

Here are a couple of photos of 'thank you' cards that were made using the Autumn to Remember stamp set. This set can be found on page 19 in the September Scrapbooking Brochure.

If you havent already had a browse through this brochure, which is online only at the moment, just click in the image above and a new window will open with the brochure in it. You can then have a flick through. If there is anything that you like you are most welcome to order it through my online shop or get in touch with me and I can order it for you.

Thank you for having a read and I hope you have a wonderful day today. Tracey x

Friday

DAY THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE - Halloween and a catch up

Good morning. So November has arrived and its quite a mild morning, 11 degrees currently in my neck of the woods. It wont get much higher today but thats okay as today is a day of chores inside the house. All those 101 little jobs that keep getting pushed to one side are finally going to get done throughout the day.

Did you celebrate Halloween? We had a crafty get together last night but not before my neice visited with her little ones, although they are not so little now. George and Julie came with their hats on and unfortunately, I didnt get a photo of me with mine, nor did I capture Deborah earlier in the week. Note to ones self, take more photos.

I did manage to make some Halloween treats though

I had great fun putting these together and they went down very well. I have already put a date in my calendar for next year to get them ready a little earlier and to make more of them.

My feet havent touched the ground since we came back from our trip to Cyprus. Unfortunately mum got rushed into hospital and its been a bit of a roller coaster. Thankfully she came home yesterday and we shall be keeping our fingers crossed that she will stay in good health as long as possible. Her condition is getting worse with each passing day (vascular dementia and Alzeihmers) but we just take one day at a time and tackle whatever it throws at us. Dad is still doing a wonderful job caring for her but it gets tricky at times.

How is your garden doing? I was very surprised to see that my garden has still got flowers flowering especially the Sweet Peas. We had such a rubbish start to the year with them, the first set of seeds never sprouted at all. The second lot we put in (purchased new seeds) just put on a little start and then stopped but I was rather pleased to hear that lots of other folks had similar issues. Then the third lot we planted took straight away, they grew and grew. Hubby had to put an extension piece in on the trellis as they went up and up. We have never had such tall plants. It's amazing to see the flower heads next to the seed pods.

Well, I must get on and start my chores. No procrastinating during the month of November.

Thank you so much for having a read, I do appreciate it. If you want to get in touch, my details are below. Tracey x

Stampin' Up! News

If you click on the image below a new window should open up and you can have a browse through the September - December brochure.

Should you like to place an order online, you can click on the image below and a new window will open up where you can have a browse through the shop.

Should youlike any help please, do get in touch with me. My contact details are at the end of the post and I really am happy to help as much as I can.

If you would like to get in touch with me, here is where I can be found.

I would love to hear from you.

Wednesday

DAY TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT - Splendid Autumn Designer Series Paper sliced

Good morning, I woke up a little later this morning which is good news. Lets hope it continues. I do hope to spend a little time in the Craft Room today in between a few places that I have to go out and visit and this afternoon its another hospital visit, this time for the Lymphadema. I do enjoy having a full day but this evening, it is most definately feet up time.

Paul and I caught up with lots of little things we had to do, deadheading plants, collecting seeds and trying to get rid of all the ivy that is in our holly hedge. Another task was downloading ALL the photos from our recent visit to see the girls and baby Alexandros. So now my photo count is 33820 which I shall sort out over the next few months.

I actually started my journey into doing a facebook live video on how to create a card using some of the beautiful Stampin' Up! Splendid Autumn 6" x 6" Designer Series Papers. Not only did I make it in real time (live) but then I published it on You Tube. For someone who is really challenged by technology I am quite proud of myself and today, I am going to do it all over again.

We used to make cards very similar to this a few years ago, with different papers though.

Everything I used is in a list and the bottom of the post.

If you would like to have a look at the video, here is the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW7PVrEySKI&t=16s

I had best get myself ready for the day. Thank you so much for having a read and I hope you have wonderful Wednesday. Tracey x

Did you know that the all the kits in the Stampin' Up! Kit Collection have been discountted during the month of October? If you click on the image below it will take you to see all the kits that are available.