The Craft Room, Derby

Wednesday

Happy Anniversary

Good morning. It is quite a warm start to the day, I have been up since 5am so I will have a nanny nap later.

Yesterday was a rather sad day. Someone stole our front gate, the one that lets you onto the path to come up to the front door. I was told it was an elderly man as he was seen struggling walking with it as its an iron gate, very heavy and a strange size. It happened at 7.15am whilst I was sat just a few meters away, in broad daylight. This morning I shall be out and about at 7.15 am to see if I can see said man walking in the area. Such a sad world to come to this.

Monday was my sisters and fathers birthday but as well as that, it was also my sister and brother in laws wedding anniversary and this is the card I made.

They had a great day, mostly out in the garden and I think that is what we will be doing today. I am going to have a couple of crafty get togethers later today. If you are on Zoom, you are welcome to join us. Not sure what Zoom is? please get in touch and I will help you as much as I can with that too.

Well I will get myself ready for my day. Thank you for having a read and I hope you have a lovely day and manage to stay cool. Tracey x

Tuesday

Happy Birthday Dad

I am most definately a Paperologist, are you? In my attempts to use up as many papers as I can, I do try to make cards with them as much as possible. The problem is, I keep buying more.

Good morning, the sun is out here in Derby despite it being just 7am and I am up early as I have a lovely busy day. Today we are having a bit of a get together with our team of Stampin' Up! demonstrators, I am really looking forward to seeing everyone, this is on Zoom. I also have to make a little video quite early today to tell everyone what they need for a card making get together tomorrow, now that may take me all day but I do hope not. If you want to join in card making with us tomorrow please do get in touch. I will be very happy to show you how to use Zoom (although my knowledge is limited), I get by.

I made this card for my dad who had his birthday yesterday.

This really is a favourite stamp set of mine for the men in my life. I used it together with the Stampin Up Stamperatus. It works out just great. I will be doing a bit of a class on the Stamperatus too in the next week so if you woud like to see that, let me know.

We went over to visit dad, it was lovely to see him and my mum. As I cant get to the shop, I also made dad a cake and we took him a plant too. We did pinch his compost and have to get another one this week to replace it. We found a great garden center in Derby that delivers and that has been amazing during the lockdown. They are open now for collections so I hope Paul will go this week. That then means that all our pots in the garden will be full of plants, phew. It does look good outside and when all the plants flower, there will be a lot more colour.

Well I had best go and get ready to start my day instead of waffling on. Have a good Tuesday and thank you for having a read. Tracey x

Monday

Happy Birthday sister

Good afternoon.

Today is my sisters birthday, her wedding anniversary as well as dads birthday so its usually been a busy day. How strange it is this year. Sis has been to see us as we have a large table and chairs in the garden set out at more than 2m apart. To visit sis we would have to stand at the door. She collected her card which I made, all coloured in with Stampin' Up! inks, on Stampin' Up! card. The sentiment was computer generated and the stamp is as old as I have been crafting.

She liked it, phew. I also baked and iced her a lemon cake and gave her a plant that we had been growning for her. It is called a cup and saucer vine or cathederal bells is its other name. Well what can a girl do if she cant go shopping.

We are off to see dad shortly, after checking he has no visitors. He also has access straight into the garden with table and chairs.

On Wednesday I am running a card class via Zoom. Would you like to join us? If you do, please let me know today or tomorrow and I will help you get Zoom, if you dont already have it. I will pass all the details on later today/tomorrow of what you need and hopefully you can have everything ready to craft together. We did this last week and really enjoyed it.

We are coming towards the end of the Stampin' Up! year, just another 3 weeks to go. If there is anything that you would like out of the catalogue, from the clearance rack or on the retirment list, please please do get in touch with me. I am very happy to help you find all your crafting products. If you click on the Shop Here button just below, it will take you directly to the Stampin' Up! shop. If you are very new to crafting and making cards or if this is something that you are just thinking about, please do get in touch as I would love to help in any way I can.

Off to do a few chores before visiting dad and then a few hours in my craft room. Thank you for having a read today. Tracey x

Friday

Thank Yous

Good morning, up at 5am as a rather large plane decided to go over our house and it was noisy. The thing is, it went over and over and over again. We dont live too far from an airport and I think that because we are not used to hearing the planes anymore, it disburbed us so I got up. The forecast for today weatherwise is a good one, around 15 degrees which is perfect for potting on the plants so I can get a few chores done before it gets warmer. Cyprus are going to experience 34 degrees oooppps.

Yesterday was my birthday and I had a smashing day. Lots of social distancing visitors in the garden including a new friend, meet Willow.

She ended up being more Pauls friend than mine as he was running around the garden with her and the blue ball.

We were spoilt by Son and Daughter-in-Law as she prepared a surprise lunch for us, which was beautiful.

And of course my wonderful friends spoilt me with all the cards and presents

I really do feel blessed to have so many fantastic people in my life and I do miss them in these strange times. Lots of 'thank yous' to go out today.

It is Friday and I have that 'Friday feeling'. Stampin' Up! have delivered a few new catalogues which I hope to pass on at a safe distance today. I have to get planning our next virtual get togethers and I am hoping to help a few more people get on to Zoom, a brilliant way for us all to stay in touch. If you would like help with this, please let me know. Zoom is something that you download on to your telephone or tablet and you can talk to us on it and see us at the same time. We have started crafting together with Zoom too.

Thank you for having a read today and I hope you have a fantastic Friday. Tracey x

Tuesday

Positive Thoughts on a Tuesday

Good morning and whooppee, the sun is out this morning. I adore waking up to sunshine, it just brightens my mood.

Yesterday was a good day, in and out of the craft room all day and all evening. Did I have a sort out, oh wow and it looks and feels so much better for it. Unfortunately I discovered even more stamps that had 'melted'. So now, all my 13+ year old stamps are sat on my desk and I am going to make sure that I use them. I put all my wordy stamps into 2 A4 boxes so they will be very easy to find in the future.

My random act of kindness for the day was to give away quite a lot of stamps to others that will use them as I know that I wont.

We have a card challenge going on in a face book group and this is the card that I made.

I adore adding little bits to cards, this is something very new for me. I saw something very similar on pinterest and had to have a go at creating my own. All the details of the supplies I used will be listed below. Today I have some Stampin' Up! training over the internet as well as meeting other demonstrators all around the world, I am quite excited by it all.

You may have to squint a bit but the strawberries are growing.

All the plants were put out into the wind and cold yesterday for a few hours and then last night we put them all back inside the greenhouse again. Today we will do the same and hopefully, very soon, we can plant them up.

Well I had best go and start my day, I hope you have a terrific Tuesday, whatever you are up to and thank you so much for having a read. If you dont currently have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator in your area, please get in touch as I am very happy to help. Tracey x

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Monday

Happy Birthday Enya

Good morning. The weather has turned a lot colder but I hope it warms up as the week goes on. I plan on being in the craft room today so I shall just turn the heating up slightly.

It is our nephews daughters birthday today and here is her card that I made. It is from a collection that has sat on my shelf for a while but thats okay, these things never go out of fashion.

We had a great weekend with our plants, given a few more away, still hardening some baby ones up for being outdoors all the time but we put them all back in the greenhouse on Saturday evening as we knew it was turning cold. We shall have to do a bit more planting on in the next few days as even more plants have shot up. We have baby strawberries, I cant believe how tall the plants have grown. I will do another photo shoot this week and share them with you.

Have you just started out crafting and are in the Derby area? I have quite a few things that I would like to pass on. If you would like some stamps please get in touch.

Stampin' Up! have got quite a few wonderful products at special prices at the moment. If you would like to grab a really good deal, just click on the link below, have a good scroll down the page as there really are lots of products. Dont forget to check out the clearance rack and if you need a hand ordering anything, please let me know as I am always happy to help.

https://www.stampinup.uk/categories/sales-specials/last-chance-products

Well, I am still in my pjs so I had best get showered and have breakfast, ready for my day of being creative.

Thank you for having a read and I hope you have a magical Monday,whatever you are doing. Tracey x

Sunday

Card Challenge

Good morning, I couldnt believe the amount of noise that rain makes but it woke me up as it hit the bedroom window this morning. This was then followed by the wonderful noise of the birds singing their little hearts out, well I had to get up, even though it was still dark

Never mind as I have been quite productive on the computer, always a bonus. I will need a nanny nap later but that isnt a problem for us these days.

I dont believe that I have shared these cards with you.

These cards have been made using the First Frost stamp set and a few different coloured inks, as well as lots of second generation stamping. It was for a challenge where you are given a theme, or a description, tecnique or a template to follow and this was my interperatation. It is something a group of us crafters do each week and it keeps us in touch during these strange times.

Today is sale day. A few of us advertise our crafting bits and pieces for sale on Facebook, we all have at least one thing to pass on.

As it is also Sunday Lunch day, I had best go and get the vegetables prepared. I am very lucky as hubby cooks the lunch but I do prepare and clear up.

Thank you for having a read today and I hope you have a great day, despite the weather. Tracey x

Saturday

Happy Birthday Cheryl

Good morning and what a lovely, sunny morning it is. I believe it is the last time us in Derby will wake up to such warm temeperatures. Mr. weatherman says it is colder tomorrow, oh well.

A great week has been had here at our house. The greenhouse is overflowing and we have begun giving plants away to our friends and neighbours. The wonderful tree in the garden has come into flower and it is stunning, this photo doesnt capture it all really.

We have had morning coffee out on the front saying hello to passers by, the usual Thursday get together with the neighbours for our clapping for key workers but unfortunately, nothing for yesterday VE day. Oh well, we cant have it all.

Today is Cheryls birthday and here is a card that I made for her.

I had great fun making this and I just hope I manage to get my hands on some more of the wonderful papers. They will be discontinued soon from Stampin' Up! but I shall be putting an order in and topping up my stash.

If you would like anything from Stampin' Up! and dont already have a demonstrator, I would be very happy to help you. If you would like to order anything and have it delievered directly to your house or to me and collect at a safe distance please, do get in touch. If you click on one of the items on the product list below, it will take you straight to my Stampin' Up! shop.

I have been trying my hand at instagram, boy I find it confusing nevertheless, I will continue with it. My daughters tend to use this now rather than facebook, this lockdown is certainly testing our skills.

Speaking of which, I hope to have a Zoom chat this afternoon, cuppa and a chat at 2pm. If anyone would like to join me, please let me know.

Well I had best go and open up my craft room as I would like to sort out a few things before back on the potting on in the garden.

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

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