Hobbies and Crafts

We never actually got to Mags as Rick has flu, he was really poorly, so instead of our planned Indian takeaway over there - we had bowls of soup grrrr . He didnt have the energy to get out of bed much - We will be going later in the month when he is def germ free, poor Mags could do without getting any bugs from us
been sitting here a while now deciding on me next page

what kinda stuff do you put in scrapbooking
cos it sounds appealing to me,
i quiet fancey taking it up

Hi Julie
Ive only recently started am doing a baby scrapbook of my grandughter - so all sorts of baby bits, photos, birth cert , poems, footprint
its very addiciting

have a google at scrapbooking ideas

You can scrap anything Julie Ann, mainly you need a scrap book (from hobbycraft or similar) paper for your page, photos, coloured card, and anything that you want to use to decorate the page such as ribbon etc. Put scrapbooking into search and you will find sites where you can see examples.

Jan, oh that was a shame, you were looking forward to it. Sorry to hear that Rick has flu though and hope you don't catch it.

Yes I so was looking forward to seeing Mags, always have a lovely time and had all the baby photos to show her, since she has been so poorly havent seen them as much as we used to but still we will rearrange.
I so hope I dont get as poorly as Rick , Ive had a sore throat and the sniffles but touch wood.

I didn't know Mags had been ill Jan.

You didnt??
I will message you Ann

Thanks for that Jan.

Wmsl.... crop o dile... I am off out to get one, lololol

Hubby dropped a bombshell on my lap last night... a huge pile of all his military photos..... would I do these for him, please? Without glitter. The man has no soul, and no style! Now... rivets and eyelets.... I have a small one somewhere that I used to make blinds once.... wonder where that disappeared to! I also used to make buttons for garments.... so could make my own from scraps of material at a fraction of the cost.... mmmmmm!!!

Anyway... some are the formal unit photos, some taken in the Gulf and other war-ry type places (I didn't realise how good he looked in uniform.... if I wasn't married to him, I'd fancy him, lolol) and others of him and his sporty military friends.... would I scrapbook some of them for him.

Well.... what's a girl to do? I have nothing in the wardrobe.... erm, I mean stash drawer, that is really masculine... ruffy tuffy soljer masculine... so I need to go and get some, don't I? Yeh!!

Julie, Ann... you'll love it... you do a lot of knitting for Littlie, and you could use some of the wool, the buttons as embellishments, and the photos of her in the garments, just start with her... it is great fun, and we are close enough to each other for you to come over and play here... the Range in Cardiff is having a papercraft day in March as well... I think the 6th, but will check for you, it's a Saturday, anyway. Pm me if you fancy going, we could go together. I am going anyway.

I am just learning, and thoroughly enjoying myself... I am very slow though, lol I have lots of brilliant ideas, but am still learning how to accomplish them...... so taking my time is better, I suppose.

Right... off to Dunelm... they have a rather nice selection of stuff there, lolol... I want to look at some military type material... I also want some scraps..... and some lightshades, and *glances at Ann and grins* a crop o dile, lololol

Jan... I shall bind my overhangs so they don't get caught up, lolol ;¬))

Love

Daff xxxxx

lol Daff
Im so envious I want one, I wad looking on qvc last night and saw a nice little set :-))
Have a lovely day Daff, Go buy the shop up :-)))))))))))

That is the trouble Jan, she doesn't need any encouragement Lol!!!

And that is the other problem, no matter where you look there is craft stuff to buy.

I'm seem to have started something with the crop-a-dile LOL

Don't forget that for masculine pages you can find embellishments in places you wouldn't usually look. I've used metal washers on pages, then again I made a bracelet out of nuts (the kind you use with bolts) LOL

Lol Sarah, what else??

Good idea to use washers etc. Daff will now be routing around in the garage.

Wmsl Sarah... I had visions of a whole wrist full of Scrappers dangling from the bracelet!

Ann... I have jars and jars of washers, nuts, bolts and such like.. you know, just in case they came in handy, lolol But I am sure I have even more in the garage and the shed... now the shed will have loads of stuff!!!

Jan,I have had a brilliant shopping day... didn't get the crop 0 Dile though.. there wasn't one, so I shall go back another time, if our bank balance can sustain it!!

I haven't tried inks and stamps... so bought some pads, and stamp blocks etc... also bought some manly cardstock... some brads in camouflage colours which will be perfect... some Valentine stuff... I shall have a bash at making a card for R... and then some 12 x 12 boxes on special offer, some hole and border punches.... some more glue but in a little dispenser... will give it a try... a little A4 sized stack of drawers with five drawers for the card and printerpaper, photo paper etc...

I put the glitter back...... wasn't I good? And then found a couple of magazines..... some templates, a Fiskars desk thingy... and a manly dark green scrapbook for hubby's stuff.

I had a brilliant time!! ;¬))

On Wednesday, I'll make a start.... I have already sorted the photos out for the first page.

Love

Daff xxxxx

Now then Daff that sounded like a proper shopping trip!!
just popped on to tell you I have now used glitter, only two dear little dots in the middle of some bargain tesco flowers but its a start lol
:-))

Oh dear Jan, once you start you wont be able to stop, glitter everywhere...... ask Daff. How she is going to do manly pages with NO glitter is beyond me.

Well didn't yoy have a good spend daff, where are you storing all this stuff? I could do with the A4 drawers but they'd have to be suspended from the ceiling, I don't have a surface to stand them on. I have got a quality street tin that has to be useful for something but nowhere to put it! I have managed to utilise the biscuit tin, that fits on a shelf on top of another A4 sized box. Trouble is I do tend to forget what is in the boxes so have to have a refresher every so often (yes some of them are labelled but not all!)

Hello to all the crafters,
I love scrapbooking and have such a lot of stuff that I could do more than I have time to do, if that makes sense.
I have been making 2 cards today and sorting out some more photos to use.
Daff the album for your OH sounds good I sure he will love it.
My Oh wants me to do a small album for each of his siblings for December( to early for the C word) with their family tree in but as we don't have many photos of his side I am a bit unsure what to do.

I have joined the craftbubble site and I found Daff lol. Still got to find my way around .

It sounds like you have some good shops around your way Ann I am quite envious, not being able to drive limits us somewhat to where we go,(but I still manage to spend)lolol

Scatty you have beaten me I still haven't used glitter think I might get in to much of a mess.

Ginniexx

Just a quickie.....the craft site stamps.co.uk are closing down, you may already know this. If not they are having a sale and reducing almost everything by 25%....might be useful!!

jude

PS...l've just looked at some of the stuff and there is alot at 50% off :o))