A Halloween card

Sorry I've been neglecting the blog, not done a lot of cardmaking lately.

I did make this Halloween card though:-

The recipient really likes it, she adores Halloween (does nothing for me!).

We have some family and friends birthdays coming up, and I'm nearly out of the stack of cards I made for Mum, so really need to get stuck in again.

More finger painting

An anniversary card for our friends:-

Finger painted again......oh it's such fun!

Our favourite garden centre has a crafting section, it's been all yarn and sewing stuff up till recently but they now have a fairly large papercraft section - all products from one particular company, most of which are quite expensive and I know I could certainly get cheaper elsewhere.  However, they did have a small area of sale things, I picked up a pack of Halloween stickers for 64p, a quarter of the original price....why they were selling them off cheap in the run up to Halloween I have no idea, seems a bit odd to me.  No matter, my gain!

Halloween doesn't hold any interest for me, but someone we know is absolutely mad on it, so I thought of her when I saw these stickers and will make her a Halloween card.  Just an excuse to have a play around!

Finger painting!

I'm very pleased with my new craft room, it's working out well.  Betty comes in there with me while I'm working and lies on the bed....I'd like to say she watches me with great interest, but in reality she just goes to sleep.  I do have to make sure I don't drop anything on the floor, or at least pick it up straight away when I do....any stray bits of paper etc and she's straight off the bed and trying to eat whatever it is, she's such a scavenger.

Some large fun Christmas cards for friends and family:-

The last one I really enjoyed doing, it was such fun.  I'd been idly googling for card ideas, as you do, and saw some finger painted cards, figures of people, birds and reindeer done with fingers, then details drawn on.  Well, I'm not that artistic, but immediately thought of a wreath, I just used my ink pads as paint.  Not done finger painting since I was a small child, it was great!

Having a break from crafting now, not feeling up to doing it at the moment.

The elderly neighbour came round this morning for me to give her a crochet lesson.  Well, it was, erm, interesting.....she's never done crochet or knitting before and had no idea how to even hold the hook or yarn.  I think we both had a headache by the time she left!  But hopefully she's grasped the basics.....I just showed her how to do chains and then basic rows of doubles (single crochet for US readers).  I suggested she get some practise holding the yarn with enough tension in it, working short rows of doubles and turning her work before we move on to trebles, as she was having enough difficulty with just that.  She can do macramé and quilting, to be honest I think she might be better off sticking with those.  I can't do either of those!  Well, we all have talents in different areas.