Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Spring at last!

Things have been very quiet around here, sorry. I have been fighting the effects of a nasty chest infection for over a month now and I have not been up to much on the crafty front. I am hoping things are starting to settle down a bit now.


This is another card that I made for the workshop I am planning, using silhouette stamps and stencilling. I used a Tim Holtz stencil and Darkroom Door stamps. The sentiment is from a Rubbernecker pick and mix stamp I picked up some time at Ally Pally and the butterfly is a freebie clear stamp from Indigo Blu from Craft Stamper magazine. All the inks are Distress Inks.


On the crochet front, the Twiddle Muff I mentioned in my last post is nearly complete and ready to be sown up when I can get to the fabric shop to buy something nice and tactile for the lining. In the meantime I have started a new crochet blanket. I am planning to take this slowly over the coming months and have made a start on the first of 16 large hexagonal motifs that I plan to complete between other projects. My brain is just about able to cope with this level of challenge again after weeks of feeling like I have been in the twilight zone of being poorly and sorry for myself.

 
Our daffodils in our woodland have finally started to come out. Everyone else's round here are much further ahead. The first bunch we have picked has been gracing our living room this week and has cheered things no end.
 
I hope you are in fine fettle and have escaped the beastly germs that seem to be lurking this year.
 
 
Elaine