Animals

Try It On Tuesday's next challenge is 'Animals - Real or Imaginary'.

I am still struggling a bit so this is the best effort!
(Pic ain't the best either!)
Inky background at top, some old Crafty Individuals stamps with the giraffe being fussy cut and an odd scrap of striped paper.

Hope you can find time to join in at the challenge blog this fortnight and thanks for taking the time to pop in and see me. xx

Pretty Papers

We have a new challenge today at Try It On Tuesday with the title of 'Pretty Papers'.
A challenge it was for me too! 

Aside from the other stuff going on in my head at the moment I had such a terrible job trying to find papers. In a mass clear out a couple of years ago I got rid of all those papers I had coveted, bought and never used and left myself with only a few (still never used either!) so I was a little bit bothered as to what I could do.

I remembered some time back (and I MEAN some time back) there had been a freebie with one of the Cardmaking mags so a delve into a box and found them at the bottom - a little bit tattered as all kinds of stuff had been dumped on top of them but pretty papers nevertheless.
I got out the lace box too.
I chopped off part of the front of the card and simply edged it with lace.

If I'd have been on top of things I probably would have stitched this card as I always think stitching looks good on a vintagey card. Maybe next time.

Thank you again for looking and for any comments you leave.
I hope all is well in your part of blogland. x 

Children

Try It On Tuesday's challenge for the next two weeks is called 'Children'. 

I've used one of my fave Andy Skinner stamps onto a smooshed background made up of Picked Raspberry and Fossilized Amber. 

Hope you will go over to the challenge blog and join us. 

Thanks for looking today - for some time I have been only able to blog infrequently and have not been to visit any of my followers. 
With lots of support I am, (I think!) getting back on track but it is going to be a long process. 
One of these days I will be back to normal!
But I want to thank everyone that still comes and visits me - I DO read all the comments and appreciate them all.  x