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Hello ladies. Am late online as usual. Its been a glorious day here. Was out shopping in my T shirt.

Popped in to Partners and ended up buying a new scrapbook which included papers and embellishments all for £9.99. I also got a pack of 50 white cards and envelopes for £4.99. I do love a bargain. Earlier this year I received a mountain of old photos some of which are in a very old, dilapidated albumn and I thought I would transfer them into this scrapbook. Unfortunately I haven't a clue who the photos are of but i dont want to throw them out. They are, after all, a part of my family history.

Tonight I have been making a 40th birthday card for a friend of my daughter. She is going to his birthday party tomorrow in fancy dress!! He is mad on Star Wars and when I bought my previous printer I got a CD Rom of Star Wars so I was able to personalise a card for him. It should give him a laught at least.

Hope tomorrow is another fine day. Goodnight for now

Issy

Afternoon everyone. Hope you are all keeping well.

Weather here today nowhere near as nice as yesterday, overcast and they have forecast rain, hasn't arrived yet but looks like it is on its way. Still have mowed the lawns and it will save me having to water my pots on the patio.

Still trying to do my ATC's have made up three different ones and not happy with any of them so back to the drawing board!!

Issy, how is the scrapbooking going, must admit I have not as yet tried to make one!!

Sylvia how did the wedding card turn out, it sounds lovely, have looked at the Arty Farty wedding cake and that looks so lovely so might have to have a go at that one.

Have a good day all of you.
Joxx

Hi everybody,
Well I know it is Sunday. but when I have a "bee in my bonnet" then I must carry out what I need to do. Well after coming back from Center Parcs and ironing all Johan's shirts I thought to myself, now these shirts can go away and I can get out the summer ones. Well, this entailed more work than I had intended today and now I feel really knackered.
I did throw away a large dustbin bag full of t-shirts, blouses etc. which I haven't worn for years. Why on earth didn't I throw them away before? Silly old me thought that maybe I'd wear them again I suppose. Anyway, I am sure I could throw just as many away again, but don't want to get carried away. Then there are the shoes. Well those beautiful shoes which I know I couldn't stand up in let alone walk. Why do I keep them? Don't ask me, but cannot throw them away. Actually my household help is coming tomorrow so am hoping she will take some of the blouses etc. Who knows may even get rid of some shoes too. I have a couple of pairs of shoes I bought in Spain and never even worn. Ah well, will make somebody happy I suppose. My granddaughter talks about "gran's antique shoes", but I couldn't walk in some of the shoes she wears!
Must get down to planning our route round Gt Britain soon.
Sylvia xxx
Jo - The wedding cake card turned out fine thank you. If I was just as good with the camera then you would get a photo, but I am not. Had this new digital camera for my birthday in January 2006 but still cannot use it.

Hi everyone.

Sylvia you sound just like me. I keep things thinking I will wear them again but I never do. I have clothes in different sizes as my weight goes up and down. And I have lovely shoes I bought 2 yrs ago that I can no longer get my feet into since my op. This year I have promised myself to be ruthful and get rid of unused things instead of hanging on to them. Although saying that, I have 2 lovely linen blouses which I am very loathe to part with. Maybe I can lose some weight!!

Jo Jo, I had a very good day scrapbooking. I managed to mat and layer 28 photos and made up 8 pages. I started at about 2pm, worked at it until 6pm, then I stopped to do some chores (my family had gone out for the evening). Had some supper and watched TV for a while, then I started again and carried on until midnight. I didnt notice the time. I was listening to a talking book as I worked and the time just flew by. I only did some basic scrapping, haven't done any journaling yet. Most of the photos have no identification which is why I have layered them and also there are far too many for me to get analised. The ones that have names written on their backs by the photographer I have made a note of and am trying to work out how best to add this information. A couple of them I may be able to identify through census'. They could be gt gt aunts and uncles.

This week I have to make a 50th birthday card for a friend and I have an order for another birthday card.

Have any of you seen any rubber stamps or images for black people, many of my friends are African or West Indian and I would love to be able to make cards specially for them. I have been searching the internet this afternoon and have found nothing. I have no problem Far Eastern and Asian images, there are plenty of those about. If you see any could you let me know please.

OOPS! I didn't mean to write so much. Have a lovely evening. Bye for now.

Issy

Sylvia, sounds like you have been very busy, clearing out is a job I should be doing, but keep putting it off, under the 'you never know, I might need/use it' only as we all know I never will!!!

Issy sounds like you had a lovely day, love going through old photographs, like you wish someone had put names on them.

Me, I am just making a stitched birthday card for Saturday, first card I have done in a couple of weeks.
You never know I might use my new Cuttlebug!!
Joxx

Good morning ladies and hope everyones keeping well.
Have got the lambs feeds down to four a day and now have a bit of spare time at last :)))
We are still in the middle of the new stairs as they have to be sanded down a bit as bevelling was too obvious, overall though, they have done a great job as it was a very difficult set of stairs to make.
Been catching up on cards and trying to get a 8" x8" baby scrapbook done for Rémiés Christening in June.

xx Jill

Afternoon.

Jill must be good now the lambs are not being fed so often as you say will give you more time.
Weather here awful, thunder and lightening at the moment and hail with torrential rain. Went on a cemetery search for someone this morning, at least it didn't rain then, need to go back as couldn't find the grave and have another look when I have more time.
Have a good day everyone.

Hi all,
Well we have been celebrating the Queen's birthday here today. Well, not really me celebrating but the rest of the Netherlands. There are orange flags, streamers, tooters etc.etc. everywhere and events for adults and children. Shops are closed and I've just been doing what I wanted to do.
Nice to see Jill back again. I was wondering where she was.
Must make the next move to our trip to England. Johan has stuck up on the sliding doors in the computer room a map of the uk. I now have to mark in the places I want to stop in.
The weather here has been mainly dry but not so warm as it has been. I knew I shouldn't have washed up al the winter woollies etc. and gotten the summer clothes out. Can't do anything right sometimes, can we?
Have an easy meal today as I made enough goulash for two days and can put some in the microwave today.
See you tomorrow everybody.
Sylvia xxx

The first of May already, where has this year gone. Before we know it we will be thinking of Christmas cards and groups. Still for now it is supposed to be spring, but you would not know by the weather.
Still hopefully it will start to get warmer soon.
Hope everyone is well

Sorry not posted on this thread lately, suffering a bit with a pulled muscle in my already dodgy back. Did make a birthday card for a 2 year old yesterday using a Jemima Puddleduck stamp, was quite pleased with it.

Off to the Lake District on Saturday so no card making for a week but may well buy some bits and pieces in Lakeland.

Have a good weekend everyone and I will 'speak' when we get back.

Ann
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Ann sorry to hear you have pulled something, hope it is not too painful. Have a lovely time away, and buy lots of goodies in Lakeland, love the shop but we don't have one near here.
Have a lovley weekend everyone
Joxx

Hi all,
Well we seem to be getting better weather here than you are. Shall I bring some sun over next month when I come?
Any chance of meeting up with any of you, or are you all too busy.
Today went to the large secondhand shop to take all the bags of clothing I was throwing out and took a nose around the shop myself - three stories high this shop with restaurant and toilets on the third floor! It has been set up for those wanting to throw out their still good items of clothing and furniture and those out of work to repair/do it up and sell it to pay them wages. It is doing very well. They have some lovely furniture there. I think sometimes when a member of the family dies and their children have plenty of their own they discard their furniture etc.here.
I found a very nice rack for displaying my cards. I didn't go out to buy one but saw it and thought it might be a good idea. Johan, of course, bought up lots of history/war books!
Johan asked me if I would have enough cards to put in the rack. What does he think I have been doing all these last months? Men, they have no idea of what their wives are doing, do they?
Well Saturday again, must make some more bread again tomorrow.
Sylvia xxx

Hi everyone.

Weather has not been too bad today. The builders had been very busy and we now have dormer windows. Next week they will be breaking through the ceiling and fitting the new staircase up to the loft. I'm not looking forward to the dust!!!

Ginnie, I will certainly let you know if I find any stamps. There are loads of native American, Asian and Chinese and Japanese available. I would love to get a stamp with a black baby on it as I have several friends who are pregnant at the moment. The lady I was making the card for suggested that I get someone to design a set of stamps. I am always on the lookout when I go to Alexander palace for the Big Stamp Show.

Sylvia, the shop you went to sounds great. I wish we had something like that over here. Are you going to be in London when you come over? I can easily get into the city from here and would love to meet you.

Ann have a lovely time in the Lake District. I hope the weather stays fine for you.

Jo Jo, I enjoy going to Lakeland, we have a shop over at Brent Cross Shopping Centre and they have a lovely coffee shop too which makes the visit more enjoyable. Do you have their craft catalogue? I haven't received one for quite a while.

Have a great weekend.

Issy

Good Morning,

Does anyone have a Cricut machine and could help me?

Try as I might and even though I did watch a demonstration, I can't fathom out how to cut a name or letter down the side of a card.

I know I have to join the letters by clicking the 'welding box' after they are touching each other. Is there another button I should be pressing on the software that comes with it? or even manually would be fine.

I am using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge.

Is there an online demo of how to's?

Any help would be much appreciated...all I get at the moment is cut-out letters :-(

Susan
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Hi Susan, I will ask a question with some crafting friends and see if anyone can help I also searched 'Cricut demonstration' on Google and it came up with lots on You Tube, might be some on welding but didn't look.

Hi Jo Jo,

Thanks for answering, I will check out the You tube demos, sounds interesting :-)

After much searcing I found the answer on the following link
http://susanbluerobot.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html ( scroll halfway down the page )

It seems I was forgetting to add and weld the shape of a card to the letters.

The above link shows how to do it so simply ...so easy when you know how :-)

As you can see I now have a new toy so am off to play :-)

Susan
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Good morning to you all from a wet Maine et Loire.
Has been very hot the last two days and is still very warm but with the rain.
Received my ATCs and they were all such good ideas, thank you :)))

Stairs are now nearly all finished and its great to have a proper set after using what was a glorified ladder with hand rail.
Have appointments with kitchen planners now that the stairs are in place and we can see what room is left. Luckily kitchen is 20x20 so plenty of space left.
Lambs are down to three feeds a day so getting my life back at long last, hoping to wean them before we go to Rémi's Christening in June.
Hope everyones having a good holiday weekend

xx Jill

Susan glad you managed to sort it, it all sounds easy when you know how!! You will have to let us know how you get on with it.
Jill glad to hear the lambs are doing well, bet you cannot wait for them to be weaned.
Good luck with the new kitchen

Have a nice bank holiday all of you
Joxx

There is a message from Brenda for all that sent her cards

I would like to thank you all who handmade the cards you sent they make mine look amerterish if thats how its spelt, they were lovely thank you brenda xxx
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It's been a lovely day. Have been doing some research today while listening to Lord of the Rings on audio book. Never tire of listening to it. Have a few cards to make this week but will wait till the family go back to work and school tomorrow.

Went to Hobbycraft on Saturday and was very disappointed. Their stock of stamps doesnt seem to have changed since my last visit. There were no 12 x 12 papers and a very poor selection of birthday peel-offs.

I also received my first ATC swaps. Thank you very much. Looking forward to swapping more.

Enjoy the rest of the day.

Issy.