Hobbies and Crafts

I have put this on the cardmaking thread as well. Can anyone tell me the difference between pyramage and decoupage please?

Ooh I wouldn't like to pile all my stash on my desk Sarah, it would be higher than 4 inches I am sure!!

Having had a good crop on sunday I spent yesterday trying to bring some order to my craft room. I decided that I would finally sort the remains of kits out and put all my cardstock in one place and papers in another and see just what embellishments I do own.

After sorting the card, putting some away and putting some aside to give away I was left with a massive pile on my desk. I measured it and there was over four inches high of card. I think I need to use some and not buy any more for a long time!
Thankfully I have less patterned papers unless you count the smaller size packs I've bought for cardmaking... LOL

Looking after the youngest 2 grandchildren soon for a weekend and taking a lot of craft stuff to do girlie things with Granddaughter (age 7). She loves crafty things so I am hoping she can make some cards and stuff. I have lots of spare bits and pieces that I can take for her to use. Grandson will probably take granddad to football!

Linda, when I have printed photos to use as backing papers for scrapbooking, rightly or wrongly I have used ordinary printing paper but made sure that the printer was set to plain paper, if it is set to photo paper it will be too heavy with ink and wont dry.
Sounds like you had a good time in Derbyshire, My Gt Gt grandfather worked in a cotton mill in Belper so I would have been interested.

Hello everyone..

Sorry Ann ...I have not been around of late...up to our eyes in decorating and all my craft stash had to be moved so I have not been able to do any scrapping.

Jean...I was born and bred in Stockport but we moved down to south Cheshire 30 years ago some 15 miles from Chester. My mother (a lively 87 year old) still lives in Cheadle village so we go home every weekend.

Distant cousins (contacted on GR 2 years ago) of my husband are over from Canada at the moment and we met up last Saturday in the Tideswell area of Derbyshire to tread in the footsteps of their ancestors...we had a great day together. It was the well dressing at Tideswell Parish Church...that was a spectacular sight and so much hard work had gone into it.

We were very interested in 2 mid 1800 cotton mills in Litton Mill and Cressbrook...amazingly now renovated and turned into high class apartments....and how the slowly drifting streams managed to turn the huge wheels that worked the mills.

Anyway during our walk through Cressbrook village we came upon a small wrought iron gate (looking back I should have taken a photo of the gate lol) and curiosity getting the better of us we walked through (not private property I hasten to add) to find what I can only describe as a magical fairy pool...it took us all unawares it was so beautiful. Well Ann I thought of you...so out came my camera and took various photos which I am pretty pleased with. If any of you would like to see them I am only too happy to email them on. What I would like to know please is what paper would I use to print them on to use as backing papers...this a first for me.

Ok I am now going to have a closer read of what I have missed on your thread Ann.

Linda x

It's green... a sort of lime green... I have one, but it doesn't match the green in the paper, but it is wired, so does exactly what I want it to do... it looks ok, but I want it to look fab!!.... there is a deep olive, which would work, but it is very fine and won't do exactly what I want it to do... I'll go to Cardiff tomorrow.... HUGE new Hobbycraft just opened there, it would seem, lolol ;¬))

Love

Daff xxxx

The quilting shop is at Broadwinsor in Dorset!!!

Daff, what colour ribbon are you looking for?

You will get back to it when R goes back to work Lol!!!!

*blushes* I have been otherwise occupied, lol.... weather has been too nice to stay indoors, the garden needed sorting, son 1 coming home to roost and stuff like that.... I will get back to it...... it hasn't been put away, lol.... just ready to glue/stick..... if only I could find the right colour ribbon!

Love

Daff xxxxx

Ooh, where was that? I'm always on the lookout for quilty/scrappy shops when I'm out and about.

Dee, you would have loved a little shop I was in yesterday, it was 99% devoted to quilting, all the beautiful materials you could imagine plus everything else I imagine a quilter needs. There were a few craft bits though and I bought two small punches, a bell and a star reduced to £1 each.

Panic ye not Ann, its not that I'm not interested but have just been elected Treasurer of my patchwork group and after a disastrous last year with the previous Treasurer completely mucking things up I've had a few fraught days trying to sort out the mess.

I'm hoping to get some crafting time in over the weekend.

Sarah, enjoy your crop on Sunday, I am looking forward to getting home and starting again. One thing I have bought this week is a flower die cut nestability, looking forward to trying that out, it had better be good as it wasnot cheap. One thing I am going to do though is start on my Christmas cards.

Obviously nobody is interested in the thread or is not crafting while I am away.

Could be future pages Ann, I've found myself taking some quite strange photos to scrap in the past my series of gravestone carvings for instance.

I've actually got myself crafting again, I've not made any more of the christmas cards but I have made some ATCs that I'd promised for swaps which is a start.
And I've got my crop on sunday so should get some scrapping done then

Obviously with Sallie and I away and Daff gardening, nobody to keep this going so will just give it a nudge. found myself taking close ups of pebbles at Lyme Regis today and photos of The Cobb. Future pages do you think?

Another one here who hasn't been doing much crafting. But between feeling under the weather and OH changing plans I haven't had the time. I did start to make christmas cards this afternoon, I managed 2. Am really tempted to just give in and buy the bulk of them.

Glad you are getting there Daff, I am busy taking photos so will be on the seaside theme when I go home, although I am supposed to be starting Christmas cards. I have taken close ups of pebbles and close up of Jurassic cliffs, haven't seen any dinosaurs lol!! Only a few old fossils eating ice cream and fish and chips, the kids go back to school and we 'oldies' come out to play Lol Lol!!!!

It is a beautiful day here today... and I think I might get those pages finished, lol.... I have almost finished cutting out all those butterflies and flowers... bought some beautiful brads, buttons and ribbon... although the ribbon isn't quite right... might keep that for another page, another book, even!! I bought some black card, and blue gingham ribbon.. that is for my older granddaughter's first day at school page, which I am keeping very simple.

wmsl at Ann... you know me too well, lol.... I have bought more bits... and have a lovely long Christmas list for R!

Right brekkie first... then glue and ribbon ;¬))

Love

Daff xxxxxx

Hi Jean

Well the best laid plans of mice and men - and all that. I had every intention of scrapping yesterday but then 16 year old son (whose birthday it was yesterday) decided he would have a 'Sweet Sixteen' party and invited a load of his mates over so spent most of the day shopping and cooking hotdogs and burgers!! Still, he had a good time and that's all that matters.

I'm hoping to get an hour today but then we've got the family over for a roast dinner this afternoon. When I get some time during the week Jean I'll photograph the mini pages I've been doing of my Gran's photos and email them across to you.

Have fun everyone!

Morning all, how are you getting on with your scrapping , mine is on hold at the moment cant get to my craft stuff, but I will have plenty to catch up on later, I am starting to print off the many photos you have all sent, I cant wait to start adding them to pages,.....Hi, to Ann if you get chance to look in. hope the weather stays good for you both....


love Jean xx