Hobbies and Crafts

Well we went to the Lowry outlet, just realised I really cant do outlets, most of them are the same , it was very tiring, so I just managed to go into Craftworld and buy a few bits and pieces....lol....we trailed around and I just wanted to go home, but J loves shopping , he was quite happy to trawl around the M& S outlet,but came away with nothing.after saying he really doesnt need any more clothes ...AHHHH......I was nearly on my knees, but at least I got some craft stuff...and a carvery lunch....


Jean x

Sounds good Jude.

Ann...l have received the Jimgle Jangle Christmas CD and it has some gorgeous printable pages, tags alsorts. Will try and get some samples on my blog asap:o)

jude:o) x

Glad to be of assistance Jean!!

I am so pleased with doing that Ann, what would I do without you, its super...
I need to try and print now, we need some more photo paper.... so watch this space ....lol..... thank yoi...


love Jean xx

Jean, When you have a photo that is dark try the I'm feeling lucky button, then slide the brightener button and you can sometimes lighten it right up.

Ann x

Ann, we put Picasa on, its brilliant I have been able to get rid of red eye and cropped some too....going to try printing some off, just to see if they are any better... love it....thanks for telling me... the piccies you sent are great. I have just taken delivery of all the mags I bought off e-bay, they are all for card making with some scrap pages in too. we are out tomorrow, my grandson tells me there is a Paper Mill and Craft shop at the Lowry outlet,.... oh,dear.....



love Jean x

Ann. P.m. sent


Jean x

Ann, it is a series of 3D petals... the background, I mean... and with little photos of Littlie peeking out from them, sort of like a fairy would..... but the whole background is one big flower rather than a series of little ones....... it would need to be a rose or the peony... they are the ones with enough petals... Somewhere I have some photos I took once of the dragonflies, plus some butterflies from years ago... I shall find those... I think they are on a thingy you plug in, but not sure which one.

I'll have a play with that this afternoon.... I am out all day tomorrow, one way and another, so sitting and gluing in between will keep me rested but active, lol So tomorrow I will finish at least one more page! I tend to get a bit nervous of actually starting... I have always been a bit like that when I was quilting and dressmaking..... fine once I got going, but worried for days before I started... unless it was a sudden spurt... I have been known to be sitting on the transport to a function, finishing off the hem of an outfit I started that morning, lol

Right.... lets go and have a browse through all my plug in thingies!!

Love

Daff xxxxx

God luck at the dentist Daff, mine is tomorrow!!

What effect are you looking for, maybe we can help. You don't need too heavy card for printing off photos, at least my printer doesn't like heavy card. Enjoy your trip to hobbycraft. I am just about to bite the bullet and do the monthly household accounts, the washing is finished, the dishwasher emptied and the kitchen cleared up so no more excuses Lol!!!!

Morning all.... I am off to the dentist soon.... and I feel a trip to Hobbycraft is a suitable reward for being a good, brave girl, don't you think, lol.... Ann, I have card on my shopping list! I have been practising with ordinary paper... I have reams of it from my days as a tutor, lol

I couldn't sleep last night for a couple of hours.... I have had my 7 hours, but with a gap of 4 in between, lol not straight through.... anyway, I was going over and over this page in my head..... and I have one more effect I want to try and get... I can use it on Princess Twinkletoes' pages if it is successful, but again I have no idea how to achieve the effect I have in my head... as I have said, I always did try to run before I could crawl, lol

But I shall start gluing this afternoon as soon as I have printed off all the stuff I need for my appointment tomorrow. My mum has also given me another bag full of negatives, photos and memorabilia... looks as though this was a family visit to Bristol Zoo with my younger siblings... by the look of some of the outfits, it was after I had married and left home, and moved overseas... I haven't seen them before. But this would be an easy one to start my mother's with, I think..... more room to hide mistakes, lolol

Must go.... want to have a nosey around the boards before I go out as it is a bit too early to leave yet... appointment is at 11.15.

Love

Daff xxxx

Jean, the photos that are dark will have been dark on the camera, not made dark by downloading onto your PC. If you have a photo programme such as Picasa on your PC it might be possible to brighten them. Send me one of the dark ones and I will see if I can do anything with it.

Blurred photos that Daff is talking about. On one of my pages of my granddaughter I have used one of the main photos as backing paper. What I did was use the soft focus on Picasa whereby I can keep the main subject, in this case my granddaughter, in focus and throw the rest of the photo, in this case trees, out of focus.

Hi, everyone, now whats this about blurred photos, is it camera shake or something more proffesional? you leave me standing when it comes to photo wizardry, Ann...I am so upset about the g.r. print offs, came out dark will have to try again. although some are fine, wonder why there is a differance....I was getting D to get them printed for me, ready for when I can start scrapping again, although by the looks of things it will be some time with all the clearing out and of course the kitchen being updated... how I miss the craft room I used to have , it was great to just walk away and shut the door, now I have to put my stuff away everytime....any new pages for me folks...hope you are all well and busy scrapping...

love Jean xx

With the 3D flowers Daff, are you printing on photo paper or card. You actually only need photo paper for the top part, if you know what I mean, sometimes a none shiny effect is better. Glad you got the blurred focus sorted.

Lolol.... I am being a bit slow, aren't I? I have a couple of pages sorted, more or less, but something is missing from them... I feel I need some more ribbon, lol........ that, too, is Ann's fault, after seeing her ribbon stash last week, lolol Oh, and her scrapbooks have given me lots of ideas, too.... I have played around with a couple... Ann, I have got those garden photos *smudged* and I love the effects... it really works well with the *prettiest Flower in my Garden* theme... but I want to play around with the idea I had as well..... I have been zooming in onto one of the flowers, and have practised cutting them out petal by petal to turn into 3D flowers. I made a complete hash of the first one, the second isn't too bad.... and the third is better, the roses work better than the fuschia, lol

Maybe next week I'll finish them..... the other page is a faiground theme, and is much easier, and I have started gathering photos for the sandpit.....

Tomorrow, son number 2 will be sending photos of my other Granddaughter's first day at proper school, lol....... she is only four, bless her! So I have been taking photos of pens, pencils, lunchbox etc to mute and fudge and use as backgrounds... then I shall start her book, as well.

To be honest... I am enjoying the learning and gathering process, as I find it very relaxing and therapeutic!! That feels like it is the best bit, at the moment, lol

Love

Daff xxxxx

Hi, all, I have just bought lots of craft stuff for cards,I wasnt going to start again , but its all your fault Ann, with getting me fired up with this thread,
now I cant resist, soooo my friends are you going to send me piccies of your card making efforts, please...happy crafting....


love Jean x

Oh dear, sorry if I'm a bad influence! Son number 3 is cursing me at the moment too - I've got his girlfriend into scrapbooking big time and now they're just about to move into their first house she's already commandeered the small bedroom as a craft room!!! He's not a happy bunny...........

Now I really am off to do the housework..........maybe after a cuppa and a browse through some magazines to get some inspiration for my pages!

Do stop it Dee, I have already bought Scrapbook Inspirations and Scrapbook magazine this month, now you tell me another one is out!!!!!

Hi Ladies

Haven't been in the craft room much this week, although I have managed to do one small page for my Grandmother'sbox album - a sepia photo of her sorting coffee beans on the farm in East Africa, so all done in coffee and cream colours.

I'm just off to give the house a very quick lick and promise (more to keep OH happy but he can do the cobwebs - well, who am I to make a spider or twenty homeless?!) and then I'm going to shut myself away to do the double page of Thorpe Park last weekend.

Got the October issue of Scrapbook Trends through the door on Thursday - some lovely pages again this month.

Thank you Jean for that.