Hobbies and Crafts

Ann

There's Mottisfont Abbey Rose Garden which is near Romsey - supposed to be very nice but again, right on my doorstep and I've never been there. Plus there's Hilliers Aboretum which does autumn walks.

Page finished!! It's okay - not one of my better ones but I'm sure son will love it. I keep telling myself that its the thought that counts!

Ninja lady, we keep saying we will go to Exbury when the Rhododendrons are out as well but don't get down to daughters at the right time. There is another NY garden in the area as well that we keep meaning to go to (can't remember the name right now). Good luck with finishing the page then.

Ann

Glad you had a nice day. I keep promising every year that I'll go down to Exbury Gardens when the rhododendrons are in bloom but never seem to get round to it. Perhaps next year.........

Have taken the morning off work as I wanted ot get a page of my son and grandson done to put into a deep box frame to give to son as a birthday pressie on Sunday. I'm almost there but I've kept this one very simple so it hasn't taken to long.

Have got grandson and his mother round this afternoon - she's just become addicted to doing her family tree and needs help tracing some elusive ancestors so its going to be a good afternoon methinks!

Thanks Dee, we did, it was lovely, took enough photos for a couple of pages I think!!

Happy anniversary Ann - hope you have a lovely day at Westonbirt.

Westonbirt is a wonderful place, comes into its own in the autumn but lovely other times as well. This week is the week of the tree and there are supposed to be wood carvers there.

I really must stop buying craft stuff I have just got stuff for card making , couldnt resist, so looks like I will be making cards again, still trying to scan all the photos I have so I can do my friends Golden wedding album. and the the G.R.one....might make a change making cards.....we can start taking snaps of those,......

Ann, you should get some nice photos tomorrow, I love Trees ... especially early summer and autumn....have nice day...

Love Jean x

Not done any scrap pages for a couple of days as I needed to catch up with my card stock, made five yesterday and so far four today. Out tomorrow so back to scrapping on friday, hopefully with photos from tomorrow, our anniversary.

It is a long thread now Jill and this is the replacement. Please add some of your scrapbooking exploits of late!!

The wanderer returns :)) a lot of reading to do to catch up

xx Jill

No don't watch it Jude. I have several CDs but generally forget to use them Lol!!!! Let us know how you get on with it.

Hi there:o)

Do any of you watch Create & Craft....l saw a gorgeous cd the other day for christmas, its called jingle jangle christmas, just ordered one. The website also do downloadable b/papers, some free some chargeable, but not expensive.......:o)))

jude

Will do, Ann...... I hve found those tweezers again, so maybe the double sided tape will work better, and not wrap itself around me, lol

I'll save up for the x-cutters, I think... thanks Sallie and Ninja Lady.

Love

Daff xxxx

Daff, if you have used pritt stick on the page you have completed check it after a couple of days. I have found it has a tendancy to 'dry out' and things come unstuck which is a bit of a problem with card making in particular.

As an aside - i made five cards this afternoon so didn't get any scrapping done.

Daff, although I have only been scrapbooking for just over a year, I learned
on the very first page I did, not to use wet glue.The whole page was a disaster. Now I only use double-sided tape to stick down photos, paper and journalling. I've got the X cutters and template frames, I find them OK to use. If I can use them, I'm sure you will be able to. I'm always a bit wary trying out something new, but was fine with the X cut.

Best wishes, Sallie.

Evening all... yes, Ninja Lady, those are the ones... I saw them the other day.... they are more expensive than the Fiskars, but then I find the Fiskars a little awkward to use... it might be that my hands are playing up, as well, .. but with the Fiskars.

I have bought more glue today....... lol... Sallie, it seems I shall be following in your footsteps!!

The actual photos, I used pritt stick for... that seems to have worked ok, and today I bought a glue specifically for fabrics, rather than crafts... just in case I use felt again!

Ann... I shall persevere with the double sided tape!!

Love

Daff xxxxxx

Ninja Lady, is the machine called X-cut impress?I have just seen one with 3 die cuts and was wondering if it will be worth getting....


Jean x

Daff

Do you mean for cutting out things like frames, ovals, circles?

My friend and I share a set of X cut frame cutting templates (different sized ovals, circles and squares) with the little cutter that rolls around the edge of the frames so no chance of cutting ourselves there. I haven't used any of the Fiskars stuff I'm afraid.

And I agree Ann, I very rarely use wet glue - double sided tape, Herma photo tabs or the dreaded tiny sticky dots are my adhesives of choice. Sometimes if I want to raise something up off the page I'll use the sticky fixer pads but, again, that's a dry adhesive.

Ah you mean when you print your journalling then stick it with glue? I don't use wet glue for that I use double sided tape - always!

Don't know the answer to your last question Daff Ninja lady might.

Daff I'd be tempted to just use a drier glue but then I am a collector of glues when I spot a new one I have to try it and then they usually get consigned to the shelf. Like a lot of other things!