I'm still trying to do my x stitch dragon. I had almost finshed it when I dound I'd made a mistake almost at the very beginning of the pattern. I ended up undoing almost a third of it to rectify the mistake. It wasn't a mistake I could bluff my way through unfortunately. Then as a result I didn't have enough thread to finish it. Luckily I found some spare thread the same DMC 701 in another kit so I was able to finish the x stitching. I'm now doing all the back stitch. And back stitch is not my favourite part of x stitch lol.
I have managed to get a couple of cards done in the interim though. One is for my lil sis for her nephews to give to their mum and dad on Saturday for their wedding. The other is for a fellow committee member's birthday next Tuesday. Happy Birthday Delphine.
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| Delphine's birthday card |
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| Wedding card |
For the wedding card I took the image from Design Objectives new Forever Friends triple cd. I can't wait for the launch of the Me To You version of the new range of cd's. I also triend out the new paper roses. after having a play with scrap paper I have now mastered the technique. I was watching Clare curd on Create and Craft and have to agree using the hot glue gun does make it easier as it dries almost instantly. I'm usually a Pinflait glue gel girl. But for this technique a glue gun deos make it easier. I also see that Design Objectives are launching thier own version of nesties, yipee. I'm a huge fan of Design Objectives. And I do like the new Tim Holtz range from Core'dinations. I can see I me needing some of those too lol. I love textured card and core'dinations card means you can do so much more with your scrapbooking as well as your card making and much, much more.
I'm hoping to get some decorating done this month and next as my poor apartment is looking very sorry for itself now. I have everything and went to start it all last week only to find that yes I had all i needed but it would be helpful to get a paint tray for the roller's!! I need to take a trip to B and Q I think and find a paint tray. With this nice weather it's perfect as I can have all the windows wide open. Hopefully lil miss K will go out and not try and "help". Spirit will do her best to "help" as well. Bless!!! Once it's all done I can then wash all the carpets. Little babies can be so messy!! My next task will be to make them both slippers so they don't get their mucky paws all over my nice clean carpets.
