Today's blog is dedicated to my friend and sewing buddy Anne-Marie as she was on the phone to me whilst I was uploading this blog
3 cards so far this week, very exciting stuff

this card arrived today from Barbara Linzey in Virginia

and this one from Sue Singer in California... very autumny

this came yesterday from Carol Hansen in Nashville Tenessee... wonder if she knows Dolly... humm?

Right now followers, I want you to leave comments... lets have a poll, how wonderful! tell me which of these 3 cards is your favourite and why

Today's blog is dedicated to my dad, Ken, he tries really hard, mum hasn't been that gr8 lately as I told you yesterday and father cops for the lot! on top of that Grandma (his mum) isn't doing too gr8, she's still in hospital after breaking her femur the other week. Poor dad he's not having much luck with the ladies in his life. Good job he's got me and my sister. Tee Hee. Oh and don't 4get Gemma, Amy, Nats and Sarah (the grandaughters) come to think of it he's in danger of having too many ladies in his life... poor dad.

And another postcard, I love this one, it came today, its from Sue Singer in California and is part of the art deco swap I did, remember I posted my ladies the other day? Anyway I like this one.

Today I have introduced my mum Syl to the world of blogging. I have set my blog as one of her favourites and showed her around. Then jigger me if she didn't complain that I hadn't put her photo on. So mother, stick this in your pipe and smoke it!!!
Actually I'm teasing I love this pic and I'm proud to show off my mum to the world.

Now then, who will be next...?

Today's blog is dedicated to my mum Sylvia as shes not in gr8 form at the moment. So mum if you've managed to get on this site - I love you x

Cooking on gas today!

These two cards are part of a postcard swap with the theme 'monochromatic' that means you can only use the same colours but different values of it. As you can see I used blue. The picture or pattern was up to us.

This one is called 'night beams'

and this one is called 'moon boat'.

I still haven't managed to get any nearer with my college work (term starts this weekend! oops) but my excuse is having the little fella to live with us for a while. Going back to having a baby in the house was/is a bit of a shock.

Well as they say... 'that's all folks'

In my excitement I almost 4got to add this creation by Joan Levin from Maryland USA, its called 'Lava Flow' and actually up close does resemble a lava flow its quite clever really.

My latest postcard has arrived from Sally Burke in Illinois, its the final one from the mermaid theme.

These are my finished Art Deco postcards, in the absence of any suggestions I did glitter and a border. I'm feeling a bit peculiar at the moment because these cards are scarily sophisticated compared to my usual offerings. Oh well I'll have to double my attempts to return to humour or risque productions in the future. LOL.

Oh and by the way for any of you who keep fish tanks on facebook (rachel) I cleaned my tank flushed my dead fish and bought some more (but they were due to die at 2am this morning) then out of curiosity logged onto your aquarium for a nosey... and the algae was unbelievable ooooo people in glass tanks... so I cleaned your mess, and abigails and gemma's. Am I now 4given for my attack of sophistication? xxxx

Today this postcard arrived, its from Diana Hale in California, the theme is monochromatic, this card is very calming don't you think?

This is one of my postcards I made for a swap with the theme of mermaids. I am quite pleased with it but was a bit shy about doing mermaid faces and so this one is called 'spot the mermaid' gone for a swim back in 5 minutes.

After the first few I started to feel brave and developed the mer 'maid'

...and by the time I got to this one I was getting really carried away. This one is called 'rush hour.'

Get a load of this beauty! My very good friend Rachel made it for me. It arrived in the post today I'm well chuffed with it.

Today's blog is dedicated to Helen from the quilting group I go to at Ostletwistle, she told me today that she checks my blog regularly and has noticed that I haven't blogged for a while so ta dah! This blog is especially 4 U!

Not only do I think that Ostletwistle is a fab name for a town but get a load of this, our quilting group is in the Immanuel Hall. I don't know about you but to me, the name conjours up the finest images of Lancashire.

This card arrived earlier this week its from Diana Hale in Auburn, California.

And here's another! This one is from Barbara Lockwood, Brookdale, California. It was from a swap I did with the theme of Mermaids.

I posted my cards out to people yesterday and I will post pictures of them here in a few days. I wanted to give people time to receive them before I show the world. I thought that if I posted them now it would be like giving people their presents before Christmas.

What do you think to this little number? I joined an Art Deco fabric postcard swap, so far I have made a freezer paper stencil, ironed it onto my black fabric and then rubbed a brown Markal paintstick over the top. When I've cut the card to size there won't be any space left top and bottom and only a small amount to each side. I'm stuck now, I don't know what to do as regards finishing it, so any suggestions are gratefully received. Ideas so far are; stitch a tall, Art Deco vertical line pattern up each side, put a little glitter on, overlay with a sheer fabric, do some quilting around the spaces within the design. If anyone has any preferences or new ideas please feel free to share them.

Well that's all for tonight folks, we have our grandson living with us at the moment (he's 15 months old and beautiful) but I know we'll be on the go by about 6.30 am so I'm off for an early night. Na night, sleep tight x