Now I'm really late!

Hi folks, I hope you've had a good week?  It's been one of those messy weeks for me, didn't get much done! And now I'm late for one of my favourite challenges LIM many apologies ladies.

A recipe this week, three of something, two of something and 1 of something :0) and without further ado, my cards

The first is using my prize from July, wonderful WOW embossing powders


3 Embossing powders ( Black Twinkle, Metallic Silver Sparkle and White twinkle )
2 Colours blue and black
1 Sentiment

This is also for Rudolph day over at Stamping for pleasure  nearly didn't make this one either, sorry Sarn :0)

 By clicking on this pic you can see how glittery they are :0)















My next card,
I tree/ stamp
2 Layers
3, techniques, Stamping, masking, sponging

I can add more details if anyone would like just let me know, hugs Gay xxx

Candy at the Craft Barn!!!

Hello my crafty friends, just thought you might like a heads up, over at the Craft Barn there is a lovely candy on offer!! Celebrating 1160 followers YAY!!!

Just Click HERE or on the link in my side bar to check it out, Good Luck!!!

Tick tock, that'll be a clock!

Hello and welcome, it's Saturday and the start of the weekend. The weatherman wasn't very positive with his predictions, rain and more rain I certainly hope he's wrong.
This weekend I've made a card all about clocks,  I love the image of the clock face peeking out from behind, it's a cute clock, I  have a bit of a thing about clock faces and am very particular about which ones I really like.........this one certainly pleases me LOL

Well there you have my clock card. Over at the Craft Barn blog the design team have been playing with Tando clocks and all their lovely hard work is  available for you to peruse, I'm sure they would love it if you popped over to check it out :0)

Thank you to everyone who left me comments about my last post on my  father's glassine, I will be coming to your blog soon, it's been a bit busy here with family stuff. I'm just catching up but I would like to say what a lovely response I had! Thank you all for such kind comments, you are a lovely bunch :0) hugs Gay xxx

Update, I'm so sorry, your comments are getting through but I don't post them until I've time to reply and at the moment I have a house full of family and won't be able to answer them until tomorrow, thanks to you all, will catch up soon my friends!! :0) Gay xx

Here is what I used

CI-305 Clock stamps and CI Minatures People and Places book

Gold detail embossing powder.

Washi tape

Gold mirri card and Distress inks

Our special offer this week:

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Just type TANDOCLOCK

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Tearing for LIM

Hello everybody,
Welcome, lovely to see you, pull up a chair if you have a minute, grab your favourite tipple and let's have a chin wag! Gosh that's an old saying one from my childhood, I'm reminiscing a lot today :0)

Today I made a card for LIM where Chrissie and Mandi the lovely divas in residence have challenged us to create a card with some tearing on it!

My tearing has been done on the piece of Glassine that's behind the clock, That piece of glassine is really precious, my father made it! More details further down the page if you're interested. I embossed it and tore it then layered it over the stamped image. From a piece of gold holographic card I cut out a Tim Holtz die, the clock. Another TH stamp for the clock face!My sentiment is from Whimsy stamps
Thanks for dropping in, Gay xxx



My Dad's Glassine
Dad has been gone for many years now but he worked as a Calender Man in a papermill, a job that required quite some skill in handling the great rolls of paper as they moved up or down the massive rollers to dry or be treated in some way. He would often check the paper's progress with his hands and he had almost smooth as glass but rock hard callouses on them. He told me that Glassine was the finest paper that they made and he brought some home just to show me, now that must have been about 35 or more years ago so it's very precious to me!

I was surprised when a certain Mr Holtz started a line of Glassine products but his is dyed brown and opaque as you can see my Dad's was translucent and as fine as the best vellum :0) I think this was quite an achievement because I remember him telling me all about it and he didn't often talk about his work at all. Shift work, often 12hour shifts made him grumpy at times and I can remember having to play quietly so that he could sleep during the day, with three young girls, my sisters and I probably made his getting and staying asleep really hard.

He didn't make the glassine alone, it was just one of the products the mill produced but he seemed really proud of that one! I do have a whole pack of it and you would think that after all those years it would have yellowed but no it's still white. I hesitated to use it but what good is it stuck in the cupboard? No I think  he would have wanted it used :0)