More cats

Thank you all so very much for your comments which I enjoyed reading, hoping to see some of your peel offs appearing soon. This past week I managed to go for a walk with two of my daughters and my gorgeous little grandson, he is doing very well so thank you for asking. I was fair puffed out after the event so have dusted off my exercise machine and have restarted my physio. I was lucky in that the physio set my exercises to do on the machine I have at home so really I have no excuse not to do them - much better idea than using the machine to dry my towel on. 
I am having some success with my decluttering and have unearthed my piano (you think I jest).  Had some fun explaining to my fuzzy FM brain that the left hand goes CBAGF, fortunately it takes headphones so the strangled cat noise can only be heard by me. 
The cats on my card are much more peaceful I think, and I did enjoy popping them all on there. My pal Val at http://aquarius-aquariusblog.blogspot.pt/ was asking what we did before so many lovely dies, my! that question had me thinking about my wonderful addiction, lol. So here is my fun loving cat card which will suit anyone and I am at last also managing to do some of these animal cards I set out to do about a year ago. 

Paper  and card - card blank is a 6 inch square , 

brick card was given to me ages ago,

 Dies used :- Memory Box Bistro Label ,

Poppystamps Leafy Sprig Border & Diamond Background and

All Occasion Cats.

Hugs to all. Flora

A quick bit of sun

Hello my very patient pals. Thank you for continuing to pop in on my occasional visit and also your lovely comments. Today I have a very quick card to celebrate the fact we have had a few days of sunshine in Somerset, we are all breathing sighs of happiness, also another much needed man card.
My de-cluttering continues apace although so far my crafty stash has escaped, lol. The only thing I will say is that craft shopping is now minimum, as we are told that financial recovery is on it's way - I am very proud of my contribution to the said recovery. 
The peel off box has been out again as I do like to use up some of my old stash and they are quite useful when you need a quick card and don't want to make a mess - hmmm does that sound right! 
I also used the Die-namics Sun Ray die which is one of my favourites. Goodness me isn't time flying past, seems to be leaping on in weeks rather than days. Better get this post onto here now and hopefully I will get to visiting you later. In case I don't, and even if I do, I am sending hugs and happiness to all, Flora.

Lets go fishing

Thank you all for your comments which I enjoyed reading very much. Well my grandson has arrived with a bit of encouragement, including a blue light dash between hospitals, as he was determined not to put in an appearance. I don't really blame him as we have had such an appalling spate of weather. I have been watching the news and wonder if I am on the same planet, as we had rain all day yesterday and the news said we didn't. 
I will not be able to blog or comment in the coming week as we travel tomorrow and I shall stay behind on The Wirral for a few days helping out. Fortunately I am not driving as it is 200 miles and today's journey of 60 miles was quite trying. (I really must start doing better with my driving).
With loads of thanks to my pal Hazel at http://hazelsbasketsofjoy.blogspot.co.uk/ as my nappy cake was very well received. It is not to Hazel's beautiful standard but I enjoyed making it and was especially happy with the little romper suit as both parents enjoy fishing and it got a great chuckle. Here is my attempt anyway.  Hugs until I see you all again.

Cats Watching

Hello to all my crafty pals and Thank You for being so kind. I usually find it easy to be on my own rattling about the house, but I have to say I was very glad to be playing with bits of card today, I am still so very pleased that I was introduced to such a relaxing hobby and also for all the inspiration and enjoyment blogland has to offer. I also enjoyed some telly crafting, watching Nancy. 
My card today definitely has cats on it , lol, and these ones were from a free sample again (but already ordered before this month's budget ran out, lol). I think it will make another man card in my box. Hugs to all. xx Flora

Paper  and card - card blank is a 6 inch square, 

red card is Core'dination with a bit of washi tape,

 Dies used :- Die-namics Jumbo Fishtail Banner Stax ,

Poppystamps Garden Trellis, 

Die-Versions Happy Birthday corner,

Cheery Lynn Kitty Kitty Meow Meow and

Sizzix Embossing Folder Burlap.

Man dog hopefully

Hello to my lovely crafty pals and Thank You for your comments which I enjoyed reading very much. I managed a quick look around blogland but if I missed making comments please blame the goldfish attention span. I am not going to mention the w*****r suffice to say we count ourselves extremely lucky sitting up on the Mendips. Sending hugs to all who need them and taking a few from the hug pot as I lost a dear brother-in-law this week. Hubby is away up to Liverpool today and will remain there helping with all that needs to be done. 
Hopefully this is going to qualify as a man card as that is what is much needed in my box. I think it is a dog but I suspect if it grew whiskers it might be a cat, lol. This is one of my oldest dies and had slipped to the edge of the box unnoticed for some time. 
I also wandered around the online crafty shops this week and found my January and February craft budget skipping out the door so quickly, and that was before the Sue Wilson dies appeared. I expect my wish list to look quite lengthy and might have to introduce a priority column to it, lol. I know that I don't need anything else but it is all so tempting.
I am ignoring my stamps and they are waiting patiently but I honestly need a bit of space for stamping and colouring. Without further ado here goes and please excuse the photo.

Paper  and card - card blank is a 6 inch square 

made from pearly card, 

rusty card is Core'dination,

 Dies used :- Ellison Trophy ,

Dienamics Let's Chat & Lattice Fence (sample) and

wooden Dog with ball.

Rocket

Hello pals, Thank You very much for your comments and the lovely welcome back I received. Hope you have all recovered - I have checked and none of those leggy bits escaped into blogland.  This is a very quick card which I made with a couple of sample die-cuts I was sent when I ordered others, of course these two are now on my wish list. I think this card is quite gentle on the eye. 
The fun part of receiving sample cuts is trying to work out which die, and I tracked these down to Die-versions (haven't got any of that make yet!), there are so many makes available nowadays. I am still struggling with the weather here in Somerset, I seem to remember being told that the West country had such wonderful weather, where has it gone!!! Off to put the heating back on. Hugs to all. xx Flora

Man card with scary stuff

Hello to all my crafty pals and Thank You for your good wishes. I am still without a craft area to work in so have been a very absent blogger, I hope you are all well and coping with the atrocious weather we are having. I feel very sorry for anyone who has been flooded so hugs to anyone affected.
I have no idea where the time is going, even my coffee gets cold before I get to it. I got sidetracked into de-cluttering and have spent many hours cleaning the hundreds of books we own and selecting many hundred to go to the bookbank. We have also recycled a huge amount, including decades of collected magazines but I have said a firm NO to anything crafty going, lol.
Asked to make a man card with scary stuff I was tempted to just write (Merry Christmas) on it. Here is what I put together and any comments/suggestions will be gratefully read. 
I have only got a couple of man cards left in my box so I do need to give mojo a huge nudge and get on with it. Hope to pop around and see you all soon.