tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77310003324870938182024-03-05T19:17:44.136-08:00One of the Crabbit Craftersa place where I can put down thoughts etcpuddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-24262997321729782302011-04-28T06:48:00.003-07:002011-04-28T06:48:18.846-07:00Spending the afternoon in the garden with Rebecca playing with sand xpuddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-84736596550095793652011-04-26T14:15:00.001-07:002011-04-26T14:15:44.475-07:00I must get back into using my blog and get it updated...on holiday next week so I may have chance to do just that.puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-419501220006513592011-04-26T13:53:00.000-07:002011-04-26T14:16:23.116-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a better photo (taking photos is not one of my strong points lol)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82yMnWzJZAYdcMXC1ZDtYDQWR0rUdhaagkte9Qeo6d8KBcbW6fxshz5Qxxx-lRS3dzUHq2etXi-fLeNxjY_QUCoE-d9SYHMIes4nyC4Bmwq5UBPMEVvslUmVPdAdQjaulFo9pnoSwDtQ/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82yMnWzJZAYdcMXC1ZDtYDQWR0rUdhaagkte9Qeo6d8KBcbW6fxshz5Qxxx-lRS3dzUHq2etXi-fLeNxjY_QUCoE-d9SYHMIes4nyC4Bmwq5UBPMEVvslUmVPdAdQjaulFo9pnoSwDtQ/s320/untitled.bmp" width="240" /></a></div>puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-69821051312138271492011-04-26T13:39:00.000-07:002011-04-26T13:39:22.176-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this is my first attempt at a wall hanging.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the base is MDF 3''x8''.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">painted with cream emulsion and the stamps are from unity stamps, watercoloured and parts of the images are glazed. the flowers are from prima.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">thanks for looking,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyqVZ9Y3h43LnKwcSobyQNy3uKxQsJjvv6ORz8VD3n0E7kLq23ANeTi-lK-S56u8AapV8F-wL4TB2EYH3UKJSi7xcB3FhJvO2-2Dh1vZTQrSwr-g2ijyyJ8ZKnHGqEdiEpsXKdYGNbD0/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimyqVZ9Y3h43LnKwcSobyQNy3uKxQsJjvv6ORz8VD3n0E7kLq23ANeTi-lK-S56u8AapV8F-wL4TB2EYH3UKJSi7xcB3FhJvO2-2Dh1vZTQrSwr-g2ijyyJ8ZKnHGqEdiEpsXKdYGNbD0/s320/photo.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-17639974768282808032009-03-17T12:47:00.000-07:002009-03-17T12:51:38.974-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsQ6fp2UC0ZoB6q9dyxVd67m724jZCwDUom-UOLyqnPnFq-TW67bNO4x8A_zIOnV_THStMxASjqbPG-cqSSZIBx66tviJDkqbqplN5edcyYOebTBLXP_XUpxis7NpjB78ANp990tVhqo/s1600-h/ireland+103.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314246093792417474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsQ6fp2UC0ZoB6q9dyxVd67m724jZCwDUom-UOLyqnPnFq-TW67bNO4x8A_zIOnV_THStMxASjqbPG-cqSSZIBx66tviJDkqbqplN5edcyYOebTBLXP_XUpxis7NpjB78ANp990tVhqo/s320/ireland+103.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>this is for the march friendship swap.</div><div>new tilda spring stamp used, coloured using promarkers.</div><div>think i need a wee bit more practice with them.</div><div>paper, button and bee charm all from my stash.</div><div>prima flowers are highlighted with gold pen.</div>puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-1885907386129929292009-03-01T07:09:00.000-08:002009-03-01T07:20:15.974-08:00card kit swap on dc<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbk3zhuawQ5p9LTAOJDTxvr64mzazJlqceGJgWlntijcfrn_WMhcqSC_8sH6xhkMmHsgVWlxJDbZ-_dGZLKP_oqHg9or9yrw5fsnL5mquQFhSL3gqypqZowOj1zJtQBqRwsQotQsY4d2A/s1600-h/ireland+082.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308239370511239426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbk3zhuawQ5p9LTAOJDTxvr64mzazJlqceGJgWlntijcfrn_WMhcqSC_8sH6xhkMmHsgVWlxJDbZ-_dGZLKP_oqHg9or9yrw5fsnL5mquQFhSL3gqypqZowOj1zJtQBqRwsQotQsY4d2A/s320/ireland+082.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHxVDg1PV4JohvsliiS6n-0JqJXMnGANoVGK7VD7ns-FCm215bl5Qg-ifAyrw1EaQj2HDtE3U4lHBN_8iCOf9IxLPeyUVKJmCD0YKqbT3syEYhFG5Wd6XKuQ0KQj9cn7Hs4UtI4E7jic/s1600-h/ireland+081.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308237711913835922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHxVDg1PV4JohvsliiS6n-0JqJXMnGANoVGK7VD7ns-FCm215bl5Qg-ifAyrw1EaQj2HDtE3U4lHBN_8iCOf9IxLPeyUVKJmCD0YKqbT3syEYhFG5Wd6XKuQ0KQj9cn7Hs4UtI4E7jic/s320/ireland+081.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>had really good fun with this challenge. as you can see we used the same materials as each other but came up with different cards.</div><br /><br /><div>i used the threading water punch and prisma pencils to colour the image ands made a paper bow.</div><br /><br /><div>i hope my partner has as much fun i as did.</div></div>puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-70094583763672609872009-01-26T04:41:00.000-08:002009-01-26T04:43:47.431-08:00not been on for a while "arthur "is playing up, so I am taking it easy for a while. I am having a pj day today and just pottering about(carefully)....puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-91312307890845316692009-01-15T09:26:00.000-08:002009-01-15T09:32:45.938-08:00new friendship card<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSypwlSSfAbLIq5R7tGvBfZrs2c-2zidGVDS5fQmMGOS3H8x5R0-5vEhBOyrqg61UvdlU-V_dZQ_-Pwd1qow08CJDrU51gn77QeHli777WUBLsVkdmOEFszgckkUZJIIq4rQ-0hR-JgGg/s1600-h/ireland+049.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291574447117410818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSypwlSSfAbLIq5R7tGvBfZrs2c-2zidGVDS5fQmMGOS3H8x5R0-5vEhBOyrqg61UvdlU-V_dZQ_-Pwd1qow08CJDrU51gn77QeHli777WUBLsVkdmOEFszgckkUZJIIq4rQ-0hR-JgGg/s320/ireland+049.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>this is for the jan friendship swap on dc.</div><br /><div>first time using plasma as cardstock, it is quite difficult to score and fold (then again it could be my hands not being able to put a lot of pressure on the plasma) used cuttlebug embossing folder on core'dinations and then sanded, added flowers and ribbons also some skittles. hope she likes it....</div><br />i am not the best at taking photo's lol x<br /><br />oops forgot to say stamped on the plasma using pb stamp and white stazon...puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-15565003931488794022009-01-11T10:32:00.000-08:002009-01-12T02:04:12.173-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaAb31GZS_UAxYgykwCTj442Q4P-cz2bfPXcPdUlzAQOJkIUSrWRm186PRA4i6tGd0sQ1D5t5xxwQ0WVvY9rXQ03_GBaoTUX0nXNocNcwzVmjAcTI44sTEMM61dDIeuI1nyid_zC_N5w/s1600-h/100_1278.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290345654691446866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpaAb31GZS_UAxYgykwCTj442Q4P-cz2bfPXcPdUlzAQOJkIUSrWRm186PRA4i6tGd0sQ1D5t5xxwQ0WVvY9rXQ03_GBaoTUX0nXNocNcwzVmjAcTI44sTEMM61dDIeuI1nyid_zC_N5w/s320/100_1278.JPG" border="0" /></a> rebecca is now 3 months old<br /><br /><br /><br />hello again<br />have had a really good weekend , was taken out for a lovely meal on sat night for my birthday,by my lovely hubby. sam,garham and rebecca were there as were close friends bill and liz.<br />and today i met up with the rest of the crabbit crafters for lunch and what a lovely day it was .it was just so nice to catch up with everyone.<br />bob and sparkles will see you soon xx<br /><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-9859374785191806132009-01-08T11:59:00.000-08:002009-01-08T12:09:53.169-08:00I am just sitting vegging out with my feet up, laptop on my lap(where else lol) watching the telly....well we all know women can multi task.<br />that is my 2 days at work done for this week,because i finished up on the 17 th dec and didn't start back until yesterday there was a lot of paper work to catch up on i am all typed out lol...<br /><br /><br />it is hard to believe i will be 50 years old on monday...my age doesn't bother me but that seems awfully big number!!!!. I am only 25 in my head !!! then when i look in the mirror and there is a middle age woman looking back at me ........and i think she had a lot of fun getting to look like that hee hee .<br /><br /><br />I am looking forward to spending some time with sam and rebecca tomorrow......puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-78744621051715398042009-01-04T07:23:00.000-08:002009-01-04T07:28:47.713-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6DZFAyQhcWldFvFKNZTHiveuNtaLmkNfb2WrfSPjwNT4LHdkZoMpZPwRD8vl3-1wYD0ji8TOyAIIRDnydyUt-m3itD0HzXetBS0-J-zco1PQm0Pq4w0OYd7gjv-XguPVaUKOrBkpQvs/s1600-h/ireland+046.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287460596370830962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6DZFAyQhcWldFvFKNZTHiveuNtaLmkNfb2WrfSPjwNT4LHdkZoMpZPwRD8vl3-1wYD0ji8TOyAIIRDnydyUt-m3itD0HzXetBS0-J-zco1PQm0Pq4w0OYd7gjv-XguPVaUKOrBkpQvs/s320/ireland+046.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>My first card upload....it is for the friendship swap on the docrafts site</div><br /><div>This is my first time for using Promarkers.also first time masking stamps, I think a wee bit more practise is required.</div><br /><div>I cut tilda out and mounted her onto acetate, stamped a couple of swirls onto acetate with white stazon and then added some prima flowers.</div>puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-72121539520280265652009-01-04T07:20:00.000-08:002009-01-04T07:23:36.126-08:00Well I hope everyone had a guid new year.<br />We all had a shopping trip yesterday to the Metro Centre in Newcastle.. it was a big adventure for Rebecca she was so well behaved . She was loving the sights and sounds of the centre...well on her way to being a people watcher like her mummy and granma lol<br />xpuddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-68802446224425537662008-12-31T04:35:00.000-08:002008-12-31T04:39:12.488-08:00hello again<br />well the bathroom is almost finished...woo hoo.<br />I will post photos when it is completly finished.<br />John is away getting paint (I chose the colour).<br />so I hope we can get it done today . well off to finish hoovering etc...........what an exciting life i live. lol...<br /><br /><br />A guid new year to every one<br /><br />mary<br />xpuddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-7695080194233996832008-12-28T03:30:00.000-08:002008-12-28T14:26:34.478-08:00wooo hoooo i managed to get a few photo,s uploaded , rebecca was only a few weeks old in them.<br />and yes i did manage to have a shower last night and this morning....bliss.<br /><br />well for something really exciting now i am off to tesco .....oh i can hardly contain my excitment hee hee hee...<br />xpuddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-89667474926831813972008-12-28T03:21:00.000-08:002008-12-28T03:27:53.393-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_tV-_wYDX9RwYpCR2FWrYX7_-h6dpZqmPrtykJpdUO7k9aK0YntIm88Z0h_sgRKxddggZLNjlKgoFlLuPa8BBv4tzU8I0PldoyY6xoZxCVMC8P8d0LR9UkA6q67UiF3Tp4lf54sz4wI/s1600-h/DSC00068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284800069026127826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_tV-_wYDX9RwYpCR2FWrYX7_-h6dpZqmPrtykJpdUO7k9aK0YntIm88Z0h_sgRKxddggZLNjlKgoFlLuPa8BBv4tzU8I0PldoyY6xoZxCVMC8P8d0LR9UkA6q67UiF3Tp4lf54sz4wI/s320/DSC00068.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQQYKXWq17CIBiua5ObFiVitpmSfTLotdtj1WCU6-r_6bTotRWkRPhCmPEAvSbkwhOVjCSxkokmQPSw9XF2tf6-dEEaKnwCL3kgqbymClKH_iQs5J053b1s1b5AD39j0Q15leH7SvOQw/s1600-h/DSC00067.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284800064992758002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 145px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQQYKXWq17CIBiua5ObFiVitpmSfTLotdtj1WCU6-r_6bTotRWkRPhCmPEAvSbkwhOVjCSxkokmQPSw9XF2tf6-dEEaKnwCL3kgqbymClKH_iQs5J053b1s1b5AD39j0Q15leH7SvOQw/s320/DSC00067.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-506185280535814322008-12-27T10:11:00.001-08:002008-12-27T10:16:07.949-08:00well its a few hours later and I have been looking about and trying to get the hang of things.<br />I an getting lots of time to do this as my husband(john) is at this moment fitting a new bathroom suite ....... have been without water a few times, so may have to visit my friend just up the road for a shower as my hair is like a burst couch lol!!! i also have a few cards to make..<br /><br />i think i may try uploading photo's next, wish me luck lolpuddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731000332487093818.post-89397524041849982172008-12-27T05:51:00.000-08:002008-12-27T05:52:51.498-08:00new to this game :-)<em><span style="font-family:courier new;">hi </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:Courier New;">i am completly new to this so i hope you will bear with me..</span></em>puddycatloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14820455975848905054noreply@blogger.com0