Crafting @ Eighty

 Hello everyone! How are you all during this very variable weather we are having. I hope you are all well. Today I have a photo of another of the tangle designs I have been working on.  This one is of my own designs which I suspect is inspired by the many designs & patterns that I have looked at on the Internet. My hand is rather shaky which shows on some lines, but I seem to be smoother when working on my own ideas rather than when copying others. I suppose I am a little more relaxed then. Thank you for visiting me - do come again & I am always pleased to receive comments or its nice if you just say "Hi".

Good afternoon on a very hot day where it is difficult to know what to do with yourself.  I hope everyone is fine is this weather. Recently I spoke of the challenge of a birthday card for our grandsons fourth birthday. Well, his birthday was yesterday & I did manage to come up with a colourful idea built around an interest he has at the moment.  Aeroplanes & helicopters.  He is so fascinated by them that his parents took him to a nearby airport yesterday for him to watch the landing & leaving as part of his birthday treat. Here is my card; This is the front inside left inside right I Googled for royalty free papers & images.  Having selected the images I wanted I put them into a photo management software & resized them, then printed them & cut into small photos.  I took one of the helicopters & through the same software managed to insert our grandsons face as if he was riding in it. All the images were then laminated. I was pleased wi...

...... that one of my challenge cards was chosen in top 3.  The challenge blog was Addicted to Clean & Simple  & the challenge was for a Christmas Card  This was the card I submitted. I haven't been myself for a couple of days, a combination of state of health & this hot weather - but this has cheered  me up no end, & hopefully kick start my mojo.

 Good afternoon on a beautifully sunny warm day. As I am not allowed to sit out in the sun due to adverse reaction of sun with my medication I have been in my craft room this afternoon having a little tangle fun. This design I have seen somewhere in my travels around Google & You Tube looking at Zentangling ideas. So I have produced it pretty much from memory. My hand was very shaky this afternoon so some of the smaller shapes I found a bit tricky to do & I can see through the photo that the colouring in, particularly in black, there are some white patches.  It is the first time I have attempted to make a gem on a piece, & I am actually quite happy with that. Like everything new it is practice & more practice that helps improve work. So must set aside time for more practice. I hope you are having a good weekend, enjoy the sunshine & thank you for stopping by.

Good afternoon everyone.  I have another Challenge blog card for you today & once again the theme is Christmas. The blog this time is Addicted To Clean and Simple , & here is my card; Oops! it looks like I had a slight tremble when I took the photo. Apologies for the blur. Last Christmas I made a Christmas Wreath to hang in the lounge window & had quite a few poinsettias left over along with some foliage.  So I thought this would be a good way to use some of them up.  They are from John Next Door dies & the Merry Christmas stamp has been around for ages. Why not pop over to the blog, you can do so by clicking on the name above, & have a look at other entries.  In fact - why not have a go yourself. Thank you for stopping by, see you again.

 Over on the Simply Less is More  blog the challenge this time is for "Christmas in July". Here is my offering for this challenge; The stamp & the Christmas greetings are little stamps I have had around for some time & cannot remember where they came from.  I stamped in archive black ink & coloured with felt & gel pens. Do you agree that sometimes a more simple design is harder to create than a full on image? Why not pop across to the blog, by clicking on the link above,  & take a look at all the lovely cards that will be entered in the challenge. Perhaps you will be inspired to make a card yourself & join in the challenge. Thank you for stopping by, please call again.

 Well. It's been a little quiet on the crafting scene the last couple of days.  I haven't actually made anything, but have prepared some bits & pieces for a birthday card for our grandson who has a birthday later in the month. I spent quite a bit of time in Pinterest trying to discover inspiration for his card. Whether from that searching or not I have now made a decision on what to do & as I said earlier have started to gather items together to make the card. Now to decide exactly what the card will look like.  It is, & always has been harder to make cards for males. Our grandson will be 4, & it is still hard without doing anything too babyish. I thought I would give you something to look at so I am posting a photo of one of my earlier tangle cards; Its a very simple design as it is one the early one of my own designs. Thank you for stopping by, do call again when you have time.