In no particular order...

...here are a few more of Joanne's (Pinnacle Crafts) completed pages.

Aren't they fabulous. I think it is going to take me quite some time to get mine done - perhaps I should be aiming at Christmas 2020 LOL.

Still...I have the 10 basic pages embossed, it's just the embellies  and 'fancy work' to do - no sweat ***rollseyes***

Anyhoo...Joanne has now put her book together so I hope I can get some photos when I pop into the shop at the weekend.............................................................

They just wont...

...ripen.

Earlier in the year I bought Mum two tomato plants. To begin with they didn't seem to do much and then they just went mad. The plants grew huge and they have been smothered in tomatoes.

Here are 6 I picked about 5 weeks ago...

...and they just don't seem to want to ripen...

...apart from the one on the end.

Anyone got any tips?.......................................................................

T'was the Night...

...before Christmas.

The Groovi plate class on Saturday was super but very busy - so much to do and the time just flew.

I did manage to get all 10 plates embossed and almost finished the first one.

This was Joanne's first page of her book...

 ...and looked fabulous.
This was my first page coloured and awaiting perforating...

...which I have now done and the glitter has been applied. The gems haven't yet been added and it has yet to be mounted on CS - but I'm getting there LOL

I have booked myself in for a couple of extra workshops so that I can get a few more of the pages completed whilst the other ladies do all their amazing parchment work.

Joanne's completed pages are wonderful and I will be happy if mine look half as good.

I somehow don't think I'm going to have this completed for this Christmas...............................

Naked Flame...

...is having a huge sale!

If you live in reachable distance of Barleylands Craft Village (or jump on-line) you could grab some bargains and perhaps deal with some of your present list.

Ian the owner of "Naked Flame" is clearing a lot of his stock to make space for the Autumn/Christmas seasonals and so that he can expand his own Naked Flame range.

Virtually everything in store is 50% off and there are a few items reduced by as much as 70% - how can you say no to bargains like that.

Current stock includes: -

Woodwick Candles
Wax Lyrical
Colony
Artisan
Kringle
Classic Candles
Prices
and lots of lovely accessories.

At the moment I'm having a lovely time burning the Naked Flame "Lemongrass & Ginger" - probably my favourite smell ever...............................................

The trouble with mirri & gloss card...

...is trying to get a photo without glare.

The last card from Saturday's workshop was a very shiny affaire and as you can see...

 ...I either had problems with lighting or the skylights...

...but I think you get the idea. The card was concentrating on the straight lines & angles that are also a sign of Deco style.

One thing that we didn't get around to was a box that Andy had on display with the other samples...

 ...making good use of the fact that the Hunkydory "Little book of..." products have six of each image - five are used on the box and you would still have one image left to make a matching card...

...the box also makes good use of the WRMK Envelope punch board. The punch part of the board makes the notches that create the "neck" of the box.

A very enjoyable day covering colours & style items that not everyone would associate with the Deco period. Thank you Andy for a fabulous workshop.

Next weekend I have a workshop with Joanne (Andy's sister) and we will be playing with the "Twas the Night before Christmas" Groovi boards. I wonder if I have bitten off more than I can chew LOL.................................................................................

More Deco style...

...for Christmas.

A recent issue of "Simply Cards and Papercrafting" had this wonderful embossing folder as part of its freebie...

...and with a bit of cutting out it was very easy to make it dimensional. Another pass through, embossing this time onto black mirri created the front door...

 ...and the Christmas tree die-cut is one of the dies from a recent Spellbinders set of two Deco style trees. The wreath was created using silver mirri and the pearl CS that was used for the main part of the card. It was die-cut using the Sue Wilson "Cape Daisy" from Creative Expressions...

 ...and the background was embossed using one of the Texture embossing folders from Crafter's Companion - I think it is call Dry stone wall or something similar.
A bit of matting & layering and a torn piece of card to create the effect of snow...

...and  there we have it - the finished card. It doesn't have a sentiment on it at the moment as I will decide upon the one to use once I've decided who will get the card.

There are still a couple of Deco items to show you from the workshop so do stop by again to see what else Andy (Pinnacle Crafts) had lined up for us.......................................................

A bit of...

...Deco Christmas.

Andy's workshop on Saturday was themed around Deco colours, ideas and images...

 ...this card used the Hunkydory "little book" which contains 144 fabulous Deco Christmas images...

 ...and the poinsettias were made from pearl CS that had been layered with glittered vellum.
Many folk would be surprised to know that the Deco period used a lot of pastel colours...

 ...but pink & blue (as used here) were very popular...

 ...you can just make out the glitter on the flower and if you look closely...

 ...you can just make it out on the background. There was a lot of Matt & Layering on this card...

...a total of 5 layers before the topper & embellies so this is a weighty piece...

...and although it will fit in an envelope, it would probably be better in a box.

This was the first of 3 lovely cards that we made during the workshop - I'll show you the others another time..........................................................