Tag: stitched card

  • Autumn Days

    —

    by

    Jane Shaw
    in

    This weekend sees the start of my challenge for Outlawz Sunday song and rhyme. I chose a song I can remember from primary school assemblies. As this is my challenge I thought it would be a challenge for me to make several cards!! Always a glutton for punishment! I didn’t get as many done as…

  • Autumn Garden

    —

    by

    Jane Shaw
    in , , ,

    The Outlawz Sunday song and rhyme challenge for 13th October, is based on the poem My October garden by Christina Rosseti. Rosseti was and English poet born in 1830. She suffered a life time of physical and mental health issues. I took my inspiration from broad faced asters and the nightingale. Using a stitch pattern…

  • Dog Days

    —

    by

    Jane Shaw
    in ,

    This poem for the latest Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhyme is called Dog Days by Amy Lowell. A ladder sticking up at the open window,The top of an old ladder;And all of Summer is there. Great waves and tufts of wistaria surge across the window,And a thin, belated blossomJerks up and down in the sunlight;Purple…

  • Oh I do like to be beside the seaside.

    —

    by

    Jane Shaw
    in ,

    The Tuesday Colour challenge for June is based on this image The image reminded me of these beach huts at Scarborough in North Yorkshire Straight away I knew I had some stitching thread with those colours combined. I have a stitched pattern I have used before and considered using, it has a palm tree and…

  • Queen of Hearts

    —

    by

    Jane Shaw
    in ,

    The Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhyme challenge for 2nd April to 15th April is based on the rhyme; We also had to use an image from https://www.mirtillamentecraftshop.it/, I think there were 3 to choose from. I chose one called the Queen of Hearts, but wasn’t sure how to link it to the rhyme. I decided…

  • Crafty 2020 into Lockdown with Rainbows

    —

    by

    Jane Shaw
    in

    The early days of lockdown were symbolised by colourful rainbows which were placed in people’s windows or chalked on the pavements as a symbol of hope and solidarity. Sadly over the months these rainbows faded along with people’s spirits and compassion. It was sad to see the rainbows fade and disappear and it felt like…

  • One More Step Along The World We Go

    —

    by

    Jane Shaw
    in

    Well I survived my birthday, got some lovely presents and visited  Kitty Cafe Leeds for tea and cake 🙂 There is an amazing selection of teas and lots of cute cats so that’s me sorted We have been back again twice!!  It’s not cheap as you have to pay per person per visit plus anything you eat…

  • Long time no blog

    —

    by

    Jane Shaw
    in

    I am really struggling at the moment having juggled Christmas, my Dad being really ill and two birthdays and parties followed by school half term.  Only today to survive, but then it’s back to school run 🙁 I have so many ideas for things to make and things to finish, but my energy and time…

  • October Makes

    —

    by

    Jane Shaw
    in

    I had many plans for a crafty October whilst I was off Facebook for StopTober. I survived being off Facebook and didn’t really miss it, but other events conspired against my creative plans.  I have still been in a lot of pain and very dizzy, which I thought was due to some degree to using…

  • Where did 8 years go?

    —

    by

    Jane Shaw
    in

    Today is Emily’s 8th birthday.  I have no idea where those 8 years have gone.  It’s been a hard slog a lot of the time, ME and parenting do not go well together, but we get by and are hopefully not making to bad a job of it! Emily just born A few hours old…