A Magical Flight...

The air was calm and warm, as Moo, Basil and Minni quietly climbed aboard their hot air balloon. They had found an old, forgotten Witches hat in the forest and made it into a hot air balloon! They were going on a Magical journey!  It was dusk, and the stars were already shining brightly in the sky.   As they gently lifted off, from a secret location, hidden deep within the Enchanted Forest, they were all very excited to see where their balloon would take them! Basil held a lamp to guide them, and Moo said to follow the brightest star. Minni was so excited she was dancing around in little circles! "Careful," said Moo, don't upset the balloon or we'll all tip out!" It was all so very exciting and fun, and a little bit naughty because their voyage was top secret! As they gently floated higher into the sky, Moo yelled out, "Here we go!", and they waved to the birds nesting in the trees below. 

I wonder where they went?!  I wonder what naughty things they got up to?! I really can't say, my lips are sealed...

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"Be-Witched!"

Just a very quick post for today! I recently came across a post on a FB page I follow, about how to make mini broomsticks for Halloween.  Of course I had to make one!  I found a Witch I had made some years ago, to put with the broomstick!  The Witch is made from an old pair of pantyhose - the best use for them from my opinion!

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Eleven Babies, and Some Crafting!

The photo above is of "Daisy" and her eleven babies!  They arrived here early in the morning a couple of days ago.  I heard a lot of quacking and some chirping, so I had a look out the window and saw these!  "Daisy" is one of two ducks that have been coming each day, all year,  to be fed.  Once in the morning and again late afternoon.  This day she bought her babies to show me! OMG they are so darn cute!  The babies walk all over my feet, much to "Daisy's" concern!  They have a shallow dish of water the babies can drink form or swim in, and I give them food as well. So cute!

Above is something I made yesterday.  It has lot's of texture that isn't showing in this photo.  It measures about 10 inches by eight. I lay down a stencil onto some card, then spread Texture Paste over the stencil.  Once I lifted the stencil I dried it with my heat gun.  Once it was dry I sprayed various coloured LS Mica sprays onto it, adding some sprays of water to mix the colours.  I also added a sprinkle of gold mica powder to give it extra sparkle.  I then dried it with my heat gun.  I died cut the word "Love" and attached it using some sponge tape, and attached it to the card.  It looks so much better in real life.  The butterfly was cut an embossed using a Tim Holtz cut and emboss folder.  It cuts and embosses at the same time.  I added some ultra thick clear embossing enamel to it so it is very shiny. Not a lot of crafting today as I am still having some issues with my right arm being weak.  While I carry on with my life mostly as normal, there are times when my arm is not the best, and I need to limit what I do.  And things take longer than usual because of not being able to use that arm as I normally would.

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Cards for Voices of Hope.

I am donating all of these cards to Voices of Hope, which is an organization that supports young people who suffer with depression.  I am one of those who suffers mild from depression at times.  Each year they ask for donations of Christmas cards, which they give to older people who may be alone at Christmas.  I made cards for them last year for the first time, and these are the cards I made and are donating to them this year.  I made 20 of the dog cards, above and below, 10 with a red bow and ten with a green bow. I used Stampin' Up! punches on all these cards, except the last lot of cards.  I used a star stencil for the coloured stars. The sentiment is from Stampendous.

The cat cards have the same layout/design as the dog ones.  The sentiment works for both cats and dogs, so that was good!  There are 20 cat cards.

On the cards below I have used a cat stencil, and a Santa hat punch from Stampin' up! The words are an old stamp I have had for many years. It's a Paula Best stamp. So far I have made 12 of these.  I am not sure if I will make more of this design or not.  Watch this space!

Last but not least are a set of 20 cards I made, using a Stampin' up! stamp set called City of David.  So far I've made 52 cards, and I think I will make some more, once I come up with more simple designs. Both lots of cards, above and below, have some sparkly glitter on them.  Each card measures 5 1/2 inches by 3 3/4 inches.  I've made these over the last day and half.  Kept me busy!

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