Now this I understand the offside rule explained for women

You're in a shoe shop, second in the queue for the till. Behind the shop assistant on the till is a pair of shoes which you have seen and which you must have. The female shopper in front of you has seen them also and is eyeing them with desire. Both of you have forgotten your purses. It would be rude to push in front of the first woman if you had no money to pay for the shoes. The shop assistant remains at the till waiting. Your friend is trying on another pair of shoes at the back of the shop and sees your dilemma. She prepares to throw her purse to you. If she does so, you can catch the purse, then walk round the other shopper and buy the shoes! At a pinch she could throw the purse ahead of the other shopper and "whilst it is in flight" you could nip around the other shopper, catch the purse and buy the shoes! BUT, you must always remember that until the purse has "actually been thrown", it would be plain wrong for you to be in front of the other shopper and you would be OFFSIDE! — pinched from the delirious Dyan Reaveley who first pinched it from the "gorgeous Claire Green"

Playtime

well I had to get the paper out as it is the May weekend and all that, so here is one I made for a swop and I was in a 3d mood and as I love shoes and handbags well what can I say lol.

 tea shoppe stamp set, well with my brain I think outside the box when I look at something at a vase came to mind, could not be bothered to do the flowers lol so went with birdbath, maybe one day I will use it as a tea cup hee hee.

 Didnt have silver paper so had to use silver embossing powder.

I am sooooo chuffed at how this has come out, love love it even though I say so myself lol.

Burnt fingers

Got fed up with these so called cool wall coffee cups that burn my fingers, that I made myself a wee protector for my precious crafting fingers lol.

Loadsa Glue

Whilst coughing and spluttering with horrid cold and wheezy chest made a lovely mini room divider (well thats what I call it anyway lol), Kathryn's brayer matched mine when it came to glueing lol.

I am not the greatest photographer so please forgive me.

Also made a tea box (sorry Kathryn not yours this one made out of cardstock), will be trying Kathryn's though for a tougher beating in my kitchen or perhaps my distress markers hmmmmm
oops rosette needs to be centred more.

Tartan Stampers Mini Convention

Hi there, have been sooo busy havent had the time to post.   Was at a three day crop with the Tartan Stampers and amongst things we did shoebox swops and scrapbook pages.  For those who dont know what a shoebox swop is we each bring a kit and a sample for people to follow and we go around and make these, we had 26 boxes, several classes of scrapbook pages, mini album, kusadama ball.  It was a ball.  So here is my version of the cards we made.

Sorry girls didnt put on the back whose shoebox it came from so cannot attribute them :(

 only did half a ball as I wanted it for a topper on a box

 this is done on a canvas, think I want butterflies next time

 friends together

 methinks more flowers and a pic is needed

love this as wall art instead of a scrappage

couple missing, when I find them will post them.

Fabric Challenge

Jen challenged me to use something that I either didnt like in my workroom or use something I have not utilised yet the only thing I could think of was fabric.

So here is my first attempt, a holder for pocket Kleenex.

Shabby Chic tag swop

Laura Denison is hold a tag swop and the group I am in is the shabby chic so here is my contribution