Good Morning Friends and Followers. 
After all the tragedies of the past week and the lives that were lost and the trauma that those who are still badly injured are suffering,  we as a nation of British people must stick together and find a way to get through this awful tragedy in Manchester . People who were enjoying themselves brought together by the love of music.  Hope Heaven opens its door to them All. R.I.P.

Now on to our Challenge this week at the Christmas Card Club. This time its my turn to choose the theme and I chose a very much forgotten plant  and the song which I think is really nice for Christmas time.  Hope you all enjoyed doing something along these lines. 
My own card is 7 X 7 base card matted with wine card and I used a music embossing folder before adding my chosen stamps and dies.  I used two different ribbons to make the bow and This is my finished card.  If anyone would like to have most of the Christmas cards finished in time for Christmas, please don't hesitate to ask either myself or any member of CCC that is on my side bar, near the foot of the page.   Hope you Enjoy a nice Week-End.   Hugs Rita xxx

Hello again.folks. I managed to finish the little passport journal made from a die by the lovely Eileen Hull. whilst visiting Astrid on Sunday, and this what we were making in between talking and laughing and deciding what we do. I really fell in love with these dies and this one will hold my favourite quotes.  I put lots of pages into it and that takes a little while amongst my other household duties.  My love of Vintage came into its own with this little book and now I will finish the inside pages at my leisure.  Now I am waiting till new stocks come in as it seems to be sold out everywhere.  Been a beautiful week in Scotland this week and most places have had sunshine.  Hope you enjoy seeing my version of our crafty day with friends.  Hugs Rita xxxx

Hello Everyone.  Back to the rain here today.  But the weekend was beautiful and exciting.  My daughter Annie who most of you know through her crafting anyway, had her birthday last Friday, but did not arrive home from holiday till the early hours of Sunday morning. So we had arranged a day with our lovely friend Astrid a while back, so that was the first I saw Annie too.  We duly arrived at at Astrids lovely home and of course our friend from Shetland Jennie Atkinson who had also been on holiday too, met up with us also . After a fabulous lunch provided by Astrid we then set to do some crafting. She is always so organised too and an Eileen Hull  passport set out for us to create. What a fun time we had and after a raid of her stash it was nearly time to go to my younger daughter Carolyn for Dinner as she stays not to far from Astrid.   Here a few pictures of the Bag I made for Annie from Harris Tweed with leather handles, I lined it with some silk and mohair suiting I had from another project years ago and along with her card and a few pennies to spend her parcel was complete. The other picture was our fun day at Astrids and you can see the joy on our faces .  These kind of days are so Special and ones I'll always remember too.  Finishing off my little journal today and enjoying it immensely.  Hugs Rita xxx

Hello Everyone,  Well then 2 weeks have passed since the last challenge on CCC.   Now we are on to Challenge 10 and this time is was Christine who chose our theme a Christmas Carol.
So this time I chose one of my favourite carols since my time as a child singing in the choir.  We all sang it with gusto too as it was such a meaningful story.  Been a busy week here with my daughter Annies birthday on Friday and my Younger daughter Carolyns 20th Anniversary next Wednesday. Last Monday my Son Alisdairs father-in-laws funeral, so all in all a busy week.   But Hey Ho, today  Annie and I are going through to our dear friend AstridMcLean to meet up with our friend Jennie Atkinson who has been on holiday recently too.  So a lovely Crafty Day will be enjoyed by us all.  So a long awaited day off for me and after our time with Astrid and Jennie we are going to Carolyns for dinner as she stays just outside Edinburgh too.  Extremely windy and wet yesterday, but nicer this morning.  Hugs Rita xxxx