Competiton entries....

So I've been trying to do some more colouring, and have entered myself in a few competitions to try and spur myself on. Yeah, thats working.......

One month to make the entries, and here I am, one day to go, and only have one card to show for it...FAIL......

Oh well, here the card is anyhoo..

Challenge is from  imagine that

I coloured the image with promarkers. I think i did ok..

Its finally finished....

So most of you probably don't know I am a Dr Who geek, and a knitting geek. I managed to combine the two into a glorious collaboration...

May I present.....

Tom Bakers scarf, when he played The Doctor...

Pretty epic right!!!

It. Took. Months.   Yes, months!!! Even though it is all knit stitch, nothing fancy. The shower rail was the only place I could hang it where it wouldn't either get claimed by the cats, or stolen by some ne'er do well in the vicinity.

EPIIIIIIC!!!

I may or may not decide to make more, for the purpose of making me some money so I can buy new glasses.

I haven't watched the new episode of Dr Who yet, (NO SPOILERS) as Mr Hairy is not a fan, so I'm going to wait until he buggers off for a bit, and BINGE!!!!!!

All quiet on the blog front....

So all you lovely blog readers, hello again!  I has been very quiet for a while, I know. Life, and all sorts of non interesting things have got in the way, as usual. 

I have been churning out the knitting, multiple mini teds that are super fiddly, a minion, some Frozen characters, and a dead fish hat.  And the usual socks as well. As well as all that, I have an ongoing Tom Baker Dr Who scarf, that is taking aaaages to finish. Not because its hard, but because it is all garter stitch.....miles of the bloody stuff!! I keep forgetting and do purl rows, then I have to frog back and redo...its frustrating.

I am also trying a new pattern for ....knee warmers... Yes, you read right...knee warmers!   I have painful knees on good days, and when they get cold, they become pretty much unbearable. Short of constantly having blankets gaff taped to my legs, I need something else. Even Deep Heat spray wasn't warming them up..

Theyre meant to look like this when finished....

I'm using a nubbly pinky purple sheeps wool that I have leftover from a jumper I made, so it should be lovely and warming.

I'm also getting better at the loosing of the body flub, almost  a stone now!!  No faddy diet, not slogging for hours exercising, just watching my portions, and working on a daily calorie allowance. I'm still eating chocolate, ice cream, take aways, all the good stuff, even real butter!  I'm just not eating as much anymore. We shall see if I can continue.

Brrrrr.....

I finally finished my little ish knitting project today.

I have these *fantastic* ideas sometimes, and have to see them through, even if they go horribly wrong..... So far, none have, but I'm not counting my chickens!!

This idea had been knocking around in my head for a little while, after I watched, and thoroughly enjoyed I may add, a certain Disney movie that is extremely popular at the moment.

If I start singing about building snowmen, you'd get the idea......

I make what I call Critterz, little characters, in simple shapes, that are good for little hands to hold. Mostly animals, but I make some based on movies I've seen, books I've read, etc..

These are the latest..

I bet you can guess who they are now, eh!

I do actually sell most of my work, so if any of you are interested, pop over to my Facebook page, or my Etsy shop. I will always put new work up on Facebook first, and will happily take custom work :)

Competition entries

I have entered a few competitions, of the make a card type. You're given an image, or a theme, and asked to make a "thing", sometimes a card, sometimes an anything, sometimes just a coloured image.

I've managed to finish two entries so far...

This one is from Stampin Dragons Designs, and is for the Facebook group challenge. The challenge was to use the image of the dragon with holly, on any finished item. I chose to make a card, of course, with the holly, it had to be a christmassy one!

This one was from Imagine That.., with the fantastic main image from the Meowy Mousmas set!

I actually liked doing this one, and experimented making the cat a bit stripey. Lots of sparkles courtesy of Wink Of Stella pens, which never show up on my pictures *hurumph*

I've entered a few more, buuut, haven't quite managed to finish those yet. I've got a week, plenty of time........

Sunburn part deux.....

So I ended the last post with the news of sunburn. A bit of a buggerance, but nothing I haven't seen in the last umpty five years. I am fair skinned. That is an understatement, A milk bottle has more colour than me!!  Seriously, you can actually see the veins in my wrists and on my chest, its freaky...

I like being pale and mysterious, the sun and I have a hate hate relationship. I hate it because its hot, bright and gives me hives and headaches, it hates me and will deliberately seek me out and shine on me....(in my miiiiind)

Yeah, I don't much like the sun, closet goth, hello!

Where was I? Ah, sunburn. So I got burnt Sunday (Ironic much) and commenced with the slathering of lotions and potions. trying to stop my poor, reddened skin from turning into crusty nastiness. Its happened before, it wasn't nice..  Was doing very well, Monday came and went, the redness had all but died down, and I had silky smooth bits of skin.

Tuesday...Oh Tuesday, why??  I needed to go to the shops, baking hot weather. Out came the factor 50, wasn't taking any chances this time!  Off I trotted to the shops, a 10 minute walk at my speed. Did my bimbling around the shops, and walked back.

 The fun begins....

Gets in the house, fumbling up the stairs, as my reactions lenses had not adapted yet, nearly kicked the cat as usual, dumped the bag, and floomped into the chair. So far so good. As the glasses cleared, I happened to catch a look at my arm out of the corner of my eye...."No, seriously, NO!"  Yup,  was burnt.....AGAIN.... This is on top of the other burn, slathered in factor 50, affectionately termed "Gordie white bastard" around these here parts.

I am now shedding like a snake, its not pretty.

On the plus side, I have got some decent sized pieces to have a good look at in my microscope :)

I have decided I must be a vampire. Sleeps during the day, can;t sleep at night, burns in sunlight.

At least I don't sparkle.......

Sun, Sea, bikes and sunburn....

Went to a bike rally type thingie today with the other half. We went on the quadbike, otherwise known as "the Beast" lol, four wheels, lots of grunt, and enough room for my fat arse on the back :) Though saying that, I'm a bit smaller than I was last time I went on it, so my helmet is looser around my chin, and I was sliding a bit on the seat!

Saw some GORGEOUS bikes, old cars, trikes, bikes and sidecars, even this beaut....

Custom paint job on the teardrop caravan, room for two inside, and a bonus skelly passenger!!

Then there was the "zombie hunters" bike...

cool rat bike, festooned with axes, gas mask, and a zombie head!!!!!

The custom paint job on this one is absolutely epic...

sort of wild west type scenery, all matching boxes...ace :)

The trike....*drool*

very bloomin excellent if you ask me :)

Fish and chips were imbibed as our usual weekend treat, cooked and served as always at the The Waterfront, in my opinion, the best chippie around!

Staff are very friendly, food is always fresh and tasty, and the prices aren't ridiculous either :)

Then back for a bit more of a mootch around the bikes, until my stupid back up and decided to play up. I parked my bum on the quad and interacted with the masses....i.e, I had a natter with the people who were interested in Beastie.

Left about , hmm,, 2ish maybe, very good day, a band called "The Middens" were playing old English punk songs, not too badly either, and, after a mizzly start, the weather brightened and got scorching....literally...

I got sunburn....

I never get sunburn, as I hate the sun....

bright red face, neck/chest, and arms..

feckin sunburn...

sat here throbbing and glowing....

Bugger.