For my Scottish pals....

No matter how I try, I cannot get past my love for feathered mulberry. It just bubbles to the surface every now and then, and there's nothing I can do about it. I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is.

And yes, I know it should be a heilan' coo, but Penny Black don't make them, and as this was for a  Penny Black Saturday Challenge on a farmyard theme, I had to make do. (sigh)

Message on the inside reads: ".. to see what's moo with you?" (I know... grrrooaannn!)

Christmas, Outlander-style

Recently, I posted an Outlander-themed card, and have decided to convert it into a Christmas card for a friend who is also a huge fan of the TV series. I just slapped on some holly leaves punched in gold mirri card, then embossed and tinted with a brown ink pad.

With dull skies today, I found it difficult to get a decently-lit photo, and I don't like using a flash.

This is the Woodware punch I use for my holly leaves. My favourite by far.

Outlander-inspired

I am a huge fan of Outlander.. the TV series, and the books by Diana Gabaldon. My mother introduced me to the books many years ago, and she talked endlessly about them, and the characters, what they were doing, etc. The main characters share my surname, Fraser, so I was inspired to make this card, using a page from an old paperback copy of 'Cross Stitch', which is the UK title for the first book in the series (called Outlander in the US). What I am most thrilled about was that I tweeted a pic of the card to Diana Gabaldon herself, never thinking for one second that she would even 'like' it, let alone reply as she did, with 'Very nice'. I was so star-struck! For someone with 300,000 followers to be so attentive to her fan-base really impressed me. I'm sure she won't see this, but - just in case - thank you, Diana! x

First design for Funky Hand...

This is using papers from the 'Hills of Heather' colour collection on the V.Funky CD-Rom from Funky Hand. (You can purchase the CD from this web-site.. http://www.funkyhand.com/).