Let The Wind Blow High...

I've just come down from the Isle of Skye,
I’m no very big and I'm awful shy,
And the lassies shout when I go by,
" Donald where’s your troosers."

Let the wind blow high, let the wind blow low,
Through the streets in my kilt I'll go,
And all the lassies shout hello
Donald where's your troosers.

A Lassie took me to a ball
And it was slippery in the hall
And I was feart that I would fall
Fur I hadnae on ma' troosers

Let the wind blow high, let the wind blow low,
Through the streets in my kilt I'll go,
And all the lassies shout hello
Donald where's your troosers.

I went down to London Town
And I had some fun in the underground
The ladies turned their heads around
Saying "Donald where's your troosers".

Let the wind blow high, let the wind blow low,
Through the streets in my kilt I'll go,
And all the lassies shout hello
Donald where's your troosers.

To wear the kilt is my delight
It isna wrong, I know its right
The islanders would get a fright
If they saw me in the troosers

Let the wind blow high, let the wind blow low,
Through the streets in my kilt I'll go,
And all the lassies shout hello
Donald where's your troosers.

They'd like to wed me everywan
Just let them catch me if they can
You cannae tak’ the breeks aff a Hielan’ man
And I don't wear the troosers

Let the wind blow high, let the wind blow low,
Through the streets in my kilt I'll go,
And all the lassies shout hello
Donald where's your troosers.

For my LIM card this week I've made a 'sporran' shaped card to suit the recipe of not a square. I've cut a couple of pastille shapes and a crescent shape and stuck them all together. I've hand stitched around the pocket which is ideal for a gift card. The Sugar Nellie image (named Hamish, by the way, not Donald) is coloured with copics. Not my usual style but I quite like him. I'm sure Hamish's sporran is filled with the essentials for a 21st century man:

Lip balm - in case he gets lucky at the dancin'
Hair gel - not too much though - you don't want to look like you've been hit by an oil slick
A wee half bottle - have you seen the prices of drink at the dancin'? And that's before minimum pricing
A carefully folded five pound note - emergency bus fare home

Anyway that's enough for now. The sun has had its hat on all week in bonny Scotland - so much so in fact that I've had to have an operation to extract myself from my lounger to participate in the challenge this week - dedication or what?

I'm also entering Hamish into:

2 Sisters - Bring on the boys
Little Claire's - Male theme
One Stop Craft - For the Boys


Thanks for looking and have a great (hopefully sunshiney) weekend!

Hot News!

The very generous Liz has a lovely diamond jubilee freebie for you here - all in the usual funky Pink Petticoat style.

Thank you Liz!

Giddy Up

Now for my entry for the challenge today on LIM.

The carousel zebra image is from Sew Many Stamps. When I was little I loved the carousel horses at the fair - funnily enough that never ever translated into wanting a pony - I wonder why? I've paper pieced the canopy with DP from the Shabby Princess and flipped the image before cutting out twice so that the card is the same inside and out. Once I'd started cutting I soon regretted the idea - it was like scissor hokey cokey - in, out, in, out shake it all about.

I'm off to lunch soon with my mum so I need to start the facial painting and decorating. Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

The challenge today on LIM is a card for a baby or child. My card this week goes a little bit further as the card was designed by a talented little girl by the name of Natalie Karolak aged 4. She gave me a drawing which I then turned into a card for her. So watch out all you crafters - there's a new kid on the block.

The rainbow came from Beyond The Fringe Crafts and the clouds were cut on my Cricut and then run through my Cuttlebug. I'll be back later hopefully with a design of my own. In the meantime thanks for looking.

It's The Way I Tell 'Em...

For my LIM One Layer using three stamps entry this week I've used a Squigglefly bouncing baby, the ladybird and sentiment are both from The Alley Way. I've put a shaded frame around my image to give the impression of dimension.

Here's a little joke today which appealed to my sense of humour (I hope it also appeals to my Welsh follower Faith).

On a beautiful summer's day, two American tourists were driving through Wales. At Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogoch they stopped for lunch, and one of the tourists asked the waitress,

“Before we order, I wonder if you could settle an argument for us. Can you pronounce where we are, very, very, very slowly?”

The girl leaned over and said................“Burrrr Gurrrrr King."


That's all for today folks - the sun is shining - so I'm off to worship the big yellow ball in the sky.

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

I'll Have A Large One Please...

...over on the LIM challenge the theme is yellow. Not a colour I use often and therefore the only thing I could come up with is this:

I've used the free Lifes Lemons kit from Pink Petticoat to make the topper for my card. I think my lemon slices may be a little too big...which therefore calls for a large gin and tonic to accompany them (hic)! I hope that other big yellow thing is shining for you today - it was glorious here on Thursday so I had to give my holiday tan a quick (4 hour) top up - life's tough.

I'm also entering my card into:

Fairy Tale - Green & Yellow
Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes
Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Yellow


Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Did you miss me?

I've been in Lanzarote for a couple of weeks suffering from craft withdrawal symptoms. So now that I'm back in the UK with my toys here is my entry for the LIM challenge.

I've used a Pink Petticoat image and sentiment and the background sewing pattern on the topper is from the incredibly talented Mel McCarthy aka Mel Stampz. My favoutite thing about this card is the little cotton reels - I love dinky little miniature things.

Oh and before I sign off Mr Blogger - stop messing about with things unless there is a benefit - if there is I haven't found it yet.

Thanks for looking and have a great week.



I'm also entering my card into:

Crafty Boots - Yellow

Creative Mondays - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Use a sketch from another current challenge