Tiny Cinema

During our week off back in March we visited our friends at Henstead and we all went into Southwold together. Merriel Gardiner is a freelance writer and was working on an article for Suffolk and Norfolk Life Magazine, which she called 'Cinema Paradiso' (which just happens to be one of my favourite films). Merriel took us to see the tiny Electric Picture Palace. It was just like taking a step back in time. The Southwold Film Society have been enthusiastically showing films there since 1998.

This cinema was created from an old stable block. It has been named after the first Southwold Cinema which opened in 1912 and has been designed in this period. With just 68 seats and a small box office, this cinema also has a tiny box office, circle and it's own 'Tiny Whrlitzer'.

We have promised one another we will attend in 20's costume one evening later in the year.

It was a beautiful day so after the cinema we walked around the town and then river where we enjoyed a coffee in the sunshine. Hard to imagine we did that on 20th March and now on 20th April it is so wet!

Thanks for showing us this special tiny corner of Suffolk.

Contact Details:
Manager: John Bennett
Southwold Film Society,
1 Barnaby Green, Southwold IP18 6AP
Box Office: Electric Picture Palace, Blackmill Road, Southwold
Tel: 07815 769565
The Box Office is open Tuesdays 10:30 am - 12 noon.

More Tulip Cards

After making a card for my sister I decided to make some more using the Tulip Collection Decoupage Pack.

Here is what I made:

I added a few other bits and pieces from Craftwork Cards, American Crafts, and other items from my stash.

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Home at Last

Here is a layout I made at the Cardinal Colours Crop Weekend. I had seen something similar in one of the Cricut Magazines and knew just the photo I wanted to use. The photo of Andrew was taken just after we arrived home from hospital with the triplets. They were two months early, and discharged from the special card baby unit at four weeks.

I collected together suitable papers and Bazzill. The die cut circle is Crate Paper - Lemon Grass paper from the Lemon collection.
The patterned patters are Making Memories Animal Crackers collection - Jack papers.
The Cricut cartridges are Animal Kingdom, New Arrival,  All Mixed Up and Life's a Beach.
The butterfly punch is Martha Stewart.
This was fun to make - Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Happy 50th Birthday Sylvia

It was my lovely sister Sylvie's 50th birthday on Saturday, we celebrated with a big family lunch out yesterday.

I made this card using some Tulip decoupage design images from Papermania.

The bow, patterned paper and heart doily are also Papermania.

The card blank and card candi are from Craftwork Cards.

The numbers are American Crafts vinyl Thickers.

Andrew had a new cook book for his birthday two weeks earlier 'The Boy Who Bakes' full of lovely cakes and Sylvia picked the Apple Pie Cake, so he made it for her. It looked good before we left home, but had to travel from Crayford to Shooters Hill to pick up Catherine, then to Eden Park for the meal. After the meal it was back in the car to West Wickham to Sylvie's for coffee and cake.  It did not travel so well, but still tasted very good!

At the restaurant.

Lynn and Alan

Sylvie and Bob

Elaine, Robert, Sylvia and Lynn.

Cath

Jamie 

Jess 

Back home for cake and coffee.

I gave Sylvie one of my aprons but forgot to take a photo!

We all had a great day.

Happy birthday Sylvie!!

April Showers

The card challenge on Scrapology for this month called 'April Showers'. This is my Design Team card which was made using the Cricut. Pop over to the Scrapology blog for more details of the challenge.

Patterned papers - Crate Paper - Emma's Shoppe collection

Cricut Cartridge - Freshly Picked

Greetings stamp - Lili of the Valley

Punches - Woodware and Stampin' Up

Thanks for looking.

Lynn

Ruby Wedding Anniversary Cards

I was asked to make a Ruby Wedding anniversary card for Denise and Mick, so here is is:

I used:

Cricut machine with the Sweetheart and Plantin Schoolbook Cartridges

Lili of the Valley greeting stamp

Woodware Scalloped circle punch

Velvet ric-rac

Satin ribbon

paper wired roses and leaves

Red Bazzill cardstock

Craft Creations card blank

Patterned papers from Basic Grey and Magnolia

This second card has mostly the same papers but a few slightly different supplies:

 ribbon roses

 gold ribbon

Stickles and Perfect pearls

Thanks for looking and Happy Anniversary!

Happy 60th Birthday Denise

My sister asked me to make a card for her friend Denise's 60th Birthday, so here it is!
She requested pink hydrangers.

I used a very old PSX Botanicals hydranger stamp and coloured it with my Promarkers (moss, olive, marsh, fuchsia, blossom, carnation and sunflower).

The papers are Basic Grey from the Sultry collection (dressy, swell and poeny), the letters and numbers are from the Urban Prarie collection.

Also used
Stampin' Up circle and scalloped circle stamps

Organza ribbon

Chalk Ink
Perfect Pearls

Flat backed gems

Thanks for looking
Happy 60th Birthday Denise!