our friends!

well another day another challenge (think my challenge has been trying to post something , blogger keeps stopping me from publishing my post), any way here is my creation for tilda and friends atc, their theme this week is "our animal friends" ~don`t know about you but my teddy is aways my friend!!
used maganolia teddy and wall stamps, see d`s ants and butterfly stamps and a little glitter.



just have to show my goodies from annie (tilda and friends) my lace ribbons (for my lavender and lace ATC), some fantastic images and this lovely card!!(just my colours) ~thankyou annie , hope to use them very soon.

also would like to show this fab card from chrissymarie, what a lovely surprise ,and i think this card would make a fab xmas card, what do you think??

hope you all have a great day , what ever you maybe doing ~ boys broke up for the summer hols last friday, so less craft time for me!! byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

how does your garden grow?

well another day ,thought i had better get back to some blogging ~here is a card using the "mojo monday" sketch and the "SBS18 challenge"~how does your garden grow".
used cuttlebug flower embossing folder, quickutz circles, stampin up~doodle that stamps, dove craft wording, gems from my stash and ofcause some glitter (and some chalking).
should really be out doing some gardening this weekend, the grass is sooooooo long, and my wild flower garden has gone really wild!!! who knows may feel a bit better outside for a while with some fresh air!!
have a great day , what ever you are doing , and thankyou for all your "get well wishes" and vicki thanks for the inhaler instructions ~great help!! byeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

chloe`s kiss

well another day another challenge , well 3 actually, today i showing a card made using "friday`s sketch", and challenges for papertake weekly , their theme this week is "teenage kicks" and "a spoonfull of sugar" , their theme is "one for the girls". so have used sarah kay image ~kiss for chloe, paper from my stash, quickutz circles, see d`s stamp and anita words. buttons and fibres from my stash and some glitter.
sorry i have not been around much, but have been feeling really poorly , so went to the doctors today ~to be told i have bronchitis ~so have some amoxicillin tablets and an inhaler (had to shown how to use it , as never used one before) ~i`m never ill!! always looking after the boys with their coughs and colds!! doctor said my immune system must be very low ~if only he knew what this family has been through this year ~still we always put our children first!! doctor said it`s time for me to look after myself ~ well i will try!!
byeeeeeeeeeee for now xx

maggies smile!!

well another day another challenge , today i am showing my card using the sketch on bootiful stampz, i used maggie with her heart t-shirt, paper from dovecraft, kelly panacci stamp, studio g stamp and quickutz flourish, ribbon and gems from my stash.ooooh not forgetting glitter.
hope you are having a good day!! byeeeeeeeeeeee xx

a mouse chocolate thankyou!

well another day another challenge ,well 2 actually!! "stampsome thing" theme this week is "triple play" ~ie ~ 3 layers, 3 colours, 3 embellishments. "pennyblack saturday" their theme this week was a sketch.
used colorbok papers, sizzix card, stampin up circle of friends stamp, see d`s stamp, ribbon and gems from my stash. and some glitter.
hope you have a grea day. byeeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

martha`s pearls

well another day another challenge, today i am showing my creation for "tilda and friends ATC", this week the theme is "perfect pearls", so have chosen martha with pearls magnolia stamp, pearly lilac paper, prima flowers with pearly sequins in the centre, martha, is holding her pearls , (found in my stash on a roll ~where they are from who knows, maybe when i was making xmas angels for xmas one year), oh and some glitter!!
not feeling so good today ,up all night with this cough, hope lewis lets me rest today!!
hope you are all well, and have a good day.byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

a star!

well another day another challenge , well 3 today!! used the sketch from papertake weekly ~wow what a sketch ~looks great once made up!! also used the "spoonfull of sugar" challenge , the theme this week is "one for the boys", and finally, "cute card thursday" the theme this week is "card for a child"
used papers from my stash , as trying to use up papers from my very large box of off cuts !!! used "rockstar" sugar nellie image, quickutz revolution circles, brad and stars from my stash , and a little bit if glitter.
looks like we may have some sunshine today, (washing machine is on already), enjoy your day byeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

thinking of others!

well another day another challenge, today i am showing a set of invites, for the magnolia challenge , which this week is "thinking of others". have used shabby chic tilda sitting, sitting edwin, fence scene magnolia stamps, also fun and funky see d`s stamps for the wording outside and inside.

have made these for aaron to give out to his friends at school, as you know he has been having a hard time at school, so thought a fun party in the summer holidays would be a nice way of keeping the friends together and enjoying themseves (and a big thankyou for supporting him and getting (adults) help when it was needed!! (now to plan what food to serve and what activities to suggest!!)

hope you all have a fun day , byeeeeeeeeee xx

ps andrea has some great blog candy on offer http://andreabrownjohn.blogspot.com/, why not pop on over and take a look!!

birthday mice!

well another day another challenge , well 2 actually!! used the great sketch from "mojo monday " ~have squashed the design down a bit, so shorter and fatter, to add this image (thanks jo) for the "pennyblack "challenge, who`s theme this week is "buttons and brads"!
used paper from my stash, papermania ribbon and clear sticker, flowers, brad, buttons and gems are from my stash. finished with a touch of glitter!!
thankyou all for your kind words about my win and also the comments on my "elegant" card yesterday ~nice you are using the word "elegant" ~that doesn`t happen often with my cards!!
this is my card for my aunts birthday (lady with my mum, on my scrap page, further down my posts)
hope you all have a great day , hope the sun does try and shine, i seem to have caught my son, lewis`s, cough today!! (so good job i`m not writting this with a pen ,it would be all over the place!!! ;~)) byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

basket of flowers

another day another challenge ~well i have used the friday sketchers , sketch for this card, made for my aunt. used papermania papers, personal impressions stamp, see D`s stamps and clear choice stamp corners (which isn`t showing up very well), organza ribbon from my stash and some glitter!
well i managed to get my wedding outfit , not at all what i went for ~had in mind a bright colourful dress and jacket , came home with a brown trouser suit (sounds terrible, but linen trousers , silk oyster jacket and cotton lace blouse) also got shoes , jewellery and bag ~all in 4 hours!! luckily mum came with me , and could give me the thumbs up or down!! all in and out of the pouring rain!!

just thought i would say , as i`m so excited ~i won some goodies for my lavender and lace ATC, on http://tildaandfriends.blogspot.com/. how fab a day did i have yesterday???
hope you have a fab day today , aarons sports day has been called off today~ so maybe a chance to do some craft, for me!! byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xx


ps fran is offering the most amazing blog candy http://franmade.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-candy-alert.html, her work ain`t half bad either!! :~)

not a washing day!!

well another day another challenge, well 2 actually!~used the fantastic sketch from friday sketchers (9) and the challenge for "cute card" this week is "the great outdoors" ~ well, what i do most out doors is hang out our many piles of washing every day ~but not today ~have you seen the rain ??
have used hot off the press paper, great hagler image (from my dear friend aija), quickutz swirls and lettering!! gel pen stitching and some glitter!
am planning on clothes shopping today !~ need a wedding outfit ~my parents are having lewis for the day ( 4 year old boys just hate shopping), so i`m hoping i can come away today with a nice summery outfit!!
hope you have a great day , but i feel not enjoying the outdoors!! byeeeeeeeeeeee xx

well another day , but no challenge!!! this is a card for my best friend vickimay`s daughter who turns 18 very soon. used colorbok paper, kerry`s stamps, stamping up stamps and clear choice stamps. ribbon, flowers and gems from my stash ,with plenty of glitter!! ~please click oh picture to see the detail ~it is not clear on this photo!! the "18" on the front was hand cut and stitched to give it a sort of grunge look!! (to go with the main "ballet dancer).

wishing you a fantastic holiday and 18th birthday nicki!!!

well wasn`t around yesterday or today ,busy ,busy ,so sorry i haven`t been around , also our internet keeps going down , i think they must be working on it!!

hope you all have a great day ~and get some time to craft!! byeeeeeeeeeeee xx

ps lesley has pointed out the challege today for "my time to craft" is "numbers" , so yes my card fits in perfectly!! hows that for forward planning??

lavender and lace!!

well another day another challenge , today i am showing another ATC, only this time it`s for ATC tilda and friends!! the theme this week is "lavender and lace"!!
used lavender papers from my stash , tilda in straw ( made into lavender), clear choice stamp ( to look like lace ,as i didn`t have any small enough for an ATC), and plenty of glitter!!
well we all had a great family day yesterday , didn`t go to the "wondrland park" as was raining in the morning , but all had a great time ,while the boys played ,us grown~up`s watch the mens tennis finals ~what a game!!! fantastic watch!! even managed to eat tea , when the match took a break for rain!!! towards the end the boys had the musical instruments out , to celebrate each point won ~bet your glad you don`t live next door to us!!!
enjoy your day , byeeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

tilda`s year!

well another day another challenge ~ today i am showing my ATC`s for "my time to craft" challenge which is "seasons" ~ which just lately is in one day!!! (oh the british weather!!)
have used magnolia water scene (sea background), tilda` s, stamps away flower for the sun, glitter pens and lots of glitter!!


spring ~tilda with flower basket



summer ~tilda in water

autumn ~ tilda with broom

winter ~ tilda with lantern

hope you all have a great day , seems we have winter on the south coast this morning , but was hoping for more spring/summer weather as we have a family fun day planned!! may have to re~think ~ the boys will not be happy!! byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

sisters!

well another day another challenge , today i am showing my scrapbook page for the scrummystash cafe sketch/class , sisters challenge. only just in time!!
used papers from brenda pinnick set and colorbok, ribbon from papermania, kellypanacci and studio g stamps, buttons from my stash. (need to click on the pic for detail) ~ haven`t filled in the journal on the left hand side , as it is a picture of my mum (right) and her sisiter taken 60 years ago, so need some info about the photo!! it was nice to do a girly layout again!!

hope you all have a great weekend, my brother and his son are visiting our parents this weekend ~so the boys will have some great fun!! byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

tickled pink!!

well another day another challenge , well three today ~just happens that way sometimes!! you`re getting all the bits ready to make your card and another challenge fits the bill!!
i used the sketch from mojo monday (can see myself using this a few times), a spoon full of sugar challenge was to use "circles", and paper take weekly theme was "thanks a latte"~ thankyou card using coffee and cream colours. once i`d got all my bits together it was time to play!!
i used this gorgeous sugarnellie image (thanks jo), dotty pro~craft and hot off the press papers (need to click on the pic to see the spotted papers), kelly panacci clear stamps and clear choice stamps, finished with some chalks and little glitter.
another thankyou card for a friend!!
well as you can see we have not had any more problems with the internet (fingers crossed). paul was not at work , so was home yesterday , so not much time for blogging or crafting ~nice to have him home , but oooooooooh they do get in the way of your craft , don`t they????
have a great day, byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

a smile for you!!

well another day another challenge, today i am showing my card for pennyblack saturday challenge no. 3, which the theme this week is "pink,brown and green " and used the friday sketch number 8. (which is a fantastic sketch) used ~a smile for you~ pennyblack stamp, hot off the press papers, stamp away flower stamps, dove craft stamp, and quickutz swirls and small flowers.
made this card for chrissymarie, who had asked for some cuddly buddly images, glad you got the card and images chrissy , hope you enjoy some creating time with them!!
wasn`t around yesterday afternoon onwards , as our internet connection was down, so glad we are back this morning!!
have a great day, byeeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

challenge ,goodies and candy!!

well here we are another day another challenge ,today i am showing my card for the "cute card thursday challenge" ~the theme this week was ....holding my breath..... "no patterned paper" ~so hard one , i think . any way once i got going it went well. made this card for a friend ,thought it would make her smile!!
used "bunny" from rubber romance, cuttlebug flower embossing folder, stamping up ,friendship circles stamp and childrens sayings stamp, used my new corner stamp (thanks jo) , i now have one at last!!! which is ideal for this cut away front to this card.... oooooh and some glitter.


now what can i say but amazing!! this fantastic folder arrived yesterday from my dear friend aija, so much work has gone into this ,thankyou so much aija , even the back has so much detail. so just had to show you all of it. ..... she even included some new hanglar stamps ,which i do not have any!!! thankyou again.

now everyone seems to be having blog candy at the moment , so i am showing the links to two ladies who visit my blog regularly, so please take a look :~

emma on http://elf-creations.blogspot.com/, has some fantatic goodies to share.

nikki on http://bunny-zoes.blogspot.com/, also has some wonderful goodies up for grabs.

hope you all have a fantastic day, check out the blog candy, byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xx

ps nearly forgot my fellow SBS13 MEMBER has blog candy up for grabs ,as she is opening her own craft shop , find her candy here http://karenscreation.blogspot.com/
.. pop by and say hi!!

just to say!!

well another day another challenge!! today i am showing my card for the SBS18 challenge ,which the theme this week is "just to say". i made this card for my next door neighbour who`s birthday it was on sunday ~she adores sunflowers ,and has sunflowers, as her theme for her wedding next month!! so got this fab stamp from high hopes, paper from paper adventures and some added glitter!! (please click pic for details)
hope you all have a fantastic day , byeeeeeeeeeeee xx

hellos again!!! would like to say a big thankyou to debby 4000 http://debby4000.blogspot.com/ and also ella bella http://ellabella08.blogspot.com/ , for this award!!! what a lovely surprise girls thankyou so much ~you both have stunning blogs ~so amazed you have added me to your ward lists!! thankyou both again.
now for the hard bit ,for me to chose 7 blogs, i could chose so many ,so in no order here are my seven ;~
vickimay http://juscosscards.blogspot.com/
aija http://kerttulinpaja.blogspot.com/
jo http://jo-onlyjoking.blogspot.com/
chrissy http://chrissymaries.blogspot.com/
emma http://elf-creations.blogspot.com/
gillyflower http://gillyflowersexpression.blogspot.com/
debi http://justmeandmyrubberstamps.blogspot.com/

wish it could be more!!
hope you day is going well, byeeeeeeeeeeeee xx