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Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Hey...

{hanging head} I never managed to post yesterday...the first Tuesday (from memory which isn't always reliable) since starting TLT 18 months ago I've missed. I know we've gone fortnightly but I still want to post on a Tuesday. I had the afternoon from hell yesterday...EXTREMELY frustrating. To make myself feel better I broke the MOB (mother of the bride) diet and had a tiny piece of chocolate. It wasn't my mostest favourite chocolate so didn't have the desired effect which made the break worse {sigh}

Oh well, today is another day and apart from getting my hair caught in the car door which was slammed shut by the wind (potential decapitation!) it hasn't been too bad :-D The best part of today has been my Wii finally being set up so I can get started on my MOB body beautiful lol. These things always fascinate me...that fact that someone is clever enough to think of these things then make them work is just mind boggling. I'll let you know how I get on :-D

I'm just on quickly (honest) to show you the card I made for my cyber friend who lost her MIL recently. This is my most favouritest SU! stamp set and perfect for a sympathy card. I think it's the hardest card to make (next to men's) but when you have a set like this, it makes it more bearable. The pictures aren't great but here it is...




I printed this Penny Black sentiment on my computer then stamp the wishes


A lot of wedding stuff has been going on...a lot of boxes being ticked but I said this was a quick post so I'll update you next time :-D

Thanks for stopping by

Catch ya later x

Saturday, 21 January 2012

Saturday again...

Well how did we get to the weekend so fast? I've had a week full of everything...cooking, walking the dogs,  cleaning, walking the dogs, washing, walking the dogs, ironing, walking the dogs. Then there was the LCI business bit which I can't tell you about .... just yet lol. But it's been VERY time consuming and I KNOW you will be happy happy happy because it's all for YOU! No crafting but last weekend I managed a few cards one of which I'm showing you today.

First I've got a little project I made for all the Ladybugs for their Christmas...well it was supposed to be for Christmas but only managed to get them made and mailed the other week! I couldn't show it to you as I was waiting for MPto receive hers as she's across the pond and I didn't want her thinking she'd been missed out.

You've seen this on my blog before but I think it's a great present because a) it's hand crafted with love b) it lasts a long long time...a whole year in fact! Here it is...



It's a calendar and notebook tin. As I was already late sending them it needed to be quick so no colouring. There's a commercial over here listing things and the price of them and I thought it would be perfect for the lid of the tin...I just adapted it to the crafting world. I found the Basic Grey pp in a drawer and after blowing off the dust cut it up and put it together with some SU! Tempting Turquoise cs, a strip of TT run through the Cuttlebug with an embossing folder, rounding the corners and sewing the pieces together. I had the perfect colour of felt in Carribean Blue to match TT to make the fabulicious Loopy Bloom.



The last time I made the tin I couldn't find a suitable sized pen so cut a pencil to fit but this time I managed to find these pens that are a perfect fit. The original idea for these tins came from here. Andrea has some fantastic project kits she puts together and sells.

I loved Julie's 'New Stash' Challenge card which you can see here and I wanted to have a try. I also wanted to use LCI images I haven't used in a while and Scaredy Cat Magnum caught my eye.


I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. Especially the doodling! I love seeing doodling on cards but I'm always afraid of making a hash of it and ruining a couple of hours of work but I was determined I was going to have a go. I took a deep breath and proceeded to dot and dash my way around the card and breathed a huge sigh of relief (I think I was starting to go blue!) when I was done without any mishaps...go Kerry go Kerry lol!!!


I cut out the aperature with my nesties and cut out another smaller circle with red cs for an edge then stitched around the circle (holding my breath again!) I stamped, coloured and cut out Magnum and Lily and mounted Magnum on a piece of embossed cs on the inside and stuck Lily to the outside using a foam pad


It looks like Lily is flashing Magnum but I can assure you she's not lololol


I got out my Whimsey Ticket stamps and die set...it's a bit tricky lining them up but I just love how these tickets add something a bit different to a card



I'd love to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop - Blues and Brown
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - Y You can choose (Anything Goes)
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Glitter (Magnum's stool)
Crafty Ann's Challenge - What's New Pussycat (ticket die and stamp set)
Stampin with the Dragon - Anything Goes
CES Challenge - Anything But A Card
Little Claire's Designs - Anything But A Card
The Spotted Chick - That's Krafty


You can find Scaredy Cat Magnum here in the January 1/2 price sale along with all LCI cling stamps.



Ok...I've a deadline for Monday and I haven't even started. Want to know what it is? Sorry...{tapping nose} you're just going to have to wait lol!

Have a great Saturday :-D

Catch ya later x

Friday, 12 August 2011

3 for 3!

Well are you shocked? I sure am lol. Can you believe this is my third post in as many days? Long may it last :-D

There's only one type of card I dislike making more than a man's card and that's a sympathy card for obvious reasons. Thankfully it doesn't happen very often but when the occasion arises I always reach for one of my favourite Stampin Up! sets Happy Harmony...I know the title is a bit ironic but it's the image stamp in the set I love and I think it's perfect for a sympathy card.

Sadly my neighbours mom passed away at the beginning of the week so I set to work and this is what I came up with...


Does anyone else love this 'flower' as much as I do?




I never know what to call these...I think they're actually weeds but I nicknamed them 'The Wish' because when I was little I used to blow them and make a wish. I'm sure the neighbours weren't too happy with me lol. The sentiment isn't from the set...I can't actually remember where it came from. I'll let you know if it comes back to me.


I'm still running...about 3 times a week. Lately, once I've dropped Ruby and Rocky off at Doggy Daycare I park nearby and just take off. My goal is 5 miles and so far I can manage just under 4 without stopping. Never in a month of Sundays did I see myself starting running at my age (erm 21) AND enjoy it...did I just say that??? I went for a run on Thursday morning but decided to set off from home and do the 'circuit' We have a road that goes all around our village...just about 2 1/2 miles. Thursday had to be the wettest days of the year...this is what I looked like when I finished....


Drowned rat?


The bottom of my jogging pants are usually at my ankles but it was so wet they were dragging on the ground.


Look what BFF found on one of her Edemame plants...no beans though lol

I bought a haircut from Groupon months ago and tomorrow is the day I'm going to use it. I'm a little nervous as I don't know the stylist but the good thing about hair is it grows lol. You can get some really good deals...apart from the haircut I've bought a facial, vitamins and the legendary spray tan and Gellux nails! Have any of you  bought anything from Groupon?

Another reminder that the LCI buy one get one 1/2 price stamp sale finishes on Monday.  Oh yeah...AND free postage!!! Just to tempt you even more I've added some fabulicious new ribbon!! The ribbon on this card is one of the new ones :-D

Hope you have a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by.

Catch  ya later x

Friday, 26 November 2010

A Post...finally!!

Wednesday and Thursday passed by in a blur...not sure really what happened to them but obviously I was far too busy to blog! I don't like missing a day if I can help it but sometimes it can't be helped. Yesterday is a bit more clear than the day before. Ruby had her appointment with the surgeon. I had it in my head her appointment was at 11am so we set off at 10. I really wanted to stop at Stirling services to get a Costa coffee flat white but didn't want to be late so carried on. We arrived just before 11 and made ourselves known only to be told 'Ruby's appointment isn't until 11:30'! (it didn't even cross my mind to look at my calendar!) I know it was only 30 minutes but all I thought about was that coffee lol. Of course those were the first words out of my mouth and without hesitating the lovely receptionist offered to make me one! How nice was that! I probably should have declined but as I was the only one waiting and the phones were quiet I accepted...milk and half a sugar please :-D

Luke was really pleased with Ruby and didn't seem overly concerned when I told him my worries ie her spasms and occasionally dragging her back leg when in the harness. The good news is we have to use the harness for only another 10 days and we can go for 2 x 10 minutes walks a day!!! Woo hoo...I can tell you we're both extremely happy with that last bit of news :-D Our first walk yesterday afternoon was more like she was taking ME for a walk lol. She was tearing up the street like a maddie and I had to run to keep up with her. She was none too pleased when her 10 minutes were up!

Rocky hasn't been himself lately. Because I have to keep Ruby from jumping around with him he goes to doggy daycare during the week. I think he's a bit depressed and is quite mopey. Normally he's flying around like the Tazmanian Devil so I'm feeling a bit sad for him. I'm going to pick him up a bit early today and take him to CB on the way home. Hopefully that will cheer him up a bit :-D

I do have a card to share with you today. It's not the kind I like to make...in fact I don't think any of us like to make but it had to be done. A mutual friend of Suzy Q and I lost her husband a few weeks ago and I had been avoiding making her a card....not because I didn't want to but I never feel I do a sympathy card justice. Then there's the thought of what sentiment to put on it...'with sympathy' just doesn't feel enough.

When I saw Michele's post I new I couldn't put it off any longer so this is what I came up with...


My sister Tracey gave me this SU! set Happy Harmony a couple of years ago because I LOVE this 'flower'. I call it a puff ball...I know it's a dandelion weed really. When I was younger I used to love picking them and blowing the 'puff' and watching them floating in the air. Of course the neighbors weren't too happy when they ended up with more weeds in their yard  than usual!

I probably made more work for myself but I stamped  the image on kraft cs using SU! markers then typed the sentiment on the computer and ran the stamped image through the printer. I was kind of guessing the position and was surprised when I got it right first time...don't you love it when that happens :-D I sewed and distressed the cs and added the twine and button though not quite sure about the button.


I added a bit of yellowy glitter the middle of the puffs and that was the card finished. I really like the sentiment. I saw it on a PTI set but didn't have it so had to make do with the computer. I think the sentiment lends it to so many different  occassions and I will be using it very soon in another card which I'll share with you later.

I've an exciting day tomorrow. It's crop day!!! It will be the last one until February so I have made an extra special make and take for the girls. I'm sooooo excited about it and I know the girls will love it (at least I hope they do!). Suzy Q is making her debut...not sure if she knows what she's letting herself in for as we can get quite loud but it's all fun and I know she'll enjoy herself.

We've had some flabulous entries for this weeks challenge but we'd like MORE lol. You've got 9am Monday to get your entries in. Another reminder that the discount code CB 2010 expires on Tuesday. If you want to take advantage of a 15% discount you can do that here!

 That's it for me today. I've a lot to catch up on and get everything ready to put in the car for tomorrow. Wouldn't it be awful if I forgot the M & T!!!!  Hope you have a great weekend whatever you do :-D

Catch ya later x

Saturday, 20 November 2010

Nothing crafty but look at this...

The days are passing in a blur...it's Saturday again...5 weeks till you know what and I haven't done a thing for it! I don't even want to think about it for now but it's hard when IT'S everywhere and has been since July! Boy do I sound Bah Humbug lol!!!

I haven't got anything crafty to show you today as such. I have a sample but I've got to keep it under wraps for now but all will be revealed soon!

Instead I've got some goodies to show you that Postman Steve brought me this morning. I was so excited when the doorbell rang as it could only mean one thing...whatever PS had for me wouldn't fit through my mail slot which could only mean one thing...my SU! goodies had arrived!!!!

Take a look at this gorgeousness...



Ok...I need a bit of oxygen now lol...how delicious does this look! I ALMOST forgot what I had ordered... New designer pp, Cherry Cobbler cs and ink pad. Stamps, a punch AND new RIBBON!!!

This is the lush new ribbon...stitched poly in Blushing Bride and Pear Pizazz. The two smaller rolls you can barely see are the new colours of  1/8" taffeta in very vanilla and one of my favourite SU! colours....Old Olive!!! The other colours in the stitched poly are gorgeous and they're next on my list :-D

I saw a technique on a blog last night that I'm itching to try so I'm going to do that just now before I head out with a delivery. Have a lot to cram in before Strictly and X Factor. If (W)Vagner doesn't go tonight I'm not going to be a happy camper...he does my head in as does Louis' smugness.  Matt or Rebecca to win woot woot!!!! Though I do have a marmite situation with Cher.

Anywho thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have a great weekend :-D

Catch ya later x

Friday, 1 October 2010

Baby Blues

There were a few problems with the discount code on my website yesterday and today...it wasn't discounting! Apologies to those it had affected but it's all sorted now :-D

I've had a little problem lately ... it's called missing mojo. I always find that if I don't make a card or craft for a while my mojo takes a walk...sometimes it's a long walk and it takes a bit of coaxing to come back. Luckily for me I received a package in the post yesterday from Helen...she'd borrowed a stamp and was returning it. She made me a lovely card to say thank you and it was this card that coaxed my mojo back lol. So a big thank you Helen :-D

I cased the card she made for the two baby cards I needed to make...here's the first one...

 You probably guessed that I would pull out my favourite baby stamp set from Stampin' Up!

 I thought the crying baby was appropriate for the boy card lol. I speak through experience...Ryan was a nightmare cry baby! This image makes me chuckle...
Ahhhh...my little tag using the SU! Tiny Tags set and matching punch.

I'm going to be a bit busy tomorrow and Sunday so I'm extending the 'exclusive' competition until Sunday and will pick a winner on Monday. If you want to win a stamp all you have to do is identify what you might think the exclusive is in the article below.



AND don't forget to grab the blog hop banner for a chance to win some prizes



Ok...I can smell something burning so I'd better run! Have a fantabulous weekend..I know I will :-D

Catch ya later x

Friday, 27 August 2010

Long overdue...

My neighbour's daughter had a baby boy back in June and this is me just getting around to making the card!! I've said it before and I'm saying now....better late than never :-D
I've gone for a bit of colour in this one and if you look really close at the pp the white stripes are all glittered up...it wasn't me...nope...came like that so that just means you're ALLOWED to use glitter on baby boy cards cuz this paper is from the DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy paper stack and if they do it then it's gotta be ok lol.
I grabbed a stamp from one of my favourite SU! sets...there's very little colouring involved so you can make a super duper quick card if need be. Of course that goes against MY grain but still...an hour for this baby wasn't too bad :-D


I used GA on the bubbles and dusted with my glitter...cuz it's officially allowed now lol.
I'm going to take this and the present to my neighbour later before the kids starts school!!
Big announcement tomorrow...The DT will be revealed!!!! Woo hoo...finally you'll be able to see who's creations you're going to be seeing here every week. There's a real international mix...we've got girls from the USA, Scotland/Canada (that's me!), Ireland, South Africa, France and the UK!! How's that for a bit of a 10 pence mixup lol. Make sure you check in tomorrow.
Think I've enough time to make the final Jack card for tomorrow's post so I'll love you and leave you. Have a great weekend :-D
Catch ya later x

Sunday, 1 August 2010

Sunday Sunday da da dadada...

Another week is over and another about to begin. How did we get to August so fast?! I want to know who stole May, June and July lol. I read on Jeanie's blog on Friday that there are only 148 days till Christmas....Holy moley...how did that happen??? Is this what happens when you hit 30....time just flies by? Thirty for me was 16 years ago but it feels just like yesterday {sigh}.
Anywho, I managed to get one card and my huge pile of ironing done yesterday woot woot. That's not nearly enough cards as far as I'm concerned and something's got to be done about it. Actually...something IS going to be done about it but I have an important call to make first and hopefully tomorrow I'll let you in on it :-D
Ok, here's my masterpiece from yesterday. Pierce asked me to make a card for a colleague who's wife had twin girls a few weeks ago. I dug out one of my favourite SU! sets and went to work....
This set is called Baby Firsts and there are 8 stamps in the set...I just stamped this one twice...lol aren't I clever! The pp is Lasting Impressions which I sewed onto some Bazzill then stuck down on a white card blank. For a bit of detail I put Swarovski crystals on each corner around the image. I wanted to do something a bit different with the ribbon so went for the
wrap-around-the-corner-then-tie-in-a-bow look lol. I'm not sure I did the right thing putting crytals on the bottom part of the bow but it's too late now! I hope they like it.


I coloured the images with my Pro Markers and Copics and cut it out with my Nestabilities.
There was a slight delay with the stamps (my fault) but they should be here on Tuesday and I'll be mailing them out as soon as :-D All competition winners are accounted for and have chosen their stamps so now I have to think of something for the next one!
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Thanks for stopping by :-D
Catch ya later x

Friday, 11 June 2010

Dum Dum...Dumdum.....(that's the wedding march if you didn't know!)

I didn't get ANY crafting done today. My time seems to be taken up with the computer these last few weeks and of course all my 'mom, wife, cook, cleaner etc' duties but I did manage to make a card for Hayley who is getting married tomorrow!!

I wanted the card to be all white with a lot of sparkle. Unfortunately you can't see the twinkle of all the Swarovski crystals I used. Every flower of the dress has a tiny AB crystal and then there's all the rest. As usual my photography skills don't do anything for this card but IRL it was lovely.

One third of Noah's Ark (the poodles) is coming over tomorrow for a play day. This could be very interesting because as far as I know Susan has never made a card in her life!! So it's going to be back to basics for me showing her how it's all done. She's coming at 1pm and she'll either hate it (shock horror) or love it and stay for dinner and play into the night. Hmmm...I might just get the spare room sparkled up just in case lol!

I'm off to do a little project for me and Nicole...I'll show it to you tomorrow :-D

Hope you all have a great weekend. Don't forget to leave a comment to win all the gorgeous stamps in the June release (I know...broken record!).

Catch ya later x

Wednesday, 7 April 2010

I didn't venture out of the house today until after dinner. I had to wait in for some deliveries and a friend popped in for a chat. It turned out to be a be a beautiful day and night so after dinner I took the dogs to CB and they had a great time. I got there just about 7pm and it was still so light out...I love the longer evenings and weather permitting I'll be doing the night run more often.
My niece moved into her own apartment at the weekend so I made her a card today. It might look a bit familiar ... it was one of the projects Annette and I made at the SU! night last month. It was originally a 6 x 6 scrapbook page but I made it into a 5.5 x 5.5 card, stitched around the edges, glittered it up and added the sentiment. Again it looks a lot nicer IRL.

I love the simplicity of it....I hope she likes it.




This is the bird from the My Sweet Pea stamp set...you gotta love him!
I'm going to get my eyes tested tomorrow then quickly go into town and pick my new glasses from Oscar & Fitch. I hope they're as nice as I remember.
Thanks for stopping by
Catch ya later x
ps Hayley posted a tutorial on her lace flowers ... make sure you check it out

Monday, 15 March 2010

Stampin' Up! fun

When we were at the Stampin' Up! stand at the SECC Annette and I were invited by Emma Crockett (a SU demonstrator) to an event held at the Pond Hotel on Saturday. When we arrived we got our ticket stamped...I spied a cupcake so asked for that and Annette got a .... can't remember!... and found a seat at one of the tables with 6 other girls. There were lots of demonstrations and we got to make 3 projects.
The first was this card using my favourite colour from SU! Old Olive cs and a new stamp set to be released April 1st called My Sweet Pea. To say Annette and I fell in love (not to sound too dramatic lol) with this set was an understatement! SU! have a knack of putting colours together that you wouldn't even think to in a million years. Here we've got Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise and I think Pink Passion. There's also Chocolate Chip ink for the bird.

This is an almost 6 x 6 scrapbook page which could easily be a card for those of us that haven't succumbed to the dark side!! I love this set :-)

And our final project was this voucher card holder. I love the Bashful Blue and Old Olive together. Did I tell you I love this set lol??? So that's one stamp set and three very different projects. I can't wait for this set to be released...only 16 sleeps to go! I was writing my wish list as we went along but ended up crossing half of it off when I got home when I realised I had most of it.

After the first project there was a prize and the winner got the My Sweet Pea stamp set and Pumpkin Pie ink pad. I couldn't believe it when they flashed up a ladybug on the screen...this was what the stamp was for on our invitation when we arrived. I spied the ladybug but thought it was a strawberry lol!!! Oh well better luck next time.

In between the projects there were demonstrations from 2 of the demonstrators. Emma's was really cool. She made a flower out of a long piece of ribbon and it looked super easy. I'm going to give it a try and hopefully do a tutorial on it.

When it was all finished and I was tidying up one of the girls from our table came up to me asking if I was Kerry. I wasn't sure if I should own up since I didn't know if I was in trouble or not (guilty conscience???) but it turned out she was one of my followers....hmmmm...that sounds almost cultish!!! How small worldish was that?? Anyway, hi Susan...it was lovely meeting you. Don't forget to send me pictures of your Martini Nikki cards!

Looking at the time I think I might just get a card or two in before bed. Thanks for stopping by.

Catch ya later x

Saturday, 13 March 2010

Happy weekend

Hiya folks...I'm still alive but I really don't know where the days are going. I'm going to have to try and locate a class on time management because I ain't so good at it these days. Since I don't have any real reason to get out of bed in the mornings as Steven left school 3 years ago, I find excuses for an extra 5 minutes, then 5 minutes leads to 10 and before I know it, it's almost 9 am and to me that's half the day gone! I also made the fatal mistake this week of not showering before going down the stairs to check mail, emails etc. Then I tidy and vacuum while the dogs are looking at me with pleading eyes to go for their walk. So this week I'm not leaving my bedroom until I've showered and dressed and I'm going to make lists of things I want to do the night before the day I want to do it....did you get that lol???
My Stampin' Up! goodies arrived yesterday...boy that was fast!! I've wanted this stamp set for ages but never bit the bullet. At the SECC if you bought the stamp set you got 20% off the punch so it would have been rude not to! I was running out of twine so got a couple of those (I know there's 3 in the picture but one is for Annette) and another role of my favourite coloured ribbon...Old Olive (I needed lots for next weekends make and take :-D) and finally the Boho flower punch. Another something I'd been swithering about for over a year so decided to put myself out of my misery so I could swither about something else!
I was selling my cards in 4 outlets but decided before Christmas to pull out of two. It was so time consuming especially since I don't seem to know how to make a quick card any more and thought I'd concentrate on the two closest to my home. I didn't have much time to make cards for those coming up to Birmingham so now the show is over and I can see the woods through the trees I started making some cards the other day to build my stock up. This is the first one...Cupcake Ruby. I'm making 3 of each as I go, one for each of the shops and one for my stash/sample box. I didn't have the sentiments when I was making the samples for the trade show so you won't have seen this one. They are a set of 8 for £6.50 which I think is fab value.


I'm going to try and do a tutorial (one of the conditions of having the crafty blog button is to have regular tutorials/tips) today on something I saw at the Stampin' Up! booth and post it tomorrow...depending on how it turns out lol. It won't be on video thank goodness as I don't like hearing my voice...I don't think I sound 100% Canadian anymore which upsets me a bit. If anyone wants to butter me up all you have to ask is if I'm here on holiday lol. So yeah...it will be pictoral (is that the right word??) and hopefully I can do a good enough job.


Hope you have a great weekend...and a great Mother's Day tomorrow. Nicole and Ben have invited us up for dinner tomorrow which will be a first for me :-D

Catch ya later x

Thursday, 31 December 2009

Howdy Ma'am

Have you ever had something that frustrated the heck out of you? Computers top the list for me but that's not what's frustrated me the last couple of days. I was running low on tape for my snot gun (ATG 700 to those of you use the proper name!) a couple of weeks ago so tried to place an order with my usual site but unfortunately it has closed down for a while. I finally tracked them down and they put me on to another site who would sort me out. I ordered my usual 10 rolls expecting to be told it came to £22 including postage like my previous place but instead was told it was £36!!! I did have another site I could get the tape from which was over £30 but not as much as £36 but you know that way when you get passed a certain point and your brain wants to say forget it but your mouth says yeah that's fine? Well, that's what happened! But that's not the frustrating part. The woman said it was Stix 2 tape and it was better than the other stuff yadda yadda yadda .... well for the price I would hope so. I didn't want to invest in the flippen' company for goodness sake...just buy some tape for my snot gun lol. I ordered it just before Christmas and I finally got it yesterday and not before time... I'd used my last 1/2 inch the night before. The long and short is it's a nightmare! It's thicker than my usual tape...it doesn't do corners like my usual tape...it doesn't break off like my usual tape...IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE MY USUAL TAPE!!! I swear it's the same stuff doctor's use for butterfly stitches lol. I've loaded my 2 guns with the stuff and I've another 8 in the box to get through before I eat humble pie and go to Viking where I got my my gun in the first place.

Now my rant is over I want to share with you the card I was talking about yesterday. Like I said I have never made a card for this occasion before and I don't think I ever will again. If any of you have let me know. I got a text message from a friend the other day inviting us up for the bells tonight. She said she had a little something to celebrate apart from the New Year. I'll let the card do the talking...




How cool is that? An OBE!!! The card turned out exactly how I pictured it so I'm really pleased. The crown is from a Stampin' Up! set which hadn't seen ink since I bought it about 5 years ago...But I KNEW I'd need it sometime and I was right lol. I wanted to keep it as simple as possible but still have a bit of wow and I think it does.

That's my dinner arrived from the chippy so I'm off. Enjoy whatever you're doing to ring in the bells tonight and stay safe.

I'll catch ya next year! x

Saturday, 5 December 2009

I've been up to my elbows in Snowman Poop!! And don't even go there with the Snowman Soup lol. I've had a pretty productive day. Shortbread has been baked and the house smells gorgeous :-) I still have to do the candles but I'll do them after I post this. Take a look at what I've been up to today...


I love these Emerson images...they're so cheeky!

A little bit of acetate going on here...picture doesn't do it justice!



Snowman Soup!


And a little poop!


I love this card...I think Ruby suits the easel design.


And one of my favourite stamp designs...Whippersnapper. Aren't they cute!
I think there's more but I'll post tomorrow after the craft fair. Don't forget...if you're in the area we'd love to see you....and it's for a great cause....Breast Cancer.
Thanks for stopping by.
Catch ya later x