Exam Results.

A nail biting day for many people as they find out

how they did in their exams!

I made this quick card for my next door neighbours

daughter Sophie who did brilliantly in hers :o)

Congratulations Sophie x x

Birthday Card

A quick card I've made for my soon to be mother in law.

It's her Birthday on Sunday and I almost forget! lol

It's going to be a slow summer.

Having no car is an absolute nightmare when you

live in a small village with no shop. It's funny how

you take a car so much for granted until it's gone!

I'm stuck in the house until it's fixed so I've been

doing housework! I know, I must be bored lol.

So once the house was spick and span I thought I'd

make a quick birthday card.

The 21 is embossed in black but you can't really see

it in the pic, not really had the light recently with the

pants weather to get a decent photo sadly. Really

hope we get some better weather soon :o)

For a challenge long ago..

Karin set us a challenge a while ago to make

a tag using a stamp we've not used before.

I only remembered this challenge when Kaz

blogged her tag pmsl (sorry Karin) so got to

work on making mine.

Background was made using acrylic paints

and dazzling metallics and both stamps are

ones I've not used before :o)

I'd say click on the image for a closer look but

it doesn't seem to want to work today lol

Autumn in Summer..

It's gorgeous weather outside, so I decided

to make an Autumnal canvas.. obviously lol

I'm not sure it's quite finished yet, it needs

something... maybe some words but I shall

leave it as it is for now :o)

Happy Birthday

to you.. Happy Birthday to you..

Happy Birthday dear Kaaaazzzz..

Happy Birthday to you!!

Sunny Weather and no housework..

It's been so beautiful here for the last week that I've

rather neglected my housework so today as it's dull

and drizzly I decided to tackle it all. I started by

making a cuppa, sitting down to contemplate

where to begin and ended up messing around

with digital images and photo's on the pc all

morning lol Ah well.. there's always tomorrow!!

The tree is a photo I took while we were in Scotland

at the beginning of May which I've messed around

with in PSP.. Needless to say it was a far nicer way

to spend my morning than doing HW :o)

Ballet Girl..

Seona set us another great challenge and

this time it was to alter and use this image

of a ballet girl. Thanks Seona for another

great challlenge :o)

Wednesday Stamper - Bella Italia

It's been so long since I last did a challenge so

I thought I'd get back in the saddle by

having a go at Wednesday Stamper this week.

The theme is 'Bella Italia' and here's my entry :o)

The image I've used is from freefoto.com and is

of the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

apologies for the photo's. just couldn't seem to get

a decent one today lol

Bits and Bobs...

Seona set us another great challenge to make anything

we liked with the bits and bobs she sent to us, including

some lovely papers lol

I decided to make a tag for this one, think I threw

everything but the kitchen sink at it lol but I'm

quite happy with how it turned out.

Matchbox

I can't believe this is my first post of 2009 and it's

March already! where's the start of the year gone?

We've all settled well into our new home and I'm

now hoping I'll get more time to craft, I really have

missed it!

I altered this matchbox for a challenge Seona set us back

in January. I'm only now blogging it as I lost the pics tut.

It's the first thing I'd made since well before christmas

and I really enjoyed getting my fingers inky again.

Craft Away a Sunday - Butterflies

Where has the time gone? it only seems like 5 minutes

ago that I blogged but it's been weeks!

Thought I'd do a quick ATC for this weeks theme over

at Craft Away A Sunday which is Butterflies :o)

Craft Away a Sunday - Cute!

Over at Craft Away A Sunday this week the theme is

'Cute' and is hosted by Sarah.

The scrapbook page is of my eldest daughter Sophie

who was 8yrs old at the time and Youngest daughter

Freya who was about 3 weeks old... Can't believe she's

just started full time school!! Time certainly flies!!

photo of Sophie now just for Kaz lol

New Challenge Blog!

There's a new challenge blog called Craft Away A Sunday .

Every Sunday will bring a new challenge and in many

different styles as it is made up of a design team with

varied styles of crafting.. The first theme is 'Halloween'.

Here is my entry for this week :o)

edited to say.. yes it's stampbord Kaz lol

Stampboard and an Award...

I have a few lovely tree stamps and as boredom

took over on Thursday I decided to make 6 little

stampboard pieces to go together in my bathroom.

This is the first, so far that's all I've done lol but will

hopefully finish them all over the weekend.

Decided to use both pics as it looks so different in

in different light. The first was just natural light and

the second was taken under my daylight lamp.

and I've been given an award....

Thank you Ann for giving me this, you're the most
genuinly nice person I've ever had the pleasure of
knowing so I'm giving this straight back to you!! x

I'm also giving it to
Karen, Gillian Seona Audrey and Karin
Don't know what I'd do without any of you, you make
me laugh, keep me sane and most of all are always there.
Oh and your blogs aren't too bad either rofl! x

Mixed Media Monday - Rust

This week over at Mixed Media Monday the theme

is 'Rust' and is hosted by my friend Gillian who's done

an amazing sample piece for her chosen theme. I decided

to alter this tin and make it into a memory box for this

weeks challenge, think I threw everything in my craft

cupboard at it lol and I hope it looks a bit rusty :o)

Make A Moo or Two - Mona Lisa and Friends

This week over at Make A Moo Or Two the theme is

'Mona Lisa and friends' and here is my enty :o)

A Canvas or Two...

This was my first attempt at a canvas using

acrylics, metalic paints and some gold leaf.

I'd had made it for something else but Kaz

saw it and so it's now in sunny Scotland lol.

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And this one I made for my friend Audrey as

a COF gift. Thank you for taking the photo's x

I had no idea they made ideal cat toys rofl!!!!!

Swing High...

I can't believe it's nearly the end of June already, this

year is flying by!! I made this piece for a COF and also

for Mixed Media Monday where the theme this week

is 'Places' .. my place is swinging in the garden which

I spent hours doing as a child :o)

The photo's aren't great sorry, after what felt like the

50th attempt I went with the first two lol

Make a Moo or Two - Girls

Over at Make a Moo Or Two this week

the theme is 'Girls'.

Decided to use a photo of my mum (on the left

not looking happy lol) and her sister taken

in I think 1948 or around that time :o)