Blue blue blue

No folks im not whinging i promise lol.....our new theme over at creative craft challenges is the colour blue lol,

we are being sponsored by the stamping boutique and papermakeup,

Here is my card using mainly blue and my image is a TSB one

Ive had that folied paper for about 2 years and found it out the other day and just knew i needed to use it up !!!

I ruffled up some large white satin ribbon so it wasnt all blue, and used my fave martha stewart doily punch

 Here is a close up of my image

I would love to see you there playing along with us

Cards for men - boys and thier toys Dt card

Crikey what a fab recycling challenge we had, it was great seeing what everyone did and how they used up those otherwise thrown away things lol.

Pop by at Cards for men and have a nosey see if you are our lucky winner!!!!! and check out our top 3 results



cards for men



For our new challenge we are looking for all those toys for boys (or men) lol

**Remember we are an all male themed challenge blog**

And we are being sponsored by

Please find images by hope jacare HERE 

 we have used digital images from hope jacare too, i chose this fabulous drum kit!!! isnt it super cool? i love how you could colour it in and add lots of sparkle or leave it plainer (like i have) and it would still look awesome

My card has been distressed by tearing up all my card stock and designer paper, matted and layered with silver pearlised paper and ive ruffled up the lovely saddle stitch grey/white ribbon that i got from meiflower for xmas

 To add a little colour to my black/grey/silver creation i used my blue gloss sakura pen, to colour round the sentiment tag stamp form whimsy stamps, and white sakura pen for faux stitching, then off course to finish of my card those fab massive silver star embellies.

Im gonna enter this card into

1. Lollypop - anything NEW goes (new digi and ribbon)
2. Anything goes - anything goes
3. Stamptacular - texture (Ruffled ribbon and torn edges)

Not done much craft today

I have managed to make a DT card this aft when kyle was in bed thankfully as he woke early so had to abandon any efforts of craft lol, thanksfully i have been busy colouring in some other images for some DT cards yet to make.... most of these piccies are for my dt work but you will have to pop by and see them on a card lol

 Here is the reason not alot has happened lol...... kyle lol, he has been in a right cheeky little mood bless him

My jewellery blog

Hi guys

Some of you may know ive started dabbling in jewellery making too, ive been doing that about 7 months ish i think now, so i started a seperate blog for my jewellery creation, although my postings have been a bit hit and miss, partially to the fact i havent many followers yet lol, so i guess im gonna be ickle bit cheeky and see who else out there enjoys a bit of jewellery making too???? if your like me and enjoy that as well id love you to pop over have a nosey at my work, perhaps become a follower if you feel you would like too lol, and then ill pop by your blogs to say thankyou,

You can find my other blog by clickin on pic in sidebar or just by checking out THIS link

Hugs to all

xxxxx

you gotta love all things lotv

Crikey isnt it windy again!!!

I went out this morning for a walk to the post office to get my milk and bread as i was gasping for a cuppa lol an it nearly blew me to scotland lol oh an being as i live in derbyshire thats quite a way lol, and on the walk back it chucked it down lol, thanksfully kyle was in his pram covered nice and snug, but me by the time we got back i was like a drowned rat lol

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So now ive had my first cuppa and onto my second i feel able to share this card with you lol

its another of my lily of the valley stamps......these are coming my top choice at the moment as they are all soooo cute and decent prices too, i have a thing for the boys ones and my fave at the mo is this little fella....he just reminds me of my little lad lol

I left the rest of the card quite plain as i wanted the image to be the first thing you look at and of course little lads dont care for all the fuss do they lol

the one style of DP is from stampin up and the sentiment i think is from lotv too, my lovely friend tracy gave me it, added a bit of card candy and some faux stitching then thats it.

 here is the entire pic of the card, i have made it for a good friend of mines little boy who will be 5 next week. an he a typical mucky little fella so thought he would like this?

 I am entering this card into a few challenges

1. Paperplay - in stitches
2. CRAFT - celebrations
3. Charisma - happy birthday
4. lilli's fairies(lotv) - fave stamp (at the mo this is mine)
5. Pile it on - manly card
6. I love promarkers - Cute and cuddly
7. Simon says - spots an stripes
8. Crafty creations - something new (card candy pack)

Woyww #136 beware utter chaos

Happy wednesday everyone...its been a long time since i joined in at WOYWW so thought id drop by and share with you the chaos that is my work area lol....beware it truly is a complete mess !!!!!!

I have quite a few piccies to share with you lol so grab a cuppa!!!

here are my new stamps that have recently arrived they are from papermakeup in the states and they are having a massive sale die to stopping doing rubber stamps and going all digital....you may want to have a nosey HERE they have a fab array of gorgeous sentiments and word art as well

Here is my top shelf area lol all my best stash goes up there away from prying eyes lol or in my case a 6 and 2 year old, the black unit is a cd rack the wrong way round lol and that in the distande is a spice rack with ym yummy buttons in!!

can you see all my lovely stampin up supplies? my stamps and punches are thier too

 A vision of utter disarray here papers flung all over the place lol yesterday was a chaotic session lol

 here is a piccie of my ribbon box and my 6x6 and mixed papers oooh and a sneek peek at my martha stewarts

 Also i thought id share the love to my die cutting stuff, i love my cuttlebug and have had it for couple or 3 years now but until recently didnt use it often as it was a faff to get it out, but ive rearranged and popped it right by my desk, can you see that bit of green in the corner lol....there she is, also can you see my evergrowing nestie collection? and my beloved sakura pens i love those and do all my faux stitching with them,

 Crikey can you see what i have to work with lol here is where i keep all my envelopes and card blanks in the grey drawers and the colourful ones at the back keep safe my a4 card stock

 Last but not least.............are ya still with me lol????? this litlle lot is under my desk where my feet are supposed to go lol, who cares about feet i need more space lol, all my stickles/inks etc etc gors into them drawers and all those 15 storage boxes have stamps in them, also i keep stamps on the shelves and in the big drawers as well, i have millions and millions lol im a lover of the greeting farm/lily of the valley/magnolias and pretty much any really

Oooooh i hope i havent bored you silly with those pics, im afraid im not lucky enough to have a room of my own i gave that up for my youngest son lol....well he couldnt stay sleeping in a moses basket all his life lol, i will get a room of my own eventually but will be few years as we will have an extension and then i get a proper room lol but for now i am happy in our bedroom as i have i nice big corner of our room lol.

Anyway thanks for stopping by please leave me some love and i will do my best to pop by say thankyou

hugs xx

my boys

Good morning everyone

I havent got a card to show you so thought id share a couple pics with you that ive taken recently of my lovely family, i got a new camera for christmas and have been taking it everywhere with me as anyone who knows me knows i love taking photographs and having all those lovely memories in print all around my house..
Anyway here they are i do hope you take a few mins to have a look at my gorgeous family lol
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kyle with his little friend lizzie on charles hill las november
(this pic wasnt with my phone my friend laura took this)

My eldest alex at his 6th birthday party, it went extremely well with 24 of his friends they all had a blast, thanks god to indoor play centres lol,

Here i am looking a bit not so good lol it was really windy an cold and not a stitch of lippy on lol, again on charles hill as alex got a water rocket set for his birthday so we went for a play

And look here, both my boys together havin a cuddle.....awwwwwwww, they are a pair of monsters alot these days and fight like cat and dog, but they love each other millions lol

Here daddy is setting up the rocket launcher, which is basically a pop bottle filled with water then you pump air into it and watch it fly....and boy does it fly....i think the highest we got that day was about 30 metres

Here again is me lol with  one of my bestest buds claire and an fabulous friend of mine dawn at new years eve, a fab night with fab friends and family,

This ones a bit of a morning after the night before pic lol but my alex wanted us to have a picture, its not a good one this one but i dont mind lol

And last but no means least my boys getting ready to tackle new years eve lol



I hope you enjoyed looking at my pictures ill hopefully have something crafty for you later as tuesdays are my crafty afternoons when my sister has the boys for a couple of hours and i get to catch up a bit with any orders and dt work

Cardmadfairy's digi days - Thanks

Good morning peeps, its a windy friday today and i have another Dt card to show you, this one is for Cardmadfairy's digi days and our theme is a fab and easy one so i expect lots and lots of entries for this,

Our theme is..............THANKYOU.... so come on i dare you to join us lol

 I chose to use one of the cardmadfairy's cuppa digi's as it seemed perfect....well i always think a cuppa goes down well with a chat dont you, and for me ive had to say thanks a few times of late to friends who have offered me that chat and a cuppa.

• Passion for promarkers - Thankyou
• Creative inspirations - Thanks

A batch of thankyou mini cards

It was my little lads 6th party on tuesday some of you may remember my post about it...well of course with a party goes thank you notes, this is the majority of them i still have a few to do but they of course will be the same as these, pink for the girls and blue for the boys, they are about the size of an atc but cards,

I think the stamps are from inkadinkadoo in a set i have had for sooooo long and havent used much, well the sentiment an stamp of course fit perfectly for a bunch (no pun intended lol)of 5 and 6 year olds, even though they little these took me about 4 hours to put together, then my alex wrote inside and on the envelopes bless him.

here he is look bless him getting to work on his pile

Again if i may im popping these cards into a couple challenges

• Stampin for the weekend - anything goes
• CRAFT - thank you
• Papertake weekly - anything goes
• Incy wincy - anything goes
• Cute card thursday - whats new (card stock from pda and memento pink ink)
• Secret crafter sat chall - anything goes
• Craft your passion - anythign goes with distressing (edges of white card is distressed)

What do you think? ive seen much fancier and prettier ones but considering time i have to craft which can be limited and that ive not made mini cards en masse before they not bad lol

DDCC #146 - new beginnings

Good morning thursday...crikey isnt it windy again today, and last night i thought our carport roof was flying off it was that bad, although we should be thankful that it doesnt get as bad as it can in some places shouldnt we, i always try to tell myself that things can always be worse.

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Anyway we have a new challenge over at Dutch dare and as its a first for 2012 we have a theme of....

NEW BEGINNINGS

so new baby/new school/weddings/engagements the list can go on.....

We are being sponsored by Crafty sentiments for this challenge which some of the girls have used thier images, me however im afraid i havent this time as id completed my card in advance and hadnt time to make another using their fabby images, pop over and take a look they really are great..

Im sure you can tell what theme i chose for new beginnings lol....A new life together as man and wife, i used a lily of the valley topper as time has been of essence for me lately,

the backing card is from kanban and the flowers are prima paper flowers with meiflower gems in the middle, the card candy is new i got it for xmas along with some other new crafty bits, as i didnt want a plain sentiment stuck on i hand wrote it and then cut it up, i hope it looks ok? my writing isnt fancy lol, to finish i used my sakuras for some faux stitching and some purple pearly card.

I think whatever style your into you gotta love lily of the valley i have millions of thier stamps but had to get these toppers as i struggle with wedding images and never seem to colour them in to a satisfactory level.

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Im going to enter this wedding card into a few challenges pretty please

• My time to craft - hugs and kisses
• Papertake weekly - Anything goes with option of something new (wedding card and card candi)
• Poodles parlour - Song titles (white wedding)
• Fab n funky - Something new (card candi and wedding theme)
• Crafty sentiments - Love and romance
• Party time tuesdays - something new (wedding, and ME lol my first time at this challneg blog)
• Lili's little fairies LOTV - new beginnings (wedding)

Hugs xxx

OMG - look what i won

I am soooo excited to tell you i won this mahooosive selection of rubber backed stamps from unity stamps, i won the friends with flair which basically is that they pick a winner from comments made within a certain time frame, i didnt even know they were doing it lol so imagine my surprise when i got a comment on my blog telling me i had won, and until the prize came i hadnt a clue what it would be....

But just look at all those, some are quite big as well, i will use them all at some point im sure

If you want to go take a look for yourself pop HERE

im putting the blog in my blog roll as its a really fab blog with lots of yumminess on it lol



Congratulations........13 today

Good evening peeps, it has been a very very windy day today hasnt it!!! its nearly blew my car port roof off lol, we have had my 6 year olds birthday party today it was choatic...just imagine 24 kids running riot lol, thank god for indoor play centres party packages thats all i can say, my little lad had the time of his life and was sooo excited to open even more presents lol.

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Anyway i have made a easel card for a friends son who turned 13, he feels he is now a grown up so it was a big deal for him to finally be a teenager, he loves sports cars and the colour blue, so this seemed the most perfect card to make.

Id like to enter this into a few challenges

• Papertake weekly - anything goes with option of new beginnings (new teen)
• Joanna sheen - celebrations
• Tip top - anything goes (top tip - when i use die cut decoupage i always trim off the little bits on edges that look shabby so the finished decoupaged item looks clean)
• Incy wincy - anything goes
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• Pile it on - anything goes
• Allsorts - new beginnings (new teen)
• ABC - X for xtra special (new teen celebrations)
• Secret crafter - anything goes

I hope my interpretation of some of the themes is ok? i think being a teen is a massive deal, i remember mine all those years ago and i felt at the time it was a major thing to turn 13 lol

creative craft challenges - whats your resolution

 Its our first challenge of 2012 at creative craft challenges and the obvious choice seems to be all about resolutions....so pop over take a look at the dt girls samples for you and we really hope to see you with us.

my resolution speaks for itself lol to continue with my fitness and curb my alcohol and food intake as ive gotten quite a little(or should i say big) tummy of late lol, the scales are definatley not my friend.

the digi is a bugaboo image as they are our sponsor for the first challenge in 2012

I would like to enter my resolution card into a few challenges

1. Incy wincy - anything goes
2. Come and get it - Happy new year
3. Pile it on - anything goes
4. Allsorts - new beginnings (new year)
5. Cute card thursday - happy new year

I really hope you can pop over to join us it would be fab to see your resolution projects