Happy New Year and a week!

Yoo Hoo!!!

I know it is belated but a very Happy New Year to you all I hope it brings you good health, happiness and fortune!!!!

Well I am hoping all three will work for me especially the health as have been ill all over Chrimbo and still getting over it,and have now managed to catch something else!

If it's not one thing it's another!!

So fingers crossed eh!

Hence the lack of posts and actually lack of wanting to do anything at all it really knocked the stuffing out of me, so not many Christmas cards were made at all this year!

This is the card that I made for my mum and dad (I did obviously need to make this one!)
This is the side view of my easel card, I really like these style cards and so easy to make but think they look that little bit extra special - Did you notice above I must of found my glitter button on my camera by accident it's sparkling a treat!

The Chrimbo papers are by SU along with the tree stamp and bauble stamps, the tag inside is by Magnolia and the fantastic image is of course LOTV.

I will be entering my card into the following challenges

ABC Christmas challenge - A for anything christmas

Winter wonderland - lets go dotty

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Creative craft World - anything goes

I did get a lovely new camera for Chrimbo and have still yet to read the manual as it is a bit more snazzier than my old one so who knows my photos may come out a little better - fingers crossed!!

Bye for now

xxx

The Twelve Days of Fluffmas!!

Hullo,Hullo,

I bet you thought Christmas was over ? well not over at Stamping Fluff'n'Stuff , Oh No!!!

The fabulously funny Faye has her own 12 days of Fluffmas going on, Oh Yes!!!

She has 12 fluffy questions for you to answer and post them on your blog for you to be able to win some candy, so what are you waiting for..................

1. How old is Sweet Cheeks? 2 years old

2. What is the name of my Mum's Blog? It's an alien life http://itsanalienlife.blogspot.com/

3. What are my favourite colours? (Clue; they're not what you might think they are!) pink, green, brown

4. We recently moved, but from which county? Devon

5. How many posts did I write in August? 16 posts

6. Which two Challenge Blogs do I play on? Cupcake craft challenge http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ and Sweet Stampin Challenge http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

7. When is my birthday? (Clue; I was on holiday!) 15th March

8. What is my favourite crafting item? twine

9. Name the alternate reality I inhabit? Faye World

10. I love this as much as crafting, what is it? Cakes, Choklit and Ice Cream

11. What do we refer to my Dad as? (Bonus stash if you can tell me what his remedy for anything is?)
Doc Shingles - remedy - White Lightning Cider

12. Once Upon a Time, I had a career in? catering and HR

Now you really must pop by and join in the fun if you haven't visited before make a cuppa and get some tissues cos as you read Fayes posts you will be having a chuckle a minute!!!!

Toodle pop!!

xx

Merry Christmas!!

Hullo, Hullo,

I would like to wish everyone who takes the time to come and visit my little place in blogland a most wonderful christmas, I hope you all have a lovely time with friends and family and hope Santa brings you some fab pressies - that's of course if you have been good boys and girls!!!

Thank you to everyone who has made me so welcome in Blogville this past year and if I don't manage to pop by before the end of 2010, I wish you all a fantastic 2011!!!!!!!!!

I got the inspiration for my card from this wonderful card made by Steph.

big hugs

xxxxx

Snow Kiss!

Hullo, Hullo,

Oh how I love this stamp "Snow Kiss" Penny Black isn't it so cute!

I made this card at the weekend and keep trying to add to it but every time I try it just doesn't look right so I have left it as it is.

Lots and lots of stickles on this one but you will have to look closely, it twinkles lovely in the flesh!

Looking at the polar bear now I am wondering what he would look like with white flower soft hmmm now there's a thought, maybe I will have to experiment.

Well, I have been awake since silly o'clock as I started coughing and coughing and coughing and coughing and then that was it I was wide awake so then I start thinking Waaaagh Christmas!

Not done a blooming thing yet haven't even got any decs up I just really can't get in the mood but need to get a groove on and get in the mood as lots and lots to do especially as one of my son's arrived on 23rd December so also have a birthday to think about!! aaaggghhhh!!!

Right that is enough of panic mode, must get on and actually action my thoughts instead of sitting here waffling!!

I will be entering my card into the following challenges

secret crafter - christmas

crafty creations - bear

creative card crew -anything goes

Papertake weekley - red and green must not be seen

a spoonful of sugar - christmas

lots of inspiration on these blogs go check them out!

Toodle pop!

xx

PS Hello to my new followers thank you for visiting hope you enjoy my creations!

Snow fun!

Hullo, Hullo,

I have a Mini Magnolia card today to show you, my lovely friend Tracy bought me this as a gift last year and I have only just found her since (well I did say she was mini!) I had put her somewhere safe along with mini Edwin and his lizard.

The reason I started this card was because I wanted to play with my new Martha Stewart PATP Deco flowers, these damn punches are slowly becoming my guilty pleasure (as Cheryl Cole would say!) I have also used MS branch punch and MS poinsettia punch, I seem to have gone a little punch crazy!!

I have also used my fab new Sentiments Flags die and stamp set from Lil Inker, I am loving this it comes with sentiments (although this sentiment is an Elzybell) along with a die to cut out a banner image.

I still have lots of cards to make and am finding it hard to find the time and to be honest don't really feel that inspirational to make them but they gotta be done one way or another!!

I was happy to find that my card qualifies for the following challenges

Just Magnolia - anything goes and sparkle (there is sparkle honest!!)

ABC Christmas challenge - yuletide

Secret Crafter - christmas

Stamp Something - Christmas Colours

totally papercrafts - christmas punches

Top tip Tuesday - anything goes

Stampavie and more - snowflakes

Now onto some snowy pics..

Don't trees look pretty covered in snow - i love it!
Kids deciding to build an igloo this was taken just before they started arguing and then burying each others head in the snow! Brotherly love !!

They then decided to build a real igloo..

Sadly this never got finished because then the rain came and everything started to defrost, so they have decided this will be top of the list when the next lot arrives!!

Hope you have had fun in the snow and not been too disrupted!

Toodle pop!

xxx

Crimbo Cards!!

Hullo, hullo,

I'm back with some fantastic Penny Black Mimi Christmas cards which I made on a class with the lovely Mrs Wonka last night, first up is this little cutie and I learnt how to make my image lovely and sparkly, unfortunately David Bailey was busy so I had to take my own pics but trust me this is a real sparkler!!!

I like all of them but this is my favourite, another card design I had never tried before and yet so "Simples"!!
Another angle for you isn't it cool may have to try and make some little scenes with this design!!
Last but not least Mimi decorating her tree, aren't they cute and look at all that Kraft paper well crumb cake (SU) isn't it devine I was in my element!!!

There was a great bunch of ladies and we had a scream like we always do - well I must own up they probably think of me as Ladette to lady!!!

We get thoroughly spoilt at Mrs Wonka's there is always chocolate on tap!! (Well you know what I mean - not literally!) but I think Mr Wonka maybe working on it!!

Finally I received 2 lovely awards from a couple of lovely blogging buddies, Elaine and Nicki and funnily enough they were the same just a different colour!!

Apparently they think I have "Attitude" see it's confirmed I am officially a Ladette!!! lol

These are special as they also come with a $5 dollar gift certificate to spend at Digis with Attitude, aren't I Lucky - Thank you ladies!!

I do have to tell you 3 things about myself though - umm where do i start...........

1. I love music and singing (can't sing but love to practice!) all types of music but especially Linkin Park when I am doing my housework.

If the kids are annoying me I will play Will Young and sing Evergreen at the top of my voice so I can annoy them!! fair huh!!

I do have to blow my own trumpet though and can sing a wicked version of Robin (Kermits nephew) Halfway up the stairs - so proud!

2. I was a Brownie when I was younger an Elf and have remained a true brownie ever since and am proud to say I always "Think of others before myself!!"

3. I have held a spider in my mouth a bit like I'm a celebrity Jungle!!! .......................ok so not like in the jungle,picture the scene - kids were on the settee and I was pulling the curtains looking up with my mouth open (don't ask me why it was open i dunno) as I pulled the curtains something landed in the back of my throat - obviously I started choking and causing a scene with kids laughing, spat this thing out and it was only a blooming great big spider which unravelled itself and scuttled under the settee!! waaagh yeah I know nearly death by spider!!

Luckily we both survived!!

I also have to pass this on to 5 others

Emma

Clare

Debbie

Faye

Mrs Wonka

Have a great day and enjoy your weekend - no snow for us yet hope its not too icy wherever you maybe and stay safe!

toodlepop!

xx

Male card!

Hullo, Hullo,

Oooh such a long time since I last posted such a bad blogger I am, I do apologise, life in general has been busy and then we have had the dreaded lurgies that have been floating around.

I am still trying to shake it off but still have the dreaded cough that keeps me awake at night (and everyone else supposedly! oops)
I thought you may like to see the card that I had made for my Dads special birthday, male cards are always hard but this one just came together and I love it I have used lots of punches and dies for this one, I even embossed, I always forget about my CB folders it's such a sin as I love the effect they achieve this one is called Diamond plate and is fab for the guys.

The cork tiles are little pads off a new piece of glass we recently bought so I trimmed them to size to make scrabble effect tiles!!

I will be entering my card into the following challenges

Papertake Weekly - autumn colours

Tuesday throwdown - buttons and bows

Paper playtime - about love or something you love (i luv my ms punches and mft dies not forgetting my Dad of course!!)

Little papershop - Die cuts

Anything goes - emboss it

Well that's it folks for today but I will be back as although I have been MIA two lovely ladies had been thinking of me and given me awards which cheered me up I can tell you so I will post them next time.

Toodle pop!

missed you all x