Clare's Crafty Cave

Parents birthdays

2010-10-21T04:46:00.000-07:00

Once again I'm blogging about how awkward it is having parents with birthdays within a few days of each other.

All I will say is ----- thank gawd for friends and forums LOL

The inspiration for mum's card came from seeing a card that the fab Kerrie made.

And here's dad's card. Competition time on the forum and the theme was Easel cards. Ummm I came first :D Very very happy :)

Stamps: Stampin Up Choo Choo and train track roller. I had great fun doing the train track. Nearly ended up with having them all over my craft room walls LOL

Paper/Ribbon: Stampin Up - can't remember the name of the pack

Card: Stampin Up Kraft, Early Espresso and Brocade Blue

Letters: Sizzix Go Slim

Amy's scrapbook

2010-10-04T04:25:00.000-07:00

Well it's been 4 months since my last post. I have no idea where the time has gone --- football, family, work, craft and more football (mighty Spurs qualifying for Champions League woohoo) have kept me very busy.

I can't promise that I'm going to be blogging more regularly as I know that family stuff is going to take priority in the upcoming few months --- but I will try.

Anyway, the project that has been keeping me occupied for the last few months is my niece's 18th scrapbook. I kept saying that I wouldn't have a last minute panic but yep I did. I have to say a huge thank you to Kerrie for giving me a kick when I needed it :o)

Here are some piccies of some of my favourite pages:

Love this paper from Basic Grey

A Little Birdie told me

2010-06-04T04:34:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I used this stamp --- isn't he cute :)

Pretty in Pink

2010-05-31T12:21:00.000-07:00

A good friend recently turned 40 and she's a fellow Denami Design stamp fan and Pink so this card kind of made itself :)

Auntie to a 21 year old!!!

2010-05-27T04:51:00.000-07:00

One post a month - I'm getting better LOL

I made this mini book for my nephew who turned 21 last month --- how on earth did that happen?!?!?!? It doesn't seem like 2 minutes ago that he was a toddler shouting "Dare" up the stairs LOL

Anyway, I wasn't going to make him anything as he said that he didn't want a handmade card but his mum (my sister) persuaded me to make this. I think he liked the idea of it but didn't like the photos aarrggghhh. Anyway, my sister was pleased with it :o)

Ribbons and plain card stock are Stampin Up. I can't remember who the papers are from but they're ideal for male cards :D

Quickutz Birds

2010-04-21T11:47:00.000-07:00

I'd been trying for ages to find the Quickutz bird die. I even resorted to trying to pinch Becky's but we ;o) got caught so I thought I'd never be able to get my own :o( There's only so many times that you can check Ebay and be disappointed. Thankfully, after a crafty weekend away with friends, the fantastic Nikki took up the challenge to find the die and ----- woohoo she did it. She is a genius (((hugs)))

My only problem now is that I have to force myself to NOT use it on every card LOL

Bad blogger

2010-04-21T11:44:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that it's been 3 months since I blogged. I've had loads going on at home and doing crazy hours at work that the time's flown by. I have been able to do the important things like crafting, catching up with friends/family and of course going to Spurs matches. Shame about the FA cup defeat to Pompey but we've just beaten Ar5ena1 and Chelski so I'm back to being a happy Spurs fan :D

Anyway, I will try and blog what I've made recently. So watch this space :)

Christmas catch up

2010-01-15T05:02:00.000-08:00

I think everyone should have received their Christmas cards by now so it's safe for me to put them on here LOL

I had specific orders from Amy that she wanted a pink Christmas card!

Competition cards

2010-01-11T11:38:00.000-08:00

Here are the 3 cards that I entered into a competition on a crafty forum. The theme was "anything goes" which was a great relief as I really had had enough of Christmas LOL

And this card came joint 3rd - yippee!

I was going to say that I was shocked that I hadn't used any Stampin Up products on any of the cards but ...... I've just realised that the card stock that I used for matting/layering and the ribbon were --- Stampin Up LOL

ITunes voucher holder

2010-01-10T10:03:00.001-08:00

This was a last minute make on Christmas Eve. My parents bought my nephew an Itunes voucher and I decided - at the last minute - that they couldn't give it to him in just an envelope.

Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny
Card Stock: Stampin Up Real Red
Sentiment stamp: Stampin Up

Happy New Year!

2010-01-10T09:50:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I posted but we had loads of snow before Christmas/New Year and then had loads more last week. So I could get to work, as I don't drive in the snow, I stayed over at my parents and walked the mile to work every day. This has meant that I haven't been able to craft as much as I'd like to but "fingers crossed" the current lot of snow is starting to thaw so we can get on with the rest of the year in a normal way :o)

Anyway, I get a bit snap happy during when it has snowed. It should normally take about 20 minutes to walk the mile from my parents house to my work but taking my camera with me meant that the walk lasted about ummm 40 minutes. Here's one of my fave photos - not bad considering that it was taken at 8am and I was frozen LOL

You can tell that I'm now completely fed up with the snow as I didn't take my camera with me on Friday. Thankfully, the snow is starting to thaw!

Santa's on his way

2009-12-08T05:09:00.000-08:00

I've finally finished all my Christmas cards this year - yay!

One of the stamp sets that I bought new this year was this cute Santa set.

You can't tell from the photo's but I did Santa's beard and coat fur with flock and added a glittery sparkle to the trees and ground.

Magnolia's for sale

2009-11-27T12:33:00.000-08:00

I am selling the Magnolia stamps pictured below. All stamps have been used at least once so some may have a bit of ink staining but they all stamp perfectly.

All the stamps are £3 which includes P&P. Preferred payment is via Paypal or cheque. Please email me or pm me on UKS if interested. Thanks

ALL SOLD PENDING PAYMENT

Choo Choo

2009-10-23T04:57:00.000-07:00

My parents birthdays are with 6 days of each other!!! Mum's card is normally fairly easy - well compared to dad as she likes flowers, pink, girly bits and pink! Whereas dad - who has got lots of hobbies but they're things like golf, computers, football and trains - choo choo ;o)

Once again, the fantastic Sarn came up with a challenge to make a waterfall card which I thought would be perfick for my dad's birthday card :o) The only problem was that it took me about 4 hours to finish it!!!

Card Recipe:

Little train stamp - Stamps Away

Sentiment stamps - Stampin Up

Paper - Pebbles Inc.

Die Cut letters - Sizzix - forgotten what the set is called!

I love this bird!

2009-10-23T04:50:00.000-07:00

This is my mum's birthday card for this year. Always struggle with both my parents birthday cards as I always try and do something "different" for their cards. Thankfully, the fab Sarn came up with a challenge to make this shaped card.

Now, I really really love this die cut bird but I haven't got the die :(
Had to borrow Becky's but now I want even more LOL

2009-10-05T04:53:00.000-07:00

I made this anniversary card for my sister and BIL. Still can't believe that they've been married for 21 years!!!

This card was the first time that I'd used (and fell in love) with the definitions stamp from Stampin Up. I think the set is called Define Your Life ?!?!? Anyway, for this card, I borrowed this definition from a very good friend as I didn't actually have that set but ---- my fab parents bought me the set for my birthday. Now just need to find some time to play with them all LOL

The paper is from Stampin Up - Bashful Blue designer series. The owl stamp is a Sugar Nellie one that was free with a magazine and the branch is from Hero Arts.

40th birthdays

2009-10-02T04:54:00.000-07:00

2009 has been the year for 40th birthdays in my family. First there was my sister and recently my cousin and his wife also went from being 30 something to 40 ;o)

Now I'm pretty close to my cousin and we have the same daft sense of humour, so I always knew that I was going to emphasize his age on his card. Don't think I could have got it much larger LOL

I was much kinder on Hayley's card :o)

Patterened papers on both cards are Pebbles. Plain card is Stampin Up - brocade blue and close to cocoa on Colin's card and Pixie Pink on Hayley's. The mouse stamp is a Penny Black and I think that the golf stamp is from Great Impressions.

Ooops

2009-09-30T04:42:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that it's been over 2 months since I last posted on my blog. I know I've been really busy at work and home but eeek it's scary where the time has gone! I have been making cards so I've got no excuses why I haven't posted on!

I'm still busy at work but I'm going to try and post at least one card a week on here!!! Well that's the plan LOL

Right here goes - both these cards were made for my aunt's birthday.

I still can't believe that I'm actually liking orange LOL

Bella's fella

2009-07-22T04:38:00.001-07:00

I've had to make 3 male birthday cards this month - panic time!!! Thank gawd I bought the Grillafella stamp (love the name of the Bella stamps!). I bought the stamp as 1 of my cousins lives in Australia so it's perfect for him --- even though he reckons that it's "cold" in Brisbane a the mo!

This card was sent to Oz

and this card was sent to ----- Eastbourne :o)

Papers are Pebbles, the greetings are rub ons and the images have been coloured in with my fab Copics. I was going to say that I hadn't, for the first time in ages, used anything Stampin Up but then I realised that the ribbons are brocade blue and chocolate chip :o)

Get Well owl

2009-07-20T04:27:00.000-07:00

I made this card a couple of weeks ago for a close friend who was going into hospital for an operation. Despite being in considerable pain, she text me when she'd received it to say thank you and where did I get the image from --- yep she's a crafter as well:) The poor love is still in there but hopefully she'll be out soon and can get back on her feet.

First Stitched card

2009-07-13T04:38:00.000-07:00

I bought a sewing machine in March but haven't really had the chance to play ---- until I had the week off from work.

Now this might not look like a major achievement but here's my first ever card that has stitching on it !!!!!! As my dad would say --- little things please little minds LOL :o)

The image is from the Stampin UP stamp set True Friend and the papers/card stock are also Stamping Up.

Heatwave!!!

2009-07-13T04:25:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I blogged but that's just down to there not being enough hours in the day!

I did have a much needed week off work which was great especially as I'd picked the week when we had a heat wave!!! 31degC recorded in my garden - sun sun sun and more sun!!!

However, it wasn't such a great week craft wise as it was too warm to craft and I only managed to make 1 card LOL Thankfully, I had a couple of friends over at the weekend and they helped me find my mojo :o) So by the time I returned to work last Monday, I'd made the grand total of 9 cards - woohoo!

I can't show any of the cards that I did make as they're for upcoming birthday's. Here's a couple that I made last month - 2 new babies in our family.

These cards use products from my 3 favourite craft companies :o)

My fab new storage

2009-06-24T04:56:00.000-07:00

My dad was challenged - not by me ;o) - to make me something to store my Stampin Up punches on or in. Well, after a bit of encouragement to stop planning it and get on with it, this is what he came up with. Isn't it great?

The problem is that I'm now thinking that I should have asked him to make it a bit bigger. I think I must have been in denial when he asked how many punches I had. He thinks that he'd made it so that it was half full --- oops!

Happy Father's Day

2009-06-24T04:47:00.000-07:00

As per the title of this post - this is the card that I made for me dad. He's really good at DIY whereas I'm not! He's always there to help me out when I get in a fix so the sentiment was very apt.

The image is of "Marshmallow" from the Design Objectives range of stamps. These stamps are great as they have images that are suitable for men ---- who as we all know are really hard to make cards for! The sentiment is from Stampin' Up and the papers are Pebbles.

2009-06-14T10:18:00.000-07:00

I really enjoyed making this card as my friend (whose birthday it was) is another Penny Black addict. Unfortunately, it looks like it's got lost in the post :o(

The image and sentiment are both Penny Black. Patterned papers are Pebbles. I even used my favourite Stampin Up cardstock and ribbon --- Certainly Celery :o)

2 posts in 1 day!

Thinking Of You

2009-06-14T10:08:00.001-07:00

It's been a couple of weeks since I blogged. I have been making cards but everything else has been a bit hectic.

My mum asked me to make a sympathy card for her neighbour. Didn't really know what to do until I remembered that I'd recently got the SU Happy Harmony stamp set. It's a simple design that doesn't need anything else.

Anyway, this is what I came up with.

Wedding season

2009-06-01T10:27:00.001-07:00

Here's 3 wedding cards that I've made recently.

This one was for a very good friend of mine who got married at the beginning of May. I love this Forever Friends stamp and it has come in very handy --- as you'll see below ;o)

The next 2 were for my cousin's son who got married on Saturday.

This one was from my mum and dad. The stamp is one from Stampin' Up Fun and Fast Notes.

This one was from me - spot the FF bears again LOL I found out that the wedding colours were burgundy and cream so I tried to make the card match. The ribbon is SU Basic Gray taffeta - thanks to the forum girls (especially Maggie) for helping me see that I really really needed it :)

I've received an award

2009-05-26T04:49:00.000-07:00

I've received an award from the my lovely forum pal Jenny.
Now the rules are:

1. I must thank the person who gave me the award and list their blog and link it - ticked/Done it :)

2. I must list 10 honest things about myself - see below

3. I must put a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on my blog which I have proudly done! - Done that as well!

4.I must select at least 7 other worthy bloggers & list their links.

Right here goes with 10 honest things about me ----

1. I have 1 niece and 2 nephews who run rings round me. They're aged from 13 up to 20 and they've been doing it ever since they were born and yep I love it :o)

2. I love football. I'm a member of the Spurs supporters club and of the England fans --- so that I can get my £5 off home match tickets. There's no better feeling (in my opinion) than shouting and celebrating like a looney at Wembley.

3. My mum has coeliac's disease aka intolerance to gluten and she can be very ill if she comes into any contact with the stuff. So for the past 10-15 years, you'll have found us studying the ingredients labels in Tesco. I even do it on food for my own household that she'll never come into contact with him. I guess that old habits are hard to break!

4. I moved out of my parents house when I was 28 in to my own little haven :o)

5. I'm the world's worse gardener - recently killed 2/3rds of a hanging basket that my mum bought for me ---- she was warned LOL

6. I'm a PCB Layout engineer which basically means that I'm part of a printed circuit board design team for a well known photocopier company! I'm also the only female in a department of 20 guys and I'm no shrinking violet --- yes I'm bossy LOL

7. I'm accident prone and can often be found comparing bruises with my youngest nephew.

8. I iron everything and yes I mean everything except towels, flannels, swimming cossies and bras. I blame my mum as she's also an ironing nut! We put it down to her working in a laundry when she was little.

9. I'm a soft touch and won't often say no. Whether that's to the niece/nephews asking for help or work asking me to work extra hours or, like on Friday, go in on my day off.

10. I love Disney and my ideal holiday location is Florida. Craft shops and theme parks - what more can you ask for. Have been there 6 times already and hoping to go back again next year!!!

I need to think about who to give this award to. Will be back later :)

Today's the day

2009-05-14T04:23:00.000-07:00

After months of getting excited, nervous, scared, worried (takes after her auntie!) etc etc my niece's last day of senior school has finally arrived.

She'll only be going back for her GCSEs and then it's on to college in September.

Here's the book that I made for her to get all her friends and teachers to sign. Thank you to Kerrie for the fab idea :)

I can't help it ......

2009-05-06T00:15:00.000-07:00

..... I'm addicted to birds, owls and branches LOL

I went to Glitter Pot on Sunday and my youngest nephew walked round picking out all the stamps that had a branch on them - the cheeky little devil :o) Okay so he's right and I did end up buying another branch stamp but it was just what I was looking for ;o)

So not surprisingly here are another 2 cards that I've made recently and yep they have owls, birds and branches on them!!!

This one is done using all Stampin' Up goodies. I love my new stamp set (Cheep Talk) which I got recently from the US. The scallop circle looks black but it's Basic grey (the new black LOL) and I've made it look like Bazzill by using the Canvas stamp inked with Basic Grey.

I have just had a thought and I think that the sentiment is a Hero Arts one???

This one was for a very good friend (Becky) who I get sooooo much inspiration from - except when it comes to using orange ;o)

Cards for men

2009-04-24T04:42:00.000-07:00

Is it just me or does anyone else think men are a pain in the bum to make cards for??? That's why I bought the Stampin Up Loads of Love stamp set and I've already used it ----- loads LOL

These 2 cards were for my uncle who's birthday it is today. The first one is from me and the 2nd one is from mum and dad. Mum chose the Penny Black stamp that she wanted on her brother's card and she ended picking one that I hadn't used for ages!!!

Get Well Soon Auntie Sheila

2009-04-23T04:25:00.000-07:00

My aunt went in for an operation on her throat on Tuesday which thankfully went well. She's not allowed to talk too much for 2 weeks --- that could be a problem ;o)

Anyway, I made this card for her and she loved it. The only problem was that I didn't sign it ---ooops!!!

I love this Penny Black owl - borrowed from the fab Kerrie for this card but I now own it myself as I bought it this week :o) Couldn't find it at Ally Pally so had to do a little order with Glitter Pot ;o)

The sentiment is from a Stampin Up set. The ribbon is SU Certainly Celery and the papers are from a Making Memories pack. Now I know that I used a sketch for this card but yep you've guessed it, I can't remember where I got the sketch - doh!

Easter time!

2009-04-21T04:44:00.000-07:00

Here are the few Easter cards that I did make this year. I love the one that I made for my mum and dad but I can't show it on here as it might let another secret out ;o)

Anyway, here are the 2 that I can show :)

More owls

2009-04-21T04:33:00.000-07:00

Had another brillliant long weekend. Met up with some fab friends, spent a little bit of money at the Big stamp and scrapbooking show and ooooh yep - had a laugh :o)

I made this card for my aunt's birthday last month. Love these Stampin Up papers - especially how they co-ordinate perfectly with the ribbon :o) The owl stamp is a Rachelle Anne Miller one from Glitter Pot and the sentiment is from Penny Black.

I'm sure I used a sketch but can't remember where from - sorry!

Twitt Twoo Kerrie ;o)

2009-04-16T05:11:00.000-07:00

This card shows 2 things that a certain person has got me addicted to - Stampin Up and Owls!!! The funny thing is that I'm so glad that she did :o)

So when her birthday was coming up, I just knew what I had to include on her card.

The funny thing was that I made quite a bit of this card while she was sat right next to me LOL

It was also the first time that I'd used my Sizzix scalloped die ---- which she also convinced me (along with the help of my mum, niece and nephew) that I needed. Yep she was right again ;o)

Happy Anniversary

2009-04-15T04:09:00.000-07:00

The end of the March is a busy time of year for family cards. 3 of my aunts/uncles celebrate their wedding anniversaries within 2 days of each other so cards are required ---- by mum :)

Just realised that I've used 3 of my favourite craft companies on these cards - Stampin Up, Penny Black and Doodlebug.

Another apology

2009-04-14T04:57:00.000-07:00

Can't believe that it's been nearly a month since I last blogged - oops!

It has been a jam packed month including a crafty meet up at Glitter Pot with the girls, England football at Wembley, decorating, re-organising my craft room (thank you Kerrie!), working like a demon at work and oh yeah - buying a sewing machine which I still haven't had the courage to use!

I have been making cards but just haven't had the time to put them on here. I'm aiming to show at least 1 card every day for the next couple of weeks - just need to work out which cards I haven't put on here already.

First up is my nephew's birthday card. He was 13 at the beginning of April. Now what do you do for a football mad teenager. Yep, red and white (Liverpool) again !!! It's sad but he likes it LOL

The 13 is chipboard that was cut out for me by a fab friend on her new Cricut Expression.

The next challenge will what to do for his brother who'll be 20 in 2 weeks time. Aaagggh no panic!

Hopefully, I'll be back tomorrow with another card ;o)

No time to ......

2009-03-19T05:51:00.001-07:00

Please fill in the missing word of your choice LOL

Mine would be breathe, think, craft or even ??? Anyone with my stupid sense of humour will know what this word is ;o)

Life has really been hectic for the last couple of months now and it doesn't look like it's going to ease up anytime soon.

I have had a little break. A whole long weekend away with some fab crafty mates in a gorgeous cottage near Ely. It really did me the world of good (thanks girls xxx) but boy oh boy, I've been back at home 3 days and still need to catch up on some sleep LOL

As part of our weekend, the fab Michelle came along and did a Stampin Up demo and we had a brilliant time and made these gorgeous projects. Excuse the dodgy photo's - they are lovely in real life - even if I do say so myself LOL

I promise to blog more regularly when work has calmed down.

Another pink card

2009-02-21T06:58:00.000-08:00

I made this card for a fab friend who - can you guess - is a fellow pink lover LOL

The image is from the Stampin Up set - Fun and Fast Notes. The image (and ribbon) has been coloured using Copics. The papers are Doodlebug.

Yummy cupcakes

2009-02-16T04:43:00.000-08:00

Another Stampin' Up set that I love :)

Being a teenager

2009-02-16T04:34:00.001-08:00

My cousin's daughter is 13 next week so I had to make her a proper girlie card to mark the occasion! The funny thing is that my youngest nephew is also turning 13 in April and I showed him this card. His response was "great card for a girl! You are going to do me something different for mine aren't you?" Somehow I don't think he'd appreciate a pink card LOL

The numbers were a great buy at Stamperama and I coloured them in using SU Pixie Pink ink - yum I love that colour. The paper's Bo Bunny and the sentiment is Stampin' Up. The scalloped circle was done using the SU punch that I was persuaded to buy - thank you Kerrie! How did I ever live without it LOL

Diane's 40th scrapbook

2009-01-28T04:34:00.000-08:00

Well out of the 20 pages in sister's 40th scrapbook - I haven't shown 13 of them on here --- ooops! Here they are - better late than never LOL

I used Page Map sketches for the whole of the scrapbook. I don't know what I've done without them :o)

My sister turned 40 :)

2009-01-28T04:20:00.000-08:00

Well the big event of this year has happened - me sister finally turned 40. She's been going on about it for years and she did have the big party that she wanted.

Her card was a bit rushed as I was trying to finish her scrapbook. I'll post the final pages of it on here when I've worked out which ones I've shown already :o) She loved it and couldn't believe that I (and all the family) had kept it a secret from her for about 18 months. She's shown it to anyone that goes to the house so I think it was a hit LOL

Happy Birthday text is Doodlebug stickers covered in yummy pink flock.
Papers are Bazzill dots and Pebbles
Stamped image is from the Stampin' Up set: Crazy for Cupcakes

It's a very touchy feely card what with the flock and I've put glitter all over the topping on the cup cake :o)

80th birthday cards

2009-01-28T04:09:00.000-08:00

My parents neighbour turned 80 at the beginning of this month. I really struggled to make these cards as I haven't been "with it" for the past couple of months - job security worries which are now "thankfully" okay.

Anyway, I ended up using a Little Claire's stamp - the elephants - and one of my new Christmas presents - SU Garden Whimsy stamp set. I love this set and can see it getting lots of use. The papers and ribbons are also Stampin' Up.

I used sketches from Split Coast stampers and Mojo Monday

Yet another football card!

2009-01-15T04:57:00.000-08:00

This card was for my cousin who was 35 last weekend. Like most of my male relatives (and me!), he's a football fan. He supports Brighton & Hove Albion so the poor devil is going through it at the mo LOL

I used a sketch for inspiration but I can't remember where it's from. Life's a bit hectic so I'm just grabbing card making time every now and then. I do know that the blue/white football paper was from Crafts U Love and I've got it in most football colours LOL.

The cardstock and ribbon is SU bashful blue and the stamp is by stamps away.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

2008-12-31T14:46:00.000-08:00

I'm round my parents and have just popped on the t'internet quickly and I just wanted to wish everyone a very happy, safe and prosperous 2009.

We'll be staying up to see the New Year in - well that's if I can persuade the "oldies" to stop playing cards LOL

See you all next year --- eek!

Post It note holder

2008-12-29T13:38:00.000-08:00

Wow 3 posts in 1 day!

My UKS team had a Secret Santa. We had to make something or buy something for less than £5. Well because I can never keep to a budget, I decided to buy some stamps - which I'd knew she'd love - and make something as well.

The problem was I didn't have a clue what to make - thank gawd I organised a crafty get together at the beginning of December and the fab Kerrie bought along the instructions to make a Post It note holder. Yep she saved my life LOL and it was really easy to make :o)

Anyway, here it is

The paper is Bo Bunny (love) and the stamps are Stampin' Up (also love).

Stampin' Up crafty post

2008-12-29T13:32:00.000-08:00

Thought I'd better do a crafty post as well as my chat one :o)

Here's a few of the cards that I've made over the past month. Mum may have not been well but she's still been asking me to make cards and I have to say that it was a relief to not make Christmas cards!

As you've probably worked out, I used Stampin Up stash on all 3 of these cards - yep I still love Stampin' Up LOL

Where has this month gone?

2008-12-29T13:21:00.000-08:00

Firstly, I hope everyone had a very good Christmas. We did - which was unexpected as mum wasn't at all well just before Christmas. That's the main reason I haven't been blogging - she's not 100% yet but thankfully she's better than she was! Everything else seemed to take a back seat - although I did manage to get to White Hart Lane twice with my dad :o) and they didn't lose ;o)

We got absolutely soaked when we was waiting on WHL platform after the Man Utd match and surprise surprise I didn't catch a cold. Here's a piccie of me after the UEFA cup match - my Spurs santa hat came in very handy as it was blooming freezing!

We're going on Friday for the FA Cup match so I hope (1) they don't blooming lose and (2) it warms up a bit - well a girl can hope!!!

Family Christmas cards

2008-12-08T05:05:00.001-08:00

I've finally finished my Christmas cards for this year - yippeee!!!

The last ones made are for immediate family - mum/dad, sister/BIL, 2 nephews and my niece. I really am going to do these first next year as I'm all Christmassed out by the time I get round to doing them.

Now I just need to finish buying and wrapping the presents and I'll be all ready :o)

Christmas cat

2008-12-06T14:36:00.000-08:00

I love this stamp - especially as I got him from the discount bucket at a craft show.

I'm loving scallops at the mo. I think I have an addiction LOL This scallop was done using the Fiskars Threading water punch.

It makes a change for me not to make a square card. The idea for this card came from some red DL envelopes that I was determined to use up this Christmas. Ummm I think I may have got sidelined with this card. Oh well, have to use them up next year or for one of my nephew's birthday cards (thank gawd they support Liverpool!!!)

I made 9 of this card for my aunts and uncles. The papers are Pebbles and the stamps (image and sentiment) are Penny Black (of course!!!)

Christmas (with hands and feet)

2008-12-06T14:27:00.000-08:00

Weird title for a post but that was the theme for a competition. Well the main theme was Christmas but we got extra "points" depending on how many hands and feet were on the card.

This one came 2nd :o)

I'd already made these 2 cards so that was handy. This is for the guys at work so I've made quite a few of them.

And I made this one for my mum to send to her close family and friends. Had to make 12 of them !!! but this little owl is soooo cute and easy to colour.

Almost everything on these cards is Doodlebug papers and Penny Black stamps but the sentiments are Stampin Up, Stamps Away and one from a clear set from Stamp Addicts

Yippeee I've won

2008-12-05T04:49:00.000-08:00

Wow 2 posts in one day. Anybody would think that I blog LOL

I totally forgot to say in my other post that I've won. My Stampin' Up lady did a Christmas raffle draw and my number was selected. I can't believe it as I never win anything - I'm not even sure that my lottery numbers are in the Saturday machine!!!

Anyway, if you go over to Linda's blog you will see the fabulous creations that she's done - 12 days of Christmas. She is very talented and also is very good at encouraging me to buy even more yummy Stampin' Up stash - not that I need much encouragement ;o)

December already!

2008-12-05T04:32:00.001-08:00

Is it me or is this year flying by??? Despite all my best efforts, this year has been the same as every other one - panicking about Christmas cards. Next year I WILL make special family cards first as, as per normal, I'm all Christmassed out and I've still got them to do.

I did make 2 cards last Saturday at a crafty get together with some great friends. I even made another 2 cards on the Sunday which is a miracle when I get together with a certain friend :o) Saying that we did stay up till 1.30ish on Saturday and Sunday mornings just catching up on stuff LOL

I took the Monday off work to supposedly do more crafting but ended up putting up the decorations. Well I thought I was allowed to as the car was in for its service and they cleaned it for me so that saved me that job :o)

I will take some piccies of the cards this weekend of the cards that I've made and pop them on here. Then when all the cards are done, I can get cracking on my sister's scrapbook. I've now only got 1 month left before her 40th birthday. Why oh why have I only done 6 pages in the 2 years since I decided to do it - Panic!!!!

New Baby Girl

2008-11-15T11:50:00.000-08:00

My cousin has just become the proud daddy to be a little baby girl - Lucy.

I made these 2 cards - one from me and the 2nd one from my mum and dad.

I love this pram stamp. It's from the Fun and Fast Notes Stampin' Up set.

This one is a Magnolia stamp which I've paper pieced.

Mum, my niece and I had a fab time today buying a few ;o) bits for the newest member of our family.

45 years ago

2008-11-08T15:15:00.001-08:00

My parents got married on 9th November 1963 and my brother-in-law was born on 11th November 1963. It means that, despite BIL saying that he's younger than he is, we always can remember how old he is LOL What it also means is that I have 2 family cards to make so here they are.

First up is mum and dad's anniversary card. I used all Stampin' Up goodies on it. The stamps are one of my new sets and they're gorgeous.

Next is BIL's card and he likes a pint so this Stamps Away stamp was perfect. The papers are Doodlebug.

Cute teddy

2008-11-04T10:17:00.000-08:00

With getting my boiler replaced last week, I had to make this card quickly. It's for my mum and dad to send to my uncle. Thank gawd for these Forever Friends stickers. I only bought them because they're cute (never could resist anything cute) but I didn't realise that I'd use them LOL. I wonder if I could find one for my brother-in-laws birthday card. His birthday is next Tuesday and I'm stuck to know what to do for his card.

The sentiment stamp is from Stampin' Up and the papers are Papermania --- which I've had for ages!!!

Great weekend of sport

2008-11-02T14:33:00.000-08:00

I couldn't let this weekend go by without mentioning what has happened.

First up we had the fab Spurs beating the not so mighty Liverpool at football yesterday. My nephew's are massive Liverpool fans so I had to gloat - it was my duty as an auntie!!! What made it even better was that it was on the back of gloating to my niece - who says that she's an A**5**1 fan LOL

Then today we had the superb performance from our local lad - Lewis Hamilton. Gawd can he drive brilliantly or what??? I know that Mclaren have nurtured him from when he was little but he has to have a raw talent for them to have invested so much time and money into him. Sooooo CONGRATULATIONS LEWIS --- like he's going to read my blog LOL

I'll hopefully be posting more cards and maybe even a scrapbook page or two soon as I've got the week off work - yippee dippy doo daa :o)

Snow in October

2008-10-30T05:47:00.000-07:00

That's not supposed to happen is it??? Well I didn't think it was as I wouldn't have booked my boiler replacement for this week if I'd known that it was possible. Thought I was pretty safe getting it done before the end of October but oh well, you live and learn LOL

I didn't have any central heating or hot water on Tuesday night - when 2 inches of snow decided to land on us! Thankfully, my house wasn't too cold as I had a little portable heater that is normally in the conservatory.

Anyway, enough of my snow story. My house is in a right state so I'm not going to be able to make any cards for a while. Soooo here are some that I made for a forum competition. The theme was snowmen - which I'm addicted to LOL

Cute hedgehog

2008-10-25T04:39:00.000-07:00

Here's the card that I've made for my aunt's birthday next week. I still can't believe that I cut into this yummy paper. I suppose it is fitting that I used it on my mums card and then one for her sister. They're both like me --- love pink LOL

Another football card

2008-10-25T04:25:00.001-07:00

This card is for my cousin's little boy. He'll be 9 - I think! The reason behind the 5 on the shirt is because he's just started to support Spurs - the poor kid thinks we're playing so badly because he now supports them :o(

Anyway, his favourite player is David Bentley who's squad number is 5.

The stamp is from Stamps Away

Busy Bee

2008-10-22T00:08:00.000-07:00

For the past 6 weeks, I've been really busy at work and under loads of pressure and haven't really felt like crafting. Thankfully it has eased off a bit so I can find time to craft and enjoy doing it.

My timing is perfect as I've got another busy couple of months for family birthdays and of course there's C********s to think about LOL.

I made this card for my mum and dad to send to my aunt (mum's sister). She's very much like my mum - can't sit down and is always on the go. Her birthday is also the day before Halloween :o) Anyway, this stamp was perfect for her!

The stamp is my new Penny Black that I got at Ally Pally. The papers and ribbon are Stampin Up and they're yummy :o)

First time using my fab threading water punch (why is it called that???). I've added glamour dust to the wings but it doesn't show up very well in the piccie.

Fab blog candy

2008-10-20T04:37:00.000-07:00

You may have guessed that I'm slightly addicted to Stampin' Up ;o)

Well the lady who helps me feed my addiction through a Stamper's 10 is offering some fab blog candy. See here for the link to Linda's blog and the chance to win this great prize.

My first ever CJ

2008-10-19T11:33:00.000-07:00

When my UKS team decided to do a CJ - I was really nervous. Now nearly 9 months later, that feels really daft as I thoroughly enjoyed taking part and can't wait till we do another one.

Right enough waffle LOL, I received my CJ back last week so have put it on my blog to show how talented my team mates are :o)

My theme was Things You Love At The Mo

Introduction

My pages

Gemma

Becs

Kimmie

Maxine

Jenny

Moira

Miranda

Nic

Signing in pages

Thank you girls for making my first CJ so special (((hugs)))

Is it really October???

2008-10-12T07:41:00.001-07:00

The reason for asking is the weather at the mo is not at all like October --- more like July.

I spent yesterday afternoon and evening at Wembley (watching England - thought I'd take a break from watching woeful Spurs!!!) and we were sitting in the only part of the stadium that had sunshine till it set around 5.30ish. Anyway, I've now got a very red nose!

All in all, it was a great day out - although it didn't look like it was going to be very good after the first half but thankfully, the team got their act together and we won!!!

Did have a mishap though - I dropped my bag when I was looking for the tickets and my camera's now broken. It's my compact one and not my digi SLR but now I need another one. Was thinking about getting a decent mobile phone with camera but didn't think I'd have to make the decision quite so soon.

Sooooo do I go for a digi camera with face recognition and anti shake or do I go for a new mobile phone with a decent camera???? Decisions decisions.

Any recommendations for either are very welcomed :o) Front runners at the mo are Canon IXUS 80 if I get a digi camera or Nokia N95 if I get a mobile phone/camera. Aaaahhhh I don't know what to get!!!

Birthday card for my checker

2008-10-04T13:07:00.000-07:00

The other birthday card I struggle with is my dads. He's my "checker" and can always be relied upon to give me an honest opinion on whether a card works or not. Well I can't do that with his birthday card LOL

The stamp is one of my new Stampin Up set and the things in the back of the truck are footballs :o) My dad's finally admitted that he is a Spurs fan even though he goes to all the matches with me. He's even going to buy a home shirt (Hope that they can start winning now!!!)

Trust my parents to have birthdays within 6 days of each other. Oh well, both cards are made - mum's had hers and dad's will be delivered on Monday. He's bound to tell me that the truck isn't straight --- men !!!!

Hoo Hoo there Mum :o)

2008-10-04T12:59:00.000-07:00

Doing my mum's birthday card always causes me stress as I try to use something that she hasn't seen. I kind of couldn't do that this year as she was with me at Ally Pally when I bought this yummy paper.

She loves birds so this stamp was perfect for her card. I did have a panic as I thought I'd lost it. I turned my craft room upside down looking for it. Thankfully, I couldn't get a replacement at Ally Pally as I found it the following day LOL It was hiding on my desk - I thought I'd checked there !!!

The owl stamp is by Rachelle Anne Miller, the sentiment stamp is Stamps Away and the paper (mmmm yummy) is a double sided Heidi Grace paper.

Get Well Soon Uncle Tony

2008-09-26T04:18:00.000-07:00

One of my uncles is not very well in hospital at the mo. Mum asked me to make him a Get Well card. I did this one first but then thought it was a bit too modern for mum to send, so made another. Hopefully he likes both of them :o)

I used a sketch from MojoMonday as inspiration. The papers are Pebbles Inc and the stamp is the cute frog from the Stampin Up Unfrogettable set.

For this one, I used a sketch from 2Sketches4U. The image is a quick, convenient and very cute Forever Friends sticker.

Busy busy busy

2008-09-26T04:10:00.000-07:00

After working through most of this weeks lunch breaks, I'm putting my foot down (ouch that hurt!) and having some "me" time today. So the plan is to do a quick update on here and then settle down for an uninterrupted half hour with the new fab Stampin Up catalogue :o)

Right here goes. I realised last night that I hadn't shown a piccie of the card that I made for my mum and dad to give to my niece. The request "from the birthday girl" was that I had to base it on the card that I received from Kerrie. She loved it :o)

The cupcake stamp is Imaginisce and the papers are a combination of Pebbles and a bit of Doodlebug.

The look of the card isn't the only thing that Kerrie had influence over - the other is the yummy bling. I happened to mention to her that I was probably going to get a Bejeweller - before I knew it, she'd sent me the link for one that was not only cheaper than anywhere else but was also PINK !!!!! Thank you Kerrie (((hugs)))

First Acetate Book

2008-09-17T04:31:00.000-07:00

It doesn't seem possible that it's been a year since I made my first mini book using my Bind It All. Amy (my niece) still raves about that book :o)

Well the request this year was for something "different" but I had to use the piccie that I took on our holiday in Greece. So here it is ---- my first ever Acetate book.

I'm really pleased with how it's turned out. I bought the acetate from Hobbycraft before I even knew that I was going to make her a book. Hmmm I wonder what I bought it for ??? LOL

Anyway, the papers, ribbons and cupcake stamp are Stampin' Up. I've used bits of Doodlebug as well.

Her birthday's tomorrow so fingers crossed, she will like it :o)

A Mags card

2008-09-17T04:25:00.000-07:00

Anyone who knows Mags will know that she's a very special lady :o) Sooooo I wanted to make her a special card for her birthday.

After gaining inside information ;o) that she'd liked the "card" that I'd made for Sam and was loving turquoise and brown at the mo - this card kind of created itself.

It was nice to do a girlie version of Sam's book. On that one, I had to add football references but on Mags' I could use flowers and glitter - yippeee! LOL

The stamps are Imaginisce and Stampin' Up.

You're the Bestest

2008-09-09T04:40:00.000-07:00

I love the name of this Penny Black stamp. This card is for my mum and dad to send to my auntie. She's a lovely lady so this stamp was perfect for her.

I can't remember who the paper is from.

Here's the card that I made for her using my new Magnolia Tilda stamp. I don't like most of the new ones but this one caught my eye so I had to have it LOL

Both cards use Penny Black sentiment stamps. The papers are from the Stampin' Up Certainly Celery and Close to Cocoa Designer collections.

New homes

2008-09-09T04:32:00.001-07:00

Before I went on holiday, I made 2 New Home cards. Both cards use this gorgeous Penny Black mouse stamp and Stampin Up stamps, ribbons and papers.

This one is for a very good friend and her family who've has just moved into their new house in Australia. Me jealous ---- of course LOL!

This one is for my cousin and his wife. They moved from Eastbourne to Southampton in July so I was a bit late with the card. They aren't just celebrating moving house though - my cousin started a new job (which he was head hunted for) and they're expecting their first baby in the next few months :o) So the SU sentiment was perfect !

Zante :o)

2008-09-05T04:37:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a week since my last post as I've been away on the Greek island of Zante.

The weather was fab which made flying into Luton a bit of a shock yesterday. It wasn't nice to go from the 36degC heat of Zante to the 15degC chill and hail storms at Luton airport.

Yummy Elzybells

2008-08-26T09:27:00.000-07:00

I've always loved Elzybells stamps but found that they were a little bit on the large side for cards. Well, that's all changed as they now do smaller stamps that are perfect for cards.

You can also get the stamps unmounted so they're very easy to store ;o)

Pink Girl

2008-08-16T06:08:00.000-07:00

I loved making this card for my cousin's daughter. She'll be 10 at the end of the month and loves pink !!!
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Pink and brown - another fave colour combo

Silver Wedding Anniversary

2008-08-16T06:01:00.000-07:00

It's really busy at work again so I've had to make a point of sitting down and making a card.

I made this one for a special lady and her fab OH.

My yummy new Stampin Up goodies with another one of my fave colour combo's - aqua and brown.

Pink Glitter Gals Challenge

2008-08-07T12:42:00.000-07:00

It was my teams (the fantastic Pink Glitter Gals) turn to set the Weekly Challenge over on UKScrappers.

What we came up with was:

1. Use our chosen Becky Fleck round page map
2. Celebration or Achievement theme
3. 5 of something
4. Use pink and glitter

We really enjoyed setting the challenge. 5 of us did our example pages on our Center Parcs weekend.

and here's my page :o)

Very proud of my niece for getting through having braces. She had them for just over 18 months and she really persevered - including having implants in her gums - ouch!

I'm done with male cards .....

2008-08-03T14:29:00.000-07:00

...... well until my dad's birthday in October. This is the last one for my cousin. Thankfully, he's into golf and football (well he supports Southampton so saying that he's into football might not be accurate!!!)

Fantastic birthday

2008-08-03T13:44:00.000-07:00

Well despite working on my birthday, I had a brilliant day :o) I was made to feel very very special by my fab friends (((hugs)))

My aunt and uncle also came up from Eastbourne for the day and bought me loads of cards and a yummy handbag. In April, I gave loads of my unloved crafty stash to my cousins daughter. Well for my birthday, she gave me a gorgeous card and ---- her mum and dad gave me an equally gorgeous card which she'd made and charged them £1 for LOL

Apparently, I'm very hard to buy for so I got money from immediate family which I spent (+ a bit extra) yesterday at Capture The Magic.

My fab bargains - 12x12 clear storage trays - £2 a tray - I got 10 but now think I should have got 12 as 6 stacked fit perfectly in the cubes of my Ikea Expedit unit.

These metallic alphas were originally £12.50 each. I got them for £3 each - BARGAIN!!!

This is the rest of my birthday stash - stamps, papers, bits n bobs, papers and ummmm more papers LOL

Birthday post

2008-07-30T04:47:00.000-07:00

Yep, it's the 30th of July and it's my birthday sooooooo why haven't I taken the day off work ??? Oh well, roll on 4pm :o)

Cute and Cuddly

2008-07-30T04:42:00.001-07:00

I made these cards for a competition. The theme was Cute and Cuddly with ribbon. Now as regular readers of my blog will know - I love Penny Blacks so yep I do cute and cuddly LOL

One of my faves

2008-07-28T04:38:00.001-07:00

I only bought this Whipper Snapper stamp at Ally Pally in April because my mum thought it was cute but I'm really glad as I did as it's come in really handy.

I think the sketch is from 2Sketches4U but I'm not 100% certain as Kerrie found it LOL

The "COUSIN" has been done using some Queen&Co brads that I've had for ages. Suppose I should own up to forgetting that I had them !!!

BTW, Kerrie has been blogging for a year now and is offering up some blog candy. Knowing Kerrie it's bound to be yummy so pop over to her blog and post a comment and you might win :o)

Unfrogettable!

2008-07-22T04:43:00.000-07:00

First card using my new Stampin Up Unfrogettable stamps - how I managed to get them away from Becky or Kerrie, is anyones guess LOL :o)

Another week gone!!!

2008-07-22T04:29:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to recover from 2 great crafty weekends away.

On 12/13 July, I went to a Stampin Up party and had a really really good laugh with the girls. To cut a long story short, a few of us stayed over at lovely Maggie's house, bought a few yummy SU goodies, chatted and laughed a lot, didn't get to bed until 3.30ish and then we still couldn't get to sleep. I still don't know what we were laughing about!!!

We all took bits so that we could do some crafting but the only thing we made was a card during the SU demo. We did do a lot of drooling over the SU catalogue and a few stamp sets that we had with us. On the Sunday, we even managed to get to Sugar and Spice - OMG I need to go back again soon.

So, by Friday, I'd just about recovered from one fab weekend before I went off for another - Centre Parcs at Sherwood Forest with some of my UKS teamies - the Pink Glitter Gals. We had another really good laugh and shock horror - I actually made something!!!!!!!! Took a few piccies as well.

Meet Chip the squirrel

and Betty the pigeon ;o)

I've been tagged

2008-07-14T10:25:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged by my UKS teamie Jenny :o)

What was happening 10 years ago? - I was just about to go solo at work as the guy I'd been working with was retiring so all responsibility was on my little shoulders. Have to say that it was probably the best thing that ever happened as I've really come out of my shell since then ;o) At home, I was trying to get my house looking more like how I wanted to - still working that now though!!!

5 things to do today - get ready for work tomorrow after having a 3 day "brilliant" weekend, try and get my craft room organised, go round parents house to pick up new crafty parcel oh and to see them of course ;o), play with my yummy new crafty toys (if I get home in time), phone my niece to see how she got on with her work experience.

Snacks I like - ice cream, biscuits, chocolate, more biscuits, grapes, mini cheddars, raisins, satsumas, cakes - any variety will do LOL

What I would do if I was a millionaire - pay off mortgage and then buy a house with enough space for a decent sized craft room. Buy a Tottenham season ticket for all my friends and family that wanted one. Go back to Florida with family (already promised sister's kids that I'd do that LOL). Visit my cousins and friends in Australia. Pay for all my crafty friends to meet up and have a fab crafty weekend or week or wow maybe a month - we'd still only make 1 card though - if we were really being good :o)

Places I have lived - Weston Super Mare, Eastbourne, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Luton.

I now have to tag 5 people so I'm going to pass it on to are Kerrie, Becky, Jenny, Kerryn and Maddie

Catching up!

2008-07-06T13:07:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that this is my first post in July.

I've been really busy over the past couple of weeks catching up everything that I hadn't been doing due to be being busy at work ---- I think I need some time off work just to catch up with catching up LOL

I love the purple and green combo - still can't believe that I'm liking green at the mo!!! This is my new Penny Black stamp - quick and easy to colour :o)

I made this one for my uncle's birthday on Tuesday. He's got the same daft sense of humour that I have so this stamp (one of the new Penny Black 12 days of Christmas) was perfect for his card. I hope he appreciates that I used 2 of my yummy new Doodlebug velvet brads LOL

Both cards were done using sketches but sorry I can't remember where I got them from !

Race 4 Life

2008-06-22T14:00:00.001-07:00

Here is the page that I did for this weeks challenge on UKScrappers.

The requirements were to scrap an achievement, 4 of something, journalling in a circle and stitching. I cheated a bit on the stitching as I used rub ons ;o)

The piccie is of my mum, sister, niece and moi when we completed the Race for Life last year. I can't believe that it will be a year next month since we completed it. Looking at this piccie, my sister has lost so much weight - even her youngest son noticed when he saw this page yesterday.

I love the new Doodlebug papers especially the pink ones LOL

Same but different!

2008-06-19T05:02:00.000-07:00

Same stamp - my new gorgeous Imaginisce Chick
Same message stamp – Penny Black
Same papers - Pebbles
Same circles - Nestabilities
Same brads - well kind of LOL The top ones are the new yummy Doodlebug velvet covered brads and the bottom one is a Doodlebug mind brad.

The only difference is the layout. Both layouts are from the fab sketch site Mojo Monday

Happy Dad's Day

2008-06-15T13:17:00.000-07:00

It's been over a week since my last post as I've been really busy at work. I've just about been managing to keep on top of the cards but I haven't had any chance to scrapbook. Fingers crossed, it should calm down a bit a work. Yesterday was the first Saturday that I haven't worked in ages - so that's a good sign :o)

Anyway, it's Father's Day here in the UK and here's the card that I made for my dear ol' dad. The problem is that I forgot to give it to him - ooops! I knew that I wasn't going to be seeing him today but totally forgot to take it round his house yesterday - my niece told him that he should disown me (cheeky devil!). He doesn't visit my Blog very often so I think it's okay to have it on here. I did offer to email it to him but he's said that he can wait till Wednesday. I'd better at least write in it LOL

The image is a stamp that I bought at Ally Pally. I can't remember the companies name though. Papers are Doodlebug and the DAD & 1 are Thickers and "number" is a Quickutz alpha

Coaster Box

2008-06-07T15:05:00.000-07:00

I made this Coaster Box for a special friend as part of a swap.

It's my first ever one and I thoroughly enjoyed making it especially as it meant that I could use pink and green and all my favourite crafty bits - Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, Flowers etc etc etc :o)

Cute pup

2008-06-07T09:34:00.000-07:00

It's my cousins birthday on 21st June and I always struggle with cards for guys. He emigrated to Australia (lucky devil) last year so I always try to send him a card.
I used a sketch that Kerrie posted on a forum and it was perfect for this card.

The stamp is Whipper Snapper and I coloured it in using my Luminarte Twinkling H2O's. It's been a while since I used them and it's been great to go back to them. Still love my Zig Brushables though LOL

The sentiment is Hero Arts and I used Doodlebug rub ons for the "cousin" bit. I need to check who makes the papers.

It's not very clear but I've used some of my new yummy Doodlebug crushed velvet on the collar.

Aren't they cute?

2008-06-07T09:13:00.000-07:00

I had to order some bits from Glitter Pot and these cute little pots of yummy crushed velvet just fell into my basket ;o)

This sampler set is really handy and is going to last me forever LOL

Picked For You

2008-06-01T13:38:00.000-07:00

I love this Penny Black stamp - as you've probably guessed LOL

Sorry football post

2008-05-29T04:33:00.000-07:00

Thought should I apologise for a football post but as the season has now finished, it should be the last one for a little while.

We went to Wembley stadium last night to see England play USA. It was a great atmosphere (despite what they apparently said on the tv) and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Have to give credit to my dad for the great seats. We were in the family enclosure and there were inflatable rubber rings and balloons being thrown around the crowd. The adults were watching the match while the kids were watching (and throwing) the inflatables! I think Amy's highlight was the Mexican wave that went on and on and on and on.

Everyone in the crowd was there to have a really good time and thankfully the team won 2-0 :o)

This piccie was taken during the National Anthems.

Niece and youngest nephew at the end of the match - oldest nephew had gone to get something to eat!!! It always amazes me how quickly the stadium empties. There were 71,000 people in there and it was practically empty within about 10 minutes of the final whistle.

Cute and colourable

2008-05-28T04:37:00.001-07:00

Is colourable a word LOL Well, what I mean is that I find the Tilda stamps very easy to colour in when I spend the evening round my parents.

I've just realised that most cards that I've made recently have used Tilda's. Hmmmmm and there was I thinking that I was addicted to Penny Black's !!!

I used sketches from Mojo Monday for both of these cards

Friendship cards

2008-05-28T04:32:00.001-07:00

Here are 3 cards that I made for a swap. Unfortunately, 2 of them haven't been received - blooming Royal Mail :o(

2 posts in one day

2008-05-25T15:00:00.000-07:00

Here are 2 cards that I made for 2 very good friends.

I got this cute bunny through a swap on UKScrappers. Have added it to my wish list LOL

I love this stamp. It's a Denami Design and I got it from Stamp Addicts. Thank you to Kerrie and Becky for persuading me that I really really needed it when we were at Ally Pally. Thanks girls xxx

Finally a page

2008-05-25T14:47:00.000-07:00

Here's the page that I did for a competition. The theme was Celebration so these piccies of nephew's team celebrating their League win was perfect. It did make me laugh that, no matter how big the match, their football boots come first - especially when they spend loads on them!!!

Still here - just!!!

2008-05-21T04:21:00.001-07:00

Just thought I'd pop on and say that I am still about but just really busy with work at the mo. Not had that much time to craft in the past couple of weeks and it doesn't look like it's going to ease off in the near future :o(

I am going to make sure that I do some crafting on Bank Holiday Monday as I've got a long To Do list :o)

I don't think it's helped getting a Wii and a Wii Fit in the last week LOL