Motorbike Mania

Morning all,

I did try to 'talk' to you yesterday but Blogger was being very naughty- I'm blaming the fact it was Friday 13th lol !

Anyway all seems back to normal now but Chris and Ciara I have noticed that your comments from my last post seem to have disappeared ??! Thank you for them anyway and don't worry I will make sure they are included in my candy draw. Don't forget you only have until 7pm tomorrow to enter !

Today is a rare male card from me, I know I don't do it often enough but I find it harder to get enthused about men's card . To help me out , I did recently order the A la Carte Motorcycle stamp. It's actually part of my birthday order but my friend needed a motorbike themed card ( she did , honest ) so I quickly mounted it, used it and put it back!! Don't tell anyone lol !! I did clean it VERY well !

All goodies have had to be surrendered now and as I was banned from their bedrooms last night I think the girls were doing some serious wrapping up - now I just have to be suitably surprised as I open everything lol !

Back to the card ...............

I have used the Elegant Soiree papers and a Tiny Tag , colours Marina Mist and Soft Suede. I have got a few more ideas planned when I'm allowed to play officially.

Hubby and Sophie set off at 7.30 this morning up to Sunderland to watch Wolves ( isn't it amazing how they get up easily when football is involved ? ). Wolves did manage to sneek out of the bottom 3 last week after beating arch enemies West Brom but it is still so close at the bottom that another win is needed - fingers crossed !

Only one more sleep until I get my new stamps, embossing folders, paper, ribbon , buttons ,Fun Flowers die and of course --my Big Shot !! Can you tell I'm excited, I'm worse than a child, bet I'll have birthday-itis tonight and not sleep lol !!

Don't forget to enter my candy draw and Good Luck !

Silhouette Sentiments

Morning all,


Definitely April showers here today, one minute it's beautiful sunshine then it's pouring down !! At least it's good for the gardens.


Pleased to report that the recipients loved their scrapbook albums and were very impressed with how easy it is to stamp your own wrapping paper.



Todays card is one of those that no one enjoys making - a sympathy card. I always think simple is best

Stamped in Concord Crush. Frame from Four Frames and the rest of the stamps from the hostess set Silhouette Sentiments - love how the bird fits perfectly into the frame.

This is a very useful set with small sentiments and flower images, must confess I haven't used it much, must make time to see what else I can do with it.

Now to decide whether to put the washing (in and) out or just stick the dryer on lol !

Moment of madness

Evening all,

Think I have just about caught up from my late night now !

Yesterday in a moment of madness I decided to put a few photos of the trip together in an 8 x 8 album for the people we went with as a little keepsake.

Two slight problems, 1) we went with 3 couples so I needed 3 albums and 2) they needed to be finished by today !!!

Obviously it had to be very quick and simple and I used some retired papers I had left with Rich Razzleberry and Certainly Celery

I can't show you the more interesting pages because they've got other people on and I don't think that would be fair.


Eventually they were done .................

and I used the new A la Carte Star stamp to stamp the wrapping paper and the Top Note die and Four Frames stamp to make a tag..............

Hope the recipients like them - I might even convert them !

You can tell how tired I was , when I got back my neighbours came round with a box from the UPS man and I didn't open it for 2 days !!! That might have something to do with the fact I'm not allowed to play with the contents yet but Hubby hasn't actually made me hand them over for wrapping yet and he's at work tomorrow ............ ;)

Living it up in London

Evening all,

No crafty projects to show you today but just wanted to show you where I've been for the last couple of days.

I had an invitation to a posh do in London, new dress required , it just happened to be a week after the main event last week lol ! It was an all expenses paid trip to a black tie awards evening in a VERY posh 5 star hotel. We travelled down by train, first class of course !

This was inside the hotel and was like being abroad. Our room was HUGE ......

We had a fantastic time , everything was amazing but I'm so glad I didn't have to pick up the bill !!!

It was a very late night ( or more accurately middle of the night ! ) so I think I might need a few early nights to catch up.

Nice to see how the other half live but it is always nice to come home.

This was the first time Hubby and I have stayed overnight on our own without the girls and they stayed with grandparents, so I suppose it was inevitable that Isabel would choose that day to have an accident at school !!! Luckily, it wasn't anything serious but as she banged her mouth and bit her tongue there was a lot of blood involved ( school even washed her white top because of all the blood ! ). Anyway while they were comforting her the teacher said she would ring Mommy and Isabel piped up ' you can't she's gone to London'. The teacher said don't worry I'll try Dad and she said he's gone to London too ! Luckily my Mom picked her up from school and the teacher explained what had happened and so I'm hoping they don't think I left her 'home alone' lol !

A soothing bowl of ice cream later and she was fine.

Right off for a much needed early night.

Baby Blossoms knickers !

Evening all, hope you are well.

More Baby Blossoms I'm afraid - I just can't stop playing !

Regular readers will remember we decorated Isabel's room a few months ago and when I saw the Baby Blossoms set I couldn't believe how well they matched her duvet and curtains...........

So I decided to make a picture for her room

Good match isn't it and so appropriate for her girly room.

With the left overs I made a couple of cards............

While Isabel was admiring her new picture she said " Mom , I've even got some Baby Blossoms knickers " and do you know what --- she's right lol !!!!!

Perfect lol !! I can't believe I hadn't noticed before. As my Big Shot is on its way perhaps I need to buy some more so I can use them to make my own version of SU fabric flowers !

Must go and check out what other SU items are around my house lol !

One today !

Doesn't time fly when you're having fun - my little blog is 1 today !!!

I still can't believe that 1) I've managed to do it and 2) that anyone is interested enough to read !!

But I am so glad that I have and you do !! I have really enjoyed it and made some new friends too, even if I still don't really know what I'm doing. A couple of days ago I tried to make a 'sticky' post about my candy and instead discovered how to schedule a post for a future date - so now I don't have to be live lol !

Today is my sister's birthday too and here is the card that I made from the girls......

Do you like the new shape from the top note die ( made by turning it and running through again ) ? I also decorated her a bag like I gave to Jules but a bit smaller this time as she's not a crafter and doesn't need to fit in 12 x 12 papers !

Oh and yes my bedroom walls are very nearly Baja Breeze and that was before Stampin Up invented the colour lol !

Thank you all so much for reading and heres to many more anniversaries !

Birthday Baby Blossoms

Hello all,

Well, did you enjoy the wedding ? Wasn't it all beautiful and didn't she look stunning ! Oh to have a waist that tiny .........

Seriously though what a wonderful advert for all things British and not a drop of rain in sight !

Todays cards are a couple I sent earlier in the week to fellow Jems who were celebrating birthdays.

Baby Blossoms again but back to the more conventional version, stamped onto the butterfly punch this time. Also like the part textured look by putting part of it through the embossing folder.A different look by changing the colour scheme- Baja Breeze with Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla.

Hope you both enjoyed your special day girls !

The lovely people at Stampin Up have a special treat for us demos when its our birthday - they allow us to order 1 item with a 35% discount during our birthday month- so guess what I ordered today.............. yes, it had to be the Big Shot ! Can't wait and Hubby is so pleased I have organised his pressie for him . He might manage to wrap it himself -- on second thoughts if it's not wrapped I don't need to wait for the actual day lol !

This is another brilliant reason to become a demo so if you would like to know more please get in touch for a no obligation chat.

Also as a birthday treat from me and to celebrate my blog's 1st birthday on Tuesday I have some candy on offer ( see post above ) so please leave a comment to be in with a chance of winning.