Grey

Finished off another LO but it so grey and miserable here unable to photo it. All this grey weather is very depressing never mind 41/2 weeks will be in Spain and when we come back 6 weeks later will be in Florida.

Eyelets

Well here's my eyelet challenge its an awful picture but you get the idea. Can't believe it was taken in 1979, Tim the baby is 30 this year. It didn't turn out quite as well as I expected but its done. Finished Andi birthday book too but cant show you. Which reminds me I must photo it before I send it.

Sunday

Sorry guys no craft pic dragged off to Town. When work decides what they are doing with me I shall lose my discount and DS needs towels etc for his new house when he eventually gets it, and he wanted some shirts so I got dragged down there to use my discount card plus need some US dollars for DD. She has some christmas money given to me plus her Birthday soon. Which leads me to the little Mini book I'm making for her birthday card but can't show cos I'm hoping DD may be reading this. We also brought some presents the chocolate variety.

Yippee

Yipee I've done my LO for Mod Scraps but the weather is awful so can't photo it yet. Like to photo without using flash and I can't scan it, its a bit bumpy. So this is a picture from 2004 when I got my little room has I call it. Its about 9 feet long and 3 foot wide and before Scrapbooking, trust me it doesn't look so neat and tidy.

I've also been very bad, I've ordered my kit from Mod Scraps now thats not unusual but Mandy has add on's so I usually get the Bazzill add on but this time she has a flourish add on kit and well I received a certain cheque today and my heart was obviously in charge than my head, so the kit fell into the basket whoops! Now the guilt is settling in because sis and I are off to thorpe park in a fortnight and I know I will need money (lots and lots) then the following week we are off to Mod Scrap birthday Crop. Hope this guilty feeling passes soon. (all of five minutes).

missing

Well I've had a couple of bad days but things are looking better today. I really need to get my act together and do something crafty always makes me feel a bit better. Only trouble is I've lost my inspiration I really want to do the competition on ModScraps using eyelets but have seriously lost the plot and come up blank.
Good news Andrea parcel has finally arrived it was delivered by parcelforce not convinced that it hasn't been sat somewhere over here rather than over there for last ten days!!!!! So I have some lovely tree decs for next years cause the tree has been put away. So I have a gold and a red baubles shaped like Mickey hanging in my craft room.
Well I've been on a couple of forums I check on, read the blogs that I read, all I need is one huge push to get me going.

Happy New Year

Spent new years eve with my sister, bil and their friends. Sis made a brilliant roast LOVELY. Came home after lunch of bubble and squeak. Now I promised Giselle christmas book but unfortunately its the start of the Tennis season and I have to book an appointment to get onto the computer, the aggro to get on here yesterday was just not worth the stress so here it is today.

Just a couple of pages that I managed to photo reasonably well but you get the idea craftybanshee has also put hers on her blog and she has photo her pages well.

At the moment waiting to be picked up to pop over to my local craft shop, they have a sale starting today, hope my bros get here soon then to drop of Davids fridge, freezer, and washing machine from mum old house not sure where we are going to put it just got to make sure I can get into my craft room

Trash Book

At last I've put some photos into the Kirsty Wiseman Trash Book class I did at the Scrapcamp I day event at the begining of December. I really pleased how it looks obviously I'm not a good photographer like Kirsty is but you get the idea. We used a cd case, paper bag, cardboard and acetate to name a few of the things we used. We also used pipe ties but I couldn't get on with them with I had them on the wrong way round or I should of snapped the ends off cause they kept getting smaller and the idea was to use them instead of bookrings. Has you can see I gave up and used bookrings.

I've put photos in Giselle's fruitcake book too but will post it tomorrow.

Little Bear

Here's my take on the little bear that was in this month Papercraft Inspirations. He is such a cutie and easy (well it must be I can do it) I have been itching to make him since I saw him. Jo Kill is the designer she has a blog too here hope the link works but look at the slide show some fab cards.

Yesterday got dragged down to Mums to pack most of her kitchen for the big move today. Her flat is looking great the boys have worked really hard to get it finished. She's not looking forward to going but Dad can't wait he's never been happy in that house since the bogus gasmen stole from them. They've got a brand new fridge/freezer so David is having the old fridge and freezer plus the washing machine has the new place has a laundry room, I hope he's house goes through soon I'm running out of space.

Merry Christmas

Everyone

Home and Away

wrapped

Yep the amazon parcel has arrived and DVD's are wrapped, Mod scraps kit has arrived, should really photo it so you can see how lush it is. Theres maya rd chipboard alphabet in a sweet metal tin, a hedi swapp thing with word like memories etc that can be stamped on things huge blossoms can't wait to use them. Must remember when I get my chrissie pressie to do an eyelet LO for the competition, I had to buy it, wrap it so DS could give it for christmas.
Andrea's parcel hasn't arrived I've a horrible feeling that it will arrive after christmas, which is lovely to have something to look forward after all the fuss of one day passes but I know she will be disappointed.
Well tonight I'm off to stay at sis tonight and being dragged up to town on Sat (yuck) to get the mounts for Jake sampler, so I need to give it a wash and iron.
Just remembered had to make a special christmas card for DS to give to someone cause the ones I had left weren't good enough. Since when did that bother DS, and who is this mystery person that had to have a really nice christmas card!!!!!!!!!

Finished

well the stitching, he has to be washed coz he's grumby then I have to buy the two mounts, I prefer to double mount it in a frame so that the stitching isn't squashed.

No parcels yet

No craft photo

Well no crafty photo have to settle with a pic of Santa. I've been having a proper tea with a couple of work friends it was lovely. Homemade eggy sandwiches with homemade scones and don't forget the jam and cream, swallowed down with cups of tea and a piece of homemade victoria sandwich cake Mmmmmmm.

Well its not long now and I'm still waiting for a couple of parcels one from amazon, one from USA, hopefully one from mod scraps, lets hope they come tomorrow.

Haven't made any cards or photo that LO from the other day, pressing on with the Bear cross-stitch sampler for Jake my sis thinks I can have it finished by Sat, then we can pop up the road to get a couple of mounts apparently they cut them while you wait, she hoping it will be finished for boxing day, no comment but I have done the outline nearly so it will be his name and the DOB to do. Guess I won't be finished unless I get off here. TTFN

Running late

Sorry no blogging, but did get back from the north and all went well. Caught up with washing lets not talk about ironing. Done nothing crafty, oops tell a lie managed one layout haven't photo it yet. Spent Saturday night and Sunday with Doreen, so watched X factor final. Yep Leona won she is a fantastic vocalist but boring (sorry). Sunday went down to see my great nephew now he's got over being born he looking lovely, guess who forgot the camera, that'll be me.
Sorry no pics but this is a bit of a rush job.

Away till next week

Well my list is nearly finished all thats left is to actually pack. This is my LO for comp that was on Mod Scraps, you had to use 3 different patterned papers and heartfelt jounalling. I used Romani Basic Grey. The jounalling is round the circle explaining how I going to miss Andrea when she leaves for Orlando. The little pic is a close up of the butterflies. I would say this is my best LO that I've done. So thats it for now back next week.

Christmas Window

Well the tree is up but haven't had time to decorate, but have managed to do the window. The pic was taken a couple of years ago but it will be the same this year. Mum had brought me and my brothers and sister a Father Christmas for many years lucky we have now convinced her we really don't want any more. It was a case where do you put them. I decided to put them in the window and have done so for a few years, so much so that I get told that it isn't Christmas till the Santa's are in the windows. Discover one set of lights are broken so we need to go and get some more.

I have a really long list to complete by Friday morning and just has I feel I'm getting on top of it so I add some more it shouldn't stress me out but it does, I should have plenty of time especially has I'm not working, trouble is I can't do it all in one fell sweep I have to pace myself or I won't be able to do any.

OH had the day off so we could go to the Farmers Market, shame it rained and the wind did blew, but managed to get some nice cheese and do some shopping that we needed to do.
We went out for Lunch unfortunately the food was fab but the service was rubbish, so won't be going back there. The good thing was beening able to talk about OH father who died on Sunday. OH was brought up that men don't show their feelings which is no help to me when I've got a crabby miserable man.
OH fathers funeral is Tuesday next week so we will be going up there on Friday and come back Wednesday.

So to cheer up this sorry tale of a blog is the Iris folding Christmas Tree that was in my Sis Making Cards mag of course in real life it is straight HONEST

Jake

Here's my new great-nephew isn't he a cutie. Between my sister and myself in a short space of time we have about 100pic of him 'sleeping'. Can't wait to scrap him but I think I need some special stash.

Yesterday had a great day at Mod Scrap One day event, the lovely Kirsty Wiseman showed us how to do her trash book, Hils a lovely glass pendant and a smashing little christmas book using fruitcake papers with Giselle.

twice in one day

Blogging again cause I'm going to Bristol to Mod Scrap 1 day event.
Here is my Baby card, lacking inspiration today but I used the colours that is in the curtain that my sis made for the baby.
Must remember that Mum wants a christmas card for Doreen. So that will be an OTT lots of ribbon, glitter and peel offs !!!!!!!!
Sending double deckers to Andrea in the US is one of the things she can't buy. She's hoping to get a laptop so she e-mail her friends

December Baby

Well I could get used to this blogger letting me load pictures, it was one of the reasons I stopped blogging. This is my fav card of the moment, used scraps of patterned paper with star punches, printed greeting on the computer. I've done several b'day cards and a retirement card. Still have another male type card to do and now I have a birth card to do.

My nephew's wife gave birth to a little boy this morning, we waited all day yesterday to hear news but this little chap wanted to be a December Baby.

Starting over

With Andrea in the US and hoping to get a computer, I thought I'll try this blogging lark again. Couldn't believe it when it let me load a picture. The top LO is of David and my hopes for him and the second one is of my niece. They were created last weekends cybercrop on the UKS website.