A touch of colour to an otherwise dreary day :)I'm feeling all springy at the moment, I'm mad on potted plants and fresh cut flowers in my home :)

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My friend doesnt live that far away from me by car but to walk it would take a while and its one hell of a huge hill!!!
Anyways a little while ago I decided to take a walk there and cut through the local green (of which I've never took) to her house, I took my camera just in case anything interesting was there and I took these two pictures, which I've played with on photoscape (freebie download) and I love them. The bridge is so pretty and the water current running under it is pretty rapid!! but it was way too slippy the day I went so I didnt bother leaning over to take a piccy for fear of slipping in!
Just thought I'd share a moment time with you
Hopefully i'll get to scrap these soon, I've been really 'off' layouts at the moment, and more into card making and getting my website up and running.
I have a new project for ECP which I need to send over to Lisa and our challenge blog has a new post as usual on Sunday evening.
Tel is out for his birthday with the lads tomorrow, a karting session first then hitting the bars! So Cazz is coming over and we is doing some crafting :) and of course food and I dare say baileys will be involved in that too.

Nearly there

Slowly but surely i'm getting there, it takes so long to update the website with what I want and how I want, its taken a complete new change, all new stationery, all new accessories, all new website design. A new start as they say - lets hope it pays off. Will defo be up and running by beginning of next week at the latest :)

There is going to be lots of new sections, one is Baby stationery and new Thank You cards for wedding peeps :)I love rubber romance stamps and she just seems girlie enough to make it as a Thank you card for a bridesmaid me thinkspretty baby handprints, great announcement cards or christening cardsWatercoloured wedding cakes

Awards and Glitter!

I've had a tad crafty session this evening, whilst my lubbly fella came home from work and went straight to bed as he is feeling rather unwell bless him.

Whilst in the middle of applying glitter one sneezed, hence I am now a tad sparkly! ;) that ever happened to you, its about as bad as dropping a box of eyelets on the floor I think.

On a fantastic note though, the lovely and ubber talented Terrie Bailey gave me a couple of blog awards, so thank you thank you thank you

So difficult to give these back to peeps cause I love all the blogs that I hop around, so purely because I adore these blogs and get so much inspiration from them I pass these awards onto
Amy
jellybelly-jellybrain (Emma)
Rosie

there are soooo many more blogs but I've sure they've already had these :) xxx I dont mean to miss anyone out honest :)

yummy

As per yesterdays post, it was my lubbly fellas birthday :)

Thank you to everyone for their best wishes.

His favvo cake is good ole vic sponge! So I made a few mini ones for himHe loved his surprises, a personalised silver guitar pick (show pic tmz) and a weekend away in a country cottage - just the two of us, not till the end of March so we something to look forward too :)

Loving my book at the moment 'The Host', have some crafting to do this evening if I can keep my eyes open long enough, I feel well shattered today! Nearly finished updating my Wedding website so I'll hopefully have that open from next week :) Finally...

30!

Its my honey's birthday today - a mahoosive 30 yes thirty - no he's not THAT much younger than me, but just a little bit.

I love him tons and tons and cant wait for him to get home from work, we have a few surprises in store :) hehehehe

he's the best daddy ever and bestest man you can get, but he's mine, ALL MINE,and I especially love this photo of my honey at St Ives beach last year....

off to do 'birthday surprise stuff' nudge nudge wink wink...

New Designs

I've been revamping my wedding stationery website, out with the old and in with the new, I think simple style is the way to go and of course affordable.

I'm nearly finished updating up, just a few more images to take then yee ha it will be up and running.

Heres a few of the new simple style designsBaby design sneak

Crafty goodness - finally

Inspirational card sketches #4Products used are
Prima patterned papers, rubber romance stamp, water colours, basic grey rub on and ribbon from stash

2 sketches for you - 20I secretly really love how this card turned out, I adore the colours
Products used are
Prima patterned paper, rubber romance stamp, 7gypsies rub on, stickles and ribbon from stash

Rosie Dees challenge Rosies turn this week, to get your water colours out! This is a biggie for me as I've only just purchased my watercolours. Pop on over and join in

grr

major internet and computer problems!!! be back with a full crafty update soon-ish!!!! :(

Just me me

and more me, well once the boys are in bed this evening that is.

My lubbly fella is off to see Russell Brand with his mate (christmas pressie) in Nottingham tonight so will be back tomorrow at some pointso after a crafting session on my lonesome tonight I will be tucking into thisand I have it on good authority that its awesome! so I'll let you know... it just cannot be as good as Twilight thats all I'm saying

Five Fav Friday

Thought I would join in with five fav friday :) as there is so much stuff I'm loving on Etsy right now

I adore this top soooooo much I want it by ArmoursansAnguish

Angeldamico
bags and buds i love heather bailey fabrics :)

Isadora clothing oh my god you just have to go and see how many different ways you can wear this dress, its delicious

Cotylee
oh my oh my I can see where I'll be purchasing a lot of my clothes from now :) right note to self, defo must stick to eating plan... :)

6 and 7!

of my 52 questions

week 6week 7

awful photos but well dark here and quite difficult as its a book! oh well you get the gist...

Recycled

Two new additions are going to be born into my Etsy shop very soon :) both using recycled materials of some sort
A very useful Toadstool range
obviously the trial set are for me and I adore them even if I say so myself :) A new mini wall art range which I am thoroughly enjoying doing - like alot - apart from the smell of decoupage medium which to me smells like vomit! Any other suggestions welcome... before I barf will be appreciated lol

Wall art

We've been looking for wall art for years really and are never truly happy with stuff out in the normal shops, I've had a wander around the amazing Etsy site and found these of which I ADORE

Lewas designsPrint maker JennPressure lessNeawear

I use to love Art at school and although I craft alot with card making and scrapbooking sometimes it the art from school that I miss, like chucking paint around randomly and thoroughly enjoying it (although I have to say I'm sure me and buddy Danni use to have more of a whale of a time then we were suppose to lol - memories lol - we certainly threw some things together especially in pottery!!!)

Right I'm drifting off now lol anyways after all this art searching for our home I got a canvas out tonight and I have started on a mixed media piece of artwork!!! Watch this space, it may be great, it may well be crap but hey its still art right :)

All wrapped up

Still a poorly household hereEveryone that knows Riley knows how much he tears around the house non stop, full of life, yesterday was the first time ever that he'd fallen asleep on the sofa.
He's still a tad warm today so plenty of drinks, toast and plain biscuits, fingers crossed no poorly tum tum as of yet. Bless him.

Mini mini

I've added a few mini cards and gift tags to my Etsy store today, a ounce of lavender goodnessand some sunshine to make you smile

and now I'm off to curl up as my poorly boy has given me his poorly :(

DCM challenge

Daring Card Makers challenge this week is 'going green'I really dont think I could have got any greener lolThis is one of the cards for the batch I'm making towards Kirstys cards for the airmen and airwomen to send home to their loved ones whilst they are doing their tour of duty.

My little fella is poorly at the moment, touch of the runs bless him and he's done nothing but let me cuddle him all day which is a major no no normally, so he must be poorly

Challenge RD

Its my turn to set the challenge this week over here

Coasters and beer mats are on the menu and if you take part theres even a RAK in it for the winner tooI got the inspiration to do this box after visiting the wonderfully talented Linda you must pop along to her blog because her work is just gorgeous and drool worthy.

Why dont you pop on over and see what Rosie and I have been up to :)

Sweetie

In the Crafts Beautiful March edition you'll find my paper bag book in the hints & tips page :)Havent blogged for a few days, been busy with Riley starting nursery, and revamping our bathroom, a budget of a makeover just to spruce it up a bit (if thats possible as its a grey bathroom suite!! lol) It should all pull together nicely :)

Happy Valentines Day too, we're not really doing anything special this year, prob a curl up on the sofa movie watch later with my honey, which is always just the best anyways x**Photo with thanks to google images**

caardvarks

We *heart* you challenge over at Caardvarks. I'm loving doing challenges again :)*white flock cardstock, orange bazzil, sassafrass papers, ribbons and rub on sentiment*

Thanks for the prompt :) x

Scrap lift

The lovely Gez did a gorgeous layout for one of our challenges and I liked it that much I asked if she'd mind if I scrap lifted it :) she said it was fine, you can see Gez's here

I've wanted to use this photo of Jacks first day back at school for so long but just not got round to it, these papers seemed to do the trick

Thanks for the inspiration Gez x

Challenge cards

I havent joined in with other challenge blogs for so long that I've actually missed it, so today I've had some time to sit down and create and I'm going to try my hardest to set some time each week to do these

Di Hickman sketches set every wednesdayLauren Meader sketches set every saturday, if you've never been over to Lauren's blog, make sure you do, she is so inspirational :) (papers left over from an Indigo Mill Kit)Daring Card Makers prompts set every Friday and a mini one on Tuesdays (geisha girl was a free download from the very talented Kirsty)

Paper craft junkies great forum to join, lots of ongoing challenges, this aperture card been the latest in the card forum.The light really is terrible here, so photographs are slightly dark :( I mean all the cardstock is crisp white!!! Nightmare...