it's Monday baby!!!! 3rd post of today

Today is the start of another week!
see positive mental attitude!!! do you hear my manic laughter?!?!

Decided an early night was best last night....But couldn't sleep.
Andrew was on night shift and I was just awake.
So got up and coloured some images, as you do!
Go on I know you all do it !!! LOL

Then Poppy decided since I was awake it must be breakfast!
So got her a doggy bickie and we both went to bed.

Half an hour later about 1am the was this all mighty crash outside!
Our garden rubbish wheelie bin had blown over in the wind and knocked over our glass/tin recycling bin! Which was starting to blow right down the street!
So here I was outside picking it all up in my nighty!!!
Thank goodness the paper recycling bin didn't blow over!
It was full of the scrappies and shards from my craft room bin!!!

So back to bed......
6 am Poppy was awake and chewing her rawhide bone on the bed beside me.....
So that was confiscated!!!
7 am looking for for her breakfast I gave up!!!!

So I am pottering around but couldn't get hovering and noisy housework done as Andrew was now in bed sleeping ......so I did what any good crafter would do.....

finished off a card and a calender !!!!

well this is for Secret Crafter's Saturday Challenge,
"anything but a card!"
The beautiful Image was snet to me by the Fabulous Dawny P and my choice of colour was inspired by Dawn who loves browns and orange!
It is also my take on a sketch....but can I find which one is used? NOPE!
will have to go surfing to see!

I made one!

I did it!

my first Christmas card of 2009!!!
Andrew came through when he woke up and said,
what you making?? A Christmas card! you are mental!!!
And left the room !!!

I used sketch #14 by Tanja over at Just Christmas and Birthday cards!
I love the layout and will use it again!

The holly leaves are done using a punch so I can enter it in one stop craft challenge

One down....only how many more to go.....

Will be back later, am waiting on a couple of things drying.

hugs n love
xox

please read and pass on.

I was reading about two wonderful causes yesterday and today in friends blogs...


Firstly go and see Curts blog to read his post about a Valentines challenge and blog candy.
Curt says
"My post today is my contribution to Pat Adam's cause for the children at Children's Hospital of Michigan. Pat was given a very tall request by the administrator there. She asked if Pat could come up with 1,000 valentines for the kids to swap with each other and give to parents and staff. Yes, you read it correctly, 1,000. So I, along with a bunch of other stampers have committed to help with this huge request. So, today I will show you what I made to send. Stay tuned because I'm giving away some blog candy as well as several others if you choose to help with this worthy project."

The lovely Curt has made 24 cards!!!
7 beautiful designs.

Go and have a look and while you are there check out his beautiful photographs and his handsome doggies !

Information there about sending cards is all on the blog!


I have almost finished two to send to Pat, hope she gets them in time!


Secondly please go to my friend Gina's blog and read about her friend Steph.
Life is hard for many people and this is heartbreaking.

She is trying to help raise funds for a lady called Steph who has been told she has
around 5 Months to live and is desperate to try to prolong her life
by having special treatment in Germany that she can't receive in the UK.

I will go make a donation and have made this card to send to a friend of mine
who is also fighting cancer just now.

Be kinder than necessary,
for everyone you meet
is fighting some kind of battle!

awards!

I have had the awards in the last few days....
From Mada and Amanda!
Thank you girls!

I am very naughty at remembering to
blog about them and pass them on!

now you are to

then you have to post 7 random facts about you
- and then you have to pass it on to 7 other blog pals
and leave them a comment on their blog so they know about it.


ok so .....here are my facts.

1. I hate celery. I have heard it uses more calories eating it than there is in it.... ewww.
2. I love music, all sorts, except boom boom music that thuds away, love ABBA
   
3. I am sounding more like my mother every day
4. If I wasn't to be a nurse I wanted to be a truck driver when I was wee.
5. I have huge scar on my elbow , of which the stitches burst the day before my sister got married and I was wearing a sleeveless dress as her bridesmaid!
6. 
   
I failed my driving test the first time.

7. I love my freckles.

Now to pass them on.....

Please accept this if you don't have it. and if you want to pas sit on then thats ok,
but no worries if you don't.


But I also want to give it to the following friends.


Chrissy
Dawny P
Jennifer
Vanessa
Kath
Linda
Debbie

Thank you to all of them for being lovely friends.