Happy Inky to me.

Having a fabulous extra long weekend off work, 

and spending it doing something fun every day!

I spent all day on Wednesday with my Hubby,

nice lunch out and some Xmas shopping.

Thursday was a fun day with my Bestie, doing Girlie stuff

and out for lunch in a new French place.

Friday was a days shopping with my Bestie

including updating my wardrobe with smaller sizes!

We both had a fab evening with my 

crafty Cousin Joyce. 

Saturday morning, cousin Joyce and I spent

 the afternoon crafting at The Papeterie with Kath. 

And we made these fab cards!

 A meal afterwards with some of the Girlies 

from the The Papeterie which involved 

lovely food and even better company 

was the perfect way to spend my 42nd Birthday.

Today brought my younger brother and his three kids visiting.

Our Poppy dog just loved all the fuss.

 Bella enjoyed being brushed and hoovering up the 

lunch the kids managed to spill! 

A job Miss Boo took very seriously!

I was not that delighted to discover the

girls were using my brush to pamper Bella Boo! 

Afterwards one of our beautiful nieces and her partner took their dog

 and her sister's dog over to go walking with out dogs. 

Cake and coffee and a chat afterwards 

was a great way to chill out on a Sunday evening.

I don't go back to work till Thursday and already have 

two more lunch dates booked up! 

Hope you are all having a fab weekend! 

Love Teen xx

pens, pots and naughty pups....

Well, I know it's been a while, 

And to be honest, this new blogger layout is

driving me nuts!!!

Anyhooo.....

Two makes, 

pen collection and some naughty pups!

Just my ususal! 

 

I have returned to a creative writing group, 

and decided to jazz up a plain kraft A4 folder.

One of the ladies who goes there loved my folder,

so I did one for her. 

I really loved the black heat embossed

 powder on the purple vellum butterflies.

Question.....

How do you store your promarkers?

My latest way, is in small colour groups, in pots in a box. 

Still not perfect but seems the best I have tried so far.

And lastly.....

I was downloading the camera my hubby normally uses....

And discovered this......

 

She has never done this before.....

Well not as far as I know!

 

Butter wouldn't melt.... *sigh*

Hope you are all grand,

Love Teen xx

three ladies

I never did get pictures on here
from the four days
of Girls Just Want To Have Fun.

But two of the "ladies" below were from
the third and fourth days I think.

The one on the square box with
the three bobbins with pink, green & blue
thread was made with the kit I bought on the day.

I have so many half finished projects in my room,
I am trying my best to get some of them finished.

Thank you to everyone who asked
how Miss Bella Boo was after
she hurt her paw.

As you can see she is all better,
and back to being as cheeky as ever!

Here she is, enjoying some luxury treats.

Not sure she is very keen on sharing....

But Poppy will not be one to miss out!

Hope you are grand,
Love Teen xx

What's on My Workdesk Wednesday

Crikey, Wednesday already.
So what's on my workdesk?
Well, I started off with a scrap
of paper, brown, cream, black and red
with butterflies on that I really liked....
I played around with a stamp set
using inks in similar colours....

Thought about making a card,
so coloured a sugar nellie girl,
but then realised there was
no cream in it and too much grey.

And so she ended up on the side
of an altered coffee creamer tin....

I am trying to colour the lid
with alcohol inks,
not sure if I am getting anywhere fast....


So it is now another work in progress...
*sigh*



Bella Boo is now almost mended.
Her paw is nicely healed,
and she is away for her first swim in
weeks to celebrate!

I put the dog bed outside while I hoovered
the living room......

And discovered this....

The other bundle of trouble
is in the dog house today.
She ran out the side gate
and spend twenty minutes
flirting with a handsome Alsatian.

Hope you are grand
Love Teen x

cheers!

A big thank you with
and even bigger thank you tag!


Since hubby started his new job,
and is no longer around to take
the girlie dogs on their afternoon
walk, we have started them with
a dog walker once a day.

Our usual fab dog walker
was going to be on holiday but her
friend would be able to fill in for her.

Then at weekend Miss Bella Boo
sliced a huge chunk of her pad off
on her back paw, cutting into an artery
and was a very poorly girl.

I did manage to swap shifts and days off
so that I was at home with her for the first week
but the following week, our relief dog walk
did us a huge favour!

Bella spent the day at her house,
including the morning sitting outside
a cafe, enjoying the fuss of everyone
as they came for coffee!!

So as a thank you,
a bottle of her favorite tipple
and a tag to decorate it!

The tag is huge, honest!
Its not just a tag and
a miniature of gin!

Base stamping is a pale brown
of memento ink, then darker brown
butterflies and some copper heat
embossed butterflies to finish.

The poorly pup,
who is now well on the mend!
Resting her leg on the first evening.

It's the sad wee face and big brown eyes
that get me every time!

Taking it easy.....

Now down to a smaller bandage,
but a nightmare keeping it clean and dry
in this awful weather.

The vets dress it twice a week,
I dress it usually twice in between
due to the dressing getting soaked,
muddy,
or just plain falling off!

We have now got five different doggy boots,
none of which fit properly
after the padding of the vets dressings!
So an empty IV bag does the trick!

Hope you are grand
Love Teen xx

tags, tags and tags

Two posts in two days....
Let's see how long I can keep this up for!

I had a lovely day with friends today.
Pressies take with me for a new home
and a belated birthday gift.

Now you know I love brown bags
with home made goodies in them,
so this will be no surprise to you.

Boys gifts, so some chutneys and jams,
but also some ciders as well.

Andrew made me some carrott cakes
to put in as well, but they were still baking
as I took the photos.

I am not good with manly crafting,
but hope this was ok for Dan.

I didn't stamp the bags, as I doubt
the boys are gonna be that fussed about them!

And for my best mate Rob.....
who is older than me by a few months,
but is always gonna be older than me!

This tag was for another lovely mate,
not sure what is gonna
go in her brown bag as yet.

The last pic is of my puppy girls
who loved joining us for lunch outside
at Brodie Mill, neat Forres.
Lovely food, strange service at times.



They girlies were fairly well behaved....

And only needed distracting a few times!
You having a good weekend??

love Teen xxx

buttons, bunnies and dots.

I am trying to keep my spare room,
or as it is now,
my craft room tidy.
A friend is coming to stay on
Friday for a few days.....
but I have had a couple of things to make.
And it looks like a a bomb has gone
off in there again!!!
Ach well.....
I will soon get it sorted again.

Righto.....

a pen pot holder requested
by a bunny crazy friend.
I made this from a recycled cardboard
tube that is like a really hard, bigger inside
of a loo roll, from a label machine at work
These get binned when we change the roll.

I will be after a few more of these!!!

Sugar Nellie Cotton Bunny.
No idea what the papers are.

I learned a few new tips
for colouring using pro & flexmarkers
when I was at Debbi's class on Saturday.

I have had this beautiful ribbon for ages,
I can't remember where I got it,
and was loathed to cut it,
but needs must!

Talking about Debbi, and her fabby colouring....
I was chuffed to bits to get this
bonnie card from the Queen of Promarkers herself.

I keep practicing colouring hair......
But how beautiful and shiny does it look
on Debbi's card!



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A late show......
A Kath inspired birthday card
for the birthday girl Kath!!
who also did a fab demo and class on Saturday!

Using a wee Sugar Nellie.

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And another Kath inspired card
for my lovely friend Anita.

The bright colours match
Anita's personality.


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Lastly.....
my little blood donor......
who is all recovered,
and loved the fact she got steak
in her evening meal for
a few days.

the first night it was just biscuits
she looked at it,
looked over at Poppy's dish....
and then looked back at me.....

"Where did the good bits go???"


I hope you are all grand.
Much love Teen xx

New England Christmas

I really, really enjoyed the latest
Crafty Ribbon's Challenge
New England Christmas .

I loved this spotty ribbon,
and wasn't sure about pairing it
up with the green check paper,
but I loved the end card.

The stamp was finished off
with Crafty Ribbon buttons
for the boxed collection that
I played with in a previous challenge.

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I loved the simpleness of this card.
Can you tell I love gingham papers??

Nesties to cut the white and checked paper,
with another crafty ribbon button on the bottom.


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Taking the idea of the gingham xmas tree
made this card easy.
I adore the red "Merry Christmas" ribbon
used here for the sentiment.

Gingham hearts were punched out for the tree.

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Last but not least.....
a tree decoration,
made all from ribbon.
The wide green base ribbon
was a delight to work with.
All bits sewn on were ribbons
from this challenge.

I dripped some ginger and orange
aromatherapy oils on it once stuffed,
and it was a tad strong,
so I put it aside for a few days
to calm down. LOL .
I am going to make some more
of these for my tree this year.

Can anyone advise me about watermarking
photo's of my cards online please?
xx

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One puppy to share today.
Our vet's nurse was telling us how
the staff at the practice use their
own dogs if blood is required
to transfuse dogs in need.

They have only one dog available at the
moment, and they can only donate
every three months if required.
They have only transfused
a few times in the last couple of years.

So I enquired more about it,
and my two fitted the criteria.

I was not sure how I would feel about
them donating at first, but if they needed
blood I would like to know that
someone would make it available for them.

On Sunday evening, John one of the vets
called to ask if I could bring one of them in.
A wee cocker spaniel was very poorly and needed blood.
So in I went with Bella, and even though she is only
just over 1 1/2 years old,
she was a wee star.
I was so very proud of her.
She was not at all scared,
and gave her unit with no fuss or anything.
Now she looks poorly here, But she really wasn't,
she was just sleepy, and had snuggled up with my mate.

She had her neck shaved to get access to the vein,
and the blood was cleaned away by Poppy the next day.
There is no bruise now or anything.

She was full of beans again the next day,
enjoyed a steak dinner, and will be having extra's
for a few days to get her back to full power!





Sadly,
the wee spaniel didn't make it.

But I have no regrets here,
I hope his owners will find small comfort
knowing that everything had been done
in an effort to help him.

SO.......that's all from here.....
best go cook more steak for Bella.....
and sort some left over chicken for Poppy,
who is allergic to beef.

Hope you are all grand.
Stay warm

Love Teen xx

with love

Hello Peeps.

I am doing really badly at blogging this year....
but it is just how it is, I guess.


I have three makes to show you,
but I have lots of photos of show you.

The first is an altered box that
became a keepsake box for a friend
to give to her new great niece.

The stamp is my fave new sugar nellie Pip.

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The next is an altered book,
lots of playing around with this.
Embossing, inking, punching & water marking.


I don't have a binder so just alter notebooks
but always end up with the white bit
along the metal bindings.

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Lastly, a good friend of mine is having
treatment for cancer.
We are all missing her at work,
so I took a travel tin sweetie that another
work mate took back for us
from a cruise she was on and altered it.


I filled the tin with tim holtz tickets,
sparkly things, butterflies and
asked everyone we work with
to write a happy thought
on a punched piece of paper.
No names from anyone,
just something to help
when you need a wee pick me up.

Lastly......the two who always
make me feel better.....

Hope you have a smile on your face today xx