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

A bit of a sketch.....

I saw this sketch  

that Beckie had done

for Ruby Rock It

over on her facebook page. 

And I thought I would give it a go.

Not sure now it has all the elements it is meant to have.

But I am pleased with the end card. 

The ribbon with the charm hanging on it , 

was meant to tie across as the 

bigger butterfly and semi circle

opened out.... 

but it gave the card a bit topple problem...

So I  ended up sticking it down onto the card. 

Hope you are fine

Love Teen x

cat's whiskers

Stay well back.....
Germ alert!

I am still feeling really rubbish with
a nasty cold/viral lurgy thing
that I have had for over a week now.

I ended up coming home and going for a snuggle
with Miss Bella Boo this afternoon.

Turning 40 sucks! LOL.

Anyway.....one card to show you.
Got it finished last night,
after promising a lady at work
I would make a card for her daughter.

Anything with animals,
penguins,
cats,
dogs.....
Well I did one with a penguin
but it looked too much like an Xmas card.
I guess I can add it to the very small pile
of Xmas cards I have got done.


Nitwit papers and topper thingys
from local shop were used.

It is an eseal card where a wee accetate cube
makes the handsome black puss sits
holds the back panel forward.

I think I might have to take my cards into
work to photograph, as they are much better
than my latests efforts at home!

hope you are all grand!

Love Teen xx

Naughty Fourty!

WOTWW!

This week, its a special WOYWW for me.....
I turned Naughty 40 today!

This is a sneaky peak of something I am pottering away with.

More of that when it is finished.
I think I might need to re-do the image,
I am not too happy with her colouring yet.

I have taken this week off work,
and was surprised, by this wonderful
red velvet cake from my work mates,
along with a beautiful card and
gift voucher for a comp therapy place!
Bliss!!

Just as the boss announced that we were not allowed
to light the candles, the fire alarm went off and
we all waited eagerly for firemen to appear!
Seems one of the ward had set the alarm off
by making toast.....AGAIN!
But no firemen for us!

So that was last week's cake....LOL.

This is today cake!
My Hubby made this for me,
using a new cook book from friend Anita,
who made the red velvet cake above!
How clever is he!?!

I got a wonderful surprise when I opened
this package from Kath & Buddy!
Not only was there a beautiful birthday card,
but there was an amazing altered box!


Please pop over to Kath's blog to see
more photo's of this work of art!


And inside the box,
LOTS and LOTS of goodies!!!

Thank you so much!
It is just beautiful!

My girls were more impressed with doggy chocs
from the smooth Mr Buddy.
He is a really ladies dog !

Many hugs and kisses from me to you!

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!



~~~~~T~~~~~


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.

~~~~~T~~~~~

And another Kath inspired card
for my lovely friend Anita.

The bright colours match
Anita's personality.


~~~~~T~~~~~

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

Sister, Sister x

It was my sisters birthday earlier this month.
I made a few bits and pieces for her.
This was a wee altered box, the first
one I have done, and I am not sure of the
end result but my sister loved it.

A beaded brooch.

My attempt of a shrink plastic keyring,
based on Kath's shown here.

Love is, is my sisters fave passage
and I have used this stamp
in various makes.

Simple earrings with glass cross beads.

The finished card,
inspiration from Tiets

I should have made another fold next the panel
the Fifty is on, the card was quite thick &
it didn't sit as flush as I would have liked.

The Love is stamp is used here again.

I am so behind on blogging.....again......
hope you are all well!

Love Teen xx

Hapy Birthday Mop in Law xx

Today is my Mother in Law Birthday
or Mop as the family calls her.

This card is made using an idea of a card
at Kate's card class over at the House of Sugar.

The flower was stamped with blue and green ink
then embossed with clear fine detail powder.
I used the same inks on shrink plastic.

Challenges I am entering this card in ~
My Time to Craft ~ die cuts.
Truly Scrumptious say anything goes.

Got to end on a pic of
my fave brown eyed girls.

sleepy eyes more like it!
Hope you are all grand.
Much love

Teen xx

WOYWW butterflies and boots.......

Wednesday again already....
I am turning into my mother
"where do the days go?"

ANYWAY............

WOYWW

This is what I am wroking on today.
It is based on a design I saw the other day,
I don't know what you call this style,
but it is something special for my
much older sister
who is turning 50 next month.....
Even though she is ten years older
than me.....it does not mean
that I will be 40.....

Moving swiftly back to the card.
Tiets has this beautiful fold of a card
over on the Ribbon girl Challenge.
I have seen some of Tiets work before
and it is just stunning!

I am not sure how well my one will work,
the base card is slightly too thick
and I should have done an extra wee fold
to allow for it to fold properly.
It is still a work in progress.


Another work in progress.....

Miss Bella-Boo.....
she is a funny wee dog!
You ask her if she wants to go
for a walk and she gets up and collects
you her lead or some shoes....

This is her with my Hubby's walking boots...
yeah......both of them !!!
She can carry a fair load!
She even helps you pull
each lace to open them.

Happy Wednesday!
Love Teen xxx

cakes and makes.

I have been busy with baking
this last wee while.
Muffins and cupcakes have found
their way into work.
These were carrot cake with
vanilla cream cheese frosting.

And a last batch of roast beetroot chutney
until new beets come into season.

The colour of this was just amazing,
the smell of hot vinegar not so much!


~~~~~T~~~~


Have made a few cards too.

This one was from a stamp that
had all nine wee dog pictures
all on the same frame.

I decided to cut each wee frame out
coloured the dogs and layered
each wee stamp up before sticking down.


~~~~~T~~~~~


Slightly different but same idea for
the end result.

~~~~~T~~~~~

The next card was one a friend asked
me to make, her friend was retiring
and looking forward to traveling,
now he has no ties to keep him at home.
He has no pets but a wormery!
She asked for worms and a passport.....

~~~~~T~~~~~


Two birthdays in one week.
My sister's son Martyn
and my Brother's daughter Eilidh
have birthdays two days apart.
They were both 18 this year.

Eildih's card was one we made
in Kate's class at the House of Sugar.
As soon as I saw the card I decided to
keep it for Eilidh.

Pixie Dust want shiny cards this week,
so mirror card I think applies.
Lili of the valley want ribbons and bows.

~~~~~T~~~~

Last card is my take on

It is also my take on Erika's sketch
over at Sugar Nellie, including optional extra
of making it distressed.

Cute card Thursday want some distressing too.
Crafty pad want spots & dots,
the spotty paper is I think paper mania.
My time to craft want some scalloping.
(is that even a word?)

I am trying to keep up with blogging
and just when I found time
Blogger was being naughty!!

I hope you are all well.
Much love Teen xx

pups and birdies & WOYWW

Been a busy few days here....
Managed to get my button challenge
done for Crafty Ribbons.
I will show them to you when the
glue is all dried!

The earrings are naked, but threading them
meant they didnt stick to the earring posts.

(Don't look Kath!)

~~~~~T~~~~~

Right over to WOYWW.....

My Mum asked me to make
her a card for her neighbour who is
moving away.
I noticed after taking the photo
that one of the poor wee birdie's eye
has slipped!
I will get that fixed
before giving it to my Mum!

I have used this idea before,
but I love it for a new home card,
and I love my MS birdie punch.

~~~~~T~~~~~

This one is for my Dad's birthday.
My first attempt at a
double twisted easel card.

My time to craft are looking
for makes with Perfect pets on it...

Talking about my beautiful babies....
Bella as you know was spayed last week,
and she was really feeling sorry for
herself and whimpered and howled
the first night, so I took the mattress
off one of the spare beds and slept
downstairs with her....
Only when Andrew went to go upstairs
with Poppy to stop her cleaning
Bella's stitches.....she started howling
even worse!!!

So.....and you will only understand
if you are owned by a dog yourself....
We both ended up sleeping downstairs,
on mattress's.....

Much to Poppy's delight!!!



Bella is now feeling all better,
just a struggle to stop her jumping
and running around like the crazy
girl she is......

This is her keeping guard on mini scotch eggs
we made with quail's eggs our local farm sells!

Happy First Birthday Bella Baby!!!

No cards at all today.
Bella my baby Labrador is one today.
As you know if you have been
at my blog before I love my dogs.

I was in the mood for baking yesterday
so made some dog friend and
human friendly carrot cupcakes.

The girls shared an un-frosted cake tonight
after their dinner.
I took the rest of the cakes into
work for the girls to share.



I have a collection of photos
that you may have seen before
but they are some of my
favourites from our first year
with Bella-Boo.

Meeting Poppy for the first time.

We love to dig!

And have chewed the corner off this cushion...

She loves her comforts.

And exploring every nooks and crannys.

Her best friend is Poppy-dog.

And they spend a lot of time
cuddled up together.

Poppy has been a lovely mama dog

Bella copys a lot of Poppy's behaviour.

Getting wet is no problem,
rain,
swimming,
snow,
being bathed
and trying to get in the shower
at the same time as the humans

Love it all!

But snuggling up with
Poppy is the perfect way to relax.

I think this Labrador is happy in her home.

Can not believed that the year
has passed as quick as it has,
Bella is a great wee dog,
and we love her to bits.

Hope you are grand
Love Teen xx