Saturday stuff

Had planned to go to Inverness
to see my folks and do a bit of shopping
but Hubby has the cold....
Thankfully, its not the dreaded man flu,
so am very relieved by that!
Due to my mum's respiratory problems
we never go near her when we have sniffles.

It gave me a chance to catch up on stamping images for
swaps & blogging about goodies folks have sent me!!

From the lovely Amanda...

From my amazing friend Sammi
a lovely card and news stamps!
Angelique and Princess Amber
who are available to buy on her Crafty Muse site!

As well as an ATC card
she also made me a
Handmade by Tina stamp!
Thanks babe!!

Did you know she can makes stamps
from your own designs for you,
or ATC stamps or handmade by stamps...
go have a wee look!

Talking of wee....

Here's three wee moo's she sent me too!
So cute!

And from the lovely Dawn

And this gorgoues 4 x 4 she made for our DT blog
Crafty Pad ussing a Faith stamp

Who also gave me this beautiful award.
That I want to pass on to Amanda & Sammi.

Talking about Crafty Pad.....
here's a wee sneaky peak for tomorrow's challenge!

puppy play date

Our friend was on an all day course so Poppy asked her
friend Brodie the Westie over for a play date.

Her first job was taking him upstairs to wake up Andrew!

Brodie knows his place,
on the foot stool higher than Poppy!

Puppy Love Kisses

Sharing toys...

Playing in the back garden
You Tube Video.

Time for a rest

Sleepy puppies

Poppy has slept since Brodie left.

6th photo

don't know if you have seen the photo tag thingy thats on the go just now....

In the 6th folder, take the 6th picture and post it on your blog.
Write something about the picture.
Challenge 6 new people to join this challenge..

Have been tagged by Natalie, Debbie & weewiccababe

so here we go....

The picture is of Lossiemouth East beach.
We actually have two beaches here.
I go here several times a week with Poppy-dog,
and usually daily in the summer.
The sea is on the left and River Lossie is on the right,
it runs down and joins the sea.
It is the river were my three of my beloved dogs
learned how swim and loved to dig in the soft sand.
Tilly never like the bridge crossing the river over to the sand dunes.
She preferred to splash or swim over the river to get to the other side.
Wee Gizmo strutted across, owing the whole bridge.
As only terriers do!
Half way down the river is where we scattered
some of both Tilly & Gizmo's ashes.
And left plaques at the pets cemetery there.

I knew there would be a good chance of my picture being one of my girlie dogs.
But this one, is I am happy to say
a place of special memories and time of all my girls.
Beautiful place.

Ok so now.....I challenge....oh only 6? I want to add more than 6!

Sammi ~ my lovely Auzzie mate who makes her own stamps!
Chrissy ~ a funny fantastics arty mate who draws, paints and photographs all sort!
Vanessa ~ a very talented crafting friend!
Jennifer a great pal who take beautiful pics and does fantastic Art!
Amanda ~ a great carfty mate who I met in a previous life! And am happy to meet up with online again!

last but not least...
Gill who sews, crochets, and quilts the most amazing things, who I have know for what seems forver!

Tuesday already?

Was a lovely day yesterday,
saw Becca , gave her her card and pressie.
Then we met up with four friends for a meal.

Sheena & Zal come up to Inverness a couple times a year
so we get together with them, Katrina & George.

Had a lovely time, lots of laughing and chatting, great food.
And thanks to Martin's money matters....
and their money saving vouchers we shaved loads of money.
They had a voucher for Pizza Express,
you buy one main course and get one free.
And in this case you get the most expensive meal free!!!
And since we had three vouchers it was great.
I have had some great tips and vouchers from this site.
Well worth looking at.

Haven't seen any crafting sites on it so far! LOL

Not gonna get much crafting done today,
house stuff and dog walking and cooking for freezer....

Then pub with mates for a giggle and juice!
I am enjoying getting out and about with mates a lot more these days
and being back at work is ok too!



and to finish .....
a text from my lovely niece which seems to be just so true to me just now.....

There comes a point in your life
when you realise
who matters
who never did
who wont anymore
and who always will....
so don't worry about people from your past
there is a reason why they didn't make it into your future.

have a great day.

love teen xx

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!

do not adjust your screen.

do not adjust your screen.

We stupidly left the camera in the car over this cold spell and its all a bit blurry.
I am hoping when it warms up and forgives us,
normal service will be resumed!

But for just now the following photos are not gonna be of the best quality.

I found these wee kilted ginger bread men in our local green grocers shop.

I thought they were cute!


This weekend....I have started a few cards ATC's and wallet cards but only finished three cards!

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #5 has this lovely sketch by Jill

It was to be in pink, brown and white.

This one is my new new Twinkle stamp from Morehead, she is really cute. and comes with lots of wee stamps like rosehips and a few stars and other wee bits and bobs.
She is matted on pink mirror card, then on vellum and added some sparkle with sukura pens.
The backing paper is forever friends Christmas papers. Not a bear in site !!

Two wonderful cards were delivered to me this week.
I forget how wonderful it is to get nice surprises in the post!

This beautiful card is by lovely talented Natalie from NG Cards.





And this one is from Debbie from A card is for life. Using one of her fab downlodable Teddies.



The photo dose not do it justice, I might retake it tomorrow and repost it.
The third card I made is just not taking a good photo at all....

Time to go see what you have all been up to xxx

keep warm and have a good week xx

friendship and tea

I enjoyed Sally card class on Tuesday and the two cards I made were very
different to what I would normally make.

One is a Chrimbo card that is gonna be for Emma,
so wont be shown here just yet.

And the other one is on it's way to a lovely friend. ( the lighting is awful....)


and has a wee envelope inside it with a tea bag....a bit cheesy but cute all the same!

In the post the other was a beautiful card from Chrissy.
Sent by Chrissy~mail....same as Elf post...


I commented on a card she made a wee while ago and asked if she would send me a couple of stamped images from this stamp....I don't normally do begging requests honest!



I have been looking everywhere for this stamp with no luck...
but Chrissy sent me lots of the images and a fair few more...

Thank you babes XXX