first altered cd

So this was made from pinching oh I mean being inspired by an idea from Emma,
The image sent to me from Sammi,
And the Ribbon was from Linda, who I bought the cropodile from!
I didn't get the spacings quiet right, but I love the end effect!

purple purple everywhere, then a drop of pink...

I guess the blog and user name give it away...
I love purple. Even my tattoo has purple in it!
Lilac, violet, indigo.....love them all!

Around my house there are many purple things,
but strangely no purple or lilac painted walls...
I plan to change that this year....Don't tell Hubby!



But today I noticed these things...
Mainly because the purple Crop-o-dile I bought arrived today in its purple case!
I am so chuffed with it!
I have been busy adding eyelets to all sorts.....




And my beautiful Blog candy from Linda!



Thank you very much, I am a lucky lassie!

Thank you also for the beautiful cards you sent with the goodies!



I entered blog candies for the first time in these last few weeks and have been lucky twice!
I am loving meeting the new people through blogging too!
I started gathering stuff up to do my first blog candy.....

I would like to spend more time in the garden today, weeding and stuff,
but since I live in Scotland and it is July,
it is of course windy and raining at times !
The rain stopped long enough for me to take these pictures.....

The mini sweet peas....pink with a surprising purple one are so sweet!




Lavender is one of my favorite plants, I love the fact it comes in so many shades of purple, and even one in white! I love the smell of it after the rain, the way it soothes you and how its oils has so many healing properties.

Right I am off to go and put eyelets on some more stuff! Have a nice weekend!

what rhymes with orange

It seems that nothing rhymes with orange or silver.....

anyway, I was looking at Chrissy's Friday fable.
I really enjoyed the challenge last week, and ended up with a card that was completely different top anything I had made before....
This week made me think about angels, something that I do believe in.
I looked in a beautiful book that a dear friend Jenni gave me,
all about having an Angel at your side.
It was full of quotes, poems and thoughts about Angels.

And this one was what I stuck with.....


"The best and most beautiful things in the world
Can not be seen or even touched
They must be felt with the heart"

by Helen Keller.

And I produced two cards...using the poem and orange as my theme....

the first one I really was not happy with....

I tried to make an angel using mulberry paper and it looked like it had been made by a three year old..... I know we should all find our inner child sometimes....BUT!

Anyway......

I am still not able to find the fairies and angels I know I have,

So I had another go at a card, and this one I love.

It has three tiny angels on it , hiding!



the large flower is made from hand made paper I bought with pressed flowers in it,
and the centre of the flower is a Brad you can tie ribbon through from poppicrafts.

Thank you lovely Sammi

Yesterday I received my first ever blog candy in the post from the lovely Sammi !
This was the first time I have won anything like this and I was so pleased with the beautiful cards and stamped images that Sammi sent me from Auz!
All in a gorgeous deep purple wallet card.
And the wondeful little Bethany Rose the Gumnut!
Go check out her beautiful downloads that are available to buy! her drawings are so fab!


THANK YOU SAMMI !!



I didn't post about it yesterday due to my post about Laura.
But the fantastic pink and black ribbon from the blog candy took pride of place on one the cards
I sent to Laura's family.
The supportive comments and emails I got were so nice Thank you all.
It's so lovely all the support and friendship that crafty bloggers show
in so many sites I have looked at through links from other peoples blogs!

Talking of blog candy...check out
Jill's
Frances
Linda
Shary
to name but a few!

Am off to go have some fun with the images Sammi sent me, and some I got from Emma today,
hope Isabelle is happier now babe!

have a Happy rest of Thursday!
xx

xxx

pink for Laura....

You know when you meet someone, in real life or online,
and you know they are amazingly special?
They touch your life, and most of the time
I am sure they have no idea of the footprint they have left in your heart?
Laura was such a person.
She loved life, she loved fun, she loved pink....
She touched so many peoples lives.
She was loved by friends, family, and people who had just met her!
She was courageous all through her fight against lung cancer.
She took it by the horns. Did interviews to raise awareness of lung cancer....

Last night, just two months away from turning 25....and less than two weeks
before from her pink, black & white wedding to her soul mate Rich....
Laura died.

I haven't known Laura that long,
but Laura was and always will be, such an inspiration to me.
Her love of life, love for others, for Rich,for her family & Friends.
For her wee animals, was an amazing gift to see.

I struggled with cards for her family, there are no words really.









I kept them similar using the Celtic love knots, as her love was never ending,
binding her to her loved ones forever.
With pink, cause she was Pink Mackenzie!


Its not the years you live
but the love you leave behind that you should use to measure your life!

And Laura Mackenzie you will leave so much of that!
It will be truly unmeasurable!

Is Heaven pink already?

sweet dreams Laura!

more blog candy xx

more blog candy...
there are some lovely ladies offering some fab candy out there.....
Check out Linda's site....

take three nurse's and a packet of plastic bugs.....

I used to be a hospice/ cancer care nurse,
I left nursing two years ago due to work related stress/burnout/breakdown....
what ever you want to call it.
Sometimes I miss it but not enough to go back to it.
Well not at the moment!
I met Sheena when we started our training in 1990.
We have been through a lot together and she now lives in London
and is a diabetic nurse big boss thingy....
She introduced me to Sheila who is an infection control nurse also in London.

She actually brought Sheila to my house when I was in the middle of my breakdown
and when stressed or meeting new people I obsessively cleaned.....
And she takes and infection controls nurse to my home.......

Anyway, Shelia sent me the bag of plastic bugs, as you do......
which I shared with Kirstine.
Who is the infection control nurse where I work......

So since I didn't have my play date today.....Belle went to bed as two year olds do!

I stayed at home, had a sleep and then made these cards,.....using the bugs as models!




I know its sad....but I had fun!











I made photos for Sheila and Sheena and Kirstine to use to make cards themselves.....
and will post them off tomorrow.





Here is Sheena's sorry I forgot your birthday card!












And Sheila's thanks for the bugs card












And a "with love" card for Kirstine who gave me a "wash your hands" pen









Man....... I am so easily amused!!!