long time to deliver!

Two ladies at work had had new grand babies in the last wee while.
And I have been a bit slow in making these cards for them.

Jean's baby Grand daughter is called Matilda, Tilda for short.


I made this folded star type card for her with details about her birth....

And Marlene's daughter had a baby boy. Keir.

I made a much simpler card, but I like it just as much. I don't know his birth details.
The both have a little bit of ribbon on them but I thought I would put Tilda's one into the Thursday challenge....do you think it has enough ribbon for that?
Will need to go have a good look at the challenge and see...

Poppy Post!!!

I am still feeling under the weather, but the post I got this morning cheered me up so much!!!

Do you remember this picture?
It was poppy staring at some cream that she was trying to get by the power of thought alone!!!

well this arrived this morning from the wonderful Chrissy!!!!

It has captured the look in Poppy's eye when she was staring at the food so well!
I am just delighted with it!

I am gonna take some pictures of it and then get it properly framed!
Thank you so much Chrissy!
And this beautiful card with the amazing sea scene in it!


You are such a clever lady! You made me feel so much better!

nice bug, not so nice bug

haven't felt very well in the last few days....

I had a migraine yesterday, which is still lingering a bit, but I think I also have some sort of bug.
Slept a few times during the day cuddled into Poppy with a fleecy blanket
as I couldn't get warm.
Haven't even got dressed out of my PJ's today.

I have spent a wee while on and off looking round blogs....
And discovered this challenge...for winged things.
I tried to link a banner here, but haven't had brain power to do so....

So I finished a half made card I started the other day and added a
brooch I made from beads and wire.
A much nicer bug I think!


I think it needs a sentiment or something...but I am not sure who it is for....
And I think I will keep the brooch....

Susie's Black & White challenge

I was blurfing ( i think you call it that!)
Surfing around links on peoples blogs ...and ended up here on Susie's blog.

She has done the most beautiful Black and white Wedding Announcement Photo holders.
And set a challenge to celebrate Her wedding and almost 20,000 hits.
This is my Black & White creation that I made this evening using my new cuttle bug and a die I used at Emma's this afternoon to make tags!

the white card is pearlised and glimmers very nicely when you see.
The white embossing was my second attempt, that stuff is sticky and I smudged it and finger printed it all over the place!
You would have thought I would have learned after the white embossing smudges the other day!

new things and chocolate cake!

I have had a lovely weekend.
Spent last week with Hubby as Pops recovered,
been saving my pennies and got a few nice new things in shopping trips this weekend.....
I am a very lucky lassie!
I love this fairy stamp, and Emma kindly gave me some stamped images of her,
but I saw her in Sally's shop and just had to take her home with me!
I love her to bits!
She lives pride of place on my new stand to use to photograph cards...
I KNOW ITS SAD!!!!
Don't judge me! we all have weird habits!



My little dragon fly was bough in a fair traid shop while in Aberdeen.
You don't see how pretty she is here, but she is lovely!


this huge spoon with a hook on the back and flat base for scraping is a jam spoon!
So are you getting the feeling I have strange ideas about goodies?
My hubby makes the nicest jams I have ever tasted.
And his parents are coming to see us next Sunday, after stopping off at fruit shop and taking us request berries, so we will be making jam baby!

Talking of what my hubby makes....check this out!!!!

This was to help cheer Emma up.... I would share it with you....

But Emma ate it all!
Only joking!
You don't want to believe half the things you read about her!!! Honestly You don't
Unless I write them!

Love you Emma babes!

And my last goodie....well my lovely lovely Hubby bought me a cuttle bug for my birthday,
well its for that, and Christmas, and easter, and thanksgiving and any other holiday that I think requires a gift for months to come!
I spent the afternoon playing with it at Emma's having a shottie of her many die's and embossing folders!
All in all a good few days!

Friends, one of life's greatests gifts!

my dearest mate B told me the most amazing news today.
It's a secret...so you can't tell anyone!!!

BUT!!!!!

She is after many , many many attempts of IVF and a lot of extra issues and drama's thrown in PREGNANT!!!!
We started the whole trying to get pregnant lots of years ago,
and she was one of the most comforting and supportive friend I met throughout all of it!
I gave up the whole IVF thing a few years back,
after yet another unsuccessful, heartbreaking failing attempt,
that left me so ill.....it was not the whole reason for my breakdown,
but a huge part of it.....

She supported me through all of that.
Through leaving nursing.
When Amy died.
When Andrew was diagnosed diabetic.
When my beloved doggies died.
When Poppy was so ill we thought we would loose her too....
When we decided to start adoption , she supported us then.

She has always been there, I feel like she has been in my life forever!
I wont go into details here , cause they are not mine to share.
B and her beloved Hubby will make fab parents.
They have two angels watching over them who I think of so often.

She was so aware of potential upset telling me today,
And I will admit I have been told by people they are pregnant in the past,
said congratulations and then cried when the phone call was finished....
But not today.
I want a blow by blow account of this pregnancy!
I want to know all about this much loved baby!

I love B like she was a sister to me!
A bloody scary sister at times!
And she sounds posh when she swears...unlike me!
Oh I swear...but I dinne sound posh at all!

B......I love you and C!
I am so proud of you both, for not giving up!
and as we said today...enjoy this moment.

new blog candies.....

there are again various lovely bloggers who are giving away scrummy blog candy!
check these blogs and see their beautiful crafting!

Camilla
Heather
Jacqui

I know there are a few more around.
enjoy xxx