second Poppy page.....

Have done a second scrap book page with my lovely Poppy....

Am enjoying doing this much mire than I thought I would.

something new to try..........

Am still feeling run down, but trying to go out and do something each day to get out of the house and hopefully built up my energy levels again....Spent a couple of hours at Em's again today.
It's lovely that she only lives a short drive away.

I love pink and green combo's but haven't not done many cards with this on it....
The first card....I started with the pale green and silver hand made paper and wanted
to use the stamped image and two peel offs....


It kinda grew from there...not sure about it though....

This one I love!

It started with a bit of ribbon I spied in Emma's ample ribbon stash!!!
It is a pale cream with feint green on it, so pretty!
I even pinched the image from Em!

I did bring cake!!!


It has part of Laura's bebo quote on it.
Have been thinking about her a lot.....
I will take her memorial pages to her Aunt Bunty on Thursday.....

busy bee's & blog candies!!

Had a lovely afternoon with Emma & Belle,
we did some crafting, and had lots of giggles and laughs!
I know now why she has been so successful at craft clubs!
She is so easy to learn from.
Has a great style of teaching.....
( is that what you told me to say Emma? Did I get it right?)
*ducks* don't hit me again!!!!
I have a whole list of stuff I have seen on her blog that I want to know how to make!


Also did some Christmas cards for the troops....
and did some thank you cards.......to appear her soon enough!


And made this for Sammi's bloggy challenge!


Needed to do three things.....

1 ) make a purple sparkily card, well the fairy which is one of Sammi's is painted in a sparkle sukra pen. The green ribbon is shimmery, the purple card & backing Purple paper is shimmery........and there is silver embossing powder on the flowery backing card I made with chalk inks.......do you think thats sparkily enough Sammi?



2) list the blog candy here....done that......
3) add her to your blog roll...well I have her on my list of blogs I read....is that the same thing?

I also finished Laura's pages and will take them To Bunty on Thursday....
i have made six.
I will post about them after I have delivered them.
I am very proud of them.

'Cause not everything is black & white

I have made this Cd for a lovely mate of mine called Chris who I have worked with and known for many years.

I have thought long and hard about posting it on here....and here is why......


We have been through so tough times together, and she has a very strong faith.
I on the other hand, am a hippy chick, bordering on wiccan at times.

I believe in lots of things, none of this includes any formal religion at this time in my life.

I have had some pretty awful experiences , none of which I will go into here that involved "religious" people using their so called faith to justify abuse, bullying and down right nasty behaviour.

NOW, I am not for one moment saying everyone who has faith is like this,
hence my Chris is my friend.

She is one of the few people I will have religious discussions with.
Neither of us needed to convert each other, being able to discuses without judgment or criticisms. She is truly a lovely person.

We accept we believe in different things, and value our friendship.

I have many friends, who have many different beliefs and faiths, Christian, Muslims, Pagans, Catholics, Atheists all sorts.
As long as they are people who try their best and don't go out of their way to hurt people I will call them my friend.

Their belief or non belief make them who they are.


I believe that as long as you do no one no harm with your faith, beliefs, religion , non religion and it gets you through good times and bad then I fully support you and say good for you!
I never once have felt the need to make anyone else believe that I am right and they are wrong.
My beliefs are my own.

I see one of my strongest qualities is to see that life is not all black and white,
and agreeing to disagree is sometimes a hard thing to do.
This annoys some of my more religious family, resulting previously in many arguments and me walking out as they were so angry at my refusal to convert to their new found faith!
It came down to agreeing to disagree or me walking away from them for ever.
Not being a part of their or their children's lives.

I know this was hard for them, and it was not something I did lightly.
They are not happy with the outcome, and to be honest
do still try now and again to help me see their way is the right way.


But in asking me to respect their beliefs , I demanded the same back.
I feel I am a good person and will be judged at the end of this life ,
or the beginning of the next one.

But sometimes you have to be true to yourself....
and thats not always by doing what your family demand of you.
Our journeys are very much or own.
We can walk with them, but still see different things as we go along.

this post has rambled on way toooooooo long.
I hope it has not offended anyone as that was not my intention.
Sometimes.....I just ramble on!

Blog Candy for our hero's

Emma posted the other day about making Christmas cards to send to our troops for them to send to loved ones back home.
So come on girls....as if you needed any encouragement...

Go have a look and join in!

As some of you have already started making your Christmas cards...
do you fancy making a spare one for the Troops in Iraq or Afghanistan?
All you need to do is make an extra one...leave it blank inside so a member of our fantastic Forces can send it home to a loved one.



Emma is also offering some blog candy too!

Have done my first one.

the green holly background is material with lovely gold on it,
And the gingerbread man is sizzex die that I borrowed from Emma.

Fridays fable - "If" there are balloons

I have started really looking forward to Chrissy's Friday fables.
She laways posts beautful pieces of art with beautiful poems to get the old mojo going!
And this week is no exception!

I love "If" by Rudyard Kipling.

"IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:"

I think we all know someone who makes our lives difficult from time to time,
and it can be hard to keep your head.
But laughing at them can often be the most satisfying response....
maybe something to do more often....

Anyway.

The picture was " Ballooning over Paris "- I. Lane
And I have a new sugar nellie stamp that is just perfect for this....
As Maggie is holding a stick and you get four wee accessories to add on to stick.
One of them a balloon!
But I do like the thought of it being a wee wand!
Well me being a witch and all.....






I am going to send this to Nikki who has sent me a get well card.
Really made me smile today....

first scrapbook pages...taaa daaaaa

I did my first ever scrap book pages with the wonderful Emma yesterday!

BUT!

I can't show them here yet, cause they are to be sent to someone who reads this blog,
I will when I have finished them all...and delivered them, I have 4 in mind.
Finished one, which I am really proud of.
Have almost finished two more, and will start last one soon.
But the copies I have of some of the pictures are too grainy.
Need to get them emailed to me to print off properly.
Anyway.....

Here is my first one with out the help of master Emma......
I "bee" quiet proud of it!

I am thinking it may be a little too fussy , but I still like it!
I also managed to use my "stamp of the moment" Buzy bee,

But I added him after this picture was taken!

I have also entered it to the Thursday challenge. Which is all about colour


I can't crop it as the soft wear I have to do this is new, and I haven't figured it out yet!
But no worries, I have had no internet for a few days...and have missed you all....
Away to go see what you have all been up to!!
hugs Teen xx