more xmas at card class

Enjoyed last nights card class.
Have lost my mojo so was nice to make something when I didnt really have to think about it.
Also nodded off in class....am still very tired.

made a couple of Christmas cards with new techniques.
Using many layers of embossing powder then versa mark on a snowflake stamp produced this beautiful card.




This one is done by stamping on double sided sticky sheet,
then fine glitter to the whole sticky bit..

Image swap

I am hoping to do a stamped image swap with anyone who wants to join in... I have a few maggie and hamish stamps from sugar nellie,
some paper nation people stamps, a beautiful fairy stamp, some lovely flower ones, and some other bits n bobs.....
I have one penny black stamp, the cat in th bra one...I know its not much to return back.
but would like to know if anyone is interested in this......

my first penny black stamp

I Love this stamp, it is my first every Penny black .....

Now I need to to stamp it and use it to make something.......

Good friends are like bras,
supportive,
never leave you hanging,
make you look good
and are always close to your heart.

tired and gurney!

as it says on the tin......

I am tired & gurney due to yet another nights lack of sleep and am a wee bit cranky.....
not even this carrot from our veggie box is that amusing today.....


I have tidied my craft room, and not done much crafting.

I did half colour a fairy.....need to make three cards, may end up buying a few,
did I say that out loud?

have no mojo.

I did look at a couple of challenges... and found cards I thought I had posted.....

Andrew has made dinner, including a lovely lemon mousse
and my friend is coming round to join us.

Hope you are having a good weekend xxx

for a special person......with love

I have spoken before about Laura, she was truly an amazing person who fought hard but sadly lost her fight against lung cancer in July, aged just 24....

She was way too young to die, and had way too many more things to do and so much more love to give.
Laura's family are setting up a charity in her name...Pink Mackenzie.

I made some scrapbook pages with some pictures of Laura to give to my lovely friend Bunty who is Laura's Aunt.
I didn't want to post pictures on here until I had delivered them to Bunty, but for one reason and another we didn't manage to get together till this evening.
We had a lovely meal with our Hubby's and I really enjoyed spending time with them.

This is the first scrap book page I ever made.
Emma helped me, both with the layout and with emotional support....
It was sad making these pages, but in a way it was almost like saying good bye to a lovely person I knew too briefly and only online and though her family. xx

I am very proud of these pages....
So here they are......








This one is for Bunty's daughter Nicola, who will miss her special cousin,
who she was very close to, spent family holidays with and loved like a sister and a best friend....

This one I am keeping....just sums up the fun that Laura and Rich shared in their love together.
It is really unfair they had so little time together, but they had more in thier short time than many couples have in relationships that last years......

There are many out there on blog land who are having difficult times,
heart broken over lost loved ones, worried about their own or loved ones health problems....
Life is hard and too often too short.

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle


hippy hugs and love xxxx

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

puppy school......

Wednesday evening are spent with Poppy dog at dog class....
we actually all enjoy it and Poppy works very well for about 45 minutes,
then decides at 1 year and two months that it is play time!!!

This is some folk getting ready to start once everyone arrives.....

the photo is a bit blurry....please do not adjust your set!



She is desperate to play with Brea the chocolate Labrador, but she don't like Poppy and she gets very jealous if anyone else speaks to Poppy!
She had a nip at Poppy when her owner spoke to Poppy,
so she got a telling off.....and Poppy was fussed by the women who takes the class and also by Brea's owner to show Brea that Poppy can be fussed and its nothing to do with her!
Dogs are funny creatures!

Anyway, I made a couple more altered Cds for some of the friends we have made at doggy class....

And this one is for Brodie's owner...Brodie is a small west highland Terrier who loves Poppy dog and the two of the greet each other with puppy kisses each week!! Poppy Loves him!!
He is at the class just before ours so they see each other as his class ends......
They sometimes meet down the beech and it is just crazy!

We had a quieter day today, Poppy dog lay in the sun and I made soup!



We did go and see Em & Belle, and all went for a run in the car to get some shopping.
Then Belle dropped her pink cat toy on the floor in the car,
Poppy who had been sitting beside her on the back seat jumped down on the floor
and had a wee shot of pink cat......and was not happy about having to give him back!
But not as unhappy as Belle was at Poppy having her cat!!!