flowers in the garden

I love this new stamp of mine.
Dahlia from Greeting Farm.

It was so sunny and cheerful.
I sent it to a friend.
The backing papers are Bo Bunny.
I really love them.


I can not remember where I
found the sentiment.
The in bloom circular stamp is See D.
and the flowers are SU punches.
I used promarkers on to make the right
coloured card.

Now to my own wee flowers......

They love spending time chillin
in their garden.

Poppy had stopped digging,
but Bella ( Bless her.....)
has encouraged Poppy to take it up again......

This was planted out with herbs and shrubs....
Bella looks huge in these photos!

And when you are done....
you snugged up and go to sleep!

This is how they sleep!
The wee one gets too hot,
and moves away.
Just to move back again.
Poppy is so gentle with her!

Been a crappy day. Discovered someone
has hacked into our paypal and stolen £1500
from our bank account, leaving us with nothing!
Pay pal and our bank are investigating.

It's just pants really.

Hope life is better with you all. xxx

golden baby

Have not got much crafting done all week.
Been too busy with the wee one
who has taken over our lives since she
arrived two weeks ago.

I have downloaded some more photos.
We have only taken a few hundred
so far.............

Here is the first picture of her,
moments after we picked her.
She was one of four wee girls.
Who all look identical!
So picking her was so difficult.

Here is wee Bella.

And the three wee one's we left behind.
Bella never looked back as we walked away
with her, but they cried....

This was her meeting her new sister Poppy.
Poppy liked her until we got in the car....
and then ignored her ALL the way home!

This is one of the few bits of crafting I finished.
It is a card to show off a photo of Bella
to my niece Becca who can't wait to meet Bells.
Becca loves Eeyore, and Bella loves her
wee Eeyore toy!

Bella seems very unimpressed with the card.
She is more concerned with digging holes.
pulling up shrubs with her sisters help....
and breaking the last of the pots thats
survived the bad winter!

Andrew took this picture.
It is like she has always been here
with her Poppy-dog!

I did start a few other bits, after moving a dog
create into my crafting room.
Bella was not very happy at going
into it at all. But she did fall asleep quickly.

Need to get them finished soon.

hope you are well.

Love teen xxx

Black, Gold, Red and Rant....

Hello all....
I made this car "on Board" thingy
for my best mate who has a diva attitude...
and we are always joking it is all about her...

I took this picture before I laminated
and punch a hole it in for a sucker to apply
it to her car window.

We are always asking each other questions
and answering with "Google it!"
But she never remembers
what it was she was going to look up
when she gets home.
SO..... I decorated this wee notebook for her.

Now to the Black and Gold part of the post....

Here is the new Baby in the houseMiss Bella -Boo.
Now 9 weeks old....

Here she is lying with her bestst Friend
Miss Poppy-dog. who will be 3 in June.
They both lie like frogs, and spend most of
their time lying beside each other.

Holding paws.....

Now for my rant......feel free to ignore me here!
I have a friend on face book called Sarah,
who has a daughter called Sophie who is aged 9.

Sophie has a life limiting muscle wasting illness.
Now Sarah has asked on face book if people want
to donate items for a sale of work,
like hand made cards
and stuff for them to fund raise for equipment
to make Sophie's life easier.

I have cleared out a few cards to send,
including challenge cards I never used.
We all have a fair few of them around , don't we....

And I noticed some woman.....
has left a comment on her page
saying this..........

"I work for the biggest UK Company selling greeting cards,
so I do not take kindly to people making their own cards."

I would love to make her a card saying......
"Shop bought cards suck and so do you!"

But I don't think she would approve....
since it was hand made.....Anyway.......

If you can help.... want to send some cards,
go see Sarah's page telling you about Sophie here.....

Black & Gold

So we have been looking for a new
Labrador puppy for a while now.
On Friday we found her!!!

Her name is Bella Boo.
She was 8 weeks old on Thursday.

It was not love at first sight from Poppy.....
she ignored her all the way home.

But a day later....
and we are best of mates!!!
We love playing in the garden.

Bella follows her big sister everywhere!

We love sleeping beside each other!

Bella loves sleeping or lying up with Dad.

Poppy loves sleeping in Bella's new bed.
And it is a squeeze but she gets in there!

She even sleeps beside Bella's crate during
the day & at night! It settles Bella quickly too.

Poppy keeps standing looking at Bella,
usually before slapping her,
or chasing her.
She is a big rough yet but Bella is
sticking up for herself and
can play like a big dog!

There was never a dull moment before
but I think it is double trouble now!!!

Friendship

I have several friends
who have Epilepsy.

Today is
National Epilepsy Awareness day.
So in honor of them
I wear purple.

This is my friend Craig and
his best Friend Cassie.

Today's card is purple and green.
and my Friendship is extended
to many people today.


Do not walk in front of me,
I may not follow.
Do not walk behind me,
I may not lead.
Walk beside me,
And be my friend.

Albert Camus.

sparkles and sympathy

It is cold and blustery here today
but still spring
so am happy with that!

Had to tidy the garden,
lots of chopping and cutting,
a trip to the recycling centre
with a trailer load of cuttings....

You know there is always
a Poppy involved.....

*sigh*

I did make sure I never left her
at the recycling centre !!!


~oooOooo~

I hate making sympathy cards,
but then who likes making them?

This one is for my lovely mate Rob.
I find male cards difficult anyway,
so make it a male sympathy card
and its a double whammy.

I was going to leave it just black & white
but since I saw a beautiful
black, white and splash of colour
sympathy card
on Curt's blog here....
I have been really taken with the idea.
(Go and check out his House mouse cards and
beautiful photography, and handsome doggies!)

~oooOooo~


Now....
you may or may not know but
I have a bit
of a Twilight Obsession....
Just a wee one!!!

And this card is made for a fellow
Team Cullen Lover.
The black hearts and red lips are stamps.
the Greeting Farm Edward
is meant to sparkle!
Cause the best Vamps do!!!
The white feathers need no explanation
if you are a fellow Obsessive!

Much love & Sparkles.

Teen xxx

spring is in the air

I do love the fact warmer weather
is here at last, for how long....
who knows....

Spring is trying it's best to come.

Warmer walks,
green sprouting everywhere.

Poppy with a small stick
no matter what the weather.

It is a bit blurry,
but is it not easy to get a
Poppy action shot!


The garden is starting to show
signs of life life now too.
These Crocus bulbs always
remind me of someone I loved.
The make me smile when
I see them pop up every spring.

I used the purple and green as inspiration
for a wee card today.
The photo is not great
but the dark shimmery card card
is a dark bottle green
and quite pretty in real life!

iI am entering it for a couple of challenges
My time to craft want Lace this week.
Anyone For Anya want spring cards.
and ABC Challenge want Quotes.

I am not sure who wrote the quote,
I have looked it up online and
it seems to be a mix of a few quotes.
But it says what I need to card to say.

Greeting Farm seems to be
the stamps of the moment,
I like them!