Tuesday's card class makes

Well last night's card class was much more enjoyable for me...cause I stayed awake this week!
Can't believe that I fell asleep there last week due to illness & disturbed nights.

We made again made a couple of cards but I can only show you one as the other one is for someone who reads this blog and needs to be kept hidden for a wee while.

but here is my Christmas pudding card....

I will put a peel off or a sentiment on the red plinth.

And you cant see it but the icing or butter brandy over the pudding is glittery.....

I bought the template to make this and you can use it for all sorts.
This is the template I used.....

I will make some more hopefully over the next few days.
Am planning to go round to Emma's over the next few days to get the Troops appeal cards that we have received sorted out.

THANK YOU for all the cards we have so far!!!!

Remember they have to be in before first of October.

purple, sparkles & hiding poppy's

these have been made over last few days, well
actually in last week or so,
I made this one at Emma's well over a week ago,
but have only just taken a picture of it.
It is very different than my normal style.
Wee bit of distressing going on along the edges....


This one is a thank you card, as you can see LOL but is for people at work who
have been helpful in supporting me while I sort some stuff out.

This one is for a lovely mate who has been so supportive , she loves cats and although I have given her a card with the stamp on before it just seemed right as the sentiment summed up what I wanted to say in card!
I am also going to enter it in Nessy's Birthday blog candy.



And this was Poppy who picked up the dry clean face cloth I had dropped and played with it for ages......Andrew put it on her head and she kept it there for ages.....


Do you think , she thinks we cant see her if she can't see us????
She is so funny!
Her bed in the background has become a crash mate
to help her stop when she comes running in so fast through the house,
it stops her smacking into the radiator!!!

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