2 cards, 5 challenges.

Have managed to make two cards this evening,
while my hubby makes a lovely supper.

I am enter both of them for a couple of different challenges,
this one is Poppy dog with a bonnie pink ribbon and a thank you charm hanging from it.
It moves when you pick up the card.

The first challenge is for Cute Card Thursday #39 this week being hearts.
ABC Challenge is T for three.
So here we have three colours on the card, cream, pink & white. Three hearts, using three different patterns of card, and three brads.





The weeks Challenge on This Thursday is Mistletoe and wine using either images or their colours. So I have gone for green and white of mistletoe and red for wine.
It is using my new Tilda stamp. I love her fancy shoes!!

A spoonfull of sugar is THANK YOU Cards.
So either card will do nicely thank you very much!

Paper take weekly is giving you a recipe to use on the card,


1 ribbon
2 rectangles and
3 small, round embellishments (zooms, eyelets, brads, buttons, gems etc!)



so yeaup.....one ribbon, and two rectangles a cream and a green one.....and three buttons.
I used some wire on the buttons and some fake pearls on the white button.

PIF got there. & chester sale!

So I got round to posting PIF and it has reached the girls safe & sound.
So can post the cards I sent with it on here now.
I didn't put printer at photo paper setting so they came out a touch dull.....





Photo paper also didn't come out well when photographed on the card.
The pictures are of Poppy picking the PIF.

This card was made at the same time.
It is for my mates new Cuban husband Zal who is a lovely honey!


We have second last dog class of the year this evening.......
am working on calenders with my fave picture of Poppy and her boyfriend Blue the collie ,
have a few made but will post once they are all done!

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Last but not least, if you live near Chester in the UK ,
check out Dawny P post about a craft sale!

Dawn says.....

"Basically what has happened is that a young girl was selling some new craft stuff at a local car boot sale that my friend went to. My friend asked this girl if she had any more and she said she had loads. Her mum had suffered from agoraphobia and had been into making cards and spent a lot of her time (and money) ordering stuff from QVC.

Sadly the girl’s mum died just over a year ago and this poor kid has been trying to sort it. We went to see it and help sort it all out for her cos she is not into crafting and doesn't know what half the stuff is, let alone how much she should ask for it. There is just so much stuff and an awful lot of it had not even been opened. To give you an idea, there is over £10ks worth, I kid you not.

So this Saturday, there is going to be a sale at Saughall Methodist Church Hall from 12 – 2 and it all must go, so it is going to be silly prices, ie generally at least half price for most of the stuff.

This is NEW stuff girls, not second hand and there is everything you could imagine there, including items which would make nice presents. So if you are not too far away, I really think you would find it worth your while to come over.

If anyone wants direction, please let me know - dawnyp123@hotmail.co.uk

Also, could I ask a HUGE favour and ask as many of you to spread the word if you can, cos there will be people who read your blogs that don't visit here and they just might live close enought to come or may know someone who is.

I really want to help this kid cos it brought it home to me what would happen to my stash when I go to the great craft workshop in the sky. I would hate anyone to take advantage of my kids and just want to make sure that the same doesn't happen to this girl.

Thank you so much for reading this and for any links you put up - I really appreciate it"

Thanks for reading this my lovely friends xxxx

Dogs life ( 2nd post)

It's been a beautiful day here today, cold but beautiful.

As you can see Poppy loves the snow.....
she became deaf when I was shouting her to come in....


This card my take on a One Stop Sketch Challenge this week by Nikki


you can't really see it on the photo but there is a wee touch of glitter on the tree.
The photo is one I took last year down the woods we take Poppy-dog.

This card is for Arty Girlz Challenge this week they want frames....
I used a wee picture of Poppy in it and punched out tiny snow flakes from light grey shiny vellum, using a wee trio of punches I got from a supermarket for 97p for all three!!!

This next picture was taken in our garden tonight,
I have bought a dog whistle to try and improve Poppy's refusal to come back
when we let her off the lead down the woods....

SO I blew the whistle a few times and gave her a bickie each time she came running to me,
I found her outside....looks like she was waiting for me to whistle her again!
She loves this new game....lets see if it works when we are on our walks!!


Poppy is tired this evening, snuggled under my fleece with me on the sofa.
It's really cold this evening.....and I am not sure if I am coming down with something again,
so we stayed in and kept cozy.



I told her today her mum and dad and litter mates who are all gun dogs live in kennels....outside Kennels!!!!

well....she just sighed and went to sleep!!
It is a dogs life after all!

Cards posted to me!

Well I received my first Christmas card today!
Thank you Linda!
It is beautiful!



Thank you to my lovely bloggy mates who also sent me cards & pressies,
I am sorry I have taken so long to post them here,
just been that kinda week......

Linda


Chrissy

Chrissy sent me the most beautiful Oracle Goddess cards and I love them...
The Art work them is just stunning!



Sammi

Natalie


Debbie


Kath


Vanessa


Gill

Briony

Here are some of thank you tags and cards I made and they are in the post to you and other mates who sent cards & gifts.
I sent some in the post with out taking pictures of them.....*ach well*






The crap one in the middle is the one I made for Emma!
I got the tag idea and borrowed the sizex dies from Emma, cheers babes!
The wee tags on the tags are shrink plastic ones.

These tags on the wine bottle were for next door after lending me the car last week.

Emma's gone off!!!

Emma wants me to let you all know the she has no internet till Saturday!




Normal service should be resumed about fives minuets after Steve gets through
the door after being away for the week!

So peace & quiet for me then!!!

Or not ....I am busy passing on messages for her from folk online!

Red Ribbon Day

Today is the first of December and AIDS Awareness day.
I have friends who have this disease and lost people I care about to it.

I can not believe that is 21 years since this awful epidemic took hold of peoples lives & began its death toll.

The UK theme for World AIDS Day 2008, "Respect & Protect", is inspired by the UNAIDS and World AIDS Campaign ongoing international theme, 'Leadership'. The international theme is developed as an overall theme which each country is encouraged to adapt to suit more specific issues around the epidemic in their region.

Each year NAT adapts the international theme to make it relevant to HIV in the UK — developing an appropriate theme and call to action, and producing new and unique visuals and materials to reflect these messages. Developed through consultation with people living with HIV, young people and relevant organisations in the UK, this year's Respect & Protect theme translates the global theme Leadership for a UK audience, setting out an agenda for individuals to take the lead in their own life.

Respect & Protect is inclusive and highlights the responsibility everyone has to transform attitudes to HIV and encourage actions that stop its spread.

Respect & Protect inspires individuals to consider the different roles they can play:

• Show respect by always treating people living with HIV fairly, respecting their confidentiality and challenging prejudice wherever it occurs.
• Respect themselves and their partners by always practising safe sex to protect their sexual health.
• Find out the facts about HIV, spread the Respect & Protect message and encourage others to do the same.

Glen Wallace, who plays Malachy Fisher in Hollyoaks, speaks to NAT about why he is supporting the Respect & Protect campaign.
Watch the video at: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9TPbJz16lVE

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Here is hoping there is a cure one day soon. xx

blog candy & awards.

check out these two ladies fab blog candy....
Carly & Claire

And thank you so much for the beautiful awards that I have got from a couple of ladies here xx


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I want to pass them on to anyone who visits me, and who would like to receive it with love!