My Crafty Heart Goodiness & A New Family Addition

Hello all my lovely jubbly friends how are you all? Loooooooook I have my laptop back yayyyyyy me unfortunately because its a Sony Vaio it has to go back to Sony to be fixed PC World wont do it so away to Sony it went & I got it back yesterday.............my lifeline is right back next to me lol.

Anyway as I've been without a laptop on my good days I did sort out my craft room, my goodness it needed it I'm slightly over-run with rubber stamps but what I did find is a fab little machine that hubster brought last year for me...........sssshhhhh dont tell I've finally made something with it.......

taaaaaaaaaaaaaaa daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.........lol

Yes I came across my pink Zutter so thought I would finally make a book, this one is for my sketches as sometimes I draw them & then they get transferred to my laptop (when I remember lol). I kept it pretty simple & instead of an image I used 1 of my fave things which is a butterfly.

This gorgeous flower is Prima Miss Godiva-Mermaid..........soooooooooooooo pretty!!!

The butterfly I used a Marainne die that I had for soooooo long & cant remember where I got it. However to get a prettier looking butterly then head on over to MCH & get 2 dies, Tristan butterfly & the

Chloe Butterfly, these 2 dies compliment each other beautifully.

I used MME Lost & Found-Breeze papers & inked the edges with vintage photo.

Melissa Frances pearls. Meiflower Pearl Hearts. Enchanted Collection lace.

Now would you like to see our new family addition?........go on then I will show you.

This little lady belongs to me & Natalie as her fur is better for Natalie's chest, I'm sure Natalie thinks of her as her personal live teddy bear lol.

This is Bella, yes after Bella in Twilight..........I need a boy now to call him Ed lol. She is now 9 weeks old & is a Shih-tzu & is just soooooooooo cute. She was born on the jubilee & her pedigree name is Queen Elizabeth which I think is cool :0)

Her fur is just so soft & squishy.....you could pop in your pocket she is so small & cute lol.

Well a long post, so sorry peeps, but thank you soooooooooooooo much for popping by. Before I go I need to let you know about all the yummy goodiness that Teresa has over at My Crafty Heart OMG you gotta go see it all...........I'm off shopping there soon lol.

Well I will say tatty bye & I will be round to see you all soonies. mmwah squishy hugs to you all

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EDITED TO ADD............. Please go check this post out its for a very worthy cause & there are 2 fabulous free digi images on offer ;0)

P.S. Thanks for you lovely comments about my truck, I love it soooooooo much & tbh I drive more like a man lol, do you know The Stig off Top Gear.......well I'm Stigette lol. Where water can get I can get, there are times if its tight hubby will get me to park it or drive it through lol............its the one thing I'm extremely confident about is my driving............when I was little I wanted to go in the army to drive tanks lol.

Hi my lovelies

Hello my lovelies how are you all? Hope you are all having a lovely weekend, hope you all have a relaxing one.

I know I was meant to put my card on that I made & a piccy of my new truck. Unfortunately my art program I use will not work so my hubby decided to remove it then re-install a new version.....easy enough right............wrong my dvd drive wont accept any cds of any kind. It wont read them it doesnt even spin...........it just sits there like its on a permanent vacation, lazy bugga it is lol. So my laptop has to go to PC World to be fixed...........luckily its under guarantee still so wont cost me....phew. Anyhoo it means I'm without a lappy for however long it takes them I will try my best to answer emails but it will be from Craigs Ipad which I dont like using so my response may be slow lol. When my youngest comes back from staying at his brothers I will try borrow his laptop to try get on & do some posts. So I may be dissapearing just for hopefully a day or 2 lol.

I have tho managed to find 2 pics on my laptop of the truck they are not great pics so once my laptop is working fully again I will pop on a better one but here is my gorgeous beasty baby I absolutely love it!!!!! Click on pics to enlarge.

Isn't she a beauty, I'm really sad as well I look through my bedroom window in a morning to see if shes still there & still really mine lol...........well I worry it could have been a dream, its still sinking in lol. Isn't my hubster just the most perfect guy, mmwah loves you with all my heart & soul darling xxxx

The front garden is currently undergoing a facelift Craigs Arthritus is getting worse so he struggles to cut the lawns front & back so as we dont use the front we are going to gravel the whole lot & also use it for extra parking. You see the black van in the background, that is what I normally drive as its converted to allow Natalie's wheelchair be rolled staright in & clamped down. The windows in the van I add tinted for Natalie's privacy when we go on long journeys & need to change her nappy after all she is 20 now!!

Anyway my lovelies I will go now but I also wanted to say thankyou soooooooo much for all your kind messages it really means soooooooooo much to me & I will be round to visit you all asap.

Tatty bye my sweeties, take care loves ya loads mmwah

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I'm Back My Lovelies......

Hello all my lovelies out there how are you all? Gosh I have missed you all sooooooooooooo much & missed your wonderful creations. It seems forever since I was last on here & I'm so sorry for being AWOL for so long. I'm also sorry I've not kept up with emails I am working my way through them & I will reply as soon as I can.

The reason I've been AWOL for so long is that I've been so so ill & in so much pain more than I ever have in my life. So I'm currently going through quite a few tests & I'm at the hospital again tomorrow & then again in about a weeks time :0( My blood tests came back abnormal so they have had to be taken again blah blah blah. I'm not going to bore you with all the details............unless that is you want help with getting to sleep then believe me I could help lol.

I've actually coloured an image today my first 1 since I stopped crafting as I've been too ill to even colour never mind craft. I'm still having a lot of bad days but tbh its driving me crazy now & I need an escape on my some what better days. So I decided to start my crafting again so tonight I made a card but you will have to wait til tomorrow to see it lol!!

2 weeks ago it was my birthday & I turned the big 40, I would like to say a HUGE thank you to my crafty pals who remembered & sent me cards you have no idea how much it meant. So from the bottom of my heart thank you a bjillion times. Anyway I was still ill & spent the day in jammies.... altogether now 'Awwwwwww' lol. No I had a fabulous day I really did I dont drink anyway so not having a drink didnt bother me but I spent the day with my family which is the best thing to do on your birthday. Ben & Megan sneaked over on the sunday morning & whilst we were in bed they decorated the bungalow in banners & balloons & Craig got up before me decorated the conservatory in balloons & banners & brought me breakfast in bed. Yes I cried that they thought of this & altho it made me cry they were happy tears...........crying & laughing at the same time does not look good on someone, certainly not me lol.

Anyway I got clothes, socks (I have an addiction for socks, seriously lol) flowers, Boofle teddies who I love & I got a gorgeous pair of gold & diamond earrings off Natalie & Jake. Craig told me his pressie was coming on the thursday & when that day arrived OMG OMG OMG the best pressie ever, except for my family of course!! He brought me a 4x4 truck as he damaged my last one & it got wrote off which he has always felt guilty about so decided to buy me another one for my birthday. I will post a piccy tomorrow when I post my card. As most of you know I'm not a girly girl yes I love fashion & make-up & I dress feminine but I love football, cars, superbikes, trucks & I even love playing 'shoot em up' games on the xbox, Call Of Duty is my absolute fave lol, so this is why Craig picked a truck.  It really is the mother of all trucks & I am sooooooooooooooo incredibly lucky, I really feel honoured, blessed & so darn lucky to have the family I have they really are my everything!!!

Anyhoo I want to thank everyone who has left me comments & those that have sent emails it really means so much. I also want to thank the DT's I'm on & they have all been so incredibly patient & allowing me time off to get better I truly am on the best DT's & have the best bosses. Mmwah thank you thank you thank you for putting up with me you are truly the best!!!

Well I'm gonna go beddy byes now & relax with my Kobo, yes I've been doing a LOT of reading lately lol also I dont sleep well so my little e-reader comes in handy lol. Thank you for stopping by & for listening to me droan on, babbling as I always do lol.

Welcome to my new followers & I will pop by your blogs over the next few days & follow you 7 leave you a comment. Hope I manage to inspire you in some way altho my wee skills have dropped a lot lol.......I need to practice again I really do lol.

Toodles my lovelies take care & god bless you all.

Big squishy hugs Vicky xxxxxxx

Saturated Canary DT Card.....well kinda lol

Hello my lovelies how are you all? I hope you are all having this beautiful sunshine that us here in the north east are getting its been so beautiful. I even sat out for an hour in the garden today with payton on a blanket, she just sat there watching the dogs run around the lawn giggling.

Anyway I'm running late yet again this week has just been manic!! We have a new challenge over at Saturated Canary this week & its so easy....

BOOKMARKS

.......I dont use one as I have a Kobo Touch....which I so love so I'm giving this to my step-mum.

Now cus of how hectic it is for me at the mo I made a super-easy & super-quick bookmark.....

 It actually took me longer to colour the image than to make the entire book mark.

The red books belonged to my nan, she loved Agatha Christie & had the whole collection which she left to me when she passed away. My fave was Sparkling Cyanide, I read that one over & over as a kid lol. The top book is a handmade book Craig brought when he was out 1 day about 4 years ago.

The image is 'Olympics' & I cropped her & cut her in an oval shape except the top of her head lol. She was of course coloured with Copics.

E13 E11 E21 E00 E000

E29 E27 E23

R85 R83 R81 RV10

E55 E53 E50

I added a flower where there should be a medal.

You have the image for the front of the book & then this bit goes to what-ever page you are on.

I cropped the image again & lightened her then I added this sentiment over the top of the image from Wee Stamps last year I think it was



I'm actually a wee bit gutted I dont read normal books lol.......

Image of course you can get here at Krista's new fabulous shop which have a few new images, if you havnt been over there yet then where have you been peeps?????

Everything used is from my stash.

The pearl heart you can get from My Crafty Heart in lots of different colours.

Why not pop on over to the challenge blog & look at the girls fab creations. Us girls dont see each others creations til they have been posted as we each email them to Krista so no-one knows what anyone is doing. WellI've just been over & seen that the lovely Bev has made the same style as me.....great minds think alike thats all I have to say lol.

Well I'm off to read my comments from yesterdays post as I've not had time yet & I will be round to visit you all tonight. Thank you for stopping by my sweeties mmwah xoxoxo

Crafts & Me DT Card - Fabulous Flowers

Hello my lovelies I'm so sorry I'm late I've been trying so hard today to catch up with you all that I forgot all about my DT card. I've caught with half of you but in between Payton who has barely slept today & my youngestwho  has been ill all night so had him off too...........phew I'm ready for bed lol.

Anyhoo I will get onto my card which I'm not happy with buy time didnt allow for remake :0(

Today sees a new challenge over at Crafts & Me & this week we have a super duper one for you

FABULOUS FLOWERS

.....think this beautiful weather we are having has made us all summery lol.

I have used one of the new release stamps on my card.

 I have used 'Dragonfly' by Janna Prosvirina, these new stamps are just gorgeous. She has been coloured with Copics & White Gel pen added & also done the background in copics. Her dress has been paper pieced as I was running out of time...........I know I cheated lol.

The image was popped onto Mounting Foam Tape.

Wide lace is from my stash........very neglected unfortunately. The die is Memory Box

'Catalina Wreath'.





The flowers are from WOC & I've sprayed them with Pearl Glimmer Mist which was hard to get a photo of. The pearls I made using a Cream Pearl pen from MCH.

Papers are Prima (cant remember the pad & too lazy to go into my hobbit lol)

Rubber stamp is exclusive to Crafts & Me Store.

Hope you will join us with your fabulous flowers this week we look forward to seeing them all.

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments & for coming to see me I really do appreciate it. See ya soon my lovelies mmwah xoxoxoxo

Tiddly Inks DT Card & New Release

Good morning my lovelies how are you all? For all those who are poorly I really hope you all get better soon, sending you big squishy get well huggies.

Well today its time for a new challenge over at Tiddly Inks Challenges wooo hoooo & we want to see..

FLOWERS..............

.....how easy peasy is that we all love our flowers dont we, big or small, a lot of flowers or just 1 or 2. Bring your gorgeous bloomies to us. I have 2 cards to show today, the 2nd one is a new release which I think you will love to bits......I certainly did!!!!!!!!!

 I've used an older image on my card, I've had this coloured for at least a month, yep another one of those images that sit in my coloured up box lol.

Ingredients I will add at the bottom of this post.

The image is 'Poppy' & I've also used the frame from  'Poppy Accents' & added a sentiment. I cant remember where the sentiment is from yet but I will find it......these images are still not on my new laptop yet they are all on the external hard-drive as I havnt had time to transfer them :0(

I've added Glossy Accents to all the poppies, hard to get a decent piccy of them.

Now onto bright & cheerful lol.

 This is the new release image, isn't she just fabulous!!!

 This is Wryn Swimming & I've added sand, sea & sky behind her.

Sky I've done with chalks

Now the ingredients for both cards........

'Poppy Card'

Glossy Accents, Anja Leaves 2, Prima 'Doodle Deux' papers, Marianne Frame from

'My Crafty Heart'.

Black Shabby Chic flower.

Ribbon, gems & red flowers from my stash.

'Wryn Swimming card'

Prima 'Doodle Deux' papers, My Crafty Heart Resin Flowers from

'My Crafty Heart'.

Magnolia Swirl & Whimsy Postage Stamp & Die.

Crab button from my stash.

Images from Tiddly Inks.

Thank you so much for stopping by I will try my best catch up today with everyone. I've got my grand-daughter every day for the next 2 weeks while her mummy goes on a course to hopefully get an apprentice, which means I get to look after my darling grand-daughter every day. I'm sooooooooo over the moon lol. So while I'm adjusting I may be a little late visiting but I will try my upmost best my lovelies mmwah xoxoxo

Friendship Warms The Heart

Hello my lovelies how are you all? Sorry I've been missing in action, I've not been blogging or crafting at all, this infection really hit me hard & its still not gone so I'm back at the docs this week.

Anyway its my busy week DT wise so I thought I would make a quickie card today to post on my blog to get me in the swing lol. Now this image I brought when they were released & she has been coloured for ages, she really has. Of course those that know me will know the things I love to colour the most is face & hair so these I kinda squeeked & squealed when I saw them & HAD to get them......then forget about them lol.

 I've kept the card quite simple, for me anyway lol. I didnt want to lose this gorgeous image in all my usual foofiness lol.

I've added a gorgeous Prima Brown Fabric Leaf & a flower from Prima 'Londonerry-Coventry Rose' collection. 

I also added Glossy Accents to her eyes, you cant see it very well unfortunately.

The papers are MME 'Paris & Co' I love the colours in this pad. I've inked the edges & matted onto dark brown card.

The image is from Make It Crafty & she is called 'Ashlyn' from the Portrait Collection. I got the entire set but you can buy them separately. I coloured her with Copics & added 2 small

 Melissa Frances pearls to her ears for earrings.

The tag I made myself then added small piece of seam binding & a sentiment from my wood block stamps. Seam binding from my stash.

Paper, pearls, fabric leaf, Glossy Accents & flower are all from My Crafty Heart, pop on over Teresa has added lots more fabulous items to her store.

Thats it for me I have no idea if this will fit into any challenges, I've not had time to look. I will catch up with you all later. Thank you so much for stopping by mmwah loves yas xoxoxox

Midweek Magnolia DT Card - Please dont look

Good morning my lovelies how are you? The sun is shining brightly here in sunny

 Newbiggin-By-the-Sea.

Ok its time for Midweek Magnolia's new challenge & this week the theme is......

Big White Space

Now I'm not really here so please dont tell Anne as she told me I wasn't allowed to do a card this week as I've got a really bad kidney infection & constantly at the loo........but I'm not very good at doing as I'm told..........altho tbh I wish I had done it this week!!!

Now if I were you I were turn & run now as my card is.......erm.......well I'm gonna be a lady & shush. I'm late this morning cus I did the card last night & was so unhappy with it I wouldnt even take a piccy....yeah that was until hubster saw it & he liked it!! Darn those men!!

See told ya!! Now the stamp is 'Garden Tilda' from the Sweet Rainbow collection. I got this collection as soon as they were release.....most are still un-inked, but this 1 I inked & coloured & then it went into my box of coloured images. So the colouring on this is old & erm......poop.....

No DP.s but I had to add some brown as I love brown, I would put it on every card if I could lol.

Ok the ingredients......which are all die-cut......oh I sooooo love my die-cuts!!

Anyhoos' we have 2 Magnolia Doo Hickey dies on here which is......

the Fence & the Clouds.

Then from My Crafty Heart we have.....

some Grass Border(yes in brown lol) behind the fence & some Prim Poppies at the side.

I have inked the fence with vintage photo a bit to give alil  bit of distress look & the clouds I inked with Tumbled Glass.............cus it was the first one I grabbed lol.

Ok what you should do now is pop on over here to see the girls absolutely over the top gorgeous creations............they will make you forget all about mine, hopefully!!!

Thankyou for stopping by I loves yas all mmwah xoxoxox

Challenges I'm Entering..........
Bearly-Mine Challenges - Dies (thanks so much for the Top 3 last week girls mmwah)
Papertake Weekly - In The Garden

New Rubber Release

Hello my lovelies how are you all? Well I put my card up on the Crafts & Me store blog then forgot about my own lol..........I am brunette honest lol.

Today I am showing you a new release that are due out this week & let me tell they are all gorgeous, super gorgeous!!!

Here is the 1st one & tbh its my favourite one & you know what I'm like about wings.....

 Isn't she so darn pretty, I love this stamp sooooooooo much......a lot of drooling & a whole lotta ooohhing & aahhhhing was happening when these gorgeous rubbah's came throught my door I tell ya!!!!

 The gorgeous papers are MME 'Be Happy' I love this pad, tbh I lurve MME paper its so gorgeous. I have inked edges with walnut ink & matted onto thick kraft card. I've also cut the flag bit from another piece of the paper & mounted onto foam to give it a 3D aspect. It says

'Never forget this day' which I thought could act like a sentiment.

Flowers have been sprayed gently with white florist spray. The pink lace is from my stash as are the little pearls.

The beautiful new rubber stamp is called 'Night Time Fairy' by Zindy S.D Nielson, I have coloured her with copics & added glitter to her wings, she is of courseexclusive to Crafts & Me Store. To add glitter I add glue using the 'Zig Glue Pen' which is my fave glue pen & then sprinkle glitter on & shake any access off.

I also used a 'Orchid Tree Frame' die to put behind her but I cut the frame away to just leave the tree. The flower is off some Flower Ribbon. I am not happy with her eyes, I picked up my letraset fine liner as her eyes had got hidden beneath copics but unfortunately I grabbed the wrong liner & it was too thick........grrrrrr was not happy & it nearly went the journey to the bin!!!

Papers & glue pen - MCH

Stamp & die - C&M

Well thats it from me but why not keep an eye out on the Crafts & Me Store blog this week to see the other new releases.

Thank you so much for your lovely comments yesterday regarding my grand-daughter I absolutely love her to bits & cant get enough of her............I keep getting told its better when they arew not yours as you can give them back. Problem is I dont want to :0(

Thank you for stopping by you are total gems mmwah xoxoxox

Challenges I'm Entering..............
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenges 2 - Anything Goes



My Crafty Heart DT Card & My Grand-daughter Payton

Hello everyone how are you all? I'm running so late today so I'm goona get on with my post.

Today I have a card for you showing some of the latest papers Teresa has gotten in which are gorgeous.

 The papers are MME 'Citron' & I've inked the edges & matted onto dark brown card.

I've used a Memory Box 'Modern Landscape Border' die along the bottom with dark brown card.

The flag at the top is cut using a WOJ 'Cute Banner Trio' & stamped with love with a wood block stamp from my stash.

The image is WOJ 'Dancing Willow' & I coloured her with copics & paper pieced her dress & added shading with prisma pencil.

I used Memory Box 'Elegant Scroll' die & cut a single flower from the Prima Rose Trim & added it on top. I added a strip of lace from 'The Enchanted Collection'. The sentiment at the bottom is also WOJ from the 'Magical Wishes' collection.

All the items used on my card are from My Crafty Heart where you will find so many gorgeous items.

I have been asked a few times how Payton is doing & for some more piccies so here is my gorgeous grand-daughter............

This was taken Easter weekend I love gingham & when I saw this dress with matching knickers & headband...........well Nana HAD to buy it lol.......

This was taken yesterday while she was at mine for the night, it looks like she is holding the camera in front of herself lol.

Here she is with her gorgeous smile. I brought her some musical teething keys a few weeks ago & its her favourite toy & have to go everywhere with her lol. I cant believe she is nearly 5 months old already.............it goes way too quick. She is babbling on a lot now which is lovely & so darn cute lol.

Well thats it from me sorry for the long post my lovelies. I will be round tonight to see you all, pop back tomorrow as I have gorgeous new release stamp to show you.

Thank you for stopping by from the bottom of my heart xoxoxo

Challenges I'm Entering...............

WOJ Challenge - Paper Piecing