A HUGE Thankyou & some piccies just for you..........

Good morning all my lovely friends, how are you all this Monday morning? Those poorly I really wish you better soon.

I want to say a HUGE thank you for all your lovely comments.....wow you know how to bring tears to a girls eyes.....hubby kept asking what was the matter with me lol.

I still didnt really get around to visiting anyone last last night as Megan got rushed to hospital last night with severe abdominal pains & we were all soooooo worried she was losing the baby....... Thankfully the baby seems fine altho they are not sure whats causing the pain but they have took bloods etc & we are waiting on the results of them. She has also got to see a doc as they are not sure if she chicken pox which is not good for the baby......... So things are a bit up in the air at the mo & we have everything crossed.

Yesterday I sat in bed resting.....yes I did as I was told.........me doing as I'm told, how good am i??? lol.

Anyway I decided to get my copics out, well actually hubby kindly placed them on the bed & said 'Just incase you get bored!!'....lol do ya think its was a hint lol. So I coloured a few images & here are 2 of them by my ultimate favourite artist.............

This beauty is 'Violet'. I still need to colour the background

This sultry beauty is 'Deevonne'. Both of these images are the latest digi image releases over at Crafts & Me. Isnt her hair just sooooo gorgeous hannah really does the most beautiful hair & faces.

I've also added a couple of pics just to make you smile & maybe cheer any of you up a little if you are feeling a wee sad........we all need a cheer up sometimes dont we.

Now as you know we have 5 little puppies at the mo. Well a week ago we started them on solids & Craig was giving them Weetabix but they were not really eating it or enjoying it for that matter so I suggested making them some scrambled egg............here was the result.......

I think they like it............. Oh yes make sure you feed them on newspaper as they do make a mess lol.

Here is the pic tho of 1 particular puppy not wanting to share this scrambled egg.........

This little laddy decided it should be his & his alone.........this is a dinner plate so you can see how much he has grown lol.

This is actually my fave puppy, I know I shouldnt have one but he is the fattest, the furriest & the cuddliest one lol......I have nicknamed him 'Wrinkles' cus sometimes his fur wrinkles a bit where his fatty rolls are lol.

Yep he really didnt want to share lol.......... They loved the scarmbled egg lol. They are now on meat & feeding 4 times a day & they certainly let you know when they are hungry lol.

Well I'm gonna go & will hopefully get round to you all sometime today & reply to some more e-mails.

I will let you know any updates on Megan when we get them........fingers crossed for all to be ok!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by I loves ya all mmwah

Huge squishy hugs xoxoxox

Hi Everyone.................

Hi everyone how are you all? Hope you are all having a lovely relaxing weekend the weather here today is beautiful.

I'm so sorry I've not been visiting you over the last 2 weeks & I'm so sorry for any DT work I've not done. Unfortunately I really have been ill I collapsed again the day after my last KK card & then early this week I ended up in hospital again. I have been that ill it really got me down & I was all for giving up crafting & just giving everything craft related away. Fortunatelyy I have a fantastic hubby & kids & family who didnt want me to & I also work with a shop who does the most fantastic images ever & when I got home yesterday from the hospital I saw them on the table in the conservatory. Of course its Crafts & Me, I printed out Teresa's new digi images over 2 weeks ago just before I fell so ill & when I saw them I knew I couldnt give up crafting!!!!

I would also miss all of you!!!!!!.

Anyway this is the first time I've even been on the internet for nearly 2 weeks, Craig has e-mailed who he can to friends who have e-mailed to see if I'm ok & I'm so thankful to you for that. Unfortunately he hasnt had a lot of time so he has missed quite a few & I will slowly work through them over the next few days so bear with me please.

Anyway I have to go back t the hospital next month to see my consultant again & then I'm back there for a pre-op assessment then thankfully they have rushed my operation as soon as they could which is on the 2nd September, so not long to wait really. I do have other health issues but they want to deal with this first as its causing a lot of daily pain. So fingers crossed not long til I'm on the road to recovery lol.

I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone altho it will take me sometime to catch up with you all but please dont think I've forgotten any of you.

Thank you again for your messages & e-mails & I will reply asap.

Lots of hugs xoxoxox

CES DT Card.........

Good morning all hope you are all ok? Those people poorly wish you better soon.

Well today is saturday which means its time for a new challenge over at CES Challenges & this weeks its Jenny's turn.

Its a RECIPE - 3 DP's, 2Ribbons, Lace or Twine & 1 Image.

I have used a stamp that was among the first stamps I ever brought when I srated crafting April 2010 & ashamedly this one had still never been inked up & I came across the set this week so here she is.

This is 'Miss Anya Collection' from The Greeting Farm & you get 3 images....I have now finally used 2 one more to go lol.

She is of course coloured with Copics.

I used 1 ribbon & then put twine on the image to count as the 2nd one.

6x6 Scalloped card, Websters Pages paper, Card Candy, Twine, Flowers & smooth white card for image are all from Crafty Emma's Store.

Hope you will join us in this challenge pop on over, we also have 2 fabulous new teamies joining us this week so why not pop over to give them a warm welcome & show 'em some love.

Thanks for stopping by I will be catching up with you all today.

Hugs xoxoxox

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

Farm Fresh Sketch 7 - Fabulous Sketch (not sure if I'm entering this one right but ere goes)

http://anyoneforanya.blogspot.com/ - Show Us Your Colours (UK)

http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Red, White & Blue

http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

Not so happy birthday

Hello everyone  I just thought I would quickly pop this post on here.

My fabby hubby has brought me for my birthday 10 Bildmalarna stamps & spent over £100 at bunny zoes which he hoped would of come today........but I also got a pre-order so that will take longer.

Anyway today is my birthday but unfortunately it doesnt hold happy memeories as it was my birthday 3 years ago my dad got rushed to hospital & I was told he has a matter of days of his life left. I stayed with him the whole time, slept, well sort of slept in one of those uncomfy chairs....we managed to pursuade them to let him home so he could spend his last days at home surrounded only by his family....we nursed & cared for him. He died 7 days after my birthday.

So as you can imagine I'm really upset today & keep crying....... I was EXTREMELY close to my dad we were best of friends.

So I'm signing off the internet & putting my lappy away so please dont think I'm ignoring you I will see how I feel later & try catch up with all my commenting, if not I will catch up with you all tomorrow.

I'm gonna scedule my post for ces in the morn & then I'm gonna spend the day cuddled with my family & kleenex.

See you soon xxx

I just had to show you these..........

Hi peeps I've come on quickly to show you these photo's we've just took. I'm actually in the middle of cooking tea, homemade Chilli-Con-Carne & then what ever Jake |& Megan want as they are fussy pant eaters lol.

Anyway my eldest son Ben has not long come in from work he is an apprentice plumber for the local housing authority. Anyhoo he went over to see the pups & they have started to realise today they have 4 legs & they can now stand on all 4, be it shaky but still..........yeah this is where the fun starts lol. Well the little runt of the litter is actually the one with the strongest legs & the one Ben loves the most as he gives a little growl everytime ben goes to him lol. Well Ben was cuddling him & well look what he did next.........

He put her in his pocket............lol I nearly peed on the kitchen floor & just had to grab the camera LOL.

You can just see her daddy's paw & head there lol.

Isn't she just the cutest!!!!!!!!

There is daddy, Charlie, making sure his little girl is safe lol.

I'm thinking she is mistaking my sons hand for a nipple lol......either way it looks tasty to her lol.

I have had a few messages asking what sort of puppies are they. They are pedigree Yorkshire Terriers but all yorkies as any yorkie owner will tell you are born black & tan & as they grow they develope their own colourings. Ben is wanting to keep this one & is hoping she grows up to be like her dad who is such a character.......I've never known anyone like him......he always makes me smile every day especially when he sings along to the ice-cream van lol.

This is Charlie, the daddy of the pups he is very light haired......

Rather camera shy lol...............

Well I better go finish off tea before the hungry hoard start eating my furniture.......

Will be hopping to see you laters tatty bye for now my lovelies

Lotsa squishy huggles xoxoxoxo

Crafty Purple Frog DT Card.................Summer

Good morning all my lovely friends how are you all this morning?

Its time for my Crafty Purple Frog Challenge card & this week we have a lovely theme.....we are hoping it will blow this rain away & bring back Mr Sunshine......hap...hap...happy sunshine....

The theme is SUMMER.

So bring those summery creations along & come & join in the fun.

This week as well as the usual prizes from Crafty Purple Frog we have the fabulous sponsor of

Delicous Doodles....Teri does such beautiful artwork....a very talented woman!!!

Here is my summery creation..............

This is 'Carnation Fairy' decoupage & I thought she was perfect for this theme....I love carnations.

This pic is to show you the decoupage layers.

This beautiful fabric flower in the centre is from Crafts & Me & I will be soooo getting more of this. Its a flower ribbon but I just cut 1 off & it matches my pink seam binding underneath really well.....you may just be able to see it lol. I also added white tulle underneath the seam binding.

Added some glitter to her wings, hard to photo lol. I also placed her on a Lacey Oval Nestie once I decoupaged her up. Isnt she so pretty. Paper is Prima 'Sparkling Spring'. All card is A4 card from my stash.

I felt like there was something missing when I was taking the photo's so when I was finished I added 3 pink pearl gems along the top & took 1 more piccy to show you lol.

Do pop along to see my fabby teamies creations, they always make such stunners. We hope you can join along this fortnight we look forward to seeing your summery creations.

Thank you so much for stopping by it really means a lot.

Huge squishy hugs to all mmwah

xoxoxox

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

http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/ - Sketch

Crafts & Me DT Card.............My Favourite

Good morning everyone how are you all this morning? Well I'm still decorating I'm sick of seeing bricks lol. I have a busy day ahead, decorating, I've got a scan at the hospital & Jake is off school ill so got him at the docs today......phew......so will press on lol.

It is of course Wednesday & that means its time for Crafts & Me Challenges & this week its the Rockin' Rubbah's inspiring you.

It is my turn to choose the theme & I chose a really easy one......I'm allowed cus its my birthday soon lol.

Favourite Stamp/Image

How easy is this we want to see your favourite stamp or image....the one you love the most come & show it to us cus we would love to see it.

Now my fave is a new stamp but she is my fave out of ALL my stamps....I waited ages for her to be turned to rubber.....altho some of you know this already lol...........

Of course you know who this is........... 'Genevieve' by my fave artist Hannah Lynn made exclusively for Crafts & Me Store.

The beautiful white rose in the centre you can get here. The other flowers & butterfly are from my stash.

Papers are from 'Raspberry Road'.

This is the image I managed to colour soon after coming out of hospital she finally went on a card last night. I fussy cut around her & placed her on the Raspberry Rd DP. Its all I had time for lol.

The 'Wooden Heart' is also from here & I painted it white then smothered it in Tim Holtz crackle glaze stuff.

Kraft card & ribbed kraft card are from my stash. All papers have been inked with Vintage Photo distress Ink.

Well thats it from me but please pop over to see my fabby teamies creations here, they have such stunning creations to show you.

We look forward to seeing all of your fave stamps & images.

Well I better pop off but thank you for stopping by & I will be by later to see you all.

Loadsa squishy huggles xoxoxox

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

http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Insect

EDITED TO ADD: Just so I can catch up with everyone my comments I am going to keep short just while I catch up please dont think I'm not interested or being awful I just want to come visit you all & leave you comments but its taking ages in between the other mountain of things lol.

I will be back to normal soon tho lol mmwah xxx

Look!!!! I've crafted yaaayyyyyyaaayyyyy..........

Hello again my lovelies how are you all? Well I've nearly done 1 wall of bricks, got about 20 to do tomorrow then onto the other wall & then finish painting the graffiti lol. I do suffer a bit at night but its self inflicted so I wont complain as it really is my own fault.

It seems to be taking ages catch up with you all & tonight I know I shouldnt as I have commenting to catch up with but this image has been coloured for sooooo long & I thought he would be perfect for the Teddy Bo challenge. So here is my creation.....

Now as most of you know I dont really do teddies but that I love love LOVE Teddy Bo/Bea they are just the cutest bears in the world......seriously!!!

They want anything other than a card so I've made a door hanger as I thought this image was perfect for this & I havnt made one since last year.

I've done a pocket again on my door hanger to hide the tag when not in use & also to put in any notes you may want to leave when they are not available............after all Teddy Bo is a very busy chap!!!

This gorgeous fella & the grass have been coloured with Copics.I've used chalk for his cheeks & the sky.

Sorry he has been coloured a while so cannot remember the colours I'm afraid.

The tag says 'Do Not Disturb' when you take it out of the pocket.....quite appropriate for the image, I thought it suited him well lol.

Well I better say tatty bye now Jake is complaining of really bad pain in his side so I'm to get him painkillers & a hot water bottle if he wants one.

See ya soonies my lovelies & thank you for being wonderful you mmwah.

Big squishy hugs xoxoxoxoxo

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

http://teddybochallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything But A Card.

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Anything But A Card

An update with some cute puppy photo's

Good morning my lovelies no card I'm afraid as I've still not had time to craft. I did 2 12 hour shifts on Jake's bedroom Friday & Saturday & then ended up in bed yesterday so didnt get a thing done & my lappy & crafting has been really neglected. I am getting round to everyone slowly.....very slowly so bare with me I will get there......I'm doing it in bursts in between other things lol.

Anyway the puppies are now 2 weeks old so hubby & Jake took photo's yesterday so I thought I would show you the little cutie's. I cant believe how well mum is doing, they are getting so big she's doing a fabulous job looking after them all....

I think this one is catching flies............lol.

They are getting so big & WHEN they are awake they now have their eyes open bless 'em.

Yesterday they were even trying to do a little growl in their sleep, I didnt hear them as I was stuck in my bed.....yes I'm a stubborn bugga but when it comes to doing stuff for my family I will put that before anything lol.

What doesnt help is cus Jake loves his energy drinks, Monster & Relentless lol.........I think it helps him play on his computers for longer cus he certainly doesnt use that much energy lol.

Anyway as a lot of you know I got him graffitti wallpaper for his room for 2 of his wall. Well Jake has designed his own graffiti to go on 1 wall & he wants a brick look wall in grey so guess who is painting individual bricks on his walls..........yep moi, not painted bricks before but up to now it is looking ok still more shading to do on them & still the rest of the wall to do & then the wall on the other side. I've also had to transfer his graffiti sign to the top of the wall & now I've got paint each individual thing on that lol.

I thought I would show you the reason I'm so absent the last few days.

Yep this is a close up of the bricks, obviously each one has to be slightly diff as no 2 bricks are ever identical & in a few I have even put cracks.......more shading has to go but they are no where near finished yet.

See I have all this wall to do yet. There is dust all over his consoles & tv & unit from where I sanded the woodwork down before glossing it lol.

His room will hopefully look awesome once its done & perfect for a teenager. Black, grey & white with graffiti...........what teen wouldn't love that lol.

Well I'm off to do some more bricks now will be back to blog hopping later.

Thanky ou so much for your comments on my card on saturday they mean a lot my lovelies. I will also catch up with my e-mails later as well as there are a few of you who I havnt had chance to e-mail yet....sorry.

Lots of squishy cuggles xoxoxoxoxo



CES Challenges DT Card........Woodland Creatures

Good morning all my lovelies how are you all? I hope you are all getting glorious weather where ever you are at the moment. I'm sorry for being absent this week this pain really is a pain in the butt.....well not literally the butt lol. Yesterday however I got fed up & decided to decorate Jake's bedroom as his & Natalie's furniture FINALLY arrived on wednesday after a 2 month wait. So my weekend is decorating but I will get round to you all later I promise peeps.

Well I did actually write this post at 1 this orning but mr blogger did not only not post it but its blooming dissapeared so its a good job I've just come on to check.

So I will try make it quick from here.

Of course its Saturday so that means CES Challenges time & this week the theme is

Woodland Creatures.......boy I struggled with this one.....I do norm do creatures lol.

I found this cutie of an image over at Tiffany's Doodles. It is Owl & Branch I layered 2 branches up & the wol up on foam squares to give it some dimension.

Tim Holta tag been inked with Vintage Photo & staples added to the ribbon for looks.

Papers I've had for ages & only just got round to using them....yes I've slapped my hand.

They are Fancy Pants 'Its the little things' & I've inked them with Vintage Photo & put brown faux stitching all around the edges.

This little cutie has been coloured with Copics & I've added Glossy Accents to her eyes, beak, feet & to the leaves on the branches.

Copics used are E37 E35 E33 E31

Smooth white card, 6x6 Scalloped Blank Card, Card Candy & DP's are all available from

 Crafty Emma's Store she also has lots of new stock coming so pre-order now for 20% off retail price, pop yourself over they are gorgeous!!!

Pop on over to see my fabulously talented teamies they have done corker creations....really really!!!

Ooooo I ordered 8 of the new Sugar Nellie stamps yesterday only 8 I was good but all of the cute Pips, they have arrived today how is that for fabulous service & delivery wooo hoooo.

Shame I'm painting :0(

Thanks for all your comments they have meant so much & thankyou for stopping by I will come see you all later I promise.

Tatty bye for now my paint brush is calling me..................

Huggles to all mmwah xoxoxoxox

MMMMMM the sweet smell of new Rubbah.........

Aloha my lovelies how are you all? Isn't it just sooooo hot here in the uk, we have now got thunder & rain sadly no lightning yet tho :0( hopefully tho it will clear the air a bit.......I hope so. It doesnt help cus for how warm it is & I have to sit with hot water bottle a lot of the time cus I find it gives me a bit of comfort so like now I have 3 fans blowing on me pmsl.

Anyway remember me telling you I had some new rubber from Teresa at Crafts & Me well its not very often I ink up new rubber nearly as soon as I get it, however Hannah Lynn is my favourite artist & I could just colour her in every day I really could. So yesterday as a bit of therapy I sat in bed with me hot water bottle & I put Avatar dvd on & sat colouring in 2 of the new Rubber releases exclusive to Crafts & Me only & due to be released at any time now.........please hurry Teresa I want the others lol.

Anyway as I'm not up to crafting just yet altho I'm hoping to try tonight or tomorrow just instead of taking 3 hours to do a card it may take me about 5 lol. I thought I would show you the images that I've coloured you can see the gorgeous stamps Teresa is bringing to her store.

Now this first image I've altered with my colouring slightly......

This is 'Sweet Selena' mermaid mmmm look at those strawberries dipped in choccy delicious. Anyway she has of course been coloured with Copics. Now her arm she is actually wearing a glove but instead I did a naked arm & where the gloves end I made them to look like long finger nails & of course painted them red. Her fringe is a hlf fringe but instead I just coloured in part of it so it was just a wispy bit coming down & drew in the rest of her eyebrow, I love the look of it actually. I also enhanced her eyes with a dark grey copic as I thought black would be a bit too harsh. You can view the original here.

This one I fell in love with as soon as I saw her over on Hannah Lynn's website & I always hoped Teresa would turn her into rubbah..........& she did yayyyyyyyyyyyyy.

This is 'Genevieve Steampunk Fairy' & I coloured her the same as the original well her hair colour anyway lol. I also gave her make-up to match. Have you noticed they both have green eyes, I just love green eyes....not that I am bias at all cus I have green eyes lol. I havn't done the background yet you will have to wait til this beauty is on a card to see it completed. There are bits of glitter on both images but were really hard to photo this morning.

Thank you everyone for all the messages you have no idea how many times I've had leaky eyes since coming out of hospital you really are fantastic & dont ever let anyone tell any of you different.

I love you all mmwah

Lots of squishy hugs to you all I'm off blogging now as I really have missed you

xoxoxoxoxoxoxox

I'm back my sweeties.........

Hi my lovely friends how are you all? Hope you are all having a gorgeous weekend wow is it warm & sunny here!! Well as you can tell I am back home now they let me out last night after a wee bit of begging......let me tell ya if it wasn't for my pain I would of even begged on my knees.....but.....well the floor is hard & cold &......well I'm.....well to be honest just blooming lazy.....lol.

Anyway....see my babbling is still here no damage to that........I can hear ya sighing....awww I can even hear sobs of tears lol.

Anyway as I was saying I got let out last night, kinda like on parole lol....they are keeping my bed for 24 hours incase the pain gets too bad & I need go back in.....ya know for the good drugs they give you.....ohhhhh heaven lol.....basically its so I dont have to go through the whole A&E process.

I have Pancreatitis which is either caused by alchohol or gallstones....well the last time I drank anything alcholic was 5 years ago I cant touch the stuff for some reason anymore. So I had a scan & apparently I have loads of gallstones & altho I've had them a few times & not really been that much bother mine have decided to take a different route & go into the Pancreas.....OMG I have never had pain like it....EVER!! For those who have had it you will know!! Its been going on for the last few weeks at least b ut they dont know if its the answer to all of my pain we've just got wait & see. Anyway the other morning the pain had gone into all of my ribs & it felt like I was being crushed, I could barely breathe after 35 mins of putting up with it I collapsed on the passage floor trying go the bathroom & I couldnt get up again & I was begging Craig to ring the ambulance. Craig & the kids were worried sick bless 'em as normally I really do put up with a hell of a lot of pain without a wince but this can bowl over the toughest of people.....WOW!!!

Anyway the long & short of it is I have to have this special scan thing & then they are going to remove my gallbladder.....so now I just have to wait for the NHS to let me know when. I have got to watch what I eat & basically put up with the pain but if it gets too bad go back into hospital where they can administer the gooooooooood drugs lol.......they really should of given me them to bring home with me lol.

I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart soooooo soooooo much for all the messages & e-mails I havnt worked through them yet but I will & I will be round as soon as I can I'm just taking things really slowly & doing things bit by bit.....but I will be round to see you all....I've missed ya all heaps!!

I want to say a BIG HUGE special thank you to my fabulous friend Lisa who let me tell you is an absolute gem she really is.....mmwah loves ya hunni & thank you sooooo sooooo very VERY much hun.

I would also like to say a HUGE sorry to any of my DT teamies for letting you down & I promise to back with you asap my lovelies. Altho I have to say I work on the BEST DT's they are all absolutely fantastic & I could wish to work for & with better people I love you all girls mmwah!!!!

Well I think I've bored you enough now my darlings so I will love ya & leave ya for a bit.... Oh but before I go when I came home I had a fabulous DT package from my lovely boss Teresa.....yes new rubber stamps & OMG.....well if I could I would be dancing they are absolute gorgeous & 1 I've been waiting to be turned to rubber as its......well you will have to wait & see but do keep an eye on the Crafts & Me Store blog to get your sneak peeks..........these you dont want to miss.....I promise you!!!!

Right I really am going now lol.....goodness I do go onnnnnnn!!!

Hope you all are having a great weekend, enjoy the rest of it my lovelies & I will see ya soonies MWAH

Huge huggies to you all xoxoxoxoxo