Soooooo Excited.........come closer I will tell you........

Hello my lovelies how are you all? Its bitter cold up here in the North-East today, I reckon even the beach is frozen lol. I'm running late this morning we babysat Payton-Lea for the 1st time last night while her daddy took Megan out for a meal.........they missed her so much while they were away bless em but she was as good as gold, a little angel. However my darling angel Natalie who I think could be the devil in disguise was a little bugger all night so we were rather tired this morning which is why I'm late!!!!!!!!

Anyway onto the exciting news!! Now what do we crafters love.........love nearly as much as the crafting itself????? SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!! Yes we have a fabulous new online shop opened its cyber doors today & you gotta go in have a peek she sells fabulous stuff & I've not even seen it all!!! She also draws digi images as well.............Teresa is sooooooooo talented so pop yourself over to My Crafty Heart also pop on over to her blog as she is celebrating her opening day by giving you wonderful crafters a free digi image, yes a FREEBIE!!!!!!!!!!

Ok I will show you now what I have made with the yummy things Teresa stocks I ve also used 1 of her digi images as well which I lurve!!

WARNING PHOTO HEAVY

I have made 'All Boxed Up' its a template I brought ages ago from Papertrey Ink.......love their templates!!

I dont make new years resolutions as then I dont dissapoint myself when I break them which I always do lol. However I am making myself use neglected crafty things & I have a ton of templates from various places which sit on my lappy.

This is the inside which you can use to store what ever you want.

I have just put some envelopes in one side...........

.......& some cards in the other. These would make lovely gifts to people.

You can tie it all closed to keep everything safe.

Card, lined paper, feather & paper flower from my stash.

Everything else from My Crafty Heart see list of ingredients below.

The gorgeous image is 'Fairy Vicky' the fabulous Teresa drew images for all the DT girls & this is moi. Dont you just love my hair lol........oops I forgot colour my lil jester....:0(

The hair I coloured to reflect mine at the mo which is black with a slight tint of cosmic blue, & I mean slight! I am going back to my natural colour next week lol.

On this creations I used :- My Minds Eye 'Lost & Found Blush'(love this pad) Memory Box 'Modern Landscape' die (gonna be one of my faves, love it) Pink & Black gingham ribbon, crochet flower from Prima 'Love Note Collection- Botanical', Hero Art gems, Stardust stickles on her wings & My Crafty Heart resin flower.

All ingredients used can be found here at My Crafty Heart 

Thought I would leave you will 1 last pic if you are still here lol. Our little grand-daughter at her nanna & grandads last night. We brought her a chair for when she is here so they dont have to carry loads of stuff over & she loves it, especially the vibrate part it sends her straight to sleep as you can see lol.

We are lucky tbh as we see her every day so I get to have LOTS of snuggles lol.

Well thats it from me sorry for the long post sweeties I'm off to do some shopping at the fabby new store, my dosh is burning a huge hole in my pocket here lol & then we are off to my sons to fix his gate, darn winds!! I will catch up with you all later peeps.

Take care & thank you a billion times for stopping by loves ya all xoxoxo

Will Humpty Dumpty Fall on Friday 13th???????????

Hi all is bit of a quickie post.........actually apart from the colouring which alllllllways takes me ages lol its a quickie card & another CAS one............OMG who has stolen my foofiness!!!!

The challenge over at Mo's this time is CAS..........why are you people doing this to me????

Now this one certainly is CAS..........maybe a bit tooooooooo much tbh!!!

Here is the fabby 'HUmpty Dumpty' lol.........hence my title, so do ya think he'll????

NO, cus he's a friend & I will catch him if he falls........... That was what I was thinking when I made this card, I just need add a sentiment when I think of which one lol.

He is of course from the fabulous Mo Manning & he is actually called 'Before The Fall' I coloured him with Copics.....I printed 2 copies out & coloured just the image on the 2nd one & fussy cut it & then popped him onto foam pads to make him pop that lil bit more.

Sorry about the pics I took them on the dining table in the conservatory as I was too lazy get my gear out lol.

A tip tho for those like me who dont do CAS, make a CAS card with a digi image cus then you can print it large & its less room to decorate anyway lol..............

Well I'm gonna go & do some commenting is anyone else having problems getting on some blogs? Its ok with some but then others I can open them up but I cant do anything else once its opened.....it did my head in last night so I closed my laptop down in a strop!!!!!!! lol.

Thanking you sooooooooo much for stopping by I loves you alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll xoxoxo

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

http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/ - CAS (argggghhhhhh)

Little Miss Muffet Challenges..............

Good morning all my lovelies how are you all?

Well if you hadn't seen my new badge on my sidebar then I have a wee bit of exciting news to tell you I am a new DT member for the fabulous

Little Miss Muffet stamps............yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

So excited to be working with a fabulous bunch of tallented ladies.

The challenge over on Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog this fortnight is 'Something New' remember you dont have to use an image from Miss Muffet but we sure do LOVE to see them 7 they have so many fabulous ones in their store here.

Here is some inspiration for you, I brought this image the same time as I went over & brought a few the other week & I brought this one because she has the same name as my fabby dog lol.

This gorgeous lil girl is 'Bailey' from the Little Misses Collection

The paper is Fancy Pants 'Its The Little Things' which I've had & neglected for a while lol. Edged with vintage photo ink & matted onto black card.

The gorgeous flower & the awesome die are from Teresa's new online store 'My Crafty Heart' opening 14th January, click on the candy at the top of my sidebar to take you to her fab blog & enter into her candy.

The die is the new Memory Box die 'Modern Landscape Border' & I absolutely love this die!!!

The lush image was coloured of course with my beloved Copics.

The sentiment is from Crafty Emma's

Well thats it from me but please pop over to see the fabulous inspiration from my teamies, they are all awesome!!!

Thank you so much for popping in. I am catching up with you all but a lot of blog either wouldnt load properley last night or wouldnt let me comment but I will try again today.

Huge squishy hugs to all mmwah xoxoxo

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

http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Fab Sketch (new = die & flower, old is the paper & gems)

Was scheduled but mr blogger let me down grrrrr sorry its late!!

CAS with Saturated Canary...........eeeeekkkk

Hello my lovelies how are you all? I've still got lots of commenting to catch up on so bear with me my lovelies please..........I managed to do some a couple of days ago but then that was it for a couple of days.

Anyway I made a card this morning the image I coloured up over christmas time the stitching I did by hand last night in bed whilst watching 'Modern Family on dvd......I'm addicted to that program!!!

I saw the challenge over on the Saturated Canary blog was CAS.............me & cas are not great friends I like my foofy bits!! However cus of been unwell this rather suited me.........I even kept away from the flowers....yeah check me out.....no foofiness lol.

The gorgeous paper is My Minds Eye 'Lost & Found-Blush' love this pad, from Teresa's new online shop

My Crafty Heart which is opening 14th January.....she has some lovely candy on offer from her shop so pop on over, she will be stocking LOTS of yummy things.....

I have used 2 images from Saturated Canary that the lovely Krista draws. I have used Belle & Becki what Krista had on a christmas special & I have then merged them together as I think they are the best of friends & added a Whimsy sentiment at the bottom.

They really are the best of frineds!!!!!!!!!!

I have used A4 kraft card to make the card base & brown & pink card for matting. Buttons are from my stash. Paper has been edged with vintage photo ink around the edge.

Well thats it from me I'm off to do some hopping to come see you all.

Thank you sooooooo much for stopping by I really do appreciate it & also welcome to my new followers (waving madly) hi-ya....

Squishy hugs to all mmwah xoxoxox

I've been missing quite a few challenges of late so its nice now to see what challenges are about

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

Saturated Canary Challenges - CAS, clean & simple

Psst sorry about the piccies on this post hubster changed all the settings on his camera when he took piccies of Payton-Lea.....tut tut you would think he would leave HIS camera alone....... ;0) lol

 

He everyone

Hello my lovelies just a quickie post to say sorry I've not been round to visit any of your blogs all weekend only I've been ill in bed. I managed put my post on my blog Saturday but then been in bed since & its been too painful to even sit up, I managed check a couple of emails yesterday but thats it. I'm a bit better this morning so I'm planning on catching up with you all. Off to do a lot of hopping now lol.

Hope you've all had a good weekend.

Squishy hugs to you all

CES Challenges - Anything Goes

Hello everyone I'm running really late today so will make this a quickie.

Today we have a new challenge over at CES Challenges & its one everybody loves.......

ANYTHING GOES

See told you..........so you have no excuse not to join us this week.

For mine I am showing you one of the cards I made for Ben & Megan for my grand-daughter, when Megan went into labour I coloured up 2 images, a girl & a boy as we didnt know what she was having. So here is the little baby girl..........

I've took a tip from my lovely bloggin friend Pops & used up a few scraps, I know 2 of the papers are 12x12 Magnolia papers but cant remember the names. All paper is matted onto Kraft card & all papers are edged with vintage photo distress ink.

6x6 Card Blank & Flowers are from Crafty Emma's Store

All other items are from my stash........some neglected stash lol.

The oh so beautiful image of course is 'Baby Girl' by Mo Manning, I soooooooo love Mo's babies!!!

Should of waited to colour her hair so I could do it dark but Ben had blonde hair when he was born & Megan has blonde hair so this is why I went this colour lol........she still looks lush tho doesnt she...

Of course inside is also done. Ooo I also splodged paint on the base paper I've just seen it there lol.

I would forget my heed if it was loose lol.

Well thats it from me but do pop over to see my fabulous teamies & look see what gorgeous creations they have made.

Thank you soooooooo much for stopping by I really appreciate each & every visit mmwah.

There are quite a few 'New Beginnings' challenges out there & my new beginning of course is becoming a grandma............& yes still floating on that cloud lol.........

xoxoxox

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

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

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ - New Beginnings

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - New Beginnings

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ - New Something

http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/ - New Beginnings

 

Sweetheart Birgitta & goodies from My Crafty Heart

Hi my lovelies how are you all? Thank you soooooooooo much for all the lovely comments & e-mails about my grand-daughter Payton-Lea, my little popsicle.....

Anyway quicky card tonight & this is actually my 1st card of 2012 the others were done before the new year.

This 1 is to show you a sneak peek into some of the gorgeous goodies the lovely Teresa will be having in her new store My Crafty Heart when it opens on 14th January, I did mean to colour up one of her gorgeous images but have not had time to finish it & this was coloured up already from days ago........

Now most of the ingredients on this card are indeedly from Teresa so keep a look out for her store as she is gonna have such yummy things in there.......think I may end up skint!!! lol

The beautiful papers are My Minds Eye 'Paris & Co', these are gorgeous!! The corner die is by Memory Box & its called 'Madera Corner'.....this will be getting used a lot I love it!! Layered all paper onto kraft & edged with vintage photo distress inks which Teresa will also be stocking.

The gingham ribbon is off a present Ben & Megan got for Payton-Lea so they gave me the ribbon off the packaging........I have them all trained lol. The ginham ribbon is off a shop on Ebay.

The flower in the centre is a MCH Resin Flower........these are gorgeous & come in many colours.

This is 'Sweetheart Birgitta' by CC Designs & I decided at christmas to start using my neglected images, images that are still waiting to be coloured, inked or printed out......... She was coloured with Copics but I cant remember the colours as I forgot write them down & it quite a few days ago when I coloured her!

There is another resin flower from My Crafty Heart

Small pearls are also from My Crafty Heart. A4 card & Kraft card from my stash lol.

Quite a simple card for me isnt it? Its ok I'm back to my normal self for tomorrows card lol.

If you pop along to Teresa I've just noticed she has another sneak peek to another one of her gorgeous digi images......these are so beautiful you DONT want to miss them!!!

Well thats it from me I'm off to link up then jump in the shower. I am slowly catching up with everyone but its taking me longer than expected but I will be back to normal in the next day or 2.

Thank you soooooooo much for stopping by I really do appreciate it my lovelies mmwah

Squishy hugs to everyone xoxoxox

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

http://sundaysketchandstamp.blogspot.com/ - Fabby Sketch

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

ATS Weekly Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

New baby piccies & a thank you

Hello my lovelies how are you all? I thought I would pop on & show a few piccies of my oh so gorgeous grand-daughter Payton Lea (pronounced Lee, its the sounding of the last 3 letters in Natalie's name as they wanted to name her after her. Well a princess should be named after another princess. In fact the 1st pic I will show you is of the 2 princesses together.

This was taken tonight when Natalie was in bed watching her tv..........Payton just stayed asleep she really does take after her daddy lol. Natalie kept smiling & totally loved having her there with her.......yes I cried it was just magical.......it was like she really understood.

Here she is with my youngest son Jake, he thinks its sooooo cool being an uncle at 15 lol......

Here she is with her proud grandad........I was being camera shy so there's not 1 of me with her lol.

Finally here she is on her own, actually Jake is still holding her here. She is wearing her new suit that me & Craig brought her. I love these photo's, I think tho I may end up blinding her by the time she is 1 year old from all the flashing on the camera lol........cus I will be taking so many pics. Time goes by too quick & I want to capture as many moments as I can!!!

I also want to say a mahoosive THANK YOU to you all for all your wonderful comments about little Payton I really am so proud........I tell ya if I knew it felt this good being a grandma I would have done it first lol.

I'm so sorry I've only made it to a few blogs since she was born but I promise I will catch up with you all in the next 24 hours.

Huge squishy hugs to all......grab a hug each for visiting my blog xoxoxoxo

On Your Engagement

Hi my lovelies how are you all? I'm so sorry I've not being around to your blogs been bit topsy turvy here lol, scroll to bottom of post for latest update on Megan.

Anyway I've done no crafting but I forgot to show you a card I made for a very special couple on their engagement..........psst sorry for the pics they were took the other day in a rush & I no longer have the card.

On Christmas Day Ben got down on 1 knee & proposed to Megan & she said yesssssssssssssss!!!

woooooooooo hoooooooooooo.

Isnt this so beautiful would you believe he brought it back in September cus the jewellery store had knocked £200 off it so he got it for £400............his plan tho was to propose on Christmas day, I didnt think he would last til then......he is so impatient he gets very excited lol.

For the card as you can see I didnt use an image instead I thought I would do........do you know I dont know what word to use for this lol................

The sentiment is computer generated by moi but the frame is a digi image from Whimsy.

All flowers from Wild Craft Orchid & papers are Websters Pages. Ribbon, gems, feather & lace from my stash. Wooden heart from Crafts & Me & I painted it white.

The card blank is from Crafty Emma's.

Right now onto the bestest pic of all!!!!!!!!!!!

Meet 'Payton' my grand-daughter yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

She was finally born at 6 o'clock this morning weighing in at a healthy 7lb 10oz. Mum & baby are doing fantastic. Isn't she just gorgeous. I will put better pics on later.

I soooooooooooo cant wait for some squishy hugs. Am going over to their house to get it tidied ready for the coming home........sshhh dont tell them tho lol. I'm also gonna cook them some meals for the next few days just so its 1 less thing worry about. I really am so proud & I cant stop smiling, I've been up all night but its just excitement I feel & not tired at all.......

Well I'm gonna go try do some hopping before I go & clean I will be round to you all by tonight tho.

Thank you sooooooooooo much for your comments on my last post they mean so much to me.

Thank you for stopping by big huggles to you all mmwah xoxoxoxo

For You...............Happy New Year Everyone.........

Hello all my lovelies & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

I tried my best to get round to everyone & I think I got half done then Megan went into labour.......unfortunately I went pick them back up from the hospital at 1 0'clock this morning (uk time) as its really slow labour & they said she could go home til the contractions get closer together & stronger. We have a little stubborn baby.........funny enough his dad was the same 21 years ago lol. Hopefully tho the baby will make his/her appearance today & we will start another year the best way you possibly can!!!

Anyway I came across some digi images the other day so brought a few & made 1 on a card so I thought I would post it on here today before the challenge ends................I sooooooooo love this image, pop on over to see the others.....

This is 'Agent Bubblegum Spying' from the Operation Treehouse range over at Little Miss Muffet store, they have soooooooo many lush digi's.......

Links are also on my sidebar to their challenge & store.

Punched holes, attached eyelets & then some string all from my neglected stash!!!!!!!!

I think this image is my fave as I think its perfect for all those Tomboy Girlz out there...........this was sooooo me when I was younger..........well still am some what lol.

This fabulous image was of course coloured with Copics, hold on I will go get the list of colours.....

Ok I'm back.......phew....I ran lol.

E11/21/00/000 & R11- Skin

E35/31/50 - Hair...........E29/25/23 - Shorts

G99/94 & BG96 - Top, hairband & goggles

N6/4/1 - Boots & Goggle lens. Shadowing done with warm grays.......

Papers are digi but I cant remember where yet as I printed them out over 6 months ago lol. My new years resolution is to use more of my neglected stash & resort & organise my craft room. So for the time being you will be just seeing digi's as my stamps are getting sorted which could take a while lol.

Well I'm off to link this up & then I've got Ben & Megan coming over as I'm cooking for them today.

Hopefully I will be a grandma later..........baby is half way there so fingers crossed.

Thank you for stopping by & leaving the wonderful messages you do love you all bzillions mmwah

xoxoxox

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

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

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

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ - Use A Digi