Candy Winner, Update On Megan & Something To Make You Smile ;0)

Hello everyone how are you all? Wooooo hoooooo its the weekend & you gotta love the weekends.

Ok so todays post is a mixture of things, we will have the winner of my candy (finally lol).

I will also give you an update on Megan & I will leave you with a little something to make you smile ;0)

Ok first for an update on Megan as many of you have been kindly asking after her. Well things are not great but at the same time things are not really bad. Megan has been in & out of hospital lately & altogether she has lost 3 lots of fluid. The doctor told her this week that any other woman would have gone into labour on the first fluid loss & probably lost the baby. However baby Arjay is still in there fighting away, he's our little soldier ;0) At around 24 weeks gestation which is what Megan now is she should have 160 ml of fluid surrounding the baby, when she had a scan last week she had just 27 ml........ However monday night she got admitted back into hospital with more fluid loss. She had a scan on thursday & they had trouble finding the fluid to measure it. She has 2cm of fluid left..........as long as Arjay has 20ml of fluid then he can survive & grow for now. As her fluid is so low she could go into labour at anytime which is not great at this gestation so she has now had steroids to try help the baby's heart & lungs for when he is born. Basically its up to Arjay now when he wants to come or how long he wants to stay in there. It is really worrying for everyone especially Ben & Megan. However I have a good feeling he will be ok..........he's fighting against all odds to stay in there. Everytime his heart is checked he is strong & healthy & boy is he active.........he's gonna be a football player for sure ;0) Also on thursday we found out he had also grown a bit since the week before, he is now about 1 & half lbs, even with all the loss of the fluid that little laddy is fighting............its cus he knows he has fabulous parents & a gorgeous sister waiting for him ;0) 

I will keep you informed of how things go with my Megan & the pregnancy, any prayers are greatly appreciated. I have a scan photo of Arjay attached to an angel in my craft room, above that is a little pic of his sister. So he has an Angel & his sister watching over him.........;0)

Ok now for the candy winner............. now I have 2 winners..........I will explain after I tell you the first winner.....

41. Marianne's Craftroom

Now Marianne did say that if she won she does not want the stamp as she isn't a fan of Magnolia which is fair enough. We all have our own likes & dislikes, its what makes us all unique .

So Marianne if you would like to email me & I will send you the your WOC prize.

Ok now for the winner of the Magnolia stamp........

3. ElinH

Congratulations ElinH, if you email me with your address & I will post your Magnolia stamp out to you.

Congratulations to both ladies & dont worry I will have another candy soon.......

Ok now to leave you with something to make you smile. My grandaughter Payton standing up in the bath on thursday night. Megan sent me this after she had given her a bath, shes so proud cus she is standing up lol.

I have to say everytime Megan goes the hospital, this little girl steals the limelight all the time.........off visitors as well as doctors & nurses lol. She is the cutest, happiest little girl.......I'm so proud to be her nanna :0)

Sorry about the long post peeps, if you made it to the end I hope this little girl cheered you up lol. She cheers me up every day........she can put a smile on anyones face ;0)

Enjoy your weekend my lovelies, mmwah xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Saturated Canary DT Card

Hello everyone I'm sorry I have been missing in action there has been a lot going on & tbh I've just not had the time to use my laptop.

Anyway I will get on with my post which is for the new challenge over at Saturated Canary & this fortnight the theme is...........

A picture inspiration.

Now I have to say I sooooooooo struggled with this so there is NOT much emerald on my creation, I'm not a fan of emerald. Also things have gone into my craft room...........however a lot is boxed up & a lot I really have no idea where it is lol...........so please excuse my card lol.

There is green there & there is purple there.......... ;0)

The papers are old ones which I had left in the drawers when I packed my craft stuff up lol.

This fabby image is 'Bikini & Burgers' which is a new digi image by the uber talented Krista Smith

Even my colouring on this fabulous image let me down..............I really need get back into the swing of things!! She was of course coloured with Copics but I forgot to write down the colours, sorry :0(

Now my die-cuts machines are all still packed up so luckily I found these in my box of die-cuts. Flowers are old ones from my stash & paper clips are Tim Holtz. The gorgeous butterfly is from this fabulous Etsy shop, you gotta get some of these they are lush ;0)

The metal thingy-ma-jig & the Cheese Cloth are from LLC & I painted it with Gesso & added some sticky letters from my stash.

Also sorry about the pics hubster got me a new light box & this is the first time I've used it....need get used to it lol.

Well I'm gotta run,  but I will be back tomorrow with my candy winners that I'm extremely late with but will give you a bit more of an explanation tomorrow.

Hopefully normal service will resume VERY soon lol. Thank you soooooooo much for stopping by mmwah.

HUgs Vicky xxxxxxxxxx

Crafts & Me - Janna Prosvirina

Hello all how are you all? Well we have some lovely sunshine up here by the sea today, its gorgeous. Now this card I'm showing today I should have posted last wednesday for the Crafts & Me challenge, however things have happened in real life that put a stop to everything.

Megan has been having a lot of problems with this pregnancy with bleeding & threatened miscarriage etc. Now she has kept losing fluid from around the baby, so for nearly the last week she has been on total bedrest & not allowed to do anything. We've helped by looking after Payton & helping cook meals, Ben has took time off work. The docs have said they dont expect the baby to survive, but he has a strong heartbeat & he is still very active.........so we are praying our little Arjay will survive this!!

We find out more this afternoon when Megan goes for another scan. Obviously my family has come first so no crafting, blogging, decorating or sorting out the craft room has been done.........everything is on hold!!! Its awful seeing your kids go through things like this, I know what pain they are going through cus I've been there a few times. 

So this is why I've been absent & why I will be absent, I've not even been able to read my comments on my last card yet :(

Anyhoo enough of my sad babbling & here is my card for the challenge, there is only one pic I'm afraid though.

This is another one of the new rubber stamps in Crafts & Me by Janna Prosvirina & this one is called 'Ivy' & isn't he fabulous!!! He was of course coloured with Copic Cool Grays.

The challenge is 'Peaches & Cream' which are not my colours tbh so I struggled. In the end I looked at the artists colouring, saw it was greyscale so that gave me the idea do him greyscale & add some colour to the leaves lol. Tbh I'm not happy with it but hey I tried lol.

Papers, lace, seam binding & cheesecloth are from Live & Love Crafts. Large fabric flower & die used for the sentiment are from My Crafty Heart.

Sorry I dont have time to put in all links like I usually do.

Ok thats it from me I have a little girl waiting for her nanna to play with her ;0)

Please pray that my grandson stays put & stays healthy until it is safe for him to enter this world, we really couldnt bear to lose him. I also dont want my family to have to go through more heartache, enough is enough now.

Thank you soooooooo much for your wonderful support you always show me.

My candy is still running & has another day left so you still have chance to enter here.

Lotsa of hugs to all xxxxxxxxxxx

My Crafty Heart DT Card - Rosarna

Hello my lovelies, how are you all? I'm running mega late & behind as usual I'm afraid, this craft room is taking up so much time & we've had delays :( However we are on the home stretch now & I move in there in the next day or 2 wooooo hoooooo lol.

Anyway onto my card which is for My Crafty Heart & I've also used a digi image from Sweet Pea Stamps............I do love my digi's ;0)

I've used my absolute favourite pad at the mo again lol.....Prima 'Lyric' & I've cut a strip off another sheet & fussy cut around the sentiment.

Flowers are all from WOC. Dies used are Spellbinders 'Floral Oval' which I also covered with Shabby Pink Frantage. I also used MB 'Catalina' die underneath the flowers.

I've added a gorgeous resin MF 'Butterfly' which also got the Frantage treatment ;0) I've also added a pretty Bo Bunny 'Trinket'.

I've also added a doily from my stash & some 'Cheese Cloth'.

This image is called 'Rosarna' by Karen Middleton & was a joy to colour. She was of course coloured with copics. Colours used are below.........

E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000

E37, E35, E33, E31

R59, R29, R17

I cant remember what greens I used sorry, although I do know I used G99 & G94.

Inside is decorated as always. I also added a black Prima 'Say It In Crystals, Corner' to the top right corner.

Well thats it from me but why not pop on over to My Crafty Heart, Teresa has a spring sale on right now with new goodies in her store & more due soon.

I soooooooo need a crafty shop, I just havnt had time :( Still it stops me spending pennies lol.

P.S. Please dont buy all this 'Lyric' paper as I want more, so leave some for me ;0)

I will try my best get around to visit you all tonight & in the morning. Thank you sooooooo much for popping by & sticking with me whilst I'm a terrible blogger. Normal service will resume soon lol........

Tatty bye, squishy hugs to all that stop by mmwah

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Pics of craft room so far............

Hello everyone how are you all? My goodness it has been soooooooo windy here today, I had to pop over to my step-mums to see to her little yorkies at dinner time & I struggled to open my van door the wind was that strong lol. Think I needs some bigger muskles lol.

I have some piccies for you of my hobbit (craft room) so far, there have been quite a few delays but there is light at the end of the tunnel lol.

Ok so this first one I took last Thursday night 11th April. All the dry walling had been installed & the first coat of paint on the ceiling. We replaced all the walls, the ceiling & the floor, here is just the base of the floor with no covering on yet.

Click on pics to enlarge

 This next one is Friday 12th April late afternoon & hubby had painted the ceiling & fitted all the lights into place. I used to have 2 long strip lights but they were too bright & felt harsh so hubster fitted spot lights into the ceiling.

No work got done saturday or sunday as weekends are family time & we all spend it together chilling, chatting etc. Jake's girlfriend also came over on sunday & we all went Ben & Megans for tea........a fab day!!

This one I took today 16th April. Yesterday hubster laid new laminate flooring, its a bit lighter than my old laminate flooring so will reflect a bit more light. We also brough an old kitchen off someone on ebay & although its covered in plaster in parts & so filthy............its disgusting!! However hubster fitted the top ones today & laid the floor ones down ready for me to clean & paint tomorrow before the work tops go on.

This one I took tongiht so you could see the lights at night, I absolutely love them & they let off quite a bit of warmth. The bookcases at the back I already had & originally got them from Ikea, they are just Billy Bookcases.

This below is my absolute bargain, I LOVE it!! My eldest son Ben saw this on facebook, up here we have Ashington For Sale, a friend of ours set it up for people wanting to sell things they no longer need etc. Anway Ben was at mine last week & he saw this & showed it to me. I loved it & when he told me the price I loved it even more. So showed it to hubster & he told me to get it....woooo hoooooo. However as he was going out in the van it would have to wait til the following day...........not a big deal, right. Well the lovely people were going near our way so offered to deliver it..........OMG..........arn't they fab!!

Its a 'Ducal' solid pine dresser & it cost me £30, but I also gave them some extra to cover their fuel for being so kind...........can you believe it £30!!!!!! I have the best son ;0) He knows a bargain when he sees one.

Today I finally decided what colour I wanted it as I dont want to keep it this colour. So I have brought some Annie Sloan chalk paint & wax today, should be here tomorrow or Thursday when it will get the Vicky treatment lol.

If you look you can also see my wallpaper I'm having in here on top of the dresser ;0)

Ok so my next photo's should hopefully be all done & looking fabulous, I'm getting really excited now lol. My desk & drawers etc have to go in & they will be going on the other side, hubster has fitted an extra double socket so my sewing machine can go there as well. 3 double sockets should hopefully now be enough..........I hope so anyway lol, you dont realise to begin with just how many electrical things we use when crafting.

Well my next pics of my hobbit will look totally different, I may do a video to show it properly as well as someone has suggested it to me...........we will see lol.

Take care & thank you for stopping by to see how we are getting on........

Big hugs to all xxxxxxxxxxxx

New Rubber Stamp Release....................

CLICK HERE FOR MY CANDY GIVE AWAY

Hello my lovelies how are you? I'm running soooooooooo late today I had an appointment at the hospital in Newcastle & tbh totally forgot to schedule my post before I went & only just remembered eeek!!!!

Anyway I have a fabbylicious new release stamp to show you today. Teresa has some gorgeous new rubber stamps due for release very soon by the fabulous Janna Prosvirina, exclusive to Crafts & Me Store, let me tell you they are ALL totally yummy ;0) 

I have to say my colouring mojo really wants to be in her new craft room so she is struggling a bit at the mo, so the dress I'm not completely happy with. The card however just fell together, I never plan my cards out or lay things out..........I just literally grab things & think things as I go lol.

I've added a Spellbinder D-Lite corner & covered it with white Stampendous Frantage. I turned the corner around though to give it a different look which I really like tbh ;0)

I made 2 scrolls with some scraps of Prima paper & tied some jute string around them. I also filled a tiny bottle with German Glass Glitter & tied bakers twine around with a 'Heart' charm attached to it.

This stamp is called 'Tale Of A Rose' & I coloured her with copics.

E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000

E29, E27. E23, E21

R85, R83, R81, RV10

YG97, YG95, YG93

I cant remember tbh what I used on the rose. I added dabs of pink Frantage on the spellbinder frame & a couple of Scalloped Pearls.

The lace I found in my stash, I've been resorting things into new storage ready & found a load of lace I forgot I had lol, ya gotta love it when that happens ;0) The gorgeous papers are from my new favourite Prima pad 'Lyric' I have to get another 1 or maybe 2 of these ;0), I've inked & distressed the edges to add to the shabby chic look. The sentiment 'Friend' is also from the pad.

Inside is not decorated as this is a sample for the show.

Ingredients used.............

Janna Prosvirina rubber stamp - Crafts & Me (coming soon)

Flowers - WOC

Cream Scalloped Pearls - WOC

German Glass Glitter - WOC (cant find it in store tho)

Prima 'Lyric' papers - MCH

Spellbinder D-Lites 'Flourish 3' - MCH

'Heart' charm -MCH

Right I'm off to catch up on my DT commenting then I will be round to see you all later. Will pop some piccies of how my craft room is going tomorrow. We were hoping it would be done by the end of last week but things didnt go to plan. However hubster has laid the new laminate down today so hopefully now things will move faster. I'm in there starting to decorate etc tomorrow woo hoo lol.

Thanks for stopping by & your continued support, you all rock!!!!!

Squishy hugs to all mmwah xxxxxxxxx

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

Live & Love Crafts Challenge - Bingo (bottom row, Metal charm, Flowers & Pearls)

Saturated Canary Challenge - A Gift Bag

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR MY CANDY CLICK HERE.

Hello its me again lol. Back this time with a new challenge over at Saturated Canary Challenges & this fortnight is everyone's favourite........ 

ANYTHING GOES

.......yay so as long as you use a Saturated Canary digi image, rubber stamp or a Simply

 Sassy image then you can play along with us ;0)

I have made a gift bag, I did struggle tbh cus hubster wanted to show me how the craft room was going. Anyway my mojo decided it would rather stay in there...........it left me.....yep up & left me ;0(

 Papers are Maja Design & Fabscraps & I've distressed all the edges & inked them.

The tulle, lace & gingham ribbon are all from my stash. The tag I recycled from a pair of jeans I had for Mothers Day & I've stamped 2 sentiments on it from a stamp set I got free from my magazine ;0)

Doily  is from Ebay & gift bag that I decorated is from my stash.

This pretty lady is 'Cerridwen' & she is a digi from Krista's shop & one of my faves ;0)

Copics I used to colour are...........

E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R20 - Skin

E57, E55, E53, E50 - Hair

V15, V12, V01, V000 - Dress

BV04, BV02, BV000 - Butterflies

I inked round the edge with LOTV stamp & brown Memento ink.

I added Tim Holtz 'Butterfly Edge' & covered it with Frantage..........which I have neglected in my drawer since just before christmas, shame on me :0( Flowers are all from WOC.

Ok thats all from me my lovelies, sorry I'm rather late I forgot to schedule & we had our Ben, Megan & Payton here. Nanna has Payton tomorrow all weekend, sooooo excited I love having her, that lassy could put a smile on anyones face ;0)

Will be round to see you all soon. Thank you soooooooooo much for your visit & your lovely comments regarding my fabby news below ;0)

Squishy hugs to all that visit xxxxxxxxxxxxx

My Exciting News..............

Hello my lovelies, how are you all today? I'm not going to moan about the weather cus a dear blogging friend woke to 2 inches of snow yesterday.........so we shouldn't moan about it being miserable. Snow in spring, who would have thought.

Anyway I've come on to share my fabulous, or should I say our, my family's fabulous news. Ok when Megan & Ben told us they were expecting another baby I had a dream about it that night, the following day I started crocheting a blanket but in a certain colour cus thats what I had dreamt the sex of the child would be. I got half way though & Megan started having problems so Ileft it alone incase I was jinxing it lol. First I'm gonna show what I brought for my grandchild, they arrived yesterday.....

I ordered some little Converse socks, are these just the cutest or what. 

 Excuse pic below it was taken on my bed lol.

Ok so here's the blanket I started crocheting, yes I know in blue, its cus my dream told me he was a boy. Megan went for her 20 week scan on Monday & guess what....ITS A BOY!!! Woooo hoooo we are so excited.

He is going to be named after Bens grandad John (my dad) & his uncle Robert (my brother) who both have passed away. They were going to call him Robert John & RJ for short, I suggested why not try make a name with RJ.............so his name will be 'ARJAY'......I sooooooooo love it, its unusual which I love & he will be named after 2 of the greatest men in our family............I'm soooooooo proud.

'Insert granny happy dance right here' 

So I can finish my blanket for him now ;0) 

Ok will be back later with my SC DT card but for toodles my lovelies mmwah

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Crafts & Me Challenges DT Card - Lace & Pearls

Hello all you lovely people out there, well Mr Sunshine didn't put his hat on yesterday & today......well I think he's thrown it away :( Where is spring, they keep saying its round the corner but when I go......it aint there!!!

Anyhoo enough of my babble its time for a new challenge over at Crafts & Me this week & I'm running late. I scheduled my winner & top 3 post last night but forgot to do this one :0(

So this weeks challenge is easy peasy..............

LACE & PEARLS

..............see told ya, we all love lace & pearls on our creations dont we :0)

I've used one of the brand new digi images this week, isn't she lush.

I've used 2 different papers on this, both Prima, bottom one is 'Lifetime' & the top one is 'Divine', the colours match beautifully.

The turquoise flower is Prima & I've added stickles to it. I also added a Prima Papillon. Doily is from Ebay.

This beauty is called 'Corinne' & of course is by Hannah Lynn. I coloured her with Copics & I've added the colours I used below.

E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R20 - Skin

E29, E27, E23, E21 - Hair

BG09, BG06, BG04, BG01, BG000

YR04, YR02, YR00

I've added stickles to the thingy-ma-jig in her hair.

I've added lace & seam binding up the side which you can just about see lol, I've also made a double bow & attached a charm. I havnt decorated inside as I wasn't sure if I liked it, so wasn't sure if I would sell it but its growing on me so I will decorate the inside later lol.

Ingredients used.............

'Corinne' digi image - Crafts & Me

Copics - Cult Pens

Shabby Seam Binding - LLC

Doily - Ebay

Flowers - WOC

Scalloped Pearls - WOC

Prima 'Lifetime' papers - MCH

Prima 'Divine' papers - MCH

Prima 'Papillon' - MCH

Stardust Stickles - MCH

Well thats it from me my gorgeous grandaughter & Megan have just arrived so I'm off to have a cuppa & play ;) I have managed to do a lot of blogging but still have more to catch up on so I will be with you soon.

Thank you soooooooo much for your lovely comments on my last card I really appreciate it. Thanks for stopping by mmwah.

Toodles my lovelies xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I'm entering..........

Deep Ocean Challenges - Flowers & Fantasy

Diva's By Design - Flowers

Copic Marker Europe - Sweet Pea Cuteness

Good morning from here by the sea, I think the sun is still trying to get his hat on today so fingers crossed he manages & we have sunny day ;0)

Ok I have my card today for Copic Marker Europe & I've used a digi image from Sweet Pea stamps, yeah they do digi's isn;t that fab..............yeah I know it took me while lol.

However I haven't gone with my usual Sweet Pea fantasy type image, today I've gone with some sweet cuteness..........she was a darling to colour ;0)

See how cute is she, I lurve her dress & all those pleats.....I really did enjoy colouring her in.

I've added Stickles to her balloons, hearts & bows & hopefully you can see them in this pic.

Also I made a boo boo, when I was colouring her I forgot to colour the feet doh!!! However by the time I had realised I had just sprayed Crafters Companion 'Spray 'n' Shine' all over it so couldnt go back in to colour it.........so my little girl has socks on lol ;0)

I've added a few layers to this with Pion paper & a few doilies, on this side you can see I doubled the doilies up. I also added a metal corner which I painted with white gesso.

The gorgeous lace is Melissa Frances.

This pretty little girl is called 'Abbie' & she is by Conie Fong. She was of course coloured with copics.

E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R20 - Skin

E29, E27, E23, E21 - Hair,

B97,  B95, B93, B91 - Dress, shoes 

R83, R81, RV10 - Balloons, hearts & bows.

Background was done with prisma pencils

I've added yummy flowers, pearls & vintage seam binding. Inside is decorated as always, so love these papers they are soooooooooooo gorgeous.

Ingredients used.....................

'Abbie' digi image - Sweet Pea Stamps

Pion'Blue Pansy' papers - LLC

Flowers - WOC

Prima 'White With Roses' pearls - MCH

Vintage Seam Binding - LLC

Melissa Frances 'Lace' - MCH

Metal Corner - LLC

Stardust Stickles - MCH

Teresa at My Crafty Heart has some fabulous new goodies in & lots more due in, pop on over take a peekskie.

My craft room is going well, I now have a new ceiling complete with spot lights & today the dry walling is going up..........getting quite excited now ;0) The guts ended up being ripped out of it & we started again on the interior from scratch. Hubster says it will be finished this week........woooo hooooo.

Thanks for coming by I sooooooo appreciate your visits. Also welcome to my new followers thank you so much for joining me.

Take care my lovelies mmwah

squishy hugs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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

Papertake Weekly - Bingo (diagnol- Blooms, Free, Lace)