In the Garden

Hi!  I'm a bit late today but I've had another busy one.  Mr C and I have been clearing out the garage so that we have room to store the stuff for our new kitchen as it's being delivered on Friday in readiness for the guys coming to fit it next Monday.  It's amazing the things I've found but I have to say we've managed to get a load of stuff off to the skip too ... along with a few horrid spiders.

My friends and I had a brilliant time at Dancing on Ice yesterday.  The celebs were excellent but the professionals just took our breath away.  The speed they skate at is amazing and you don't get that sensation when watching it on tv.  Torvil and Dean are still sensational even after all the years they've been around.  When we got home we met up with the 'boys' and the 6 of us went to Frankie and Benny's for tea, a great end to a fabulous day.

I'm just going to post this then I'm going to have an early night as I'm reading a good book just now and need to know what happens next!

Hugs

Anne x

Challenges :

Alphabet - G ... Garden

Dream Valley - Special Lady

Paper Pretties - Flowers

Pixie Dust Studio - Flowers

Sentimental Sundays - Special Lady

Speedy and Friends - use 3 of something

Stars & Stamps - Flowers

Tuesday Throwdown - Garden

Elements :

Paper / Deco Image / Sentiment - Potting Shed Bear by La Pashe

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Cheeky Angels!

I've had these stamps for years and I absolutely love them.  I think they are my fav Christmas ones.  I've never tried masking them before and am pleased with the result.

Challenges :

CES - 3 or more layers

Crafty Hazelnut - Angels / Fairies

Marks Finest Papers - Shaped Card

Pixie Dust Studio - 2 or more images

Elements :

Image - Angel Peeking / Angel Praying by Judikins

Paper - freebie from magazine

Card Candi - Craftwork Cards

Dies - Labels Nineteen by Spellbinders

Punch - Scallop Dots by Martha Stewart

Colouring Medium - Promarkers finished with Glamour Dust

OLL - DT

Challenges :

Ooh La La Creations - Seeing Double (use image more than once)

Marks Finest Papers - Happy Birthday

OSAAT - Round and Round

Party Time Tuesday - Happy Birthday

Raise the Bar - Circles

Tuesday Throwdown - Neutral

Elements :

Papers & Image - from Forest Mist collection on Dreams of Tranquility CD by Ooh La La Creations

Dewdrops - Papermania

Dies - Circles / Scalloped Circles by Spellbinders

Punch - Doily Lace by Martha Stewart

Nailheads - stash

Sentiment - computer generated

Anne

Spots n Stripes

An early post as I'm off with my friend to Southfield Stationers to buy some card and crafty supplies.  There's a huge Dobbies near to it so I've no doubt we'll pop in there and partake of some lunch!!!

My granddaughter got on fine at the dentist yesterday.  Four injections and two extractions but she was a star.  It's a lady dentist she has and she thinks she's the bees knees so that makes it easier for her.  I got a text from my daughter about 8 o'clock to say my granddaughter was in bed, sound asleep.  She's not been that early since she was about 6 so it must have taken its toll, bless.  Only thing is, we've to go through it again next week ... aaaah.

Insert

Challenges :

Anything Goes - Anything

Card Mad Fairy - Digi + Thank You

Divas by Design - Thanks

Dream Valley - Anything

Gingerloft - Anything

Marks Finest Paper - Border Punch

OSAAT - Anything

Penny Black - Anything

Totally Papercraft - Spots & Stripes

Elements :

Digi Paper - from Paws for Thought collection by Tinker & Co

Image - from Fair & Bright Stickeroos by Penny Black

Sentiment - from Flower Festival Stickeroos by Penny Black

Punch - Half Daisy by Martha Stewart

Pearls - The Hobby House

Insert - computer generated

Blue Christmas

Morning all! At least it's a slightly better day here today.  The fog never lifted the whole day yesterday. Mr C and I had to go into town and oooh it was spooky.  We could hardly see in front of us and I think everyone else had decided to stay at home as there was nobody about.  Off to the hairdresser this morning to be made more beautiful :)  Hugs x

  

Challenges :

Bah! Humbug! - Snowmen

Crimbo Crackers - Anything

Digi Doodles - Winter

I Did It Creations - Christmas

Marks Finest Papers - Winter

Penny Black - Christmas / Snowflake / Silver

Polka Doodles - Shaped Card

Stampavie - Anything

Stamp Insanity - Chilled Out Blues

Elements :

DPs - The Scrapping Sisters

Image - from Every Christmas Stickeroos by Penny Black

Faux Brads - Card Candi by Craftwork Cards

Ribbon - stash

Dies - Leaves by CREAlies : Labels Nineteen by Spellbinders

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Little Cutie

Challenges :

Alphabet - Q ... Quick & Simple

Crafting For All Seasons - Birthday

Delightful - Girly Girl

Marks Finest Papers - One Layer

One Stop Card Craft - Girly

Secret Crafter - One Layer

Wee Memories - No DP

Elements :

Image - Hanglar & Stanglar

Sentiment - computer generated (font - LD Quick Script)

Die - (used to emboss) Rectangles by Spellbinders

Medium - Promarkers

Ribbon Tree

Challenges :

Aud Sentiments - Anything

CCEE - Gold

Crafts4Eternity - Christmas

Creative Inspirations Paint - CAS

Divas by Design - Christmas

Fresh Brewed - Embossing

Kaboodle Doodles - Ribbons (a bit of creative license here as the tree is paper pieced ribbons)

Make it Monday - Anything

Marks Finest Papers - Emboss It

Pals Paper Art - CAS Round Corners

Samuel Taylors - Christmas Rubber

Stampavie - Christmas

Elements :

Stamp - Christmas Ribbon Tree by Woodware : paper piece using scraps of Christmas paper in my stash

Sentiment - same set as above

Embossing - don't know what the folder's called but by Cuttlebug

Die - Labels Nineteen

Bits and Bobs - stash

Fore!

I'm definitely not 'normal' today - I cleaned the kitchen and mopped the floor.  I nearly had to go and lie down in a darkened room.  Mr C is outside cutting the grass while it's dry.  He's on holiday for a couple of weeks and we're off to Wales for 3 days next week on a doggy training exercise - don't ask!  Not my idea :)

Challenges :

CCEE Stampers - Sports Theme

Craft Us Crazy - Father's Day

Crafts & Me - Stamp Something

Crazy 4 Challenges - Masculine

Delicious Doodles - Father's Day

Delightful - Father's Day

Fab n Funky - Magnificent Men

Fairy Knoll - Father's Day

Incy Wincy Designs - Father's Day

Marks Finest Papers - Father's Day

Paper Variety - Father's Day

Pear Tree Designs - Father's Day

Secret Crafter - Male

Sew Many Cards - Father's Day

Squigglefly - Make It Masculine

Elements :

Image & Cheers Sentiment - from Nostalgia Pastimes collection by Papermania

BP - Dovecraft

Father's Day Sentiment - computer generated (CAC One Seventy font)

Bakers Twine - Crafts 4 You

Faux Brads - Card Candy

Dies - Labels Nineteen / Ovals / Scalloped Ovals by Spellbinders