Just popping in ............

............to upload my DT creations for Sarah's
Rachel & Olivia a while back - I love this photo of them, priceless!!













Olivia strutting her stuff aged 13 months, I couldn't believe it when I got these pics, she was so funny leaning back & standing on one leg! ......... model in the making I think!?














Natalie & Henry - how cute is he? It seems like yesterday that I took this pic, can't believe he's now 13 months old!














And lastly just a couple of cards.























I used this kit to the max, I loved it even tho at first glance I was a bit weary, I didn't think I would be able to put it all together - I enjoyed every bit of it & could've used it all over again!!!

Well that's me for now, I'm just gonna try out a class that one of my team mates have done on Sarah's Blog

See you soon, love

Long time no see ..................

............ I'm blaming Henry! LOL (DGS)

Anyway, I've been busy with nanny duties, cropping, show shopping (papercrafts & fabric!!) sorting thru my mountain of scrapbooking stash that seems to be getting out of hand! I have given an awful lot away already to a good cause & still need to trek thru tons more that I KNOW I won't ever get to use even if I live to be 150! LOL I'm sure you fellow crafters are in the same boat? hopefully I'll get the rest done over the next couple of weeks & I'm definately gonna stick to my guns when out shopping & only buy what I WILL use & use it in the very near future! I think my problem has been that I buy way too much stuff, stick it in a cupboard or draw & forget I've got it - I then find it months later (sometimes years!!) and then don't want to use it once it's found because my style has changed! ........... what are us crafter like eh?!

I've been busy with the May kit from Sarah's when I first saw the kit I was a bit weary cos' it wasn't my usual style but, once I got shuffling everything about on my desk I fell in love with it, enjoying every minuite I used up almost everything in the box!!
Here are a few sneak peeks of what I did!




























I've also been busy with my dolls house & I've started quilting too! I'll try & take a photo of my quilt soon & an updated one of the house ............. I have too many hobbies & not enough hours in the day! LOL

Here are a couple of photo's from the past few weeks of Henry's first & my mums 70th birthday celebrations, we had loads of fun on both occasions & a lot of my future pages will be using pics from both, I took soooooo many & most of them are good, even tho I say so myself!! hehe!






































Henry in his birthday throne, he loved every moment of his day, he was the centre of attention & was really good at taking all the fuss!

With his very proud mummy & daddy - very rare to get a photo of all three of them together!

My lovely mum Mary on her special day, we had such a good day with loads of laughter, hugs & food, food & more food!!

Myself, my younger sister Louise & mum, Natalie took this photo, I thought she did a brilliant job!

Right, that's me for now, have a great weekend & thanx for visiting me - sorry it's been soooo long since I last updated & hopefully it won't be too long before I do so again!!

See you soon, love

Hi again............

...... I'm not gonna apoligize again for not blogging sooner - instead I'm just gonna admit that I'm a RUBBISH BLOGGER!! :)

Anyway, I have a new love in my life, not a man but a house - a dolls house!! I always wanted one as a little girl but as my parents had 6 of us I never did get one!
Oh how I love it!
The kids are buying me it for my upcoming milestone birthday even tho I've been & bought it already!? I couldn't wait that long so they said they will give me the cash on my birthday so hopefully I'll just go out & buy whatever I still need for it by then!
It came in kit form so I had to make it up myself, not very hard work really & quite enjoyable. It was bare MDF so had to painted once made up, then there's the window, roof, basement, doors, stairs etc, etc! ...... I have enjoyed every proccess so far & can't wait to start choosing & putting all the furniture in the rooms!!

Here's a few pics of what I've done so far.




















It's a really big house & will live in our dinning room once finished, there's still so much to do before furnishing, there's light, skirting board, coving, doors, painting or wallpaper (I haven't decided on which yet!!) carpets, curtains etc.

I'm having a scraproom in the basement area & I'm really looking forward to that, I'm gonna try & make as much of the fittings/furniture myself. Each step I'm taking photo's so I will post them here so you can see it's progress.

On another note, I recieved my DT kit from Sarah yesterday for May - WOW!! you wanna see it! I love it & can't wait to play, it seems like ages that I scrapped, must be cos' Ive been busy with other things!

Also, today we had Henry's first birthday party at Giggles although it's not his birthday til' Thursday, here's his cake that I did 'In the night garden' is his favorite TV show and he loved his cake, his party was really good & no mess to clear up afterwards - pics to follow!

Well that's me for today, will be back soon to update on my busy life, take care & thanks for stopping by, love

Oooops! I did it again!

It's been such a busy month that I haven't had much time on the pc let alone time to blog! Sorry!

Dean, Rachel & Olivia had to come home from Germany tow weeks ago due to her granddad being very ill & then unfortunatly passing away last week. His funeral was Wednesday so they have to return home this weekend. Although it's been lovely seeing them again so soon, I wish it would've been for happier reasons.

Well on a lighter note, I've been out today shopping for something I've really wanted all my life .......................... a dolls house!! Yes, a little girls dream that's took almost 50 years to come true!
The kids - Dean, Natalie & Lee are buying it for me for my upcoming milestone birthday! I'm so excited to get started on it you wouldn't believe!
I haven't got a picture of it that I can post just yet so once I get started I'll update with my own photo's & the building process.

Well that's it for today, I have got a few more SU card photo's that need uploading but my camera is downstairs! ......... I'll try & make time to do it tomorrow!

Thanx for taking the time to come visit me, I'll see you all soon, love

Back again!

......... Bet you weren't expecting that!? LOL

I'm here to upload a couple of projects I've been working on at the crop yesterday & a few SU cards I've done over the past week or so.













This first page is Olivia a couple of weeks ago, she just looks like she's modelling here so that's why I chose my title. Rachel & I were laughing when I uploaded them to the PC cos' we hadn't realised at the time of taking them just how grown up she looks & it's as if she was posing for us! .....15 months old she is!!..... Whats she gonna be like when she's older I wonder! ??
Anyway, I used the new MME Bloom & Grow collection here, it's so beautiful in real life!













This is Henry in the bath a few weeks ago, he looks so like Dean when he was his age it's scary!!
I used the new 3Bugs for this again, so 'boyish' & so cute!! ........... This collection is so quick to use cos' the base papers are almost done for you, I just added some stickers & hey-presto!

And here's the cards that I did, some of the stamps I've used are discontinued hostess sets but I love them so much that I still love using them!




























































If you want to know any of the details or stamps etc I used in my cards please don't hesitate to contact me or leave a comment & I'll get back to you.

Thanks again for visiting, just off to watch the skate off in Dancing on Ice, I'll be back soon, take care, love

Blog Candy anyone????

......... not here I'm affraid but over at a good friend of mine, Sally there's some fab goodies there so get yourself over & see if you can win all that lovely stash! And while you're there take a look at all the great cards & projects she creates!

I've been scrapping again today at the Golborne Crop, had a lovely day with lovely girls & delicious jacket spuds with all the trimmings & cakes galore - what more can a scrapper ask for?
I'm shattered now so I'm gonna have a bit of a tidy up in my craftroom then chill a bit before an early night!

I'll be back some time in the next couple of days with sneakies of the stuff I did with Sarah's March kit.

Thanks for popping in, se you again soon, love

Surprise!!!!!!!!

............ that's what I got first thing yesterday morning!
Dean arrived home from Kenya a month early!! YEAH! I was the only person that didn't know he was coming home but I didn't care when I found out I was just so pleased to see him. He looks so well all tanned & gorgeous!
Even though he's only just got back to the UK he has to be back at work in Germany next Monday so they're going to travel back there on Wednesday. I'm a bit sad but understand that he, Rachel & Olivia need to spend some time together, just the 3 of them, before he goes back to work. It won't be too long before we see them again though, they will be back here in May so it's not too long to wait.

I went cropping yesterday in Warrington & got my hands on some gorgeous new stuff from Sarah - 3 Bugs, Pink Paisley Fetching, American Crafts remarks & some new thickers, some pom-pom trim & My Minds Eye Grow and I've been scrapping with some of it already!! .......... oh and I won one of the raffle prizes too - a Tinkering Ink Botanical Bliss kit! :) ......... I guess it was my lucky day!

Here are the 2 layouts I did at the crop, the first is of Henry last November, I still need to do my journalling on the cream sticker mat but thought I'd show you anyway. He was made up cos' he could sit up on his own on my bed, as soon as we put him on the floor he lost his balance again & tippled over, it wasn't long before he could do it all by himself though & now he's crawling there's no stopping him!!!













I used the new Pink Paisley Fetching collection for this, it's absolutely gorgeous in real life, I got it all so expect to see some more pages with it soon.

This is Henry again, I love his smile in this photo, (look at his two little teeth) it was taken by his mummy on his first Christmas morning (2008)
I used the new 3 Bugs in a Rug Snips & Snails collection, I just love them, they're perfect for Henry at this age & sooooo cute! I'm going to get on & use the rest of them while I have the photo's & urge to, so watch this space!













I've also been busy doing my DT stuff using the March kit from Sarah's Cards and will upload some sneaks very soon - I did take some photo's on Saturday but when I've put them onto the PC they're not as good as I thought so I'll try again tomorrow, fingers crossed the light is better then!

Well I need to get an early night so I'm off now, thanks again for popping in, please come back soon, love