Home from holiday & hopefully.............

.......... ready to be a better blogger!! ......... ??

Anyway, we had a fabulous time, the weather was gorgeous & I was very pleased that I didn't have to climb stairs for a whole 17 days!

Stampin'Up has a new catalogue coming very, very soon & I thought I'd share a couple of sneak peaks ............




Do you like them? I think they're fab, especially the 'True Friend' set - here's another 2 sets for you to drool over ...........


I can't make my mind up which of these 2 I like the best, I'm sure I'll have both in my possesion very soon! LOL!

Also there's going to be a scallop boarder punch!!!

There's also some sets going into retirement from the old catalogue, so have a look through & give me a shout if there's anything you need & I'll let you know which ones are not going to be available for much longer - be quick though cos' once they're gone - they're gone!!!

That's me for tonight I'm affraid! Will check back tomorrow & upload some piccies of the evergrowing Henry!! .......... we missed him so much while we were away - we also miss Olivia just as much as we do everyday & hopefully we'll get to party with her at the end of November for her 1st Birthday!!

See you soon!

OH WOW!!!

I'm amazed at my new toy! Mick & Dean have been playing with it most of the day, taking pics of flies on flowers, birds feeding in the garden - just about anything really & showing me what it does on the screen! I thought my Sony Cybershot was good but oh no, not compared to this beauty!!
They say it's not too difficult to navigate so hopefully I won't have to go thru the manual before we go away!!

Anyway, I'm off now but will be back tomorrow with some photo's of the SU cards I've done over the past couple of nights!

See you soon!

My 'belated' Birthday prezzie from OH............

.......... meet my new toy!! I've been talking about this for a while now & he just suggested we go out shopping this afternoon after being stuck in due to the horrible non-stop rain!!!

I even got the bag, SD card & filters too!

I'm sooooooo excited & lovin' it already!! I can't wait to have a proper play - even tho at the moment I don't seem to have enough time in the day to do all of the other things I want to! :( I'm sure I'll squeeze it in somehow tho!!

Well that's all for today I'm afraid, I'm gonna have a play with my SU stuff now, will upload some pics tomorrow!

Thanks for popping in, see you tomorrow!

I've been Stampin'Up ...........

and I've been lovin' it!!

Here's a few cards I've made over the past few days..........

These first two I used the Old Fashioned Christmas set -
cs: Old Olive, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip & Ruby Red, I also used my notebook punch on the edge & 2 rhinstone brads.



cs: Old Olive, Whisper White, Close to Cocoa & Ruby Red, I also used my notebook punch on the edge & added some gingham ribbon. Ink: Ruby red & Close to cocoa - I used a watercolour technique to colour in Santa's hat.



This one I used the Simply Said set cs: Punkin Pie, Old Olive, Whisper White & Ruby Red - Inks to match, I coloured the tiny flowers in with my blender pen & RR ink ...... love this technique!


Simply Said set again here & the same coloured cs & Whisper White ribbon.



For this one I used my Stampin Around Jumbo Wheel - Petals & Real Red ink on Whisper White cs, I coloured the little spots with my blender pen & Old Olive ink, the greeting is from the Seeing Spots set, I punched out one of the flowers & adhered with a dimensional.

I hope you like my first cards that I've created with these fab stamps!

I'm off to play some more now while the ideas are rushing round my head & there's no grandbabies around!! LOL

Thamks so much for coming to visit my little place in blogland, please come back soon!

My kit arrived today .........

....... & I can't wait to play over the weekend!! I'm gonna have so much fun doing that & going to my crop & meeting my friend Jane .......... I'll be exhausted come Monday!!

Short & sweet tonight I'm affraid, I'm shattered & need my bed! :O

See you some time very soon with some Stampin'Up cards!!

Nite x

She's gorgeous............

...... Olivia that is!! Not had chance to take any pics yet but I'm sure it won't be long before I do! :)

I di my first card last night using my Unfrogettable stamp set from Stampin'Up

Here it is............



hope you like it? I'm gonna do another one tonight from the same set so I can get a bit of practice in!!

The only thing on this card from SU is the stamped images, I can't wait to get my kit so I can have a play for real!!

See you tomorrow - or maybe Sunday as we're babysitting Olivia tomorrow so might not get chance to come on!

By for now :)

A day late but............

........... I'm here!!!

Dean, Rachel & Olivia are on their way home as I type!! when I wake up in the morning (if I sleep at all!) they'll not be far away!! Yeah!! I can't wait to see them & spend some quality time over the next 3 weeks!

I have some cards to show you that I've made over the past couple of weeks, hope you like them! ........ Oh, I nearly forgot to tell you that I'm in the process of signing up with Stampin'Up to be an independent demo!! I'm so excited about getting my hands on some of their fab stamps & goodies! ........ watch this space!






Well that's it for today, I'm having a play with the SU stamps I've already bought through my fab friend, I need to get the practice in! LOL

See you all soon & thanks for stopping at my little place!