Almost Febuary!!!!!!!

........... Where has the time gone since Christmas??

As some of you may already know, the gallery at UKscrappers is being scaled down and everything posted before Jan 2009 will be deleted tomorrow!!
So, I clicked over there & had a look thru to see if there was anything I wanted to keep images of before the big chop!
I was shocked when I went thru & seen some of them were posted in 2007 - so here I am uploading some of them to my blog, it's so strange to look thru them & realise that it was so long ago since I actually created these pages & also to see just how much the grandbabies have grown up!!
Here's what I chose ................

























































































This last page is one of my all time favourites, even though I love it, it's very rare that I scrap on shaped cardstock - maybe I should give it another go very soon!?















I've been quite busy lately doing DT stuff for Sarah and also I started my very first quilt from the Basic Grey Eva range by Moda - photo's to follow of sneak peeks & my completed quilt!!
I'm really pleased with the quilt even tho it's been a bit tough just going off instructions from the internet & Youtube - it's so hard trying to decide who/what to beleive as the 'right' way to do it! ....... needless to say, it's been unpicked a few times!
Right, I need to finish off my write ups & get them sent off, so I'll see you all soon & thanx for popping in & commenting!

All Gone!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, the snow that is! Within a few hours, what was totally white is now dull & miserable! ........... even tho I didn't really like it while it was here I must admit that it was a lot brighter outside!

Right, onto the sewing I've been doing the past couple of weeks - I made a promise to myself at the begining of 2010 that I have to finish a project before starting another & if I do a scrapbook page then I have to make at least one card from the same papers.
Well about 10 days ago I ordered a Basic Grey Eva layer cake to do a quilt for our bed but I wanted to do some sacks for the grandkids for next Christmas too, so I decided to concentrate on them & get them finished before it comes cos' I know I'll be tempted to start it right away!
Well here they are, one each for Henry & Olivia & the one without a name is for the new baby due in March. I'm delighted with my efforts & how they turned out - hurry up Mr Postman & bring my supplies for my next project!! LOL














































Here's how they'll hang next Christmas.



I had stockings for them this year but found they were too small to fit much in, these will be much better I think, the only thing is, I'll have to keep them high up so little hands won't go rumaging!!






I did a page for Sarah's cards sketch challenge & a card.

If you're feeling creative right now then click on over there & have a look - you could win an e-voucher!!!






























Layout & card from Vanessa's sketch & a couple of cards from the left overs - it makes me feel so good when I use stash up this way, especially if I've had it a long time!



That was long post!!

Right, busy - busy - busy again creating so I'll have to close for now, I will be back soon with a couple of sneak peeks of some bits & bobs!

Thanx again for popping in, don't forget to come back soon, love

Such a busy time this past month..............

...... well over a month if I'm honest!! Way too busy to blog! LOL

Firstly I wanna mention the white stuff - yes the SNOW!! What a lot we've had! 12inches! WOW it's been a looooooonnnnnng time since we saw that much!
Photo's as proof -
































Such beauty but not very practical if you only get to see it every 30ish years or so!!












Another rare site is Lee with a shovel in his hands, doing a bit of 'man work' clearing a path!

Secondly, evidence of Christmas -



































Olivia & Henry opening there prezzies at our house & the lads Dean & Lee having a bit of Wii fun!
(All B&W photo's cos' they need cropping & tweaking a bit in colour!!)

Oh, I almost forgot the photo of the lads snowman & Olivia who tried to help them out ............ how big is that snowman!!!?


Right thats me for now, I need to go edit a couple of photo's of a few projects I've been doing of late!

Thanx for calling in & please come back, I'll try to be a better blogger & upload more photo's for you to look at!

See you soon!

More of our Christmas..............

............ my stuffed snowman display, these are just the cutest things I've ever made!! They are from a pattern from the Tilda books by Tone Finnanger - take a look, I dare you! LOL......... this is where I got the BOOK from. Totally cute!!




I also did this one for my mum


And our tree - it looks small here but is 7 foot! The picture on the right is a cross stitch I did a few years ago before I started papercrafting & comes out every year together with another 3 very large ones of Santa!



And a couple more bits, a little tree ornament that I got from our trip to Germany last year - from the 'real' Christmas markets, the angel on top of the tree & a 'NOEL' which stands on our unit in the lounge.





Right, I'm off blog surfing now & then a bit of craftroom sorting before I get started on my Christmas cards tomorrow!
Thanx as always for visiting my cyberspace & leaving your comments - they're very much apprieciated!

Some photo's I promised.................

...... first of all I'd like to introduce Baby Paul - how cute?











Then I would like to say Happy 2nd Birthday to our beautiful Grand-daughter Olivia Rae

It was on the 28th November but we celebrated again the day after she arrived back in the UK (2/12)and Henry was there too to help blow out her candles!

Next meet Gracie Anne, she's a spindle doll i've been making over the past few months - I think I'm gonna alter her face tho cos' she's not very attractive with that one!!LOL




Next here's the neck warmer I was telling you about, I decided to give this one to Natalie as an extra birthday prezzie, since then I've made another for myself which is exactly the same & very warm too!


I've also been doing a bit of scrapping lately, mainly at the crops I've been to and a few pages for the January kit over at Sarah's (some sneak peeks below)

This first one is done with American Crafts Junior, Henry with his granddads bikers helmet on - just had to scrap those pics!

An older photo of Olivia which I've scrapped a couple of times before!! LOL but I do love it! I took inspiration for this one from the wonderful Kiesha Campbell's fabulous pages - I used AC Letterbox here & some embellishments from my stash!


Henry dancing his socks off one night - you know that mad half hour they get before bed?? He's such a show off when he knows you're watching!! LOL
I used the fab Nikki Sivills Henry's bbrilliance range for this.

And lastly, a photo of Olivia on the run in the park near where she lives in Germany, I just love this pic & how she looks in it! I took inspiration from one of Jen Jockish's pages for this one - another of my favourite scrappers!!


Here's my sneak peeks for the January kit from Sarah's




Yet another great kit that you're gonna love if you are a subscriber and one you'll miss out on if you don't hop over there and give these gorgoeus kits a try - you won't regret it!!

Gosh, this is a long post! I'm making up for NOT posting often! LOL
Before I go I thought I'd let you see a bit of 'our' christmas preperations -






Well that's me for now, I'll be back very soon with more photo's of our christmas & almost definately more of Olivia & Henry!

Thanx for coming to see what I'm up to, see you soon, love

New baby in the family!

Welcome Paul Daniel, born 28/11/2009 at 16:53 wieghing 8lb 7.5oz and totally gorgeous!!
Congratulations Bec, I'm so proud of you hun!

Been a busy day here so I'll post a bit more with photo's of baby & crochet tomorrow!

Thanx as always for popping in love