As promised ..............

......... I'm back with some more photo's of my scrapping!

This one is for my 'me' album, I did it from a sketch from Sketchbook at Studio Calico & used Cosmo Cricket Material Girl. As I've been a sewer almost all of my life I thought I'd best scrap about it! LOL

My beloved Dear Lizzy showing off my beloved dear granddaughter Olivia - two of my favourites right now! Don't you just love a toddler in just a vest on a summers day running round the garden with not a care in the world? Oh, this was done from one of the sketches from SB too!

Another from SB sketches, DGS Henry's profile - another of my faves, babies cute profiles ............ nothing better!

Right thats it! ........... looks like I best get busy & do a bit more scrappin' LOL

Thanx again for coming to my blog & for your comments, hope you have a lovely sunny day wherever you are tomorrow, see you soon!

Isn't life better with a bit of sunshine?

It's been gorgeous here again today & hopefully it'll last over the weekend!!

Right, I haven't really got anything exciting to talk about today apart from I've been scrapping quite a bit lately oh, and I've been knitting too!! I haven't knitted for soooooo many years but I saw the yarn in Hobbycraft a few weeks ago so I bought it thinking if I don't get on with it knit-wise then I'll crochet something instead.
Well, it took me over a week to find a circular needle first off & then once I started the pattern I soon realised that my tension was far too tight cos' it was turning out too small so I had to undo & start all over with a bigger size! :( good job it's done in superchunky!! LOL
Anyway, I've not got far to go & will be finished in the next few days so I'll upload once I'm done & tried it for size!

This is the yarn & pattern I'm doing, I'm doing it double cos' they didn't have the one I wanted - you've got to improvise if you can't get what you want eh??!!

Right here's a few photo's of some of the pages I've done too - can't show you them all yet but these will do for now! :)

This was Rachaels class at the retreat in Warrington last month, I've altered it slightly to work with my photo and I really enjoyed it, I loved the different techniques that were new to me - thanx hun ;)

This is Henry last year in Animal Kingdom, he was so scared of Balloo bear - bless him! I used the Cosmo Cricket Joyride for this, one of my new faves right now!!

This one is Olivia being guided thru the snow by her daddy last winter, here I've used Crate Cottage collection -

and another of her having a bit of a sulk in the garden!
I'm trying to use up my mountains of stash before I'm buried underneath it all!!!

I'm not able to upload anymore photo's to this post so I promise I'll come back tomorrow & share the rest of what I've done with you - honestly I will! :)

Thanx for visiting as always - those who come & check on me regularly must be very patient!!

See you tomorrow!

She's arrived.........................

........ our new darling granddaughter Charlotte Mae, she entered the world yesterday at 9.14pm weighing 6lb 13.5oz & she's the spitting image of big sis Olivia




and here's Olivia with some gorgeous flowers for her Mummy!
bless her!




Right, thats me for now sorry, but I have a congrats card to do for the happy parents & a prezzie to get ready to send over for the little cutie!
Thanx as always for visiting & I'll see you soon,

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

...... sorry but blogging hasn't been at the top of my list of priorities lately!!
Anyway, I've still been creating, cropping, sewing & I've attended the Sarah's Cards very first retreat which was the best weekend ever - with fantastic reviews all round!
Here is the sewing I've done this the last time I was here, firstly Pocket & Floss, Floss was done in my very first sewing class a few weeks ago, Pocket I did the following week at home, they will become friends with Olivia & Henry sometime over Easter to go with the chocolate eggs...........oooops :O! I've just thought, we'll have another grand daughter by then so I'll have to get busy making another!!!

















Next is a bag I made from a Button Angel pattern, although I love the shape/style of it, now that it's made up I've gone off the colours!! ....... maybe it'll grow on me & I'll use it one day!! :)




Here are the layouts I've been busy with ...........





I love this photo of Dean & Olivia, she's such a mummy's girl most of the time so it's nice to see her in a photo with her daddy!



Another page using my favourite AC Letterbox line, the colours are just so nice!







Dear Lizzy - oh how I love this collection too! ......... can you tell?? LOL





Cosmo Cricket for this one of Olivia & her new hobby - maybe she'll take up scrapbooking one day!?

Again a bit of Cosmo Cricket Joyride for Henry & his cars.

Right thats me for now, I need to go make Dean & Mick a card for their birthdays & maybe get one ready for when our new baby girl arrives!

Thanx for visiting me here & for your comments - I will try my best to be a more regular blogger (again:)!!)

See you soon

Some more 'old but still gorgeous' .........

........ scrapbook papers etc that need to be used up to make way for even more gorgeous'er (not really a word but I like it! LOL) new stuff destined to make it's way into my craftroom very soon!!
I did this page of Olivia last night, I just adored her in this hat & had to take loads of photo's of her wearing it - don't you just love that cute baby profile too?
I used the gorgeous AC Letterbox papers & chipboard & some thickers - these can all be found at Sarah's if you'd like to get your hands on them!















I can't wait for the even more gorgeous collection Dear Lizzy OH WOW!! that is gonna be so perfect for my little Olivia (and the other little bean DGD thats gonna arrive very soon too!) I can't wait & am stalking the site for Dear Lizzy to make an appearance!

Right here's the sneak peeks I promised of the March kit from Sarah's it's a fab collection from Prima & I know you're gonna love it as much as I do!





















































That's it for today, I need to get my stuff ready for tomorrow crop - I'm dead excited cos' it feels like forever since the last one!!

Thanx for your comments & coming to see what I've been up to, see you soon!

Use up the old to make way for.....................

.............. the new!! Yes, thats what I'm trying to do! - scrapbooking wise of corse!
Now that CHA winter has just happend I NEED to make space for all that goodness thats gonna make it's way into my craftroom!
So, I've been busy the psat couple of days creating a couple of layouts, altering a birdhouse & making a few cards out of the leftovers!





























The birdhouse done with some BoBunny papers & stickers & a card to match, do you like my new Martha stewart Water Lily punch? works so well with vellum!

Next it's my mum with Henry on her 70th birthday last year, I've been wanting to scrap this photo for a while now, so glad I used up these papers & stickers from 3Bugs too!















And this one of Henry & Olivia sitting on the back step last summer, it was funny cos' Henry followed her everywhere & she just ignored him completely - bless him!















And a few cards from the scraps!






















































I promised myself at the begining of the year to make at least one card from the leftovers every time I did a layout, up to now I've stuck to it!! Yeah!


What does your weekend hold for you? Anything planned?
I haven't got anything planned for tomorrow - in a bit of pain right now so maybe take it easy?? I've got a crop Sunday & want to be as good as it gets for that - hopefully it won't be too cold, getting fed up with these thick whoolies now! LOL

Oh, I promised sneak peeks of next months kit - I'll have to do it tomorrow sorry, need to go get a bath!

As always, thanx for visiting, will see you soon,

Quilting ....................

.......... is addicting!!
After 2 weeks of searching the web, playing about, almost throwing the thing thru the window - it's finished!!! YEAH!!
My love of Basic grey Eva helped a lot, oh and the colours! Although I've worked with fabric almost all my life I've never tried quilting.
Everything was going to plan until it came to stitching around the edge before starting to bind - I just couldn't get the bottom layer/backing to sit right :( no matter what I did & how many times I unpicked it & tried another way it wouldn't lay flat. So I finally gave in & phoned a friend - talking it thru we came up with the solution - trim all layers to size 'then' put the binding on! Yippeeee! it worked! Now it's finished I can't wait to start another, but this time do it the right way!!












All flat & crease free - pinned & ready for stitch-in-the-ditch!












My new machine armed with new 'ditch' foot & quilt - ready to go!
















Close up of the gorgeous colours!












All done & on the bed - even though it's quite plain for a handmade quilt & love it! :) I wanted it to look quite modern but still quilted if you know what I mean?
Natalie has asked me to make her one in black, white, cream & lime - yeah she wants it 'modern - modern' and large squares, so hopefully it will be super quick for me to make!

Oh, I have a page to show you too, I did this last week before I started the DT stuff & forgot to upload. I used the lovely Cosmocricket Nutmeg collection mixed with a bit of AC Loveletters chipboard, some machine stitching & lots of MM button brads that I've had for ages!
















Thanx for calling in, I'll be back soon with some sneak peeks of the March kit over at Sarah's it's such a gorgeous kit once again, if you subscribe then you won't be disappointed!