Carol's Stampin Up workshop

We had such a wonderful evening with Carol. I have been a bloggy friend of Carol's for ages and last night we finally got to meet, we had a wonderful evening and I think the evening was a success all the ladies said what an enjoyable time they had. We got to make a wonderful Christmas card, and learn a few new technique, but I think my bow needs a little practice.

Let it Snow- Waltzingmouse challenge 20

 
Wow this is the 2nd challenge I have managed to do this week, and its another Christmas Card. This one is for the Waltzingmouse challenge sketch blog. I used Holidays labels no14 and Compliments of the Season. I turned the sketch.

Big Blooms Poinsettia-Card patterns 87

At last I found the time to make a challenge card for Card Patterns using the new stamps from Walzingmouse Stamps, I used the small and medium flowers, stamped and embossed with silver pearl embossing powder.
Still making stuff for Grace's School Christmas Bazzarr, I,ve also been making calendars today and I promise to show you photos of everything when I have finished them all.

All I want for Cristmas is .... Notebooks

 

Just a few notepads I made for a Cancer research  Evening my daughter Nicola is attending, she had some Jamie At Home notepads and when I saw them I knew just what to do with them. Nicola has just become a consultant for Jamie At Home which has the most amazing Homeware and all Jamie Oliver, just hoping he come to a party here soon.

I was inspired by Michelle at Mish Mash, hop on over she has the most blog and so much inspiration.

Joyeux Noel

What a bad blogger I am, just realized I haven't blogged for a week so sorry anyway here's another Christmas Card, I love this one, I subscribe to the US mag Papercrafts, and when I saw this I know I just had to make it, as I already had the Stamp which is by Pink Paislee, I changed the punched border using the Martha Stewart snowflakes one instead and the flower is sheet music which I sprayed with glimmer mist and then crunched up and dried with my heat gun all held together with a mother of pearl button and twine.

Hope you all have a great weekend, I'm being trawled out this evening for a dinner at the golf club, as Brian is vice captain, they only want you there when it suits. anyway it has cost him a new dress.

Jet'aime - Mojo Monday 159

Bet this will surprise the bloggers who visit my blog on a regular basis, it's not a Xmas card.  Well I had just received this stamp which is from the KOTM form The Unity stamp Co, and couldn't resist this Eiffel Tower stamp. I love Paris having been a few times, it is just magical. Brian and I celebrated our Silver wedding anniversary there and I can hardly believe that we have just celebrated our Ruby anniversary, where have the years gone. I used the sketch from Mojo Monday most weeks there isn't a prize except on the first Monday of the month, so just had to play along and anyway they are such inspirational sketches. and who knows I might just get lucky this time.

Anyway back to Xmas, but not a card, I have made my Xmas cake this morning and it is in the oven as I write this, filling the house with all the lovely smell of Xmas. I love Jamie Oliver and I buy all his cookbooks and he also has a monthly mag and this month there is one for Xmas cake. I always used to make my own cake at Xmas but as there is only the 2 of us now and we are eating it well into the New Year, I stopped making one, and bought a small one, but this year after seeing his recipe decided to make one, so off to Tesco I went yesterday and bought all the ingredients, soaked the fruit over night in brandy and mixed it this morning and it was in the oven by 8.30am. actually it made two as my cake tin wasn't big enough so I will have one to give away.

Hope you alll have a good weekend.

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 87

I've not had a lot of time to play this week but managed a little challenge at Sweet Sunday Challenge Blog and quess what it's another Xmas card.

Happy 60th Birthday

As promised here is the card that I made for my hubby's birthday which was on Saturday. We had a super weekend visitors started arriving Saturday Lunch time and from then on it was super hectic but so much fun, it was great to see all the family and friends, we are scattered across the UK and it is great when we can all get together, and although on Thursday last week it didn't seem right to be celebrating and having a good time, but life goes on, and thank goodness it does else where would we all be.

The party was brilliant and I'm sure everyone had a good time, I know we did. Our friend Jon Kendall sang for us, the future is looking very bright for Jon he is a great singer and songwriter and I think he will go far in the music business. If we have him for my 60th in 3yrs time I don't think we will be able to afford him. One of our best friends Letty and her fiance Tim also played for us Letty has the most amazing voice, and if you read this Letty I love you.
...and not forgetting Brian, the Birthday Boy, I'm so pleased that everything went well and he had a brilliant weekend. He doesn't look 60 and I think he look 10years younger not a wrinkle or grey hair in sight, the hair bits a joke. He just wishes the rest of him was holding so well too.

Mojo Monday

I had some new stash from Stampin Up come on Tues so had a little play with the sketch at Mojo Monday. You can make the round or square sketch so decided to make the round of course it's round you can see that for yourself. I used to hate doing round, but what a difference it makes when you have the right tools for the job.  I cut out the scalloped circle using the largest of the nestabilities in by big shot, wasn't sure if it would cut though both layers of card but it did.
Papers and felt flower: Sweet Pea.

I was supossed to have posted this last night but spent most of the evening on the phone to various people, so as I couldn't sleep due to stress levels decided to post it now,4am, have to leave at 6.30pm to get to Manchester, the funeral is at 10.30pm and who nows what it will be like when we get to the bottleneck that is Birmingham and there are always always lots of road works. Hopefully I can nod off in the car, Brian is driving of course. Thank you to Kath and Lynda for your kind words, Love You.

Card Patterns 83

A quick post, have lots to do today, more about that later. Although I'm busy had to make time to have a play. made this card using the sketch at Card Patterns. Papers by MME Colorful Christmas.

I need a new Black Coat one of those black coats that will be OK for any occasion. We have a funeral to go to tomorrow and I don't have a black coat that fits, yeah more weight lose, only 2 1/2 lbs to go now to get to my goal, my brother-in-law and his wife lost there baby one week before she was due to be born, can't imagine what they are going though, so its off to Manchester tomorrow, so an early start in the morning. Although we are 200miles or so away, we are a close family and as you get older family becomes more important, so we need to be there for each other at these sad times.

But its not all sad times, there have been 2 weddings this year, and we are all getting together again on Saturday as it is Brian's my hubby's 60th birthday, we are having a big party with about 80 guests, and lots of relations staying over.

Corner Bookmarks

I need to make more items for Grace's school Christmas bazzarr, and thought these would make nice gift items. I found the tutorial at Splitcoaststampers

Christmas cracker box

 

Had a little play this weekend, and found the template for this Cracker box over on the waltzingmouse website you can download it for free.HERE. Thought these would look great on the dinner table on Christmas Day, with maybe choccies or sweets in.

Clean and Simple,FTL108 Friend

I made this for a my friend Daphne who Birthday it is today, it matches the card I made for Sweet Sunday sketch 84, you can find it HERE
I still enjoy doing the sketches on the Clean and Simple challeng blog though I sometimes struggle with the clean and simple bit.

Card Patterns 82

Same Challenge blog Card Patterns
 different sketch #82 , same Stamp from LOTV Skating Along. different Card. Papers from Basic Grey Dasher
and stickles and not forgetting that fab Martha Stewart glitter.
I know its Christmas again! Well I do love Christmas and every one expects a Handmade card, and my box is filling up quite nicely now.
All though I do have quite a few birthdays coming up soon so really need to get my act together.

It is Brian's birthday coming up in less than 2 weeks now and it is the big 60 I have already made his card but can't show you it yet as he sometimes lurks around here, we are having a big party up at his Golf Club with a live singer Jon Kendall, and my friend Letty's band " Isabelle" singing a few songs for us too. And over 70 guests some people coming from all over the UK and most of them staying over, now that most of the organising is done I feel I can relax a little bit more at least until the big day, it is actually his birthday on the day of the party and he is taking himself off for a game of Golf, I have to decorate the room at the Golf club with balloon's banners and some dodgy photos. We also have several guests arriving and staying at our house, I expect to be a little bit stressed on the day. Well I'm sure I'm worrying about nothing and everything will be fine. Anyway I feel so much better already.

Card Patterns Sketch 81 - skateing along.

Here's another stamp from LOTV these stamps are super and lots of excuses to use lots of glitter.Papers from Martha Stewart. Sketch from Card Patterns. Snowflakes nesties.

Waltzingmouse Oven Fresh

This is my card for the Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge blog,  the gingerbread person is from the Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy set. I have to say person because there is a boy and a girl also in the set, don't want to appear sexist.I used papers from Martha Stewart which I bought last Xmas.

Simon says Stamp and Show. Holidays

The challenge at Simon says Stamp and Show this week is Holidaysand they have joined uo with Simon Simon says Challenge Blog  and I could have chosen Christmas I've made so many Christmas cards already but that would have too easy or Thanksgiving, but as we don't celebrate thanksgiving here in the UK, although I think we should, after all the Pilgrims were orginally from England. Anyway I chose Halloween . I made this using the Tim Holtz embossing folder and card stock from coredinations and the ticket stamp is also Tim Holtz. And the spider I cut using my Cricut machine.

More Xmas Cards and some good news.

Just a couple of simple cards for Xmas, I have had this K & Co paper in my Xmas paper folder for ages and after seeing it used in a magazine, Cardmaking and papercrafts. thought I would try to use some of it up. so much paper.
And the good news is: Kath and I are going to do a workshop with the wonderful Tim Holtz in February, managed to book tickets and after nearly messing up the order it is now confirmed, We are going. How exciting is that. I told Kath to stock up on some Tenalady. But the wait Ahh, worse than waiting for Xmas.
And also for me it is a double wammy as not only do I get to meet Tim I am also going to be spending some quality time with the lovely Kath Stewart.

Mojo Monday 155. LOTV James The Bear.

Had a little play around yesterday with these this fab stamp from LOTV  James The Bear.

I used the sketch from Mojo Monday, my mojo had gone out the window lately so thought this might kick start it again. Not sure that I got the colouring right maybe I need more practice. I used my promakers and Papers from Basic Grey. Ticket Stamp  by Tim Holtz, and while we are on the subject of Tim, my friend Kath (who has already let the cat out of the bag) and I are hoping to go and do a workshop with him, I was going to wait until I had the tickets booked before telling anyone, didn't want to chance my luck., might not get them if the whole of the UK wants one too. Might be spending the whole of Monday night swearing at the computer screen. So wish us luck.

Waltzingmouse Makes

Another challenge again today and it's in Christmas mode again. This is for the waltzingmouse challenge blog, using stamps from the Very vintage Christmas set.Papers sre K & Co.