made this card for my 15 year old grandson, who is 15 today, only found out yesterday who is fav wrestler is after i tried hunting the wrestler called the undertaker, my daughter gave me three names, this one is john cena or something like that. now to clear up all the bits and go to bed lol

atcs made

made 8 of these atcs using the image of silva in the previous post. theme was furry freinds, so couldnt resist after snapping the picture, two only showing as the other 6 have been packed up ready for posting on monday

awww this was taken yesterday after both our kittens

went to the vets to be neutered.

this one is silva and we hunted the house for him after we spotted he wasnt on the chair he had been sleeping on, panic stations , anyway as you can see we found him in the bathroom sink , when i first walked in he was curled in a tight ball, by time i ad got the camera he had woke and was stretching lol

i was left responsible for making our boss a birthday card, knowing she has and loves horses it was pretty easy to do really. and i think she liked it

sympathy card

i wasnt keen on making this card, my 15 year old step grandson asked me to make it for him, after sourcing the image and making sure it was what he liked , i edited the image to allow me to add the text on the first layer, printed the image 4 times and self decoupaged the lilly then mounted it onto black paper then mounted it all onto a a4 sheet of card folded in half, then edged it in gold straight peel offs. even my daughter in law thought it was a great make from me this time. hoping to get back into making cards next week time permitting.

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new family member

meet tigger, our new member of the family, he is six weeks old, has been hand reared after his mum died when he was two weeks old, owner keeping one, my daughter in laws best freind has got the other called tiddles, he has more white on his chest than ours.
tigger has claimed my desk top as his daytime sleeping area despite having a roomy basket with nice touys attatched to the handle, he is a little livewire and needs carefull watching as cables seem to be a favourite chewing pastime given the chance

few hours on my own

my eldest emma has had her first trip by tram to our shopping precint to spend a few hours with her school freind, she has never got the tram by herself before and boy was she nervous even though she will be on the tram for less than 5 minutes. I took her to the stop got her ticket waited with her untill the tram left and will meet her on her return, she is supposed to be coming home around 4,
the youngest hollie has gone to her freinds house as well, her dad drove her there and told her he will pick her up when she wants to come home, grr hate the girls not having a time frame to work within, she could still be out at 7 8 9,
you would think that not having the girls around would mean i would get on with some chores, crafting or gardening, but nooo i cant settle, took a trip to b+q got some seeds and a desk lamp for pc table in the hopes of be able to do my craft cutting without the added shadows from my main light.
guess i better shift myself and aim for an hours chores and a hour in the garden, as my son has requested my babysitting services for tonight as well. havent given him an answer yet, going to make him sweat it out like he does me when i ask him something, hopefully i might get a craft project underway tonight.

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at the moment my fave crafty pad stamps are the belinda range, only got one more to buy, they are so beautifull and usefull for all ages.

oops oh dear what was i thinking

i am happy to show my mistakes as well as the cards i make that im happy with,

cant believe i thought this would work needless to say it will be some how recycled, can only say i was sooo eager to use the new belinda stamps from the crafty pad i did not stop and look at what i was doing, stamping and mounting in the kitchen where the lighting gives me no shadows and the card assembly in lounge where the lighting is not soo good and i work in my own shadow, and i guess chatting on yahoo and watching gordon ramseys kitchens from hell are not a good combo, just like this card lesson learnt

have to say these stamps are brill, stamp great and super service from crafty pad, off to colour the other stamps in now lol, lets see what other mistakes i make grrrr

made this today

made this card for my ebay group month challenge, the image is one of my own pictures taken at blackpool zoo on our visit last year, it was turned into a oval pyramid type decoupage. the brief was to use a animal. what im going to do with the card now i have no idea as many people say peacocks are unlucky.

lazy day (i wish)

thought i could have a lazy day today huh not a chance, although im not dressed, doing that after posting this, tried to watch this morning and heard nothing but emmas phone constantly going off then "can a freind come round, can we go swimming," then my phone goes "can you have two grankids while we go shopping?" from son, supposed to be only for a hour (i bet not )
oh well suppose i better get dressed and feed the tribe. dont know whats happened to the weather either its freezing dull and windy a great day not

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new baby card

got the news on sunday that my supervisor at work had became a grandma again so i made her this card to celebrate the new arrival, ashamedly i have to admit i got the idea from another blog but i made it in my style lol,

card for a challenge

im in a few ebay crafting groups one concentrates on atcs but another im in has set up a monthly challenge with no prizes but the winner gets to set the new monthes theme, i think this is a great incentive to get me making cards with out waiting for them to be requested or waiting for a reason to do one lol, this first theme was to have flowers in there somewhere, so now i have a new disc driver i can use my joanna sheen cd roms yippee, this is my offering, im up against some stiff competition as one member has put up some canal painted plant troughs and they are brill but hey ho at least i got a card for my stash box. tried to crop it but seemingly not very well.

blog candy to be won at

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if im doing this right. got to be in it to win it
good luck to all who apply

today is a really cold gloomy day, at moment my washer is on its third load and dryer on second load. girls decided to have a play outside using a wheeled thinymajig you use to move heavy stuff, (gone braindead) so im hearing loads of shrieks and squeals.
today im trying something new for me lol
im attempting to make my own yogurt without a yogurt maker but using a thermos flask. will know around 8 or midnigt if i have achieved it or not lol.
well chicken in oven got a lovely pile of ironing awaiting me so i better get on tara for now lol

card for a freind

i made this card for a lovely lady who is a member of a e bay group im in, its the first time i have bought the pink petticoat designs but i thought i would brave it lol, im am actually very suprised at how easy it is to print and colour. after a initial mistake with the first one that it was easy enough to just chose another image and make it up. the backing paper i chose is lovely.

well i think it is lol. oh dear just realised you cant see the lace edge very well.