Where did November go??

hmmm I seem to have lost a whole month!

It flew by because it was so busy lol not much crafting done.

It started with my nieces 18th Birthday party. It was great to catch up with family who I dont see very often. I even had a laugh trying to get her Dad (My brother Dan) to dance the macarena which was hilarious lol he had no chance of keeping up, he was way too drunk.

I had a weekend in Telford with my beloved, which was lovely even though the Saturday was spent walking round a model makers convention. the following weekend I spent in Glasgow with good friends which was a manic time. I arrived in Glasgow on Friday night at 10pm to find the city centre alive with revellers. I was met by Graham and we had a whacky time online in Christianchat til the early hours. Saturday we met up with many more friends from the chat room. Including many that I had not met before, and discovered that Emma, who calls me "Mum" is only 6 years younger than me! However that fact doesnt stop her calling me Mummy. hmmmm. It was lovely to finally meet John (AKA McTavish) It's really strange how you can meet someone for the first time and feel like you've known them all your life!

Church was great! I like the Scots tradition of having church on Saturday night and sunday mornings. Graham and Sylvias's church always make me feel so welcome. And we all had a great laugh when Graham was told he was going to be preaching on Sunday morning (12 hours notice is plenty lol). As usual god really spoke to me and has started a process of more change in me as a result.

The train journey home was great, really relaxing, until I got to Liveropool that is, when I found that the trains to Wirral were off and I had to get a bus!!

So that was November!! Busy busy Busy! there have been a few Birthdays in the meantime so here are a few cards I did manage to makeDo you see a theme?? lol Im really loving these panels from the storybook cricut cartridge and Im really glad I have the expression machine now cos Multicut makes these intricut cuts soo much easier.

Well now it's December and Im expecting this month to be even busier so not sure whe I will get a chance to post again. so in case I dont get back before the celebrations I want to wish you all a Peaceful and Joy filled Christmas.

October, shaky start but getting better

well October got off to a bad start this year I was soo ill!!

I cant remember ever being that ill. It was a chest infection but gave the worst fluey symptoms I have ever had. High temperatures, fever, sweating, no sleep lack of appetite, shakes and a cough that gave me brain ache. Hubby tried to cheer me up with Chocolate which just made me vomit. Oh I was so miserable that week. The First course of antibiotics got rid of the fever and sweating but still coughing and not sleeping, so went straight onto second course of antibiotics which did kill it off after another week. I have never been so happy to be back at work lol.

The following week things got better. I went away with yr 7 at school. (200 11 yr olds at an outward bounds camp). We had a fabulous time and did abseiling which I was sooo thrilled to do (Wow what an adrenaline rush), climbing, archery, (in which I nearly killed a sheep when my arrow went over the barrier) and caving which baffles me how anyone can take pleasure in crawling round narrow, dark , damp tunnels underground!!, but hey the kids enjoyed it so thats great.

Also on this trip I discovered a new skill which I didn't know I had. I was in charge of a dormitory of boys which consisted of 5 rooms each with 4 boys in them. one of the nights a lad in my dorm was having trouble breathing and it turned out he was asthmatic but his Dr had told him he didnt need his inhaler any more so he didnt have it with him. Well after a quick prayer for help I settled the four lads into bed and did a relaxation reflection wit them, asking them to imagine they were in a nice green valley with a river running through. Enjoying a nice day with those they love. I concentrated their minds on various aspects of the scene to relax him and help him breath clearly. I finished by praying for the Lord to keep his airways clear so he could breath through the night. It worked like a dream and they all drifted off into a deep sleep. Next morning when I checked on them they all asked "Miss, did you hypnotise us last night? It was dead good I slept really well." After I stopped laughing I explained that was an answer to my prayer.
It was a lovely few days away and the boys in my dorm were so well behaved it was a pleasure to be with them.

Back home now and glad to be back in my own bed at night things are getting even better. Hubby has cashed in a bit of his pension so we are picking up our new car on Wednesday. Timing for that was perfect since his previous one has just packed in for good. And to top that he heard he is getting quite a bit more than he was expecting so he has bought me a new Cricut expression machine. OOOH Im so excited about that and cant wait to get it. Im sure that will mean even more cards to show off in here.

Ive not made very many this month with all thats been going on, but here are a couple to be going on with.

I did this one to use the scalloped circles which were given to me ages ago by a friend on the cricut message board. the "Youre in my prayers fitted so well into a circle to use them.


This one was for a card swap on the cricut message board and was made with my new Cricut cartridge (Storybook)



This one came about because of that lovely leaf and stem stamp. I added a gold circle on which I mounted the purple cuttlebug butterfly and a peel off tag mounted on copper cardstock, with hapy birthday in the middle. I added some lovely purple flowers to the top of the tag.


This one has been in my scraps box for ages I cut the border ages ago when I first got my border cutting set but then didnt know what to do with it cos I dont really like peach as a base colour. I saved it by adding the black background to contrast. and the copper butterflies too.

I got an award from Julie!!!

hi friends,

my good friend JulieH left me an award today I feel so honoured as Julie is an amazing creative person and I cant see how she could possibly take inspiration from me visit her blog here
http://huxtershouse.blogspot.com/

The Rules
1.The winner can put the logo on their blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 5 other blogs.
4. Before listing the nominees give a brief reason why you chose them.
5. Put links of those blogs to yours.
6. Leave a message on the blogs you've nominated.


I am nominating these Blogs because I have been inspired and encouraged by their work on many occasions.

1. Lana http://sweetpeaspapercreations.blogspot.com/
2. Jill http://jillscardcreations.blogspot.com/
3. Jade http://jadiesart.blogspot.com/
4. FeFe http://fe-fesworld.blogspot.com/
5. DeeDee http://deedeecampbell.blogspot.com/

ok so I couldnt fit enough in one post lol

Here are a few more I created this month.

This was for a teenage girl, handmade batik paper backing. Get well soon, flourishes and flowers all cut with the cricut machine and inked in pink.
This was made for a good friend of mine from church who truly is an inspiration and encouragement to me.
I was really pleased with this one it matched the wedding colour scheme. all cuts done with the cricut and their names and congratulations printed on the computer, I used the swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder too.
This was ordered by a friend after seeing a similar one in my facebook album. Nicky loves motorbikes.
This was made with a premade aperture card blank months ago but laid aside as I couldnt think how to finish it. I finally decided on the copper butterfly and yellow skittles last week.

ok so I couldnt fit enough in one post lol

here are a few more created this month

September crafting

Back at work now but still creating in my evening relaxation time, here are just a few cards I have made this month.

Thiswas made with the cuttlebug birdsong folder the bird on grass image is embossed then the bird cut out from glossy black and stuck on top, I added a few tiny pearl accents for grass seed. Get well soon was cut with my Cricut machine.
I bought these decoupage butterfly tiles to give them a try. I think they are quite effective but I prefer the effect on the daisy to that on the buttefly
This was made especially for my friend to give to her husband, She designed it with me I love the Red and Gold colour scheme It hink it turned out pretty neat.
another birdsong embossing folder card but this time I went over the embossed area with a new colour marker which lays down multi coloured glittery chalk. Pretty neat.
This is my favourite so far this month. Butterflies and flourish cut with Cricut machine and I found a stamp flourish which matches it pretty well too. The colours dont show up well on this but the butterflies and flourishes are made from coppery metallic card and backed in a deep green. Happy Birthday is stamped and then embossed in metallic green too.

Back to work tomorrow so here are my last summer craft creations

well it may have been a wet summer but it still flew by too quickly



my Good friends JM and Meg got married in Maine USA on 16th August, but for all their English friends they are having a celebration on 6th September which I will be attending. This is the acceptance card I made for it.
The backing of this is made from wallpaper borders which I picked up as a free sample in B & Q. Double layered and matted with black. the Happy Birthday label was made on my label maker and the flutter of red butterflies were done with my new Martha stewart punch. ( My favourite purchase this summer)
The tag on this card was on a pair of Jeans and I recued it when my son went to throw it in the bin. another free sample wallpaper border which reminded me of waves so it had to be a bon voyage card. This I hand wrote in silver. I added some funky fibres tothe tag and put an acetate butterfly on top coloured with permanent markers.
This was my bargain I am so pleased with these. Hand cut butterflies from China. They are cut from very fine tissue paper and then hand painted. I thought they needed to be seen from fornt and back so I sandwiched it in acetate and placed it in an aperture which I cut with my cricut machine. the flowers were also cut with the cricut and everything else is peel off stickers. I put a yellow paper insert in this and placed a square of glittery Gold paper on the insert to rest behind the aperture to back the butterfly.
This one was cut with the cricut too. Col says its a Triffid lol but dont worry its well stuck down so it aint gonna walk off the card