Tonight's The Night

Yeahhhhhh......I'm off to see Def Leppard and Whitesnake at the SECC. I'm so looking forward to this concert.I saw Whitesnake 2 years ago and they were fantastic,but it was way back in 2003 I last saw Def Leppard. They played twice in Scotland. Glasgow in the February and October in Edinburgh. I went to the Glasgow show and I was pregnant at the time with Louis (no wonder he loves rock music!) I missed the October show though as I'd just had Louis in the September.So I'm really,really looking forward to seeing Def Leppard again.
I might just do another wee dance as I'm so excited. Can you tell?.....lol

So in the words of the two fabby bands......."Let's Get Rocked In The Still Of The Night"

Cass xxx

Forgive Me.......

for I have sinned!

I've cut up my gorgeous Daisybuckets papers. Not just once......but 3 times! Oh what will I do.It's a terrible crime......lol

Anyway,I had these 3 cards to make for this week but couldn't post them earlier as they might have been seen.
The first was for a lovely lady on Docrafts called Hazel whose birthday it was.I used Daisybuckets Sweet Marabella Bianca papers.Partygirlabella Stamp coloured with Prismacolor pencils.Some flowers with sugar coated Papermania brads in the centre,Papermania gems and some ribbon.

The second card was for Louis nursery teacher whose birthday it was.Again I've used Daisybuckets Whimsical Ladies Royal Court papers and also Partygirlabella coloured with my Prismas. Stamped sentiment from Studio G. Some purple ribbon,Papermania gems and a Flora doodle flower with Papermania brad in the centre.

Finally the last card is for Father's Day. Again it's Daisybuckets Under The Boardwalk On The Clock papers. The teddy bear was made from Sculpey clay in a mould and decorated with chalks.The nose and eyes are coloured with a black Sakura glaze pen. He's mounted onto cream card cut with my Nestabilities and then onto my lovely new Core'dination cardstock also cut with my scallop nestabilities.This card has a contrasting coloured core and is great for distressing as the inner core colour shows through.I've used my Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes embossing folder on a strip of the Core'dinations card and rubbed it with sandpaper,I also used the same technique on the Dad letter which were cut from a Sizzix Alphabet. The brads in the corners were from a previous Costco scrapbook kit and the little gem hearts are Papermania. This is Louis card for his daddy.

Happy Father's Day to all fathers today whether here or who are in our thoughts.

Cass xxx

Update At Last

I can only apologise for being such a bad blogger over the last few weeks as I've been really busy. What with the scrapbooking classes and crops and also planning them,Louis having school visits as he starts primary in August and I've had loads of cards to make.So I've had no time for blogging or blog hopping.
Hopefully I'll get back on track and get round all the blogs. The scrapbooking classes went well as did the crops and the feedback has been very positive, so I'm a happy bunny.

Here's the LO I did for the first class that I said I'd post last week (oops!) As I mentioned in my last post it was a girlie page and I used the Delightful Range from My Little Yellow Bicycle. The butterflies are cut on the Cuttlebug from pink Bazzill and vellum.The vellum is then embossed and chalked with shimmer chalks and Sakura glitter pen.Prima flowers and some organza ribbon threaded through eyelets finishes it off.
This was a girls night out to the Curry Karaoke Club in Glasgow. Needless to say after a few drinks my SIL and me were up singing Bon Jovi's Living On A Prayer.....we've got the video and audio proof...lol. At least the rest of the crowd were up singing and dancing so we can't have been too bad (that's probably just my opinion!) and one guy was even playing air guitar.

Cass xxx

Today's The Day.....

I teach my first scrapbook class at Craftology and I'm soooooo nervous. I've got 2 classes a week of a specific page and then a crop the week in between. Apart from the 2 demo days a couple of weeks ago I've no experience of teaching. Fingers crossed it'll be ok. The page is girlie themed and using the Delightful Range from My Little Yellow Bicycle and gorgeous prima flowers. I'll post the LO on Wednesday after I've done the classes.
Meanwhile here's another using the Fancy Pants range I did for the demo days.
There's also a Fancy Pants pink border acetate overlay on it.Fancy Pants pin through the ribbon and I added some pink beads to it.Used my Crop-A-Dile Big bite to set the eyelets and threaded some pink organza ribbon through. The little heart is a Fancy Pants die cut and I've finished it off with some pink Prima flowers.
This is a picture of little me when I was a baby.

And Another..............Award

I've just received this award from the lovely Jools (simply jools).Thank you so much jools I really appreciate it. Jools makes gorgeous cards so pop over to her blog and have a look.
I'm passing this award on to Kath (all that glitter) who makes fabulous cards and Lorraine (crfty coo) who has just recently started her blog up again and both are fellow Scots.I'd also like to award it to Katy (katy's bloggeroo) who has another fab blog.

Cass xxx

Yee Haaaaaa....Howdy Pardner

This is my second card to be made using the fabulously talented Kerry's doodle stamps. I've used the cowgirl image and coloured her with my Prismacolor pencils. I also washed slightly around the image to give it a less harsh look than stark white.I've matted her onto caramel coloured cardstock and added 4 caramel coloured brads to the corners. At the bottom I've used a booty loop double brad in the earthy tones from Karen Foster Design and tied them with the brown scrappers floss in the pack. I've used caramel coloured plain card and matted the plaid PP which is from K&Co Kazoo Kids collection onto it.I decided to try and use my new Cutter Bee Bug gadgets to prick the paper. They have single,double and zig zag for different stitches. I tried freehand which didn't work too well,so my faux stitching is very rustic and distressed....pmsl .It adds to the shabby look (that's my excuse!)Anyway I used my brown Callipen to do the faux stitching,both zig zag and ummm single row straight???.....lmao. The other PP is the reverse of the K&Co and very western themed so was perfect for the image. Again I've used the Cutter Bee Bugs for the faux stitching. The sentiment is from Studio G and the western metal embellishment is a mini western charm from Karen Foster Designs fixed with a caramel brad.

Cass xxx

Another Award

Thanks to the lovely talented Tara (happily ever crafting) for the Kreativ Blogger award. Check out her blog as she makes gorgeous cards.

I'm not sure who has already got the award,but I'll pass it onto 4 very talented people anyway. Kerry, Debs,another Debs and Stu my pal who designs fab shapes for the Robo.He probably won't put it on his blog as he pretends he's shy...pmsl

Cass xxx

2 Cards....1 Given And 1 Received

The first card is a card I made for the fabulously talented Kerry (curlygirlyme) as a congratulation on getting her doodle images made into rubber stamps. If you've been asleep...lol and haven't by any chance seen these gorgeous stamps yet,then pop over to her blog and have a look at her brilliant work. The stamps can be bought from Debbi Moore's website, and are a must for any serious card maker and stash addict!....lol

I used my Winobella stamp from Stampingbella, and coloured her with my Prismacolor pencils.She's matted onto blue Bazzill bling cut with my nestabilities.White cardstock with blue Bazzill Bling and turquiose and Craft's House Retro Brown PP. Blue eyelets added with Crop-A-Dile Big Bite and brown organza ribbon threaded through (really love doing this at the moment!).Brown and turquoise flowers with button effect brad in the middle.Congratulations stamp is from Woodware.


The second card I received from the lovely Tina (Rainbird) on Docrafts. Tina doesn't have a blog but I had given her a friendship award anyway,so she sent me the card as a thank you. I was totally amazed when I received it as it's a work of art and so detailed.It was just right up my street. What a fantastic card Tina and I love it. Thank you so much.

Both ladies are a huge support both with my crafting and were fab when I had my operation back in January.They are great friends and wonderful ladies.

Talking of operations. I had a follow up at the hospital yesterday.After waiting for nearly an hour they decided to tell me and 3 others that we were booked for the wrong clinic. It was the head and neck clinic that was on and I know it was definitely my abdomen I had surgery on. They tried to get a registrar to come and see us but she was called to theatre,and as it was a Bank Holiday there was no chance of a replacement.Needless to say after all that we had to be rescheduled.So a week on Thursday is the new appointment. I just hope there's someone to see me then!


Cass xxx

A Rockin' Award

As the lovely Kerry (curlygirlyme) knows how much of a rock nut I am she's awarded me the You Rock My Socks award. Thanks so much Kerry, I really appreciate it and all the lovely comments you leave on my blog. You're a very special friend.

Now it's my turn to pass it onto 3 other bloggers. First is Donna (luvocardz),Caz (foxy's crafts) and lastly Lorraine (scrapmetal's retreat) all because they are fellow rockers and have fab blogs.

Cass xxx

Kerry's Geisha Doodle Card

Well I decided to try out Kerry's (curlygirlyme) doodle stamps and thought I'd start with the geisha. I've been so nervous about using Kerry's stamps as I know she reads my blog and I was worried I wouldn't be able to do them justice as her cards are so gorgeous.
Anyway I've taken the plunge and uploaded my take on her geisha doodle. I've coloured her with my Prismacolor pencils using PC925 Crimson Lake and PC988 Marine Green to contrast with the papers.Her hair is PC 935 Black. I coloured lightly around the image with PC1089 Pale Sage and edged it with PC988 Marine Green as in the main image. I've matted it onto red Bazzill card.The main card is DCWV Far East card matted onto red Bazzill.Papermania pale green pearl brads added to the centre of the flowers and two oriental coins mounted with 3d foam pads. The sentiment is from Studio G.

I hope you like it Kerry!

Cass xxx

Gardenia Greenthumb

I finally got round to making this card using the Gardenia Greenthumb Fairy from the Chichiboulie range at Stamping Bella.
The PP is DCWV Pocketful Of Posies matted onto green Papermania Cardstock.I've used my Crop-A-Dile Big Bite to set the green eyelets.Threaded through some orange grograin ribbon and tied a piece of spotty green grograin through the knot.Also stuck a Fancy Pants pin through the knot which has a little green flower at the end. Stamped the sentiment using a Studio G stamp.coloured Gardenia in with my Prismacolor pencils and decoupaged her wings with vellum with Sakura Stardust applied.Used my punch to punch the corners and matted it onto orange card.I then punched the green card using my DoCrafts multishaper punch,and matted the image onto it.I've used 3d foam pads to attach it.The flowers are Flora Doodles with buttons in the middle.

Cass xxx

Circle Of Friends

I've received this lovely award from the lovely Lorraine (Crafty Coo). I love the image and I think I must definitely be the one in the middle with the fattest bum!...hehe.
Lots of people I know have already received this award so I'm going to chose Rachel,Monica,Jools and Debs (coz it's her 40th birthday today!)
But I also want to nominate it to anyone who has passed by my blog and left a comment.I appreciate every one.

Cass xxx

Life Begins @

Pop over to Debs blog (Me-and-LilG) as it's her 40th Birthday on Thursday,and to celebrate she's giving away some yummy blog candy. Check out her gorgeous cards while you're there too.

Cass xxx

Mini Pocket Book

Well I finally decided to take my Bind-It-All out of it's box and use it. I was lucky enough to see Nicki from Trimcraft demo'ing the BIA and decided I must really use mine. Morag our scrapbook teacher is leaving to go back to the USA and so I decided rather than make a card,I'd make a mini book. I thought of having the pockets so I could make lots of little tags (cut on the Craft Robo) for all the girls to write something personal on. I used the lovely Dovecraft Papers which are in shades of black,white and fuchsia pink. The sentiment on the front was from a HOTP kit and the flowers are Dahlia Blend Flora Doodles from Joanna Sheen. I added loads of contrasting ribbons to the wires.
Inside I used Papermania fuschia pink cardstock and again it's all decorated with the Dovecraft papers and matching brads. I've also used more of the flowers inside.The inner front cover has a good luck verse which is matted onto fuchsia pink card cut with the new multishaper punches from Docrafts. I've put in lots of photos from our night out and added lots of little scrapbooking quotes from scrapbook.com.
I've only uploaded a few of the pages to give the general idea of what's in it.

Cass xxx

A Surprise In The Post

I got a lovely parcel handed to me from the postman today that I hadn't been expecting. It had some lovely 12x12 papers,ribbons,brads and a gorgeous Thank You card from the lovely Jools.
I had sent Jools and her now famous designer SIL Kerry some stamped images a few weeks ago to have a play with. I hadn't expected anything in return but have been surprised and delighted with such kind gifts. As you'll see from an earlier post I received a Rockchick doodle card from Kerry and today my lovely goodies from Jools.

Thank you so much Jools and enjoy making more fabby cards with the images.

Cass xxx

Just Good Friends

This is the first of my layouts I had to do for the Scrapbooking demo at Craftology last week. The papers are Fancy Pants and called Envision from the Daydreams collection. The acetate overlay is the glittered Pink Frame. I affixed it with glue dots and two Dovecraft spotty red brads. The title was cut on the Cricut Expression from red Bazzill card with the Plantin Schoolbook Font. The flower was also cut on the Cricut using the Play and Confetti paper and the flower border is Laugh which are all from the Celebrate range. I layered the flower with silicone glue in the centres and added the Dovecraft red spotty brad.I also curled the petals. The tag is cut on the Cricut with the Tags cartridge from Confetti and I've slid red grosgrain ribbon through and affixed two Dovecraft blue spotty brads at either end.
This was taken on my friend Vivienne's 40th Birthday.

I had a fabby two days demo'ing at Craftology with the lovely Nicki from Trimcraft doing the Bind-It-All,Carol (Craft Heaven)doing the Cuttlebug and Cricut and Carol (Craftology) doing the Cricut and Design Studio.

Elf's Little Treasure Chest

Emma from Elf Creations has some lovely blog candy up for grabs. Be sure to pop over and give her a visit. Well done Emma on your 5000 hits and very well deserved. Look forward to seeing many more.

Cass xxx

Stampin' Up Goodies Arrived

Wooohooooo.......my Stampin' Up goodies arrived today from the lovely Monica (Monica's Passions).Monica is a SU demonstrator but also has Stampers 10 clubs she runs too. As I don't know enough crafter's to host a party I joined Monica's April 10 club,so this is my first order.Check out Monica's blog if you'd be interested in getting SU products via her stampers 10 clubs.

Sorry I've not been blogging much this week but I was getting layouts done for the Craftology Papercraft Extravaganza as I was doing scrapbooking demos. I was using the lovely Fancy Pants papers and acetate overlays.Hopefully I'll get the pictures uploaded now,if I can get a half decent picture as the acetate doesn't photo very well!

And The Winner Is..................

MeandLilG!

Congratulations Debs on winning the blog candy. Again I'd like to thank everyone who left comments and linked to my blog. Also to everyone who leaves comments about my cards and scrapbook pages. I appreciate you taking the time to look.

Send me your address Debs and I'll get the candy popped into the post for you. Hope you enjoy it!

Cass xxx

Blog Candy Now Closed

Can I just say a big thank you to everyone who entered for the blog candy. It's now closed and I'm going to put all the names from everyone who posted and also via email into a bowl for Louis to pick a name out.I'll post the winner later.
Good Luck everyone!

Blog Candy

I can't quite believe I've had 5000 visitors to my blog in such a short time. I'm so overwhelmed,and have had such lovely comments left on my cards and scrapbook pages. As a little thank you to everyone who visits,I'm going to give away some lovely blog candy as a HUGE thank you. As I like to think I'm part cardmaker and part scrapbooker (some might disagree!) I've included stash that I think will appeal to both.
Here's a little rundown of what's included and some pictures.

12x12 Paperpack from The Little Yellow Bicycle range called The Delightful Collection which you can see here
3 12x12 of the decorative edged papers from the same range.
A selection of 8x8 papers from Papermania and Dovecraft.
1 Fancy Pants acetate overlay (Polka Dot Border)
1 pack of Fancy Pants Sweet and Pretty Pins
1 pack of Basic Grey Buttons
1 pack of Karen Foster Fancy Brads
1 pack of Dovecraft Glitter Brads (Retro Floral)
2 packs of Studio G Clear Stamps
3 Craftwork Card Embossed Scalloped Frames
A selection of blooms from my stash including some Flora Doodles
Some gorgeous ribbon
A selection of stamped images including Bellas,Flowers,Fairies and some others.



What I'd like you to do is leave a comment telling me what your favourite rock song is and link to my Blog Candy.
If you want you're also welcome to make a card or scrapbook page with a rock theme.
I'll get Louis to pick a name at random hopefully by next Sunday night (11th May)
Have fun!

I Couldn't Resist........

One of the new Chichiboulie stamps from Stamping Bella. She's so lovely and her name is Gardenia Greenthumbs. Every time I look on that site something falls in my cart!

Not got much to show at moment craft wise. I've been doing some layouts but can't show them online at the moment.

Hope everyone's having a lovely holiday weekend.

A Wonderful Surprise

Well yesterday I got a lovely surprise in the post. I received a beautiful hand doodled Rockchick of my own by the lovely Kerry (curlygirlyme). Kerry if you visit her blog, hand draws the most fabulous doodles as she calls them. They're little works of art. The cards she makes with them and other images are just amazing. A very talented lady.
I had sent Kerry and her sister in law Jools some stamped images to have a play with and Kerry sent me this thank you card with the little doodled Rockchick on it. I was so amazed and touched at the card.She also included a couple of extra doodles of her for me to colour. I'm so delighted with them and her gorgeous card. Please pop by her blog and see her amazing designs. I've shown the card at an angle and only a peek of the doodles to protect Kerry's copyright to the images.
Thank you so much Kerry,you're a wonderful friend.

A Couple Of Card Commissions

The lovely man I bought my Prismacolors from loved my little Eloise Greengrass card and asked me if I would make two for his little grand daughters as they love fairies. The only stipulation was would I put their names on them and do one blonde and one brunette to match their hair colours.
How could I refuse making cards with this lovely little fairy stamp.

Again it's the Eloise Greengrass stamp from Stamping Bella.
The first card is coloured with Prismas and mounted onto green Bazzill Bling. PP is Glitter Ribbons. Name cut with Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet from green bling and mounted onto green card with Swiss Dots embossing. Threaded yellow organza ribbon through two eyelets. Flora Doodle flowers with Papermania gem brad in centre.




The second is similar only in a different colour scheme. Again coloured with Prismas and mounted onto purple Bazzill bling.PP is DCWV Pocketful Of Posies. The name and ribbon are all done in the same way as first card.Again I used Flora Doodles but with a pearl brad from The Paper company in the middle.


If anyone is looking for Prismas at a great price.Please let me know and I'll recommend you to Tony.

Kath's Blog Candy

Kath (All That Glitter) has some Blog Candy on offer for having 5000 hits on her blog. It's not even just one prize,it's three lucky people. Why don't you pop over to her blog and have a peek at her fabulous cards and leave a comment. You never know you might just be a winner. I know I'll be entering.
Well done Kath on your 5000 hits.Well deserved.

Tagged Again x 3

I've been tagged again x 3 by three lovely ladies. Fae (Faery Scrap Tales),Lorraine (Scrap Metals Retreat) and Vicky (Vicky's Collection).
As I've already been tagged twice and answered everything that's of possible interest I'm going to pass this one on. I'm not even sure if there's anyone who hasn't had the tag so I'm tagging anyone who hasn't had the pleasure.

Just Like Mummy...........

This is a photo taken on my 40th birthday last year of Louis and me. I did this page and called it Curls because everyone always comments on Louis' gorgeous curls and then say,he must have gotten them from his mummy. I don't normally scrap pictures of myself as I'm not very photogenic but I thought this was an ok picture for having me in it.
I used Radiant Rain on plain white 12x12 cardstock to give the blue shimmering effect. I cut the swirls with a Sizzix die from blue Bazzill and added little Prima flowers with a blue brad in the centre all along the length of them. The title is cut on the Robo from blue Bazzill. The photo is matted onto blue Bazzill and I used my Crop-A-Dile to set the eyelets and thread through the blue organza ribbon. The journalling stamp I stamped onto vellum and written in black pen. Two large flowers with large blue brads in the centre. To finish it off I've used a sheet of 12x12 acetate and stamped swirls onto it. I've attached it to the layout with little blue brads.

Sorry about the naff photo. It's not showing the colours off very well,or the shimmer on the card.

And Now For.................

Eloise Greengrass.

Eloise is another fairy from the Chichiboulie range at Stamping Bella.
I've loved colouring this little fairy in.I've used my Prismacolors in two shades of pink. I then restamped her dress on vellum and coloured again with the pale pink colour.I cut it out and used Glamour dust round the edges. I used silicon glue to attach it above her dress. I really love the effect it gives.I used Glamour Dust round her wings too.
She's mounted onto pink Bazzill bling cut with my Nestabilities. The PP is Disney with some sparkle on the stars.Sentiment is Woodware and stamped onto card embossed with Swiss dots folder.The flower and ribbon is from HOTP and the metal flower embellishment is from The Paper Company. I finally added the little corners which were from Tesco.
I am really pleased with how she turned out,not sure about the rest of the card though. (I don't want to give her away now!)...lol.

Let Me Introduce You To..........

Matilda Muffinbread.

She's one of a few new stamps I received last week from the Chichiboulie range at Stamping Bella.
I got her along with Eloise Greengrass and coloured her in with my Prismacolours. I didn't get a chance to make a card up as I was unwell. I've finally managed to finish the card. I've cut her out with my Nestabilities and mounted her onto the card with 3d foam pads.I've used the Floral Fantasy Cuttlebug embossing folder. The red flower eyelets are from Papermania. White grosgrain ribbon,white bloom with black Papermania gem centre. Woodware sentiment. Stickles applied to highlight some parts.

Also managed to do another Stamping Bella image. This is Flowahbella from the "Bella" range. I also coloured her with Prismacolors and Stickles to the flowers. She's matted onto octagon scallops cut from my pal Stu's Robo files. The background is just brown card and I scored the gridlines from my Scor-Pal which I thought looked quite effective. Papermania Blooms and jewel brads. Woodware sentiment stamped with Colorbox chalk inkpads (tangerine).

First Of All......

I was tagged again by the lovely Debs (Me-and-Lil G) and have 8 questions to answer.

1. If a movie was being made of your life who would you like to be cast to play yourself? and why?
2. You are spending a whole month on a desert island for charity and you have to choose your favourite celebrity to spend the first two weeks with & your least favourite celebrity to spend the second two weeks with, who would they be & why?
3. What are your three favourite crafting products?
4. If you could invent something to do anything what do you think it would be?
5. What are the last three books that you read?
6. Qvc or create & Craft?
7. Docrafts or Dovecraft or DCWV?
8. What is your claim to fame?

Hmmmm....this needed some thought:

1. If a movie was being made of your life who would you like to be cast to play yourself? and why?
Probably Cher,although better known for her music. She has that Rockchick kinda look and has played some brilliant parts in movies. She was fabulous in Silkwood and Mask.

2. You are spending a whole month on a desert island for charity and you have to choose your favourite celebrity to spend the first two weeks with & your least favourite celebrity to spend the second two weeks with, who would they be & why? The first two weeks with either David Coverdale or Joe Elliott, (or both for a week each! or both for the two weeks!) I'm not fussy...lol . And if you really need to ask who or why,check out the links on my blog to Whitesnake and Def Leppard or just google their names.
The second week would be Alan Carr as I just cannot stand the guy. One of many at the moment but he was first to pop into my mind.He is anything but funny and his voice grates on me. I'd tell him exactly what I thought of him or feed him to the sharks.

3. What are your three favourite crafting products? Craft Robo,Cuttlebug, and blooms of any kind.

4. If you could invent something to do anything what do you think it would be? A bottomless bank account.

5. What are the last three books that you read? Judy Astley - Size Matters, Cathy Kelly - Best Of Friends, Helen Bradley - Layouts For Scrapbooking

6. Qvc or create & Craft? QVC

7. Docrafts or Dovecraft or DCWV? I like products from each of the ranges. So all three

8. What is your claim to fame? Same answer as I gave in a previous tagging. My picture and story were used by Glasgow City Council Department Of Culture And Leisure in an advertising campaign they did. My face was on posters all over Glasgow and on Ad trailers. Louis found it highly amusing seeing mummy's face everywhere.

I've now to pass the tag along. I'm going to choose Vicky, Kerry, Donna,Sharon and last but certainly not least,my now fellow Scot, Emma

For those that have never been tagged it's easy, you just copy & paste the questions twice onto your page, you answer the second set of questions.You then need to make a list on the posting of the five people who you are going to tag. Lastly go onto their blogs and leave a comment to let them know to look at your blog as they have been tagged.

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Secondly I've been given this lovely award by the equally lovely Kerry (curlygirlyme) and it has really cheered me up when I've been feeling so sick. I'm so moved by her lovely words.

I'm also passing it back to Kerry for many of the same reasons she sent it to me. Kerry has given me loads of encouragement with both my cards and scrapbook pages. Even after my operation she was there when I had lost my scrapbooking mojo and always had kind words of encouragement that I'd soon get it back. Also Kerry was one of a few people who knew that I was going into hospital and kept in touch throughout offering her best wishes,get well wishes and support with her lovely emails.Her work is stunning and certainly an inspiration to me.So I hope you're "having a nice day" Kerry...heehee

I'd also like to pass it onto another lovely lady from DoCrafts who I don't think has a blog unfortunately,but who should have. The lovely Tina (RAINBIRD) on DoCrafts who also has a fabulous talent for drawing,making cards and scrapbook pages. Tina also kept in touch with me throughout my being in hospital and afterwards. It really meant a lot to me.

Lastly I'd like to pass it to Emma (elf-creations) who has just moved to Scotland from Gibraltar.We've only really known each other since starting our blogs although I'd read her posts on DoCrafts, but we'd both love to meet up in the future and spend some crafting time together.

The Dreaded Lurgy.....

Or the vomiting bug to be more precise.Both Louis and me have been struck down with it in the last week,hence the lack of posts. Louis is fine now and I'm just starting to feel better. I hate being sick at the best of times but was terrified all the muscles in my tummy that I had the op on were going to burst open. I must have looked a great sight trying to hold them while I said hello into the po. I can laugh now but it was so sore. My tummy muscles felt like they were on fire.
Anyway...enough about that. I've got lots of posts to catch up with,which I will do later today,as I've got a 4 year old anxious to get out and about for now and enjoy the last few days of the holidays.
So I will be back later to catch up and add some cards.....or card....lol

My First 8x8 Card

I thought I'd have a go at making an 8x8 card.I saw the instructions on someone's blog but can't remember where now.If anyone knows please let me know and I'll link to it.
I used pink cardstock to make the basic card.The PP is Papermania double sided card. the butterfly image is a Penny Black one which I mounted onto pink card and scalloped plum coloured Bazzill.The pink and plum border I got bought in Hobbycraft. Flower is a Flora Doodle from Joanna Sheen, with a Papermania pearl brad in the middle and some white pearls behind it. The sentiment was written on my Robo and mounted onto pink card and plum Bazzil. I just need to add some glittery bits and it'll be finished. It's for my MIL's birthday. I just have the small problem of not having an envelope big enough for it! I've bought some A3 paper so will have a go at making one.

Another Arte Y Pico Award

Thanks to Caz and Karen both for the "Arte Y Pico" award again. I really appreciate the award and as I've had it once already I'm going to nominate just a couple as most of the blogs I read have already received it. I'm also awarding it to anyone who hasn't had it,as I think all bloggers are worthy of it.
I award Vikki (Vixx-a-Craftin') and Donna (luvocardz) as they are both new bloggers and anyone else who wants to accept it.
Thank you once again ladies for this award.

Papercraft Extravaganza

Craftology are having a Papercraft Extravaganza on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th May. Please come along and see all that's going on and enjoy the weekend.It's always extremely busy,so don't miss out. I'll be there!

Hurray....it's here

My Scor-Pal is finally here. I'm fuming though as I had to pay £11.52 customs charges and it was only 40p over the £18 limit, and £8 of that was for the Royal Mail handling fee. I've got to laugh as it was in customs on the 29th of March and that's it just arrived.So much for Royal Mail. It got to the UK faster from the USA than it did from England to Scotland. The girl at the sorting office said customs are clamping down more on charges.They only used to check a small percentage of parcels but are doing much more now,as she's seeing more charges being incurred.
Anyway,that's my moan over......lol. Just got to have a play with it and cheer myself up.

A Gift From A Friend

A very good friend of mine called Stu is a whizz with Autocad and rustled me up some lovely scalloped shapes for my Craft Robo. I'm useless at designing files for the Robo. I've only managed ever to do a couple. These can be scaled to whatever size to suit. Stu has also kindly allowed me to upload them to my blog so I can share them with other Craft Robo users who would like them.So I've made them available to download. Isn't he a star!

You can see a picture of the files and download them here.

Some New Stash Arrived & A Get Well Card

Well I finally got my lovely Flora doodles from Joanna Sheen after taking Royal Mail from Tuesday to deliver them. They were worth the wait though as they are so scrummy and you can never have too many blooms.
I also got a notification that my Scor-Pal was at the depot awaiting collection and had a customs charge to pay. This was delivered at 12.20pm and the depot shut at 12.30pm. Typical! So now I need to wait till Monday to have a play.
Hopefully my Bellas should be here from Canada next week as they've been dispatched too. Don't you just love new stash?

This is a card I made for a lovely lady called Hazel from the DoCrafts forum who went through a big operation on Monday.I hope she likes it. It's the Penny Black elephant again.Coloured with pastel pencils.The backing paper was another freebie.Scallops cut on my Robo. Swiss Dots embossed panel with Hero Arts sentiment stamped onto it.Added some ribbon and a few blooms.

I've Been Tagged

I've been tagged by the lovely Emma (Elf-Creations) so I have to give you seven random facts about myself. (Not that you really want to know!)

1. I'm a naturally curly brunette,but when I was a teenager in the 80's my hair wasn't that long and for years got it permed until I let it grow and realised it was naturally curly.All that money wasted going to hairdressers.

2. I have a tattoo of a red rose with a swirl around it, just above my right ankle.

3. My picture was used for an advertising campaign in Glasgow last year. It was really weird seeing my picture on posters and ad trailers over the city. My only claim to fame!

4. I entered a competition way back in the 70's in a Scottish newspaper and won loads of Bay City Roller goodies. Yes I preferred them to The Osmonds! Tartan jumpers and flares.

5. My wee boy has two middle names. One is Elliott after Joe Elliott the lead singer with Def Leppard. Now you know how much I love rock music. Either that or it was my hormones at the time! He also shares the same birthday as David Coverdale from Whitesnake. I had no control over that though, it was just coincidental!...lol

6. I love old B&W movies and all the old classics.

7. I was a huge Nancy Drew fan when I was younger and still have over 100 of her books and also her DVD's with the Hardy Boys.

Now the boring bit is over I've to pass the tag on.

So I'm going to tag Pickle , Sharon , Debs and Manda
Over to you girls! Have fun!

Another Award

The lovely Sharon (Shari-Anne Happy Crafter) has nominated me for the You Make My Day Award.I'm so honoured to receive this award from another fellow crafter.So a huge Thank You to Sharon.

I now have to nominate another 3 people to receive the award. This is the difficult part as loads of people have already received it and loads are so deserving of it. I've decided to go with a few blogs that I've visited recently that have really shone with their crafting skills and it's not just related to cardmaking or scrapbooking particularly.
First up is Shirley (Create Away). I really love her blog with her fab photography and her lovely little quotes every day. It's a joy to read. Second would be Enfys (Colours Of Enfys) for her lovely silk and beadwork. Thirdly would be Sue (I'm Sue,Playing With Paper) as it's so refreshing to see lots of lovely techniques been used on cardmaking that seem to be missing from a lot of cards these days.

Cupacakeabella

Another of my Stamping Bella rubber stamps. This time it's cupacakeabella. I coloured her with pastel pencils and mounted her onto a pink scallop cut on the Robo. I used coffee and cream coloured PP from a CD I have. I printed the sentiment on the PC using CK Curly font and matted it onto pink and brown card. Added a bit of brown and pink spotty ribbon. I used Stickles just to highlight the cherry and the spots on her dress.

The next one is just another similar to a previous card I've uploaded.It's basically playing with different shaped scallops and matting them on top of each other. This is Papermania daisies with green pearl brads in the centre.I've doodled the stems! the rectangular matt I've run through the Cuttlebug using the D'vine Swirls embossing folder. Brenda Pinnick PP with a layer of pink card embossed with the Swiss Dots folder and some pretty green lace ribbon attached. Sentiment again printed on PC and matted onto pink and green card.