He's Here!!

Baby George has entered the building!! Kayleigh had a really awful time of it bless her, but we battled through 2 nights and a day with tears, laughter, the very occasional 'woman on a mission' type mouth' lol and in the few moments of pain free time, even had time for a word search or two!!
'Little' George eventually decided to make an appearence Thursday morning weighing in at .......10lb and 11ozs!!!!!!!!!!!
I brought home a very 'battered' Kayleigh and the most adorable little Grandson Friday afternoon. I have had a wonderful time tonight having cuddles and snuggles while 'Mummy' catches up with some much needed sleep and recovery time. Wish me luck as we head off up the stairs...and I'll let you know tomorrow if it was a wise move to park him in my room rather than the next one along the landing!!! lol

Fab'n'Funky - Wedding

This is going to be a super duper quick post, or I won't get it on at all!! :)
This weeks challenge at Fab'n'Funky is weddings...


Image - Digital Pencil too

And Another...

...sunny day!! Yay!! I'm sure it's far warmer outside than in...but that breeze is just a bit too chilly to move paper and pencils out there just yet! So...indoors it is...and I've had another play with the Rubber Stamp Tapestry sets.This card has been stamped with the Penelope's Fancy set, and I've used Stampin' Up! Close to Cocoa, Old Olive and Rose Red inks. The background has been simply shaded using SU! chalks.

For a Stockist of Rubber Stamp Tapestry go to La Pashe

La Pashe - Tapestry

I had great fun today playing with some of the Rubber Stamp Tapestry sets from La Pashe and all my messy inks! I haven't done that for quite a while! The fab thing about tapestry stamps is that you can never go wrong...and every design you do is unique!
Now I need to go and soak my hands in Blending Solution!! Don't you just love getting messy sometimes!! :)
This is the first one I made... and I'm going to enter it into this weeks challenge for
Allsorts - Just for Men
Alphabet Challenge - Stamping


For a Stockist of Rubber Stamp Tapestry go to La Pashe
I used

Rubber Stamp Tapestry - Deer Forest
Glossy card stock,
Adirondack Alcohol inks
Brilliance ink pads on the stamps
Stampin' Up! - Ballet Blue cs
Stampin' Up! - Large and small Tag punches
Stampin' Up! - Large Eyelets
Stampin' Up! - Linen Thread

Forever Friends...

Yay...it's the weekend!! :0)
Today's card is one that my sister asked me to make for a friend of hers...and it fits in nicely with the challenge from...
Stampin' for the weekend - Their theme is Monocromatic ...
Creative Card Crew - Celebration
Stamp Something - Girly
and
One Stop Craft Challenge - Optimistically Pink! Just adding a quick picture of the two 'little people' who dressed up today for book week. If you didn't work it out...Katieann is Alice...and Daisy is Figaro ...bless x
(having only been told about it 2 days ago...Alice's blue dress was in the wash so she had to wear her purple one!! )
Hope you all have a fab weekend...and no...no sign yet!! ;)

Mo's Challenge #21

Hello and welcome to challenge # 21 at Mo's Digital Pencil!
Here we are in March and I'm so hoping that spring is on it's way! This is the 4th sunny day in a row here...but it's still very chilly!!
Cathy is our new hostess at Mo's for the month of March, and she has some fab challenges for you all!
This week is a colour combo, and she has asked us to use Blue, Brown and one neutral (white or cream) ...and of course a Mo image to be in with a chance of winning!
The DT have some wonderful creations to inspire you...and all the details are on the challenge blog too. Have fun! :)
Papers - Stampin' Up!
Oval Punches - Stampin' Up!

Fab'n'Funky - Shaped

Morning :)
It's Fab'n'Funky challenge time again...and this week we want to see 'Shaped' cards!
Circles, ovals, houses, word books...whatever you like but no squares or rectangles...
I've used a scalloped Carousel Note from Stampin' Up! and the digi image is from Soft Pencil ...who are sponsoring us again this week...in fact they have agreed to sponsor us every month!! Yay! Thanks SP :)

Stamp and Punch combo offer!

Just popped by to let you know of the new Stampin' Up! promo we have for March!
"during the month of March, get 20 percent off select punches when you purchase the coordinating stamp set. Plus, get a sneak peek at the brand-new Full Heart
punch--not available again until the release of the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue!"
I have used the new Whisper White Ink pad and French Filigree background stamp on Basic Black cardstock for this card and I have to say...I'm LOVING the WW ink pad!! At last we have a decent white ink pad in the crafting world!! :)
It's just a plain rectangular shape card, but I've added a brad to the inside back to make it 3D...it's just a bit difficult to see that being black.The 'for you' sentiment that I used on this card isn't in the 'oval all' set but the Oval punches are very versatile. Click the picture for details...and just give me a shout if I can help x

I'm soooo Happy!!

...And SOOOOO 'Flippin' excited to have been asked...by the fantabulous Jak Heath....to be in the La Pashe Design Team!!!!! Wooohooo!! I'm so happy, pleased, proud...and honoured to be part of such a fabulous team.

Thanks Jak xx

Mo's Challenge #20

I can't believe we're on Challenge #20 at Mo's already! gulp! This is the last one for February and is hosted by Dawn. This week she has given us a fab sketch!
I have used a really cute image called 'Moving' ...don't you just love him? :)

I'm entering this into these challenges this week too...
Fun with Shapes - Spotted
Stamp Something - A Touch of Spring


Sentiment - Stampin' Up!

Black'n'White...

Good morning!
Well, it's Wednesday again...and it's raining...again!!! What a miserable day out there! Mind you, as I know lots of my lovely crafting buddies have snow...again...I'll leave my complaining there! Me thinks I'd rather have the wet stuff than the white stuff!! ^.^
Wednesday is of course Fab'n'Funky challenge day though, and this week we have one of my fav colour combo's (ermm...that'll be me who chose it then!! lol ) and it's 'Black'n'White' ...but ...you may use colour for your image IF you chose to use one :) I'm good like that!! ^.^
Oh and...nearly forgot to say that ... the fantastic Mr Dustin Pike is sponsoring us this week...and you have the chance of winning a digi image! Yay :)
Have fun, and have a great day...what ever you're doing xx

I have made my DT card using...
Stampin' Up! - Whisper White and Basic Black card stock
Stampin' Up! - En Francais - Background stamp
Penny Black - Butterfly
Stampin' Up! - Whisper White ink pad (it's fab btw!)
Stampin' Up! - Clear embossing powder
Bead Pin - Made by Me!
Ribbon and pearl beads - from stash
Border Punch

The Winner......

...of the gorgeous 'Sorry Shanna' digi download from Mo is.............. Helen ...........
Helen has won this from the blog hop that we ran this week...so well done Helen...please email me so that I can pass on your details to Mo x
Thank you so much to everyone who joined us on such a special hop...and for taking the trouble to leave so many lovely comments. Here's to the next 6 months of life with Mo and her fantastic images xx

Mo's Challenge #19

Morning all!
What a fantastic response we've had to Mo's celebration Blog Hop so far this week! If you haven't 'hopped' yet...then it's not too late! You have until tomorrow to get round...collect the clues...and email Mo with the phrase, to be in with a chance of winning some fantastic 'Mo' prizes! Scroll down a couple of posts to find the details and where to start :)

Well, back to today and another fab Mo's challenge! Dawn, has another great challenge for us this week, and it's... CAS! CAS stands for Clean And Simple -''White or Vanilla card stock, your image and 1 ribbon..NO layers''
I started my card with the image and wondered what I could have him looking up at. With thoughts of Shaz and Dan in mind this week, the ideal thing to look for is 'hope'.
Hugs to you Shaz xx

I am entering this card into:
Cupcake Craft - Keep it Simple
The Pink Elephant - Ribbon

Fab'n'Funky are 'Childish'!

Hi all...
I'm jolly late today with my DT card for Fab'n'Funky ...naughty corner for me I think!!! But boy...how fab was it to see the sunshine today, and even nicer to be able to take a photo with the sun shining through the windows!! Perhaps it was my bright 'spring' coloured card of yesterday that helped!! ^.^
Well...the theme for this weeks challenge at Fab'n'Funky is... Childish ! Some of the team have used the theme to celebrate the births of their Grandchildren...with Congrats going to Ginny, Andrea and Gilly (and their families of course ^.^) Bit early for us here yet...Kayleigh has just over two weeks to go!! Hmmm...said out loud two weeks is like....SOON!!! ^.^I have used another fantabulous image from the wonderful Mo and her Digital Pencil...'Bye Bye'! I have to add that I'm absolutely loving my Prismacolor pencils!!
I'm going to enter this into...
Dare U2 Digi Stamp - A digi Image and Punches. I've used my SU! Ovals.
Stamp Something - Something Cute
Allsorts - 3-2-1 I've used - 3 ladybirds - 2 oval punches - 1 Mo digi image
Our Creative Corner - Something Old! - I used my Ladybirds that have been about for years!!
Digital Tuesday - Girly

Mo is Hopping!!!!

Yippeeee!!! Today's the day......no......we're not having a teddy bears picnic...we're having a Mo's Double Team Hop!!! Wooohooo!!!
A few days ago, Mo's PCP group had clocked up an amazing 1000 followers!!! As I type it's at 1053, so we'd better hurry up and get started on this celebration of 1000 before we are at 1100, and have to party again!!! ^.^
We are celebrating 6 whole months of life with Mo's images too, and what a 6 months it's been!
I feel so very proud and privileged to be part of Mo's team, she's a wonderful person, who not only graces us with her stunning images, but her time too. Thanks Mo for all you do...mwahh xx

My card and notebook have been made using Mo's image called 'Sorry Shanna'...a little lady close to my heart! Apparently, like Shanna, I used to pick all the flowers in my parents' garden when I was 2!! ...as I say...apparently!!! ^.^Now, for this very special hop, Mo is being her usual generous and lovely self, and has some absolutely fantastic prizes up for grabs...including:

Mo's Digital stamps

Stampavie Mo's stamps

coffee cups, totes and teeshirts from Mo's Zazzle shop

and the grand prize of an original handmade art doll by Mo!

AND...if that wasn't enough...... each member of the team also has the download image that they've used on their project as a freebie for ONE lucky person too!! BUT...aha...a BUT you say... you do need to do a little bit of work along the way!!! On each team member's hop post you will find a letter! All you have to do is visit ALL of the team blogs and collect all of the letters...(not forgetting to leave a comment to be in with a chance of winning the image of that blog!) At the end you will need to go to PCP (Paper Craft Planet) to enter into the contest....SOOOOOOOO......lets get going!^.^

If you have arrived here from Lisa's yummy blog, then you're on the right track...and if you came in on a wander ( hello!! and welcome! ^.^ ) ...but would like to start at the beginning, you need to go back to Jak's wonderful blog...

From my blog you need to move onto the very talented Suzanne...taking with you of course... my letter ..... S .... .... Thank you very much for 'hopping' by...and GOOD LUCK!!! :0)