Merry Christmas!!!

No, I've not lost the plot just yet!!! This is one of the few cards I did manage to make...it was for a friend, who is a star and sorts my car for me...even if it is 2 days before Christmas! :)

I have used the rather apt image from Karen's Doodles ... Mr Fix It Car ... I merged it with a little snowman to make it look a bit more festive (but I can't remember where he came from ... so apologies x ) ...as it was made at high speed, you may notice the mistake in the photograph...luckily it was put to rights before it was given away...phew!!

The theme at ABC Christmas Challenge this week is A is for Anything Christmas ...

Mo's Challenge # 64

Morning all...

Well, that's the holidays over...the girls go back to school today, and the clock watching starts again :( Normality can resume...whatever that is!! lol
This week for Mo's challenge we're 'Looking Back'! Elaine, is our host for the month of January, and she chose the theme with thought of retro with the style of 30s, 40's, 50s or 60s.

I'm not sure that mine is sooo retro...but I chose the image Annie as it has an oldie look about it. The papers used are from the fabulous Jak Heath ... HERE & HERE ...

Well...I'd better dash off and get these girls ready for school. Hope you all have a great day...and if you get a chance...come and join us x

Help Our Artists...

Our dear friend Mo has been having a real hard time with a certain somebody, who believes she has the right to 'steal' Mo's (and other companies) images, and put them out on her own site! Even people who sell artists digi and stamped images on Ebay don't/don't want to realise the damage they are doing to these artists....and us!!! They need our help, before our artists stop sharing their wonderful illustrations with us.

Click HERE to see how you can help x

Happy Birthday Aubrey...shhhhhh

Don't shout 'Happy Birthday' too loudly...I think Aubrey has overdone his birthday celebrations! Aubrey's Cake is a Just Inklined image, and he and many of his family can be found HERE

I have deserted my Design Teams of late, so I'm now on a mission!! Two cards made this morning...and more planned for this afternoon...but I'll not be able to show you those yet!! I'm off to take dinner to Mum, and feed two 'forever hungry' children first though.

Thank you all for your messages of support...It's good to be back at my craft desk!! :)

Happy New Year and Happy Birthday

It's late I know...but HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. I wish each and every one of you the happiest and craftiest of times in 2011 x

I can't believe that it's all gone so quickly! Usually our celebrations go on until today, as today is/would have been Dad's birthday.

It's been a really tough and emotional journey since the beginning of November, and a lot of it is just a blur...and somewhere in the middle Christmas happened too!! *.*

I must apologise to all my friends who never got Christmas cards this year...I just couldn't bring myself to send bought ones to you, and time ran away so I never got them made. I also apologise to all the girls in the Design Teams that I'm in...and to Mo, Zoe and Jak (x 2) Thank you so much for putting up with me and my scatterbrain ... I promise to get back into the swing of it all...NOW!! xx

I have to say that over the weekend I've even felt like packing every single scrap of craft stuff into boxes and calling it quits!! Eeeek! But I was talked out of it...and the fact that I just don't have THAT many boxes helped too! :)

As we have yet to find the right 'place' for Dad, we didn't have a base to go with flowers etc, so when I suggested to the girls that we send Grandad a balloon, they were happy with that.

Daisy especially, is struggling with the whole thing at the moment, so as we released his balloon and watched it until it was right up into the clouds, she was comforted with the thought that Grandad was able to catch it and read their message. With the added thought that a friend of mine lost his Mum last week with no warning, tissues were certainly needed.

I think it's been one of the toughest times ever for me recently...and for those of you who know me well...I've had a fair few 'tough times' over the years!

As we move on into 2011, I'll never forget the best man ever to have been in my life. Happy Birthday Dad...miss you x

♥~♥ Merry Christmas ♥~♥

Time went so fast yesterday that I didn't manage to get on here to post, so I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day and are enjoying Boxing Day x

We had a lovely family day here, with my mum, sister and her hubby too. Dad was very much missed in person, gee it was so strange without him, but he was never forgotten and with us in spirit. Emily and Katieann were away at their dad's too, so we'll just have to do Christmas all over again when they get back on Tuesday!! :)

Well, Kayleigh and Daisy are playing tennis on the Wii...George has finally given in and gone off for a well earned nap...and Mum is knitting...so I thought I'd nip on here quick :)

This is a card I made with the gorgeous December digi image from Elisabeth Bell...

Make It Crafty - Blog Hop!

Well here we are!! The countdown is complete and the big day is finally here! Nooooooo...not THAT big day....THIS one!!! The Make It Crafty Blog Hop day!! :0)

It's been a manic week here so huge apologies while I type and post at the same time x

Hopefully you arrived here from Irina ...but if not then you can start the hop at the Make It Crafty blog. If you're on track then the next person to visit is the fantabulous Mag's ...

Our hop today is to bring you the BRAND NEW images from MIC , designed for Spring & Love x

As you 'hop around the World' (our design team has members all over the globe) the girls have the most fantastic and inspiring projects to show you.

I have used the image named 'Stairway to Heaven' and merged it with Sapphire sitting ...then whilst shuffling stuff around my desk I found Mo Manning's gorgeous little Jack from the 'They Grow So Fast' image, who just fitted the scene perfectly x

There are many wonderful goodies that you can win so be sure to read all the details ... it could be YOU!!!! :0)

Along the way you will find some puzzle pieces...but not on everyone's blogs, so keep your eyes peeled!
Here is puzzle piece No 2!

Mo's Challenge # 62

STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *.*

I'm sooooooooo NOT ready for Christmas yet!!! 365 days notice just isn't long enough!!!!!

I have taken advantage of Mo's challenge this week to get another much needed Christmas card made! The theme set by our dear friend Lisa ... is Fantasyland! Invite all those princesses, fairies and elves to play! I've used the gorgeous Bella Loves Christmas on my card and coloured her with Prisma pencils.

Wonderous Stories - Yes

I missed last weeks 'Music saves my Soul' with Marcea...and almost missed today's too!! But I'm still up, so I'll class it as Saturday! lol

I'm going for an absolute classic this week...enjoy!

Mo's Challenge # 61

I can't believe it's Thursday again!! Own up...who pinched the other days of the week????? *.* Mind you, I'd me more 'miffed' if someone stole Thursday, as we'd have no Mo challenge...and that won't do! :)

This week, my fabulous teamie Lisa, has chosen Winter Wonderland as our theme. I was going to do something completely different and then... on Tuesday our choir from school went to our local 'old folks home' to sing them some Christmas Carols. As Katieann is in the choir I offered to drive some of the children there, and stayed to listen. I hadn't even given it a thought, but of course seeing all the elderly people with smiles on their faces, and some singing along, just reminded me of how much Dad loved seeing my girls :( But I managed...and the children sang beautifully! They were rewarded with a drink and a scrummy piece of chocolate cake...made by one of their 'award winning' chefs! But that wasn't all...they were then ALL handed a huge tube of Smarties or a big chocolate Santa...including Daisy!! Speaking to our Headteacher afterwards, I offered to make a Thank You card for them...we were supposed to be going to give them a treat after all!! lol

This is the result...a Christmas themed 'Thank You'...with of course the perfect Mo image...Choir!

Have a lovely week...and be careful out there xx

I have entered this into

Papertake Weekly - Red and Green must not be seen

Creative Card Crew - Anything goes

Spoon Full of Sugar - Christmas Cards

Creative Inspirations - White Papers

Simon Says - No red or green

Just Inklined December Hop!

Morning! And a very chilly one it is too...So the best way to warm yourself up is to go for a hop! :0)

The Just Inklined team's hop for this month has the theme of 'Stitching' ... this can be real or faux.

I have used the gorgeous 'Christmas Wreath - Pinecones' image.

If you arrived at my blog via our fabulous Guest Designer 'Jeni' ...then you've probably just about finished your hopping ... and your cup of tea! If not....then head on back to who is at the starting post! Oh...and don't forget your tea! :0)

Mo's Challenge # 60

Good morning all... or shall I just leave it as 'morning all'??? Lol ...Not so much of the 'good' if you're all snowed in, huh?!! Here in the South East, we've had such a lucky escape as we'd only had a couple of cm's of snow...and most of that had disappeared with the sunshine....

That is until....NOW!!! As I type this at 1.45am it's snowing madly out there, and with a couple of inches down, there looks like another couple of feet up in the sky!!! Eeeek!

Sadly, I missed all of the challenges I set at Mo's over the last month...but I'm back to join this weeks, set by Lisa x

Lisa chose Glitz/ glimmer as a theme for this week...and I have used the BRAND NEW freebie image ' Hanging the Star' (available if you are a fan on Mo's Facebook page for a very short time!) ...but the glitzy bit hasn't shown up very well. I'll try taking another photo tomorrow/later today!!! When the light might be better! haha ^.^

Have a good day all...and stay safe xxx

I'm entering this into By The Cute and Girly challenge this week - Children

Dad x

02/01/1924 ~ 03/11/2010

As so many of you have sent thoughts, prayers and best wishes to Dad...and the family, especially over the last few months... I just needed to let you know that sadly he lost his battle with cancer yesterday.

Missing him already xx

A Late Treat!

Time seems to be running away with me at the moment, but I've finally managed to get my Halloween swaps out for the Craft Swap forum. We have an annual swap where we send and receive cards to/from each other...but we never know who they are coming from until they arrive...a bit like secret santa!

Anyway...I've used an image from a brand new digi company...Stamp Fairy...run by the lovely Gerda, who draws the most gorgeous little cuties.

This is from the Chubby Halloween collection...and I've made a penny spinner card with him.

School run calls, so I must dash! Have a lovely day all x

Just Inklined November Blog Hop!

I can't believe we're in November already!! The months keep going faster and faster...it really doesn't seem that long ago that all the snow was here!!

This month's Just Inklined hop is hosted by...........ME!!! Yay!! And my theme choice is to use at least 2 punches on our cards.

My chosen image is the most gorgeous 'Corner Poppy' image...and instead of using it in a corner, I've used one the right way and flipped one so they're back to back. This is such a fabulous image...and perfect for this time of year.

I am at the beginning of the hop, so you haven't missed a thing! Next, hop along to the fabulously talented Debbie who I just know, will have something fantastic to show you.

Thanks for stopping by...and enjoy the journey x