Its been a while - circles revisited

Its been a while but I have finally made a few more circles. These ones should fit within the 2" circle punch. I have uploaded to a file share site and you should be able to get them here.

http://www.4shared.com/file/18813760/3e2c79bc/two_inches.html

older files
http://www.4shared.com/file/18817607/78b2b6f9/allcreatures.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/18818019/daffc65b/circles_part_one.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/18818134/97bab253/friendshipcircles.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/18818057/592b2e58/happybirthdaycircle.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/18818091/1cfdc461/mixedcircles2.html

These are free to download and share as you wish, if however you are happy with them and the other circles you have downloaded before I am starting a little "expression" fund and a small donation of $1 would be greatfully received! This is just optional, and I wont know who has downloaded and not donated so pleased dont be put off!! :) if ya just want a freebie thats fine! Email address to the right :)

Hugs

Whoo Hoo! almost there BLOG CANDY TIME

I cant believe its almost 10000 hits. For some thats not a lot. For me thats a WHOPPING amount! Its been a relatively short time as well. So in preparation for hitting this I would like to offer some blog candy. On its run up to reaching the goal I will be announcing some candy during the week.

• First off I have a Bella here spare.... unnamed one for now... I will reveal more soon.
• Peel off eyelets in different colours
• Fastenator Staples

It will be open to all, whatever country you come from.

I will choose little bits of candy to add each week until I hit the 10000 mark and will reveil how you can win it when we are a little nearer.

Caiden on the move

Aren't babies so cute when they start walking.

Click here http://good-times.webshots.com/video/3070882070034097256CodkCW for a link to my baby boy Caiden walking. He feels so proud of himself he laughs whilst walking.

Please excuse lack of cards right now. I have been prepping for class and I cant share until the class has taken place.

Will post the pictures as soon as I can :)

What do ya think of my new colours?

I was bored with my pink and spotty and wanted something sunny and fun, its not too different but for the colours and small pictures. I need to change the other smaller titles amongst my blog but for now they will just have to clash a bit!!

If anyone has a blog and wanted a pritty basic header like mine made for them I am open for requests if you send me a crafty donation of pritties like ribbons or flowers :) and tell me the colours you like, the title and anything else you think might help me with the design.

Blog Candy taster - Winner Drawn

OK the winner is Doverdi who posted answer number 10 on my blog. I decided it was to hard for me to physically choose one as I agreed with most/if not all of the comments left. So I used a random number generator to choose a post number between 1 and 23 and it picked 10.

So please can Doverdi (I hope spelt that right) contact me on stampingcaz@aol.com with your postal address so I can get these pritty little goodies to ya!

Thanks for taking part, I think this will become a regular thing on my blog!

I think I have said it before

But I am just amazed at the countries from people which are veiwing my blog live! If you scroll right down to the bottom there are people from Guam, Chile, Korea ect ect that have clicked onto little ol' me's block! This simply astounds me, part of my wonders if this is really true or weather the generator just chucks a few new coutries onto the list every now and then!! LOL

If you are viewing from one of the smaller countries or less known for their love of card making then I would love for you to leave me a message and make me believe the list is really real

I will close the "I never thought" competition tomorrow morning and then I will choose the best response. Thank you to all that have taken part. I agree with most things you have written.

My parents came back from Portugal yesterday, I went to see them today. They had a nice time, although the weather wasnt really great for them, it was sunny some days but they had days of rain and cloud. Just goes to show you just never know what its going to be like. they have been going to Portugal for many years at the same time of year and this is the worst weather they had. So much for global warming hey?

Blog Challenge - Oppps I forgot!!

OK ladies, I forgot totally about my little challenge. I still have your details so dont worry I will sort it out this week :)

Looking forward to it.

Caz

Been thinking too much today! CLOSED

Its been raining all day today, its been raining pritty much since we come back from Sunny spain :( So being stuck indoors it got me to thinking there seems to be a rivival of older stuff. So I thought this poses a question.

What did you think you would never be re-purchasing or purchasing for the first time?

Mine are :
I never thought I would be stealing my decorative scissors back off my 4 year old!!
I never thought I would be buying felt to make felt flowers with my cuttlebug.
I never even thought I would own a die cutting machine

SO please do post your "I never thought" on here. I will put together some pritty felt flowers and some plasma flowers for the best one :) UK, USA or whereever I will post worldwide.

CLOSED - NOW DRAWING NAME !

Thinking of blog candy!

As I am approaching a big target 10000 hits, its some way off but I just wanted to let you know I have been thinking about blog candy and I most certainly will be giving some blog candy away and announcing it all much nearer the event. I just wanted to let you all know so the more you come and see my blog, the quicker we can start the blog candy fun! :)

Shopping and stamping

Two of the my favourite things. Well actually thats a lie. I dont actually like shopping, other than craft shopping. But thats the kind I did yesterday so it was a good day. A Hobbycraft superstore opened in Crawley, thats not too far from here so we all went down to have a look. Hubby doesnt get paid until next week, so pennies are a little tight, but he had £20 with him which he gave to me. I had a coupon for £3 off if you spend £15 so I had a wander. Things I was excited about in there were : Ribbon spools for 99p, felt for 19p, pencils available to buy singularly, storage boxes, there were lots of other bits and bobs that were nice and handy to have this down the road incase I need something. Things I was disappointed about were : No cricut or cuttlebug, in fact no die cutting stuff, cant remember seeing a who lot of card and papers either. Of course this was whilst dragging a 4 year old round with my and part way hubby and 1 year old so I could do with a wander by myself.

I spent the most of my money on ribbons, 99p for a spool, cute ribbons. I got grosgrain with faux stitching through it, a couple of others and some sheets of felt which I wanted to use with my cuttlebug and YES it does cut it just like a knife through butter I was almost shocked.

Here is a picture of my yummy stash!

Oh and I spent about £5 on Harvey getting him some paper kit, paint tray and 4 solid cakes of paint and a pack of paint brushes!

I couldnt resist the orange spool, it was down as £1.99 on the shelf but when it went through the till it was 99p also!!

As for stamping, well I have 2 classes next Saturday at the glitter pot and I have FINALLY amde something with my coasters. Its cute so far and not finished. I will take pictures and post after the class, not fair for the paying customers to see it before the class so I will keep it a surprise.

Lucky Me! Thank you Sherilin

My wonderful NSSS from the Cricut forum struck again and sent me some great goodies

A great box of chipboard shapes and alphabet in fun spring colours.

6 reels of ribbon (YUMMY)

4 tubes of glitter glue (I havent got any of these colours)

1 pack of bright brads (never have too many brads)

1 fab hard book, like a kids board board, plain white so I can decorate and a beautiful card

Thank you Sherilin, I love it all!!

Few piccys

I thought this was a good photo as it shows the stunning views from the land. The dark blue on the horizon is the sea, its only about 10 minutes in the car to the beach and a lovely town called Selobrena. They are up in the mountains and away from everything! We didnt actually take any view photos as the view hasnt really changed from last year. The area is big into farming. The grow tomatoes, bananas, olives, oranges and lots more in the surrounding areas and there are also lots of fruits that we havent heard of before. It is funny looking around the supermarket, they have produce that we simply wouldnt get here. Bananas that are too straight, lemons that arent perfect. Its crazy really but there are all these funny rules about how we think fruit should look!

Here is a fab picture of my boys! I love this one, I love that they are both wearing green and they look so happy. Caiden had taken to climbing everywhere this holiday and regularly climbed onto this sun lounger. With us rushing up close behind to make sure he didnt fall.

We went to the beach on the second to last day, I went into a little souvenier shop and found these fake crocs. Only 6 euros, a total bargain. Here is a picture of Harvey in his flash red ones and Darren in MY lovely white ones. Harvey loved them, or should I say loves them. He slept in them the first night and wore them all the time. I only wish I found them earlier as the whole terrace is tiled and he had a few slip ups, especially when wet from the pool. Anyway, we had tears at school when we got home and he wanted to wear them there, I said I didnt quiet go with the uniform. We comprimised by my letting him carry them in and he put them in the show and tell box. My funny little man!

Last one, as they are pritty much all just the boys in various poses. This was my stamping table and it looked like this most of the time. As you can see I had fun