Todays trip

I popped to the Glitter Pot today. I have class this weekend there and needed to get stuff to prep with. Whilst there I picked up some Distress ink pads and also saw they have a wonderful range of Sugar Nellie stamps in stock!! Now I dont think they are able to sell online but you can give them a call to chat about which ones they have in stock. And if you have been under a rock and dont know what Sugar Nellies look like then here are a few photos of mine. Whilst taking the photo I realised I need more!! LOL Incidentally they havent got the new Simon and Lola ones yet but the will be coming in a while. I cant wait to be able to demo these wonderful stamps and I mean all the Sugar Nellies soon... I think I have a date, infact I know I will be there on 15th March playing with the Nellies and hopefully another fantastic range too! This was a special date previously blocked as it is my Hubbys birthdya but he told me to work as I was so happy for the SN to be sold at the Glitter Pot.

Orange??

What is it that scares people? I love orange, such a bright and happy colour but if I had a pound for all those that said "I dont do orange" during a class or demo then I would be rich. Funny isnt it? What makes us like things, dislike others.

I coloured this image (above) in the other night and have at last made time to make a card. It is orange and lime which are two of my fav colours, I like bright happy colours, cant fail to make to make me smile. I have used my watercolour crayons from Stampin' Up! my new favourite colouring medium, well those and the distress ink pads, I used those yesterday and ended up buying 10!! LOL Not quiet the idea to be selling to myself!

I made the flower type things with three different Stampin' Up! cardstock colours and the Stampin' Up! Scallop circle punch. I added Zoomz to the centre, thought it turned out cute.

I love how the light caught the glitter glue when I took the photo tonight.

News on the shed/base progress. Darren has done fantastically well, he has mixed about 1 1/2 tonnes of ballast and cement (by hand) and made great headway with it. I went to my Mum and asked her if I could take some of Dad's ashes to sprinkle in my base... Hmm does that make me weird, to want to do that? I was going to have some anyway and I wanted it to be somewhere undisturbed in the garden and not somewhere we would dig up in 6 months time. So I can truely sit in my Palace and think of him being near. I told him I wanted him to inspire me to make fantastic cards!

I had better go, Harvey has the nesquick powder and is making a mess!! Kids eh?

Speak Later

Cazx

Ramblings

Everyone is in bed and I thought I would get up and get ready for work. I am at Creative Living today teaching a colouring class so that will be fun, playing with some Bellas which I havent done for a few months now. Its hard not taking my SU stuff, just got into it and want to play with all the fabby things I have been building up.

Plans are that Darren and the kids (LOL) are going to be starting on the shed base. There is a thick frost out there so I hope its not gone too far down. Darren got up at 1am was a sick, I hope he hasnt got something, or maybe it was the beer and chinese?

Peace seems to be broken, I can hear little footsteps from upstairs, I think its Harvey, Caiden cant get out of our room as there is a stair gate in there.... Yep! it was Harvey, we've just had a cuddle and now my arm has been released so I can type again!

No cards to share today, Before my Dad died I have got into a little habit of making a card when Caiden was napping, now I tend to go round mums straight after dropping H at school and now dont have the time as I have to catch up on housework ect. I of course dont mind, I love visiting Mum but I know she worries I am round too much. Its not coz I have to be there, its coz I want to be.

How bizarre, I went to Jewsons yesterday to order 2 tonnes of ballast and sat outside in tears. I hadnt been there since before Dad died and it was one of those weird moments that seem to come from no where and wipe you out. I tried to stop but I couldnt so just had to go in there, I knew that as soon as someone spoke to me I would be in tears again so it was pointless. Thankfully I was going in to see a girl there that I used to go to school with and she knows how it is as she lost her Mum a few years ago. She was very close to Dad, he was a likeable man and he had a huge turnout from Jewsons at his funeral, I expect I made them all feel a little sad yesterday, funny how I held it together at the funeral and go to pieces visiting his work?!

Oh well, I didnt really want to leave my post at a sad note, but I cant think of anything else to say... told you it was ramblings. Hope to have a few cards to show you later.

Have a great day all.
Cazx

Funky Fairy Card

I got these adorable stamps the other day and couldnt wait to play and share with you.

She is fun isnt she? They were smaller than I thought they would be but it means I can use maller cards and still embellish so I dont mind. This card is a 6 x 6 square (I think) and she fits beautifully and I can still add the words ect ect ect

OK, I used a lot of different stuff for this. The Fairy is from Funky Fairies Papercrafts ( there is a link a few posts down) The orange/yellow jewels at the bottom are zoomz and from www.stampgalaxy.co.uk The flower background is by Penny Black and from www.theglitterpot.co.uk, the scalloped edge is made using the Stampin' Up! corner punch with the guard removed, the scalloped circle is from Stampin' Up! too, the words are a fabby Stampendous cube and I am sure the Glitter Pot could help you out with that too.

I coloured with watercolour pencils, aqua brush and I used the distresser tool keyring from SU for the distressed edge. I added a little "bling" with good ol' crystal glitter glue.

Few things

To share today. Here is a photo of my first Simon & Lola card from Sugar Nellie designs. I like the card, just the photo is a bit washed away. Its like there is a net curtain infront of the camera! I have tried to edit in the photo software but its just not happening, so you will have to see it "as is". Also its pastel, I am not a pastal kinda gal, so I think its just not popping out like I usually like. The stamps are adorable. At present only available from Funky Kits but sources tell me these will be out there available to all from other places too. Just like the rest of the Sugar Nellie ranges. Watch this space.... as soon as I know more I will let you know :)

I love all the designs but wanted to try this cute boy first, most of the others are depicting either Lola or both Simon and Lola but I wanted to give this little guy a chance :) He reminds me of both my boys, although not sure which one, Harveys legs are like twigs and Caidens not called "chunky munkey" for nothing! LOL The wording is from http://www.theglitterpot.co.uk/ and is a Hero Arts set of four, they are fab, when I saw them I brought them right away, Bryan said "we thought they were up your street".. What a wicked man buying all this stuff to tempt me! The beautimus scallop is from the SU scallop punch, available from your local SU demo, or me if you havent got a local one yet. Ohh I had better not post this to the UKS forum or I will have my blog removed from my signature line! We are not allowed to post to UKS anything about SU until someone signs up to be a sponsor, I wonder how much that would be? Hmmm something to ponder...





Anyway, last night, chatting to Bryan about a demo they wanted me to squeeze in, boys were still awake, following me about and me getting cross as I was on the phone. They both come back into the front room. I assume Caiden is with Darren, he since tells me Caiden had a strop on, and BOY does he have them... anyway, he walks away, Darren thinks he is with me. 20 minutes later I emerge from the kitchen and find Caiden like this!



He is asleep on the front room floor, behind the chair with his head actually on the chair and not quiet on the floor! OMG how funny, I couldnt get over it. Please ingnore the dust bunnies that Caiden has unearthed.. How did they get there?





Caiden is now asleep again for his midday nap. He didnt sleep well last night, he seems to know when Mummy has a late night coming up and sleeps less than normal so I will be very tired tonight during my second Stampin' Up! party booking. How exciting!

Did you have your pancakes yesterday? I did, I made the mixture with Delias receipe and it turned out nice. YUMMY. Dont know why, I always let Darren make them. I had a go at one myself, ended up more like scrambled pancake, but it was still yummy, just had a few holes. and I did toss it!

Beautiful sunny day here right now. I am hoping it will be nice this weekend so I can do some digging in the garden, cough cough, I mean so Darren can dig my base out for the shed :) At the moment phoning around for best prices on ballast and cement.

Speak later
Cazx

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Harveys show and tell

I remembered today whilst waiting outside school it was Harveys show and tell and I forgot to bring something so I rummaged in my bag where I had my box of sugar nellie stamps, gave him the pirate stamp, snatched it back, wrote on the back encase it was dropped and then told him to talk about how he makes cards with mummy. He was really pleased about taking it in! LOL bless him.

Didnt mean to leave you in suspenders

I got busy last night and been out all morning.

No one was right I dont think. Pregnant? screams of horror would be more fitting! LOL I love my kids but two is it for me!

Got my shed? Nope .. I wish!

WOn the lottery? you think you would see me for dust?

My excitement was ordering the shed :) its now just 3-4 weeks away or sooner until I have my beautiful chalet style shed with half glazed georgian door, georgian windows, fully lined. Already I am wondering how to fit it all in and make best use of every nook and cranny! He is sending my the receipt for the deposit and a drawing so I can look at it everytime I get downhearted about trying to work in the front room with the kids.

Darren was working really hard this weekend and he has cleared the rubbish pile at the bottom of the garden. I said to him, as I know he didnt want my shed up near the house that if he can make a base for my shed down there in time then I will be there. I want the best of both worlds really, to be near the house, but also for it not to be! LOL The eaves will be 7ft high and the shed will be only 4 foot away from our main front room window which will effect the view! LOL and light and with my sensible head on I have agreed its too close, although handy as we wouldnt have had to pay out for a base, although part of the deal of having that patio was that he extend the patio the other side anyway so really we would have spent the money anyway. We were busy last night on the internet working out how much cement and ballast we need for a base, where we can get it from ect ect.. He wants to get working on it this Saturday when I am working and has already told Harvey they are digging Saturday. Harvey is very excited and Caiden will love it out there too in the mud! Shame Harvey has no concept of time yet as he told me he wasnt going to school today as he was digging the garden with Daddy. We had a 5 minute disagreement that it WASNT Saturday today!

Lots and lots of love to my Mum for giving me the money to make my dream come true! Maybe she thinks that the shed will be cheaper than therapy and she has seen how hard is is for me to concentrate on prepping for classes ect with the choas here.

Looking on the craft blog Paula Pascual posts to about craft storage I tried not to get too sad to see a lady with her 22ft x 10 shed!! I will be happy with my 10 x 8 Crafty Palace. Not sure if I told you all that is the name for my place. My Dad was a life long supporter of the Eagles and Crafty Palace seems apt for somewhere I can retreat to and make cards and have a quiet time to think about him and other things.

Thanks to all those that pop on regularly. I am sorry things have been lacking craft wise recently. its just so hard to do right now with the stuff scattered all over the house and no where quiet to do it. Also loosing Dad has hit me hard and zapped the creativeness some what or the enthusiasm (sp) to do it. Thanks for all the wonderful messages of support over the last couple of months and sharing your own stories of greiving ect

xxx Caz

WHOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!

Guess What?!

Middle Name Tag

I got tagged the other week. I do get tagged quiet a lot and usually I dont do anything with them. Not that I dont want to, its just an acute lack of time. I mean I really struggle to get everything done in the day and I forget where I saw I was tagged and then I just forget. I have a bad memory, lack of sleep perhaps? I hope.

So Jenny at Stamping Moments tagged me with the middle name game. You know how some parents have babies names picked out at 12 weeks pregnancy (me LOL) well my parents didnt have a name, they had a few, but wasnt going to rush the decision. Then I made a dramtic entrance to the world a month early, now days not a problem but in 1971 it was more so. I wasnt very well and neither was my Mum, so they had to name me quick, just encase. Hence the one name "Caroline" and not middle name. So apparently I play this with my Maiden name.

These are the rules:You must post the rules before you give your answers.You must list one fact about yourself for each letter of your middle name. Each fact must begin with that letter. If you don't have a middle name, just use your maiden name.After you've been tagged, you need to up-date your blog with your middle name and answers.At the end of your post, you need to tag one person for each letter of your middle name.(Be sure to leave them a comment telling them they've been tagged and need to read your blog for details.

C -colour my favourite colours are bright ones. I love bright pink, green, orange and red

H - Hate spiders

I - I used to be painfully shy, even of my Nan and used to hide behind my mums skirt!

L - love - my boys, husband, my pets, house, family, friends, fresh bread, flapjacks, making cards (na really?)

D - Dog - had one as a kid until he was 16 years old. I would love to get one when the boys are older

S - Stamps - I have a few.... I really would love to count them but its over the hundreds into the thousands and I havent got time. Want to come and help me?

Thats it, gonna run and get Harvey his breakfast as he keep wining in my ears!

Well I got half the tag done, I dont suppose I will get to choose the people! LOL

Have to point you here

http://mar1ene.wordpress.com/ Marlene has done a fab job with the New Sugar Nellie Stamps. She was the first off UKS to post a card, its beautiful isnt it? LOVE those designs.

These stamps can be purchased from www.funkykits.co.uk

Caz

Almost a week

Since I last blogged. I am sorry. Been busy and tired and just no time for blogging. So my first party went well. Had a fun evening, sold a nice amount of stuff and I think most enjoyed it, even better than sales was two ladies comments. One said she could see herself getting into it if she had the time, I dont think she actually ordered anything but it planted a seed in her head. The second was the hostesses neighbour who wasnt into cardmaking ended up ordering herself and nice little starter kit and this might even give the hostess someone new to stamp with! I LOVE to get new people into it, to see the happiness on their faces when they realise "Yes, I can do it". It was a very large group, some were not into it anyone, some liked scrap booking but sadly I didnt make any sample pages.... As I say, you live and learn and all us UK demos have a job to know how to run and party as 99% of us will have never attended one before. I also think that each party will be different in that there will be different people with different needs ect.

So I thought I would share the cards I made for this. They are all simple, I havent got many/any Stampin' Up! accessories so they are all lacking ribbons ect. Something I hope to recify soon.

If there are any questions please do email me stampingcaz@aol.com and I will endevour to help.

This card was the make and take - I used shapes and shadows, cheers and wishes for the stamps, the paper is rose red designer paper, card rose red too. The wording is stamped with Chocolate Chip.

My favourite set from the UK catalogue HAS to be Unfrogettable! Here I have made cads using that set, rose red designer paper, Old olive card as well as punches and other items all from Stampin Up! Contact me if you are after any of these items :0)

These cards were made with the Doodle That set - very cute eh? and the Two Cute set as well, sorry I have listed them in reverse the Too Cute set is the one on the left and the one on the right the Doodle That set. Simple but effective.

These two are made using A tree for all seaons and Fall Flowers paper.

These cuties are simple cards made using Wild about you set. Geat for my boys and their friends.

The last two are from the Loads of love set. I also used the Fall Flowers paper on the left and Cutie Pie paper on the right.

As I said before just email if you have any further questions re these.