Can I whine a little?

What now I hear you say... well I have missing stamps and it upsets me when that happens. There are at least three I am missing. Two of my uninked Riley stamps from Hannah Stamps and one of my favourite Magnolia Edwins, Edwin with broom. I KNOW I have these stamps but I cant find them. Edwin should have been hanging on my spinner with all the rest of the Magnolias but he isnt and I have been tearing my hair out since knowing he is missing. The Rileys, well one of them is a HUGE stamp, OK not HUGE but maybe LARGE its the Riley in plane.. where can he be? BOO HOO!! I have looked and looked and looked.





6:30am, Harvey got up and into our bed at not a lot past 5am, so I got up as I couldnt get comfy hanging half off the bed. Of course they are all fast asleep now.



here are my new Hanglar Stamps.. Cute eh?

If you have been sitting on the fence about joining SU as a demonstrator check out my SU blog (Link to right) to see their fab new joining offer. Now has to be the best time to join!


Oh well, better get dressed ect speak later

Hi

Thanks for the lovely comments on the recent cards. A few people said "wow that many" on the ones I made at the Glitter Pot yesterday, I didnt think I had done that well, felt that I hadnt made that many!! LOL

TOday I had a cry when the boys, OK I mean Harvey gave Darren his Fathers Day gift. But other than that I had a nice day with my Birthday Boy Caiden. Cant believe he is two. I remember the relief after having my 9lb 13oz baby, I was so uncomfortable at the end of my pregnancy. Labour was terrible, he made an entrance thats for sure and has been causing stir ever since... he is the cheeky, stroppy one! I never had a full blown strop from Harvey, he never flung himself on the floor in a trantrum so I dont know who Caiden learnt that off! That said I love him to the moon and back.

I made him a quick card last night... nothing spectacular but cute non the less. I made the card using one of my new stamps! YES I own an original Hanglar Stanlgar stamp all thanks to my friend Wendy! OK I know H&S are coming to the UK and it kinda dampened some of my excitment in getting these adorable stamps but once inked up I fell in love and thought to myself, "Yes, I will be a regular H&S customer at Sugar Nelly, BUT I have these, they are real and they are here now and did I mention they are cute" Be sure to check out www.sugarnellie.blogspot.com for all news on these stamps.

I have a busy week this week prep wise, I hope to get to play soon.

Zzzzz mega tired tonight, gotta go.. nite nite xx

Lovely day at The Glitter Pot

I was at the Glitter Pot today demoing with stamps, papers, flowers, Craftwork cards nestabilities and H20's. Love these demo days, its like a friends get together really with so many faces I recognise. Paula Pascual was there too she was swamped all day as she was showing off the new cuttlebug folders. WOW thats about all I can say about these. The Glitter Pot are the first UK supplier to get these and they were selling a storm. Check out their website and you will see why... the borders are fantastic and I will be showcasing these myself soon as they lept at me as soon as I walked in this morning.

So here are the cards I made today...

Hard days and holiday snaps

Yesterday was another milestone since loosing my Dad. Can hardly believe it was 6 months ago I lost him. I think of him and miss his daily, I know Mum does too and infact says its getting harder not easier. I had a dream about him last night, I cant remember what it was about now, but I know it was a happy dream. I am hoping it might come back to me later. Wouldnt it be fab if we could tape our dreams? I would have a real selection of fun one, action packed ones, down right weird ones and maybe one or two of me in a clinche with Brad Pitt!! LOL Fathers Day and Caidens birthday on Sunday, I am hoping the happiness of having my beautiful, naughty, cheeky, fun and dirty boy will outshine the sadness of not having a Dad to say "Happy Fathers Day" and give him something naff like a DVD, socks or something else. We are hoping to take him to the beach, as long as its not freezing and raining we're go with a picnic.

I thought I would share a few of my fav pictures from holiday...

Darren the boys and Mum in the pool. The water looks lovely doesnt it? It was a bit chilly in there!

Me, Darren and the boys. I really like this photo, despite Caiden!! LOL But basically at a few weeks off two this is Caiden to a tee... stroppy!

This is Harvey and me. We were all at a bar-be-cue at John and Ginnys friends house Denis. He has amazing views from his house. Mum was petrified on the drive up there! its long the sides of the mountains.

This one makes me laugh. You ask Caiden a question and he shrugs the biggest shrugs you have seen, He was also sticking his lips out but I missed that on the photo but this photo brings back giggles!

This one is a town we visited. They have a lovely walkway, a beautifully decorated wall and these fun concrete decorated chairs, all different ones. The town is famed for its orange groves and the whole place is surrounded by orange and lemon trees. It was a nice morning out.

I dont think you can see in this size photo but across the top of the furthest mountain here are a row of wind turbines, an amazing sight. I personally would prefer to see these amazing things than huge plyons.

Prismacolor Pencils

As you know I finally sharpened mine and here are my first two cards. Think I did OK? Any eperts want to cast a critical eye over them will be welcome.

Yummy, funny and Sunny!

Cute Tilda, HUGE flower, Doodlebug Paper and Jewels, scalloped card and a Craftwork Cards word thingie.

I Loved colouring this in. Wall, Tree and Tilda are Magnolia, Flowers, Zoomz and another Craftwork Cards word thing. Little bit of ribbon and we're done!

I wanted to ask, What Ink is best for working with these pencils? I have used Staz on but it seems some of the outline has moved too ;0(

Speak Later

Has anything ever happen to you..

to really make you question the sanity of some people? We flew to our in laws and when picking up the cases from Malaga I was utterly disgusted as what greeted me on my case. I wont say much more, a complaint has been made to the Airline and were see what they say. I cant even think anyone would guess what had happened. I am still in disbelief when I think about it really, although I admit to not wanting to think about it!

Come here theres more..

This is one of my fav Bellas. Cute eh? I teamed her up with the Magnolia Fence and wording and butterflies from a Hero Arts Set.

This is another card from my Holiday.

Magnolia stamps and I coloured their trousers in combat style, turned out quiet good. The wall is fab isnt it? The wording is Stampin Up! and part of their Escape offer. The punches are SU too and all the cards from my holiday have been coloured with SU crayons.

One more......

I love Magnolia, thats for sure, Tilda and Edwin are the cutest... however I really love Paulines extra designs, seats, trees, fences, ect ect to make some lovely pictures, this Shabby Chic fence is a new fav, it needed "something" in the sky so I added a cute little dragonfly from the Unfrogettable set from SU.

All SU available from me

All Magnolias were purchased from The Glitter Pot

All Bellas from Dies to Die for

Contact me if you need any more info.

DEMO DAY!! --- This Saturday I am at The Glitter Pot where I will be playing with my favoruite things namely, Magnolias, Simon and Lola, H20s and more!! Come along, there are other demonstrators too. Jane Gill, Paula Pascal to name two more. Check out www.theglitterpot.com for more info and I hope to see you there!

I finally got (and broke) my Tesco sharpener, I had my 120 box of prismacolor pencils to sharpen, got to about 110 and CRACK it broke ;( Bit bummed about that. I have been having a little play with these pencils and I quiet like what I have done... Not sure if its right, as I havent got a proper card in real life to compair to, so if one of you amazing colouring people out there would like to RAK me a card I will rak you one back and I can see how I am doing with it!

Chat later

Simply Super!

Freecycle that is! I put a plea out for a keyboard and a kind man gave me his wireless keyboard and mouse so now I can Stamp, Sing, Shout or anything else with S!! I cant guarentee it will help my typos, spelling and other stuff but as for typing S's you try and stop me! It was getting really really hard to get a S out and of course most of my log ins begin with S..

Phew I can hear you sigh.... me too!

Zunday Chit Chat

I had a lovely day at The Glitter Pot yezterday. I had the candle clazz again and had a lovely group of ladiez in and we had a good old natter and a laugh.. Oppz and not forgetting the one man that came too, I think he did good putting up with uz lot!


I have a mega buzy day today. I want to pop to zee mum, pick up a keyboard off a freecycler!! YEAH!!! pop to Craft Barn to zee Maggie Wright, I hope zhe iz demoing both dayz. Only going to zee her really az I have no money az I zpent it on Magnoliaz and other bitz at The Glitter Pot... will be nice to take my car out for a run too. Need to go to Ztaplez to getting more packing materialz for my orderz that will be poztal tomorrow, wazhing, zunday dinner ect ect ect


Here are zome more of the cardz off holiday...










Ztampendouz Monkey, Craftwork Cardz wording - All Glitter Pot
Paper and Card - Ztampin Up!
The Button iz Eternal Maker.











The Pirate iz from Ztamping Bella via Diez to Die for. Paper iz Ztampin Up! Very zimple but I added a few bitz and uzed it for a party Harvey went to yezterday.
God I hate blogger zometimez I cant get the wording where I want it. I have uzed a mixture of ztampin Up! for the paper and card, ztampz are Magnolia, Ztampin Up!, Ztampendouz and more.... If there iz anything you want to know azk, I cant get thiz thing to line up!

Thankz to everyone that haz left a mezzage recently. Nice to know I am not talking to myzelf!

I dont know...

Been away for a week and everyone zeemz to have done a runner! No commentz, plummiting down the blog rankz... come back ya'll!
Here are a few more cardz from my card making retreat in Zpain! LOL OK, well I mean our very relaxing holiday...

Thiz one waz made by me and my Mum. Zhe coloured it and I made it into a card. Zhe likez the painting but haz no interezt in making cardz but together we made thiz for my in lawz az a thank you to them from my Mum. Ztamp iz Houze Mouze, Thank you iz from a Ztampendouz zet.


Thiz card iz a funny one! Itz not been made to zhow off my cardmaking zkillz thatz for zure. It waz made az a thank you for our holiday to my in lawz and to give them a giggle. I cuztomized the monkeyz to look like all of uz. The firzt one iz Harvey with hiz ball and information book, the zecond iz Caiden with hiz chocolate all over him and hiz dummy in, the next one iz me of courze, thoze little coloured thingz on the floor are crocz (or cheaper equivalent) I went to Zpain with 4 pairz and came back with 7!! LOL The lazt iz Darren with hiz cigarette and bottle of beer!

I teamed it up with ZU paperz and the circle of friendzhip zet that iz part of the Ezcape bundle thiz month!

I made thiz one with Magnolia ztamp (TGP) and ZU Paperz, the word ztamp iz Ztampendouz
Thiz one iz Whipperznapper for the dezign. And I cant remember for zure... but think itz a flower from a Ztampendouz zet too.


Laztly for thiz batch iz a Magnolia ztamp, teamed up with the Ztampendouz flower, thiz iz actually a half flower and although it doeznt meet up properly itz not too bad.

Not zure if I mentioned The Glitter Pot have now got the Zhabby Chic ztampz in ztock!

Right getting ready for work now... catch you later

Stampin Up! Meets

OK you know I am ztruggling with S zo I wont be uzing any more... I am looking for a UZB keyboard from freecycle az we cant afford one right now.... zo for now I will be typing with z'z.

I took a bunch of ztampz to zpain and zome ztampin up paperz, card and a few more bitz and bobz. zo I had a kind of limited zuppliez thing going on and it waz fun. zo a the accezzoriez ect were Ztampin Up! it waz ZU meetz.... Bella... Magnolia and more... Here are a few

Thiz one iz Magnolia main Image - The Glitter Pot

zunflower iz from a Ztampendouz zet - I dont think The Glitter Pot haz it but they zhould be able to add to their Woodware order.

Paper and Card iz Ztampin' Up!

Thiz one iz a Magnolia (TGP) and Unfrogettable from Ztampin Up! The wordz were from a Ztampendouz clear zet. All theze card have been coloured with Ztampin Up! watercolour wonder crayonz.

Thiz iz "All Punked up" from Diez to Die for - they dont zell theze off their webzite but email them with the name and they can help. The "zplatz" are from the Ztampendouz zet too. Paperz are ZU.

Another Magnolia (TGP) Wordz again Ztampendouz, punch ZU, Paperz ZU too.

Thiz lazt one for now iz Ztampendouz bee from TGP, Button Eternal Maker, Punched flower iz the ZU zcallop punch cut down and uzed the white pen from ZU too... Card and Paper iz ZU.

CLICK on imagez to zee them bigger.

I hope you like... More to come!

I'm leaving on a jet plane!

I'll be back home tonight. I thought I would list the things I am happy and sad about coming back.

SAD
to leave MIL and FIL
to leave the sun!
to leave the Pool!
to have to cook and clean when back
Pile of washing I have to do when home
Sort a load of work stuff out when I get home, packages to despatch, prep for class ect
Miss the panaramic views of Selabrena

HAPPY
* to be home, there is no place like home!
* to see my pets
* to see my new car, I got a car before we went and I havent driven it yet
* to see my post - I have a magnolia package! and Stampin Up! orders to sort and maybe some lovely buttons.
* to see my shed
* to see how my garden has grown
* to get away from the mozzies - we have been bitten a lot ;(
* To get away from the flies - being in the hills there are a lot of flies and they are annoying!

We have had a lovely time! Boys have enjoyed it, it was almost a year since we came last.

I have a lot of work to do when I get home, Stampers Ten orders to sort out and pack (unfortunately the order didnt come in time for me to despatch before I left, very frustrating for all, me included), prep for class, I have a lot of cards to share with you. I made about 14!! It was fun. The weather has been lovely. I also need to sort out my Escape event, I have been thinking about it and I think I will hire a hall and make a bigger event. I just hope people will turn up! LOL

Check out http://www.stampinup.com/ go to the UK and then check out the special offers, WOW they have some amazing offers this month. There is Two for you offer and also the Escape bundle too. Email me if you want anything. I will be working on the S10 orders for the middle of the month so I can add yours to it. You would just pay the bundle price and postage to you from me.

Anyway after a few days of getting on top of things I will be back to rambling and sharing my cards. I have been having fun with Bellas, Magnolias, Stampin Up! and other bits and bobs.

See ya later !! Missed ya.