Two little dickie birds sitting on the wall...

When all of a sudden Tilda, Edwin and gang come and along and scare the dickie birds away!

Yummy Eh? Darren might kill me.. if I go AWOL for a while you know why! Oh BTW we BOTH forgot our wedding anniversary this past Sunday! LOL 8 years married and 19 years together, we got married on the same date as Darren first asked me out but 11 years later, awwww.

So as well as the Tilda gang today I got my cute Bikeabella stamp from First Class Crafts. First class was recently taken over by Tracy of Dies to Die For Bellas can not be sold online but Tracy has a lot of these in stock and adding to them constantly so contact her for more info! I am please to announce that I have been chatting to Tracy recently and I will be taking back my Design Team Hat from her... so keep an eye out for more from them! As well as the Bella online there are the "bubbles" and flowers too.. I believe these are to be added soon. These cute little bags are great for when you want a few of certain colours and wont break the bank. I also got Johnny Depster, Tutu face, fabby and all punked up and nowhere to go from Tracy, let me see if I can find a photo of those.

Been busy making cards but I cant share as its magazine stuff, will be out in my shed tonight too. If I can manage a card to share I will ;0) I miss it.

I wont forget blog candy

Just havent had a chance to look but I will be picking out some 100000 blog candy stash for you soon!

Me again..

Hi there

Well I have done quiet well with my magazine work, shame I cant show you, or maybe I might sneak a tiny snippet in for ya! without giving too much away but part of a stamped and coloured image wont tell you too much. I am halfway through the comission so thats encouraging. I have been playing with my bellas (boy I have missed using those) from First Class Crafts and the cute Lily and Milo stamps from The Glitter Pot. Talking of First Class Crafts I am pleased to say that I have once again joined their design team and look forward to showing off their wonderful goodies. They have a BIG selection of Stamping Bella stamp including the super duper cute new designs Johnny Depster the pirate, Fabby, All Punked up and nowhere to go and the other one who's name escapes me! Cards to follow soon as I am DYING to play with these lovelies.

Yesterday went well. I had a class with the Cricut and Cuttlebug and it was nice to play with the Cricut again. Had a bit of a crisis first thing in that the store didnt have the cricut mats and had to go on a mad dash to get the mats and I had prepped both cards with both machines so I had to just make up a cuttlebug card when the class started. It went well considering. I forgot to take photos of my cards but in the afternoon we basically made the same cuttlebug card as I had done in the morning but with different colours. So we all made the elements using the cuttlebug cutters and embossing folders and then everyone designed these elements into their cards and WOW they were all very different and they did a great job.

You cant see the lovely colours or embossing on them, they looked lovely in real life.

Here is a lovely picture of my boys - it was taken at my Mums on the steps outside the french doors. It was funny as I had taken a photo and was trying to take another without Caiden's hand in his mouth, anyway I blew a raspberry to get Caiden to look and he ended up blowing one back.. not quiet what I had planned!

I know a while back I said I was pondering Copics, well I have decided I want to get some, but they are expensive to buy so something has to go I am afraid... I have cleared out my craft area and decided I have far too many Cricut Cartridges sitting unused - I have MICKEY FONT, ACCENT ESSENTIALS, FABULOUS FINDS, CHRISTMAS CHEER, PRINTING PRESS, ALL MIXED UP and MINI MONOGRAMES not sure on price.. make me an offer. All lightly used - some of them will have had the other language pages pulled out to make it easier to find the info you want rather than flick through the excess pages.

10pm, was thinking of going to my Palace but I have had a bath and am nice and warm so dont fancy going outside in the chilly air. Will have to send Darren out to lock it.

A few things...

Dont you hate being female sometimes? I mean my hormones are giving me hell right now. I am snapping everyones heads off and even the silliest things are making me feel so incredibly harrassed! I feel tearful and did have a cry this morning as I am missing my Dad. Every now and then it hits me that I will never see him again and it makes me so sad. Harvey always talks about Grandad, he loved him, he says he misses him often. Caiden who make a lot of noise doesnt say much but does say Grandad, he wont remember him, but we will be sure to tell him what a great person he was.

Anyway buzzing around this morning like a blue ar**d fly! LOL I love that expression! I realised this morning that Harvey had a party to go to, this at 11am and the party being at 2pm and I hadnt got a present or card. I had promised Mum we would go there. By the time we left it was gone 12 and I was harassed! LOL We got home enough time to find some socks for Harvey, change into his "smart" top , wrap the pressie and write in the card and then go right out. PHEW... Harvey is having the time of his life I am sure... I am catching lunch, Caiden is napping, Darren is watching Grand Prix

I have to go into my palace for some magazine work... Just eating my lunch up here or as I know I will drop something onto my cards... Darren was telling me I should have just brought a shed without windows as I seem to have covered most of them up! Opps.... lets just say I cant fit much else in there now.

I had a lovely day at Eternal Maker, its a lovely shop, relaxed classes. I will be sad not be going there after the current dates have run out but I cant cope with the drive there, I am so tired that I think its dangerous for me to be driving.

I will get my camera out soon for more pictures of my shed and the thing that scares me that I got from Creative Living!! LOL

Chat later

Zzzzzzzzzz

Bad night last night, now I regret telling Harvey he can come in our bed, just meant I had two wiggling boys in there and you would not believe where I ended up in bed, I was horizontal across the bottom of the bed at 5am this morning with Harvey horizontal across the top and Caiden horizontal in the middle!! I moved them back and then fell asleep til the alarm went off at 6am. I have a 2 hour drive this morning. I hope I feel more awake later!



BUNNY UPDATE! MING MING IS A FAT LADY BUNNY!! basically she has a big baggy chin!! LOL She needs more exercise and yes HER mounting my male guinea pigs is "normal" by all accounts if you are a rabbit. Of course now is drier (cough cough) or should be drier I can let her out more... Might need to get a bigger run. or let her run the garden. My only worry is that when we had the male guinea rabbit he ate the garden, and I dont want that.


Last night I had to pack to get ready for todays classes, so whilst there I thought I would have a quick play - here is a Lily and Milo stamp that I got from The Glitter pot, isnt she cute?? The words are Hero Arts.

Better go and get ready for work. Oh BTW a HUGE thanks to you all for getting me there over 100000 hits.... I'll sort out some yummy candy soon.

YES I am showing off!!

I have moved my hit thingy right up to the top. WOW 100000 hits.. that is a lot. Have I really bored you all that many times?? When will the torture end??

Well, my day has taken a fab turn... my keys.... in the sideboard drawer... there was me checking my boots, the fridge, the washing machine, the crisp box, all the places I have previously found dummies and drinks and they were in a drawer?! well thats kinda normal isnt it?

So I have got my shopping, filled my car (almost) for the first time ever! I put in £55.01 in , thats over $100 for you USA peeps, and I have a smallish car, peoguet 306 diesel our prices are HIGH!! It wasnt quiet full but nearest it has ever been.

I got home and I found a lovely packet from www.funkykits.com basically a thank you package of their new designs as a thank you for getting their product in the magazines. I am always very appreciative of shops that do appreciate you for the promotion I and others do in the magazines. So a HUGE thanks for Funky Kits and stop by their website where they have new Maggie and Hamish stamps for sale.

I have to take Ming Ming to the vet, bunny has a very large lump on its neck. Wish us well.

Caz

Come on' make me smile

I have had a rubbish morning so far. I have lost my house/car keys, so Harvey was 40 minutes late for school. On the way as we were marching so fast he fell flat in the road, thankfully he wasnt too hurt, but his little sparrow legs were still shaking 10 minutes later! My plans are out the window as I have no car! With the problems with the petrol strike thing I think people are panicing about fueling up, I cant get there and I NEED petrol for a 4 hour trip tomorrow so if I cant get any I am stuffed!

I have scoffed a choccy biscuit and having a cuppa, I am trying to CHILL but hormones dont permit sometimes do they?

I have a story to tell you about my trip to Creative Living yesterday to pick up my unit, and when its in place a photo too, but its too heavy for me to carry. I picked up a little something extra and FREE yesterday there, but its sort of scary too!

Anyway, make me happy, come and look at my blog today I am sSOOOOOO close to 100000 hits!!

Caz

More lovelys

I was lucky enough to be playing with the Magnolia stamps last night at my class at Crafts U Love.. here are the two cards we made.

Opps... I havent got a photo of the second one, I remember now that I wanted to take a better picture and then didnt.. not to worry. Look on Crafts U Love's blog later and I expect it will be on there.

I love this tilda, she is Tilda in summer Swirl... the colours we used look very autumnal dont they? I paper pieced her dress to match the back piece of this Z fold card. I cant stop making those at the moment!!

Blogger is bad! But Lily and Milo are GOOD!

OK there are weird things happening with blogger. But if you run here you will see that Lily and Milo are good to go!!

I have one of each coming,... will you choose First Love? My Little Friend or Puppy Love??

Hmmm I couldnt choose.

Happy Shopping

First move about

In the palace and I must say it looks better. TRying to make room for the paper thing I brought from CL in their closing down sale.



I have a few things for sale....



2 wooden cassette racks - £6 each COLLECTION ONLY SOLD

Bellas.... All sold apart from snowboardabella - £5 for that one please ;0)

Still places tomorrow night

At Crafts U Love for my Magnolia class... why not come along, it makes a lovely evening, 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday and we will be making two lovely Magnolia cards. One will be using a beautiful summery tilda with a pritty paper pieced dress and the other will be with one of the fun Edwin Trolls.. they really are cuter than their name. I know some people have a proble with the Magnolias due to their lack of face! These trolls have noses and mouths too, kinda a cheeky look about them. Remind me a bit of my boys and all the mischief they will get into. These classes are really relaxed and fun so come along and join the fun!

Fab day

The weather has been lovely and we have spent all afternoon in the garden. We desperately needed some time in there but each weekend it has been nice I have been working and when I havent been its been raining. So we have had a major tidy and its looking nice now. OK it wouldnt win garden of the year, with all the toys ect but its looking like a nice family garden.

The pigs and Rabbit have had a lovely munch on the grass, I moved their hutch to their summer place, the ballpit balls have been placed into a big bag and are on freecycle! (warned Harvey, if they didnt pick them up they would go) and he being a lazy wotsit was happy to let me pick them up and give them to someone else rather than pick them up! I have planted a few plants, popped them on the patio all in all a good day for the last day of the school holiday. I even got to potter around in my Palace, I didnt make anything but moved bits about, tidied up from my prep, unpacked my Granny Bag and put all the stuff back in its place. Just cooking my Sunday roast and we will be having that in about 10 minutes!

Hope you all had a lovely day too.

Cazx