Lots of hits... yippee

Thanks to every one who visits my blog. I have had over 200 this month. And i am really pleased with that amount of hits, so thanks alot.
I am really sorry to any one who has tried to leave a comment, i did not realise the blogger was only letting other bloggers leave messages. I have now rectified that and anyone can leave a comment. So please do. I would love to hear from you out there.
I am going to make some more cards to night, hopefully attempt this weeks CPS challenge. If i get time later this evening i will post them.
Happy chatting to you.
Takecare.

In the pink.....and brown

What a lovely day, do you think summer is here at last?? I am so glad that the weather is better. I can not think of anything worse than camping...except camping in the rain. I have so many bad memories of camping when i was a child. I like my luxuries like a toilet and washing facilites on suite. Anyway i think the sun will make all the adventures at camp much more fun for Luke.
I have spent the evening being creative to help pass the time and help take my mind off Luke.
I have made 2 cards with the scraps for the yesterdays layout.

I don't know about you but i do find mens cards are hard to do. I have decided to try to do more to improve my skills at doing them. So i did this one .

Have a good night. Takecare

crop and chat

Had another super day at Art from the Heart. With out the traumas of yesterday. It was lovely chatting and catching up with everyone. To day just did our own thing. I russelled up this double layout for this weeks challenge on UK scrappers.

Also picked up two card packs so will be making them this week i hope.
Missing Luke terribly. I know he will be having a good time. But still. The house is so quiet without him. I think the dog Turner is missimg him too.
Goodnight my baby sleep well.

Distressing day

I have had a distressing day in both the artistic and emotional ways. Today my most beloved son went to scout camp. In sherwood forest. Driven by my most beloved but directionally challenged husband, along with 2 other scouts in the car. Has i feared he became lost. A journey which should have taken 1 1/2 hours took 3 hours. I received communications from the camp wondering if i had heard from them as they had not arrived, but nothing from my dearly beloved family. As it turns out they knew they where lost and where they had gone wrong, and how they where going to get back on track. However they did not realise had much every one else was worrying ( me) and did not think to let any one else (me) know that they were o.k just taken the wrong direction.
In the mean time, in an attempt to take my mind off the adventures of my husband and son i was undertaking some crafting development at the Art from the Heart. Along with my very good friend Lyn. Hi Lyn, looking forward to wednesday. I just love all that scummy stuff there. We learned some background and tags art techniques.

Will be trying these techiques out in both scrapping and cardmaking.
Off there again tomarrow for a crop. Cann't wait, i just love getting together with others for craftyness, if you know what i mean.
bye for now.

Goodbyes and hello's

Had a bit of a strange day today. Every thing happened as usual for a tuesday. But it will be the last time things will happen like this again on a tuesday, forever. My baby has left primary school. I picked him up for the last time at that school. It feels so weird. Like it was just last year that he start there. I cannot believe that the time as gone so quick. I want to do it over again.
Luke is o.k he is looking forward to going to high school, not sure if i am. ( that is about him going to high school, i have already been) May have to lock him in the cupboard now, so him will never leave. (only joking)
Consoled myself with making some cards tonight, whilst sipping a glass of wine. Now things seem a little bright. Found this brilliant card challenge site
Card positioning systems Here are my attempts for the latest sketch challenge

Is it too early for xmas cards???





Oh not only do i have to cope with him leaving school, he is off to scout camp for a week. I feeeeel weeell just not needed any more. Surplus to requirements. Except for the suppling of food, clothing, shelter, money, lifts etc etc. Well may be not that surplus as yet.
Take care

Step back in time

I have just been doing my entry in a circle journal. It is about your era. My time was in the 80's. I have just had the most wonderful fun remember all the stuff i got up too. I started the eights as a shy retireing teenager and ended them a confident independant young woman.
Here are just a few of the things i remember

Star wars the empire strikes back, and the return of the Jedi.
Yuppies.
Blue masscara.
Leg warmers.
Jane Fonda's excerise video.
Rubik Cube.
The cold war and the fall of the Berlin wall.
Educating rita.
An Office and a Gentleman (one of my fav's. Watched lots, to the point i could recall most of the script) (Had more free time then)

The biggest thing i remember really is the music.
I loved nearly every thing that was out.
A-ha - Take on me
B52- Love Shack
Fine Young Cannables- I love the raw and the cooked album.
The Clash and The Cure.
T'Pau- Heart and Soul.
Pet Shop Boys.
Culture Club.
I could just go on and on, but better stop there. What a blast from the past!!! I think it as inspired me to do a full size lo about it, for me to keep. Could end up being a complete album with all the things which keep popping in too my head.
I am trying to get more cards made. So i have decided to make a card with the left over scraps of stash from the layouts when i finish them..
Here is the card i have done with yesterdys lo scraps

Absolute Fortune

Hi. I have just spent nearly £100.00 pounds on Luke's new uniform for high school. Can you believe one pair of trousers was £17.00. We can not just go and get any old pair of black trousers because the school have their own with a school badge on. Some of us are not rich and finding the money to pay is very hard. I really feel that we are been taken advantage of.
Any way my back to fun things.
I have my new cuttlebug alphabet, which it fanastic and i will be trying to doing lots of good stuff will it in the future, so watch this space.
I have just done this weeks uk scrappers weekly challenge and here it is for your viewing.
take care

postal treats

These beauties arrived in the post today. I like these cuttlebug dies. They cut through chipboard. I don't have the cuttlebug cutter, but they go through my bigshot wonderfully. I have also order an alphabet and am just waiting for that to arrive. It is so exciting, it is like xmas. But without all the shopping ques and mess.

Just whipped up this card for a friend whose birthday is at the weekend.

Now back to see what else i can russell up.
What i lovely day today, do you think summer as arrived? Hope it does not end before the weekend.
take care and catch you later.
ps if you want to leave a comment, just click on the words ' 0 comments' at the end of this post it will take you to where you can leave one.
Would love to here from you out there. Thanks for stopping by.

sore feet

What a lovely day today. I am so glad that i was a day off to enjoy it.
Had i nice time shopping for the scout fair.
I forgot to take my camera, can you believe it. I never go any where without it, but i did today. So no pictures sorry.
Had a good time though, Ian helped with the hot dogs. Even he said it was quite fun.
And the rain stayed of until nearly the end. So all in all today was a good to be alive day.
takecare

Rainy day

What a horrible day. Was going to go to party in the park, but the rain put pay to that.
However spent the day scrapping a lo.

Made some cards out the scraps that where left. What do you think? It would be nice to see a comment if any one would care to leave one.


Treated Luke yesterday, we went to see the new Hary Potter. It was fantastic, honestly they just keep getting better. Some of the people in the cinema clapped when the bad characters got defeated and then clapped again at the end when it had finished. It really is worth going to see.
After we went to the Pizza hut. I just love pizza. And you can tell. My thighs are the circumference of 2 large deep pans today. Must get back into the routine of going to the gym. I know i will feel better for it, it is just hard trying to fit every thing in.
Tomarrow it is the scout fair. I have managed to get some equipment, a cococunt shy and some clowns that you throw balls through holes in them. I am on refreshments. I have to go and get enough for about 200 hot dogs, squash and hot drinks.
Hope the weather picks up tomarrow, but some how i do not think it will.
until next takecare.

Sorry not been blogging for a week. I honestly do not know where the time goes.
We had the summer fair at school on saturday. The rain managed to hold off until after it had finished.
Luke managed to collect lots of junk as per usual. I think he got 14 jam jars full of sweets or toys. That is what is in the carrier bags.

Whilst i was at the fair doing my parental duty my darling husband was doing this. Still he did make the most delicious tea so can'nt really complain.
I have inadvertantly become the social secetary for scouts. Now their fair is next monday which i have to try and fined some stall equipment for. Wish me luck.
I also have to do some hand outs for the next social event, which i have done. Thank goodness, just hope they will go down well at the committee meeting tomarrow.
Have a good evening, the sun as come out at last here hippee.

i am back

Great i am finally back. The computer is virus free and super duper fast. Whilst i have been away i have been working on this chipboard handbag album for my friend Karen.







Also great news about the bbc reporter being released. It is nice when the news is good for a change.
Take care and lets all pray for sunny weather. You never know, mass thought projection worked on Dr Who. I loved that last series. Cann't wait until the next one.
Happy independence day to all you yanks on the other side of the pond
Catch you later scrappers