Green, green and more green!

Hi all,
Well, it's the start of another week.  Daisy and I had another rehearsal yesterday and I found time to make two more owls which were requested - one for a friend's Mum and another for Daisy's friend who comes at the weekend to stay with her Dad who lives next door.
Over at Incy wincy this week, we are sponsored by Care2Stamp and our theme is monochrome green.  I don't use green an awful lot, but I do like how this turned out.  I'm not sure about the green hair, but I figured as she is a fairy, then it would be ok!
See you tomorrow.

That's what little boys are made of

Hi all,
I hope you have had a good weekend.  We went down to our nephew's birthday party in Manchester yesterday and came back today.  The girls loved playing with their cousins and enjoyed having a sleepover.  Daisy and our niece, who is 7, chatted in bed until 10.30 last night, so she was a bit tired today.
Over at Incy Wincy, we are sponsored by Kenny K and our theme is Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails.  For my boy card, I have used Sports fan by Kenny K, and tried to use up some of my scraps of paper.
See you later.

Fancy a swim?

Hi all,
This is a scheduled post, as we will be on our way back from the New Forest today.  I am hoping to be back in person with you soon.
Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by the Digi Garden and our theme is Beach Days.  We haven't had many of those this summer, but I can dream.  I tried to create a beachy scene, and the sentiment says Hope your day shines.  See you later.

Party time!

Hi all,
I hope you had a lovely weekend.  Daisy broke up from school on Friday and then went to a very girly pyjama party with her friends to celebrate.  She came home with crimped hair and pink nail varnish and had a thoroughly wonderful time.    As the weather was lovely this weekend, we visited some National Trust places and had fun walking in woodlands and getting lost in mazes.  I'm not sure what we'll be up to today, as it is just Daisy and me.
Over at Incy Wincy, we are sponsored by The Paper Shelter.  I have used one of their images and the papers are also by them.  Our theme is Let's Party, so I made an party invitation.  I went a bit girly, but quite like it.
I will see you tomorrow.

Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high

Hi all,
I hope you had a good weekend.  Daisy had a wonderful end of year report at school, so we said she could choose what to do on Sunday.  She asked to go to the local pub for lunch!  I'm not sure if my hubby had anything to do with this, but we enjoyed it anyway.  Martha then had a birthday party to go to for one of her friends at nursery.  It made a change as it is usually Daisy that goes to parties at the moment.
Over at Incy Wincy, we are sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads.  Our theme is summertime.  Now, I was feeling a bit contrary when I made this card and decided that this image sums up our summer so far - rain and more rain!  The image is called Lisbeth walks in the rain and is by MilkCoffee.  I did use some summery coloured freebie paper though, so please forgive me for reminding you all about the weather.
See you tomorrow.

Which colours are you?

Hi all,
Well, today I have some time to do a bit of crafting and catch up with the housework, shopping, etc.  It is Martha's birthday in a fortnight and I have to get things sorted for a little BBQ party we are having for her (being born in Oz, she needs to get used to the Australian cuisine!), although it might be  washed out considering the weather we have had here.
Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by Saturated Canary, and we are going all patriotic on you.  We would like you to only use colours or items from your country on your project.  Now, I have gone for Red, White and Blue of the UK and Union Flag instead of just red and white from the England flag.  The papers are by Papermania and the flags are cut out of paper by Alison Butler.  The image is Whispy by Saturated Canary and the border is an MS punch.
I would like to enter this into:
Paperplay - flags/pennants/banners
Make it Monday - Always anything goes

In olden days, a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, but now ...

Hi all,
I hope you had a lovely weekend.  As always, we were quite busy.  Hubby was playing the organ for two weddings on Saturday, so I took the girls swimming in the morning and then Daisy had her drama lesson in the afternoon.  On Sunday, Daisy had a dance show at a local arts festival.  They were dancing by the beach.  It rained all morning, stopped for the 30 minutes the girls were dancing, and then rained again!  It was lovely to see the show and Daisy really enjoyed it.
Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by Fantastic Ribbons, who are offering 4 rolls of ribbon to the winner.  Our theme is anything goes (which you may have got from my rather obscure title!)  I decided to get a bit messy, so used a Christmassy vintage image by Nicecrane designs and inked the edges of all the papers with distress inks.  The background is using glimmer mists and the sentiment was a freebie stamp from a magazine.
See you later.
I would like to enter this into:
Make it Monday - always anything goes

Another use for a watering can (with all the rain, it isn't needed to water my plants!)

Hi all,
I hope you had a lovely weekend.  Hubby and I went to a beer festival on Saturday evening.  We met some friends there and had a great time.  Today, we spent some time with the inlaws and then chilled at home.
Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by Delicious Doodles.  Our fab teamie, Samantha, has done another great sketch for you.  Looking at my card now, I think I should have put a sentiment on it, but didn't think of it before as I rarely have sentiments on my card.  That way, they can be used for many different occasions.
See you later.

Dreaming of summer

Hi all,
I hope you had a good weekend.  We met some friends who live down south and were up visiting family, which was lovely and then on Sunday we went to another fair.  More rides!  I am late posting this today, as I had a phone call at 8.20 from the supply agency asking me to work this morning.  So, once I got Daisy on the school bus, I travelled to the school and got there by just after 9.  I had a good morning, but by the time I had got home, had lunch and emptied the dishwasher, it was time to collect Daisy, so I didn't get any of my planned things done.  Maybe I will do it tomorrow.
Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by Stamp Fairy.  I enjoyed playing with these wonderful digis again as I have a few.  Our theme is to use more than one digi.  The sun, fence, swing and little girl are all by Stamp Fairy and the tree is by Two peas in a bucket.  I had a bit of trouble merging the stamps, but luckily hubby could help me.  The paper is by Echo Park and the handmade paper is by Pie Lane.
I would like to enter this into the following:
Bunny Zoe's crafts - girls, girls, girls.
Craft your passion - anything goes

Climb every mountain

 Hi all,
The sound of music had it's last night on Saturday, where we had a standing ovation!  The main characters were all fantastic and did so well to be so energetic for 8 performances.  I now have a bit of a sore throat, so I won't be doing too much talking for a while, although I have two day's supply teaching today and tomorrow and might need my voice for that.
Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by:

 and

Our theme is vintage.  Usually, when I do vintage, it's in browns, so I decided to get away from this and use pink instead.  The image is a stamp by Wild Rose Studio called In the Meadow, and it is sold in the Care2Stamp shop.  I have distressed the edges of the paper with Victorian Velvet.  The postcard was given to me ages ago.  I bought some frames a while ago and didn't realise they were so small and couldn't think what to do with them.  I thought I could ink them and use it to frame the sentiment.  The inked trim is from an old skirt I had that was too tatty to go to a charity shop.  

See you tomorrow.

Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo

Hi all,
Our first three performances of The Sound of Music went really well, and I am so glad that I had Sunday and now today off to get some rest before we start again on Tuesday until Saturday.  Daisy had her first rehearsal yesterday for Oliver (she and I are both in it).  We don't have the show until November, but the director wanted to meet the children a few times before the holiday, because then we will only have a couple of months to rehearse.
Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by:

who are offering the winner 7 digis from their store.  Our them this week is to use Kraft and 1 other colour.  I went for orange and have used a lovely silhouette image by Bugaboo Stamps.  The papers are more magazine freebies and the gems are ones I bought years ago when I first started making cards and don't use much now.
See you later this week.

Going dotty

Hi all,
I hope you had a good weekend.  We spent the weekend chilling at my inlaws.  We met some friends on Saturday.  The men watched the football (I do watch it, but only if Southampton or England are playing) and the kids played, leaving my friend and I to chat!  Then, we fed the ducks on Sunday and then spent forever at the play park.  We were making the most of it not raining.  We went to a soft play today.  I was surprised that it wasn't that busy, but the girls made the most of the space.
Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by the Digi Garden, who very kindly gave us some images to play with.  Our theme this week is spots and dots.  I chose this cute little monster.  I have used paper by Stamp Fairy and the buttons are from the Works.  Please check out the rest of the projects from the DT.

Is this girly enough?

Hi all,
I hope you had a lovely weekend.  We went to Bede's World on Saturday.  It's a hands on museum all about a famous Northumbrian monk.  I love history and Daisy is interested too.  The girls loved the farm section and there were reconstructed wattle and daub houses.  On top of that, there was a craft fair there, so I was happy. We then went to the attached play park, where I bumped into a friend I haven't seen for ages.  It was lovely to catch up.
Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by

who are offering the winner a $10 gift certificate for the store.  Our theme is Mother's Day or girly.  I have used  an image and papers by Floppy Latte.  I don't use grey an awful lot, and now I'm not sure that this is girly enough.  Don't forget to check out the rest of the projects by the DT.

Flap, flap

Hi all,
I hope you had a lovely weekend.  It rained most of the time here on Saturday, but on Sunday it was a bit better, so we went up to Berwick.  Hubby had heard of a place where you go and paint your own ceramics.  Daisy chose a fairy trinket box and Martha finger painted a beaker.  We have to pick them up next weekend once they are glazed.  We then went for a bit of a chilly walk along the beach and looked for animals in the rock pools.  There wasn't anything there - very sensibly hiding in the warm, I expect.
Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by Sassy Studios.  We have a sketch for you this week.  Here it is:

It was drawn by our own teamie, the wonderful Samantha.  I have used a fab flapper image by Sassy Studios and thought it would look great with a black and white colour scheme.  The backing paper is wrapping paper and the border punch is by SU.  Please check out the rest of the projects by the DT.
See you tomorrow.
I would like to enter this into:
Make it Monday - always anything goes

Yes, it really is me!

Hi all,

I hope you all had a good Easter. We had a fabulous time in Berlin. There was so much to see and we were out every day. Daisy walked so far, her legs were worn out, bless her. The girls loved playing with their cousin and it was good to see family. We got back on Thursday and I have been tackling the washing mountain and spent all of this morning cleaning the house. I have come back in a manic cleaning mood and yesterday Daisy and I cleaned her room and she even agreed to send some things to a charity shop! I now feel a few hours of crafting is in order.

Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by:

who are offering the lucky winner 4 digis of their choice.

For my card, I have used a lovely image by Delicious Doodles, called crocus. Our theme this week is Digi Only, so please don't use rubber stamps. I have gone purple for this one as it is my favourite colour and I love purple flowers. The papers are a mixture of scraps and the butterfly border is an EK Success punch, which I don't use enough, as it is lovely. Please check out the rest of the projects by the DT.

...And blow!

Hi all,

This is another scheduled post.

Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by Stamping Dragon designs. The theme this week is cute critters. I chose this sweet fish from Stamping Dragon Designs. The paper is both sides of a sheet, but I can't remember who it's by - sorry. I wanted the circles to look like bubbles in the water.

I'll be back tomorrow.

Quack, quack, quack

Hi all,

This is a scheduled post as we should be on an aeroplane on our way to Berlin. I am so glad the flight is only 2 hours as Martha wouldn't sit for much longer.

Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by Care2Stamp. This is a new Canadian shop, which stocks a lot of rubber stamps. The theme this week is Easter/pastel colours. I have decided to make a circular easel card, using my scalloped nesties. I have been inspired by the wonderful Mary J, who has a fantastic array of cute circular cards on her fab blog and I thought I should have a go. The image is from the Popcorn the Bear Thanks a bunch set, which is stocked by Care2stamp. The paper is a magazine freebie and the buttons were taken off some of Martha's clothes that were too tatty to give to a charity shop.

Don't forget to check the rest of the projects out by the wonderful DT.

Wing it!

Hi all,

I hope you had a lovely weekend. Daisy is much better now and is off to school today. I just hope she doesn't get sent home again! On Saturday we met up with some friends for lunch and then we spent Sunday with my in laws. As it was Mothering Sunday, my hubby cooked lunch for us, which was lovely.

Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by The Digi Garden, and our theme is things with wings. The DT were lucky enough to have some Digi Garden images to use. I love this sweet little fairy. Most of the papers are by Kaisercraft and the charm and gems are from The Works. I went quite orange this week. It's completely out of my comfort zone, but I quite like how bright a cheerful it is. Don't forget to check out the creations by the rest of the DT.

I would like to enter this into:

Make it Monday - always anything goes.

Love to create - anything goes

Which will you pick?

Hi all,
I hope you had a lovely weekend. The girls had lots of fun at the party and when we got back, we sowed some vegetable seeds in pots so that they will be ready to plant out after the last frosts. Although it's not been bad weather, I don't trust it up here to really be spring yet!

Over at Incy Wincy, we are sponsored by Meljen's designs. Our theme is tic tac toe, but we have not one, but two boards to choose from. The pink board was originally set up as a joke because one of our teamies, Samantha, really doesn't do pink. However, it sort of backfired as many of the DT liked the board, so we kept it but also have a normal board for any of those who don't want to make a pink project.

For my card, I have chosen the regular board, and have gone for the diagonal of tag, charm and faux stitching. The papers were more magazine freebies. Check out the wonderful projects from the rest of the DT.

See you tomorrow.

I would like to enter this into:

PanPastel UK challenge - girly/mother's day

Paper Sundaes - feminine flair

Crafty Emma's Challenge - use a charm

What's old?

Hi all,

I hope you had a lovely weekend. We got a lot of work done in the garden on Saturday. We now have many trips to the dump ahead of us. I am now ready to start planting seeds, although we need to wait a little while as we had some snow on Sunday. The girls had a lot of fun with my inlaws while we were working in the garden. They went to a soft play and then played at home.

Over at Incy Wincy, we are sponsored by Sassy Studio designs. Our theme this week is 'something old, something new', and we would like you to state what you have used on your creations that are old and new. I have used Holiday Victorian Sassy and decided to use my nesties to make the card shape. The image and the flower paper are new and the ribbon and flower embellishment are really old.

Have a great day and I will be back tomorrow.