Just a note

 Hi all,
I hope you are having a good day.  I am having a quick break from the housework, as I am not working today (the beginning of a school term is always slow work-wise for me).  Yesterday, the builders came around again to continue with the business of extending our house.  The orangery is now up and we are waiting for the glass roof which is coming tomorrow.  Then, the wall between the kitchen and the orangery will be knocked down.  Once that is done, I need to get decorating.  I hope to get it all done by Christmas, but with work, looking after the girls and crafting (of course) I'm not sure how much time I will have.

Over at Creative Craft this fortnight, we are sponsored by Bugaboo.  Our theme is anything goes, and as usual, I had trouble deciding what to do.  I wanted to do something different from a card, and settled on a post-it note holder.  The image is by Bugaboo, the paper is by Basic Grey, and the flowers were made from a scalloped circle, which I cut and rolled.  I keep thinking I should get one of the proper flower dies, but as this works for me, I'm not sure about spending the money!  I wrote on the blackboard with a pink chalk.
See you later.

She wore an itsy, bitsy, teeny weeny ...

Hi all,
Today, Daisy has asked to have a pyjama day, as she has decided that since she doesn't need to go to school, she doesn't want to get dressed.  It's fine by me, as it should avoid me nagging to get her dressed, etc and we have never done it before.  I expect we'll watch a DVD, do some crafting and just chill.  It's quite good that Martha is in nursery, as I can't imagine that she would manage to sit still too long.  She's definitely a do-er!
Over at Creative Craft, our theme is Summer Fun.  We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps, and I have used one of their images.  It reminds me of a friend and ex-colleague who was never without her high heels and lipstick, so I imagine that this is what she would look like on holiday.  The papers are magazine freebies, but I thought they went quite well.
See you later in the week.

In the summertime, when the weather is high

Hi all,
Daisy had a wonderful time at Beamish yesterday, although it rained for quite a bit of it.  She enjoyed seeing the old school and realised that hers isn't really that bad!  I had a lovely day with reception and year 1 on Tuesday, but I have been feeling ill since.  I have had a cold since the weekend, and now I have a headache and yucky throat as well.  I am managing to survive the days with Martha with the help of cold and flu remedies and hopefully it will go soon.  Because of this, I haven't had any inclination to craft, but made this card yesterday with the help of a fab sketch from Feeling Sketchy.  It's my DT inspiration for the challenge this week at CRAFT, who are sponsored by Sassy Studio, Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps, Bugaboo Stamps and Fantastic Ribbons.  Our theme is Summer and this time I went for an image showing what you should be able to do in a lovely summer.  It is Martha's 2nd birthday on Saturday and I haven't had any mojo to make a card for her yet.  I may use this one, so I used her favourite colour, blue and an image by Bugaboo Stamps, which reminds me of her as she loves to pick flowers (usually just the petals though!).  However, if I have time, etc, I would love to make one that is a bit more personal to her.
I would like to enter this into:
Feeling sketchy - fantastic sketch.  I altered the size of the circles to fit the card and to use up a bit of the stripy paper I loved, but didn't have much of!
See you later.

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.

Pink elephants on parade

Hi all,
I am so tired this week.  We had our first two dress rehearsals on Tuesday and Wednesday night and I didn't get home until 11.30 both times.  We have another dress rehearsal tonight and then the show starts on Friday.  I'm not sure how I'll cope with another week of this!
Thank you to everyone who took part in the CRAFT blog hop.  The winners are posted on the challenge blog now, so hop over to check if you are one of them.  This week, we are sponsored by The Stamping Boutique, Crimson Cloud and Bugaboo Stamps.  Our theme is 'easel cards' - quite an easy one for you all, I think.  I have used an wonderful Bugaboo image called elephant paisley silhouette and I have gone a bit pink.  I cute the shapes with my nesties, added some flowers and gems and used a large brad to keep the easel part up.  Please check out the projects by the rest of the fab DT.
See you soon.

Doyouthinkhesawus?

Hi all,
I hope you are all well.  Yesterday it rained most of the day.  Typical, as I was planning on getting out in the garden and sorting out the veggy beds as I wasn't working.  Daisy got back from school and we started on her homework.  The school are doing Queen and country for their cultural topic this term, and as part of it, they are having a portrait display and they each have to complete a portrait.  Daisy has decided to do a collage and I am helping her to collect the things she wants to use.  Then, it is over to her.  She has a week to do it.  Aaagh!  They have already made royal banners and made castles.  Daisy is enjoying it as she is princess mad and has taken a princess story in with her today.
Over at Creative Craft this week, we are sponsored by Joanna Sheen, Bugaboo digi images and Robyn's Fetish.  Our theme is Animal Antics, so get out your animal themed stamps and join in!  I have used this cute dinosaur by Bugaboo.  The papers are more magazine freebies (I have loads and need to use them up.  Most of them are lovely).
Have a lovely day.  I hope to see you tomorrow.
I would like to enter this into:
Karen's Doodles - Something for the kids
Paperplay Challenge - Animal antics

Last night I heard my mama singing a song ....

Hi all,

I'm so glad that it is Thursday as it means the weekend isn't far away. This has been a long week!

Over at CRAFT, we are sponsored by Robyn's Fetish Digital stamps, Fantastic ribbons and Bugaboo Stamps. Our theme this week is to create something that is inspired by a song. As soon as I saw we were doing this theme, I knew what song I wanted to do. So, I have used Bird by Bugaboo Stamps. The papers were free with a magazine and I cut the clouds myself. If you haven't already guessed from my title, the song is Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep by Middle of the Road. It's one I find myself singing at weird moments throughout the day.

It's oh so quiet

Hi all,

Daisy went to school happily this morning as she was desperate to see her friends again. Martha and I went to toddlers and now she is having a nap, so I'm having a coffee and a quick catch up.

It was my father in law's birthday on 31st December and this is the card I made him. Hubby really wasn't very helpful for ideas, so I went for this fab Bugaboo image and sentiment. It's quite plain, but I couldn't think of any male embellishments to use!

Another non Christmas card!

Please scroll down for my Digital Delights DT card.

Hi again,

As promised, here is my CRAFT DT card. This week, we are sponsored by Bugaboo stamps, and our theme is Stars. I have used a cute Bugaboo image called Wee one fairy Big Star. The flowers are by Prima and the papers are by Kate Knight and the glittery one didn't have a name on it. Please check out the wonderful projects from the rest of the DT.

Have a great rest of the week.