Watch out Berlin!

Hi all,

It's been a gorgeous week here, weather wise. Daisy broke up for the Easter holidays today and this morning parents were invited to the Easter assembly and then the children took part in egg-rolling. I had never heard of this before, but apparently it is a tradition. Each child from each year group took it in turns to roll an egg along the ground. The aim was to reach a circular target. Daisy won the reception class competition and won a chocolate egg. She was desperate to have some when she got home from school. This will probably be my last post 'in person' for a couple of weeks, as we are travelling to Manchester on Sunday to fly to Berlin early Monday morning. Hubby's eldest brother and family live out there, so we are going to stay with them. I have a feeling that I won't get on the internet much, if at all, as we will be busy and it would be a bit rude to spend all evening on someone else's computer and ignore their company! Tomorrow night will be spent scheduling all my DT posts. Yippee!

My card is another I made last year for the competition and didn't post. The image is by Stamp Fairy, the sentiment is by Digital Delights and the papers are by First Edition.

I hope you have a lovely two weeks and I will see you later.

They're red, they're green, they're brown, they're blue...

Hi all,

It's been a gorgeous week up here. The sun has shone and we have spent lots of time in the garden, which is great as Martha is a real outdoorsy girl. (It must have something to do with being born in Australia!) On Tuesday the head at Daisy's school asked me if she could wear socks instead of tights as she was boiling, bless her. It was cold when she got the bus, honest!

Over at CRAFT this week, we are sponsored by Digital Delights, Lauretta's Digital Stamps and Truly, madly, crafty. Our theme this week is things with wheels. For my card, I have used an image by The Stamping Boutique, which is our sponsor of the month. When I saw it, I thought of Thomas the Tank Engine and friends, which is where my post title comes from. The papers are magazine freebies.

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

Hop

Hi all,

Yesterday didn't quite go to plan. I drove Daisy round to get the bus as I was going food shopping afterwards (we usually walk as the bus stop isn't far from home). I saw her off, got in the car, and ... nothing. It was saying parking brake failure and electronic failure on the dashboard, so my heart sank, thinking it would be at least £500. I rang the AA and 2 hours later, they came (luckily, the car wasn't far from home so I went home and did the housework while I was waiting). The guy found the battery needed replacing, so although it cost money, it wasn't as much as I expected. I was a bit annoyed as I always have lots to do if I'm not working on a child free day and didn't manage to do it all, but there is always tomorrow!

Anyway, at Creative Craft, we are sponsored by Some Odd Girl. Our theme is anything but a card. I chose to make a little Easter treat box for Daisy. I got the idea and template from April's Crafts Beautiful magazine. It's quite hard to see on the photo, but I stuck cotton wool on the back for the bunny's tail. I'm not sure whether to make one for Martha or not. She won't want to be left out, but she might not leave the box as a box. She loves cutting and sticking, but when she is finished, she carefully takes it all off the paper and sticks it on her head.

Have a lovely day.

A bit fishy

Hi all,

I hope you had a lovely weekend. We went to the beach yesterday as the sun was here. It was still a bit chilly, but the girls loved it and Martha loved looking in the rock pools and got so excited she fell in twice! I was so glad we had taken some spare clothes.

Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by K n K Designs and the prize is 3 digi sets. Our theme this week is tag it. I used a cat image by K n K Designs and made a heart shaped tag to mirror the heart on the collar. For the background, I used a habico fish stamp and then embossed the images. I then used different coloured ink pads to create the background. Please check out the rest of the projects by the fab DT.

See you tomorrow.

The sun will come out tomorrow (maybe)!

Hi all,

I hope you had a good week. Hubby is out with friends tonight, so I am making the most of the time and crafting and blog hopping. We haven't got a lot planned for the weekend, but I'm sure Daisy will have some ideas tomorrow.

I have another card to show you that I made last year for a competition and forgot to post. This uses an image by Some Odd Girl and the papers are by Echo Park. I find it hard looking at cards I have made a while ago, as I look and see so many things that I wouldn't do now. This card though does make me think of summer. Hopefully the sun will come out soon.

Have a good weekend.

Awards

Hi all,

Well, it's Friday! Martha is having a little nap, so I thought I would pop on here to thank three lovely ladies with fantastic blogs showing all kinds of crafty goodness, who gave me blog awards last week. I was meaning to do this earlier, but I have been madly tidying up as we have a man coming to value the house this morning as we want to do some renovations and the bank needs a valuation.

Thank you Susan, for this award:

For this one, I have to nominate 5 people with less than 200 followers. Now, many of my bloggy friends have over 200 followers, but I would like to award this to:

Judith

Sheryl

Thank you Colette, for this award:

There are a few conditions to accepting the award:-

• To thank the person who gave it to you and include a link to their blog.
• Select 15 blogs that you have either recently discovered or follow regularly.
• Tell them you have nominated them for the award.
• Tell the person who nominated you 7 things about yourself.

Here are my 7 things. I apologise if I have already said them.

1 - I was born in Somerset and lived there for 18 years. I moved to Newcastle to do my PGCE in 1999 and have stayed up north ever since.

2 - I am a vegetarian, but don't mind buying and cooking meat for hubby and the girls, as long as I don't have to have it.

3 - I played the clarinet when I was younger. I got my Grade 8 exam, but haven't played for years. I'm not even sure where my clarinet is now.

4 - I spent a year in France as part of my degree and have loads of half read french novels in the house.

5 - I love Apple Mac computers. They are so much simpler than Microsoft PCs in my opinion. Also, they are very stylish.

6 - My favourite film when I was younger was The Lost Boys, and I still like going back to my youth and watching it now.

7 - I love musicals. I have seen Les Miserables at least 5 times, and have also seen The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Starlight Express, Jesus Christ Superstar and Cats to name but a few! I also perform in amateur musical productions.

I would like to give this to:

Dianne

Gemma

I know this is not 15, but I have brain ache and my fingers are hurting with all the typing. I may be back later with more nominations.

Thank you Jacki for this award:Here are the terms and conditions of this award:

1. This award is for any co-blogging friend who has helped you develop your blog in any and all ways.
2. This award is for any co-blogging friend who has cheered you along in your blog building, craft advancing career.
3. This award is for any co-blogging friend who always stops by and is kind to you. You can count on them to always be one of the great comments at the end of your post.
4. This award is to be given to 3 to 5 Blends whom you feel meet the listed requirements.
5. Create a post with the terms of use and publish your Blends of choice.
6. Blend of choice may copy the award from your blog and proudly post it on theirs.
7. Blend of choice may continue the kindness by issuing this award to keep the circle forever growing.

I would like to give this to:

Annmaree

Mary J

Cheryl

I could choose many more blogging friends, but these ladies always have wonderful things to say about my creations. Thank you!

I am so grateful to you all for thinking of me and I am sorry I was late in posting them. I have found it hard to pick people, as everyone I follow is fantastically talented. Usually I cop out, so thought I wouldn't today, but it has taken me so long!

I will be back with a card soon, I promise.

Flutter by

Hi all,

Well, we have managed to get to Thursday without any sick children. Daisy has dancing after school and then a friends of hers is coming for tea. We have had to cancel twice as Daisy was ill, so hopefully it will be third time lucky!

Over at CRAFT, we are sponsored by Crimson Cloud, Floppy Latte and AiFactory and our theme this week is handmade flowers. I have used a lovely image by AiFactory and the papers are by Floppy Latte. The flower is made from pink tissue paper, fastened with a brad. Don't forget to check out the fab projects by the rest of the DT.