Okay, Didn't Quite Make It....

But I have managed 2 posts in one week which is a definite improvement. My resolution is to make next week much more productive and keep this lil' ol blog updated... lol

Anyway, my daughter (who luckily no longer lives with me) is convinced she has swine fever, and being at Uni and doing her exams at the moment (biomedical science) she is even more convinced, especially as today it has been confirmed that someone in Colchester has contracted Swine Fever... she is now convinced it is only a matter of time...

Have bought some new Go Kreate Teddy Dies and some clothes for them and hope to make my grandson a birthday card using them next week... we will see, yesterday for the first time in years I had to buy (yep I did say BUY) my Dad a birthday card... that is how bad I am getting..

Okay, so on my ongoing weight saga, did I mention I lost 3lb this week, that is nearly 3 stone in all so very pleased with myself, but I really need to tone up and you are not allowed to do too much exercise on this diet as you dont consume enough calories, so I have just ordered a Power Trainer, this is supposed to vibrate your body into toning up by making your muscles contract at a stupid rate, so as I have become the weight losing obsessive, I have decided to give it a try, it has lots of 5* ratings on Amazon and Madonna swears by it, so who am I to argue... I will let you know how I go....


Anyway, now for todays card, I made this a few weeks ago as I haven't made anything else recently other than my daughter's birthday card...

Used Old Olive Cardstock and Tempting Turquoise Cardstock and Ribbon. The stamp I have had for ages, not sure who made it and the flowers were from my stash. A nice simple card that I seem to make too few of.... have a great weekend all xx

Ooops, nearly forgot how to sign in.....

Its been so long since I updated.... life has well and truly got in the way, and then my cat decided to have kittens in the middle of my bedroom and so I cannot get my craft stash out very easily, so decided to take a break.



I have now set up a new Stampers 8 and ladies I will be contacting you very shortly with all the details, I haven't forgotten about you, but have been busy sorting out the orders that have arrived over the last few days, not least the long awaited out of stock items that some of you have been waiting for since April, I guess Stampin' Up! never guessed the scallop punches etc would prove so very popular....



My diet is going well, since starting on the Cambridge Diet nearly 7 weeks ago I have lost nearly 2 stone, so well pleased with the results... I even fit into size 12 jeans, although they are a tinsy bit tight at the moment, but give it 2 weeks and they will be awesome...



Went to Alton Towers last Saturday, went on all the "must go on" rides, the oblivion, nemesis, enterprise and Rita, and in the evening there was a concert there of Christian bands like Superchick, Kutless and Band With No Name... an excellent time was had by all, not least my daughter who had the camera trained on her for a good 30 seconds... so I guess we will be looking out for the concert on GOD TV over the next few weeks.....



Anyway, I have actually made a card today, because it is my daughters birthday tomorrow, so really I had to make one... lol and here it is....

Basic Grey Wisteria Paper, new crinkled scallop edge punch from EK Success, Image is from the Greetings Farm and flowers are from my stash.... image is coloured in using copic markers... I hope that she likes it... hopefully I will be back tomorrow, but I have a card order that needs completing....

Have a good evening all xx

Rather Pleased With Myself.....

So after dieting for over 3 months, first on Weightwatchers and then on a low carb diet, I decided to try the Cambridge Diet, the weight was coming off far too slow and was taking forever, so last Friday by Counsellor came to see me and dropped off 21 sachets of powder which was to be my "food" for the next week. Because she only normally works Wednesday and Thursday and was visiting Friday as a favour I had my weigh in today and woohoo, I have lost 4lbs in 5 days, how good is that, so on that basis I think I will be carrying on for at least another week, and in just over a weeks time I can add chocolate bars to my diet too... sounds good to me, I hope I remember how to chew then....

Have placed 3 orders for Stampin' Up! over the last 2 days, 1 yesterday and 2 today, and the mini catalogue seems to be going down a storm.... my 2 10 month Clubs finish in May, and some people have expressed an interest in continuing, so now is the time if you would like to join one of my clubs from June to let me know if you are interested. I may be doing a 6 month club where you spend £25 a month for six months which will take you into the new catalogue period, and also a 10 month club in which you need to spend £15 a month for 10 months. I know all the hostesses were really pleased with all the freebies they got... Check out the tab at the top of the post that says 10 Month Club, the 6 month one runs the same as the 10 month one but with 6 people over 6 months, or e-mail me at LindaLloyd@gmx.net for more information.

And finally, here is my card for today...

I used Certainly Celery, Elegant Eggplant and Lavender Lace Cardstock. The Image is from the New Mini Catalogue (click on the image on the left hand sidebar to view) and the Stamp Set is called Fresh Cuts. This was stamped with Elegant Eggplant Ink. The ribbon is also Elegant Eggplant, I absolutely love this colour. The sentiment is Verve Stamps... the flower is from my stash..

Have a great day everyone, and watch this spot for some blog candy within the next few weeks... just waiting for it to arrive...

Sorry about Friday's Post

Hi all, I am sorry I didn't post anything Friday, but when I loaded my camera card into my computer I managed to lose all my removeable drives, and despite DH spending 3 hours Friday night trying to fix it nothing happened, and I have only had the computer since just after Christmas, so I was not a happy bunny.... so he looked up PC World's phone number Saturday morning so he could ring them as it has a year's warranty, and I said, why dont you just turn it on and see what happens, and guess what, the drives all came back.... phew, so pleased.

So here is what I was going to upload on Friday. I made a bag and card for a lady in Church as we have bought her a book which she should find useful...

I used Petals and Paisley Patterned Paper, Tempting Turquoise, chocolate Chip and Rose Red Cardstock. The Stamp Set is Polka Dots and Paisley. This is retired but you can still purchase it whilst stocks last. The inks used were Rose Red, Old Olive, So Saffron and Pretty In Pink. I also used the Scallop Edge Punch.

Have a great evening all xx

The School Play

We went to see my 8 year olds school play last night. He was a rockstar but was a bit unhappy as at the beginning he was set to be a guitarist and then his teacher said he had to be a singer, so he and my next door neighbours little boy hid at the back of the stage so I couldn't get any photographs of them singing. Nevertheless the children all looked like they were having fun... final night is tonight and I expect they will be tired out as they have put on 2 shows yesterday and 2 today, I bet he sleeps well tonight.

Well this card started a while back, but then I broke my cuttlebug and needed to find my big shot in the loft cupboard so that I could carry on cutting out the squares and circles. This card then got thrown into a box, but it is now finished. The colours are Whisper White and Always Artichoke Cardstock, with Always Artichoke ink used on the sentiment, which is from Verve Stamps. The Patterned Paper is Brocade Background which is retired, but still available to buy whilst stocks last. I used the Scallop Edge Punch for the white scalloped edge. And voila finished at last. Tomorrow I need to wrap a book and make a matching card, so watch this space as I have no idea what I am going to do yet, but do intend to use items from the new mini catalogue out on the 1st April.

Paper Share and New Demonstrator Offer

This will stay at the top until filled, please scroll down for newer blog posts.

Stampin Up are bringing out a Mini Catalogue which will start on !st April until 30th September, click on the mini catalogue picture on the left hand column. I will be doing a Paper Share once the Catalogue comes out, you will get 1 6 x 6 sheet of all the Designer Patterned Papers in the current catalogue, plus 1 6 x 6 sheet from the 3 new packs in the mini catalogue, you will also get 1m of each of the 3 new Striped Grosgrain ribbons in So Saffron, Pretty in Pink and Bashful Blue. So in summary
102 6x6 sheets of Patterned Paper, from current catalogue, plus the new PP from the Mini Catalogue
1.2" Grosgrain Striped Ribbon in Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink and So Saffron. 1m of each of these = 3m
The total cost will be £20 including postage. I will also have a Level 1 Hostess Set to Raffle off, so one of the 8 lucky people will receive a Level 1 Hostess Set of their choice.
I need 8 people for one of these groups and this will be dispatched to you in April once the Mini Catalogue comes out. If you are interested please let me know at LindaLloyd@gmx.net

Seven people have signed up so far, only 1 space left!!

If you would like to become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Stampin' Up! are doing a special offer starting 12th March until the end of March. You can purchase the Starter Kit for only £125 with goods to the value of £240 in it and you can also personalise a lot of this kit so that you get the stamp sets and colours that YOU want. So what do you have to lose, you can sign up as a hobby demo and just buy stash for yourself and get the demonstrator discount on all the stash you want. If after a couple of months you think it is not for you, then you can resign and keep everything that you have already bought including the Starter Kit, how can you lose. If you sign up through me I will also give you 4 FREE stamp sets, one of each of the Saleabration Sets which are no longer available and that you cannot purchase. So this is what you get...

1. 4 Free Stamp Sets

2. £240 worth of SU Stash personalised to your choice for only £125.

3. Both are yours to keep forever even if you decide Stampin Up is not for you.

4. A friendly team I currently have a team of 10 people, plus a forum which is only available to my team and Stampers 10 Club, plus I am always at the end of the phone or an e-mail if you need help or advice.

For more information, contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net

Take Care

Sooooo Excited....

Although the day didnt start off too well. I was cleaning the bathroom and my 2 little boys were watching the TV just before school (yes I know bad parent, slap wrists), and all of a sudden I heard something fall and they both started screaming at the tops of their voices (so I knew that they were okay) I yelled downstairs and asked what had happened, one of the cats had knocked the crabs aquarium off the top of the vivarium and the gravel, water and crab had gone flying, I ran down the stairs as fast as I could in my slippers yelling at the children to get the cats out of the lounge so they couldn't get the crab, but neither of them would move, I managed to get one of the cats out and shut the door, but the other two were proving more difficult. I was pushing the sofa in all directions and my 8 year old started helping me and eventually we grabbed one cat each and put them out the lounge. Next we needed to catch the crab. We have had this crab at least 3 years and it has got bigger and bigger and bigger, it is now almost the size of a dressed crab that you can buy, so it was no mean feat finding something to catch it in. Eventually I used a massive saucepan and a newspaper and soon had him back in his aquarium. Unfortunately it took a lot longer cleaning up the gravel and smelly water, which had to wait until after I had taken the childen to school, but alls well that ends well and crab is quite happy again in his aquarium and the cats are now permanently shut out of the lounge.

Then hubby rang me at lunch time and told me he had won 2 tickets for U2 in the online auction on ticketmaster. That for the same price we had paid for our other tickets, we now had seats almost next to the stage, now this deal is so special we have to collect the tickets on the night from the box office at Wembley Stadium and hubby has to have the same credit card he bought the tickets with plus photo identification just to get them. We then enter by a special door and get greeted by someone, we then have a special merchandise stall etc that we use instead of the general public one which will probably be very busy. We have been allocated what we imagine are seats as it is row 6 with 2 seat numbers.... how excited am I, may have to buy an extra battery for my camera so I can just snap away...... so much better than when we went to Poland. Just have to sell my other tickets now, which are also great seats, but obviously not as good as these ones are....

But..... you are all waiting to see what card I have made and here it is...

Real Red and Whisper White Cardstock, Fall Flowers (Retired) Designer Paper, this is still available whilst stocks last. Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon and brads and flowers from my stash. I used the Scallop Edge Punch for the scallop white edge. And that's it, I know those colours are quite Christmassy but I didn't think it looked too seasonal....

Have a great evening all xx