Have Been Busy, Have a Lot to Show You This Week....

I hope you have all had a great weekend, we went to see my daughter who has moved into a house with her boyfriend in Sudbury, she was all alone this weekend as her boyfriend had to unexpectedly fly back to South Africa (he is Zimbabwean) as his Grandad died and he had to go to the funeral, so she was rather upset that she hadn't been able to go with him and felt lonely, so we took a trip to see her and went for a lovely meal in Prezzo and then geocaching to walk off our meal... a really nice day, thank you Ashleigh.

I have been mega busy over the past week, what with cleaning my house to within an inch of its life (so I dont feel too lazy crafting all this week too) an I even used a toothbrush to clean the skirtings... lol I have also been busy making cards, halloween gifts etc... and have lots of other ideas too... I really would like to make some Christmas Cards this week, and I have bought far tooooo many Christmas bits, so should have enough to last me for the next 10 years... lol

So here is a card I have made...

And I also have another card to show you, not sure if I have already shown it to you, but just incase, here it is... Not sure about the paper or the image, and the ribbon and buttons were from my stash.


This image was coloured in using copic markers and the image is a Sweet Nellie image, the sentiment is computer generated and the paper I expect is Basic Grey... my favourite.

And as promised, here are my before and after photos from my diet. The before was taken last summer when we were on holiday, I cannot believe I looked so awful and even my children have said we didn't realise you looked so bad mum... so here is the before.

> Yep, very bad photo, this was me at around 14stone 9lb and a size 20, and here is the end result which I arrived at in August this year...

And this is me at the Haagen Dazs Cafe in Leicester Square at 11pm on 31st August, which was our 10th Wedding Anniversary. We stayed at a 5* Hotel in Mayfair (The Metropolitan) and I wasn't ashamed about being fat, I was so happy with what I had achieved and that I finally looked normal. So this is the end result, 9 stone 12lb and a size 8 to 10...

So here's hoping that you all had a great weekend, and that your weekend will be just as good.

Take care

Still For Sale...

I have updated this post http://purelystamping.blogspot.com/2009/08/magnolia-whiff-of-joy-sugar-nellie.html to show the stamps that are still for sale... please email me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net. I will accept personal cheques, postal orders, or gifted paypal payments. Will be back soon to update, but my daughter had a little baby boy, Cain Mitchell this afternoon at 2.38pm, and I have been running up and down the hospital like a loony and looking after my grandson who is 17 months old.... and my crafting space is a mess as I am re-organising it to incorporate my new Stampin Up Stash. If you would like to purchase anything from the new Stampin Up Catalogue, check out http://www.stampinup.co.uk/ and just let me know what you would like. I am offering a 10% discount for all orders over £35... take care and have a good weekend.

A Little Something For a Challenge

Right, well I have decided to totally turn around my life and everything I do (not that I have much time after being a mum to 10 children and running them around to various appointments etc), but I need to get on and do something instead of being in front of my computer all the time. I also want to keep all the weight off that I have lost and being more active will do that hopefully. The plan is to also have a bit of a sort out in my craft area and put away stuff not used so often and take out stuff that is used whenever I craft like cardstock.... I also intend to have a major bloghop and find a challenge for each day of the week, which will hopefully inspire me to get things made in advance instead of making cards at the last minute.... lol Which reminds me, must get on and make some halloween gifts....

Anyway, here is my first Christmas Items of the year... and made for the Stamp With Us Challenge, which is a Stampin Up based website run by some brilliant demonstrators whose work I greatly admire. The challenge was to make something that wasn't a card, and since I received my new catalogue stash this week I decided instead of stroking it I would use it... (see I said I was turning my life around, I would normally have stroked it for weeks)...

I made a small box with a flap using the new Stampin Up Simply Scrappin Kit "Christmas Jingle", you get everything you need to make some brilliant scrapbook pages, cards or mini albums and it all co-ordinates including the cardstock, stickers and paper. And inside this little box I made is a mini folding album which I intend to fill with pictures from Christmas this year. A brilliant little gift to give to a loved one this Christmas so that they can save their own memories.... and here is the mini album out of the box...

Not yet filled as I want to put some photos from this year in it, and will make sure I take some really good ones especially for this album as I have never had an album before. It is also a good size to carry around in your handbag so that you can brag about the excellent Christmas you had, or just to remind you of the good times you had once, the cold, snowy, dull new year comes round.... have a good day all. xx

Have loads of made cards, just need to post them on here....

Well I have a backlog of cards that I have made to put on my blog, but I dont want to spoil you, so will plod along 2 at a time. Keep checking back as I will have some blog candy to give away soon, plus some stamp sets to sell, so watch this space.

I have been making cards today, trying to finish an order I needed to finish and was pleased to finish it at last, haven't managed to photograph them yet, yucky light...

Well it looks like Autumn is finally on its way, it was very windy around here today and decidedly chilly too.... nearly the kind of weather for thick soup and bread or hot and tasty stews, which reminds me, I will need to post a before and after photo of myself, I have been on the Cambridge Diet and lost nearly 5 stone... should be amusing, it will be worth checking back just to see these photos... lol

Anyway, I have 2 cards to show you today...

As I made this a while ago I cannot remember what I used, but it is all Stampin Up, I am sure those of you who use Stampin Up will know what it is... lol

Next is a Gorjuss Girl card from http://www.funkykits.co.uk/...


Again I have no idea what I used, but I remember digging deep into my piles of stash for the paper, the ribbon is Stampin Up, but I think that is all... image is coloured using copic markers..

Have a great Saturday evening, wrap up warm and chill in front of the tv... cya all tomorrow xx

A Few Cards..... and a really nice lady....

Have been busy this week making some cards and thought you might like to see it.... so much has been going on in my life at the moment and everything had to be put on a shelf until I get through the other side, and hopefully now I am re-emerging....

Sunday afternoon I had a phone call from my DDs boyfriend who she was out with saying his friend (they are 14) had fallen off his bike, couldn't move his leg and there was blood.... having worked on the ambulances could I please come and help him. I told him to call an ambulance and I zipped off in my car to their location. Took one look at the blood, realised it was nothing to do with his leg and all to do with the handlebars of his bike that had pierced his lower torso, there wasn't too much blood, so decided not to move him but try and calm him down. No one could contact his mother so DH went off to his to see if she was there, and meantime I managed to calm him down so much he was talking on his mobile phone to his Dad when the ambulance arrived. His mum turned up shortly afterwards and we planned that I would take his new bike to my house and lock it in my garage, so I gave her my address so she could pick it up when she was ready. Her friend then turned up and took the bike and I took off, leaving Mum, son and ambulance waiting for a back up ambulance... Well Wednesday evening there is a knock at the door, this lady remembered where I had lived and bought me a bottle of wine for looking after her son until she got there.... how kind was that, and it turns out she is a newly trained midwife who has seen my pregnant daughter on a couple of occasions for a check up.... her son started to bleed really badly once they got him on the ambulance, so I was so glad I hadn't moved him, and had to have an operation, but came home Wednesday afternoon....

Anyway, on to the couple of cards....

This is for Mum, it is her birthday on Monday, but she has gone away for a few days as a birthday treat, so had to get it made and finished for yesterday....

Recipe:- Stampin Up Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant and Lavender Lace. The flourish is cut out using my Cricut Expression and the edging is a Martha Stewart Punch. The "Happy Birthday" was made using my new Start Rite font stamps and cut out using the Window Slot Punch from Stampin Up. Old Olive and Whisper White Ribbon used along the edge. The diamond embossed rectangle that the flower is sitting on was made using acetate and a cuttlebug folder.

This card was made for my little boy's friend whose birthday party he went to last week.... I coloured a skateboarder and a fireman and my little boy chose the fireman...

Recipe:- Greetings Farm Fireman Stamp, Stampin Up Stamps, Stampin Up Tempting Turquoise cardstock, Green Galore Cardstock and Elegant Eggplant Cardstock. Real Red and Tempting Turquoise Inkpads... The Greetings Farm image was coloured in using Copic Marker and the star shape was cut out using the Stampin Up Star Punch....

That's all for today, have a good evening everyone xx

Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Sugar Nellie, Sarah Kay, Rachelle Anne Miller and More...Stamps for Sale.....

Well today I have sorted through my stamps and have decided that some of them just have to go.... so here is a rather long list of them... postage is included in the cost of the stamps, so the price you see is the price you pay (unless you want them shipped internationally, there will be an additional charge for shipping)... just e-mail me at LindaLloyd@gmx.net. If you double click on the photos it will bring the photos up larger so that you can see the stamps more clearly.



Here I have 3 Magnolia Stamps... the first one and last one have never been used. They are all mounted and ready to stick to your acrylic block. I would like £4 each for the first and last one and £3.50 for the middle one, this includes postage. The last one is poor Edwin in a sorry state, perfect for a Get Well Soon card. ALL SOLD




As you can see these 2 have never been used and are still in the packet. Mounted and ready for your acrylic block, I would like £4 each for these, the little girl sits on the edge of the glass, if you would like both the cost will be £7.25. Dont forget this price includes postage. SOLD



This is the Christmas Set, the little girl sits on the tree branch, again, never been used or even out of the packet. Mounted and ready for your acrylic block. £4 each or both for £7.25. SOLD


These stamps have been used, are by Rachelle Anne Miller and are acrylic, would like £3.25 each please. ALL SOLD

This Sarah Kay stamp has never been out of its packet, is acrylic so will cling to your acrylic block and I would like £4.25 for this one please, postage included. SOLD

These stamps have been lightly used and are mounted so they will cling to your acrylic block, I would like £3.50 for each of these please. The middle stamp is perfect for all your baby girl cards.... STAMP ON RIGHT SOLD. MIDDLE AND LEFT ONE STILL FOR SALE

These stamps have never been used either (are you noticing something here... lol) and are from the Farmyard Tilda (Magnolia), here you have the horse, a bale of hay and tilda all ready to sit on the bale of hay. I would like £5 for the horse, £4 for Tilda and £3.75 for the bale of hay, if you would like all 3 I will sell them for £11.25. SOLD


Again Magnolia, again never used. I would like £4.50 for this one please. SOLD


Again Magnolia, yet again, never been used, ideal for teacher cards, I did even think of teacher cards for Christmas, just stick a little Father Christmas Hat on their heads. £4.50 each for these, or all 3 for £12.... just a reminder, postage is included. If you have an apple stamp, Edwin and Tilda would be excellent stamped out and seated on an apple... (or even an apple die cut). ALL SOLD

These are Sugar Nellie Stamps, which I think are no longer available. They have been used and I would like £3.50 each for these or £20 the set. SOLD

More Sugar Nellie stamps, they do stamp really well, nice clear sharp images. These have been lightly used, £3.75 each. SOLD

More Sugar Nellie, again, these have been lightly used, £3.50 each or all 3 for £10. THESE THREE STILL FOR SALE

The first one is a Magnolia Stamp, the Second is a Leanne Ellis Stamp (from Funky Kits) and not sure of the name of the third one. I would like £3.50 for the Magnolia Stamp, the Leanne Ellis one has not been used but has been mounted on Kling On and I would like £4.25 for that, the third one I would like £4 for, this has been used once. The first stamp Edwin doing DIY is perfect for those hard to make men cards... MIDDLE AND RIGHT HAND ONE SOLD EDWIN WITH DIY TOOLS STILL FOR SALE


More Sugar Nellie, the first two have been used and the third one used only once.... I would like £3.50 for each of these or £10 for all 3. Dont think these are available anymore. The third stamp is Maggie dressing up in her mums clothes... these would make gorgeous young girl cards. ALL SOLD


I have only used this stamp once, and I won the competition I entered using it.... can you believe that... lol Anyway, I would like £4.25 for this one, I think it is a Ladybug design by Rachelle Anne Miller. SOLD

These are Leanne Ellis Designs from Funky Kits, these have only been used once and I would like £4 each for these.... they have been mounted on kling on so can be used right away.ALL SOLD
And last but not least, Whiff of Joy stamps, these have been used once only, but are mounted on Kling On ready to use on your acrylic block. I would like £4.75 each for these, this includes first class postage to UK, and I will post out to you the next working day. ALL SOLD

Dont forget all prices include first class postage to UK only, if you would like them shipped internationally, then you will need to contribute to shipping costs. All stamps are already mounted onto EZ Mount or Kling On ready to stamp, except for the acrylic ones. Thank you for looking and I will be back with some more items for sale tomorrow.... take care all XX

Selling Some Stampin' Up! Stamp Sets....

I have decided to sell some of my stash as I have way too much, thought I would advertise it for a week on my blog before listing it on e-bay. So todays bargains are Stampin' Up!s Saleabration Sets. I have way too many of these and need to sell some to the unlucky people that didn't manage to get their hands on them when they were on offer. You are now unable to purchase these sets as only the people that bought a certain amount of Stampin' Up! managed to get their little crafting mitts on them, so am selling these....


The above set is called Botanical Blooms, it is brand new, never been used, not even mounted and I would like £15 for this which will include postage. Click on the picture to see a larger version of it.

This set is called Yummy, again £15 for this including postage, if you would like to purchase 2 of the sets, the cost will be £28 including postage.

This set is called Congrats, I would like £12 including postage for this set. If you would like to purchase all 3 sets the cost will be £38.


This set is called Polka Dot Punches. I would like £15 for this. The scallop edge punch and flower punch from Stampin' Up! can be used for punching out these designs. If you would like all 4 sets, the cost will be £50 including postage. I will also include some Stampin' Up! 6 x 6 inch sheets of patterned paper with your Stamp Sets. If you are interested, just click on the link above which says CONTACT ME and let me know. I think I have 4 of each set up for grabs.

Once I have sorted out all my craft stuff and sold it, I will be starting up my blog again as I will then have room to work.

Tomorrow I will be selling some of my Magnolia and Sugar Nellie Stamps, so look out for that.

I will also have some giveaways over the next few weeks so look out for that also... Have a great evening everyone.