A Little Boy's Birthday Card...

Today I am very proud of myself, I have actually made a card for a little boy whose party my son is going to on Sunday.... yep Sunday, and today is Friday, I am organised, how thrilling is that!! And I have the birthday present too, so no last minute running around in Tesco on Sunday trying to find something for this little boy just before his party starts... I hope I can continue this way. I have also needed a couple of thank you cards this week and all I needed was to reach into my box and lift one out... what bliss!! Now I hope that I can do my 12 card order so smoothly AT THE BEGINNING of next week instead of rushing to finish them on Saturday. Aaaah so what am I waiting for you want to see the card of course...

My photographic skills have gone way down the pan this week, doesn't matter which camera I use, so it is obviously down to me... I have used a Stampin' Up! Stamp Set for this card called All in The Family and the little Rugby Ball is from Family Accessories... The patterned paper is Scenic Route Metropolis, cardstock is matching Bazzill cardstock BUT the bigger hearts have been punched out using the Stampin' Up! Star Punch. "Ben" has been die cut using my Quickutz Ginger alphabet.

I have a very busy weekend, we have a loft conversion and have loft cupboards that aren't very accessible but just enough that you can load junk into the cupboards. This weekend our task is to tidy out one of the cupboards and list anything we dont want on e-bay... one persons junk is another ones treasure, or something like that. I have lots of annuals from when I was young in there, not sure what I am keeping them for so they can go if they dont appear to be worth anything. Then I also need to get two punctures fixed on my car, one is a slow puncture so have had it a while and now I have another one, so will have to get both fixed, and the boys all have a Pantomime to go to, The Wizard of Oz.... oh no they haven't, oh yes they have. Plus my little boy wants to be enrolled next week at Beavers, so we need to buy him his top and the place where we buy it is only open tomorrow.... looks like I will be getting up at 5am....

Hope you have a less busy weekend than me, take care xx

Been Busy...... again..

I am hosting a card swap, and have been busy trying to get my second lot of 10 cards made today, as they are supposed to be with me tomorrow and just because I am hosting the swap and can take advantage as I know there are still a lot of cards that I need to receive, doesn't mean that I shouldn't complete mine on time.... lol But unfortunately I cannot share them with you yet as I know some of the people in the swap read my blog.

But I have made one small card to share with you, which I am really not sure about, and then my daughter came home from school (she is 14) and said I really really love this card.... I was surprised, I showed her the cards I was making for the swap (which I really like) and she said no this small one is much better..... hmmmm so I will show it to you and I guess you will either love it like she does or not like me....

Todays card is made from Stampin' Up!, Real Red, Bashful Blue and Always Artichoke Cardstock, Real Red and Red Gingham Ribbon and Summer Picnic Designer Paper the image is from the Tart Tangy Stamp Set. The sentiment was made using my old fashioned dymo machine.

Have a great evening all, dont forget to take part in my Monday Card Sketch Challenge, just scroll dont a few posts to find it, or click on the link above this post where is says Weekly Challenge.

Take care xx

Trip to Dentist and Watching an Assembly...

My poor child number 9, he is 8 years old and his teeth are crumbling, the dentist has said it is nothing to do with too many sweets etc, it would happen whatever he eats or drinks (they only have water to drink, no juice and some fizzy on birthdays and Christmas), so today it was his trip to the dentist, he has to have 17 fillings in all to hold his teeth together, they think his 2nd teeth will be stronger and he shouldn't have this problem then.... but today his trip entailed having half of these filled, they dont drill, they just pick any lose bit out and fill in the hole, he is so brave, but I guess he is used to it by now... trip 2 will be next week.

Then this afternoon, a trip to the school to see Number 10s Assembly, a bit of a mix up as I thought I was seeing Number 9s, but the school rung to say they had swapped them around, so Number 10s it was.... poor boy had been trying to tell me for 2 days it was his assembly but as I had paperwork saying otherwise I didn't believe him.... quick apology after school today. And after his trauma from Monday, he is obviously feeling much better because...



he has grown two sets of arms.... how on earth did that happen. Please excuse the quality of the photograph, I bought a new small camera just after Christmas, but just lately the photos I have been taking with it are atrocious, in fact I have resorted back to my Canon 40d to take the photographs for my blog, just mega big to carry around just for a school assembly. So as you may have guessed this is my little boy acting to the story of The Three Little Pigs in his school assembly this afternoon, they also spoke to the parents in French and sung a song about Pinocchio..

And now on to today's card....

The image is a Stamp from Leanne Ellis and I bought it at http://www.funkykits.co.uk/. And guess what, I didn't use any Stampin' Up! whatsoever except for the sentiment inside the card which is from the Sincere Salutations Stamp Set. The cardstock was from my stash, as were the flowers, brads and bling. The punch is Martha Stewart.

Dont forget to take part in my Monday Sketch Challenge, scroll down a few blog posts and you will find it, otherwise click on the tab above this post. Leave a link in my Mr Linky box so that everyone can view your card.

Have a great evening everyone, take care xx

K Werner Colour Challenge....

I thought today I would make a card for the K Werner Colour Challenge just because the colours are so awesome, but when I sat down to make it I didn't have a clue what to do, so I also went for a Mojo Monday Sketch....

and this is what I came up with....

All the cardstock is the suggested colours in the challenge, the patterned paper is from Stampin' Up!, the Real Red Patterned Paper is only available if you get a Level 1 Hostess Set and is in the 6 x 6 Patterned Paper Pack. The brads are also Stampin' Up! in Black, Green Galore and Real Red. The Image was stamped using the Live Your Dream Stamp Set and the Sentiment is from the God's Blessings Stamp Set.

And here is the inside using Real Red, Whisper White and Basic Black Cardstock, scalloped using the Scallop Edge Punch, the Patterned Paper is So Saffron Patterned paper and the gems are from my stash. Hope you like it...

Thank you for the comments on my little boy's face, it looks much better today with only his lip and forehead noticeable. He did go to Beaver's last night and is being enrolled next week... but he was worried about going to school today as he thought everyone would laugh at his face. I asked him if someone else had hurt their face would he laugh at them... he said "yes"... not quite what I was expecting, but I followed it up with "then they are entitled to laugh at you aren't they"...which he then had to think about.

Have a great evening everyone xx

My Card For My Card Challenge....

Check down to the last Blog Post for this weeks Card Sketch Challenge. I thought it is only fair to enter one of my own, so here it is....

Okay, so the sentiment isn't quite in the right place, but it is my challenge so I can do as I please.... lol. No really, the sketch is there just to inspire you and give you something to work from, it doesn't have to be exactly the same, you just need to have used it to inspire the card you have made. Once you have made your card, add your link to Mr Linky and then you can inspire other people.

For this card I have used Stampin' Up! Lavender Lace Cardstock, Basic Grey Patterned Paper, and the image is from Magnolia Stamps... the ribbon is Bravo Burgundy Grosgrain from Stampin' Up! along with the Circle Fire Brad and the sentiment stamped in Bravo Burgundy ink, the sentiment is from the Daily Flexible Phrases Stamp Set. The inside sentiment is from the Stampin' Up Sincere Salutations Stamp Set.

Well my week didn't start off to well, firstly our neighbour came round to say all our drains are blocked again, this happened last Sunday too and Anglian Water came out, cleared the drain a short distance from our Cul-De-Sac and said that there were bricks in the drain so it looks like they may be collapsing (oh joy) so they would write a report stating that. Well today another neighbour rang them and they are now saying it will take a couple of weeks to sort out as they will need to shut the main road where the drain is.... er.. hello, the sewage is about to overflow out of all our manholes, not just our cul-de-sac, but the next one along and another couple of roads too that run into this particular drain, so not quite sure what happens next.. we shall see.

Then after this happened, I was taking my 2 little boys to school and they were chasing each other, despite me always telling them to be careful as they will fall over, and guess what? My 6 year old did fall over and this is what he did to his face...

We had to carry on to the school and we went inside and bathed his face, at first it was just his lip, forehead and knee, but then the scrapes below his eye appeared and it just seems to have been getting worse all day, so he had the day off and played the Wii..

Lets hope tomorrow starts off better than today....

I also started my diet today, if I post it on here, I cant really get out of it can I and so I will post my weight loss each week, I am hoping to lose around 45lb, so quite a bit and hopefully putting it on my blog will stop me from failing this time... lol

have a great evening everyone, take care xx

Monday Challenge...

Here is today's Challenge, you have 1 week to make a card using this sketch, and it would be great if you could post a link to your cards in my comments box... I am looking to set something up so we can link directly from the Challenge Page, but haven't yet done it...


Okay, so it is not particularly professional, but I am working on it... lol and my writing is better than that in real life too...

Have a great day, take care... xx

And we have a winner.......

So I was going to get my little boy to draw a name out of a hat, but he was too busy playing football until after it had got dark, so I went to http://www.random.org/ and used that to pick a number. I wrote down all the names and then numbered them from 1 to 16 for all the entries... and the Random.Org picked out number tdaaaaaaaa 4... So Lisa you are my winner, if you would like to check out the Saleabration Leaflet on the side of my blog and let me know which of the Saleabration stamp sets you want I will get it into the post to you as soon as possible... Well Done.... and thank you to everyone who took part, it was great to see all of your cards, a real inspiration to me....
I will hopefully be posting a sketch every Monday from now on, so check back tomorrow for the next one, although there will be no more prizes for now... have a great day all xx