Sorry Jill!!!!

After a (nice) ear-bashing from my dear MIL here are some recent photos of the kids - for some reason there seem to be more of Jess. I must make a conscious effort to take more photos of the boys!

Di's card sketch September #4

Yesterday was card sketch day over at Di Hickman's blog and here's my card:

I used: DCWV cardstock, Papermania paper, MME paper, KI Memories paper, fabric flower, K&Co Amy Butler fabric brad, Stickles, Scrapworks Rubz alphabet rub-ons and Autumn Leaves ribbon.

I have been busy scrapping and making cards but can't show you them yet - hopefully next week!

Another reminder.......

Only a few more days left to join the forum at Card Paper Scissors , make a couple of cards to enter the prize challenge and be in with a chance of winning some Autumn Leaves stamps. What are you waiting for?!?! Get over there!

Woo-hoo!!!

The lovely ladies over at It's a Creative World have asked me to join them!! If you haven't already checked out this blog then you need to as there are some fab creative ideas on there!

Fun!

Another 12" x 12" LO!!! This is Matthew at the park back in February during half-term.

I used: Bazzill cardstock, My Mind's Eye Magnolia papers, Fancy Pants chipboard ("fun"), Doodlebug flocking powder, My Mind's Eye rub-ons, Lakeland glitter, 7Gypsies chipboard, Studio G alphabet stamps, PSX Pixie alphabet stamps (button lowercase , button numbers and classic lower and upper), Brilliance ink (coffee bean), Making Memories Boho Chic tiny alphabet stickers, brown Marvy pen, American Crafts turquoise glitter pen and some hotfix studs.

Snowdon

Jamie on the summit of Snowdon- May 31st 2004! This is an 8" x 8" LO:

I used: DCWV cardstock, My Mind's Eye Everyday Tango paper, Ellison Chunkadelic die-cut alphabet, Quickutz mini Metro die-cut alphabet, black Dymo embossing tape, Chatterbox Love Notes (fabric), Making Memories eyelets.

Di's card sketch September #3

Have you checked out Di's blog for the latest card sketch yet? Here's my card which was given to my Mum for her birthday yesterday - Happy Birthday Mum!!!

I used: DCWV cardstock, K&Co Amy Butler papers, Maya Rd velvet ribbon, Heidi Grace sentiment stamp, Versamagic chalk ink, Craft Work large brads, rhinestones and a Marvy pen.

Got a stinking cold at the moment but hoping I get to scrap for a bit later, I was in bed by 9.30 last night so didn't get to do any yesterday.

A couple of older ones I forgot to upload here. I have a system now that everything I make gets uploaded on my blog along with a supplies list and then once I've done that I also put the item in my Webshots gallery (link on right). Only when this is done do I count the card or LO in to my total for things I've made this month/year.

I used: Bazzill cardstock, K&Co Amy Butler papers, Sizzlits Playground alphabet die-cuts, Making Memories chipboard, Prima flowers, Maya Road velvet ribbon, HOTP brads, beads and a Marvy pen.

I used: HOTP paper, DCWV chipboard, Lil Lavis Love Affair stamps, Colorbox chalk ink, Marvy pen.

Off to scrap now -I've rediscovered flowers and am loving them!!

Three days!!!

That's how long this LO took me!! The photo is me aged about 20 months and it's the first time that I've been able to see how much Jess looks like me - up til now I always thought she looked more like Neil.

I used: Bazzill cardstock, My Mind's Eye Magnolia papers. Queen & Co felt fusion, various buttons from Grandma's box, HOTP buttons, various rhinestones including Kaiser, various beads, Sizzlits Playground die-cut alphabet in funky foam, Sizzlits Round-a-bout die-cut alphabet in funky foam, Royal & Langnickel white alphabet rub-ons, American Crafts flourish rub-ons, Creative Cafe rub-on ("my life").

I've just recieved a new order of photos from Asda so feeling a bit more inspired to scrap now!!

Don't forget if you're a cardmaker to check out Card Paper Scissors where you can win a set of Autumn Leaves stamps or just take part in the forums.

Di's card sketch September #2

Here's my card for Di's card sketch this week:

I used: Papermill card, Making Memories papers, Queen & Co felt fusion, Heidi Swapp chipboard alphabet, Sizzlits Playground alphabet die-cuts in funky foam, Prima flowers, HOTP button, various rhinestones and Pearlidoodles.

Another reminder.....

Week 2 challenge is up on Card Paper Scissors if you fancy winning some stamps. Will hopefully be updating blog later - had a funny few days with an ill child!

Di's card sketch September #1

Here's my card for Di's card sketch this week:

I used: Unknown card from Ebay, Doodlebug paper, button from Grandma's box, gingham ribbon, Quickutz Studio skinni mini alphabet die-cuts, white Signo pen and various rhinestones.

Bella Blvd site

Oooh, the new Bella Blvd site is live!! Gorgeous papers, and I can't wait to see them over here!

In other news, the boys go back to school tomorrow after their 6 week summer break. I'm dreading it as it means waking Jess up an hour earlier than she's been used to and will totally throw her routine out of the window! She'll also be like a bear with a sore head all day tomorrow as having had the boys around at home for all this time she'll miss them like crazy tomorrow. I'm planning to take her out in the morning to keep her occupied and hopefully she'll forget about them being at school.

Her vocabulary (of words she tries to say) is growing daily. She usually says the beginning of a word or the end of it but can't say a whole word apart from "Hiya". We have "br" for bread, "dr" for drink, "Ma Pa" is Makka Pakka from In the Night Garden, "Ver" is for hoover and "ock" is a sock. There are loads more I can't remember at the moment.

We went out today and I bought her a cute little "IgglePiggle" (from In the Night Garden) cap and also a little pink hat so I'll have to try and get her to pose for photos tomorrow so Granny and Aunty Sandy and Kirsty can see them all!

Today's LO and a reminder

This photo goes way back to September 2003 when Jamie was still only 3, bless him!

I used: Dovecraft 8" x 8" paper, K&Co letters to go, Carolee's Creations rub-on ("happy"), Creative Imaginations epoxy sticker ("energy"), black Versafine ink and printed journalling(Chachie font) for the first time in a while!

Don't forget it's now September and the Prize Challenge has started over on Card Paper Scissors. All you need to do is register and then follow the prompts to make some cards. Rules can be found on the post before this one and on the forum.