Wedding day Blues..!

I've left it to the last minute to make a wedding card for tomorrow, until one of my girls (Staff) asked if I could make her a card too for the wedding we are both going to tomorrow. I'm never too sure about my wedding cards as it is but have managed to make them...... The Blue one from me is made with My Minds Eye papers that came in a stack...the image is from a stamp I bought at Harrogate show a couple of years ago and the lady I got them from has some beautiful Fairy stamps Lativia stamps I think they are or something like that I will find out and let you know properly if anyone wants to know and find a link to her other stamps..

The pink cards is also from the same paper stack. The image was given to me by a friend.. I know some people do not like the idea of us swapping images but by doing this I have bought stamps that I was not sure of in the past...Would you believe that this is how I have become a Magnolia fan...!

It's like they say "Try before you buy".

Well the girls called earler for their wages and we do get given some very strange things in our day to day work...Lol.. and they turned up with 4 very big trays of Danish pastries and mince pies that had been bought from Costco and what the client did not want was passed on to us.... Now my old self would have eaten quite a few...but the girls took what they wanted and I had a nice cup of tea and half a custard danish then jumped into my car and took the rest to my old work team (hubby still works there)... they loved them.. It pays to keep them sweet as i'm running out of mountboard so need to get some and the boys will cut it to size on the guilotine...

Well it is time to start tea.. Hope to be back tomorrow. call agin and leave me some much needed love....

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Well here I am again busy doing nothing... Well I'm dressing my 8x8 cards as i do with all my cards first.. The papers are by Basic grey from their Lemonade selection, and as you can see i have been sewing seed beads on them too and ribbon has gone on there too...

I just love the zesty lime green colour. I never know how the cards will end up, I just enjoy the dressing of the card first and then see where that takes me... I'm away to the doctor soon to sort my creaky neck out.. It has been hurting me for long enough now and it is getting very hard to turn my head and look at my "Blind" spot when driving as I am now having to turn my body rather than my head.... My son says he is taking me to the vets if I dont see the doctor..Lol... He is so very sweet and knows just how to phrase things....

I will eventualy show you one ofr two of these cards finished but it could be over the wekend as we will be playing catch up with work tomorrow and I'm at a wedding saturday evening... Let's just wait and see if I can get some finished....Come back and see....

Enjoy your weekend as it is here again...

Lynn xx

Gob Smacked....

Just a quickie,

I have just had the owner of this shop http://carolinacottages.us/ come to my house and asked me to make 50 of my 8x8 cards for her to take back to USA to sell in her shop... She is the sister of my neighbour that has only been buying my cards for the last 4 months or so... How happy am I...

Go take a look at her shop she has some wonderful things in there for christmas, birthdays anniversaries too.... They are so so sweet.

Lynn xx

Under my Nose..!

Hey ladies,

Hope you are all well and still crafting like mad... I'm having a couple of days dressing cards up with dp (yeah, I do everything backwards) as I'm running out of 8x8 crads that are ready for images.

I should photo some at some point. Maybe tomorrow I will.... I dress the cards then i will put an image to the card and know just what colours to use as everything is ready, just embelishments to add after image is done.. You know what I mean.. I just play with bits of paper n doublesided tape and what ever sketch happens happens.. I get to sew beads n stuff too..

the real reason i'm blogging today is that I have wanted my friends dad to make me a unit on wheels that would hold my 12x12 boxes that I keep stamps and dp in.. Then as I have been trying to get my house in order I noticed the unit in our lobby that makes me mad as it is to hold shoes and coats then you can turn it round to hide the shoes and you get a nice 4foot high mirror to see..Well there are too many coats on it so have got rid of some the shoes always end up on the floor as people can't be bothered to put them on the unit..My hubby brings the odd magazine home from work for his friend and puts them on it until he gets time to go visit and I have now pinched it and put it in my room (still no skirting just yet but never mind).

I also bought myself a drop leaf table yesterday and can't make my mind up if to take it to chalet or keep it in my room....!

Well i'm just rabbiting on so I will leave you with the picture and carry on with some more.. Hubby has just come home early from chalet... He says he ran out of food so came home instead of doing shopping as he was coming back tomorrow anyhow..(bang goes my playing in peace)..

See you all later...

Lynn xx

I'm sad.....

I stayed at home and am so so miserable now..Lol... Anyone would think I had no stash to play with.. I have been in the bath for a nice long soak have moved some of my stash sround and have made a card.I'm trying to keep busy and pretend that i'm not bothered.. I will set off for the chalet soon so that I'm out of the way. I have even looked at how far it would be from the chalet and if it would be easy enough to get to from Harrogate;o( I don't like to go out of my comfort zone and would have to go round York so am keeping well away as they have a Paper Mill shop nr York..

Any how for my card I have used Basic Greys Lemonade, these are the ones that have been with me far too long and if I don't use them now they will be out of fashion and will jst get saved to look at so have taken the plunge over the last few days and prepared some 8x8 cards with them. I showed you one yesterday.....I sat and sewed some lovely pink pearl beads on last night and came across this image this morning sent to me in an RAK. i'm not sure about the flowers and the leaves again but there is room for the word "sister" or" friend" what ever too if I wanted to or even a name if I was to use it for a nieces birthday...

Well I best get something to eat now and get a few things together to take to the chalet.. Book or craft is my next dilemma....Lol.. What to do next.. A book my sunglasses and a small bottle(Mmmm) of wine oh and those grapes that keep calling my name.. Oh by the way it is official I have now lost a stone and a half ;o) I would love some chocolate and some biscuits but I'm feeling lots better and have more energy so I will leave them alone.. Maybe an Ice cream when I walk along the beach later and think of the money I have saved today.. Hubby finishes work at 6pm so should arrive at the chalet at about 7.30pm.. Have fun see you all later for a cyber chat....!

Lynn xx

Decisions Decisions....! Do I or don't I.?

Well I ordered this wonderful High Hopes stamp and some other bits and bobs and it has arrived within 48 hours so i'm well impressed.. Zoe I will be ordering again very very soon...

The cars is made with Basic Greys Lemonade dp and matching bassil card stock.. I think it just needs some more leaves adding made with the bassil card to give it some extra colour..The middle of the flowers are buttons..

I love high hope stamps so i'm glad to have found a UK seller.. i also got the new Cosmo Cricket christmas papers and the new Basic Grey christmas papers too and am looking forward to using them...

Well I'm undecided if i'm going to the great yorkshire paper craft event tomorrow. I'm suposed to be going to our chalet on the east coast for the weekend but also want to go and look for some single copic colours that i would like.. I'm overdrawn at the bank but could use some of the savings but am I that desperate for the copics..Lol.. What to do.. I have nnot sent for my ticket as i have been very busy so will have to pay £5 to get in.. I will also need petorol to get there then to get back and go to chalet.. my brain is puddled ( No change there then)... The last time I did not go my friend came back with loads of bargains, but i'm struggling for space..... Oh Heck..

Come back and see whether I do or do not go... what should i do HELP...! Me....

1,000 hits over night???

I think my hit counter has a mind of it's own as I seem to have had 1,000 overnight?

I will be back tomorrow with some crafting stuff as i'm totaly shattered today and have made nothing Sorry.... If I can get an hour rest I may make something a little later.

Lynn xx