New Sarah Kay Stamp - lovely

Photography poop ! lol... (Its not as 'shiney'as it looks on here) I love this image, (also entered this into this week PTWC,) but then I love ALL the Sarah Kay images LOL.. also, got some new flowers... tut tut ... then wished I hadnt as silly me not realise the Oil peeps not taken money out of bank ! opppppps. !!! HOwever I digress lol....
Really enjoyed making this... with a lot of blaspheming on the lack of sticky onto glitter card... yes.. before you all say it... I DID score away the glitter... humph... blooming stuff.. dog now covered in pink shiny stuff.. ended up resorting to silicone spread out !! lol.. where theres a will...
anyway without further ado.... and me rambling... will add piccy..
Im making the most of ''me'' time before I get a truck load of LaPashe stuff arrive :)

oh BTW.. do I have to do a recipe thingy at end of post, (now I on DT) ? to let you know how I made the card up? cos I notice all the best peeps do... LOL.... In which case.. here we go ROFL. !

3 co cordinating scrap pieces of paper taken from out of blue and pink drawers.. 2 flowers made up of various bits from 2 upturned coffee jars h olding pink and blue flower parts... bit of swearing cos raining and dark and Im colour blind... so matching not easy... size, denominated by fact run out of square envies, image painted with kids 99p paints and some glimmer things I got from the Range (I think) ! ribbon from various stash of 1000 ribbons none ever the size or shade that you want together at one given time.... cuttlebug used and abused. Chalks and various inks used to colour match... with a bit more swearing. :)

Flippin'Men !! LaPashe

Jak is offering some super duper candy..... 20 sheets of La Pashe Flippin'Men decoupage.... !!! yes you did read that correctly..... 20 sheets!! ..... now there is something not to be missed.... so what you waiting for???? click and go.... lol..... good luck to you all.... as someone is going to be SOOOOO lucky....
http://crafterskitchen.blogspot.com/

New Tilda

Didnt get quite as far as hoped today... as been a bit stiff from uncomfy chair yesterday (Craft Playday).. so had to do in stops and starts.. however, got there in the end... just using up some scraps of paper that I should have filed lol... and it just so happens I had already painted this image in blues and browns anyway.. trouble is... the card I also finished off (only needed a sentiment added)... is using the same papers nigh on lol.... however... Ive now had a tidy up and got my Sarah Kay stamps at the ready for tomorrow... hoping to get stuck in nice and early and get a bit further on than I did today.. think I might sit and cut some deco out tonight whilst put my feet up on the sofa for a change.. not done any deco for a while... so will make a bit of a change... and I cant sit doing nothing ! lol...

LaPashe

LaPashe have acquired a new Design Team Member, little old me :) If you havent heard of them and the fabulous products that they have on the market ... and I dont believe for one minute you wont have heard of the Remember When Series, or Flippin Men... then you must go and check them out... !
I feel very proud to be asked to join the Team... so thank you Jak. (probably be more hinderance than help mind , lol)
I am very sure that you will soon be seeing the cards on my blog that are made from these fabby products.
In the meantime... whilst I still have 'my time'... Im off for a cuppa and a lie down.. well, im still in shock lol... then will finish off my latest Tilda card and add later..
oooh almost forgot.... I was MADE to purchase some more Sarah Kay stamps yesterday... they were forced into my basket :) so hopefully... will be adding those too very soon... on that note, not going to get anything done sat here chatting am I ! lol...
From one very happy little bunny... catch you all later folks and have a good day :)

Its still middle of the night !

Well it feels like that, cos some stupid person set the alarm for 5.20... instead of 6.30.. (and even thats FAR too early for me).. but off to the Craft Barn today, for a day with the girlys, and some crafting, if I can stay awake that is. Should be a good day all in all, as meeting up with fellow forum members of Imag-e-nation, many of whom I have made such good friends with other the years, and we certainly do have a fab time when we manage to meet up.. so apart from being half a sleep at mo.. I hope I come to life a bit before I have to get the car on the road !! Was sooo tempted to go back to bed for another hour or so.. but think I might have thrown the alarm clock out of the window if it 'spoke'to me again... I dont do mornings... and even less anything before 8am. grr.. Must remember to take glasses next time I intend to set the clock. ! Personally I think the gremlins have moved from out of the puter and onto the clock.!
Have a card all ready to add later... just needs a sentiment plonked on it... yep thats the way im feeling at mo... im sure by the time I get around to doing it.. it will be lovingly placed on the card LOL.
Still waiting for the 'Boss' to spill the beans !! But within the next few days... there might be an additional logo going on my sidebar.. :) Dont you just love a mystery? lol
or... I might just let you all know tonight when I get back from my day of playing..
have a good day everyone... and if Im sat with matchsticks later they wont be for crafting of any discription, or to light up another ciggie.. (yes I know... bad person)... but to keep my eyelids open ! :)

Jack to Jack

More blog candy up for grabs.,.,.,some lovely dragonfly charms.... http://craftygarden.blogspot.com/ but hurry it... it finishes Sunday !!!


Ps... hey, how lucky was I !! got 10 little dragonflies 'winging'their way to me... :) thank you Jackie

Spots and dots

Thats the theme for this weeks PBSC..... So here is my entry for this week... Hope it fits the bill, I think it does...
(So much for playing with my new Magnolia stamps LOL, but there is always tomorrow )...

Sarah Kay Card

Been playing again with my new stamps... I do love these Sarah Kay ones.... But am going to force myself to do a Tilda today lol.... as not done any of those for ages, and as my DD gave me 3 new ones for Christmas... I really must use them, or I will be in big heap of trouble.. LOL... Also got this weeks PBWC one to do... which is spotty or dotty... Im sure I will have something that fits the bill... just a matter of finding it.. !
Oh best go check whos birthdays are coming up too... seem to have quite a few in the near future so two birds one stone etc.. Will catch you all later... if I can drag myself out of my craft room... :)

Card for today

Still being good and beginning to use some of my 'just for looking at'papers lol Going to go on the hunt later for some sketches, as without even realising at the time, I seem to be using the same layout a lot of late... So think a bit more blog hopping is in need lol... trouble is I get sooo easily sidetracked, looking at all the lovely cards people are making, blog candy, funny stories etc etc... and before I know it, my eyelids are drooping, its way past my bedtime, and Im still none the wiser in finding what I had set out to find 4 hours earlier. ! So maybe if I start now, by midnight, I might actually achieve it this time..... says I !!! lol
Have got some special news, but cant tell you yet.. hehe.. so you will have to come back next week when I spill the beans. not sure why the ribbon looks so green compared to the flowers, cos they match lol... little gremlins again... same with the brown flowers, they actually match the backing.... either that or I need new googles !

Blog Candy time

We have such generous ladies in blog land.... they are giving away some fabby candy... but you best be quick... cos I should have done this days ago.. sorry... but with one thing and another, you know what its like....
so our lovely Bev is giving away a mountain of the stuff... and its gorgeous... I SO want it.. lol...
http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/ (Ended)
Also Julie... celebrating a mammoth amount of hits http://juliesjapes.blogspot.com/ (22nd Jan)
and Lulu http://lulucardmaking.blogspot.com (28th Jan)
Kim is also giving some super candy away.. http://craftymakes.blogspot.com/ (31st Jan)
Well I think that lot should keep you all going for a while.. Good luck to all... and enjoy looking at some fantastic blogs and cards too... I do SO love blog hopping... .. right.. Now I really must go and make some cards ... catch you all later

Round 2

Ok... so I re read the destructions... and this time I got it right ! I think ! My entry for both challenges. !

Good Morning

Hi everyone, oh its been a busy few days... but I think I have finally got a day to myself... and will be off up in my little craft room in a bit.. to redo a challenge card... hehe... I sort of made a bit of an error... I read the instructions for both the PBSC and also for the PTWC.. went off upstairs to do the cards.... completed one, come back down to take a photo and add a link etc... only to realise I had.. put the two challenges together ... der... One should have been pink and brown with a PB image.... and the other was a sketch.... what did I do... the sketch in pink and brown .. with a deco in the middle... so not quite how it should have been.. that will teach me to try and multi task lol.
However, its made a n ice card nethertheless Had I have stuck a BP image in I would have got away with it on both counts. oh well. So today back to drawing board. LOL

Still no sign of the oilman... getting a tad worried now... have turned everything down a bit and walking round like a little eskimo some of the time, but I so worried it will totally run out and muck up the boiler, Im taking no chances.
Specially as Monday I went to drive car and it dead...totally flat lined... Got the mechanic out, and he used the old jump leads and hey presto.. life in the old girl... the car that is not me.. :)... took her up to garage to check it out.. and this little light appeared... soo whilst the garage man is very nicely telling me I might need a new battery, I very quietly said... would a little red light on the dash make my car die??? what little red light is that then? the one that tells me I have left the boot open a tad ! oh yes.. that would do it.. lol... now when I leave my lights on and try to get out of car... it beeps at me... so no chance of it happening, but when you get your shopping out of boot then lock up car... no beep and as not in car.. no little lights to tell you.... so lesson learnt... double check boot is firmly shut in future ! lol I did feel a bit stupid, but .. whats new. :).. at least it not cost me an arm and a leg anyway... and all is well now after a nice drive to charge it back up.
Right... card.... mix and match .. hehe... will add that, and say have a great day folks.
and hopefully will get myself back on form and start adding a few more cards now. Just dont know where the days go.

A card ! finally

Well finally I can do what I meant to be doing, and add a card... or two lol... back to normality... well as normal as I get... its sooo nice to have my little blog back again.. (how sad is that) !
You just dont realise how much you going to miss something, till its gone.. !
These are a couple of cards I made, with two of the new stamps my daughter very kindly bought me for christmas.. by Sarah Kay.. Really must get myself back to my craft room now all has been restored on computer, and play with the other stamps.... got 6 new to play with so a lot of catching up to do..
Dont think I will be v enturing very far today, as its reading -4 deg outside !!! ... thermals and thick socks needed .. .and thats indoor lol..
Im hoping and praying my oil delivery comes before the oil runs out... as the 'sentry'is flashing away like a goodun in my kitchen... and I dont like to see it reading 1 !!!! ... bit scary.. will have to go have a read up and see how much oil I have actually got in tank.. I think I should be ok for a couple of weeks, but... .its still very worrying... Im the sort that panics when the petrol gauge on car reads quarter of a tank lol..
so without further ado..... the cards... hope you like.. x

I LOVE YOU TREVOR

Well what can I say...... 4 days of pulling my hair out, ringing, texting, emailing, pmíng.. you name it, Ive done it.... trying to get answers as to what I had done on my blog... and noone came up with the remedy/answer.... Then..... Trev, Karens Hubby, oh Great One !! rang me tonight, and within 5 mins... sorted... you are my hero ! You cannot believe the relief, happiness I feel, it was like my right arm had been ripped off.. lol.. ok... a bit much know... .... well actually no.... hehe...
I didnt realise how much my little corner of blog land meant to me.. til I could nt access it !
So in future.................... dont call the Blogdoc, blog nurse, blog physiciatric, web men, forum buddies, mates, family, friends, relatives, next door neighbours, friends of neighbours, ex friends of ex neighbours ertc etc etc etc................................ Ring Trev . ! lol
Thank you hun.... xxxxxxxxxxxxx

I would also like to THANK.... LYNN..... for all her hard work, patience and ... sense of humour... who kept me going th epast few days, also trying to fathom out the little demons in my puter ! Thanks Lynn xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Jackie x

ps.... tomorrow I will be posting all sorts, to make up for lost time... lol .. xx

PS

I have also lost my édit pencil'when I am signed in, Its a right mess. !

Help Needed Fellow Bloggers...

My blog is very very sicky poorly. And I dont know whats happened to it and I certainly dont know how to fix it.... so.... I hope someone out there who reads this might be able to help... as Ive spent all day going round in circles and still ive not rectified anything.
My toolbar has totally disappeared from my posting bit.... I cannot add pictures or edit or anything. NO TOOLBAR. I have cleared all cookies and cache etc.
All my followers are not visable on my front page.
It is thou only some images are showing.
Also when I go to add a comment to another person blog (whom I know has the word verification)... it tells me to copy the WV.... but... I cannot see it... so therefore cannot copy it, and in turn, cannot leave comments.
Can ANYONE please help me out? Ive tried to get some sense out of the blog help... but all it tells me is to clear cache etc, which I have done (about a dozen times).
My picture did disappear, and when I looked into that... it was giving me an error on the url.. although I didnt touch it... so i deleted that, and loaded up new pic. But once again, I think this has something to do with the problem.

Can anyone make any sense of this????? Many thanks J x

My new stamp

Finally a new card. With one of the new stamps my DD got me for Christmas.. .. By Sarah Kay, just love these stamps. Thought would go for pink.. and green lol for a change.. as seem to have been on a bit of a lilac kick with my last couple of cards, so nice not to do xmas colours. I seem to be stuck in the flower mode at min.. until I get bored with it.. lol.. Still havent decided what my forte is yet I dont think, my style seems to change every so many weeks, but thats the beauty of cards crafting, so many different avenues to go down, so many new things to try, well new to me anyway, still coming to grips with the colouring of stamps, not as good as I would like to be as yet, but still practicing LOL.
Got a queston for all you bloggers, well all 6 of you that might visit lol well actually two questions.
I seem to have lost my 'pencil'from my posts, so that I can edit each post from the main page with one click...
also I dont seem to be able to leave comments for anyone else.. as the code thingy is not showing up on their comment box... anyone got any ideas what on earth I have done to my blog for this to happen? answers on a postcard please. ! lol.. its infuriating the life out of me at mo... as cant comment on anyones blog... Many thanks.. and hope you like the cards Have a good day everyone and wrap up warm,. its cold out there. ! again. x OH..... also... I seem to have lost my tool bar now and I cant attach a picture of the card !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! opppps so thats 3 questions.

Happy New Year and a Warning !!!!!

Happy New Year to everyone.
Sorry I have not been around of late... but with being poorly and Christmas and New Year etc.. you know what its like... time just flies by and then you realise you have neglected your blog and friends.
Well Im back now... but with some bad news Im afraid... but it is also a warning to others that do read my blog, to be extra careful.
I belong to a wonderful forum, Imag-e-nation, and as with here, we share and show are cards and makes.. Whilst a friend of mine was blog hopping, as you do, she came across a few pictures of wedding invitations that she recognised immediately......... my wedding invitations that I had made for my daughters up and coming wedding this year... plus rsvp cards, place names etc... all 150 of them.. in various states of process. Ending with the finished result... yes I did post them on forum and blog a few months back. Now these images she found... were NOT on my blog, and not on any posting I had made on forum... but ... they had been lifted by a fellow forum member and posted on her blogs and sites and claimed them to be here own work !!!! Not just copied the design, as if that would have been naughty enough ... but lifted the whole images.
When we looked at all her sites, to which she had a few... it came to light other peoples works was also on them.... once again, passing them off as her own work.... So.. ladies (and any gents)... please take steps to get a copyright overlay put on your photos or take other steps to make sure this sort of thing does not happen to you. !!!
As this person was found guilty as charged... well no doubt about that whatsoever... I will put her name here for all to see... http://www.spanglefish.com/CreativeStationery/index.asp?pageid=68819 Agnes Robertson. Please let any other forum you belong to know of this... so that everyone can do what is necessary to stop this.
sorry to be tider of bad news... but I know how this has made my friends and I feel... and I would hate for others to go through it also.
I will be back in next day or so with some cards that are half baked at mo. This time... with copyright stamped all over them lol.... take care all... and I have missed you all... xx

From me to you

I would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
I will, probably like a lot of you, be a bit busy over the few days !!!! LOL... so blogland may well be a bit quiet... However,... I hope everyone has a fab few days of festivity.. and not too many hangovers !... not holding out much hope for myself on the latter ! LOL
I would also like thank everyone that has visited my blog, and also to those of you that took the time to leave a comment. It is always appreciated, and makes it all worthwhile. I hope that some of you have had a bit of inspiration, and/or a giggle along the way.
I will see you all in a day or three..... :)
Take care all.... and CHEERS.. hic.. well just getting in practice for tomorrow ! LOL
MERRY CHRISTMAS xxxxxxx
ps.... Hope you will all call in again in the New Year.... :)

Lilac and green...

my fav colours to work with.. so.. after all those xmas colours, its made a lovely change... just need to add a sentiment to this one .. (for a friends birthday).
I really shouldnt be here... got heaps to do in the h.......k dept ! ... so will quickly add this and go back to wading though piles of junk mail... and they wonder why theres a shortage of trees !!!

Been a bad blogger

Hi all, If Ive still got anyone that visits ! lol..
Cannot believe its been nearly a whole week since Ive posted anything.. I knew I had been busy, but... so sorry everyone, cos I know you all miss me... well ... it suddenly goes very quiet hehe.
I have finished all my cards, with inserts, just need to pop a few more in post today, that I had... erm.... forgotten to actually post.. !! Just as well I decided to have a bit of a clean up today, or they would still be there until next christmas probably LOL.. (well... new year then) !
I was going to go and see if my local Craft Central was closing down and grab some bargains today, but then thought... its only a bargain if i need it.. and to be honest.. apart from some stamps Im dying to get hold of.. (have written Santa a lovely letter) .. I actually dont need anything... so decided not to go.. instead went and played in craft room... and joy of joys, made some birthday cards.... so nice after all those snowflakes, holly and such like !..
Will add last few on here I did make.. and thats it again for an other year ... (thank goodness)... although I HOPE... (best laid plans)... to make a few a month next year, cos no matter how early I seem to start, I still end up rushing to get them finished.. but... as I said.. thats the plan... and Im sure I say the same thing ... every year ! LOL.. (bet I not alone either) ! Have also added a birthday card I made for a very good friend of mine.

Super candy

Kath is very generously giving away some super goodies... do read her posts too... as she is one very very funny lady, and I just love her blog,finally managing to catch up a bit now with visiting my fav blogs... and this is one, I have definately missed recently.
http://kath-allthatglitter.blogspot.com/

Blog Candy

http://ricas-haven.blogspot.com/
some lovely candy... but.. an even better blog... will be adding this to my ever growing list of places to visit ! (23/12)
And more.. a very funny lady.. !! read the posts.. http://pinkpiggywiggy.blogspot.com/ (20/12)

Finished ! Hip Hip Hurrah

Well... Ive finally finished making all my Chimbo cards... Just got a few inserts to do, and then post off the final batch.... I will probably put a couple more together.. just incase Ive forgotten anyone ! lol... then I can put all them blooming snowflakes away for a while.
Have made a wish list of stamps I need for next year !! ... thank goodness for stamp swops... it certainly got me out of a fix this year.
Maybe now I can rejoin in some challenges and start to relax a bit. Well... after I have given the house a total clean from top to bottom.... it has been very badly neglected of late... due to panic setting in with getting all the cards done in time!..
Next will be to get the rest of the christmas pressies bought, and all wrapped so youngest daughter can take to her sisters... as they are all spending christmas together this year in Lincs. So.. not quite time to relax just yet.... but the end is nigh ! lol
Hope you enjoy the latest cards.

2 more.. will it never end?

done sons', now two daughters... phew.. nearly there ...... !
My girls soo different.. lol.... one is all girly, pretties and pink, the other... , no fancies no frills, mad sense of humour ! so as they spending Xmas together this year, I thought I best make two cards as near to similar as possible.. !!! yeah ok... confused? yeah, I was too !! lol both A4 Cards !!!!
anyway,... this is what I come up with..

Two Turtle Doves

With a difference.
thank you Lynn for help with the image LOL... just love it.(and the sentiment)
This card is for my son and daughter in Law... They rescued thousands of Turtle eggs whilst in Indonesia, and hatched them out and released them.... plus they used to work for Dream Divers in Gilli Trawangan, and funny enough, their logo was a turtle too... so this is perfect, plus the old two turtle doves and all that Christmas stuff !!! lol which was actually the 1st reason this chosen LOL

Two more

another two chrimbo cards, will add a few more cards later... or can see me sending them all off before i take pics again lol.
Need to make a birthday card today, so that will make a lovely change from snowflakes and santas...
think we all fed up with the sight of them now ! :)

Good Morning

Two completely different cards.. still plugging away at the Xmas ones lol... and I know Im not alone there !!.. think we will all be glad to see the back of snowflakes and a fat man in a red suit! LOL...
Anway... for today... another WOW card .... (white on white LOL, incase you thinking I blowing my own trumpet). and also a penny black image.. which I will probably put in for the PTWC this week...
hope you like them both. All have a good day, and thank you for popping in x