Birthday card

I made this birthday card for my darling step daughter who will be 8years old in December..sorry about the poor picture, I made it last night as part of a challenge over on Crafts Beautiful They are having thier online Christmas Party this weekend, so I had to upload it at the time, so it was scanned.

TMTA ~ Cloth & Paper

Here is my take on this weeks Think Monday, Think ATC's challenge...where we were asked to use Cloth & Paper! I have tongue in cheeked titled this ATC "Fangs for the post"

Friendship Card

The words on this card read

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand,

nor the kindly smile.

Nor is it the joy of companionship,

it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one

when he discovers that someone else believes in him

and is willing to trust him

-Ralf Waldo Emerson

This card is also my entry to the Arty Girlz challenge #61 where we were asked to use a quote or verse!

My new award

I am thrilled to accept this lovely award from Leona

This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships!
These blogs are exceedingly charming.
These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends.
They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement.
Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated.
Please give more attention to these writers!
Deliver this award to eight bloggers who then must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.
I am passing it on to these lovely people for their wonderful blogs and the hand of friendship they have held out to me :

Teen
Mandi

Emma

Sally

Louise

June

Sarah

Carolann

A Few of my Cards

This simple but pretty Thank You card is a must have for my "ever ready card box" and would suit most age groups with it's sparkle and those chipboard toadstools are just so cute!This card will suit a young person for numerous occasions, just add a greeting and your sorted.Simple and very quick Christmas card, just add a touch of glitter for added sparkle.
The November kit from ScrapaGoGo was so much fun to work with this month and if you love the woodland feel of the papers and embellishments, there are a few kits still available!

There is also a special one off kit this month for sale, it can be viewed on the front page of UKS or Here

For further information to buy or subscribe to a kit, feel free to email

Lorraine or Janice on sales@scrapagogo or visit the website

Sneeky Peeks Revealed

This 1st LO is my nephew Thomas, using school photographs that span over 7 years. Tom and his family live in Australia. I get precious little time with him, so I always look forward to being updated with his annual school photos, along with the various family ones. I just love the brown felt mushroom embellishments, buttons and stickers!Its amazing seeing the changes in Tom, when the photos are all displayed like this together! The LO above contain photos of some of my favourite places in Dorset to visit, which include Westbay, where my parents live. Durdle Door, I love this place because I can take my dogs on the beach and the spectacular rock formation of the door, and last but not least Weymouth, with that wonderful clock thats conjurs up so many happy childhood memories!

Everything used in these LOs can be found in the November Create kit from ScrapaGoGo

TMTA Challenge

Here are a pair of ATCs that I have created this afternoon for the
'Think Monday Think ATC'
this week we were asked to produce something on the theme of Purple.

I have chosen to call them

'Purple Chic'

Bootiful Stampz ~ One a day giveaway

This what Sally from Bootiful stampz says:
"Yep! As it approaches the Merry Season, i think i'm going slightly mad!!!
I have decided that for the rest of November, I am going to give away
One Stamp EVERY DAY!!!!
There are conditions of course!
I want you to tell people about the One Day Giveaway on your blog and link back to This Bootiful Stampz Blog!
You will have until 11/12pm on that day to put your name down, only once per day please but you can enter EVERY DAY!!
and of course for EVERY DAY that you do enter, you will have to post on your blog! you could win once/twice or three times who knows!
All names that have answered that day and have posted on their blog (links will be checked) will go into a hat and the winner announced the next day!
I will make a new post each day and you just add your name to that post!"

So folks, today is day 2 so if your after a lovely freebie for your stamp collection, simply on pop over and have a go,
you have nothing to loose, and remember there are still 9 days left and your welcome to enter for every one of them!

I'm Member of the Month

Crafts Beautiful Magazine has made member of the month for November and just look at what was inside my prize parcel the postie delivered

Thank you CB

Congratulations

Huge congratulations to Nicola a good friend and fellow Scrapagogo DT girl..

She has been announced as one of the runners up in The Scrapbook magazines Scrapbooker of the year competition.

Nicola not only creates the most amazing scrapbook LOs, but she also designs superb cards too!

WTG Nic your a really worthy winner

Check out this months edition where the details are announced.

Congrats to all the other runners up too, which include Claire a GoGo subscriber!

Christmas Party News

There is going to be a massive online party on the Crafts Beautiful forum

{open to registered members only}

It promises to be massive & a weekend not to be missed.

Yes, thats right, it lasts the whole weekend of 29th/30th November!

There will be activities, prizes, giveaways, competitions, downloads and MORE throughout the weekend to keep you entertained and spread a little festive cheer.

There will be prizes up for grabs, and I'm talking HUGE prizes here

The prizes include:

Hampers from Lakeland

Pogo Printer by Polaroid, worth £100

£150 of Panduro Christmas Products

and this is just the tip of the prize list!!

I really can't wait to celebrate the run up to Christmas

If you would like to join in with the fun, games, challenges, loads of shopping discounts & more

then head on over to the

Crafts Beautiful website

to register on the forum!

See you there party animals!

No pretties to share today

Evening

Sorry, but no crafting for me today

I have a yucky cold, which in itself is bareable, but it also effects my arthritis & my right hip is sooo painful right now.

Can't sit or stand long enough to get anything done, nevermind, more Beechams & back to lay on the bed.

Catch up soon.

Another LO Sneek Peek

Don't you just love that Bazzill 'Mudpie' Bobble Trim?

Just a little sneek today

Haha can't see much can you??

but, all will be revealed soon!

See those pink dots, all hand cut :)