An Award!

I received this beautiful award today from Louise Its such an honour and she wrote some lovely things along with it .......
I would like to pass this award to everyone who I visit as I have come across the most beautiful blogs since last October and with it some fabulous friends xxx

Apologies

Hi , sorry i've not been about much and havn't been visiting you all as much as I would like to !
Havn't been feeling well for past few days so i've been having some early nights to compensate,
should be back tommorrow with some challenge cards....

hope your all well! xxxxx

TYI, Penny Black Sat and some birthday thank you's xxx

Well good evening and I hope you are comfy because this could turn into a long post............

Firstly this is my entry for this weeks TYI challenge the theme this week is Time for Tea I used this Penny black image as it was perfect for the theme i love making round tags and this image seemed to really suit a round shape..... i wanted to give the image a bit of dimension so i curved the image and fixed it onto the circular mat by only putting stacked foam pads down the center I inked the edges and added a little lilac bow.............

A view from the side to show the dimension..............................




I love this image......................................................................

Then!......................... and don't ya just love it when this happens popped over to Penny black Saturday Challenge and there was a fab sketch with a circular image so yep you guessed it.......................................... ta da!!!
I adapted my tag to become part of this card and I really love it!!!

The papers are Forever friends flowers are prima and i used my fiskers border punch to give it a doiley tea time feel...........

Ok now for the Thank you's

As some of you know it was my Birthday last week and i would like to share the lovely cards I received from my fab bloggy buddys.......when I started blogging last October I never expected to meet such wonderful,friendly and generous people, I don't think I knew what to expect I really wanted to share my cards and scour other blogs for ideas and inspiration!!!!!!!

Well did I get a whole lot more than I bargained for I love my blogging community and so look forward to checking out all your hard work and fab inspiration...ok I'd better change the subject before i blub lol!!!

I received these gorg cards from some of my bloggy buds!!! thank you all so much!!!!!

Kirsten


Linda
Dawn

Thanks for looking and for following

don't forget to check out my blog candy in my side bar xx

Can anyone point me in the right direction????

I have been blog hopping a lot recently and I am seeing lots of fabulous spring blog makeovers...beautiful,beautiful blogs!!

then I head home to mine and although I love it its a little dark and wintery so i would love to change it for something a little more 'spring like' with a brown, mint and pink theme (and butterflies..of course lol!!) so I maybe wouldn't have to change my header (as this was one I bought as I am much too rubbish to make my own... hmmm! maybe I should try that again this aft) so if you know of any free sites apart from 'the cutest blog on the block' as i have scoured their files lol I would be grate ful if you would give me a nudge in the right direction......

lots of love hugs'n' stuff

What a sight!!!!

2nd Feb 09

This is the sight which greeted me when I got home from work this afternoon (had to finish early and send all the children home from nursery due to worsening weather conditions!!!!)

thought I would share these pics with you all.......we havn't seen snow like this in our area since i was about 11! lol and i'm nearly 30 (well in 29 days!!!!!)

Jack rolling the snowman's head!

Daddy rolling the snowman's body!

gathering body parts!!!!!

yeah a snow blobby thingy.....!!!

The ensuing mega snowball fight when snowy blobby thingy gave up his exsistence to become snowball backups lol!!!

Back soon with some cards!!
Emma xxx

Postie has been and a fab award!!!

I wasnt having too good a day today until i got home that is ,there on the mat was a parcel for me!!! it was from the lovely Emma I entered her blog candy a few weeks ago she was giving away gorgeous SU products but I didn't win however because of the huge amount of entries she did give away 4 lucky bags which were a secret until they arrived....


isnt it all gorgeous thank you so much!!!!
I also received this fantastic award from Heather

This Lemonade Award is given by a previous winner to 5 people who have shown a great attitude or gratitude this week. It’s a great way to show these people that you appreciate them.I would like to pass this award along to the following people in appreciation of all the lovely comments on my site, or for the special and kind things they do for me.

Dawn
Kath Donna
Mrs W
Emma

Thanks guys and if I have time i'll be back with a challenge...............

Emma xxx

Dozy mare and Sketch and stash challenge #1

This is my card for this weeks sketch and stash challenge the idea is to use the sketch to make a card using all your new stash...

Well it sounded like the perfect opportunity to use my new pro-markers, hangler images and sentiment stamps from lilli of the valley.

The papers are either DCWV or Dovecraft its all a blur in that draw i'm afraid....(hangs head in shame)....embelishments are from stash and flowers on tag were hand drawn using a sakura stardust pen.

something I discovered tonight(you are going to think omg! how slack is this one) I have really been struggling since i started to colour images to find papers to match once I have finished doh!

then I had a thought "dozy mare" choose the papers first then colour to match i'm surprised Kath and Dawn way up north didnt see the glow as that lightbulb above my head started sparkling...lol...!!!!!!!!!

well it has been a long day!

Emma xxx

way too early to be up!

Well!! I have now decided to have one of those very irritating coughs which means that when you wake at half five spluttering everywhere you can't stop to go back to sleep, so up it is!......

so thought i would have a scout round for a new challenge ....thought i would try these ones from 'One Stop Craft Challenge' and Penny Black Saturday Challenge

One stop craft challenge was a sketch to include buttons or brads......

I really enjoyed this sketch... I used a new (for me) hanglar image which i coloured with both pro-markers and water colour pencils! as i dont have enough pm colours yet...the background is hand stamped with an art impressions stamp and pink and green papermania ink pads.......which I also used to ink round my image, mat, and cardstock....buttons and paper border are from my stash and the sentiment is made using doodlebug stick it's and sugar glitter these are fab i got the stick it's from my local craft shop ages ago and forgot i had them, they were a bargain at £2.99 for two sheets of about 3 sets of alphabets! for anyone who hasn't seen them they are double sided sticky letters you stick on to card/acetate anything really! then remove the top layer and sprinkle with glitter or loose flock they are fab!

.........and this is my card for the Penny Black Saturday challenge....

The theme was embossing... so I watercoloured this cute hedgie image and matt and layered onto papermania white core card stock added a sentiment sticker and prima flower which I coloured the edges in with a pro-marker in 'meadow green' the whole of the front of the card was put through the big shot with the 'tiny bubbles' cuttlebug emb folder..... the faux stitching was done with a sakura glaze pen,,,,,,,,,

Thanks for looking

Emma xxx

Last day at my old job tomorrow!

I made this card because its my last day at work tomorrow.

I'm not leaving the company however but I am moving to a new site that is closer to home I have been at my current nursery 10 yrs..............................(must be mad!) so I made them a card to say 'gonna miss you guys'.

I coloured this Sarah Kay image with pro markers (mmmm I just ordered 5 more too lol! shhhhhh! don't tell the oh hee hee!) simple matt and layer,fiskers border punch and cuttlebug embossing folder.......which i coloured with a brown papermania ink pad.

Need to get some more sentiment stamps as I am not liking my handwritten ones!!!!!!
Note to self....must remember to take big box of 'mansize' tissues to work tom lol!!!!!!!

Thanks for looking

Emma xxx

Soooo... Tired

No cards tonight i am soooo.... tired!!
cant think what might be the cause!!!..................................

absolutely nothing to do with all the fabulous blogs I have been following recently...... no not at all!!!
Its absolutely freezing so keep warm and to all my bloggy friends who are under the weather wrap up warm and look after yourselves...

Will be back crafting tommorow... love and hugs to you all


Emma xxx

this will have to do for now!!

Ok can't get hang of changing header, tried it with an image from lap top and it was huge lol,
so for now have just changed layout and colour scheme,
won't let it beat me though so i'll try again tommorrow me thinks!!

Emma xx

Beautiful blogs

I have seen some beautiful blog pages over the weekend that are customised they look fab can anyone point me in the right direction,
I'd love to customise my blog title and background but don't really know how to go about it !!!


Emma xxx

I can't wait

I can't believe it Ian has agreed to let me have spare room for my cardmaking....... I was getting so frustrated filling the dining room table with all my craft stuff only to have to pack every scrap away afterwards....
well soon to be no more cant wait to get painting pink and white I think lots of clever storage,it will be a work in progress.


think I might POP!!!!!!!


xxxxx

I'm going slightly mad

Are children put on this earth to torture us, i am begining to think so,love Jack to bits but hes finding his feet and at 6 years old is begining to sound like kevin from the harry enfield show ..................................................................................................................... stay tuned