Christmas Cuties......Elveden Family Trip

Family Trip to Get the Tree

Well we went to Elveden forest to get our tree this afternoon as promised the piccys of these lovely cute Newfoundland dogs oh and my beautiful daughters.First time ive seen them enjoy themselves in weeks and smile!

Lovely afternoon had by all as promised some piccys .You pay a donation and all monies go to

The East AngliaAir Ambulance fund.

The dogs are there at Elveden every weekend from 1st Dec itll Christmas Eve.If you dont need a tree it is lovely afternoon out for all the family loads to do as has there own shop,cafe and handmade shop outlets in the court yard.All the trees come from their grounds.

Chloe wanting to take this one home they're so cute but

sooo BIG!!

Sophies face ..lol say's it all how dare he slava on my coat!!!

They do slava!!!but this one had a cute bib....lol

This is the doggie taking our tree to the car

Morning Saturday...One off Candy,plus news about More Candy Coming Monday

Wanna win these flowers then leave a comment on this post for chance to win

loads flowers these just a peek at what youll get.Pop back tomorrow see if your a winner!

Morning all well not good one looking out side damp icy and very foggie!Just what i need when today yep the second saturday beofre crimbo and i have to strat YES start my crimbo shopping yuck!i must be mad yeah truly insane.Although with everything going on the past few weeks in my life not surorising ive not done any.So today sthe day i start and finish it all.Then trip to elveden for the crimbo tree we love doing this every year.They have alovely event throughout December and have the most amazing digs new foundlands i think !They have them pulling wee carts on the carts you put your crimbo tree and they take it to your car!!they are sooo cute and you donate by giving to the Hospice and East anglia Air ambulance so well worth it the girls love it!you never know may get me in the christmassy mood as yet im not!

I have uploaded a few wee cards made for my daughters as they were short, glad theyve got theres written ..lol.

I will pop back later with some piccys of the tree and dogs to show you.Also have my Dt creations for the creative Inspirations ;last challenge before Christmas which is a fab one well i would say that as i choose it...lol.

Befroe i go just want to let you know from Monday i will be having my birthday Candy to run from now until 6th Jan when im 21!!!yeah i wish ..loland winner announced 7th jan so fancy some new year free craft goodies then keep popping back and checking whats on offer for m

Birthday Bonaza Candy ...Until then leave a comment on this post the winner will win some lovely Prima flowers check back tomorrow to see whos won

Good morning Wednesday..Papertake Weekly ,Tuesday Taggers challenge

Good Morning Wednesday cant believe where the time seems to be going.Now i seem to be way behind with my holiday preparations yet did start off so well just seems to be crumbling fast...lol Life's other trials and tribulations seem to have gotten in the way!

Anyway hubby tells me on Sunday could i make him some cards for the lads whjo work for him.well im not one for male cards at the best of times.Christmas im sure not into all the cutie images .So yest again the lovely tree embossing folder came out .Ive made 6 cards 3 of each design which is something as you know never normally do but ,think they look simple and could do for a men !!!lol plus have elegant simple look too.

So i am entering them into this weeks cchallenge over at

Papertake weekly;There theme this week is "NO Red or Green to be seen"well they sure do qualify.

Tuesday Taggers...Oh Christmas Tree

Materials;

Card ;Stampin up white and the blue card from Rak

Tools;Cuttle bug tree embossing folder,Big shot,Scor-pal

Gems ;Papermania

Sentiment;Daisy Dandelion Collection

Inks ;aqua Blue chalk

Bow from crafty stash.

I do hope that the lads appreciate the cards and hope you like my take on your challenge this week

Card 1x3

Card2 x3
Have great day what ever you do.I would just like to thank the following blogs

for choosing my creations as winning cards/projects

Just Magnolia Challenge blog(friday)

Polly Craft Challenge Blog

Creative Card Challenge Blog

Cant wait to receive my goodies thanks ladies much appreciated

and is just what the dr ordered after

the past few weeks of stress

love n hugs

Pink Elephant ,and Creative Craft ,Think Ink Challenges

Waiting for santa

Evening hope your all well and done more than i have in preparation for the holidays ,now im rushing this week to get things sorted and out in the post ect .I still had time to make some more cards as ive run out thought i had enough then 2 girls decided to have there pick first!!

Any way this card im entering into;

Rosie D's;"nd card for this challenge Red,Green and bling ,bling on the beard and hat.

Creative Craft challenge ;The theme is "Waiting for Santa"

The Pink Elephant Challenge: There theme is a colour combo

Favourite Christmas Combo and mine is "Green and Red "with a bit of sparkle and shine

Think ink challenge; Theme this week is to make a card "Clean and Simple"Hope this is simple and havent added much.Some times i think cards look more elegant when minimal items on.

Materails

Card:Stampin up

Image ;Is from a Rak sent from USA

Inks;Copics,Glamour Dust ,Marvey Glitter Pens,glitter Mist Pearl

Stickers;Stampin up Merry Moments collection.

Hope you like my entry i so love this image not sure who designs it or which company they come from.Thats why when ever i give images as an RAK i always put the name on the back so theres todays tip.Whenever sending things like that always add the name just incase youd like to go out and buy it!

Have good evening hugs

Just Us Girls,and Our Creative Corner,Secret Crafter ,Three Cloves Designs Challenge

Morning all been up early so ive managed to get afew cards n crafty bits done still long way to go not enough hours in the day or fingers ..lol.

This is my Second Post for this miserable Sunday i was up this am beofre the birds i think..lol

anyway this set is for a challenge over at;

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge;this weeks theme is a matching set

Ihave made this matching set with the lovely stamp from Sugar Nellie"Westie & Man"

Materials

Card ;Stampin up

Design Paper ;Stampin Up!

Image;Sugar Nellie

Inks;copics ,Stazon Saddle Brown,Chalk fawn dusk

Sentiment ;From Set from Daisy & Dandelion

Flowers 'Prima

Gems;From Papermania

Tools;Scor-pal,Maguils pine leaf punch.

Church Candle Asda

Celo Bag ;Gina K Designs

Ribbon from stash,also flower on top of candle which you cant see to well matched the

Design Paper on the card.

Hope you like my matching set

"The 12 Day's Of Christmas"

This is my third post for this Damp ,Dismal Sunday yep still tossing it down!I love it especialy when your not out in it!

Well 2 challenges 1 card.

"Just Us Girls";This week for week 10 is a sketch ;

which ive based my card on.

Three Cloves Designs;This weeks theme is "Gifts"

Our Creative corner;This weeks theme is the 12 Days of Christmas.

Materials

Card ;Gina K Designs

Designer Papers;Stampin Up!

Image ;This was from an Rak not sure the make of the image.

Sentiment ;Peachy Keen Stamps;

Inks;copics,Stazon Saddle Brown

Pearl Gems ;Kaiser

Flowers,Made from Stampin up Card and vellum.

Ribbon from crafty stash.

Hope you like the way i have interpreted your sketch

for the 12 days of chrsitmas challenge.

Love n hugs

Cute n Girly monthly Challenge

Morning sunday notice i didnt say good!as it's pouring down here .Up early again this am so a craftin i did.First post this am is for the Cute n Girly Challenge This months challenge is;

"Lets go to the Movies"

So my choice is my daughters favourite film

"JackFrost"

So i have based my card on that movie.

D/papers ;Are from a set fromQvc last year!yep last years Anna Griffin set.border paper is fromMME Christmas glitter set

Image ;Is a digi Image ive had for sometime can't remember from where...lol

Sentiment ;Papermania

Inks;Copics,Sakura gel Clear pen,Glamour dust ,Snow

Tools ;Scor-pal,Snowflake punch,Woodware.

Gems;snowmen Gems Papermania,Gems small Kaiser

Hope you like my take on the movie "Jack Frost"

Tellens Place and Just Magnolia Challenge

"To Someone Special"

Well we actually managed to get the crimbo lights up outside and then next Sunday we will go up the forest to get our tree.Still not feeling very christmasy prob cause not done much as yet !So not organised .Then today had some crafty time with the girls and there friend where doing candles and decorating them so unfortunately didnt get much crafting done.But i did make a card for Valentines would you believe !!yes i know but i was just sick of making crimbo cards and need a break and found this we topper must have made last year.

So i thought i would enter this card ive made for hubby into following challenges;

Tellens Place;There theme is colour combo "Red/Pink"sorry girls couldnt get printer to work or would have used the freebies!

Just Magnolia challenge ;This week theme is a card for "Someone Special"

This so maked a change form crimbo cards .

Materials

Card ;Stampin up

D/Papers ;from craft stash

Die cuts;Sizzix

Inks ;Liquid Pearls & Copics,Qvc Glitter Pen

Embellishments ;Red Feather ,& Gold Padded Heart,gold peel Offs Valentine Sentiments.

Flowers ;Prima ,and Boyes StoresDepartment store (Darlington)

Wooden Heart ;Rak From Queenie(Tracy)

Me & My Big IdeasSentimant and Stickers Love

Papermania;Pearl Brads

Please excuse the quality of photo camera not working well,and plus left too late as getting

dark.

Love n hugs

Charming Colourful Challenges

"Charming Colourful Challenges"

Well i have been up since some unearthly hour ,i know it's due to worry and stress over my daughter and everything that is going on.But some good came out of it i managed to do some more crafting and make some more gifts.Plus would you believe sat there at 3am crafting away it suddenly came to me where my camera was ,amazing i spent all day searching ,bingo 3am remembered where it was..lol so im pleased as thought i was defo loosing my marbles!!!

Now onto some Challenges which ive entered the below Calendar in;

This is the Tilda Calendar i have made which is going to another good friend in the US with a wee gift ,do hope she likes it.I have first of all followed the challenge over at;

Copic Colour Challenge

Which is the 3 colours below which i have based my card on!

Pink Elephant Challenge;This Weeks Theme is "Colour me Wonderful "Copics are my Fav

Crafty Cardmakers challenge ;This week is "Alternative Christmas"this colour combo above is for sure an alternative!

Simon Says Challenge Theme this week is "SoCharming"my calendar has 2 on.

Quixotic Challenge;Theme this week is "Be Charming"has 2 Charms on the calendar.

Materials

Card;Gina K Luxury Card Stock

D/Papers ;Stampin up from the Spiced Collection

Image ;Tilda .Magnolia christmas collection 09

Inks;Copics,Stampin up Classic Black InkPad,Sakura Clear Gel Pen,Glamour dust

Flowers ;Prima

Charms ;Dovecraft,and Angel Crafts

Ribbon; from Stash

Pearls ;Kaiser Kraft.

I hope you like my design for this Calendar ,Thanks for taking time to view.

" Tilda Calendar 2010"

Thankyou so much for all the lovely messages of support for my daughter .Iam over whelmed by the wishes ,messages and emails from so many friends some ive never met only chatted and left messages for.

So thankyou from the bottom of my heart i will remeber you all.

Love n hugs

Week 28 C.R.A.F.T. Challenge "DT Card plus other Challenges"

This week over at C.R.A.F.T Challenge ;The theme this week is

"Christmas Birthday

I am also entering this DT card into Spoonful Of Sugar; This week there theme is

"Non Traditional Colours"

Challenge 9 Crafty Cardmakers;is "Alternative Christmas"

Challenge over at Tuesday TaggersTheme is "Chrsitmas Carol"Ichoose

"In A Bleak Mid winter"

Sophisticat Challenge;this weeks challenge Snowflakes & Sparkle.

Materials;

Card;Gina K Luxury Card stock White,Kanban Snow Card

D/Papers;From Crafty stash

Image ;Magnolia

Inks;Copics,Stampin up Classic Black,Sakura glear gel pen,Glamour Dust.

Sentiment;Daisy &Dandelion Collection

Flowers ;Prima

Pearls;Papermania

Snowflake ;K & Co

I hope you like my DT card and incorporated to cover the other challenges.

Thankyou for all the emails and support ,and lovely messages re the situation with my daughter .You are all so kind and thoughtful cheers me up no end to know i have support from so many friends.

Thanks & big hugs

Christmas Gifts

Sorry ive not been around for few days i have made a couple of things but due to problems at home havent been able to put my mind to crafting.

My daughter has/is being bullied at school for sometime and the school just dont seem to want to know .Well didnt until an incident that happened Monday and now they say we have there full support .Which i did believe until things started to go wrong again today and now i have no faith in teachers or the school.My daughter is 12 yrs old apart from being dyslexic shes now being targetted by actually girls and couple boys and a Teacher! .Well it all came to ahead and she has just broken down to see your own daughter /child in such at state at such a young age is so heartbreaking.

To think this has been going on for sometime and well in our eyes could have been well avoided and we have done everything we could have to try and get this sorted.It just breaks my heart ot see her suffering so bad if i wasnt so poorly with my ME/CFS i would take her out and home school her but i know deep down it is not feesable.

Anyway back to my original post

So i have done some altered art tins awhile ago for a dear close friend and im so sorry hun ive just not had the time to get this box posted .I have altered these tins for her to store her

Pro-markers .So i hope you like them and there is actually 4 but my camera died on me so i took battery out to charge ,now i cant find where i put the camera!

My head is not with the rest of my body at the moment which is understandable not only has ny duaghter being ridiculed by pupils but now targeted by a teacher also!!

What is this world coming to i ask ,it hurts me so as it's not for the want of me trying to do everything possible and also my husband as type is now writting another stern letter .

Anyway as soon as i find my camera i will upload the other bits n pieces ive created for gifts.

I will pop back tomorrow to upload my DT card for tomorrows challenge over at the C.R.A.F.T.

blog .Take care ,live for today as you just dont know whats in store tomorrow.

"Altered Tins To Store Pro-markers"

Love n hugs judex