Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Home Sweet Home!

Well we are back from our camping trip....home with so many wonderful memories of a fantastic few days away.
The guys had complete fun despite one or two spats...teenage male hormones are yuck and I thought girls were supposed to be bad!!!

Whilst away this weeks Pencil Lines sketch went live.
Check out Gigi's sketch....its fab for a multi photo LO.
I used papers from Piggy Tales, Little Red Riding Hood collection, and American Crafts letter stickers to create my LO which is of my guys play fighting....is this brotherly love or what?





Back to our camping trip - Our drive over Exmoor was fantastic....we passed through Lynton and Lynmouth, then on to the moor. I just had to make Hubs stop the car so I could snap a few piccies of the wild ponies....I'd never actually seen them up close before and didn’t invade the mares space too much as she had a wee foal close by.



The colours of the Moor are so breathtaking especially when the Heather is in bloom....the landscape looked like it had been covered with a huge purple blanket.




We arrived at Mill Farm and two hours later had made our base which was to be home for us for the next 4 nights.
By the time we had unpacked, rearranged and blown up the air beds the sun had begun to set...and what a spectacular sunset it was.


My buddie, “Titch”, and her guys came over and stayed with us from Friday thro to Monday and that was it....we lost the guys....they spent their time together swimming and trying their best to avoid the group of girlies who had taken a shine to Bobs and my buddies youngest son, “Mouse”!


The guys were far "too cool" to be seen out and about with their parents, so us adults chilled with the odd glass of Vino....we ate, we laughed, we enjoyed the sunshine....loads of relaxing took place and I’m feeling very rested.


Saturday we took the afternoon out and went and played a game of pitch and putt at Cannington golf course....





Hubs spent a fair few hours looking for his lost balls in the scrubbery! LOL! Golfing just isn't extreme enough for my man!


J wasn’t so keen as the heat and glare of the sunshine was just too much for him, he took to the shade of the trees at every available opportunity.


Arriving back at the campsite he headed straight for the pool! He just loves the water!


All was well until I decided to cook us up a huge supper of spag bol! I had a slight accident and managed to douse myself with the contents of the pan of bubbling hot water! OUCH!
If it hadn’t been for the swift actions of “Titch” and Hubs I would have been in big, big trouble. The remainder of our time away saw me sitting out on the fun whilst I sat wrapped in wet towels with bags of frozen ice strategically place to help prevent my burns from worsening.
Apart from feeling very sore I’m doing OK and have to go see the Doc later today to have my wounds looked over and the dressings changed.


Despite my accident we still had loads of fun and have another weekend camp planned very soon with Hubs in sole charge of the campfire cooking!

I'll post the name of my RAK winner tomorrow so check back to see if its you!
Have fun.

T.x.x.x

Thursday, August 23, 2007

And we're off!

The cars packed....the tents ready to go, so we are off for a few days to enjoy the peace and tranqulity of the Somerset country side.....whilst thousands flock to the beaches we head inland to treat ourselves to a little rest and relaxation.

The sun is shining and promises to all weekend so hopefully I'll manage to get some great shots of the guys as they swim, climb trees etc.
Im hoping the guys will join me as I go off for a trek on The Quantocks....I know I'll suffer as Ive not ridden in an age but hey! its got to be done.

Dont forget tomorrow is Friday which means its time for the Bad Girls to be on patrol! Just add the Bad Girls blinkie to your blog and those patrolling may just find you!
Keep an eye on your inbox to discover if you have been caught....one lucky lady will get a yummy RAK from the Bad Girls!


I found these little delights yesterday whilst I was out shopping and decided I'd pick up an extra set to RAK.....


leave me a comment telling me how you will be spending the weeekend and on Monday night I'll pick a winner.....overseas welcome too:)

Have a great weekend.....have fun....be happy...enjoy!
T.x.x.x

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Bloomin Huge Toot Toot

I wanna take a a lil time today to Toot Toot the biggest Toot Toot for one of my fellow Bad Girls ...yep this lil missy made it as one of the Memory Makers Masters....whoooo hooo for Iris....Im sooo excited for her and she deserves the spot as her work is truly stunning.

Im still scrapping....still having the bestest of time as I snip and stick. Hubs is home so he has entertained the guys and they have spent the day getting ready for our lil camping trip!
We are heading off to Somerset for a few days of R&R....my buddie and her guys are joining us for what promises to be a few days of fun fun fun.

Just a few more peeps to share of todays lil offerings!




Happy scrappin all.

T.x.x.x

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Still

Still sticking, still clicking, still sat sitted!
Just a few peeps to share as Ive no news today.....well not the sort of news I can share...not just yet anyways! Tee heee heee.






Happy days all.

T.x.x.x.x

Monday, August 20, 2007

Busy Busy Busy...again!

This weeks Pencil Lines sketch was provided by Vicki Chrisman and just has to be one of my favourite sketches to use so far.

Heres my LO


I used papers from Dude Designs, Kellie Crowe and Jenni Bowlin...a lil Hambly transparency and Heidi Swapp ribbons decorated with a heart slide which sit prettily on top of an Angel Kiss bloom....the title is from 3 Bugs in a Rug Tickled Pink Chit Chat range of stickers.
The photographs are of my friends daughter, Laura, and where taken back in the spring....when the sun remebered to shine!




This month just seems to be flying by with me scrapping for as long as my eyes will stay open!
Ive thrown a few all nighters the past week and finally yesterday I crashed an burned big styley! I didnt venture very far from the comfort of my bed and spent the day sleeping followed by a few more much needed zzzzz's.

Today it was back to scrapping and my projects are almost complete....Im trying to get everything done and dusted in time for the arrival of my first kit from Bad Girls...my oh my have you seen these kits? They are just sheer luxury in a box!

Back to the craft table for me...I have a heavy date planned with some scrummy ribbons, a lil velvet and the most delish papers.


Enjoy life...Have fun.....Be happy

T.x.x.

Friday, August 17, 2007

Its Friday!

Wanna have some fun?

From now on every Friday will be known as BAD GIRL PATROL.

If one of the BAD GIRL DESIGNERS catches you, you will be notified and sent a special RAK from BAD GIRLS KITS!

So how do you get caught?

Simple, just add the Bad Girls Blinkie to your message board signature line (of course only the ones that allow kit club blinkies!)
You can also add it to your blog.

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

You never know where the BAD GIRLS will be on PATROL!

Now HOW FUN does that sound?!!!!

Theres something big in the pipeline over at Bad Girls....miss it and you miss out!

Have a great day.
T.x.x.x

Thursday, August 16, 2007

and it continues!

I am soooo happy today.....just happy, happy, happy.

The sun is shining - the skies are blue - the guys are friends today - Hubs is taking a couple of days off - my buddie called just to tell me she wubs me - I baked cup cakes - cup cakes have been eaten - new stash arrived - houseworks done - time to play!

The scrapping marathon continues.....heres another peep at what Ive been up to


What makes you happy today?

T.x.x.x.

Check back tomorrow because I have something fun to share.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Friends for 5 minutes!

Grrrrr! This rain that the UK has been blessed with is just not fun!
The guys have a serious attack of cabin fever and today they have done nothing but fight and argue!
I did manage to get 5 minutes outside with them earlier today and caught a rare piccie of them actually looking like they liked one another!


They are both "outside" people and need to be doing their thing, but it too wet to skate and well noone wants to go for a bike ride in the rain! Hubs took the guys surfin last night....boy were the waves fierce...4-6ft walls of water powering down on top of you when you are only little isnt fun....poor Bobs got wiped out pretty bad and his board whacked him in his face....he came home with a swollen and cut lip where his brace had sliced him:(
Lots of cuddles and one or two ice lols later he was feeling Ok and thankfully the swelling disappeared overnight, although it is slightly bruised and feeling tender....Ive told him that surfin in winter is going to be a lot wosre than now but he isnt fazed and wants to go back out there tonight with Hubs....they must be mad because its bloomin freezin today!

It may be raining and miserable outside but it was sunny smiles inside this house when this little packet of yumminess wrapped in cellophane arrived on my doorstep

Just how cute are the lil notelets?
Thanks to Anna I now have lil Momijis to decorate my mini album, which is dedicated to my love of these lil dolls. Thanks Anna....you are a star.x.x.x.x

Apart from refereeing the guys Ive been scrapping my heart out.....I cant share any of the projects as they are all for asignments for Scrapgenie's Craft Life & Home Mag and 3 Bugs in a Rug, but heres a lil snippet of one of my pages



Back to my pile of stash.....have fun....I know I will.

T.x.x.x.x

Monday, August 13, 2007

Deliveries!

The local delivery guy knows he will be greeted with a smile when he knocks on our door because I just love receiving parcels!
The yummiest of boxes arrived today from Scrap Genie, filled with oddles of products for me to start my projects for issue 3 of Craft, Life & Home magazine.
Drool, drool, drool....Ive got a host of MME and Basic Grey products to play with.
BTW...Issue 2 is available to download now!

My projects from Issue 2 were also returned and now take pride of place upon the shelves in my craft room.
This is a one of the layouts I created using papers from Sassafrass Lass.


Not a lot else to report....its been yucky weather here today so we have been hauled up inside....the guys playing games and me....well Ive been catchin up on some scrapping!


Have fun.
T.x.x.x

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Chalk & Cheese.

Nisa Finn of Effer, Fontwerks, Hambly and CH HOF Fame, is this weeks Pencil Lines Guest Designer and she provided the wonderful sketch #45.
I adore the LO's this week that have been created by my fellow team mates - go check em out!

For my LO I used papers from a US company new to the UK, called Dude Designs.
The crisp clean lines and vibrant colours of the PP's made me drool the minute I saw them....I just had to get my mitts on some and managed to find them in the UK here.



My two guys are soooo different from one another.
Bobs is laid back, carefree, sensible beyond belief for his age, he has great determination to knuckle down and get great grades so he can secure a place at the college of his choice. J is hot headed, reckless and so impulsive....he continually craves adrenalin hits and knows no bounds!
It is their differences that make them the unique people they are and its their differences that make me love them so very much.

Its been a fab weekend....one filled with plenty of lazy days spent taking in the sights and sounds of the beach....surfs been excellent and the guys have spent a fair few hours in the water...new wet suits were bought and I even dared to take a dip!




Hubs snapped a few piccies of me in my wetsuit but I deleted them as fast as I could....Yikes! I need to hit the gym and loose a few pounds!

Happy Scrappin.

T.x.x.x.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Scraplifted!

The past few days have been pretty hectic in this house so as the sun is shining we are off to the beach for an afternoon relaxing and chilling out.

The guys have new wetsuits so they want to test them out!
Im taking some felt down to the sands to help occupy my time!
Wonder what I'll create?

Heres a sneaky of a LO I completed last night!



I was such a norty gal and scraplifted! Oh yes I did...I confess....I scraplifted myself! LOL!

Have fun in the sun.

T.x.x.x.x

Friday, August 10, 2007

Bad Girl Patrol

Wanna have some fun?

From now on every Friday will be known as BAD GIRL PATROL.

If one of the BAD GIRL DESIGNERS catches you, you will be notified and sent a special RAK from BAD GIRLS KITS!

So how do you get caught?

Simple, just add the Bad Girls Blinkie to your message board signature line (of course only the ones that allow kit club blinkies!)
You can also add it to your blog.

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

You never know where the BAD GIRLS will be on PATROL!

Now HOW FUN does that sound?!!!!

Have a great day.
T.x.x.x

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Guess who's a Bad Girl!

I am a Bad Girl...Oh yes I am!

Finally I can share with you some very exciting news!

Last week whilst indulging in a lil lie in, after a heavy night scrapping, we received an International phone call...Hubs answered the phone and didnt want to disturb me so the mystery caller said they would call back.

Umm Ok so the caller could be one of a thousand....first thoughts went to family members who reside overseas, then friends, then my International Scrapping buddies....I was in a tizz all day trying to figure out who it could be....not for one single minute did I think that later that day I would be receiving a call from the ebber so talented and creative Wendy Rago!

Believe me when I say I was shakin in my boots.....anyways why did Wendy call me????

Welllll......Wendy called to offer me a place on her new Design Team!!! Whootiddlywhoohooo!

I am so excited and still keep having to pinch myself that I have been given the oppurtunity to work alongside talent such as Celia King ,Bonnie Keller, Iris Babao Uy, Michelle Van Etten, Cari Fennell and my fellow Pencil Lines buddie, Anne Jo Lexander aka Ania.

If you wanna see something really special then go grab a caffe latte, pull up a chair and enjoy the show right here

You really must go check out the stunning collections that colour the Bad Girls Kits....they are simply perfect.

I cant leave without sharing a piccie....



Yippetty Skips.....the SUMMER is here:):):)

Check back tomorrow because I have something real FUN to share with you.

T.x.x.x.x.x

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

We have had a super duper couple of days....dental trips, school shoe shooping, rucksacks and coats....yuck! I hate having to drag the guys shopping because they hate it just as much as I do!
To compensate for the drudgery of the day the guys decided they would have a lil pleasure spending....off to the bank they went armed with their cash point cards and
then they headed for the local independant games store....we do try our best to support the local shops and stay away from the multi nationals....you always get better service and once they smell ya cash you can haggle for a better deal....anyways.....
The guys have bought a Wi!

OMGoodness how much fun is this little box of tricks?
We have played until our arms have ached and our side split in two from all the laughing!

Its been so warm here today....the skies are blue and the sun shining....a perfect day for heading down to the beach BUT the guys both expressed a great concern that Mom surly must have loads of scrapping that she needed to do!
A day at the beach would mean that I'd be removed from my craft room whilst they would be hanging with their buddies....Mom you'll get bored at the beach....we really dont mind staying home today...C'mon Mom you know how much you have to do at home....we really really dont mind.......we afterall can hog the TV all day and play Wi! LOL!

They have had soooo much fun....Ive scrapped my lil old heart out and now its time to pack up a picnic and head for the sand just in time for supper!



Heres a lil sneaky peep....using papers from such a cool company....you can check them out here....but be quick they are selling so fast!

Have fun.

T.x.x.x.x

Monday, August 06, 2007

Sharing.

This weeks Pencil Lines Guest is Lucy Chesna....check out her work - its super amazing!

I used up some scraps of Urban Lilly PP's to create my offering for Sketch #44.




The crystal gems are from my Sis TV kit and the glitter alphas I picked up in the local £ store :)

I dont have many photographs of Hubs and I together as Im always the one behind the lens...I feel much more comfortable taking the piccies as I am camera shy!

My buddie, Linz, took the piccie and whilst I was creating my LO I remembered that she had snapped a few others too, so I decided to print of another and this LO just sort of happened too!



I can now share this one too!




PP's are from my SIStv kits...a combo of Urban Lilly, Kellie Crowe and Scenic Route with a lil Heidi swapp and Angel Kisses thrown in too! The photograph Ive scrapped before but I love it....Kirsty took it whilst we were in Ireland earlier this year!

Isnt it supposed to be a scrapbook crime to scrap the same photograph more than once? Have you done it?
If so link me to your over scrapped photo layouts....I wanna see that Im not the only one who commits this crime!

After a weekend out and about I really need to spend a day sorting the house out...its starting to resemble the local tip!

So today I have a heavy date with Mr Sheen and he's bringing his mate Henry along for company!

H****w**k!!!Yuck!

T.x.x