I missed my calling

BooHoo sob sob I didn't know that I had won the mega candy draw over at Judes as I am busy decorating the house at the moment and I haven't been on in ages so I missed out big time on that won, oh well I will just have to dry my tears and try the other candy that Judes running from now until xmas. :(

Alzehimers Mega Blog Candy Giveaway

Jude is having a mega blog candy giveaway and the more people that enter the bigger the candy!....So come on peeps get on over there and enter Judes candy. Jude is also looking for crafty donations to help raise money for the Alzehimers Charity, so if you have any crafty bits and bobs that you no longer use Jude would be very grateful for them.

Alzheimers daily blog candy day 22

Over at craft international there is some fab candy up for grabs for the Alzheimers daily blog candy giveaway.

Modern Sugar BLVD

 

I made this card this afternoon using 1 off my new images that I bought from Modern Sugar BLVD I just love this one. I am going to enter it in their challenge modern sugar blvd this week.


The paper is from stamping-up and I used my star and music notes sizzix dies, I used my Fiskars border punch and coloured the image in with my promarkers, and I used my stickles glue to add some sparkle.

Not even a mouse

 
This is a card i made using 1 of Mo Manning's digital images, she has the most wonderful images for sale in her shop which you can find HERE I keep buying images and then just playing around with them.

1 card 3 Challenges

 
This is the card I'm entering in the 2 challenges set by Modern sugar blvd, I have used the sketch from Midnight Madness and I will no doubt enter their challenge as well, as I really liked working with the sketch, mind you I always love their sketches but always find myself running out of time to enter theirs.

PS I have to add this last bit in (I'm getting really good at linking things up now) I used to be pulling my hair out but now I sit here armed with my blue book (full of sketches that inspire me and the code for linking thing's up LOL) oh well I just feel that I had to share that bit of info as I'm sitting here like the cat that got the cream lol.

1 card 2 challenges, sketch saturday & crafty cardmaker's

 
This is the card I'm entering for Sketch Saturday's challenge and also Crafty Cardmaker's challenge.
I actually made it for my daughter, The inside has a pocket in it so we could put money into it for my daughter who passed her 8 GSE's she was sitting, To say that we were very proud of her is an under statement. We had promised her a large sum of money as an incentive to pass her exam's and it worked a treat, We will have to start saving again for when she passes her Higher's next year

All the things I love: Thank-you collab Blog Candy

All the things I love: Thank-you collab Blog CandyBev as a load of yummy candy up for grabs and it is a lot some lucky person is going to be very happy to win this all you have to do is link Bevs candy and leave a comment on her page.

No Printer ink

I bought Jack & Ginger from Mo's Digital Pencil and I have discovered that I have no ink left in my printer (sob Sob) just my bloody luck, I am going to have to beg Hubby to buy me more ink and it ain't cheap and he knows we have to go out at the weekend to buy the kids school clothes which certainly isn't cheap, If he says no I will withhold all favours in the bedroom from him till he gives in lol.

Yeah

It finally decided to work, when I came back from walking the dog I tried again and one card linked no bother, but the second one refused to link, I thought right try one more time and if it doesn't work I would only do challenges from now on that use Mr Linky, but it did work so I'm happy now. I can go to my bed and sleep now as that would have bothered me all night.

Blogger playing up I think

I can't seem to leave a link back to my entries for 2 challanges it's driving me crazy, to begin with it wouldn't let me upload 1 of my cards, then when I try to post my link back to my card it keeps saying error page not found, If you hear someone screaming that will be me. I'm gonna throw my laptop out the window in a moment, right I'm taking the dog for a walk and I'll try again when I get back.

Sketch Saturday

 

This is my card for the Saturday Sketcher's challange

Items Used

Stamping-up Paper
Stamping-up Stamps
Papermania Brads

Friday Sketcher's

 

This is the card I'm entering for Friday Sketchers challange

Item's used
Doodlebug card Bouquet Impressions
Pinkpetticoat random dots paper
Bazzil card (Pink)
papermania adhesive clear stones
papermania Butterfly Embellishment
Stickles glue-Stardust

Crafty going on entry

 
This is the card I'm using for the crafty going's on blog giveaway of a set of 72 copic pen's again.
I used a Swiss Pixie download from www.allthatscraps.com
Bazzil card and I can't remember who the maker of the patterned paper is and the sentiment is from craftwork cards.
So If you want a chance of winning some copic markers get yourself over to crafty going's on blog and enter for your chance of a super duper candy

Summer Time

 
This is the card I made for the challange over at Beecrafty, The theme was summer.
I used a free image from Dustin Pike and coloured it with promarkers. He has a lot of free images for downloading.
I also used free paper's I got from a magazine, The flower's were also free from a magazine as was the sentiment's so it's pretty much made up of freebies Lol.

My Baby is getting big

 
My Baby is still trying to fit in his baby bed. I've been making cards for challanges but keep missing them cause im going through a lazy stage and never take a picture of them, I will have to give myself a kick up the bum and start being a good blogger.

Crafty Goings On: A little Yummy Candy

Crafty Goings On: A little Yummy Candy There is fantastic candy being offered for the follower's of crafty goings on as a thankyou.

In bed again

Well we had another beautiful day here again in Scotland and where was I, in my bed ill, I had been up all night being sick hubby thinks I've got swine flu LOL so I didn't even manage to get some images coloured or anything. I'm starting to get card withdrawals, oh well there is always the weekend to try and get some done

New reason why I've not made cards

 
This is the latest reason as to why I can't get any cards done or challanges entered, I forgot how demanding puppies can be, but I must admit I just lurv this little guy to pieces.

No challanges for me this week

I don't Know if I will be doing any challanges this week, I had planned on entering a few but I received a call at 12:30am on the 24th from my brother to say that our dad had just died, shocked dosn't even come close to how I felt when he told me, after all my dad wasn't old he had just turned 62 on monday so i'm not in the mood to do cards I might give it a try in a few days see if it takes my mind off things for a few hours and secondly the hospital phoned 6 hours before to say that my operation is on this coming Friday, it had to get cancelled last month due to me having a chesty cold and it might have to get cancelled again depending on when the funeral is, but I will just have to take each day as it comes. I was feeling terrible today not only with grief but when I got of the phone from my brother I turned to the vodka bottle just meaning to have 1 for shock but lets just say it turned into more than 1 and at 3:30am I decided that I neede more ciggies and went off on a 6 mile all round walk to the petrol station how I got there and back in my sozzled state is beyond me but some how I managed and in record breaking time as well LOL fancy that I walk quicker when Im drunk. Well that was my late Thursday early Friday morning news here's hoping that Saturday is better.

Just Magnolia challange

 
This is my card for the Just Magnolia challange, I wasn't too sure about entering after seeing all the fantastic cards by everybody else, I must admit I was feeling kind off intimidated by them all but I thought what the heck you have to be in it to win it, so this is my humble effort.

Creative Ideas by Katharina Frei: WoJ / Elisabeth Bell Summer Stamp Kit Candy!!

Creative Ideas by Katharina Frei: WoJ / Elisabeth Bell Summer Stamp Kit Candy!!
Katharina is giving away not 1 but 2 sets of the new Elisabeth Bell summer stamp kit as blog candy, all you have to do is put the WOJ blinkie and a link to her shop on your side bar, then pop over to her blog and post a comment to let her know that you've done it, easy peasy or if you want to preorder them just pop over to her shop and buy them, I sent my Hubby a link with a begging note attached asking him to get me them and keep them for my xmas when I got a email saying they were ready for preorder, so David if you are having a sneaky peek at my blog Pleeeeaaaaase can I get them I sooooooo need them and have I told you lately that I luuurrrrvvvv you loads, pretty pretty pleeeaaase with sugar on top.

 
This is a card I made for my Husbands Birthday.

Charmed Delectable Stamps

Charmed Delectable Stamps
Some great blog candy up for grabs here.

The artistic stamper

#links
There is fantastic blog candy on offer at the artistic stamper.

Crafty Goings On: Blog Candy with a Twist!

Crafty Goings On: Blog Candy with a Twist!
There is 72 copic markers on offer here.

creative-4-u

creative-4-u
This is the card I'm entering for the crafty going's on blog candy.

Free Image from Beecrafty

 
This is my effort for the challange over at Beecrafty.

paperlicious oasis: Would you like some candy ????????

paperlicious oasis: Would you like some candy ????????
Some more great blog candy up for grabs.

Beecrafty Free Image

 

This is a card I made from the image that Bee sent me for putting her banner on my blog isn't it sooooooooo cute, I just love it,Thanks Bee.

Beecrafty freebie image

 

Hanglar & Stanglar

A Birthday card I made using a Hanglar & Stanglar stamp.

Birthday card

This is a Birthday card I made using the paper's and die cut from the first issue of creative cardmaking magazine.

Anniversary card

This is a card I made for my In-Laws anniversary

Mothers day card

 

I made this for my mother in-law for mothers day.

I managed to link two posts

OMG I think i've cracked it i've just managed to link 2 of my posts yeah me :P

Posting links

I'm slowly learning through trial and error how this blog thing and posting links all works lol, mind you it seams to be a hit or a miss most times.

My treat for being soooo brave lol

well i'm off to the hospital on Wednesday for a NovaSure (Endometrial Ablation) and a couple of various other things getting done so as a treat hubby went out and bought me a new desk and he is setting my crafting room back up for me (bless him), I'll be able to get more cards done and maybe enter some challanges aswell then I will get some pictures of my cards uploaded at long last.

Free Blog Backgrounds

I found this great blog today (debsbackgrounds blog) where you get free blog backgrounds, they are all so cute