A card for a special friend

It was Krafty Karens birthday yesterday and I can now show the card I sent her.... now Karen knows I am by far not the worlds best card maker but having received a lovely new order of stamps from Fiona I had to use at least one of them:D and also some of the PaperArtsy stamps were used too:D

Then at the start of September is another friends birthday but I can't show that one just yet.... In the meantime we are waiting for the children to start back at school and for some items to arrive.... namely Spellies and a SplodgeAway mat......... 

Bye for now and I'll guess the missing items will arrive soon or maybe......

When pigs fly at this rate....

 Lisa
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Distress Stains...

as I said in my last post I fancied getting some more distress stains, I got them from CraftObsessions.co.uk

I like getting things from David and Brenda as they are always good value and good service too.
I have been thinking about getting some beads and findings as the jewellery side of crafting has always interested me.... Then my dearest daughter voiced a desire to try making some too... So Mr Wonderful bought a selection of beads and findings from ebay and Tessa made some shamballa bracelets and even her brothers liked them so she made them one each too!!  I haven't had a chance to play with them til last night as Tessa squirrelled them away in her room... anyway I bagged some beads that I liked the look of and this is what I made....(The chain is a silver small belcher chain link that I have had in my jewellery box for ages).

 

It's been a fair while since I've done any paper-crafting so i'm gonna try and do my best over the next few days...:D... And the kids go back to school on Sept 4th so i'll get more time to do this uninterrupted!

Thanks for dropping by and having a look at my blog
Lisa

 

A bit late in the day but what the heck............

I'm guessing most people have tried Distress Stains by now but it's taken me a while.... anyway I got the Picket Fence one as a place to start.... I tried it out on something lastnight.......... not saying what yet so don't try any arm-twisting!! ooh and I finally got some mod podge which led to a canvas finally being done but that's another story..... anyway... now I've tried the stains I want more!! I love the one I have and Have to have some more but what can I store them in.... well I thought and thought and looked around and my eye landed on this item that I bought from Rod @ creations-by-rod.co.uk but its looking a little forlorn with only one bottle in it (upside down) so that may be changed soon:D 

Anyway, wishing you all a good weekend 

Lisa x

Its been a wee while now but...

I thought I'd better post some news and ..... its good news too!! I am a big fan of Sue Wilson, the lady who demonstrates Creative Expressions products and also Spellbinders on C&C.... every time her blog has reached an extra 100 followers she pulls the name from the hat and a lucky person gets a prize..... and at the end of June.... yup!! it was me!! I was absolutely stunned as it was A who was blog reading and said... "Your name is on SW's blog!!"  So I had a look and was gob-smacked... so as instructed I emailed Sue with our addy and she sent me this box of goodies!!!

(I had to overlap the pics to get everything in as my camera battery went flat so these pics were taken with my phone...) So.... I sorted everything out and a few of the things she sent me were duplicates of  stuff I already had so we decided to put the Spellies on ebay and see what we get for them and maybe buy a set of spellies that I don't yet have.... There was 6 sets of stamps in the box too and some colourwash sprays, twinkling H2Os, which I've really wanted to try, zipper roses, stickers, stuff for making decoupage cards and some stencils too!! It was a crafters christmas come early!!!

So there you go....

Anyway, I hope by sharing what I got that you will get some luck your way too!! I donated some of the stickers to the cubs group that Ethan goes to and a set or 2 of stamps that are good for Christmas cards and Fathers days card so I hope they will find them useful.

Take care and bye for now

Lisa
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PS. Kids break up for school on Wed (DD) and Thursday (DSs 1&2) ooh and if you are thinking of some Summer reading.... I've just finished the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy.... I have read better and will be deleting it off my iTunes account asap!! ttfn, I'm off to see what the latest best seller is now!

Ok then..................

A few weeks ago now, I went to my docs and after a long conversation which resulted in me having blood tests, I went back for the results and another long conversation and the short of it is I finally have a diagnosis for all the crappy aches, pains and symptoms I have been getting for the past few years.... I have M.E....  now a few ladies already know of this and have been great, Giving advice and generally boosting me and I can't say enough thank yous to those lovely ladies, you all know who you are  

And now I am sat waiting for the duty doctor to ring me up and give me a script as I am having a flare up of my long term back problems at the moment. So forgive me if I don't post much for the next week or so.

Lisa

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Its been a while since I've done a paper/card layout

due to getting upset at some things that came my way.... but I am finished with the stuff that got to me and the people that I thought were friends...

Anyway here is a layout that I've been meaning to do for sometime using pics that were taken in April 2008. We attended a close friends 30th birthday party and yep it was a murder mystery night.... The theme was The Brie, The Bullet and The Black Cat.... I used some of the fabulous Authentique papers that I got in a kit from the wonderful Sandra at Gottacraft.

 Mr Wonderful was playing the dastardly gutter press Seamus O'Hack and I was Pia Fedora, the lover of the murder victim.... I was informed my character was to be spanish so I tried to think of someone spanish and Freda Kahlo came to mind... so out came the mascara and eyeliner on the night and I heavily embellished my eyebrows to make a monobrow, stuck a flower in my hair and bought a cigarette holder from ebay.... Mr Wonderful got his outfit from the charity shop and we vandalised it with red wine and cigarette ash!!! anyway, It was a thoroughly good night and great company too.

Thanks for dropping by

Lisa
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WOYWW 155

 I've had an early start to WOYWW today... So I started to do some stamping and using my copics. I plan to do some more cards thru the day and keep hubby away from my desk! lol, people who have visited me previously may recall pics of him sat at my desk... anyway today he is working at the table downstairs for a bit and then tomorrow he is off into the offices, so I to get sit at my desk and craft all day long tomorrow too!!


 Thanks for dropping by
 Lisa xx

Don't You Just Love Cute Baby Pics.....

I had a brain wave the other night... few and far between here these days believe me but I suddenly remembered that we had portraits of Son 2 done as a baby but everything seemed to go wrong after that... we moved house (not a problem I know but one of those things) lots of things, being taken in to hospital then my mum passed away suddenly and I went in hospital again then I started getting things that mounted up and then my back decided to join in with the fun and I have a couple of prolapsed discs... anyway, after an email then a reply email then money being paid we are now in possession of some fantastic images of 

our baby boy who is now 8!!

 

Thanks for dropping by 

Lisa

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Five Things On A Friday...

1. 1 ventolin inhaler- my asthma has started to play up over the last few nights.... so i'm carrying my inhaler with me where ever I go...
2. 2 boys with Slap Cheek!!! Dom was off school yesterday as he was definitely under the weather then last night the boys came in to the room to say goodnight and I thought they look a bit rosy!! I looked closer at Ethan and thought Oh heck! I remembered reading in the school bulletin last week that SC was going around the school!! 2 of the teachers are pregnant so the kids are being watched so any sign of illness in the school that may affect pregnant women!
3. 3 Tidy bedrooms... Ethan was so happy last night as I went in his room and de-junked it... the junk that an 8yr old accumulates is unbelievable...And as for  Dominic!! don't even go there!! he is a real slob!! considering he is up at 7 every day, you might think he is quite a tidy boy... You'd be wrong.... As for Tessa, she is pretty tidy but her school work is taking priority over the state of her room but the good news is she is a pretty good shot when it comes to throwing rubbish in her bin!! That could explain why she has been asked to join the yr 7 rounders team!!!
4. 4 Sugar shakers!! I'm got them in the post yesterday!! woo-hoo, not for sugar though... then what you might ask? glamour dust or fairy dust... what ever you want to call it, it's just super fine glitter and Ethan shook some in our bed when he picked up a shaker not realising there were holes in then top... consequently I've had a bit of a sparkly twinkle on my pjs....lol (I've just decided to put my UTEE in the big jar with the pouring lid)

5. 5 sets of Spellbinders!! my new addiction!!   the latest sets that have appeared on my desk are Classic Scallop, Classic Triple Scallop, Jewel Fantasies, Jewel Goddess and lastly...(and hopefully in todays post) Rose Creations...

So that is what has been going on in my life lately... how about you?

PS. I did toy with putting pics of kids with slap cheek and 3 bedrooms that (well 2, now) that need a bit of a sorting out...

Have a good weekend and beware of woman with sugar shakers/sifters/dispensers or even dredgers... you never know when you may suddenly start to dazzle!!!

bye for now

Lisa

xxxx
pps. just thought I'd mention that the jars are different sizes!! the two that look very similar are large (I'm talking a good half pint size), the next one with a nicely rounded bottom, is about the size of your average coffee cup and the little one on its side is the perfect side (about the  size of your average salt shaker) but didn't have the shaker top, more like a spout so it is currently keeping my bakers twine that i got in 10 yd lengths!! the biggest one with the spout will hold my UTEE as i got a large pot of it last year and the other two hold crystal glamour dust or gold glamour dust ;-D 

ODBD Blog hop

Today I followed a blog hop that I have never done before... all the members are from the DT from Our Daily Bread Designs which is here I visit two blogs virtually every day and they are Sue Wilsons' PartiCraft blog and Becca Feeken's Amazing Paper Grace blog, these two blogs are so inspirational when it comes to card-making and stamping. Another blog I like to visit every Wednesday is Julia Dunnits Stamping Ground blog for the WOYWW feature! The week before last week was the first time ever that I managed to visit every single blog listed... it took me 8 hours over 2 evenings!! but I didn't manage to join in at all last week but tomorrow is Wednesday:D so I'm going to try my best to be up early to photograph what is going to be on my desk by then!! 

here's a little hint for yah!!

Thanks for dropping by

Lisa:D

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