Tag

It has been so long since I made a tag, so I decided to sit down last night and make one, forgot how quick they are to make! Used some BG blush paper scraps that I had saved, a chipboard swirl, buttons, flowers and a vellum butterfly stamped and cut, calendar stamp is one I picked up from Crafteire at the Midlands monthly crop. Tfl, mandyxx

Blog candy...

I found the most wonderful blog, while blog hopping today, Juliets, she is one talented lady, she has such wonderful happy cards on her blog, go check out her colourful work here, she is also sharing some blog candy too. Happy bank holiday Monday, xx

Tilda pocket card

This is my first Tilda, I love love love her! Tfl, mandyxx

Wonderful day

I had the most wonderful day yesterday at the Midlands Craft Club monthly crop, first one I got to attend! We made a gorgeous mini book, using basic grey, Crafteire shop was there too to supply goodies for our stash addiction! Had a great giggle with all the girls and met some new people too, great day was had by all, thanks for organising it Sandie! These little bits and pieces FELL into my craft tote too before I left!

A little birdie.........

Papertake weekly sketch

This is my take on last weeks sketch over on PTW, I have used DWCV paper and more embossing powder, gone made embossing things lately! TFL, mandyxx

I WON!

I won, I won I won, I cant believe it, I actually won something, my halloween card (post below) won the card competition over on CardznScrapz! I am so happy and the wonderful prize is Wassail from Basic Grey, can you believe that!

Halloween - Boo!

This is the card I made for the Sept competition over on CardznScrapz, we had to use Basic grey, papermania or doodlebug products. This is what I came up with, mostly basic grey, I just cant help myself with that stuff lol!!! Love the colours, this got me in the mood for Halloween too, LOVE LOVE LOVE Halloween, cant wait! TFL, mandyxx

CS Sketch Challenge

this is my take on a sketch challenge set over on Craft Supplies, thanks for arranging this Helen!

Flowerpot Man!

2 weeks.............

since I last posted, shame on me, things have been so crazy here and I havent been too well at all. Finding my feet now this week, and recovering from marathon card making sessions at my DoCrafts demos! So I am just a little bit all crafted out, a first LOL! I hope to get to make some LO's tomorrow, havent touched my September kit from scrap room yet, shame on me. But looking forward to having a play with it. Sorry I havent posted up anything, hope I havent bored you all off and that you pop back for some peeks, hugs, mandyxx

And the winner is..................................

Kate!...............congratulations! I will get your goodies out in the post to you first thing in the morning!!! Thank you everyone who popped by! mandyxx

Blog Candy!

Decided it was time I offered a little blog candy as a thank you to all of those who visit my blog!! All you have to do is leave me a little comment and I will pick a winner from a pot on Tuesday 16th!! Prize is 2 6x6 packs of K&Co paper, 2 rubber stamps and some cupcakes from my etsy store! Good luck everyone! mandyxx

sad weekend

yes its my cats again, they give me so much pleasure but when something happens, it devastates me, I need to stop loving them so much, because it hurts when they are gone. It has been a horrible weekend, on friday I should have checked under my car when I went to pick sophie up from school, its was bucketing down, and one of my ickle kitties, "Willow" had taken shelter under my wheel arch, think you can all guess what happened next, it was one of the worst moments of my life, I went into auto pilot, picked him up and moved him, didnt want sophie to see that when we came home. I havent been able to tell the kids, I took them out for icecream on saurday and philip buried him under a tree in the garden, beside our other putty cats. Deep breath more was to come..... philip found our funny boy "George Eile", dead on the road this morning, he had been hit with a car. Just cant take anymore of this, its too cruel.

A tin in time

Little Lady

Dino Birthday

Weekend card makes

my mojo has upt and left again, so I decided to start off small and give it a helping hand, only got 2 made, but hey its better than nothing. Finished off the rest of the bits and pieces I had left from the October Afternoon kit from Scrap Room, and some other bits and pieces that have been lying about on my desk. mandyxx

House Mouse

Not an ounce of Basic Grey in sight!!! Used the beautiful House Mouse, K&Co papers, with some ribbon donated by Sandie! tfl, mandyxx

Potty time LO

I have been working on this one for a few days, I love this pic of my OH when he was little, and that frown, so cute! Used Basic Grey "Mellow" (surprise surprise!) making memories journal slip and some bg brads and buttons. The sketch is one from Creative Scrappers, thanks for sharing this wonderful site kate! Tfl, mandyxx

Award!

I recieved this award from Monica, who has an amazing blog, one I LOVE to visit, thank you for sharing this award with me! Go check her creations out, they are gorgeous!

The rules of the award:
1. Only 5 people allowed.
2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog.
3. one has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
4. you must link back to whoever gave you the award.
Quite simple really it is a way of saying thank you to those who take time out for wonderful comments!
So I would like to award this to (very hard to list 4 ~~blush~~) Elisa, Lynn, Dianne & Sandie and for my new visitor Carol, who has a wonderful blog, thanks for taking the time to visit me and leave such lovely comments!

9th birthday

My little boy is nine tomorrow, I can not believe it, not so little anymore! Where have those years gone, gone in a blink, because it only feels like a while ago that I was in hospital getting ready for my Csection, can still feel those labour pains!

So I had to get creative today, I made a cake (yes I made the cake LOL!!) of a castle, meant to be hogwarts castle. I spend hours and hours decorating it, and hate how it turned out, so no photos of that will be displayed!! But I know for sure James will love it, so thats all that counts. I made this too as his birthday card! tfl, mandyxx

Used first kit!!

Got to make a LO using the "October Afternoon" kit, these papers are devine, I loved working with them! Anyhoooooo here is my offering, had these pics printed out ages ago, and just didnt know what to do with them, but it all came together when I saw the papers!TFL,mandyxx

My kit arrived

My first kit arrived from Scrap-room today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Each kit contains 4 kits, and I was amazed at the amount of stuff I recieved! And to top it all off a free sample of Vanilla Almond Praline flavor coffee ( I love my coffee) oh the smell of the package when I opened it, it was just devine! Cant wait to get LO cracking later! mandyxx

A weekend of making

no internet, and no car ((((sniff sniff)))) = mandy got creating lol!!! This is what I made, tfl, mandyxx

Store Update

My etsy store has been updated with yummy cupcakes, from felt, fabric, paper and stuffed ones! Pop over and have a peek, link is on right hand side panel! Thanks, mandyxx

teal and brown flutterbies

havent made a card in a week or two, so had a play with an Autumn Leaves stamp and Making Memories journal pad!

Makes for my etsy store

got these done today, going to make some more batches and get them listed this week, I loved making these, the cupcakes are made from fabric remnents and felt, flower embellishements are from leftover scrap paper and buttons. mandyxx