Nearly the end of January !

I had a long day at work today and felt like chilling while they were all watching the footie- so I sat myself down and decided it was time I scrapped another Portugal photo and then I found one of the Castle in Germany we went to in September so I did a layout of that too. One of my good friends has her son's 18th coming up soon and he loves his music and plays the guitar so that was a really good excuse to use the Rockstar stack I've had sitting on my shelf for ages waiting for me to come up with something - hope he likes it!,and now it's late so I'm off to bed....

Another week gone !

Yet another week has gone by and not much time for crafting..
Mum had asked me to make her a card for a friend of theirs who was turning 80 and loved gardening so I found a Paper Nation man and hopefully made one that they will like.I have been dying to play with my new K & CO smitten paper and die cuts - I do love K & Co- and I also had a delivery yesterday of the new Basic Grey Two Scoops so I had to have a little look at that too.Here's what I came up with.Not sure what wording to put on the one with the single heart at the top as i was thinking of using it for an Anniversary card so haven't put anything on it yet....

Winter Layouts

I went to a scrapbooking crop at our local craftshop today and we did Winter and Christmas layouts.The snowy one was actually last January when It snowed and I walked to work armed with camera and the tree is this year's.It was great to escape for a few hours and has got me inspired to do more so that can't be a bad thing... I bought some lovely swirls see through rubber stamps so I might have to have a play with them very soon !

A couple of Layouts

I always keep my tickets from any concerts I go to so have done a layout with the Simply Red ticket I had from when I went to see then at the Albert Hall, Take That's the next one to be done! I had a text from an old friend ages ago to say that her dog had died which made me really sad as I was very fond of him. When he was a puppy she would very often ring me and say 'this puppy's driving me nuts' so i'd go round and have a cuppa with her and a cuddle with him, so I decided to scrap a photo of him- bless him .

Busy,Busy,Busy....

Well,January is always a busy time of year in the Accounting world and this year is no exception so I have been very bad at updating my Blog...
I had a go at the doing a card from the CPS (Card Positioning System) Blog which was a week or so ago,it's the one with the black background, and I turned the design round slightly. Thought I would use some K & Co rub ons that I had on the little green scalloped circle I put on the front.
I made a couple of other cards, one with the remnants of a lovely K & Co kit I had and one with just a Penny Black sticker - I highlighted the image with Glossy Accents.

Well,suddenly it's all over,and I didn't get to see much of Christmas at all.
I made a couple of cards the day before Christmas Eve, one for eldest son's girlfriend's 21 st and another for a good friend who I don't see that often.Christmas Eve- thought I felt a tad unwell and hot and cold,and that was it from then on have been confined to bed with temperature and Ribena for 4 days.... It's the first time ever I haven't managed to cook dinner or join in- but never mind. Am on the mend now and raring to start crafting !

Time Flies !

Wow, I can't believe how the time has flown and I haven't been updating.
Anyway - have been really really busy lately and have finally managed to get all my Christmas cards done.Had a long trip after work last night to go down and pick middle son's belongings up from Uni and bring them home for him. He's staying for the Christmas bash and will be home tonight.
I made some more Christmas ATCs for another swap and managed to get them off so at least all the cardy stuff is done!
Just the finishing off of pressies to go.Here are some of my cards and the ten ATCs for the swap


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