Just another day...

Moving again!

Have decided to move my blog back to here.  Not that anyone has a link but if you do you'll need to update!!  See you @ Blogger!

Oh MY GAWD!!

I found out this morning to my shock and delight that my layout had been chosen for layout of the month on Scrapagogo!!  A fabby apron turned up this morning and I love it!!  Have a look in the gallery there are some fab layouts in there - I have no idea how I managed to win!!  Thanks again for my fabby apron Lorraine!

More good news too - don't you just love our posties!!  My kit arrived from Little Red Scrapbook and it is soooo yummy!!  I liked it that much I just had to show you!!  No more scrappers block for me LMAO!!

Update - my NAN!!

Latest is that she is still with us - totally shocked - happy but in another way not so - I'd like her to be with Grandad and out of pain and suffering!!  Bless ya heart Nan!!

UKS Cyber Crop

Record sign ups to this this time over 1000 peeps registered to take part!!  Got all my stash ready Friday came - cc started and none of the classes seemed to jump out at me - did one layout Friday see below.

Saturday  - had to work AM but came home at 1pm - still no inspiration!!

I decided to do a challenge instead and made a book of my Dreams and Goals - here!!

Poor picture I know but love the cloud paper - tis rather 'dreamy'!!  Just some of the dreams that will be entered are Surf in Hawaii, Christmas in New York, get a degree - and so on!!

Ended up watching TV on Sat not that interested in the CC.

Sunday came and as I had to go to work along came four classes and challenges that I was really interested in!! Typical!!  Work till four put paid to that!!

Managed this when I returned home - but the bright side to the whole weekend is that the last viewing of the day at work - MY clients actally offered on a fab bungalow in the same village as me and Gosie if you read this - I know your new neighbours LMAO!!

Just checking in....

Haven't had alot of time for things lately so my blog is a little outta date!!!

Spilt some juice on my laptop (yes my beloved laptop) and can no longer use the return button, have stripped it out and cannot seem to fix it - have noticed that my keyboard needs a damn good clean LOL

My dear Nan has been taken into hospital and they have told my Mum that they will not resuscitate her if her heart cannot cope as it could do more damage than good.  Been kinda expecting this for many years, but you're never quite ready are you?  I do love my Nan she's always known who I was even with her dementia getting worse.  Fond memories of her looking after us in the summer holidays.   I did a layout of her on her 90th Birthday and thought I'd share it with you again.

Meeting Alison for a coffee this afternoon and no-doubt we'll end up in Taverham garden centre at the Craft store!!!!

Monday Bloggers

Following a blog prompt on UKS here,

Autumn (or as we say in the U.S.: Fall) colours seem late this year, at least where I live, but now it’s finally feeling ‘Autumn-ish’. What sights, smells, feelings, or events do you associate with the season? Do you have any special Autumn memories? Special photos to post on your blog?

Autumn for me does usually spell the start of the silly season!!  No, I don't mean Christmas - I'm talking about that whole "oh no here comes the winter!!"  I'm definately a Spring Gal me - new beginnings and all that!!  Best thing about Autumn for me is - celebrating Emillie and Olivers birth, then Halloween which I do like, and the beautiful photography opportunities.  In a previous post I added some photos of the wood at the end of out village, it's changed quite a bit since then I think!

It's happening all over again....

in case you hadn't noticed the latest  CC  has been announced on UKS.  This time with a Harry Potter theme!!  I do love a good ole Cyber Crop I usually learn so much!!  I am part of team

The hussle and bussle topped with enthusiasm has begun right away - saw a post this morning that 600 members have signed up already - WOW!!

Managed to do one layout last night, It took forever to find some photos - really should sort them!!  I decided to use the sketch #5 on Pencillines by Ali Edwards of whom I'm a massive fan!  Her hubby just won an Election to become a State Rep for Oregon!!  So a big congrats to them!!  Go - read her blog she's amazing!!  Oh yeah - the layout - here it is!!

Funny Old Day!!

UK Scrappers site was down all day yesterday and wasn't it weird!!??  I cannot believe how much time I usually spend on the site!!  Started considering my Ebay stash and how it's still waiting to be uploaded but it's a job I'd rather do LATER!! 

Anyway my laptop decided it was on strike too so I decided to format the thing!  Smoothly so far but and a BIG but - do you think I can find my Norton disc anywhere!?!??!  Must be with the fairies!!  So having to use an older version which needs "training"  GOD IM SICK of it asking for permission lmao - yet if I don't have the security set high all sorts happens to my poor puter!!

So as usual I'm now sidetracked from restoring software to my lappy and the ironing all in one!!  So decided my laptop needed a new look - no I didn't take a spray can to it - I have changed the wallpaper WOO HOO I hear you cry LMAO!!  So this is now my view on the world LOL!!

Forced Scrapping??!!

I have had really trouble with layouts lately, just cannot get anything to look right.  I have a couple to show you one im not happy with and the other I like but it's better in 'real life'!

First one is using Jenni Bowlin's July kit I think!?  I'm not happy with the Ghost letters, I think they would have stood out more if on the plain white background and the stitching is - well - horrible!!  Lovely papers though LOL!!

This is the other - a bit of a mix of the Jenni Bowlin Sept kit and the Oct Scrapagogo kit, this I like much better but still has something missing for me, my favourite bit is the journalling which you probably cannot even see on the photo lol - but ive added direction arrows to it, very similar to the font which teaches children to write!

I am half way through my Creating Keepsakes Kit for a Cause and am finding it very hard to write nice things and good points about ME!  I'm always critical of myself and never ever think of myself in a possative way!  Will upload into a gallery when im finished!  It cost $15 + shipping from USA, came to £17 so a bit of a bargain!!  A lovely idea to have for Emillie and Oliver to look through in years to come!

Really want to add Halloween 2006 photo's to the book I created a couple of weeks ago as I know if I don't keep it up to date now it'll just sit there!!

What's next?  Christmas I guess!!   Always mad here at Christmas.  Probably another Crimbo at home for us - nothing better really!!

{Spooky Spooky!!}

Had a fab Halloween, so much so the house is still decorated LOL  We threw a party for the kiddies and they loved it!!   Oliver dressed up as Darth Vaider (taking him to the Psycotherpist later!!) and Emillie was a Black Cat!!  Weather was lousy so we had to play games indoors but I think it went down better than if out in the cold weather!!