Bonus blog day

It's not very often these days that I get the chance to do mid-week blogging but I came upon a new theme site today and I had to have a go. I say 'new' - its been around for a few weeks now but I only discovered it today. It's called Stamp with Us and their current theme is Children's Cards. This is an area I don't get to play in very often these days but my great neice is about to have her first birthday so I decided to use the inspiration from the DT and join in by making her a card. It was great fun because I went for a rummage around my old stamps and found LOADS that I had forgotten I had and can't wait to use again. I thought I'd got rid of this little darlin' yonks ago, I didn't realise he was still sat on my shelf!! Now there's a blast from the past! LOL!!

Thanks for stopping by!! xx

Weekend again!

Hurrah! I love weekends! This one started out a bit miserable, weather-wise, but then look at the plus side, all those new plants I put out last weekend have had a good soaking which is brilliant because I've forgotten to do it!!! My calendula's are looking perky again....oooer!!! LOL!

Anyway, it's the weekend so that means sketch time again, and here is my Friday Sketch offering. I kept trying not to use Daisy again, but she is so irresistable that I just had to colour her in to kickstart my weekend craft time!

You'll have to use your imagination a bit with the circles at the bottom - I did try adding buttons, brads, flowers and even punched circles but it just wouldn't work, so I figured the pattern on the paper would suffice!

Thank You to those who offered me advice last week with my blog invite problem - it turned out that I had put the wrong email addy's in!! DUH! :o)

Have a great weekend and thanks for popping in! :o) xxx

Sketch Friday

OMGosh, it's the last day of the Easter Hols :o( Where'd it go? Well, I know where it went for me - I spent the first week nursing two sick little 'uns! It didn't stop us getting out and enjoying ourselves (although my eldest didn't have as much fun as the rest of us :o(...), and the second week has gone in a blink of an eye! My big fella was 10 yesterday - unbelievable - and now we're constantly watching our P's & Q's and looking over our shoulders because he had a new DSi Lite for his birthday and we keep catching him sneaking up to take our photo's and morph our faces - that bit is hilarious, but when I discovered that he had been recording me swearing at other motorists, I realised that none of us are safe anymore!!! LOL!!


Anyway, here is my offering for this week's Friday sketch. I did a bit of masking on this image which is something I haven't done for a long time.

And now I have a blog question which I would love if someone could answer for me please? I have created a new blog which I am sharing with a few friends only my invitations aren't going out for some reason. I have added each of their email addy's in the permissions section and I'm pretty sure I've followed all the instructions on blogger Help, but they're still not getting the invites, either in their normal mailboxes or their spam files. If anyone can offer any advice as to how this is done, I would really appreciate an email from you with the instructions.

That's my lot for today - time to get back to my decorating, I think! Thanks for popping by! xx

Sketch Saturday - 42

Lord, it doesn't feel like 7 days since the last one, but HURRAH! Saturday is here again! I got a brochure dropped through my door yesterday from Webbs of Wychbold garden centre and I knew I shouldn't have read it yet - I've got the urge to get out into my garden now and get the patio ready for eating al fresco! And this year I am definitely going to grow my own veggies. It won't be lots because my garden isn't that huge, but I have resolved to prepare a small plot where we can grow our own - even if it's just in pots and bags. Watch this space.........!!! LOL!

Anyway, here is my offering for this week's Sketch Saturday. I am just loving this stamp, it is such a delight to colour. Thanks for stopping by here, and I hope you're having a great weekend! :o) xx

Saturday Sketch & Dies to Die For

I've taken advantage of this weeks Saturday Sketch by using it as my submission for the Dies to Die For DT call. I've had a busy ol' time since returning to work in September with a couple of personal heartbreaking moments thrown in along the way, but I feel ready and energised again now to start afresh so I have decided that the time is perfect for me to look to joining a new team, so if you're a new challenge blog looking for members, maybe you would bear me in mind! :o) Or if you're someone who has an idea or two about starting one up, I'd love to chat with you about it?

Thanks for popping by, and Thanks especially if you're kind enough to leave me a comment! xx

Friday Sketch

Argh! I'm having so many problems with my pooter again today that I'm keeping this very short n' sweet! Here's a card I made this morning for Friday Sketchers! If you've got this far, then Thanks for popping in! ;o) xx