For Sale - Forever Friends Best of British CD

£15.00

p&p free (UK Only)

rrp £19.95

I recently purchased this in a set of 3, always with the intention of selling it on.  I'm not a huge Forever Friends fan but I know that they are popular.

I do have a couple of Docrafts Digital Designer CD's and can vouch for their excellent quality.  You don't need any program to run this, as the first time you insert one of these discs, it will download their very, very simple to use Designer Software.  If you purchase other CD's in the future, it will just add them direct to your library and you can mix and match.  You can also add your own photo's

This CD is brand new- the seal is unbroken as you can see in the second photo.

Just to show how simple it is to use, I have created this very quick scrapbook page using the Portobello Road CD.   The quality of the photo isn't that brilliant because I'm almost out of ink, but I did this in just under 15 minutes - it's that simple to use.

If you have any other questions or you would like to purchase it from me, please email me and I will give you my paypal address. 

Thanks for stopping by.  :o) xx

Here comes the sun....at last!!!

Isn't summer just wonderful when it finally arrives?  I have had the most wonderful few days.  We broke up on Friday and I came home with lots of very lovely pressies from children in my class (HUGE thanks to all those very generous Mums and Dads!).  I did feel a little sad that I had to say "Tata" to my lovely little girlies who I have supported all year, but I know they're both moving on to bigger and better.  A few weeks ago I announced that I had been successful in bagging myself a permanent TA post which I am really excited about.  However, where an opening like this occurs, it means that we're having to say goodbye to one of my most favourite people.  Our lovely Chris took early retirement on Friday and I used this week's Midweek Magnolias theme which is a photo inspiration to make her card.  Here is the yummy photo:

Isn't it just gorgeous!!  I adore the dusky pinks and creams with the chocolate brown and pearls!  It's got lace and hearts and swirls and roses..... it's got the lot!!  And here is the card I made using this pic as my inspiration:

I made the bg myself using stamps and sequin waste and the sentiment was made on my computer, inspired by my lovely friend and teamie, Suzi!  I'm going to show this off at MDUC too as their theme this week is Fun with Paper Doilies.

For the staff I made a few of these tealight candle cards:

The beach huts are my own drawing.  I adore beach huts but I wanted some "shabby" one's so had to resort to making my own.  The tealights are vanilla scented and perfect for my seaside project.  Unfortunately though, I bought these earlier in the year from Morrisons when they were beginning to launch their Jubilee paraphanalia and I only bought the one pack.  I wish I'd bought more now, but they're not available any more :o(

I've just got back from a lovely long weekend in Devon and we spent a fab afternoon at the beach in Dawlish, so with the smell of salty air still fresh in my nostrils, the blazing sun in the sky and a few lovely relaxing weeks ahead of me, I am going to get my pencils out and do some more sketching.  There's a lot of jobs to do before the end of the holidays, but I fully intend to spend some of this precious time on myself!

Hope you're having lovely weather where you are.  Please go visit my lovely friends over at Midweek Magnolias and see some of the amazing projects they're created this week to tempt you to playing along.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week :o) xx

Fun and games!

Good morning blogland.  Oh it's all fun and games round here right now.  Everyone seems to be in end of term hysteria and we're ticking off the hours to 3.15pm on Friday!  Some of my lovely colleagues who work less hours than me have this manic tone to their laughter which I find really amusing.  No doubt I sound just as crazy as they do because I certainly feel it! LOL!  With only hours to go I am starting to panic a little as there is still so much to do.  Usually by now I have reached the stage where I can start to sit back and chill a little, but my little brain is in overdrive and I have resorted to List Mode!  My notebook is fast filling up with things to do by tomorrow (I discount Friday because if it hasn't happened by then, it's too late!! LOL!).

Although I am really looking forward to the summer holiday (if we ever get a summer, that is!) I am really excited about starting my new job in September.  At the same time I do feel a little sad that I won't be doing one-to-one work any more, I have never had a job that has given me so much pleasure as the job I have been doing for the last 3 years.  However, my young charge is moving on and I wanted to make her a card to wish her luckand happiness at her new school, and this is it:

I made this using our theme of Elegance over at Midweek Magnolias this week.  My little lady adores her ballet lessons and loves taking part in performances and she always looks so elegant in her tutu.  I also wanted to keep it asfuss-free as possible as she's only a little girl, and she doesn't like clutter.

Anyway, that is my lot for today.  Please pop into Midweek Magnolias and say Hi to my lovely, lovely teamies who have been creating special pieces just to inspire you.  They truly are the most lovely team of girls in the whole of blogland and when their fingers get to work, magic happens!  Go see!

Thanks for stopping by, hope the sun is shining where you are! :o) xx

Time Flies By!

Oh Lord, I am way behind again!  We're about to hit Countdown at school - just a few more 'real' lessons to go then it's all various activities. I'm all over the place at the moment.  I'm flitting around from one school to another because I am involved with three school transfers for September.  My eldest goes off to High School, my youngest goes off to Grammar School and my young charge is going off to another school and I will be supporting during the transfer.  Next week therefore is filled with visits to schools all over the place! 

However, This week I have been creating for the two challenge blogs that I am a teamie for.  First up is Stamp with Fun and this week we have a fabulous sketch:

and here is my card that I made using this sketch:

It's like looking in a mirror!! ROFL!!!!  (in my dreams!)  Isn't she just gorgeous!  My other lovely teamies over at Stamp with Fun have made some absolutely amazing inspirational samples, so PLEASE pop over and take a peek for yourself and play along.  This is such a fun sketch!

Over at Midweek Magnolias this week the theme is Happy Birthday!  We are expecting a huge turnout this week as this is such a popular theme, and I have to say, the winners of the fantastic Mystery Prizes that Magnolia have been sending out to our random winners have been sooooo worth it!  I have received emails from the lucky winners telling me what they've recieved and I cannot believe how generous Magnolia have been!  We are so grateful for their support!  And this time "IT COULD BE YOU!" but you have to be in it to win it!

My fabulous teamies on Team A have created another batch of sensational samples - please pop over to see them if you haven't done so already!  I made this Milk Carton for my sample:

and in case you're thinking "What's that got to do with birthdays?"

 I am going to fill it with handmade shortbread fingers and give it to my friend for her birthday later this month!

Right, conscience salved (slightly!) - time to feed my poor, starving children!  Whoever thought of only putting 24 hours in a day had to be a man because I know of no woman who can manage to fit everything she has to do in that short time!!!! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by, and please go and visit my lovely teamies in blogland!  :o) xx

Midweek Magnolias - Lovely Lace

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday.  One thing I hate, it's rushing, but here I am again up against the clock!  My son has a huge project that he's doing for school which seems to require him to sit at the computer every waking hour!!  Nobody else gets a look in at the moment.

However, Team B over at Midweek Magnolias have been creating some absolutely stunning samples for our theme this week which is Lovely Lace.  Please pop over there and take a look at them.

This is my creation - it's hanging on my dining room wall as I speak!  Tilda is painted with Distress Inks and the papers are mainly Bearly Mine Designs.



And now I must dash off to work!  Thank you for stopping by, and please visit my lovely teamies at Midweek Magnolias, their work is just stunning! :o) xx

MIA - Busy, busy!!

OMGoodness, where have I been???  It doesn't seemlike 5 minutes since I last blogged but I just spotted that it was right back at the beginning of June!  So much has happened since then.  A couple of months ago the boss invited me into his office to tell me that the child that I support is moving to a new school in September, thus rendering me officially unemployed.  I wasn't worried though because I knew that other opportunities would arise.  That's the biggest drawback of my job, as an SEN Teaching Assistant it is only ever possible to be employed on a temporary basis, usually for the duration of the child's stay in that school.  Up to now I've had to go through the interview process every 12 months, and it doesn't get any easier!!  It's bad enough being interviewed full stop, but when you're being interviewed by people who know you well, it's even worse and they don't cut you any slack!!  LOL!

Anyway, later that day one of our long-standing TA's whispered in my ear that she'd handed her notice in!  OMG!  Have you ever felt really sad, and really excited at the same time?  What a weird emotion it is.  I love her to bits and really don't want to see her leave, but by the same token, here was a fantastic opportunity with a permanent job up for grabs.  Anyway, the long and short of it is that I got the job!!  YAY!!  I am staying in Year 1 for ever! WooHoo!!!  My interview was on 12th June and I was offered the post on the same day and it still hasn't really sunk in - I am over the moon!

The following day I received a message from a lovely lady called Andrea inviting me to be a Guest on her Stamp with Fun blog.  OMGoodness, what an honour!  Naturally I accepted with great pride, then Andrea went on to offer me a full-time DT post!  WooHoo!!  I have been dying to shout about this because I am thrilled, honoured and really looking forward to being part of this fabulously talented team!

My first challenge is #167 and is called Angel.  A great opportunity for me to jump onto the Christmas Card-making bandwagon of 2012.  Here is my card:

The papers are Bearly Mine Designs from their Christmas Dreams digi kit and sweet Angel Tilda was coloured with pencils

the stars were applied digitally to give it a bit of a Christmassy feel! LOL!  Hope you like it, and thank you for stopping by!  Please pop over to Stamp with Fun to see the other fab samples that the DT have created!

Have a great day - I've got a TED day so I intend to have fun! :o) xx

Washed out!

Oooer!  It's Friday already and I haven't yet posted my card for this week's Midweek Magnolia theme which is "Anything Goes".  My lovely teamies have created some fabulous projects, please pop over there and take a look at them!

I'm late posting because we decided to take a chance on the weather and head off with our tent to Devon.  unusually though we had to book ahead because the world and his dog chose this week to go camping!  We did find a fabulous place called Leadstone Camping at Dawlish.  Beautiful campsite, very clean and well managed.  However, the weather wasn't on our side.  We bore the brunt of this European Monsoon that's in full swing and Devon and Cornwall were apparently on 'Ambert Alert' yesterday.  Yuk!  It was horrible in a tent and everything got soaked.  I've camped in the rain before and it doesn't bother me, but this was different - it was incredibly windy, freezing cold and the rain was just not letting up at all and with the forecast ahead being just as grim, we decided to call it a day and came home.

Before I went though I made this card in anticipation of smelling the sea air!  We did manage to spend a gorgeous day in the sunshine at Brixham, so it wasn't all bad.

The bg paper is one that I made myself using a digi kit - I can't remember which one, off the top of my head, but I will try and remember and post it next time.

Right, that's my lot.  Hope you're all having a good week, despite the rain.  See you soon and thank you for stopping by! :o) xx