Blog overhaul.....

What do you think?????

I've been unhappy with my blog since I first started and being a technophobe didn't know quite what to do but finally I've managed to sort it out and now I'm happier with the design I will be posting more.... You know what it's like when you're not 100% happy with something you are reluctant to use it and thats how its been for me.

I hope you all like the new, fresh look and agree with me it has a little bit more of the seaside about it.

Hope to see you all soon in blogland with lots of new posts.

Colour Coach Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to Group 2 of the Colour Coach Blog Hop. I hope you are enjoying your tour of the blogs and getting some fab ideas.
You may have joined me here from Group 1 but if not you can always hop on over to them by clicking on this link http://stampin-divas.blogspot.com/

If you didn't join from Group 1 then you will have come here from Jan at http://jan-crippin.blogspot.com/ who had some lovely ideas.

I'm sure you will have a great time hopping round but first let me show you my cards. I reached for the colour coach but found myself choosing colours that I knew were easy to work with so I decided to ask my SU mummy to pick a colour for me that would be more of a challenge.... Boy did she lol!

Elegant Eggplant.... Not a colour I have worked with so far. This is teamed with Melon Mambo and River Rock. I wanted to keep this one very simple so used very little stamping but lots of Big-Shot action along with a couple of punches.
Next I decided to get the inks out and teamed it with Hostess Set 'Because I Care' The flower was inked up using the markers and stamped onto Naturals Ivory. I layered this onto Garden Green and then onto Elegant Eggplant. Finally this was layered onto a More Mustard A6 card base.

I'm glad I decided to challenge myself and I'm sure I'll be reaching for the Colour Coach again in the future to prompt me into using combinations I wouldn't normally.

Now its time to hop on over to http://teriscraftspot.blogspot.com/ for some more lovely creations.

HAPPY HOPPING and be sure to visit again soon

What a Weekend!!!

Wow...

Talk about a busy weekend. On Fri I travelled down to see my lovely ladies in Stamford for our monthly Stampers 10 get together. We had a fab morning and this months hostess took full advantage of the wonderful promotion Stampin up are offering at the moment and with some outside orders which were added onto the Stampers 10 this month she managed to earn the extra £20 you get if party sales are over £250.... Well done Jean and enjoy all your goodies x

Saturday saw me(well my DH lol) load up the car with tables, display boards and lots of goodies to show as I stepped in for my SU Mummy and had a stand at a Craft Fair in Bury St Edmonds. The show was on sun but as I live a couple of hours away we decided to combine the show with a visit to friends and stay with them,

Sun came far too soon and at 7am I headed out to the leisure centre to meet up with my downline Debbie who had kindly offered to help out. DH helped to set everything up and showed he does have an artistic side with the displays....
We had a busy but fab day with a free prize draw and make and take.
Class instructions and retreat weekend leaflets were flying out of the door as well as interest from some poss new demos...

Although I came away totally shattered it was a fantastic day and we met lots of lovely new people. Thank you if you were one of those and I hope to see you again next time....

I will get some photos up from the show soon so pop back soon x

Like Mother like Son

Apologies for the lack of posts recently - how does life manage to get in the way so much???

Todays post is only a quick one but I wanted to share with you all a special moment in my little boys life.

Caiden is now 15mths and at the lovely age of learning to walk and talk. I had always said just how much he is the double of his Daddy but today he surprised us all with his first 'proper' word. For ages he has been saying Dada and occasionally Muma so we were all excitedly waiting for something new.

Would it be dog(we have 2), would it be one if his sisters names(he has 3) or would it be ball(he has 100's).........................

........................................................no it was COLOUR!!! Now I know he is my child as my life is dominated by all the wonderful colours we have at our disposale from Stampin Up.

I wonder how long it will be before he utters STAMPIN UP?????


For more on Caidens Crafting Capers head on over to my Su mummys blog http://www.kraftybiker.blogspot.com to find out what he gets up to when I'm crafting at one of her all day classes in Stamford.

Watch this space......

Retreat Weekends


The dates for our first retreat weekends will be announced soon so make sure you check out our blogs and get the dates marked in your diarys. Bookings will be on a first come first served basis.
We are able to accommodate 10 people each weekend and already have people who have shown interest so if you would like to join us for a weekend packed full of crafting and laughter then get in touch with Sandra(http://www.kraftybiker.blogspot.com) or myself and book your place.

FULL DETAILS TO BE RELEASED ON MON 16th MAY 2011

HEROES.....

Morning from a very sunny Mablethorpe.....

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Todays post has been inspired by my other half and his collegues who are embarking on a 24 hr climb of 3 peaks. The challenge is to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in just 24 hrs!!! To climb all 3 is a feat in itself but in 24 hrs is just amazing.

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I wanted to show my support for the lads who are all doing this to raise money for http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk. Each of the lads has faced or faces the prospect of being sent to a war zone and know only too well how things could turn out. Raising funds to look after the guys and girls who in risking their lives for our country, come back injured and needing so much support is so important to the lads.

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I wanted to show my support and so came up with this Good Luck card. I sponged the mountains using a torn paper mask and then covered this up to sponge the sky. I then used our trusty Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the letters. Colours used are Night of Navy, Real Red and Baja Breeeze. These colours match the HELP for HEROES colours almost perfectly.

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Thank you for looking and any messages of support for the lads will be passed on.

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HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE

Hop on over to my place........

Hello and welcome to my fairly new(ish) blog. This is my very first blog-hop and what a better way to start. I had such a hard time deciding what to use as I love so much of what is in the mini. . You will have joined me here from the very talented http://kraftybiker.blogspot.com/. I just know you will love her designs. I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek last week as Sandra is my SU mummy and I went to stay for a few days so we could craft till the wee hours with all the new goodies from the fab mini. . My cards use Plane and Simple, which I think may well be my favourite set so far. I was soooooooo happy to see more 'male' orientated sets in the new mini as I'm sure I'm not alone when it comes to struggling with mens cards. . I used Not Quite Navy and Marina Mist for this card and sponged a sky full of clouds to set the Bi-plane off. For my next card using Plane and Simple. I teemed it with Always Artichoke, Old Olive and Sahara Sand. A band of Early Espresso striped grosgrain gives the card that little extra something. . I just love this set and being a true blue(RAF not football) it will come in soooooo handy and could well be my favourite set from the MINI.

Well I hope you enjoyed your little stop by my blog and keep hopping with http://sarastamper.blogspot.com/ who I'm sure will have something lovely to give us all inspiration.

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