pssst .....
Apparently the very kind and generous people at Stampin' Up are also going to be providing blog candy for the blog hop on Wednesday. More details tomorrow :)
I'm so excited ... and I just can't help it!
Deep breaths. Need to stop hyperventilating.
I am one of three lucky crafty bloggers who are going to be part of a blog hop for the new Stampin' Up releases being launched this Thursday (1st October!).
I can't believe it. Did I say I was excited?
Along with the talented Lousette Ashton and Jenny Cocks, I shall be sat at home on Wednesday afternoon eagerly waiting for a box of goodies from Stampin' Up. We get a few hours (eeek) to create some projects of our choosing and then upload them for a reveal at midnight Wednesday.
It's so exciting! Oh, yep, I already said that didn't I?!
I have to admit to being rather nervous too, being in the spotlight like that, and am hoping to do justice to whatever luscious goodies I get sent.
If you're not already familiar with Stampin' Up just follow the link to find out more about their products and how you can get hold of them yourself (click on the find a demonstrator tab).
More deep breaths. Almost felt calm there. For a minute. LOL!
Remember to bookmark this blog and those of Lousette and Jenny and come back Wednesday night for the big reveal.
Oh, I forgot to say, I am pretty new to stamping myself but have been scrapbooking for a few years now (if you don't know who I am, I go by the online name of fruitysuet). I love creating and have started to use stamps in my scrapbooking a lot more recently. I love that you can make your own customised embellishments to fit whatever colour or theme of page, as demonstrated on the two pages below which I did at crop last week.
See you Wednesday!
I am one of three lucky crafty bloggers who are going to be part of a blog hop for the new Stampin' Up releases being launched this Thursday (1st October!).
I can't believe it. Did I say I was excited?
Along with the talented Lousette Ashton and Jenny Cocks, I shall be sat at home on Wednesday afternoon eagerly waiting for a box of goodies from Stampin' Up. We get a few hours (eeek) to create some projects of our choosing and then upload them for a reveal at midnight Wednesday.
It's so exciting! Oh, yep, I already said that didn't I?!
I have to admit to being rather nervous too, being in the spotlight like that, and am hoping to do justice to whatever luscious goodies I get sent.
If you're not already familiar with Stampin' Up just follow the link to find out more about their products and how you can get hold of them yourself (click on the find a demonstrator tab).
More deep breaths. Almost felt calm there. For a minute. LOL!
Remember to bookmark this blog and those of Lousette and Jenny and come back Wednesday night for the big reveal.
Oh, I forgot to say, I am pretty new to stamping myself but have been scrapbooking for a few years now (if you don't know who I am, I go by the online name of fruitysuet). I love creating and have started to use stamps in my scrapbooking a lot more recently. I love that you can make your own customised embellishments to fit whatever colour or theme of page, as demonstrated on the two pages below which I did at crop last week.
See you Wednesday!
Happy Anniversary us :)
I dragged myself out of my sick bed to go to the Hobby Horse crop this week. It must be a year since I have been, things have just constantly conspired against me getting there. Me being ill, kids being ill, parties, visits, Len working and so on. But this month I was determined to be there! I'm so glad I made the effort. It wasn't too busy so was nice and relaxing, had lots of space to spread around in (anyone who has seen me scrap in real life knows that I like to spread!) And, of course, great to meet up with people again. The one for October is early, so I'm hoping to make it two in a row and get to that one too!
I did four layouts (all except final finishing touches and journaling) which is pretty good for me seeing as I don't normally get started scrapping until lunch time. I will try to find the energy to finish them and get them photographed and shared this week.
Have discovered Facebook. Serious problem. Addictive games. Enough said lol! Josh thinks I am seriously sad for going on there. A bit rich for someone who lives for Runescape I think.
Oh and it is our 23rd wedding anniversary today. Mum reminded me Friday night, no worries I thought, we haven't acknowledged it really for a while, so it wouldn't matter that I hadn't bought anything. Girls told Len and took him shopping yesterday whilst I was at crop. I got some beautiful flowers and a couple of dvd's. I was warned, thankfully. So I sneaked out to Tesco last night to go and buy something. Only to find that 24 hour opening doesn't actually mean that. Drove around and found a 24 hour petrol station (where 24 hours obviously means 24 hours) and got him a big pack of Guinness and a big bar of Cadbuury's whole nut. Okay not overly inspiring, but well received and will be enjoyed for a while to come (the kids don't like whole nut choc so he can enjoy it all himself). Oh and, of course, a hand made anniversary card.
I did four layouts (all except final finishing touches and journaling) which is pretty good for me seeing as I don't normally get started scrapping until lunch time. I will try to find the energy to finish them and get them photographed and shared this week.
Have discovered Facebook. Serious problem. Addictive games. Enough said lol! Josh thinks I am seriously sad for going on there. A bit rich for someone who lives for Runescape I think.
Oh and it is our 23rd wedding anniversary today. Mum reminded me Friday night, no worries I thought, we haven't acknowledged it really for a while, so it wouldn't matter that I hadn't bought anything. Girls told Len and took him shopping yesterday whilst I was at crop. I got some beautiful flowers and a couple of dvd's. I was warned, thankfully. So I sneaked out to Tesco last night to go and buy something. Only to find that 24 hour opening doesn't actually mean that. Drove around and found a 24 hour petrol station (where 24 hours obviously means 24 hours) and got him a big pack of Guinness and a big bar of Cadbuury's whole nut. Okay not overly inspiring, but well received and will be enjoyed for a while to come (the kids don't like whole nut choc so he can enjoy it all himself). Oh and, of course, a hand made anniversary card.
Every time I figure I am going to start being more committed to blogging, life gets in the way!
I have been scrapping, done quite a lot over the Summer actually. Just I haven't been bothered photographing much of it yet. Now that the kids are all back at school it might be something I get around to soon.
The pages I have taken photos for have been for DT work. I played with yummy 7Gypsies papers for A Trip Down Memory Lane (September Gallery) and also was honoured to be chosen to be the Guest Designer for Creative Scrappers this week. I was introduced to the site by Debbie Nicholas and love the work by the creative team over there. A great selection of sketches to inspire too (again part of the not yet photographed pile!). As well as the page I did for the reveal, I changed the sketch around a little bit for this page.
Products used:
Patterned papers - Creative Imaginations, Jenni Bowlin, Making Memories, Fancy Pants
Cardstock - Bazzill
Die cuts - My Minds Eye, KI Memories
Chipboard - American Crafts, Die Cuts with a View
Not sure what the stamps are as I bought them secondhand and they came without packaging.
Tomorrow is another hospital appointment with Mia. Clinical Physchology this time. Not sure who needs it more, Mia or me! Hopefully they will be able to help us both on the road to coming to terms with Mia's condition. Not something I have mentioned on here before. I am finding it really hard to cope with the diagnosis we have been given for her. On the positive side, the Education Authority have accepted out appeal and awarded Mia a Statement of Special Needs giving her 20 hours individual teaching time a week. I truly am thankful to the doctors and teachers who have worked so hard on getting to this stage.
Chiara has moved into Year 6. Final year at the village school. On Friday we received the notification from the Education Authority of which secondary school she is earmarked for. Alfreton. Sigh. Our garden is in catchment for the 'local' school which the children from the village go to (and which is still over 3 miles away) but our house is in catchment for this other school which is over 7 miles away and which I do not want my children to attend AT ALL. Hopefully when the final letter comes through Chiara will have been allocated a space at our preferred school without having to go to appeal. The fact that she has a brother there will help a little. Unfortunately it's a six month stressful wait to find out.
Both girls had a lovely time shopping for school clothes before term started. The school has a dress code (okay it has a uniform but it is very loosely enforced, so as long as you stick to the traditional school colours you're pretty well okay).
Chiara was very keen on a more fashionable look!
Oh and I have joined Facebook (which I had been resisting, but I googled Mia's condition again and there was a group for it on FB so I had to join to check it out). It all looks rather confusing so not sure how involved I will get with that. Especially given as there seems to be some game on there which I just know I would get obsessed with given half a chance! I signed up to Twitter too, really again just to check out what other people are doing - I really do need to do something interesting with my days just so I have something interesting to say on these places.
I have been scrapping, done quite a lot over the Summer actually. Just I haven't been bothered photographing much of it yet. Now that the kids are all back at school it might be something I get around to soon.
The pages I have taken photos for have been for DT work. I played with yummy 7Gypsies papers for A Trip Down Memory Lane (September Gallery) and also was honoured to be chosen to be the Guest Designer for Creative Scrappers this week. I was introduced to the site by Debbie Nicholas and love the work by the creative team over there. A great selection of sketches to inspire too (again part of the not yet photographed pile!). As well as the page I did for the reveal, I changed the sketch around a little bit for this page.
Products used:
Patterned papers - Creative Imaginations, Jenni Bowlin, Making Memories, Fancy Pants
Cardstock - Bazzill
Die cuts - My Minds Eye, KI Memories
Chipboard - American Crafts, Die Cuts with a View
Not sure what the stamps are as I bought them secondhand and they came without packaging.
Tomorrow is another hospital appointment with Mia. Clinical Physchology this time. Not sure who needs it more, Mia or me! Hopefully they will be able to help us both on the road to coming to terms with Mia's condition. Not something I have mentioned on here before. I am finding it really hard to cope with the diagnosis we have been given for her. On the positive side, the Education Authority have accepted out appeal and awarded Mia a Statement of Special Needs giving her 20 hours individual teaching time a week. I truly am thankful to the doctors and teachers who have worked so hard on getting to this stage.
Chiara has moved into Year 6. Final year at the village school. On Friday we received the notification from the Education Authority of which secondary school she is earmarked for. Alfreton. Sigh. Our garden is in catchment for the 'local' school which the children from the village go to (and which is still over 3 miles away) but our house is in catchment for this other school which is over 7 miles away and which I do not want my children to attend AT ALL. Hopefully when the final letter comes through Chiara will have been allocated a space at our preferred school without having to go to appeal. The fact that she has a brother there will help a little. Unfortunately it's a six month stressful wait to find out.
Both girls had a lovely time shopping for school clothes before term started. The school has a dress code (okay it has a uniform but it is very loosely enforced, so as long as you stick to the traditional school colours you're pretty well okay).
Chiara was very keen on a more fashionable look!
Oh and I have joined Facebook (which I had been resisting, but I googled Mia's condition again and there was a group for it on FB so I had to join to check it out). It all looks rather confusing so not sure how involved I will get with that. Especially given as there seems to be some game on there which I just know I would get obsessed with given half a chance! I signed up to Twitter too, really again just to check out what other people are doing - I really do need to do something interesting with my days just so I have something interesting to say on these places.
I am trying not to fall deep into a new obsession
Stamping.
I have resisted in the past, mainly because I am a messy mare when it comes to crafting and you can pretty much guarantee that I will drop the stamp (obviously inked side down, just like when you drop toast butter side down every time!) or smudge it, or get an incomplete image. Whatever, accuracy and clean lines really are not my forte.
But the Hero Arts site has got me hooked and I am spreading my wings a little and venturing further afield looking at card inspiration. I am amazed at how much work people can put into such a small area. And neatly too LOL!
I have a couple of friends who are especially talented card makers Andrea and Jane. Ooops and Debbie (how could I forget you?)
The one thing I especially struggle with is colouring in. Really. Sounds such a simple thing to do. But for me, it isn't. I guess it is just a case of keep on trying. And finding the right white cardstock to stamp and colour on. What I have just doesn't handle watercolours very well at all. Anyhow, Hero Arts challenge this week is to colour in an image. So this week might see me actually try and crack this colouring in malarky.
Anyway, I have been blog hopping to various links and challenge sites (I need all the inspiration I can find when it comes to card making) and found Caardvarks. Oh my! Lots of lushness. And quite a lot of non stamping, more scrappy style cards which I am more familiar with. In an effort to break out of my mojoless state (haven't done anything crafty since coming back from holiday at the beginning of the month - though I did half a dozen layouts whilst we were away) I have attempted the challenge this week over there. Well it tied in with what I was going to create for a birthday card for Chiara's friend as it happened (I know, not really the way to tackle a challenge). Hot pink, black and white. Just perfect for a pre-teen fashion conscious girl!
It is a VERY simple card. I sort of spend an equivalent amount of time on a card as I feel the appreciation of the receiving party will warrant. So close family and friends get the nicer, more detailed cards, but others, especially kids outside of the family, get more simple offerings.
The card features a badge I had bought in Claires Accessories specifically for the purpose of being used this way. A bit of dotty paper, a scrap of hot pink Rouge de Garance patterned paper and a punched scallop and it was done.
I have resisted in the past, mainly because I am a messy mare when it comes to crafting and you can pretty much guarantee that I will drop the stamp (obviously inked side down, just like when you drop toast butter side down every time!) or smudge it, or get an incomplete image. Whatever, accuracy and clean lines really are not my forte.
But the Hero Arts site has got me hooked and I am spreading my wings a little and venturing further afield looking at card inspiration. I am amazed at how much work people can put into such a small area. And neatly too LOL!
I have a couple of friends who are especially talented card makers Andrea and Jane. Ooops and Debbie (how could I forget you?)
The one thing I especially struggle with is colouring in. Really. Sounds such a simple thing to do. But for me, it isn't. I guess it is just a case of keep on trying. And finding the right white cardstock to stamp and colour on. What I have just doesn't handle watercolours very well at all. Anyhow, Hero Arts challenge this week is to colour in an image. So this week might see me actually try and crack this colouring in malarky.
Anyway, I have been blog hopping to various links and challenge sites (I need all the inspiration I can find when it comes to card making) and found Caardvarks. Oh my! Lots of lushness. And quite a lot of non stamping, more scrappy style cards which I am more familiar with. In an effort to break out of my mojoless state (haven't done anything crafty since coming back from holiday at the beginning of the month - though I did half a dozen layouts whilst we were away) I have attempted the challenge this week over there. Well it tied in with what I was going to create for a birthday card for Chiara's friend as it happened (I know, not really the way to tackle a challenge). Hot pink, black and white. Just perfect for a pre-teen fashion conscious girl!
It is a VERY simple card. I sort of spend an equivalent amount of time on a card as I feel the appreciation of the receiving party will warrant. So close family and friends get the nicer, more detailed cards, but others, especially kids outside of the family, get more simple offerings.
The card features a badge I had bought in Claires Accessories specifically for the purpose of being used this way. A bit of dotty paper, a scrap of hot pink Rouge de Garance patterned paper and a punched scallop and it was done.
Giveaways at Making Memories
Just a quick reminder, Making Memories are still giving away lots of goodies, visit their blog and comment for a chance to win something luscious :)
More Goodies and Giveaways
Like I said, the scrapbooking world is filled with goodies for CHA. I have seen LOTS of lovely things on my blog sightseeing tour (yep, that list of manufacturers on the side bar of this blog comes in really handy at times like this!).
Bella Blvd has a great giveaway package - ALL of their new releases to a blog commenter AND A FRIEND if you go and make a comment too! Just hop on over to this blog post, do lots of drooling (I just LOVE the die cut stickers) and then leave a comment, mentioning that I sent you over (Suzanne Torr if you don't know my full name).
Here's hoping that one of my lovely friends or followers gets lucky with me (ooer, but you know what I mean!).
Bella Blvd has a great giveaway package - ALL of their new releases to a blog commenter AND A FRIEND if you go and make a comment too! Just hop on over to this blog post, do lots of drooling (I just LOVE the die cut stickers) and then leave a comment, mentioning that I sent you over (Suzanne Torr if you don't know my full name).
Here's hoping that one of my lovely friends or followers gets lucky with me (ooer, but you know what I mean!).
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