I know, I know...

I am a bad, bad blogger. Just can't get myself to be organised enough to do everything I need AND blog. Sorry!!

I have been one busy bee all of december! And I did sooo much I want to show and half of it I didn't even have a chance to take a picture of! Am I b**ed or what? *lol*

But firstly I want to show you what I did before when I was missing in action.

Well, the result of it anyway, the stall I had on the christmas fair. Tell me what you think...

Now, without any info at all, because it is late, I am tired and just can't face typing all the supplies etc. But if you see something you like and want to know more, please just ask and I'll happily help.

This birthday card is for a dear friend whose birthday is tomorrow but as she has no internet at the moment I think it's safe to show it :-)

Sorry about the quality of most of the pictures, I took them in a hurry as they were for a special "occasion" that I don't dare talk about yet :-) Hopefully I can talk/write about it soon...

Right, I am off now, watch a little telly (Overboard is on, with Goldie Hawn, love that movie!) and then bed. Night night bloggers!

Two cards...

Hello again,

it didn't quite happen to post again the next day but here are a couple of cards I did recently...

I had a christmas fair and it took a bit of my time. Maybe I can share a few pics of the fair with you soon.

This first card is made with a lovely Hanglar stamp coloured with Copic markers. The background was stamped with SU frost white fluid ink onto white card and coloured with Distress inks afterwards. Unfortunately I can't remember where I got the stamp from, it's an unmounted red rubber I bought from the US but can't remember the name, sorry!

The scalloped border is cut from Core'dinations with a PTI die. The mat is also Core'dinations and the ribbon is adhesive backed ribbon from Martha Stewart Crafts. Sentiment is from the PTI set "Signature Greetings" from Dawn McVey.

This next card is rather simple and I took inspiration from a card I saw on a blog a little while ago. Unfortunately I can't remember which one it was, if you know, please let me know so I can give credit! I cut the nativity scene on my cricut and I stamped a greeting on white card and stuck it to the front. The stamp is from the PTI set "A wreath for all seasons" and I drew lines to anchor it on the card.

I hope you like my offerings today and come back soon for more!

New wintery look...

Hello bloggers, yes, I know I hardly ever show my face here anymore.. *hangsheadinshame*

It's sooo busy in my house you wouldn't believe! But I like it that way if I am honest. Keeps me on my toes and I get more done... but I have neglected my blog as I figured it was less important than my "real life", hope that doesn't offend anyone *lol*

Anyway, I hope to be back more now and to start off right I changed the look of my blog to something a bit seasonal. Quite like it but can't figure out how to fit the header exactly... It'll have to do like that for now.

Hope to be back tomorrow with a card or two, for now I am off to bed to nurse my cold!

Want to win Promarkers? How about all of them?

Going buggy is giving away these beauties:

For a chance to win the entire range of Promarkers enter here before the 14th Nov.

An update on my laptop or why I love Apple!

Hello bloggers,

just a quick update on my computer probs. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!

I have been to my local Apple store today to go to my Genius Bar appointment. A nice chap looked at my laptop and confirmed that the HD was dead. I was really crestfallen as I haven't got the money for a new one, but guess what, Apple are being nice to me! I was told that my model had had a few issues with HDs and therefore they'd replace the Hd for free. And even better, they don't do the 80GB ones anymore so I get a 160GB HD for free. And because the cover around the keyboard was a little broken (apparently a design fault) they'll replace that as well! Wahey!! That's what I call customer service! (Just so you know, my laptop is a few years old by now and lasted very well until now, I wouldn't have even considered that I get anything for free apart from the consultation at the Genius Bar!)

Now the only slight sour taste about the whole thing is that I might be computerless for up to two weeks. I already feel like I lost a limb and it's only been a couple of days! Miss not being able to cut on my Cricut the most...

Hope to be able to post normally from my own comp soon!

Out of action... of sorts

Hello bloggers,

I can't share any pictures at the moment because my dear laptop died on me! I am currently using my hubby's computer as often as I can, but he has to work on it, so I only get limited use. Emails are fine, as I can get and send (text) emails with my iPhone.
How come we get so dependent on those silly computers? I feel like I've lost an arm or something like that!

One side effect of being without a computer is that I actually get a bit of crafting done because I am not that distracted, but unfortunately it also means I cannot print or use my Cricut/SCAL which is very frustrating. Back to basics I guess...

I'll see that I get pics done of everything I do while offline so I can share when I am back again.

Hope to be back soon!

Bit of old stuff...

Hello bloggers,

here's me trtying to be a better blogger and post something more often!

Today I thought I'd share my Copic storage caddy that I made myself from foam board. It's not superneat but it works very well for me.

Here is a side view, where you can see that I angled the whole thing a bit so all the colours are easily visible.

I am quite proud of this solution as I really wanted one of those cute cubicle things that you sometimes see in american crafters homes. But they were too expensive when you count in p&p and this cost me about £4 and took about an hour to do.

On to something I did in August for my new niece Helena. She is such a sweet baby and I wanted to make her something special, so I tried my hands at sewing a quilt... a small one as my sewing isn't that great.

As you can see, it's not perfect, but it's cute enough and I was happy with the outcome! The back is in the same stripy material as the surround btw.