Happy New Year.....just a little bit late!

Hello Lovely Bloggers,

Well Christmas is done and dusted for another year. A very quiet one for us really this year as illness effected our plans a little, not us, but parents. Also a good friend of mine is struggling with her Father's illness, and my Son's friend is also very ill. With all that to think about celebrations were a little subdued. My very best hopes and wishes for all concerned for the coming year.
Having won my battle to get all the decorations and tree away, (Why is it that the tree and deccies never seem willing to go back into the space they came out off?), i have some some much needed crafting time. Here is what I have been playing with....

 This is for my Cousin who has a birthday in the next few days.....

 This is for my Lovely Hubby. We have been married for 23 years on Sunday.....

This a gift for my Daughter Jenny's desk, she was after something to pretty her space up a bit....

Hope you like....until next time!

Good Afternoon Blogland Peeps!

The South of England is recovering from Storm Jude ( which is apparently what they are calling it now??). We were very lucky. In Southampton we seem to be in a little hollow with the rivers Itchen and Test around us, which usually protects us from the worst of the weather, thankfully. We did have a tree down in the woods behind our house, but apart from the neighbours loosing a few fence panels we were all ok, no one injured. My thoughts go out to those who weren't so lucky. Apparently we are in for another battering down here on Friday!

On to cards. I looked ahead on my diary and panicked. I have three family birthdays in the space of two days!
Here are my offerings.....

 This one if for my Cousins Wife, and the next is for an older Cousins Wife, who happens to be the Mother in Law of the first Cousins Wife....confused?    you will be.......

Both made from the Shoes CD Rom by Katy Sue....love her designs.
The next for my Nephew, who is just 3 years old...

I used Tumble Ted for this one. Hope you like.

After a lengthy and, quite frankly, exhausting kitchen make over I have finally got my craft room back to a state where I can actually enjoy being there and making something. Luckily for me there were no family birthdays or other occasions during the last few weeks ...phew!

For anyone interested in the kitchen makeover. here is a before.......

and a few after shots for you....well almost. the after pictures are taken when the wall still had to be painted cream and the sockets need to be changed for nice new posh satin steel ones, but it gives you an idea...

Check out the oven....love it!!!

anyway this is a craft blog, so I had better show some craft I guess!
Here is a card I have just made for my Aunts birthday coming up soon. The images are from the Fabulous Fashion CD by Katy Sue. There are some beautiful designs on these cds. This is just one of them....

Hope you like.....

A few cards to catch up on......

I am really struggling to get back into the habit of blogging, so I apologise and here are a few things I have been working on lately....

Here is the first...I may has shown you all this one already??? Fathers Day card for my Husbands Dad, the digi was from Digistamp Boutique, one of my favourite suppliers. Looked great with puffy stuff put on for the head of the beer.

This one was next, for my Cousin. His Dad and I were bought up like brother and sister, so I always felt particularly close to his boys when they were born. I guess partly because I was an only child....that and the fact that they bought with them Baby sitting duties! The leather effect paper was a free download from Far Far Hill and looked really realistic. The guitar image from a Men's Cards Book I had ages ago.

Next up...this one for my lovely Husbands Birthday last weekend. ( See I am not that behind really). I did the whole think on my Cameo using a MOJO Monday layout cut file created by MichelleMyBelle. I use the background fill facility to drag in papers by Sherri K. The image was from PaperPrintables.com free download.

Nearly there now....
This one is for the afore mentioned cousin's wife. This comes from the wonderful Cd by KatieSue Designs called Fabulous Fashion. This is one of the many many designs on there.....love it!

And finally....if anyone has stuck with me long enough to get this far (Thank you!). This is for my Husbands Neice and her Husband who have produced a beautiful bouncing Boy this weekend, missing my Husbands Birthday by one day. The images by Cuddly Buddly are lovely and this is all 3D, but it doesn't really show in the photo.

well that's me done for now, thanks for reading and, as always, thanks for your comments.

WOYWW 208

It was lovely to be back last week for WOYWW, thank you to those who sent messages and visited. I tried to visit as many as I possibly could.
This week finds me up to my neck in Male cards, not my favourite to do. This time of year in our family it is all male birthdays, even my Niece in law who is due in a few weeks is going to have a boy!
Here's the desk....

I am just finishing of the guitar card for a cousin of mine who has a birthday soon. I found my Fiskars cutter when I was moving some stuff around at the weekend. I shifted everything to make room for my Husband to run a cable to connect me to the internet directly as I will get a much faster speed that way, only to find that he then didn't have a drill bit big enough to complete the job...grrr! but at least I found my cutter. I remember stashing it away when the blade went dull. I bought some blades but they were the wrong ones, they were Docraft ones so I assumed they wouldn't fit, but guess what....they do!
I am busy downloading a paper pack from Far Far Hill who have fantastic freebie papers etc, although the download is a pain as you can only do one per half hour. I tend to have it running in the background while I craft if there s something I need. Can you see my Maggie under the desk? Her favourite place when I am crafting.
Head over to The Stamping Ground to show us your craft space. It is fun to have a nosey around....