I finished it!!

I finished this layout!! yeah!! I have been having problems with it as I thought it was maybe a little 'girly' for a boy layout, but the photo works so well with the papers from the 'red velvet art kit'!! I really like how their kits are so co-ordinated and funky!! I love the book paper die cut that was in there too,I think that idea is really fun. But do you think thing like this are good to scrap with? I love the look of them and think about trying to find a battered old book that needs new life, but am not sure?? hmmmmmm??!!!



I am also working on a secret squirrell project but I can't say anything, all will be revealed in time:)
I still have a few of my kits left. If anyone would like to buy one then please e-mail me:)

A quick hello

I have been really busy today with my new leather sofas (they look good) buying yummy turquoise cushions to decorate the new sofas then having a full on clean the house kind of day, but My house (well the down stairs) looks great!!!
We had a great day out yesterday at one of the castles from the national heritage (we are members!!) Unfortunately it started to pour down on us, so we tried to keep to the drier part of the castle, there were some gorgeous satined glass windows:) will post some pics when I get a longer moment.
I have many projects on the go atm, but they will be revealed shortly:)!!
Right back to my layout.............................
See ya!!

Fab crop:)

I went to the modscraps crop today and I had a lovely surprise from Jayne who gave me a RAK offabby ribbons and lace from Lynne (Thank you:)!!!) and a bracelet she had made for me :) Oh my god I just love it Jayne:) It has charms that say love, inspire, trust, unite, laugh, believe and wish!! THANK YOU SO MUCH:)!!!!!!! She then went on to teach a fab class and I mean FAB!!! I will post the layout here asap:) Have a look in her blog here
I also nearly finished a rather girly layout of Aeron, and between Jayne and Debbie I think it has been masculinised!!!) again pic coming soon:)!!!
Right I am going to get on with my scrapping :)
Happy sat eve:)!!

Kits now back in stock

My order has arrived and I now have more of my 1st kits available

So forget about all your domesticated chores and create a cute lil mini book. Included are full step by step instructions to create the base of this mini book and ideas on how you may like to decorate it. Everything I used to make and embelish your book is in the kit.
Each kit is £7 & £2.50 p&p although if you live close enough (I am in Bristol) you could pick it up. If you would like to buy one, then please e-mail me on cleoevans@blueyonder.co.uk
I accept payment by Cheque, bank transfer, or paypal.

Kit Contents

1. Tinkering ink Alphabet
2. Tinkering Ink ‘Tender’ paper
3. Tinkering Ink ‘Adore’ paper
4. A4 Cream linen card
5. A4 Red card
6. Deep pink embroidery thread
7. Red gingham ribbon
8. Blue satin ribbon
9. Blue organza ribbon
10. Short length of lace
11. Small chipboard hearts
12. Small velvet hearts
13. Cream buttons
14. Cream beads Foam pads
15. Red velvet paper

Right I have got to go and take my boys out to the farm to run off some of their boundless energy:)

Sneek peeks of my next kit coming soon:)

Just had to show you this

Theres more here
I think her work is fantastic, oh where would you start, wow!!!

In Stiches

You have to go and read this artical its hilarious.
Stitches was great, there are some fab new things coming out. It was amazing how quickly the time went, we didnt have lunch til 3.30!! I bumped into a couple of people I know, and found some gorgeous stamps OMG they really are gorgous!!!! from Paper Artsy!! I am not the world biggest stamper but I want one of each of these!!!
Oh and then there were buttons!!!!!!! The button companys business card is a giant button - perfect for the button lady.

I forgot to announce a winner for the Cherry Arte alphabet last week (sorry ) but the winner is ..............................................................Weehaggis....................................................................................
I will send you an e-mail and get them sent out to you:)

I got so many ideas for kits yesterday!! but I would really like to hear some voices on what you would like to see in my kits. Do you want project kits?? Do you want layout kits?? Do you want stamps in your kits?? Leave me a comment or send me an e-mail and you will be in with a chance of a mystery gift (It will be good :)!!)
Hope you have a good day:)

I am going to Stitches!!!

I am going to the Craft, hobby and stitch show tommorrow. I am looking forward to it. James has taken the day off work to look after the boys, which is nice and after today I need it. Evan is in full on tantrum mode and had several tantrums this morning just on the way to asda!! He has taken to wanting to wee by a tree near us, and as I am potty training him I try and let him go when he needs to, even if that is by a tree. But now everytime we go past this one he says, 'can't wee in my pram' so we have to stop and let him wee then get him to get back in the pram which is a nightmare!!! Then in asda I let them all choose a pack of sweets, so he chose his and we started waking to pay and he changed his mind, and had the most horrendous tantrum grabbing on to things and pulling his pram. I paid for my shopping and put the bag on the pram as usual and I turned to look away and he started emptying the contents of my shopping on the floor!!!!! I could have cried!! Oh the joys eh?? Thats school holidays for you though:)
Right going to have a nice long bath:)

The Winner is..........................................

Jayne!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just fell in love with this layout!!!! Very 'UNDOMESTICATED' now what we really need is chocolate irons, so you dont even have the choice to Iron (unless you want Chocolate smeared clothes, which I suppose may catch on but probably not!!)
I love all the polka dot papers my fave:), I will e-mail you about you fabby prize:)

I had a fab night out last night with Nicola and her mum and sister and other members of her family later. Nicola got so drunk!! I dont think I have laughed so much in a while:D

Me and Nic

The 4 of us

A drunken Nicola

Sorry Nic I had to do it:) Its funny, being the only sober one there (I dont drink alcohol) But I had a great night and even danced (which is rare)


Anyway I am off to watch Primeval then have a take away then some crafting:)

What a response!!!

I have been so pleased with all the interest I have had from my kits. I have decided to put together one more batch of my Lil book of love kit, which will hopefully be ready for the end of next week. So if you missed out then please e-mail me to reserve one for you:) I want to say thank you to everyone who has bought one of my kits:)

I have been working on my Cj for my UKS team 'The Stashaholics'!! Cjs really make you think outside the box sometimes dont they:)

Still not heared if my baby cat has been born yet:( last I heard though, the mum could hardly walk and has to sit with her legs a cimbo!!! Come on Super be born !!!! Am I excited about Noodles getting himself a lil girlfriend??? Yup!!!!

It was lovely having Jayne and Lynne round yesterday, its nice to meet up and have a chat. And Evan and Keira (Jaynes daughter) hit it off, the were laughing and chatting and playing together, it was nice to see him play without the rough play he does with his brothers!! I think we should get them together again soon Jayne!! :) And Jayne you are MAD!!!!

Anyone elses house being taken over by rubber ducks??? Mine has!! The boys have been collecting these and I think they are sooo cool!!!

Bill kills and Luke Pondwalker!!!

Ducktor Who!!!

Anyway hope you have a good day:)

I am now a UKS sponsor

Its soo exciting I am now finally a uks sponsor.
I have been ordering for next months kit which is going to have some of the new 'Cosmo Cricket Hey Sugar' line YUM!! so keep an eye out for more details on that.
You still have until tomorrow midnight to enter my 'UNDOMESTICATED' challenge (see previous blog entry)
And I still have a freebie of a 'Cherry Arte' chipboard alphabet to give away to one lucky person who has bought my 1st kit in the 1st week:) (names will be drawn out of a hat at random on friday )

Awwwww James brought me a coffee in bed this morning with a box of chocolates and a valentines card, and then Aeron brought me a piece of toast that he had made for me. Now that was a good start to the day:)

This morning I will have Mad, crazy Jayne :D and Lynne coming over to see me. Jayne makes me laugh so much- she really is a nutter, so you should see us together:) I will see if I can get soem pics of them:)
Anyway hope you have a good day

A quiet kinda day :)

It was so cold this morning, the kids enjoyed walking to school and writing messages like 'scrape me' on to the frost- typical kids:) !! Went for a coffee with Nicola and Evan who decided to entertain the whole coffee shop as usual - he is so going to be an entertainer:)!!!
Ohhhh got my Red velvet kit today and it is soooooooooooooooooooo lush I will take a pic for you tomorrow, I have got some new pics to play with these too :) dont you love recieving a parcel of goodies:)???

I just watched that David Attenborough program and I so want to go and find frogs to take pics of now- I am sure it wont be long until the ones in my garden emerge!! although they dont have quite the same appeal as the ones on the program:( . I should have a garden soon:) yeahhhh its only taken 3 years!!!!!! I have plans for some gorgeous cordylines for my deck and just a splash of red somewhere i think:)

I will be getting another kitten soon I cant wait, My friends cat is pregnant and ready to drop anyday, so I am waiting for 'Super' to be born, yes we have named her:) I am sure Noodles will love having a friend about the house:) and then I can call out 'Super' 'Noodles' out of the door to call them:) how sad am I ????????????????????
Anyway gonna get to bed, been feeling a bit rough today:(
Night

Sunday sun

Omg it is sunny outside!!!! I cant believe it! I have washing out on my line and have windows open- now that good going:)
We went to visit my grandparents yesterday, as my nan had an operation 2 weeks back, and I wanted to see she was alright. We bought fish and chips on the way down (I really shouldnt have ) but they were so yum!!!!!!!! My nan gave me a bag of buttons - omg there are some gorgeous ones in there :) I am so the button lady!!!


We went down Hengrove play park with the boys this afternoon, we took Cals friend Karla too, It was lovely even if I did have to chase Evan round the whole place about 20 times!!!

I managed to take a couple of pics while I was there:)


The other 2 were off playing so I didnt manage to get any of them:( . Cal and Karla have been best buds since they were 2 (they are nearly 9 now) They talk about getting married which is hillarious:D!!!! But then she has talked about marrying all my boys at one point.

I ordered the red velvet kit the other day and I can wait for it to arrive, it looks soooo fabby!!!


I still have some kits left for sale, if anyone is interested in buying one from me they are £7 and £2.50 p&p. A new kit will be on sale monthly! So keep checking back :) Also anyone who purchases one of my kits within the first week of it going on sale will be in with the chance of winning a 'Cherry Arte' chipboard alphabet.



Oh I meant to show you my Class layout from Chepstow. I have 2 of these class kits left if any one would like to buy them, they are £5 each and £2.50 p&p But I can combine postage if you were buying more than one kit.



So has anyone else taken up my challenge??
And dont forget my challenge to win a copy of The 'designing with details' book from Autumn leaves, this book looks fab, packed with lots of ideas and inspiration.
The challenge is.................

I have called my blog and my kits undomesticated, because I dont like things to tell me what to do (ie to cut in a certain way or sew in a particular pattern) I also like to make my pages humerous, to have fun whilst I am doing it, which for me is very important
The challenge is......................... To do an undomesticated scrapbook page. Take the word UNDOMESTICATED as inspiration, and show me where this leads you:)
The closing date for this is extended to Friday 15th February 2008 send me a link to your online gallery or e-mail me an image of your layout.

Have a good evening:)

Today I launch.....'Cleo's Undomesticated Scrapping kits'

Today I am proud and excited to release to you my 1st Scrapping Kit.

A lil book of funky book of Love


So forget about all your domesticated chores and create a cute lil mini book. Included are full step by step instructions to create the base of this mini book and ideas on how you may like to decorate it. Everything I used to make and embelish your book is in the kit.
Each kit is £7 & £2.50 p&p although if you live close enough (I am in Bristol) you could pick it up. If you would like to buy one, then please e-mail me on cleoevans@blueyonder.co.uk
I accept payment by Cheque, bank transfer, or paypal.

Kit Contents

1. Tinkering ink Alphabet
2. Tinkering Ink ‘Tender’ paper
3. Tinkering Ink ‘Adore’ paper
4. A4 Cream linen card
5. A4 Red card
6. Deep pink embroidery thread
7. Red gingham ribbon
8. Blue satin ribbon
9. Blue organza ribbon
10. Short length of lace
11. Small chipboard hearts
12. Small velvet hearts
13. Cream buttons
14. Cream beads Foam pads
15. Red velvet paper

I had such a great time at the Chepstow crop last night, they are such a lovely group of ladies:)

and all so chatty:) It was lovely to share my work and teach them my layout pic coming very soon.

Anyway hope you have a good day, and please if you have any comments or queries about my kits just ask:)

sneek peek of my 1st project kit

Ok so here is a sneek peek of what I have been making for my kit:)I have been working on this shabby chic funky mini book, its so fun:) (even if I do say so myself)
The full kits will hopefully be up on friday:)
I am teaching at Chepstow tomorrow, I am really looking forward to it I have packed up all the kits (which was really exciting for me) am I a little sad???
Oh I had a fab entry for my challenge, anyone else???

Anyway back to work
Speak soon
Cleo

Busy , busy , busy.................

Well I have had a busy weekend (hence no posting yesterday!) I have been working on my class for thursday (putting all my kits toogether) and for my kit. I am really excited about it and am really pleased about the way it is going:) some sneek peeks coming tomorrow (or later if I have time:).

The weather is sooo miserable at the moment and we ended up taking the boys to an indoor play area yesterday as the always get so wound up when the weather is bad:) but it worked they ran around non stop for about an hour and a half then went home and watched flushed away.

Right still got lots to do.
have a good day:)

saturday stuff

I forgot to do my weekly shop online this week so I had to go and face ASDA on a saturday0-Arrrrrggggghhhhhh, there was one point in there when a woman was throwing tins at her bloke in a temper ans sweraing at the top of her voice, I quickly scuttled round to the next isle. but that is what asda can do to you (note I have never thown tins at my husband full stop let alone in there) Jame stook the boys over to toys r us to make it easier for me, but it was still hell!!!!

Anyones kids obsessed with rubber ducks atm??? Mine are we have a growing collection in this house:) gonna have to take some piccys me thinks:)

I got loads of stock yesterday for my kits so will be working hard on them this weekend:)

Anyway Fridays winner for the giveaway is Jayne (jay670120), just let me know how you would like me to get it to you:)

Anyway have a good day

Fridays are good

Anyone else just love fridays ?? I do, probably because its nearly the weekend :)!!!

Thursdays winner is........ Kazy1 just send me your addy and I will get it in the post asap. I have posted 3 out today, but I havent heared back from Hannah scrapper- please send me your address and I ll get them sent out to you:)

Anyway Today is the last of my giveaways this week, and Todays is ....... is pack of scenic route chipboard circles - these are really funky:) so if you fancy a try just leave me a comment:) And dont forget my challenge to win a copy of The 'designing with details' book from Autumn leaves, this book looks fab, packed with lots of ideas and inspiration.
The challenge is.................

I have called my blog and my kits undomesticated, because I dont like things to tell me what to do (ie to cut in a certain way or sew in a particular pattern) I also like to make my pages humerous, to have fun whilst I am doing it, which for me is very important
The challenge is......................... To do an undomesticated scrapbook page. Take the word UNDOMESTICATED as inspiration, and show me where this leads you:)
The closing date for this is Monday 11th February 2008 send me a link to your online gallery or e-mail me an image of your layout.

Please go and visit Kirsty Wiseman's blog she is fundraising for her lovely daughter Ellie, please watch Ellies video. Kirstys blog is here

Anyway the idea of flying hamsters and kittens has gone to my head and a layout is brewing ala wonderpets styleee!!! hmmmm will have to go and play now:)

Anyway hope you have a good day:)