The funniest weekend ever...

The Queen of the Shadylands and His Imperial highness
(Roxanne & Edwardo)

My sister Turned 21 last friday (Happy Birthday Roxanne!!!) and instead of having a traditional 21st birthday party she decided to have a 21st fancy dress picnic in Singleton park in Swansea!! Ok I though this may turn out to be funny but I had no idea just how funny!

My Lil Brother Jess went as a Bunny

My other Lil Brother Max went as .....(cant remember his name ) from the Cure

My Husband James went as a Hippy

Lisa was a sunflower
Julia was a Wicked Queen of hearts

I will just show you a few of the scenes that were to be seen by the public!!
My stepdad walking the dog.......



A bit of fire eating........
You can only imagine the looks we had but it was sooo much fun, so much so that I am thinking of holding something myself at some point!! Hehe


In other news ........ We lost our pet hamster Sandy last week- we were all a little sad as she had been a lovely pet to Calann. He kept saying his room was empty without her so he has now got 2 pet Rats- Norman and Derek. They are only 5 weeks old and we cant really handle them at the moment but am hoping they will calm down a little.
Nigel (the Kitten) is now making those wonderful noises that his mum used to make when she was a kitten. He sounds like one of the little dinosaurs in Jurrasic park!!!
I have the Bellaboo July kit all sorted and ready for release on the 1st July- This months kit has the Yummy Fancy pants Delight range.
This was the layout I taught at the Bellaboo crop this month using these gorgeous Girl Friday papers.
Ok ! that turned into a long post lol !!

Yooooddelele hooooooo

Oh I went quiet didn't I - Sorry about that !! lol
So what have I been up to ????? Ummmmmmm..... making kits , teaching writing newsletters, looking after kittens ummm and loads more that I can fit into my head right now- Oh but Twilight!-


I watched Twilight and LOOOOVVVVEEEEDD it but people kept telling me that the book was better so I bought it. Since having children I have been unable to read a book - I can read articles, magazine etc.. but my contraction just wasn't letting me. Until Twilight -OMG have I loved this book and the next one 'New moon' I have just started the 3rd too!! I love these stories!!, Vampires werewolves etc- and romance - what more could I ask for?? Anyone who knows my taste in films tv etc knows that I am a sucker for Horror, Sci fi, and Romance so these worked soooo well for me!! I am actually really excited about them (as if you couldn't tell!! lol)I have actually surprised myself at how 'into these books ' I have got into these books I even got up early (6 am ) to read on yesterday! I just cant wait for the time I find to read! I haven't been like this for such a long time!!
Anyhow....... I taught a class on Sat- a 3D Tree and a layout I have a couple of the class kits left here -if anyone fancies one they are on sale here



Right I'm off to make tea- Hope you have a good evening :)

Sneaky Peeks :)

Hi
I know Ive not been on here for a while! But hey ho! I have 2 sneak peeks for you.
The first is for the Bellaboo crop in Olveston on sat 16th May! We will be using yummy My Minds Eye papers!

The class will be a layout. The main photo is a circle, mine is approx 3 1/2 inch circle which was cropped from a larger photo. I have also used lots of mini photos which I printed as a photo montage on my computer. All the photos are from a weekend away, so show lots of the little things to remember.
The papers we will be using are the My minds eye Blooom and Grow range- So
lovely summery colours!!

So tools and requirements....

A photo that can be cropped into a circle shape

Lots of mini photos of different sizes

Usual scrapping kit...

Glue runner

pencil,

scissors,

paper trimmer,

Pink ink, yellow ink, blue ink (i will bring mine to borrow if you dont have have the colours)

And a needle with a hole big enough for embroidery thread!

The second Sneaky peek is for the Bromsgrove crop on the 6th June I will be adding more info on this soon :) (you can only see a very small section in this pic:)

Have a good day :)
Cleo

Piccies of kittens

Heres some pics of my gorgeous little kittens.....................

Paper Arts

I had a great day yesterday at Paper Arts, I taught 2 classes- a mini book and a layout.
It was great to see some old faces aswell as some new ones I have never met- one being one of my facebook friends! Fiona made some of her fab cakes - yum!! I missed out on one type but the choccie ones were lush!!!

My kittens are doing well, 2 started opening their eyes yesterday and today their eyes are OPEN! It looks odd though!! I am not sure they can see yet as they are not looking about, but still using their sence of smell. Little Nigel still hasnt opened his at all yet, but sure he will soon. I will take some extra pics of them today once my batteries have charged (they were pinched for the wii). They are also moving around lots at the moment, they are climbing over eachother, I am going to try and take a movie of them!

**Exciting news**

I have finally sorted a Bellaboo crop in Olveston, South Gloucestershire, which is quite close to Bristol too!! If you fancy it there are more details here

Have a good day :)

Kittens

Yes we have kittens, Buffy gave birth on sunday morning to 4 Cute kittens. Sadly one died. The 3 left seem very strong and mother and babies are doing well :). Myself, James and the boys are soo excited about them, I can stop watching them!!
The boys have named the Deejo, Cindy and Nigel! 2 boys and 1 girl! They are ssoooo beautiful!!

Anyway..... Back to scrapping - I have just announced a Design Team call over on the Bellaboo blog so if you fancy being part of the Bellaboo Design team please apply :)

All the yummy Basic Grey Lime Rickey range came in yesterday and its even nicer than I was expecing!! I just need a bit of time to sit down and have a play with it now!!

I am off to help my son take some photos of the kittens :)!!
Have a good day :)

Photos at paperarts

A few of you have been asking about the photos for the paperarts classes, I thought if I showed you the sepia photo I used for the layout it may help. This is the main one used for the layout and then these 3 are cropped from the original but printed about the size of a passport photo.

The mini book is a little easier as I have just used some colour photographs. It is fairly feminine though, mine is about my sister. It would be great as a book about a woman / women in your family. Alternitively it could be used for a event like a wedding!

I hope this helps! Just remember you can always add your photos later!

I have been putting together the Bellaboo may kit - I will show you some sneeks soon, am also thinking up my next Undometicated kit- the ideas are swirling around my head!! - More about that soon!!

I will be teaching at the Bromsgrove crop on June 6 and will be using these gorgeous Matriochkas papers!! More info on that soon !! If you cant make the crop but would like to get hold of these papers they are available here

Any hows in other news we will be hearing the pitter patter of tiny furry feet soon as My little Buffy is pregnant and getting ready to give birth to some cute kittens!! Myself and the boys are very excited about this!! Also on the wildlife front we found a puddle full of Tadpoles in the garden that we transfered into a tank, there are loads and we love checking on them! Isnt nature fab!!!

I have been watching Movies lately - Twilight- OMG I LOVED this film!!! I know some didnt like it, but I just loved the romance!!

We also saw 'Knowing' at the cinema. I do love apocalyptic films and was shocked at the ending! It was a great movie though.

The boys have now settled down after a day at the farm and the park, they are watching Igor so now I have a choice- Do I tidy the house, or watch it with them - oh decisions, decisions...... lol.

Right Tidy the house me thinks!! lol

Bye :)

MIA!!

I know ive been missing but I'm still alive!!! Blooming Nora I havent stopped!!! I ve got classes to prepare and Lots of yummy stash to sort for Bellaboo!!! Talking of classes I have a sneek peek for the Paper arts class in Stroud on 25 Apr! There are 2 classes -

a mini book!! (well you know me !!)

and a layout

The papers I have been using are so delishious and very luxurious!
I cant wait!! :)
I promice I will d a long post soon but for now........
back to the post office!! lol!

So lots of exciting news!!!

For those of you that havent heard - I will SOON be the new proud owner of..................

BELLABOO!!!!
I am so excited!!
Bellaboo is so pink and pretty, and I hope I can keep that feel!
I have been ordering in lots of new stock including new, Cosmo Cricket, Sassafras, Crate, Fancy Pants, American Crafts!! and the list could go on................
I will let you all know when the big opening day is!
I cant wait!!




Here are a couple of sneak peeks of the class I will be teaching at the Scrapajack retreat in May
I have got Yummy Jilly bean soup papers!!

Back to life though-: I spent Friday evening in the cotswolds with some fab scrappy friends. The girls had hired a quirky cottage, which was just fab in every way- even the spooky bedroom !!! The fire place in the dining room had loads of random coins and bits blue tacked to it including a big black plastic spider!! Which almost scared one of the girls out of her wits!! But it wasn't real, so panic over and the laughs started! In the 24 hours I was there I wasn't hungry for a single moment, the girls had stock the cupboard well and truly!! - Yuummmmmmm :)!

With all the quirky bits in the house I really should have been taking loads of photos but I forgot my camera DOH!! But I just had to borrow Jayne's to photograph 'The ORB'. It was just hanging over the stairs but it caught my eye immediately, So I persuaded everyone to have a pic taken in the 'ORB'!Right my tea is about ready! gotta run !

Ooodles of Doodles

I love doodling and I doodled this sheet of doodles (sorry cant think of another word for doodles so you can have the same word 4 times in a sentence!! )Please feel free to print it off as a template, if you would like to that is!! I promise I wont get offended if you don't !! he he (But if you do want to-Click on the picture and I printed the sheet off at 58% size)

My Kits
My new kits are ready and are on sale here
This kit is £16 and you can make this 3D mini house book , but there will be loads left to make a couple of layouts too!! If you love buttons and ribbons and fancy making something a little different then this is a kit for you!! Right advert over!! lol




Fab weekend in the woods
I have been so busy lately(hence no posting) I had a great weekend away in the woods again with some very inspirational scrappers and I actually finished 3 layouts - that really isn't very good but I was working on 3 mini books too!!

Anyhow I shall leave you to your day!!