Nicola

I wanted to show you this layout that my best friend Nicola did. It is her FIRST EVER layout and I think it is fab!!!! (I have even got her hooked on buttons) She occassionally pinches a couple juat because she likes them (but I dont mind as I must now have around 10,000 buttons if not more (Alot of these are my stock!!!!!) I will do it everyone I will get her hooked on scrapbooking!!! She advises me on my layouts now!!! So nic week monday - a scrapbook day at my house???

Anyway my garden now has a very clean and clear deck , a lawn, another dect that needs sweeping , but I have a garden!!!!!!!!!!! We are going to have a BBQ tommorrow and I am so excited (for the kids and ok myself!!) My 76 year old grandfather was sweeping my deck for me (he insisted!!!) yesterday whilst myself and James cleared all the junk , He is such a sweetie, and my nan played games with the boys indoors- so thank you nanna and grampa you really helped us yesterday:)!!
Today my friend is coming over so I can do a photoshoot on her for her drama portfolio- now sarah are you sure you want me to do it???? Hhhhhmmmmmmmm I could have some fun here!!!

I still havent scrapped that gorgous pic of buffy yet but hey maybe I should set myself a challenge to do so over this weekend!!!:)
Cant remember if I put a link in here to my cyber crop class?? Its here on uks if anyone fances a free class!!!
Anyway gotta go for now have a good weekend:)

Who fancys a may kit??

So for some of you impatient few (The name Jayne springs to mind:)!!!) My may kit is now ready!!!

Why not have some fun rotating, sewing, cheeseholing and having lots of fun with this funk 'Get Happy kit
Each kits contains

4 sheets ‘Cosmo Cricket Get happy’ papers- Crush, Snappy, Lucky, Take five.

2 sheets white cardstock

1 pack of Cosmo cricket Doodle alpha rub-ons- these are really cool:)

1 sheet of cardstock sticker alphabet

1 Skein blue embroidery cotton

Length of lace

Bag of buttons

Foam pads

1 Book ring

1 Washer

2 pieces of text paper

All this costs just £9 and £2.50 P&P To buy this kit just click on the 'Buy now' button.

I also have a couple of March and Aprils kits still available too (the buttons for these are up the top right hand side of my blog)

After the last time there was text paper in the kit - I am going to set up a little competition to see if anyone can guess the name of the book and author (there will be a small prize for the winner:)!!)

Right Im off to have my Tea:)
Have a good evening:)

May kit!!!!!!!!!

Ok ok so I said it was coming:) here is the sneek peek , the kit will go on sale verrryyyyy soon so watch this space:) so who fancys a revolving photo circle layout????? Thats all I am saying for now though!!!!

More photos

I have been busily trying to get my pics sorted for this weeks module for the PWL course I am doing. I have been really challenged by this module- A frame within a frame well I have tried very hard to get some half decent photos (despite lack of sleep due to children and kitten!!!)
So these are my final 3 for this week, but I also have to show you this one that I took of my gorgeous (but very squeeky, she purrs like a baby dinosaur from jurrassic park) baby girl Buffy:) She is ssssosososoososooooooo cute:) I cant wait to scrap this pic:) .


Watch out for a snnek peek of the may kit within the next coulple of days:)
Hvae a good day:)

Shes here!

Oh my little baby girl kitten is here!!!! She is soooooo cut and I have regretably changed her name to 'BUFFY'!!! She is a fiesty little thing:) Her and Noodles havent hit it off shall we say (well they hiss growl and spit at eachother!!) She has been exploring everything and even managed to get outside , by climbing through a very small hole in the wall (for venting!!) I think Buffy will fit in well here!!


Here are a few pics of the lovely ball of fluff!!!!!!!!!! She has got the longest white whiskers and eyebrows I have ever seen on a kitten
Noodle and Buffy have been doing this all day a eachother, I have been trying to get some pics but they are just too quick:)

We have been doing the garden again:) We have half the earth level now so , still got plenty more to do before we can turf it, but I can wait!!!

Evan starts nursery tomorrow so I am going to have the day to myself- I am trying to promice myself it wont be spent doing the dreaded fairy chores!!!!!! but crafting all day:D!!!!! yeeeyyyyyaayyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!! Woo hooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

Its cyber crop weekend next weekend and also the modscraps crop at which I am going to be teaching my class:) I really hope my cyber crop class goes down well- its one of my funny ones!!!!!
Anyway I think I may have a takeaway on the way yeayyyyyyyy!!
Have a good evening:)

Photos Photos Photos

It seem to be the only creative thing I can do with all my boys around, and also doing the Painting with light course. Here are some pics I have been taking, these 1st 3 are for my texture module.....
James and the boys at a really cool castle in Cornwall
Teddy bears picnic anyone?????


Shamboo sheep (Nicolas lil pal) and upsy daisy at yeaterdays picnic:)
Anyway got to go, have a good day:)

Nicky Knack Noo!!

Well I have finished my layout I started it before I went away. I have been back to basics with this and started with a piece of 12x12 chipboard. I then pasted Newspaper strips with watered down pva (I havent done this for such a long time) then loads of layers of acrylic to build up texture. Then neat pva drizzled all over and then dry brushed this with acrylic. I love the texture
I had to work on this layout as It was about Nicola dressing up from a few weeks back. I used papers from the studio calico kit I had just recieved:) This was really fun to make but took a loooong time:)


This layout was started at the crop a few weeks back but is now finished too:)



Right I gotta go I have a ton of fairy chores to do and 5 kids to keep in check:)
Have a good day

I'm back:) and I am armed with hundreds of photos!!!

Well I am back after a week in Cornwall, and I am knackered!!!!!!

We had a good time and the weather mainly stayed dry however it was BLOODY FREEZING during the nights (James keeps saying dont exagerate ) but it was!!!!!!!!

The first night we slept with a winter duvet over us, the second night we slept with the winter duvet and a summer duvet over us , the 3rd night we had a sleeping bag and the two duvets over us!!!!)

The boys had to wear jumpers , socks and extra t-shirts to go to bed as well as their sleeping bags and duvets. By the second day I had a cold!! GRRRRRRR!!! We thought we would go and warm up in the 'heated' pool for a swim surprise surprise the heaters werent working GRRRRRRRRRR!!!! And the showers were luke warm and a trickle GGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! Can you tell I was a little peeed off????

Anyway apart from that we had a really good time, we went to the beach, a seal sanctuary, a couple of castles, a blue reef centre, a scrapbook shop (yes I found one and stocked up on magazines for the evenings ahead) The Eden project where I bumped in to an old friend (which was really cool) oh and Lands end where we went to the Dr Who museum:)


James had to take a pic of me with the statue:) and then you have to guess who is who in this one (James idea of a joke~!!!!!!!!!!)
Anyway enough of photos I have been working on a layout that seems to be taking me forever so I am off to have another bash at it:)
Have a good evening:)
Cleo

Off we go

Right we are off very soon so I will not be posting anymore kits until week sat (12 apr)
I sent out 4 kits this morning so hopefully you should all get them in time:)

If you e-mail me I probably wont be able to answer you until I am back , I have taken down the buy it now buttons for the march and april kits, but if you want you could send me an e-mail to order one if you like and I will sort it all out when I am back:)
Bye:)

Charity shop

I went in my local charity shop yesterday (I love looking through nic nacs) and the woman behind the til said to me 'I was thinking about you yesterday' I looked at her worridly and said 'Why?' and she told me about a bag of necklaces and beads that were all tangled up, and she couldnt be bothered to sort them all out. So she thought I may like to buy them (I must be known for my crafting!!) So for £2 she handed over a bag of bits. I got them home and started sorting through them (there was a lot of tat) but some lovely bangles and broches were in there. So down comes Nicola and starts trying them on - we were like a couple of school girls giggling so heres a pic of what she looked like after she had dressed

She is going to kill me:P but hey she said I could do a layout with the pic (the ideas are there and ready to be layoutised!!!!
I had my hairsut this morning and it feels lovely - all soft and neat- well that should last until I pick Evan up (so 11.30)
Anyway have a good day:)
And mr Blades you are a Drongo!!!!!!