Happy Christmas Everyone xxxxxxxx

Wishing all my Followers and friends a Wonderful Christmas and a Bright and healthy New year, I wish you all everything that is good. I am sorry I have been missing for such along time and I can assure you I have missed you all greatly.
Things have been a bit hectic here for lots of reasons but I will be back with a vengeance and raring to go after the holidays.
Can I take this opportunity to say a Huge thank You to all those that encouraged me and kept me going. You will never know how grateful I am to you all.
God Bless and have a Lovely Christmas.
Special Love and Hugs to those that are going through a difficult time this Christmas. I wish you Peace. xxxxxx
Hugs Mau xx

snuggly warm.. furry friends

Hi everybody peeps, hope you are managing to stay warm...brrr!! Its freezing here on the NE coast. its a perfect day to play though :)) the heating is blasting out and my Dinner is almost ready too, so its quite warm and snuggly indoors. I thought before I had dinner I would post my card for the Sugar Bowl Challenge 72 which Gayle has chosen the sketch and theme of Ice & snow. It feels like snow might be here before too long, its so cold. Well to my card I used Nitwits paper and the snowflake paper I can't tell you as I bought it at Harrogate show and I don't think it had a name on the pack. My image is of course "Furry Friends " which is SN and the sentiment is from The Snowman selection. Ribbon and silver snowflake from stash.

a little closer view of the image, I wish I had that super fur hat she has on. Well off to get my lovely dinner as I can smell it and its making me hungry, will be back later to check out some blogs. Stay warm and enjoy your evening xxxxx Big Hugs

Walking in a Winter wonderland

Brrrr!!!!!! well our lovely Pat over at Mo's digital pencil set Winter for this Challenge so she got Winter..lol I have never used so much flower soft on one card in all my life. Do you think I overdid it a bit...lol I have to admit to getting very carried away, I think I ended up just having fun playing instead of thinking of it as a card to send to anyone. Never mind it took my mind off new bathroom fittings...grrrr!! we have spent over a week looking at Baths Sinks,toilets, storage units, wall boards, cabinets, heated towel rails ....you name it we have looked and changed our minds 4 times in the process. I am now seriously sick of it and would be happy to keep what we have :( I wouldn't care the bathroom is so small, I now have to decide where the toilet roll is going :O Back to Sanity..lol
I think I should have titled this post "Let it snow, Let it snow, let it snow xx
here it is my,Mega Snowy card for the Mo's Challenge and hopefully I can find some more challenges that I like to enter, I am sure there must be a challenge somewhere that would like a touch of snow :0

a closer look at the image, these are the first Mo digi's that I bought and I think they are adorable, can't wait to ink up the other one that fell in my basket :)) I will also enter into ... Kaboodle Doodles Challenge..Baby its cold outside , And Papertake weekly.. Christmas Crackers this didn't have to be a cracker.

Well must go I suppose and sort out some shopping and a little housework today as the place looks a little in need of some TLC. Will be back tonight to catch up on your blogs xx Hugs for now

Candy Winner..

Den has just drawn a name for my little "Christmas Candy" and this is the winner.
Thank you to those that entered and hopefully I will know how to add Linky by the time I have some more candy for you xx Catch you all soon xx Hugs

A Little Christmas Candy

Morning Everyone, Just thought I would say a little thank you with a mini candy to all my followers ... and any new ones that care to pop along and say Hi. I have to admit to not having done Candy before, thats mainly because I haven't a clue how to do the Linky thing! I have noticed however that some peeps just leave a comment and draw the names so I have decided to try a mini candy that way till I learn the ropes :)) I will draw the Winner on Saturday night around 9pm

Only rules are ...you must already be a follower... or become one and please post tthe candy on your side bar with a link back to my blog. Hugs for now xxx

selection of Christmas Ribbon & Lace

2packs of Christmas charms

Bells and Brad Spaces

Papermania Christmas Brads

Selection of Wood Embellies

and wouldn't be fun without a little extra surprise.... xx

adding some sparkle..

Afternoon peeps xx
Wow! First let me say we had the best time on Sunday evening, what a fab concert, Charlie never fails to put on a great show, we laughed ...we cried... and clapped till our hands ached. :) Now I am singing all day every day, this could go on for weeks, Den will be doing extra shifts in the garden.
Now onto crafty things, hope its brighter where you are, what a dull drab day it is here. Well to add a bit of brightness I thought I would post my little bit of sparkle, Its for LOTV no. 119 Bright & Sparkly Think the pic looks slightly blurred...or is just my tired eyes...lol. I really must go to bed earlier :o
As some of you may have noticed this is Bev's Sketch from last week...lol I got the papers and ribbon on and ran out of time so missed the challenge.....drat! so its been finished this week with a different image than I had in mind and some blingy sparkle to fit the bill :)) I love this image it makes me excited to get my tree up...woo-hoo!! I just love Christmas. I love to see the house bright and cheery in the dark winter days. This is the simple insert and view of the image and sparkley bits :)) Must go and make a start on the garage,see if I can add some sparkle to that... poor den must be quaking in his shoes...lol he knows how I clean out, I am ruthless when I start :D Catch up later today, hope you stay warm and cosy. xx

Sugar in the morning..

Happy sunday Peeps, what a fab sunny day, cold but the sun is shining thats a great bonus. I am showing my latest creation for the Sugar Bowl Erika's Sketch 71 Patchwork challenge Well the patchwork is optional but I had just bought this paper and was thrilled to find this design in the pad :) Its a lovely first edition pad called Isabelle I love it. The image is of couse from our lovely Sugar Nellie, and is Grace. I added Cotton Lace around the card and also around the image nestie. Flowers are from Wild Orchid and Hobbycraft and the pins were a gift from my lovely friend Irene xx I am struggling alittle with photo's lately I can't seem to take decent ones. I have rather lost my knack or I need a new camers :( I blame the weather ..its too bright or its too dull but I think its just me thats rubbish at photography...lol this is the insert and a piccy of the image, no sentiment added yet.

Must go now and sort my wardrobe out and decide what I am putting on tonight :))Off to see Charlie Landsborough, oh! he is the only man I would leave home for...lol I bet most of you are thinking "Who on earth is he?? he is a Country Singer who really floats my boat, you are so lucky that you will not be able to hear me singing for the next 3weeks till I get the concert out of my head again....lolI will leave a couple or three : )) of Links to him, maybe not the songs you like but if you look he sings a wide selection of lovely songs xx Hope you enjoy xx Hugs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkrM27E7KDk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aeQ-Y9DAjw&feature=related

You can see I want you to get a taste of him can't you....lol