Good Morning...oops!!!

Morning ....oops!! sorry Good afternoon.. where did my morning go! It has been one of those mornings and its passed me by. We woke to no water and the waterboard van travelling around with a loudspeaker to say they were repairing a broken main and water was turned off....great and me with not even my face washed....lol However we always fill the kettle before we go to bed, my hubby is always prepared for these things :) so it has been a little amount for a cuppa and the rest for face & hands..... I do feel mucky......lol Hopefully it will be on soon xx Well enough waffle, this is my card for the Lily of the Valley Challenge 2 Favourite stamp. This was a real easy one for me as I adore this image. It is so sweet and they always look as though they are striding it out in eager anticipation... I love it! A funny thing about this challenge card was I made it for the 1st challenge.. new beginnings, I was so pleased that my favourite lotv image could be inked up..sadly I missed the deadline : ( Then to my amazement todays challenge was favourite stamp.............Woweee!! I think someone knew don't you! I have also used my favourite colour for this card so I am quite pleased with it.
A closer look at this adorable image, isn't it so sweet. I have found as i have got older that I don't seem to know as many people that are getting married. I have two grandsons of 25 and 24 though so I will keep living in hope. I would be happy to use this stamp once a week if I had enough weddings to cater for....lol A little side view as always .. I still need my verse stamped in this, not sure I was happy about the inside really...but like they say what is done ...is done...I am also entering into... Papertake Die-Cute challenge,

Diva's by Design New Beginnings,

Passion for promarkers Inspired by a Song ...Chapel of Love by Dixie-cups

Little Darlings Favourite colour

Anything goes Challenge

I have made a new year promise to enter more challenges this year as I have lots of favourites which I look at and don't enter, so here is a start :))

We are off to have a walk now whilst the sun is shining, maybe by the time we get back the waterboard will have the water back on :(
Catch up with you all later to see what you have been upto today, Thats if my blog will behave, it keeps freezing and won't let me scroll down and more times than not I just get a blank white screen...Grrrrr!!!!! xxxx Have a good day

Back in Business...yippee!!

A little bit of sparkle :)) A peek at the insert, sentiment to be added... Hi Everyone, Well The goodies are cleared away .. eaten or thrown out and I have at last got my Crafting area back again. As I work in my lounge on the dining table everything has to vanish over holidays so we can use all the table :(( Den & I can manage on one end normally but high days and holidays are a different matter.However I am now raring to go so here is my card for today.It is to go into The Sugar Bowl Maria Therese's Sketch 74 The option was no Bought Papers, this was the hard bit for me...yikes!! The easy part was which image to use as I couldn't wait to ink up Pippi Longsocks, isn't she just adorable. Sorry The pics don't look too clear to me, or is it my tired eyes. I think that needs to be a New year plan ....earlier to bed...lolHave a good day Everyone and I will be around to visit blogs later today, I am off to play as I am suffering withdrawal and I got lots of new Crafty things off Santa. xxxx I am also entering this into Passion For Promarkers Thank you card

Simon Says Stamp Something New

Hi Everyone, hope you had a Lovely Christmas and didn't eat toooooo much. Its quite difficult isn't it when you buy and recieve so much fattening food...why do we do it!! I must have put on half a stone I am sure, but I refuse to get on the scales till Jan.1st.

Well now to a bit of normality, I got so much crafty stash for Christmas that I am looking forward to getting my house sorted again so I can play. As I work on my Dining Table ...end of Lounge) I have had to clear everything away to prepare for Christmas :(( I do so wish we had a spare room for crafting, I had a lovely little nest of my own in our old house and so miss it. Well managed to make a card last night for Mo's Digi Challenge Punches or Dies. I used one of my new Dies for the image and also a Marianne Die on the insert, but sorry my Camera battery has died before I could get a good piccy. I have put a couple of little birds on the insert. I will try and get my battery sorted and add a picture later.

Well off to clear some pressies away as they have overtaken the lounge and its really time they found a place to live....thats quite difficult in this little Bungalow I can tell you. xx

Catch up with some blogging later, I will also try and add some pics of our wonderful Christmas break we had at the Thursford Spectactular...WOW!!!!! what a Fabulous show xx Hugs for now xxx

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