Gone a little Dotty......

Morning sweet Bloggers, 
I am late with this post! but I will be in York for a shopping day with hubby tomorrow.......and Alfie!!!! oh dear!
 its going to be real hard work but he is too little to leave with anyone yet. Well we think so anyway :o~ We took him to keswick last week and we had a lovely day, but we couldn't find anywhere to eat in that he was allowed in, so we ate in tea gardens and then had take-away Fish & Chips which we ate in the car....lol what you have to do!  At the end of a fab day we were told of a new place we could have gone in with him...typical! but we know in future.
 At this very moment he is full of mischief, as I am typing this he has found he can steal bits of paper out of my scrap box near my feet and I am doing an Irish jig with my feet trying to fight him off as I type.....ha-ha   he is running with mouthfuls wanting me to chase him :)
Another half hour and he will be dragging his blankets and finally his bed across the room, he lets us know when its bedtime...cheeky monkey!
Anyway Back to the reason for my post.... 
The new challenge over at 
ATCAS is Dots..chosen by the very super talented Loll. She makes such Fab CAS creations.
I chose to use a Memory Box heart Die and some gorgeous Spotty card I bought at The Dome in Doncaster

 Bright! but as CAS as it gets.
Will be around to visit as many as possible tonight. Enjoy the rest of your weekend xx
 

Quick CAS

Hi Everyone, 
Just a quick post as its shopping day and hubby is ready and waiting...I hate Monday's...lol I don't seem to have a problem with shopping the other 3 or 4 times a week that we go, i just hate Monday's.
Anyway here is my  ATCAS Sketch challenge card. I was gutted to see that the camera has shown the Gelly Roll pen lines as a different colour to my backing card? I matched it up perfectly and still looks the same good match in the flesh! but for some reason the camera says different.

 Maybe the funny light today as its an odd sun, even the card doesn't look white..oh well! I admit I am a rubbish photographer.
Thats it for now, will catch up a bit later today. xxxxxxx

Starry starry night..

Afternoon everyone, Sending huge hugs to anyone that needs one today. xxxx
 I did say I wasn't posting anything that I wasn't happy with! Well I am still not too chuffed with this but at least I am pleased that I got the idea that was in my head somewhat onto the card. Its not exactly how I wanted it but the idea is sort of there. 

   I am entering it into Simon Says Stamp..We're seeing Stars
I have had my Window die since last Christmas ! Don't think I have used it???? can't remember! I wish I could remember half the stash I have..then my mojo might not take so many breaks. I get bored with what I have in front of me. I need to go through some untouched boxes and files  and I would get a huge surprise I am sure....lol 

 Now for a crafty session with daughter Amanda today, she is here for a full day of play...yippee!
Catch you later xx

  

CAS tag

Hi Everyone, 
Just popping on before a trip to get my hair done, I will need ribbons for it soon! Alfie has certainly took up our days of late...lol  We Play...he eats...we play..well you get the drift!
Anyway here is a card I made for CAS ..Tag Challenge, I was reasonably happy with it till I added a bit of Sparkle to the text...it Ran!!! not sure why as the text was certainly dry when I added it.
Anyway I will post it as It is the 3rd attempt at this challenge..I made a card which had a Bauble on it and Hubby said "oh what a great Christmas pudding!!! the more I looked the more he was right, I think the Holly did it ...ha-ha  I will add it at the bottom to give you a laugh :o)

This is the card for the challenge, I think my cardmaking has took a turn for the worst and I need to get my Mojo back and some serious crafting done. It seems forever since I liked anything I have done...This week is going to be different I have promised myself.
No more posting unless I am happy with the results.


I will leave you with a couple of pics of "The Distraction"Alfie at 11 weeks....Final jab and Microchip on Wednesday...poor sausage!!!

                                                  Helping Den with his Diary...no peace!

                                                   If you have it...Flaunt it!

                                                 More like a sausage every day!
 He is so clever and we have taught him to fetch, which he loves and would play it all day...lol

oops... the pudding!

Sorry for long post! xx

We Will Remember them

Take time to remember.

A little Vellum

Evening everyone, well I squeezed a little craft time in last night but sadly didn't get a minute to post it till now. A busy morning then a sad farewell to a lovely Elder at our church, he passed away last week at the grand age of 92...he will be missed by everyone that knew him. A beautiful celebration of his life though with  church packed to the door.
Here's the CAS card I made for the ATCAS..Vellum challenge
I haven't used Vellum for years so it was somewhat of a challenge to decide what to do with it...lol

A few things I am not happy about...not sure I like my choice of card base...the Vellum looks very grey (not in real life).. and finally I have never been happy with how this text stamps, It always seems to miss here and there...even using a plain ink :o(   I think it may be one for the bottom of the drawer.

I stamped and embossed onto it and cut out and made up the flowers, the stamp was one of a few I bought at The Dome, its a Honey Doo stamp called "Flowers for design"
Embossed with Gold WOW powder.
Catch you tomorrow hopefully xxxxxx  

Our new baby.....

Well here I am after a very busy ...sleepless  week, This is what has kept me from my craft table. 
My lovely new stash that I bought at the Dome last Sunday has not even been opened yet, I cannot believe it!!!
Monday we went with our youngest daughter to collect our Golden Wedding present that she had bought us. I know our G/W was last month but our present wasn't ready till Monday.
Meet the New Addition to our family.......our baby Miniature Dachshund weighing in at 1.75kg, Well we think thats right...he wouldn't stop wriggling about! We weighed him in a shoulder bag with  the luggage scales :o)
He may be tiny but he has massive character....and appetite , he was smaller than his brother but boy! he can eat ok now, he has nobody to push him out the way I guess!

Our Gorgeous little boy is an absolute Joy, he even came toilet trained! can you believe that at 8weeks old, he is just amazing!!! Oh! these proud mothers....ha-ha   No doubt you will see him again at some point. 

Hopefully I will get some crafting done...in small doses) we had 3nights of crying and screeching for his mum and siblings every single minute of the night without letting up, I was demented and got so upset, I have spend most afternoons asleep with him cuddled into me...I think we were both equally exhausted.....lol  .. but he slept through last night so hopefully we have cracked it. He certainly looks settled today and follows us around everywhere :o) 
See you soon xx