Friday Sketchers #34

Eyelets! I almost ignored this one 'cos of the eyelets.

I have a complete eyelet set in a lovely tin and an assortment of eyelets. Can I get the hang of them? Well it would now seem so, after a few dodgy attempts in the past these four went on fairly evenly and have even stayed on when I threaded the ribbon thru'.

My eyeletphobia is now a thing of the past.

Lili of the Valley #13 Anything Goes

Anything Goes for this one so I have kept it fairly simple. A couple of circles with my nesties, some swiss dots embossing , little freebie flowers from a mag and a gorgeous die cut LOTV fairy - job done.

The Sugar Bowl #1 Sketch by Tiets

Fab new challange blog, how am I ever going to keep up - will just have to be a bit selective in choosing the ones I enter.

You must include a Sugar Nellie stamp and this week it is a great sketch by Tiets.

New Award

I have just received this lovely award from Joanne.

I am passing on to the following blogs cos I love 'em.

Tiggertastic

Laurens Cards

Bumblealsie

One Stop Craft - Shelley's Sketch

This was a great sketch to follow with a little bit extra......to include buttons or brads. Now this would normally send me into a 'hunt the perfect button' frenzy. But the brad box was on top of the button box (thank goodness for chinese takeaways) and when I spotted these little brads they seemed like the perfect match for the papers.

Forever Friends - Your Favourite Colour

Mmmm, my favourite colour?

I guess most of the time I'm a pink girl. But then I see a great colour on some papers or whatever and then that becomes a fave for a while. So I was playing with my buttons (as you do) and found the one on this card. So for today I'm loving citrusy (if such a word exists) greens and lemons.

Ooh La La Challenge - Small is Beautiful

This challenge caught my eye this week. I have never been tempted into the world of small.....ATCs and the like. But a 4x4 card seemed interesting. So here it is. Minimal or what!

Christmas & Birthday Cards #13 Linda's Sketch

I have just discovered this challenge and decided to have a go at the fab sketch by Linda this week. I have used another of my new stamps.......I was so spoiled on my birthday and at Christmas.

Penny Black Saturday week 30 Embossing

I have embossed the green piece of card using the swirls cuttlebug folder thru' my big shot. I have also used another of my new stamps (didn't DH choose well - I think he has an eye for this!)

Sketch Saturday # 32

Great sketch to follow and I get to use another of my new stamps. This time from Cuddly Buddly.

Cute Card Thursday # 41 Open Theme

It is anything goes over on CCT and I couldn't wait to use one of my new Penny Blacks.

Off on Holiday.

Had a bit of a spesh birthday the other day so not had time to craft/blog for ages. We have organised a little pre Chritsmas time away and so have been trying to get everything else done early.

The birthday celebrations started on Wednesday when I went for lunch with my workmates. They had all made a little mini card and stuck them inside a big card, wasn't that such a thoughtful thing to do? Thanks girls (and Alsie).

Then on Thursday we spent the day in Glasgow soaking up the festive atmosphere (the tree in Princes Square is fab). We then had a lovely meal in Two Fat Ladies. My darling husband had booked a suite in the Abode Hotel for the evening as a surprise. I had the best birthday ever.

So we are off now to the cottage at Greenends where I will paint, read, eat chocolate and have a few festive drinks (to ward off the cold you understand). I have six new stamps (now I know why he was hiding those mysterious jiffy bags) and can't wait to get stamping.

So everybody in blogland, unless DH can get his dongle to work, this may be the last post until after Christmas.

Have a good one.