All alone

The littlets have gone to Wexford as of yesterday (Thank you Mam and Dad!) so now the fun begins...........which room will I start on first! This is the only chance I get all year to scour the house and makeit clean again. Any of you that have little ones will know that to clean and tidy with a gang in the house is nearly impossible. It also means lots of scrapping time as a reward for being so industrious!!!!!!
Speaking of which, I experimented with my Cuttlebug folders today. I embossed a piece of blue funky foam but it didn't show up so well in a photo, so I inked it to highlight the embossed areas. Then I had a lightbulb moment, I sandwiched the inked foam between the B and C plates and put it back through the Bug. The results are a little rough as I did it very quickly to test the theory, but it has possibilities as background for ATCs to mention just one


Foam sheet inked up back and front


Printed images from back and front of foam sheet

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Criminal Behaviour

I had to appear in court today for not paying a parking fine. Suffice to say, I never want to repeat the experience. To hear a Judge utter the words "Do you plead guilty or not guilty" is most humbling. I got off by the way! More tomorrow.......

Reality check !

I had my hair done today and felt wonderful. It's a big deal in this house as the scissors and clippers come out a lot for quick fixes. I was going to post a piccie of the "new and improved me" but Hubby came in with the news that a friend had called with good news. This friend, Mark and his fiance, Claire, have been working in Nepal with an orphanage of 25 children. They fund raised before they left here and raised enough money to build showers for the orphanage. They also have paid for fresh fruit to be delivered for a year. You can see their work here. It puts my hairdo into perspective eh! If you can help, please do.If you're not in a position to help, you might as I did, stop and give thanks for what you and yours have, however small.

New lo's

I finally stopped stroking these beautiful papers and got some scrapping done.

Fabric ATC yumminess

My good friend Sandra (remember "Needlewoman extraordinaire") has finally started blogging and displaying her very beautiful work. You can see her little gems of creativity here

Busy, busy, busy..........

....that describes my life for the past few months and, probably most other peoples. I have however managed to get some crafting done if not uploaded, so I'll just change that situation right now




A CJ about Family




CJ " Magic Wings"



CJ " Music"

And these little addictive houses for the "Pretty little Houses" Swap on UKS. Now I know I'm stretching a point with the haunted house....but I think they're purdy. I also gave Robbie the Robo a long overdue workout! The template I designed in Inkscape and I'm very pleased with the outcome.