I have been tagged!

Poppy from Poppy's Place tagged me. Thanks Poppy x

And up above is my 4th! It's of Matthew in 2004, lol, he was 3 years old.

Ok, what you have to do...
You have to find the fourth folder (inside the photo's folder), and then open that and find the fourth photo, and voila!

Ok, so I'm going to tag..............................................

MARION, PAULA, SHELL, AND TOTTY.

A hug and a glass of lemonade.

Thank you to my lovely friend, Marion, for giving me this lovely hug and glass of lemonade. It is just turning to Spring here, so what a nice way to spend a sunny spring afternoon with your friends.
I shall also award this to... (have to be different to Marion!)
Sue, Lynsey, Helena, DawnMarie, and Poppy. Please click on their names to visit their blogs.

A few new pics!

Hello!
Here are a few pics that I have been meaning to upload. The first one is of the first blanket that I've made for my unborn grandchild. I used Hayfield's Lustre Wool in white. It's gorgeous - it has a lovely white shimmer to it. I used a Wattle stitch for the pattern, it's a crochet stitch, and it's really lovely close up.

The next photo is of one of our dogs, Abby, finding the first rays of sunshine in the garden. She loves laying in the sun. This is the dog that had a lump removed from her breast about a month or so ago.

And finally, here's my mini walk in greenhouse! It's nice and cosy inside there. It has 6 shelves, and now has two bags of compost laying on the bottom tube structure poles because of 25mph winds here today - the front kept lifting off the ground! LOL! I have just strawberry plants in there at the moment, but have plenty more seeds to sow, including lettuce and carrots, freesia's, spring onions, and my tomatoes have just come out of the airing cupboard after sprouting, and are now over an inch high!

A greenhouse!

Here I am! I keep disappearing I know, sorry. Dad was moaning at me yesterday for not updating my blog - today dad is in hospital for a sort of minor op, and then home tomorrow morning.
Anyway... I'm getting greenfingers, or at least trying to get them...
I've always been a spur of the moment type of person and it doesn't look like I'm changing anytime soon. It's all Paula's fault, as usual.
Paula suggested that I buy some seeds and grow a bit of veg. So yesterday, and Tuesday I got started. On Tuesday I bought some tomato seeds and flower seeds, 8 strawberry plants, a couple of little propagators, and a bag of compost. On Wednesday morning I bought some cress seeds for Matthew, coz they're easy, and a tub with some rocket seeds.
I've since planted the rocket seeds, the cress, and the tomato seeds. Matthew has the cress and the strawberry seeds on his bedroom windowsill at the moment.
So today on our card group we got talking about planting things and growing your own veggies. Now I don't do things by halves... so tomorrow I pick up the greenhouse that pictured below - my first greenhouse, wooohooooooooo, lol, yes I know it's only small!!! And on Tuesday I pick up a water butt complete with drainpipe fittings!

10th of March already???

I can't believe it's been so long since I wrote my last post!!!
I haven't made one single card since I uploaded the last one either! But I have made one and a half blankets for my grandchild in the making. The first one I made with white lustre wool and is quite big and shimmers, it's gorgeous! The second one I'm making is a lemon one, really soft. I shall upload a photo of them tomorrow. I finished Paula's blanket, she loved it, and I also finished Cheryl's unborn grandchilds one as well, also loved it. I've now ordered some cream lustre wool, so I'll use that once I've finished the lemon one.
Oh, and apparently Abby is 10 weeks pregnant now, so she was a week out when they told me she was 7 weeks.

Other news.
The washing machine decided to flood the kitchen on Friday. Justin handwashed a couple of t-shirts, couple of things for Matthew and said he was knackered, lol. I decided to do a handwash as well, pair of Matthew's pyjamas, 3 pairs of pants, a pair of socks, trousers, 3 shirts... my back was killing me!!! So last night we ordered a new machine, and it's coming on Friday, lol. I don't know how they coped with all the washing when people didn't have washing machines!!

MASSIVE News...

I've been spending this week getting my head round the fact that I'm going to be a grandmother!!!! Darryl is to become a father, my dad is going to be a great grandad... blimey. I'm far too young, Darryl's far too young, and Abby's far too young!
I was shocked when Darryl first told me last Monday. I said "Oh my God"... and was silent for ten minutes, but now, I've bought some wool to make a baby blanket, lol. It is still early days though, Abby is just 7 weeks pregnant, and it's due on October 5th.
Darryl is realising how life changing this is going to be. I don't think he really wants to leave home just yet. He was talking about things like he didn't think that last Christmas was his last Christmas here at our house, and he's going to miss Matthew etc.
So there, that was my massive news!!!

I've not made any cards, just been finishing Paula's blanket, and now I'm finishing Cheryl's unborn granddaughters, then I shall start on my own grandchilds... that makes me sound SO old!!!!
Justin had his 32nd birthday this week on Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday). I made the best pancakes ever this year! I'm still sort of on my diet, and losing steadily, well ok, around 4lbs lost in three weeks, but that's good.

Darryl left his job, so I got him an interview at the hospital as punishment, so now he works nights from 8.30 - 4.30am Monday to Friday. He likes it now, hated it the first night though.

A new card, and a new award!

It's been a few days since I've said anything on my blog! I've just not made any cards or anything of interest to tell you all. Anyway... my two friends, Paula and Shell started the Copics Colour challenge. I said to them, that as I don't own any Copics, I shall enter it my way, lol... even though I can't win a prize, blah blah! So, the above is my entry using my Prismacolor pencils and my Brushmarkers (who makes them??? I do know!!! GGRR!), well anyway, I used those to colour in the lil gal.

I received another fantastic award from my friend Paula, but for some reason I can't get to her blog and grab it, so I shall upload that when it lets me. Thanks Paula! I know you gave me one last week and I've still not gone and got that either, but I will... much appreciated though x

Thanks Paula!! WHISPERS brushmarkers!!

Sansador...

No card today. I've been to work today so too tired to be very creative tonight. Having said that... I was sitting up the table happily using my Prismacolors colouring in Sarah Kay... Matthew came along with his new metallic pencils and asked if he could colour one in. I said yes and I asked him to get the scissors for me to cut one out for him... instead, he tried to get a sheet of paper that was underneath where my things were that I was using... over went my bottle of Sansador all over my two coloured images from tonight... Justin just calmly said "I'd go upstairs for a bit if I were you Matthew, mum's going to be very cross" lol... I'm calm now, but I didn't do anymore colouring!

MY FAVOURITE FOR TODAY! 6th Feb 09

My favourite card for today has been made by Vicky of Cuddly Cards. I love the subtle colours of this, and of course the gorgeous Penny Black stamp "Lazy Days". How cute are these little hedgehogs?? Click the link and go and have a look at Vicky's blog and have a look at her fab creations.

A little bit of snow.

Here's a little video taken about half an hour ago. I slipped at the end in a muddy puddle lol.
There is a pile of junk in the corner... needs chucking!
The Dalek looks pitiful I know.. but he has been snowed on more today, lol.



Update on Abby.
She came home yesterday and was very tired. She kept falling asleep sitting up and jolting herself awake again, one time banging her head on the coffee table. Today she's more alert and has been outside once.
I've been into town with Matthew, got a few bits like bread and my fruit pots for work tomorrow. I also got a blender pen to go with the new Whispers pens I got, and Matthew got some metallic pencils. Now we're home watching Mamma Mia! LOL!

MY FAVOURITE FOR TODAY! 5th Feb 09

I love love love this card!! So pink and girly, I love all the detail, the colours, the stamp, everything! Gorgeous! The card was created by Mumur of Le Blog de ScrapMumur.

Cute Card Thursday metallica challenge.

This is my entry for the Cute Card Thursday challenge. This week you had to add some metal to your card, so I've used a little butterfly charm. My gorgeous Penny Black mouse stamp was coloured with Prismacolour pencils and Stickles glitters in crystal, blue and yellow. I also added some crocheted edging, Prima flowers, Kanban jewels, swirly thing cut with Cricut, Dovecraft Venetian paper pack, and I made the sentiment myself... as if you couldn't tell, lol!

We now have a dalek... (pron Darleck)

Yeah I know... sorry, lol, but the head got knocked off the first version... so here's another one.

Card I sent to Shell.

Here is a card that I made on Tuesday for Shell from Challenge Addict. I can upload it now as Shell has received it this morning. I could have entered this for the Hearts Galore challenge as well! LOL.

Dad, you should have gone to the vets!

Yes, that's right, Dad, you should have gone to the vets! Abby has gone in for her breast lump removal this morning, her surgeon made it in! (I'm talking about our dog Abby, not Darryl's girlfriend, just in case anyones confused, lol) So... if you're an animal, you get an appointment and get the op done one week later (non emergency), but if you're human, you get an appointment, wait 6 weeks for an op that gets cancelled, then have to wait another 6 weeks!

Ok, so aside from that... Abby loved bouncing along to the vets this morning in the snow, she's like a big kid and thought it was wonderful!
We'd heard on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire that Matthew's school was closed. We've had much more snow than we had on Monday. We came home and built the snowman... he hasn't got a name yet though.

Here are some more photos from this morning.

Hearts Galore!

Here is my entry for the Hearts Galore challenge over at Crafty Creations.
I coloured my Sarah Kay image with Prismacolour pencils, Whispers brush markers, and H20's. I used ribbons from stash, Stickles glitter glue, hearts cut with Cricut, swirly stamp from this months Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine, and drew the little red hearts and glittered them.

Three new challenge blogs!

The first new challenge blog I'd better mention is being run by two friends of mine, Shell and Paula. The blog is called Copics Colour Challenge. The first challenge is going to be set on February 11th, and then fortnightly.

Here's the second challenge blog! It's first challenge was set today and is titled "Hearts Galore". The blog is named Crafty Creations, so pop along over there and have a look!

And finally, the third new challenge blog, also for a Wednesday (who was it that said Wednesday's are quiet in challenge land??!), is Truly Scrumptious, they are due to start on the 18th of February, and then every fortnight thereafter.

MY FAVOURITE FOR TODAY! 4th Feb '09

This stunning card has been created by Claudia from Pretty Pressings blog. I love how the mix of new colours go perfectly with the "old fashioned" colours, and a perfectly coloured Tilda with Lilacs.

MY FAVOURITE FOR TODAY! Feb 3rd '09

Wow! I REALLY love this card!!!! The cute piggy card was created by Ila from Artfully Ila isn't it gorgeous???? Click the above link to visit her blog. I only found it today blog hopping and I've now added it to my blog list on the right.

Forever Friends Challenge - Tall and Thin.

Here is my entry for the Forever Friends Challenge - Tall and Thin.
I used the same stamp from yesterday that is from a birthday big box set by Forever Friends. I used Cricut cut shapes, Stickles glitter glues, Cuddly Buddly sentiment stamp, Kanban jewels (have you noticed I love those too??), and some ribbon from stash.