Goodbye, Adios, Au Revoir, Auf- Wiedersehen, Tot Ziens, Hwyl

 

So this is it…time to say ‘Goodbye’
Having now stepped down from all my DTs it’s also time to step away from this blog for a few months while I ponder life, the universe & everything.
A humongous THANK YOU to everyone who has been following this blog over the years and left such encouraging comments.
An equally uber-mahooooosive THANK YOU to the amazing Design Teams that I have been so lucky to work with too.

I will still be making cards (behind the scenes), designing my garden inspired digi stamps over at Janey's Digi Designs & on Facebook as well as working on my garden blog Tidy Gardens by Jane, but for now…this is it….(sob, sniff, wipes tear from eye).
In the words of the legendary Arnie…
’I’ll be back’
xx
 

Couldn’t leave without one final card using an image from Mo Manning (AKA Mo’s Digital Pencil)Stamp – Big Guys Bike - Mo’s Digital Pencil

Mo’s Digital Pencil Blog Hop

The Dream team and the Challenge team for Mo’s Digital Pencil have joined forces to bring you a spectacular Blog Hop with 6 brand new images being released today.

Not only that but we have a hidden discount code in flowers on some of the blogs so make sure you start at the very beginning of the Blog Hop and jot them down in order and you will get a whopping 25% discount when you apply the code to the shop.

 

For my card I’ve used ‘Spring For Sale’…as a gardener this digi was just perfect for me.

This is a preview of all 6 of the new images

The blog hop order is as follows and as well as collecting the flower codes you can also win the chance of a $5 gift voucher for Mo’s shop, we have 4 to give away as spot prizes from the comments left on our blogs so remember to leave some love in the way of a comment on each blog you hop to.

Pat, Alice, Anja, Kerttu, Cathy, Debby, Elaine, Gretha, Debbie L, Heidy, Franz, Jane, Iulia, Julie, Kat, Mina, Kim, Tine, Pops, Tracy, Jak

 

 Sadly, this is my final card with Mo’s dream Team as I have decided to step down from all DTs. I’ve had the best time ever being part of the gang and working with Mo’s fabulous images.

Thanks for having me xxx

Fabulous Darlin’

Greetings Earthlings!
Trust all is well in your neck of the woods.
A quickie from me today using an image from Mo’s Digital Pencil called Fabulous. Simply coloured with Promarkers with a Doodlebug Fancy Frills border, gem hairbands and a Paper Smooches sentiment.

Golf Anyone?

Errrrrr……..NO THANKS!
I can think of several more interesting things I could be doing with my time rather than strolling around in the freezing cold, dragging a bag of heavy metal sticks and frozen balls.
Sheesh!
For a change, here in ol’ Blighty, it’s freezing today, there’s a gale force wind and guess what…it’s snowing…AGAIN!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If anyone’s got sunshine & warmth, make a up the spare room, I’m coming over.

Stamp - Big Guy Golfing - Mo's Digital Pencil
Making Memories paper & coloured with Promarkers.

Barking Mad!

Pinch! Punch! First day of the Month and Happy April Fools Day!
When not skipping gaily around the flowerbeds like a fruitcake I can be found doing an Irish jig around the house.
I’m a happy soul, if not slightly barking mad!
You can get Little Irish Dancer if you quick step over to Mo's Digital Pencil.

Hey Buddy!

Hey all, hope you’re managing to stay warm n’ cozy during this weird spring weather we’re having.
I think we can safely say there won’t be a drought this year!
My card today uses Baron & Butch from Mo’s Digital Pencil, coloured with Promarkers & grassy embellishments using my new Doodlebug Fancy Frills.
Have a great week, stay safe n’ warm! xx

Mo’s Digital Pencil Blog Hop

It’s Blog Hop time again for the gang at Mo’s Digital Pencil and the theme this month, chosen by Heidy, is…
GINGHAM.

I’ve used one of Mo’s latest digi releases ‘Kitchen Dance’….isn’t it a brilliant image….just makes you want to grab someone & tango thru’ the tulips.
I think you can spot the gingham.
I hope you’ll join in with our hop, if you are already then you should have arrived here from Kerttu's blog, after me it’s Julie but….if you want to start back at the beginning then pop over to our Heidy’s.
Anyway…enjoy!
xxx

Here’s a Quickie…

Here’s a quickie from Moi today…using Paul Typing from Mo's Digital Pencil.
There….that was quick!
Can’t stop…gotta dash…see yer!

XX

A Homer Moment

Poor Oskar, he appears to be having one of those ‘Homer Simpson’ moments….DOH! Not quite sure where he’s going, what he was doing or how did he get here. Just about sums up my life really…DOH!
Now, where did I hide my stash of Duff beer?

Stamp - Oskar - Mo's Digital Pencil
Papers – Basic Grey

Busy Bee

Got a bit of a snuffle today so have been banished to my crafty corner of the sofa to keep out of every ones way
with a bag over my head so as not to spread my germs…Charming! I may get out of catering & other chores if I play my cards right.
Meanwhile, Bee is a busy bee but I’m glad she sometimes takes time out to sit back & enjoy the flowers.

Stamp – Bee (Mo’s Digital Pencil)

Embarrassing The Kids

As a mother it is my role, nay the law, for me to find a variety of ways to embarrass my kids.
I mean, for goodness sake, I must get some pleasure out of life.
So today I humiliated favourite daughter BIG TIME…but I can’t reveal just how I did it yet until I have photographic evidence available…all I can say is 007….nuff said.
Further details to follow…watch this space. mwhahaha!!

Meanwhile here’s a cutesy card for your delight n’ delectation….enjoy!
Stamp - Full Heart - Mo's Digital Pencil
Background die-cut with Memory Box Wild Blooms die

Mo’s Digital Pencil Blog Hop

 

Ahoy & welcome to this months blog hop for Mo’s Digital Pencil. Our hostess is ‘The Queen of Layers’ Debby with her chosen theme of …
Babies - fairies or normal (read as human)

Ta-Da!
Here’s mine, Baby Fairy with Ladybug, which comes as a set of 3 adorable fairies & 3 bugs. The background is made of paper squares from the Docrafts Tulip collection.
I hope you’ll join in with our hop, there’s 2 x $5 vouchers up for grabs for 2 lucky people, to spend at Mo’s store, who leave a comment somewhere along the hop.
If you’re already on the hop then you should have arrived from Kerttu’s beautiful blog, after me it’s ‘The Queen of Embellies’ Julie.
If you’d like to start back at the beginning then you need to go to Debby’s fabulous blog.
Enjoy xx

You Stole My Heart

Valentines Day may have been n’ gawn but this dude is perfect for so many other occasions of lurrrrrrrrv.

 

Stamp - Stole My Heart (Mo's Digital Pencil)
Papers – Docrafts ‘Me to You with Love’

 

Entering it at -

My Time to Craft - Men Only

Digi Galore - Love

Crafty Ann's - Love

Moving Along With The Times - Love is in the Air

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Love & Romance

Kaboodle Doodles - Valentines

Totally Gorjuss - Love

 

 

 

 

The New Beckham

Sunday’s almost upon us and for Mr C & I it means one thing……ffffffffffreeeeeeezing on the touchline watching our son Oliver play football. He’s been given the name Ollie Beckham as he’s a dab hand at corners and long-range free kicks straight into the goal.
I have to confess I’m hoping there will be heaps of rain & snow tomorrow, the pitch will be too soggy or frozen and the game will be called off. What ever you’re up to, stay snug n’ warm. I’m off to do a ‘bad weather’ dance.

Soccer Dude – Mo’s Digital Pencil (Link to old shop)

Birthday Boy

Thankfully my son wanted something other than video, TV & computer games (yawn-city…Zzzz Zzzz) for his birthday last weekend…he wanted a ‘proper’ basket ball net & stand. The basket ball ensemble is ENORMOUS and our plan for him to be able to wheel it up & down the drive onto the street to play with went out the window within seconds of its erection.
The base is filled with sand and it’s so heavy even Mr Muscle C struggled to shift it, so he dragged its leaden weight back down the drive against the house. As it’s too heavy to be dragged on a regular basis backwards & forwards, Mr C and birthday boy went off in the car to buy a heavy duty padlock & chain to attach it to the house wall for fear thieves might steal it. Just after he left a gust of wind swept down the drive sending it crashing to the floor…thank goodness the car wasn’t there, I think it would have chopped it in half…lol.
Anyway, there it is outside the front door to annoy all the neighbours with the bang, bang, banging & thud, thud, thudding that only balls against walls & windows make.

Stamp – Slam Dunk from Mo’s Digital Pencil

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again

Oh I’m shivering with 'antici………..pation’!
I’ve got tickets for the Rocky Horror Show that’s going to be touring the country this year and I’m just sooooooo excited.
I dread to think how many times I’ve seen the film. In my less-senior days I use to go to the audience participation shows, I’ve got the music, even the script for actors for the whole play…..how sad am I? I once had the figure to slip into fishnets and suspenders. If I wear them this time I fear they may not let me in!
My Sophie’s coming with me and she’s almost as excited as me. I have 5 months to teach her EVERYTHING she needs to know.
Mo Manning, AKA Mo’s Digital Pencil had just the perfect image for me to use on my Rocky Horror themed card. This is Franks Girl, but I think she looks just like Magenta from the RHPS…perfect.
I’ll leave you with the image of me in my Rocky Horror outfit…don’t have nightmares…..mwhahaha!

Mo’s Digital Pencil Blog Hop

 

Ahoy!

It’s blog hop time for the gang over at Mo's Digital Pencil. Our theme this month, chosen by Julie (Queen of Embellishments) is….

‘Use embellishments, the more the merrier’

which is Julie’s cruel way of getting me back for setting last months theme of Clean & Simple which went down a storm within the group (not!)

So here’s Lil Ballerina pondering her next move.

I think a ribbon, flowers, 2 papers, a paper ribbon, punched border & gems counts as ‘lots of embellies’ (I may just have got away with it).

If you’re joining in with our hop then you should have arrived here from Kerttu's beautiful blog and as I’m at the end, if you want to join in then start back at the beginning with our Julie.

As always there are 2 x $5 vouchers up for grabs for 2 lucky peeps, who leave a comment somewhere along the hop, to spend at Mo’s Digital Pencil.

Have a groovy day!

xx

Hey Little Bird!

 

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When not up to mischief indoors, you will find me in the garden (or someone else's) and it was in someone else's garden last year that I struck up a weekly rendezvous with Robin. Not sure if Robin was male or female as all robins pretty much look the same, but our meetings became the highlight of my week. I would be greeted every Wednesday with a robin-style ‘Wotcha!’ from the branch above my head and then as I tended the flowerbeds on bended knees, Robin (for want of a better name) would hop around my hands picking out the tasty insects I’d unearthed. The icing-on-the-cake happened early summer when Robin introduced me to its 2 chicks that it encouraged down onto the ground where I was working to feed 2 feet from my hands. It’s a wonder I get any work done sometimes…I really do have the best job ever!

Stamps - A Little Bird Told Me (Mo's Digital Pencil)

Oriental Awakening (Inkylicious)

Tiz No Longer the Season to be Jolly

Tralalalala...lala...lala.

Is it me or did Christmas & New Year fly by?

Mr C said 'it's your age'....(just before I clipped him round the head with the frying pan!)

So the Christmas decs', wonky tree & trusty baubles are back in the loft, the Quality Street are no more and there's a slighty dodgy looking satsuma pleading with me to be eaten, but I may pass on that one.

The house looks clean & simple again, a bit like this fabulous mutt from Mo's Digital Pencil, but it's lacking a certain 'je ne sais quoi'. A pink gem, that's what's needed...oh and on the dog's collar too!

Merry 2nd of January

 

Stamp - It's All in the Accessories (Mo's Digital Pencil)

Sunshine & Flip-Flops

Greetings all!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas & Santa was kind.

I won't keep you...there are mince-pies to be stroked & festive drinks to be sniffed.

Here's a card I made earlier in the year, the photo taken in the garden back in the days when the sun shone and toes were adorned with flip-flops and not wellies...sigh.

Spring will be here before you know it....Woo! Hoo!

 

Stamp - Alisa with Roses - Mo's Digital Pencil