It's my birthday soon ......

...... and most of my pressies are contained in this box!

Aren't I going to have some fun! :)

'til next time ....... xxx

Easy like Sunday morning ......

......... don't you just love sunny weekends :)


Yesterday I resumed my outdoor cycling training and i had some company for a wee lil change. No.2 son has expressed an interest in cycling so we went and got him a decent road bike, you can't really do many miles on a BMX!! So fully equipped we headed out and on his first road trip managed 11 miles which is fantastic! We averaged about 10mhp so for a 12 yr old and an almost 41 yr old that wasn't too bad. A little bit of work required before we can enter the Tour de France :O


Last night I spent making up little treats for the girls I work with. I do this each Easter and also at Christmas. I had all the components ready to go and just had to assemble them. I had a lovely wee night doing this whilst drooling over the hotness that is Danny from The Script - and now coach on The Voice. I met Danny a few years back when they did a concert in Belfast - I LOVE HIM!! lol


Anyway so here is a wee pic of this years treats ......

........ i still have a lot of designer paper kicking about so i have used up my supply of Cottage Wall papers from a while back to make these wee boxes which each hold a creme egg :) I suppose I should make a card to go with them but I haven't decided yet. I shall have to think about that today .......... but more importantly I have to think of my Stampin' Up order which I need to submit ......... all those yummy things that I can't tell you about just yet but watch this space :)

I can tell you however that in April for each order over £45 before p&P you get a free pack of DSP and you even have a choice between 4 sets ...... how cool is that?

Off to enjoy the rest of this sunny Sunday ....... 'til next time .......... xxx

Eventing .......

...... with Stamping' Up in Northern Ireland.

Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting up with other Stamping' Up demonstrators. We had lots of fun, ideas and craic. It was my first time at something like this and I loved every minute of it.

We had to make our own name badges ........

We made swaps .........

And I got to meet Monica .........

It was a fabulous day and I hope we can do it again in the future.

Sorry the photos aren't in the right place, I'm adding this entry from my iPod do haven't figured out the finer details of how to do that yet.

'til next time ........ xx

Flowers, flowers everywhere ...

...... now what else would you post on mothers day lol.

I hope all the yummy mummy's out there are enjoying their day and are being spoiled rotten.

Now then, such exciting news .... next weekend I'm off to a Stamping' Up training day. A first for northern Ireland I believe. Not sure what to expect but I'm quite sure it will be jam packed with activities and chat. And Monica will be there too, will be so good to meet up after talking for so long.

The flowers in the picture are for my swaps ...... can you guess what I'm going to do with them? No! I'm not telling you lol, you'll just have to come back next week to find out. I also have to make myself a wee name badge so I have a few ideas for that and again you'll have to wait to next week to see what I've managed to come up with.

Hope everyone has a good week ......... til next time xxx

Something special .......

.........for someone special.

Yesterday was my good friend Beverley's birthday. She is one of the "amigos" who i go on the occassional trip with. This is what I made for her :)

Aren't those wee bags so cute, they're popping up everywhare at the minute. Now, i'm not usually into that sort of thing, I normally just stick to cards ........ but ........ in my last Stampin' Up order i prchased the scorer for my Fiskars board ....... it works a treat and makes all these wee projects so much easier :)

The backdrop for the card is the gorgeous enchantment paper and the flower i just had to copy from Mummy Monica's blog. Isn't is delicious, and so simple to make. I can see these appearing frequently in my next projects.

I was out last night celebrating with the birthday girl so now that I have all my chores for the day done i think i might have a wee forty winks ...... sure thats what Sunday afternoons are for ;)

Have a good week everyone ......... 'til next time ....... xx

Hey hey there's a monkey ......

....... even two of them!!

I would like to say thank you to everyone who left comments on my card last week, it's a great buzz to know that someone is actually looking at what you do.

This week the challenge over at Simply Stampin' is "heartfelt". Those of you who know me personally know that I am not at all a lovey dovey, hearts and flowers kinda girl so I have put an element of fun into this weeks card whilst still getting the message across.

Again it's quick, clean and simple.

This week I received a very large Stampin' Up package :) Lots of lovely new papers and stamp sets. I'm off now to see what I can make with those delicious Everyday Enchantment papers. And the fact that they are free with an order over £45 makes them even more appealing.

'til next time ......  xx

My first challenge ......

...... and in keeping ... kind of ..... with mu recent Valentine theme.

My friend Karen always makes such beautiful cards and she enters them into challenges. Visit her blog via the link to see what I mean and also for a wee list of challenges to consider.

So, i decided perhaps I should have a go at this. I had, yesterday, the luxury of an hour to myself so I decided on two challenges to enter. Thought I wouold be cheeky and combine them so I could use the same card.

• Clean and Simple
• Simply Stamping

The Clean and Simple challenge was a sketch and the Simply Stamping was a clour combo: Not quite navy, very vanilla, early espresso and river rock. Not bad for my first attempt I suppose, def a masculine card though.

Now I just have to figure out how to link these back to the challenges, think I shall watch the end of this gripping tennis match first though.

Til next time ........ xx