Maybe one of my resolutions should've been to blog more!

Not that I really made any resolutions as such- more of a mantra for the year. In 2010 I want to attempt to shine at everything I do. At work I want to learn more about the job and improve my knowledge and skills. I want to finish decorating our blinkin' flat and have it so so cool looking that it gets snapped up straight away! And I want to learn new techniques and things to be more creative. Just a few modest little ambitions for the year ahead!


The January ribbon kit from Angel Crafts had lots of pretty vintage colours in it and I had fun making the roof of the Websters birdhouse with some of the ribbons and lace.



The latest challenge at A True Friend is about your pets tricks or talents. Although my furry bunch have quite a few kooky little traits, the most important thing they do is to always make me smile. If I'm having a tough day or have had some sad news, I just need to spend some time with them and look at their furry little faces and it always cheers me up.

Foiled by a plug; a white christmas; shiny, pretty things!

Finally back online! After pushing buttons, twiddling wires, and much thumping and swearing we discovered that the culprit was a frayed wire in the plug socket and have had to wait for a new one to be sent out. I should probably be ashamed at how much I actually missed being able to pop onto the ol' internet to google random crap and browse shops full of things I'd quite like but never actually buy!

But its christmas, and a white christmas at that so things haven't been too bad! We took our first turn at cooking the christmas dinner for the family this year. No one got food poisoning and nothing was overcooked, but I think we need to maybe do a bit more planning before attempting it again. Either that or everyone gets a boiled egg next year! I'm particularly impressed with how the honey glazed ham turned out ,and the steak pie which I don't have a photo of as it all got scoffed!



I decided to make a few christmas presents this year; all very eco-friendly and also meant more money for me to spend in the sales! These are two that I actually remembered to take photos of before they got sent off! Lots of Shimmerz paints and spray involved- some of which the cats managed to get covered in and had to be chased around the flat to get cleaned off!





Anyhoo, hope you had a very Merry Christmas and here's to a Happy New Year!

October- gone in the blink of an eye; November- rapidly running away from me too!

Is it just me or does time always seem to speed up during the last few months of the year? Apparently summer is over- what we had of one anyway- and it's nearly Christmas time!

I started a new job at the beginning of the month and it seems to be going well although I'll happily confess to being somewhat confused by a lot of the jargon and having a rather bewildered expression on my face when people start speaking to me in abbreviations! Spare time has been at something of a premium as I adjust to things so scrapping has been fairly sporadic but I do have a few pretty pictures to share!

These are for Angel Crafts using the new Webster's pages lines, Nature's Storybook and Postcards from Paris, and papers from the Petite Pads.




This one uses October Afternoon Report Card papers and spray ink.


And these two pages are from the latest challenges at A True Friend where we've also added some new DT members to the team. Some really great girls, cute pets and pretty pages to look forward to!

Cosmo, Websters, and the decorating goes on and on and on and on.....

Still attempting to get the flat ready for selling- there really is nothing more boring than waiting for paint to dry! So, here are quite a few pictures in lieu of anything interesting to say.

This months kit from Bellaboo features the Cosmo Cricket Early Bird papers which I love! These are my DT projects with it.







Angel Crafts is just awaiting the delivery of the gorgeous new Websters Pages papers- these are some layouts using the last releases; Sweet Life, Magical Wishes and the one I think is still my favourite, Hello Beautiful.


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These pretty Lily Bee papers are in stock at Angel Crafts too with some new ranges expected in shortly.

And just some random pages that I haven't uploaded to the blog before.




Ah well, back to the domestic drudgery for me!

August...

...must be time for my monthly blog post! I honestly don't mean to be this much of a lazy blogger!

So, this is a busy month for me. I turned 30 last Monday and got some lovely presents, and of course cake which is really the whole point of birthdays I think! I have a job interview on Wednesday so fingers crossed for that. And, we've decided to move house so are in the process of tarting up the flat to sell. I spent this weekend stripping the bathroom wallpaper, which apparently I superglued to the walls as it really does not want to come off!

Anyway, some pictures using the July kit from Belllaboo.





The latest challenge at ATF to scrap a movie title.


And that's your lot for just now!

So say we all; a bit of a tan; a few pages of this and that.

Just finished watching the finale of Battlestar Galactica- both sad and somewhat confused by it! I don't think I liked how it ended, but short of storming the office of the director and asking for a rewrite there's not much I can do! Happily, there's the new Caprica season to wait for plus a Cylon feature film! If none of that made any sense, apologies, I'm a sci-fi geek!

It's been glorious weather here lately, my peely wally scottish skin has even gone from its normal translucent white to a slight pinky colour!

The rest of my projects from June's Bellaboo kit. It was a complete sell out and really fun to work with. You got a whole bag of buttons which is always good as I do like me buttons!




I found this old mask in a charity shop a while ago and decided to recycle it with the add of some old paper, rub ons and a few other bits and pieces. It all got a bit messy but I really enjoyed it and think I may have to keep my eye open for another one to do!




The last challenge at A True Friend was to use a quote on your page. It's a bit small to try and read so my quote is "The mathematical probability of a cat doing exactly as it pleases is the one scientific absolute in the world'- quite apt I thought! We were sponsored by Papermania and got a huge box of papers and embellishemtns to use. The latest challenge is to create an animal themed card and it was a great excuse to dust off the stamps that I haven't used for a while, or had completely forgotten I actually owned! Had a bit of a brain meltdown though trying to think of something punny for the giraffe card!





Anyway, that's all for just now! Off to rescue my shoelaces from the kitten!

ETA-Doh! Totally forgot I was tagged by Vicki so here goes-

~8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. 5pm on a Friday!
2. Christmas
3. Autumn specials at Starbucks- though they'll never get Spiced Pumpkin here which is my favourite, bah!
4. Scrapping
5. A cool shower on a hot day
6. Buying new shoes
7. Sunday breakfast of pancakes and coffee
8. Meeting up with friends and having a drink or four
9. Snuggling with the kittens
10. Buying a new book and losing myself in the story

~8 Things I Did Yesterday
1. Washed the dishes
2. Made zesty chicken soup with noodles
3. Saw my sister
4. Did some shopping
5. Lay in the sun with the cats
6. Watched some trash telly
7. Contemplated doing housework- but gave up pretty quickly!
8. Took some photos

~8 Things I Wish I Could Do
1.Win the lottery!
2.Do a shark dive in a cage
3. Write a novel
4. Travel the world
5.Wear high heels without getting sore feet
6. Go back in time and tell my teenage self that perms are never a good idea!
7. Quit my job and be a lady of leisure!
8. Pet a lion!

8 Things I Have Watched Recently
1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Shopping channel adverts- strangely addictive!
3. The Mummy- Tomb whatsit
4. The clouds flitting across the sky
5. Next doors cat annoying a dog
6. Band of brothers
7. Funny stuff on youtube
8. The trees in the breeze

I can never think of who to tag so if you wanna play along, consider yourself tagged!

...and your little dog too!

Random post title I know but we've just been watching Wizard of Oz! Been up to not very much at all, just finishing off some course work which is finally all done- hurrah!
So, I'll just go for putting up some photos and leave the chat to a bare minimum!

The latest challenge at A True Friend to make your pets into works of art! I used picnik, a free internet thingy to do these.

One of my pages for Bellaboo using the June Kit.

Random me page!