I've had a fairly good and productive week 
I managed to make 3 cards and we brought a new double bed frame for our new guest room to be .... just got to wait another week for DD to move out and its all our's
... I can't believe I found the exact one I'd actually been looking for and at an excellent price. It was hiding right at the back of a little second hand shop in the next village, covered in
skeletons and cobwebs, behind a mountain of washing machine pipes, gates and other paraphernalia. Needs a lot of TLC to make it into the shabby chic creation I want it to be, but I can't wait to get it here and get started! Shabby chic will be the theme of the room, but shabby chic on a budget of £50! I've spent £26:00 of that already on the double bed and curtain fabric
... yes I got enough lovely vintagey floral fabric to make a pair of curtains for the bedroom from my favourite local charity shop for £1:00
... yes, ONE WHOLE POUND!!! I promise to take photos of the whole process!
On another note I had a tattoo just over a week ago ...
I had the feather and ladybird included for a reason .... the feather, cos the few weeks before Dad died and the week of his passing the whole family found white feathers everywhere we were, obviously sent by our guardian
's. The ladybird was cos, after Dad had been collected we stripped the bed and put clean bedding on ... when we unfolded one of the sheets that had been in the airing cupboard for a few weeks, there to our
was a ladybird still alive! We took that as a sign.
On to this weeks challenge at SS that is being hosted by
(Bente) and sponsored by
The Paper Shelter ~ they have the most amazing digital images and papers and they're offering a fantabulous prize of a $20 gift certificate! 
Here is a little introduction to them ....
If you are looking for fun, cute and lovely digi stamps for your paper-crafting or web design projects, The Paper Shelter is your one-stop boutique! This growing catalog of high-quality digi stamps with many different kind of options offers a multitude of themes such as everyday items, holidays, special occasions, children, adorable characters and creatures. Stamps are available in standard black and white line art, as well as in pre-colored format. Images are wonderful for coloring and make perfect additions to greeting cards and scrapbook albums. In "The Paper Shelter" you'll also find great other resources for all crafts (or digital) projects, like Paper Packs, Printables, Accesory sheet, etc."
.... and the beautiful sketch that Bente has designed for us to use ...
... and my card using a lovely Paper Shelter image ...
... a close up of the lovely image ...
... again on the inside in its raw state ...
To make this card I used ~
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Pink Petticoat Gingham & Angie Briggs Puppy Breath
Pearls ~ Stash
Tools ~ Diamond Stickles, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Pencil Crayons, Sewing Machine, Sakura Glaze Pens (orange, green, red & yellow)
... feeling a bit out of sorts today and yesterday, think I've managed to catch that flaming 48 hour 
thats going around. Been spending most of the time on the 
but have managed a spot of crafting in between. Just wish i could get rid of the 
feeling!
of a week I've had! Firstly, starting with the total meltdown of my beloved lappy which sent me out of action for well over a week and secondly the trauma both mentally and physically from emptying one of my 
Dad's shed's. I've not been sat here idle either, during this time. Paula has still been cracking the 
and lots of stuff has been done there too.
)
.... Paula (Our friend from London) is arriving on Monday to view the property she is hoping to move into next Saturday 
!!! Potentially this week could contain a wallpaper stripper, scrapper and a paint brush and roller, with the possibility of a roll of wallpaper or two! 
Yayy, nothing I like more (said without the hint of sarcasm which is detected when read)! I am virtually 
with excitement. I can't wait for this week to 
and start!
! This week's Sketch Challenge is being hosted by my fab teamie Terry .... and is sponsored by the amazing ....
