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Saturday, 17 March 2012

You're The Cat's Meow .... Sketch Saturday Challenge #199

:-O  ... where has this week gone?!  The interior design at Paula's seems to have ceased this week and taken its place is retail therapy :| and it all started with that blasted trip to Homebase last Saturday and things  got progressively worse throughout the week :D ... the list of purchases and things obtained for Paula, Mum and ourselves presently stands at ....

2 x Zinc Planters
2 x Zinc Trough Planters
5 x Small Zinc Pots
4 x 6 Primrose Packs
1 x 750ml Satin Paint
1 x Huge bag of bird seed and 8 fat balls
4 x 40L Compost
1 x Stag Minstrel Tallboy
2 x Silver Table Lamps
1 x Network Card/ Modem Card
1 x Garden Book
1 x VW Camper  Naughts & Crosses Game
2 x Wooden Letter Light Pulls (S & L)
1 x Carrier Bag of Books
1 x Reed Woven Basket Case/Bag
2 x Tops for Rylee
1 x Pair PJ's for Rylee
1 x Snuggle Blanket
1 x Cream Table Lamp and Shade (free)
1 x Raised Garden Bed, Pallet and Kneeler (free)
11 x Brass Dropper Handles
1 x Electric Fire, Surround, Adams Style Fireplace and Hearth
3 x Wooden Mushrooms (free)  ..... #:-S
I'm not even going to mention the sausage sandwiches, cups of tea/coffee, cans of pop, turkey/ham salad rolls and a lemon lattice tart that was brought whilst shopping ...:D

Let's move quickly onto this weeks Sketch Challenge from Sketch Saturday.  This weeks Challenge is being sponsored by the lovely Nikki from Bunny Zoe's Crafts who is offering the lucky winner a

  
and if that's not enough  ...

BZMothersDaySALE 
... the fabulous Jo has once again come up with a corker of sketch =D> ...

 .... and my creation ...


... I used Mo Mannings "Patience" ....


... and again on the inside naked with a gorgeous poem that my Nanna used to recite to me ...


To make this card I used ....
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Flowers & Pearls ~ Stash
Tools ~ Woodware Leaf Punch, Marianne Design Butterfly Die, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor

Saturday, 10 March 2012

Happiness Is A Hot Cup Of Tea ..... Sketch Saturday Challenge #198

I bet you're all :-& of hearing from me :-@ .... the 3rd post in as many days, after over a week of silence !  Yesterday was another day off from Project Paula and was spent at the hairdressers .   It was absolutely manic there with a member of staff being off, which meant that my Auntie was now double booked :-S.  So, I was roped in making copious amounts of ~O) and in charge of the floor.  Not to mention the millions of towels I washed and dried!!!  I finally got my hair done 3 hours after my appointment time :-O.  

What's planned for today?  A trip to Homebase at Derby :)... now, this is said loosely, we've never actually found it when i've been driving  just spent a couple of hours driving up and down the A38 :D .... better make sure we have Cynthia SatNav with us!

This weeks Sketch Saturday challenge is being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!   :D/


The sketch you need to follow is ...


I rotated the sketch to make my card ...


... I used the gorgeous "Little Girl In Kimono" from Mo's Digital Pencil ...

I paper pieced her Kimono and used her again naked inside ....


To make my card I used:

CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Scrap Pile
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Flowers & Pearls ~ Stash
Tools ~ Nesties, Cuttlebug, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Marianne Designs Butterfly Die

Friday, 9 March 2012

If Things Get Better With Age Then You're Approaching Magnificent .... The Deconstructed Sketch No. 39 & DP2 Challenge #125

Yesterday was spent making a couple of cards that are needed soon ;;) So, a nice relaxing day crafting, and loading software onto the lappy that DH hadn't got round to doing ... or as DH calls it "the rest of the " :-O ... the rudeness!

Mum had a Telephone call from the hospital  to arrange another appointment for her to have some more skin taken from the site of  the skin cancer lesion ... this is just to make sure that they've got all the evil laugh emoticon nasty stuff.  It looks like  round 2 will be April 12th :|.

It seems like I made this card absolutely ages ago... which in fact i did :) ... exactly 2 weeks ago today!  I followed the brilliant sketch at Deconstructed Sketch ...

Deconstructed Sketch 39

Iulia is hosting the challenge at DP2 and has decided that we should all try "Something New" ... that could mean a new technique, new craft product, new whatever) ... My "Something New" is ...


... the gorgeous Little Umbrella from Mo's Digital Pencil  ...


I used her again on the inside naked ... 


To make this card I used:
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Scrap Pile
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Flower, Pearls & Passport Button ~ Stash
Tools ~ Sakura Glaze Pen (Red), Sakura Souffle Pen, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Nesties, Cuttlebug, Sewing Machine, Glossy Accents, Diamond Stickles.

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Have The Faith Of A Bird And Know You Can Fly .... Sketch Saturday #197 ~ Tracey's Sketch

Sorry for the delay in this post, but what a   Demonion 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  O:) 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.

Project Paula/Shed Emptying Summary
Walls Stripped & Painted: 5
Rolls of Wallpaper Hung: 5
Floors Laid: 4
Square Metres of Vinyl Used: 62
Litre's of Emulsion: 5
Trips To The Council Tip: 2
Arguments With Pick Axe: 1
Bruised Feet: 1 (mine 8-|)
Days Off: 3

The Sketch and Challenge for March 3rd at Sketch Saturday was created and hosted by my teamie Tracey, who not only has created the most amazing sketch but found an equally amazing sponsor! :D


The prize is 2 digi stamps from Krista's shop!! :D/


This is my card made using the fab sketch ....


I used a free image from Saturated Canary called Canary Love ....


... close up and naked on the inside ...


To make this card I used:
CS ~ Stash
DP's ~ Free Vintage Paper & Pink Petticoat Gingham
Sentiment ~ Create with TLC
Hook & Eye's ~ Stash
Pearls ~ Stash
Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Sansador, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Nesties, Cuttlebug, Diamond Stickles