Time To Relax and Enjoy The Good Life .... Sketch Saturday Challenge #193 ~ Terry's DT Week

So, this week I'm all geared up for a busy week ahead  .... 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!

Ignoring my incontinence issues lets focus on the job in hand !  This week's Sketch Challenge is being hosted by my fab teamie Terry .... and is sponsored by the amazing ....

... who are offering this weeks lucky winner 2 fabulous stampsheets "Pinnebs" and "Sweet Dreams"

... the sketch you need to follow is ....

... and the card I made .....

I used the gorgeous "End of Summer" image from Mo's Digital Pencil Too

... a close up of how I coloured the image ...

... and inside naked ...

To make this card I used :~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Pink Petticoat Gingham and a piece from the scrap pile

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Pearls & Flowers ~ Stash

Tools ~ Nesties, Cuttlebug, Sewing Machine, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Marianne Design Butterfly Punch, Woodware Leaf Punch

Precious Little One .... DP2 Challenge #120

I've done my first chores of the day .... made hubby a concoction of Whiskey, honey and lemon for his cough/cold (man flu) he has  ... (he can't take over the counter drugs for his ailment because of the prescription medication he is already taking), run him a bath with Radox Breathe Easy herbal bath salts and taken Mum to pay her deposit for her first holiday of the year to Eastbourne in April .  I now have just an hour of free time before I'm off to the counsellor to see if I need bereavement counselling  what a performance!  Surely, the GP should know whether a person does or not ... personally I think I don't, maybe I did when he suggested it, but then it was early days ... the only thing I struggle with is "it doesn't feel real"   I know Dad's gone and I don't expect to see him but it doesn't feel real ... I know it makes no sense at all 

Iulia, is the hostess for the DP2 Challenge and she's chosen for this week's fun theme...

"Anything Goes" w/ a Mo Image

(Use at least one Mo Manning image on your project)

AND, if you'd like,
 a fabulous sketch made by Iulia...however,
it's totally OPTIONAL...your choice!!

Well, I decided it'd be rude not to use the fab sketch .... here's my card ...

Made using the "Baby Bum" image from the "Diaper Crew"

I used it again on the inside of the card in its nude state ....

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ Free Vintage Paper #2

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Flowers, String & Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Ribbon Maker (made by Dad out of a scrap of wood and some dowelling), Marianne Design Butterfly Dies, Cuttlebug, Nesties, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor, Sewing Machine

Each Happiness Of Yesterday Is A Memory For Tomorrow ... DS Sketch #36

I've had a few days of creative crafting  after the wallpaper stripping, painting ....

... and titivating ...

... so have made a couple of cards as well as sewn some shabby chic birds (will reveal those once i've finished the whole thing!) 

During a bit of down time I stumbled across this fab sketch site called The Deconstructed Sketch whilst hopping around the internet .  There are some fantastic sketches on there ... and DS36 sketch challenge has no time limit on it! .....

My card made using the above sketch and "Kate Krafty,  A Raggamuffin" by Saturated Canary ....

... and a close up of the image ...

... and the inside ....

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ from the bottom of my paper pile!

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Pearls and String ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, X-cut Punch, Pencil Crayons, Blending Stumps, Sansodor,  Sakura Souffle Pen.

May All Your Wishes Come True ..... Sketch Saturday Challenge #192 & DP2 Challenge #119

My baby girl Weezy (Eloise) is 22 today, those years have gone so quickly, but its nice to see her evolving into a "proper" adult since she's left home.  No celebrations today cos she's gotta work this evening ... so tomorrow night we are going out for a family dinner .... god help the restaurant , I hope they're ready for us all!

This week I've been up to my eyeballs  in blue emulsion paint and the dreaded white gloss ... that's one job I really hate ... glossing!  DH has been busy with the chemical paint stripper on the new bed frame ready for me to do the paint job on it, starting today ... I'm so excited .  Not much longer and I should be able to share the photo's of the new guest room with you .

This weeks Sketch Saturday Challenge is being sponsored by The Craft Barn

.... The Craft Barn a UK based business selling a wide range of craft supplies including stamps, dies and embossing folders, punches and an extensive range of items to alter and decorate and much more for you scrapbooking and card making projects.  They are committed to providing the best, most up to date craft products at great prices, coupled with first class service.

This weeks winner will receive a generous prize from The Craft Barn ... details to follow!

Over at DP2 Dorcas is the hostess for this week and her challenge theme is "All My Favourite Things" ... A fantastic theme open to so many opportunities ....

This weeks Sketch Saturday sketch ...

... and my creation ...

.... and a close up of Mo Manning's "Make A Wish" ...

... and used again on the inside in its naked state ...

To make this card I used:~

CS ~ Stash

DP's ~ 

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Pearls, Hook & Eye's ~ Stash

Tools ~ Sewing Machine, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Pencil Crayons, Nesties, Cuttlebug, Diamond Stickles

Grandma's Never Run Out Of Hugs & Cakes .... DP2 Challenge #118

Yesterday consisted of another day of feeling  on and off.  Seem OK whilst I eat, but I can't be doing that all day  .... much as I'd like !
 I thought a breathe of fresh air might help, you know blow the  away ... it didn't .  Just left me feeling .  For now the 's have ceased, giving DH's eyes and nose time to heal ... he professed the smell was making them bleed ... he's such a sympathetic soul .  Being such a caring mother  I thought I'd go and visit DD at her new home and have some  snuggles from Malibu ... I was totally  to see the house looking spotless and her sorting out her own laundry to dry.  It amazing what you can do when you have no other  idiot doing it for you .  She'd even managed to walk the  before 11:00am the other day!!!!

You've probably all noticed how much i love Mo Manning's images, so I thought for a change I'd enter into one of her challenges....

Pat is hosting the challenge this week and she has chosen a fun theme ...

"Stitching (real or faux) with a Mo Image"

(use at least one Mo Manning image on your project)

....and this is a challenge?  ....

... I used the new "With Love Boy" and merged the image with "Kai is One" ...

... I used it again on the inside in its raw state ...

I've made this for my grandbabies to give to my Mum on her birthday

To make this card I used:~

DP's ~ from my paper pile

CS ~ Stash

Sentiment ~ Create with TLC

Pearls ~ Stash

Tools ~ Pencil Crayons, Sansodor, Blending Stumps, Sewing Machine, Carla Craft Corner Punch