Some fathers day cards :)

Hi Everyone!

I thought I would share these with you, as I know many of us stugggle with male cards, including me!

My fab papermania stamps have come to the resue once again, hurray!
I've also taken inspiration from my lovely pal Carole, with her string and button embellishments, and tried to make a few of my own, these are with paper string :)

These wonderful sentiment stamps came in really handy too, you can download them from the craft cottage website :) Thank you Carole and the craft cottage, your ideas have really helped me put these cards together.

I hope you're all having a lovely sunny and happy day!

Chat soon...

Suzie xxxxxx :)

Some Lovely Treasures :)

Hi Everyone!

Firsty, I just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU for all your lovely comments. They are always so encouraging and very much appreciated. It's lovely to know I have so many wonderful crafty pals :)

I have always loved all things crafty, but it was only in the last few years since dipping my toe into the world of cyber crafting (so to speak) that I was lucky enough to meet and link up with so many wonderful people who share the same love as me, craft!!! :)

Since then, I have received so many wonderful gifts and beautiful swap items.
I have decided I must now share them with you all, so promise to pop some of these wonderful things on my blog over the next few weeks.

So....
I will begin this post by saying a BIG THANK YOU to Sue and Donna, my lovely Do Craft pals, who sent me the most wonderful things this week.

Sue sent me the most amazing handmade treasure box filled to the brim with a huge about of scrummy goodies, thank you soooo much Sue! I adore everything, and will treasure my treasure box always! xxxx :)

Also, a big thank you to Donna for my lovely card and fab ATC. What made it extra special was the little message and kisses written by her Grand children, how sweet! Thank you boys, sending you lots of xxxxs back! :)

Anyway, sorry for waffling, but I really did just want to say thanks everyone!!

Big Hugs!

Suzie xxxxxx :)

Long time, no blog :)

Hi Everyone!

Well, while the whole of England sits chewing their nails watching the world cup, I thought I would slip on here and update my blog, afterall, it has been a while, sorry, sometimes the boring stuff just gets in the way.

But, the good news is....
that although I've not recently found the time to update my blog, I have managed to sqeeze in some crafting, hurray!

Here are some pics of the fat page I made for my lovely crafty buddy Tracy. She recently had the most beautiful little baby girl. A lot of us got together and made a baby girl page, which the lovely Susie J very kindly bound together and sent to Tracy when she had her lovely baba. I've also included a pic of the her baby card too :)

It's such a treat for me to play with soooo much pink! as my house is full of males, and lots of smelly socks too, lol!

Dispite all the recent hecticness in our household, I've also managed to make my lovely Mum some crafty gifts, I can't spill the beans just yet, as she may be watching, but once I know they've arrived safe and sound, I will share with you all.

Also, before I go, I must just tell you about the most wonderful gift I received today in the post, something just totally scrummy from my lovely crafty pal Sue Bubbles, oooooh it's just soooooo lovely, I can't wait to show you all, once I sort out a few pics :)
Thank you sooooo much Sue, you really are a lovely pal, and a very talented crafter too :)

Anyway my lovelies, I hope you all have a great time watching the footy, and if it's not your cup of tea (not really sure if it's mine, lol!)I hope you have a wonderful evening anyway :)

Big hugs
Suzie xxxxx :)

Some garden pals and a snoozy cat too :)

Hi Everyone!

I thought you might like to see our little garden visitor, she's a lovely dark rabbit called Jasmine who lives next door, she often pops into our garden has a nibble at the flowers and then bounces off home, lol!
We're very fond of her, and it's lovely to have a rabbit in the garden again:)

I've posted some pics of our lovely little bunny Barley who sadly died a couple of years ago :( but thought you may like to see him too, he was sooooo cute!

Ooooh and I popped in a pic of Murphy our ginger tom, I thought he looked very cute snoozing his troubles away, it's a hard life hey? lol!

Happy Sunday everyone!
Suzie xxxxxx :)

A random selection of recent cards :)

An early night, and few cakes too!!!

Hi everyone!

Yesterday, I decided it was time to take action (in my quest to loose some unwanted flab!) so went for a power walk, lol! Well, I walked fast and all up hill too! that's about as powerful as it gets, lol!

Later I again did the same walk (at a slower pace) to collect my kids from school. Well, I have to say, I think it did me the power of good, I felt pooped by 8pm and amazingly enough for me, went to bed at 8.30pm! Gosh! I'm normally such a night owl, but boy do I feel good this morning :) and better still, no late night snacking, hurray!!!!

Anyway, I thought you might like to take a peek at the all the cakes my son Zach who's nine made for his class cake sale. They hope to raise enough money to buy a class pet! They were each asked to bake ten cakes each, but Zach is sooo keen he made a just a few more, lol!

Suzie xxxxx :)

Some Vintage ATCs, I think I'm hooked!

I've only recently discovered the joy of ATC's. Which began this year when I took part in an ATC swap on the Do Crafts website. So far I have made one for each month with a different theme, and have also received some wonderful cards too.

As I'm on a bit of crafting roll at the moment, I decided to have a rumage through my stash boxes, and see what treasures I could find to make up some of my own.

I thought I'd try out the vintage look and came across some beautiful vintage rub on images with a touch of sparkle, so decided to give it a whirl, and am delighted with the results. It's a great way to use up lots of your scrap paper too :)

My children collect football and Dr.Who cards, and at this rate it looks like I'll be joining them with my own little collection too now, lol!

Happy Crafting everyone!

Suzie xxxxx :)