SHEEPISHLY SAYS HELLO

Well where has all the time gone??? Cant believe its been been so long since I've been here in blogging land.

For starters I am still working for TESCO - not bad seeing I was only supposed to be there 8 weeks - its now been 6 months. Still on a temporary contract - they just keep extending it - and this one runs out on April 5th so I will find out then whats happening. Still working lots of hours so crafting time has really taken a back seat, which I am missing so much. I have made some great friends working there and we have had a couple of nights out which has been great fun - me being the eldest which is strange when I'm going out drinking with 18 to 23 years olds.

Well in December I celebrated my 37th Birthday!!! I cant believe it! 37. Went out with the girls from work as one them was also 18 so it was a great night out. I would also like to thanks Alina for the beautiful earrings - I have worn them a few times now and people always comment on them - so thank you hun they are beautiful.

Christmas came and went and the kids had a blast. Both were spoilt rotten again! I was working over Christmas but I still had a great time. I also treated myself and bought a CRICUT - I had been putting money to the side and finally had enough to buy one! Guess what - it has been out the box once to have a play and now it is sat gathering dust as i just don't have the time to play with it.

I have managed to make, yes MAKE I hear you cry, two cards in all this time.

This one was for a friends uncle in Australia who had had a few operations and was very ill. She wanted it personalised with his name and she loved it.

And this was for her son to send to his girlfriend for Valentines.

Well going to get off as I have lots to catch up on. So happy blogging xxx

FUNNY MORNING - PLUS A VALENTINE BUG

FIRST THING.

My eldest daughter has 2 rats which she keeps in her bedroom (which i wish she wouldn't), well anyway this morning we all get up at 7am and Caitlyn goes to get washed. I go into her room to get her uniform out for her and there is only 1 rat in the cage. Well panic set in. The kids were running about making as much noise as possible (wrong thing to do) trying to find the rat. So i closed her bedroom door and said to leave the room for a while and get some breakfast then have a look for her. So at 7.30 this morning Caitlyn is sat in the middle of her floor with a piece of ham in her hand trying to tempt the poor lost thing out from where ever she was hiding. Next we heard a bit of scratching in her chest of draws - lo and behold there was Whiskers (her name) sat underneath the bottom draw. When I went to grab her she ran down the side of the bed where it is like a no mans land 'rubbish galore'. So I rang my neighbour (now its 8.05) who likes fishing, to borrow one of his nets. AND IT WORKED - I managed to snag the little **** and get her back into the cage.

Have to say it was quite funny - but then I was like, what would have happened if one of the dogs got her, or she managed to get one of the windows. The kids were delighted to have her back safe and sound and so was I.

SECOND THING



I made this card tonight - as once again hubby is sat on the playstation playing Tomb Raider. Well I don't really mind as there is never any thing on the telly.



I printed it off on my computer and decoupaged the little bug then added some colour. Really quick to do and basic (just the way I like to do them)

Another 'LUV' card

Here is another Valentine card that I made late last night, but I thought I would get the picture today in some proper light.

The dark brown card has the heart cut out and I have put it onto sticky fixers.



Been to a local wool shop this morning and came across these ribbons. Great value £1.00 for 5 metres - so all in all 15 metres for £3.00 squid. I also bought the new Dovecraft Retro Floral Prints paper pack for £2.50 and the Studio G Small Square Acrylic Block for £1.25.

VALENTINE CARD

UPDATED WITH A BETTER PIC



Over on the Crafts Beautiful Forum www.crafts-beautiful.co.uk they are running a competition where you have to design a Valentine card without using any Pink or Red.

So here is my effort.

I ran the card through my printer for the (I LOVE YOU) and used my QK to cut out the hearts. I then inked the edges and added some gold ink to the dark heart. I punched and added eyelets and thread ribbon through.



Once again the pictures are terrible, but then it is just after 10 at night. IF I remember I will take some more in the morning.