Tagged

I've had the same tag twice for this on but I don't mind cos I like this one!! The first time was from Beryl during the week (sorry I'm late!) and the second time is from Jo
You have to go to where you keep your pictures - go to the sixth album and choose the sixth picture in that album - upload it and explain it, then tag six more people.
So for my first picture (if you don't see me around any more, you'll know that DH has seen the pic and strangled me :))

For those of you who drop by on a regular basis, you will know that DH~ is a part time DJ. The hotel where he has a residency decided last year that they were having a 70s and 80 theme and he was booked in for the Christmas parties. He has had 70s gear since before I met him but it had somehow 'shrunk!' over the last few year so he decided to have a new out fit made. He ordered the shoes and tried them on as soon as he got up. What he hadn't realised was that I was taking photos of Christmas cards and had my camera in my hand.........hence the lovely shot of him in his jamas and platform soled shoes. How (un)cool LOL It's quite funny to see him dressed up as he also wears an afro wig. He is 6' 3" in his bear feet so is ginormous in shoes and wig :)

One for Jo.

This is Squirt, the smallest of our dippy cats. We were trying to pack to go to Greece last year and she wouldn't get out of the suitcase! She has to sit in any container she comes across.

Sorry about the delay in posting my pics, I got distracted by Dancing on Ice!

As most people have done this tag I won't list anyone just yet. If you haven't done it and are on my list then I will hunt you out over the next couple of days :)

Secret Crafter's

.........Saturday Sketch #5

The sketch last Saturday was by Jill but it also had a twist to it. This was the brief So now onto this week's challenge which is another fantastic sketch but this time with a twist. It has been set by our lovely DT member JILL. The twist to the sketch is that you must use the colours pink, white and brown.

Although the bottom paper looks lilac it is actually pale pink (the wonky colour matches the wonky scan :)) The bottom paper is from Pink Petticoat and I don't know what make the side paper is as they were both in my scrap box. The pattern on both papers and the card blank are the white element of my card. Both circles are punched with the Woodware whale of a punch from pale pink card which has been edged with pink chalk ink and brown leather effect card. The Imaginisce bird stamp was stamped with Versamark and embossed with a pink pearl powder. The 'Sherbert Pips' are from Craftwork Cards.............they may appear quite a lot from now on. I bought them at the craft fayre on Sunday and love them. It's a good job really as I got 5 assorted packs! At £1 and approximately 250 per bag it seemed a shame not to ;) I did share them with my mum though LOL
Brown organza ribbon is from Ribbon Oasis as usual.

Right now for Jo's tag!

THINGS I LOVE
My family, My friends, Jaffa cakes, Music, Cornwall

THINGS I DON'T LOVE

Dentists, Winter, Rude people, Butter beans bleugh!, Tea

FAVOURITE FOOD/DRINK
Coffee, Rice pudding, Chinese food

SONGS ON MY PLAYLIST/IPOD

Crikey, if I named all my favourite songs I'd still be sat here this time next year :))

At the moment I absolutely love

Black and Gold by Sam Sparro, Steppin Stone by Duffy, Spotlight by Jennifer Hudson, Th Boy Does Nothing by Alesha Dixon, If I Were A Boy by Beyonce, Will Young's new album plus several million others

Anything by Simply Red (got tickets to see them at the O2 Arena on 3rd December and in Sheffield at the end of March!!)

There you go Mrs K, all done :))

If anyone out there reads my blog, please consider yourself tagged and keep the fun going. XX

I've been tagged....

The "rules" of the game: Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

Ten years ago:
As well as running my own business I was doing a 'Helping in Schools' course which led to me being a Teaching Assistant for 7 years.
Five things on today's to-do list :
Make a 'teacher card (done-see below)
Take my Mum to her first ever craft show (and she spent £100 !),
take parents to Brodsworth Hall (a beautiful Victorian house in Yorkshire) for lunch,
make an exploding box (I've cut the layers and the lid so far!
Update blog (so far so good :))
Snacks I enjoy: Grapes and Chocolate, but I'm not really a snacky person
Things I would do if I was a billionaire:
Look after my family, friends and buy Cornwall (my passion)
Five places I have lived:
Kirkintilloch, Scotland, Cyprus, France, Belgium, Germany

If you haven't already done this one, consider yourself tagged!
Thanks for looking.

Two tags and an award!

by two Jos!!

So firstly we have the tag by Jo K (I think I'm only a couple of weeks late with this one - sorry Jo. I've done it before and it has been really difficult thinking of seven more facts.)

Rules: Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules to your blog; share seven random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog, we all want to know them; Tag seven random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs; Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

1. I'm scared of heights!

2. I have a real difficulty when it comes to walking over a bridge with any form of transport running under it, especially foot bridges at railway stations.

3. I absolutely love Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconi. I listen to them most nights and they make me laugh.

4. I have a sister and a brother, both younger than me.

5. I watch very little television.

6. I am very emotional and cry easily.

7. I just love email!!

now for this lovely award.

The award and the second tag are from Jo A

What I was doing 10 years ago: As well as running my own business I was doing a 'Helping in Schools' course which led to me being a Teaching Assistant for 7 years.

On my to-do list today: Making wedding invitations which involves punching 186 daisies (which I did!)

Snacks I enjoy: Chocolate, but I'm not really a snacky person

Things I would do if I was a billionaire: Look after my family and buy Cornwall (my passion)

Three of my bad habits: Not being able to say no x three!!!

Five places I have lived: Kirkintilloch, Scotland, Cyprus, France, Belgium, Germany

Five jobs I have had: Barmaid, selection box packer (!), housewife :), teaching assistant and best of all.............designer.

Thanks Jos LOL If you would like to play with the tags, please feel free.

I shall nominate Jo, Andrea, Jennifer, Sheila and Kathy

Right, back to work for a bit. Take care.

Tagged........

.............by Hazel and Jo. Sorry for being so late with this ladies but I am up to my eyes at the moment.
What were you doing 10 years ago?
Running my own business. I had a farm shop on a garden centre which I really enjoyed working at. I had the shop for about 18 months and then it all fell apart (along with my marriage-long story)

What were you doing 1 year ago?
Working on my first really major wedding order. I'd had loads of smallish orders in the three years before that but this one was massive! Oh and I had to make over 300 beaded dragonflies........boy were my fingers sore :)

Five snacks you enjoy:
Chocolate
Bananas
Cream teas (but with coffee-I don't drink tea)
I can't think of anything else as I'm not a snacky person.

Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
Pay for my eldest daughter to have IVF
Move to Cornwall and buy a business
Buy a holiday home in Zakynthos
Make sure all my family were looked after
Employ a cleaner ;) (don't you just hate it when the dreaded h****work gets in the way of crafting!)

Five things you like doing:
Making cards and wedding stationery
Blogging (and blog hopping)
Scrapbooking
Walking
Messing about in my garden when I get the time.

Five things you would never wear again:
Platform shoes
A clothes size 12!! (I only ever managed that once :))
Stillettos
Leg warmers (what purpose do they actually serve?)
Fur

Five favourite toys:
I can only think of one from my childhood and that was my Tressy doll. She had a button in the middle of her belly and when it was pushed, her hair grew! I had loads of clothes for her too. I can remember playing in the garden with her one day and putting her and all her clothes into a carrier bag while I went in for my lunch. When I came back out the bin men had taken her!! I was sooooo upset. I did get another one though.
My fave toys now are my lap top, printer, Big Shot, Craft Robo, my kettle (because it helps me make lots of yummy coffee during the day)

There, I think that's them all. I shall now tag

Andrea
Jo K
Anna
Lisababe
Rachel B

I forgot to say on my last post that I have been invited by http://www.theartisttradingclub.com/ to be a Guest in their ATC club. ATCs are not something I have ever got into but I have accepted their kind invitation and am really chuffed to have been asked.
I have also been asked to be the Guest Designer for the month of June on Di Hickman's blog. I am really chuffed to little mintballs!!! :)

I've been tagged....

..........by Jo. (I think I'm just avoiding work LOL)

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial, don't know what it's like though. We bought it in the January sales and it ain't up yet!!
3. When do you put up the tree? usually about th 15th of the month. I'll do it tomorrow while I'm watching Strictly (sad or what!)
4. When do you take the tree down? asap. (I have been known to take it down on New Year's Day!5. Do you like eggnog? No
6. Favourite gift received as a child? can't remember, but I always loved jigsaws (still do)
7. Do you have a nativity scene? no
8. Hardest person to buy for? it's a toss up between my dad and my 19 year old son.
9. Easiest person to buy for? youngest daughter
10. Worst Christmas gift ever received? an iron-don't say a word!!
11. Mail or email? definitely mail
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Miracle on 34th Street
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? no set time-if I see something during the year I buy it
14. Have you ever recycled/regifted a Christmas present? No
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? M & S iced madeira cake!
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night (it's just come on the radio!)
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? home on Christmas day and at mum and dad's for Boxing day as it's dad's birthday.
19. Can you name Santa's reindeer? erm.........I think so
20. Do you have an Angel on top of the tree or a star? star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas day morning
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? the rotten weather
23. Best thing about Christmas? seeing the kid's faces and spending the day together.

If you read this and fancy doing it, consider yourself tagged. Please leave me a message so I can read your answers!

Time flies!!!

I just can't believe that this week has passed so quickly! I must be getting really old as they say that time passes quicker as you get older. LOL

Down to the promised piccies of mum and dad's 'do'. They had a fabulous time and everything went swimmingly well. Dad got quite emotional when he saw us all coming down the aisle and again at the end of the service when the piper walked in playing (he thought the music "Flower of Scotland" was on cd!!) It was definitely worth all the long hours and sleepless nights to see the sheer enjoyment on their faces.

Sis, Mum, Brother and me! Michael Gordon (the piper), Mum and Dad Me, Michael, Mum, Dad, Sis and Brother

So now onto work! I have been working on another wedding order this week as well as finishing two and sending them out. I also had five cards ordered yesterday and I managed to ................(I hope you're sitting down at this point LOL) complete a challenge over on the Just Bex forum! The challenge was another one of Sue's templates (I just love these, they make my life so much easier)

Here are my efforts (I actually made more than one of these), the first being a Christmas card

Papers are by K & Ko and Blonde Moments and the stamp is by Rubber Stampede and is one of the first stamps I ever bought. The image is simply coloured with water colour pencils.

The next one is a thank you card to the vicar who performed last Saturday's service, from Mum and Dad. Papers are again by K & Co. Tag is from Crafts by Carolyn and the star brad was from my tub.

And the inside

I'm quite pleased with this, it's my first ever pop up card.

Yesterday I was asked for two congrats cards for the same girl who had passed her driving test and here are what I came up with

The next cards were another order which came in yesterday and one of them fits (sort of) Sue's template again.

Papers again by K & Co, can you tell I still love these pads?! Flowers are a mix of Papermania and Prima and the lovely pearl brad is by Papermania. I do like these brads at the mo. The second anniversary card is for the same person.

And that is it for now. Hopefully this week I might just manage a couple more challenges but don't hold your breath! Tomorrow I hope to finish the current order. All the seperate elements are done, I'm just in the process of putting them all together.

I'm also going to add a couple of new blog links to my side panel. These are blogs of ver talented people whose blogs I try to visit regularly.

I almost forgot, I was tagged the other day by Louly. I think this is the same one I did ages ago. Please be patient with me, I can't be bothered to go back and look what I put last time ;) If you haven't done it and would like to be tagged, then please feel free.

Here are the rules :1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.So, here are my seven facts

1. I love (most) music with the exception of Jazz and most C & W.

2. I always wanted to visit the Falkland Islands!

3. I would like to go up in a helicopter.

4. I always wanted to go down in a submarine (not sure why!)

5. I lived in Germany for 7 years.

6. I was a Teaching Assistant for 7 years.

7. I bit my nails until I was 26.

Look what I've got!!!

A clue...................it starts with C and ends with J and it is just luuuuuuuurvely. Another busy day in the Party Nights household so I thought I would show my third CJ which came home to roost about a fortnight ago. The groups involved were all members of the JB forum. We kept the groups small and the turnaround quite fast as there were a few peeps who were interested in joining but had never done one before. This acted as their 'taster' and everyone so far has said how much they enjoyed it.

Front and back covers

welcome and rules pages My pages

Baabaa's pages
Funky Fairy's pagesIosagan's pages

My sign in pages.

I was tagged by Hazel last week and after my 'harrowing' week ;), I promised I would do it today so here goes

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Sox Astra (I suppose it could have a 'famous' ring about it LOL)

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Vanilla Jaffacake (!)

3. YOUR "FLY Guy/Girl" NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) JWes

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Yellow Cat (I like that one)

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Eleanor Glasgow (has a definite soapy ring)

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Wesja

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put "The") The Black Coffee (which is what I spend my days drinking! lol)

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) John William

9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy) Miss Dior Fudge! (I'm saying nothing)

10. Witness protection name {mother & fathers middle names} neither of my parents have middle names

If you feel like playing along, please consider yourself tagged.