tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21338439168204086922024-03-05T12:06:35.967+00:00*~* Welcome to Lou's Arty Crafty Blog *~*Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03887400859179127736noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133843916820408692.post-84196305446265309842013-12-31T00:24:00.001+00:002013-12-31T00:24:23.997+00:00So I've been a little busy.....Hey followers!<br />
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Well a lot has happened since my last post!<br />
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November 2012 I found out I was pregnant! Very exciting news and something Mark and I have wanted for a very long time!<br />
January I found out the pregnancy was viable and could start getting excited. It was amazing seeing a little baby on the screen when I had my first scan!<br />
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I then waited for what seemed like forever for my 20 week scan where we found out we were expecting a boy! Just what I expected too! :o)</div>
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We then had a 28 week 4D scan because they looked amazing and we wanted to see what our little chap looked like in Utero! He was and still is a thumb sucker!</div>
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We went and got a Bump shoot done at 36 weeks. I got my hair and make up done before. I thought it would be the last time in a long while before I got to do something like this again! I was right!<br />
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July 21st 2013 baby Zachary Reginald Lee was born 6 days overdue weighing 8lbs 2oz and 54cm long! No wonder I could feel his legs in my rib cage!!</div>
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I had a beautiful hypno water birth with gas and air and was in labour 8 hours from start to finish. I got everything i'd planned and couldn't have been happier!</div>
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Zac is now just over 5 months old and is the complete love of my life! It's been hard but I am loving being a Mummy!!</div>
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Obviously my crafting has taken a firm back seat. Plus this little monkey stole my craft room ;o)</div>
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Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and I hope 2014 is a happy one!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03887400859179127736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133843916820408692.post-40478825876464059452012-09-30T12:03:00.000+01:002012-09-30T12:03:00.264+01:00Squiggles Stamps Challenge - Create A Scene!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I bring to you yet another exciting challenge from <a href="http://www.squigglestamps.blogspot.co.uk/">Squiggles Stamps Blog</a> - <em>Create A Scene!</em></div>
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For the challenge you just have to make a scene, nothing else. You can use any
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As you can see from the close up of my card, I have used the lovely <a href="http://www.squigglestamps.co.uk/catalog/xtra-picket-fence-p-126.html">Picket Fence</a> which is currently on sale for 40p and <a href="http://www.squigglestamps.co.uk/catalog/raggy-pony-p-186.html/">Raggy Pony</a> which is also on sale for 90p from the <a href="http://www.squigglestamps.co.uk/catalog/">Squiggle Stamps Shop</a>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03887400859179127736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133843916820408692.post-69336177579893516272012-09-09T12:00:00.000+01:002012-09-09T12:00:03.533+01:00Squiggles Stamp Challenge - Punches and Dies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The theme for this challenge is <i>Punches and Dies </i>and here is what i've made following that theme...</div>
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Squiggles Stamp <a href="http://www.squigglestamps.co.uk/catalog/fairy-wishes-p-55.html">Fairy Wishes</a> digi</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03887400859179127736noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133843916820408692.post-67895214148135827222012-09-06T18:55:00.001+01:002012-09-06T18:56:52.618+01:00Congratulations to a great friend.....!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
One of my best friends has just got engaged! She has wanted this for so long and her now Fiance has finally asked her!</div>
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<i>Congratulations Heather and Ben!!</i></div>
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I saw this image and though it was too cute not to use. This digi is from Prairie Fairy Designs and called <a href="http://www.prairiefairydesigns.com/cart/Sugar-n-Spice-071.html">The Proposal</a>. Isn't it just perfect?!<br />
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This weeks challenge theme is 'Colour Board'. You are to use the colours on the board below for your creation. Please visit <a href="http://www.squigglestamps.blogspot.co.uk/">Squiggle Stamps Blog</a> to find out more and enter the challenge!<br />
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For this card I used a lovely Squiggles Stamp called <a href="http://www.squigglestamps.co.uk/catalog/cupcake-girl-p-53.html">Cupcake Girl</a>. Isn't she cute? She is a bargain price of £1.79 and you can get her straight away as she is a digi! This challenge has lots of lovely girlie colours to play with, so you should all have fun with this one, just like I did!<br />
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Who else has read Fifty Shades of Grey? Did you enjoy it?
I stalled and stalled, didn't want to be a sheep, but eventually caved and read the trilogy within a week because I simply had to find out what all the fuss was about!! I couldn't put it down depsite finding it a little repetative and not all that well written in places!! I did find myself thinking that a lot of what was written was very english, despite the characters being american. An american would not say half the phrases written! Did anyone else find that? Any american friends wonder what the heck something meant?<br />
However, I'm now looking forward to seeing the film when it eventually comes out! <br />
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Who do we think should play the lead parts? Jessie Pavelka or Matthew Bomer or takes my vote for Christian Grey.
Swoooooooon!
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I think for Anastasia Steele it's a bit more tricky!! I think Lilly Collins would suit really well. I am not sure Emma Watson is right for the part, but thats just my personal opinion! See what I mean with the pics below? I just can't see it!<br />
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So, onto the point of this post!! My sexy card! ;o) Oh yes, we have an Anastasia Steele like digi here. A massive thanks to Krista of <a href="http://saturatedcanary.blogspot.co.uk/">Saturated Canary</a> who designed this digi for all us Fifty Shades of Grey fans out there! This image is called
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03887400859179127736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133843916820408692.post-88280752740696226442012-07-29T22:10:00.002+01:002012-07-29T22:19:58.690+01:00More garden fun..!As some of you will know, I have tried my hardest to become a 'gardener'. This does not come naturally to me! I kill most house plants just by looking at them! BUT, so far the garden is actually blooming! I am very proud! :o)
The front of our house had a pathetic little strip of grass which was useless, and I have wanted to dig it up for years, but never got round to doing it, until now! I unfortunately forgot to take a before photo, but i'm sure you can image from my description what it looked like! Rather than grass it was a mass of 3ft high weeds most of the time, which seemed to come back and multiply no matter what I did to them!
SO, this is what Mark and I spent a whole day doing during this nice summer weather we currently have here in the UK (although it now seems to have gone again!)
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We had some beautiful lavendar plants at the end by the footpath which the bumble bees and butterflies loved, but I think I got a bit carried away with the pruning last year and one of them died, so this one looked a bit lonely by itself. I did think about rescuing it....<br />
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..but I didn't like them all that much as the smell of lavender isn't my favourite scent, unfortunately! I also couldn't get the thing out of the ground for almost 2 hours, and ended up having to hack it to death thanks to the roots having grown into the pavement and concrete! I had a work out, I can tell you!<br />
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This is a much better look, don't you think!? I've always hated that dark brown paint! :o) This is just after I had finished sanding it all down. We then had to get some decking cleaner and scrub it like mad and then pressure wash it all off which took forever and the garden was a mass of bubbles!<br />
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Me, hard at work with the pressure washer! It was fun at first, then after the first block I was about ready to give up! It wasn't too much fun watching the gigantic spiders come out from underneath it, as i'm sure they wondered what on earth was going on. I am not a spider fan, they freak me out compleatly! I am ashamed to admit that I did blast them with the washer.......and they did go for a small flight!</div>
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As I have a Craft Robo, I have created a template especially for these notebooks so I don't have to holepunch each individual hole for the spiral edge. So much easier! I like to replace the front page that the notebook comes with and use my own pretty card, as it's usually paper that it comes with, so wouldn't last very long.</div>
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I have fixed some hotfix crystals to the beginning letter of each word which took quite a long time! But I think it was worth it for a subtle bit of sparkle.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I can't wait to join the team and I hope all my blog followers will hop over and take a look at </span><a href="http://www.squigglestamps.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Squiggle Stamps Blog</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and take part in the challenges from time to time! There is also a </span><a href="http://www.squigglestamps.co.uk/catalog/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Squiggle Stamps Shop</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> which carries a unique range of cute and whimsical stamps designed by a talented team of illustrators available as Digital Stamps so why not pop over and pick a few you like to join in the next challange? Everyone is welcome to join in the challenges...no rules except to have FUN! If
you do use one of Squiggle Stamps images, you have double the chance of winning - please do 2
link entries (one to your blog and another to the actual post).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'd like to say a big thanks to the Squiggle Stamps team for picking me, I am so grateful. I know this is really going to be a good thing for me, and will get me back into the swing of crafting which I desperately want to do!
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Also a big congratulations to the other 2 girls who also got a positions!<br />
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To celebrate I will be putting together some BLOG CANDY in the next day or so, so please pop buy during the week and enter!<br />
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Hope you all had a lovely sunny weekend and got the BBQ's out FINALLY!! UK summer is here?? Well, maybe I won't get my hopes up too much yet! ;o)<br />
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I have got into cake decorating after going on a cupcake decorating course just before christmas with a neighbour and we had a blast! So off I went to Hobbycraft and bought a load of cake making tools to play with.
This is the result I got when using the sunflower icing plunger!
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I actually dyed the icing myself too, so I could get the right colours! It was messy fun!<br />
I layered the sunflowers up and curled the edge of the petals, as well as painting on some dye to make them look more life-like! I had a few little misshaps when curling the petals, so thank goodness for icing glue! haha<br />
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I let the sunflowers dry before putting them on the giant cupcake as they just flop otherwise....tried and tested!<br />
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I used my craft robo to cut out a case to put around the edge too.<br />
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Marks grandmother was thrilled with the cake which apparently tasted great too. It was a lemon cake filled with lemon fromage frais.<br />
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I was pretty pleased with how it turned out! It was horrible cutting it, that's for sure! All that effort and then its gone! But it's worth it!<br />
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The digis I am talking about are designed by a lady called Krista Smith and she has a wonderful shop called <a href="https://saturated-canary.myshopify.com/">Saturated Canary</a> where you can buy some great digi's, as well as a <a href="http://saturatedcanary.blogspot.co.uk/">Blog</a> which is a very interesting read and ALSO a <a href="http://saturatedcanarychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/">Challenge Blog</a>!
I have decided to do this weeks <a href="http://saturatedcanarychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/current%20challenge">Challenge</a> which is called Bling It Out!
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Saturated Canary Freebie Stamp - Fancy</div>
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ProMarkers - Baby Pink, Pale Pink, Ice Grey, Walnit, Cocoa, Forest Green & Yellow</div>
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Sakura - White Gelly Roll Medium #50</div>
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Adhesive White Pearls & Clear Crystals</div>
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Deco Pen - Just Glitter - Silver</div>
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Paper - NitWit Cotton Candy Kisses, glitter and Mirror Card</div>
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I would also like to add my card to the following challenge blogs who I have recently found and like the sound of! -<br />
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<a href="http://just-hanna-stamps.blogspot.co.uk/">Hanna and Friends Challenge Blog</a> - Pink<br />
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<a href="http://cinspirations.blogspot.co.uk/">Creative Inspirations</a> - Pink, Pearls and Glitter<br />
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I have been a busy bee today!! I found this <a href="http://www.kanbancrafts.com/uk/proddetail.php?prod=STAMP05">Kanban Lighthouse Stamp Set</a> that I bought a few months ago, and never got round to using them!!</div>
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I really enjoyed making these cards, even though they are quite similar! Great cards for men, me thinks! Don't often create mens cards as I don't find them as fun, but this was different, which makes a nice change!</div>
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<em><strong>Papers</strong> - Nitwit Collection - Land Ho Collection</em></div>
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The image reminded me of where my husband proposed to me back in 2010, at Beachy Head, Eastbourne. I think that's probably why it attracted me! :o)<br />
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For those of you who are interested, Beachy Head is a chalk headland, in Southern England close to the town of Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex, immediately east of the Seven Sisters. The cliff there is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162 m (530 ft) above sea level. The peak allows views of the south east coast from Dungeness to the east, to Selsey Bill in the west. If you ever get the chance to go, you won't be dissapointed with the view, especially if its a brilliant day like the one in this picture!<br />
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recently and decided to decorate a few gifts for people who's birthdays are coming up!!<br />
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I found these glass nail files in the supermarket
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I have tried out these 3 design ideas to start with but I think I will give letters a whirl when I pop out and buy some more next week! What do you think?<br />
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I am pleased with the end result, considering it was my practice run! :o)<br />
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I hope you like them!<br />
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I CAN'T BELIEVE I NEVER POSTED MY WEDDING STATIONARY ON HERE!<br />
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I was, and still am extremly proud of what I made for my wedding, and I even had it printed in Creative Cardmaking Magazine in the Letters section!<br />
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So, here is all the wedding stationary, favours and decorations I made for my wedding. I hope you like them and would love to hear your comments!
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Post Box Lid made of shells</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wish Tree Basket</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh dear!!! Looks like I failed getting back into blogging! Looking at the post below, its been almost a year! Oops!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've had a bit of a nightmare trying to get used to this new blogger which is linked in with my Google+ account! I was struggling with the previous 'new' version, which is partly why I gave up in the end with posting! I have almost got it to how I want it - it will just have to do for now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, what have I been up to since last October I hear you ask? (If anyone still bothers to look at my blog, I don't blame you if you don't!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The answer to this question is quite long! I think i'll just start with 2012!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">My husband Mark and I have done a lot of jet setting recently, due to a business trip and our 1st Wedding Anniversary! I can't believe how quickly the year has gone since our wedding last May.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our first trip abroad was to Allen, Texas. It's basically just outside Dallas and if i'm honest, just as boring. But I managed to do a few shopping trips, so can't complain! This was for Marks business trip. We decided as we were not too far from Georgia that we would pay a visit to see my friends once Mark has finished his work. So after a week in Allen we got on another plane to Atlanta! Having not been to Atlanta before and not seeing my friend since my wedding, I was rather excited to be there to say the least...! Georgia is beautiful, lovely and green and everything is layed out so neatly but doesn't all look the same in most places!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> We had a lovely long weekend with our friends and I was very lucky to be with Jen when she chose her wedding dress! The happy couple are getting married in a few months time and i'm honoured to be their Bridesmaid! I also got to pick my dress too, which was great. Counting down the day's until their special day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After our long weekend in Atlanta, we then drove all the way down to South Florida to see some friends! I think the drive was about 8 hours in total after a few stops along the way down the Turnpike! I even had a go at driving, which I was really proud of! It was very odd being on the wrong side of the car and the wrong side of the road all at once, but it's good to force yourself to do these things in life, otherwise you miss out!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Universal Studios, Orlando, FL - May 2012</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> We then drove back up Florida to Orlando where we paid Harry Potter World a visit at Universal Studios! I was SO excited!! It was done so well. When we went a few years ago, it was supposed to have opened but it got delayed by a week so we just missed it. I'm so glad we got to go back again. The ride was really good, but I think next time i'll take some motion sickness tablets!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We then drove back up to Georgia again and spent another weekend with our friends and then flew back home. :o( It was a very busy 2 weeks!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our 1st Wedding Anniversary - Dominican Republic - May 2012</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Wedding Day - 28th May 2011</td></tr>
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Our next trip was for out first wedding anniversary! We decided to book a last minute deal so we could go somewhere really nice at an affordable price!! We ended up booking a 2 week holiday to Costa Dorada, Dominican Republic in the Carribean. We had a wonderful time and it was brilliant weather for the whole 2 weeks. I even have my tan still, despite this horrible english weather!!</div>
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<br />Once we got back we decided to knuckle down and get on with finishing the garden. As you will see from my previous post it was coming together quite nicely, but it was a lot of hard work and rather expencive!!</div>
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I have now pretty much finished the garden and we are both really pleased with the end result, especially now summer is here and I could make up my pots and hanging baskets! They are gradually blooming, but it's taking a bit longer as the sun won't come out for long! All I need now is a weeks worth of hot weather so I can sand down and re-paint the decking and then I will be happy! </div>
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I am slowly getting back into the craft room these days after a very long break!!<br />
<br />Time is flying by and there always seems to be something to do! My current project is making my garden look respectable!! We have lived in our house for 4 years now and never really touched the garden apart from adding some decking and replacing some fallen down fences. It's so far been very hard work, but very rewarding work! I can't wait until we get it finished, but unfortunately that is a month or so off yet!! <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">We have to wait for our new shed to be delivered, so in the mean time I have been making a few cards!!</span></div>
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It's my Dads birthday today, but since he is on holiday with my Mum he will get it a bit later than usual! He has recently got himself a bright orange bike, and although he looks nothing like this biker dude in the image by <a href="http://www.kennykdownloads.com/">KennyKDownloads</a>, I thought this image was rather fitting!!! I love KennyK images right now and his latest additions to the Steampunk Burlesque girls!! Keep an eye out for some more cards with this guys images on!! ;oD<br />
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I am entering this card into a challenge over at <a href="http://stlukescharitycardschallenge.blogspot.com/">St Lukes Charity Cards Challenge Blog</a>.<br />
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Male themed cards are being called for, so this fits the bill!!<br />
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Measurement of stickers are approx 4x2cm.<br />
65 stickers per sheet.<br />
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First 2 rows with picture/website logo = £1.50 per sheet <br />
3rd row without picture/website logo = £1.00 per sheet<br />
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Postage - £0.58 per sheet (UK only). If you're from abroad, please ask me for postage cost.</span></div><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span class="text_exposed_show">Combined postage if you order more.<br />
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<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03887400859179127736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133843916820408692.post-51809599134079768002011-06-29T22:28:00.000+01:002011-06-29T22:28:48.751+01:00I'm back from my paradise honeymoon! Booo! AND Blog Candy Winner Announcement!Hi everyone,<br />
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Me and the hubby are back from <em><strong>THE MALDIVES!!!</strong></em> Mark took me to an island called <em>Meeru</em>. It was so perfect!<br />
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We had an amazing time, and so wish we were still there, sunning ourselves!! We were so relaxed and it was basically how I imagined paradise to be! My hubby is the best!<br />
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BLOG CANDY WINNER - I'd like to congratulate <a ?="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" myfirstblog-dora.blogspot.com="">http://myfirstblog-dora.blogspot.com/</a><br />
">Dora who guessed correctly! Please email me your home address and I will pop your surprise in the post!<br />
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Thought you might all like to see a few honeymoon pictures:<br />
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I am going to get back into crafting once all the washing, ironing and wedding thank you's etc are out the way, so watch this space!!<br />
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Have not had as many enteries as normal, so thought i'd do another post in hope you would see it in your newsfeeds!!!<br />
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If you have not already, please enter yourself into my blog candy, which ends 13th June!<br />
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Go here - <a href="http://lulus-cards.blogspot.com/2011/05/in-celebration-of-my-forthcoming.html">http://lulus-cards.blogspot.com/2011/05/in-celebration-of-my-forthcoming.html</a><br />
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Best wishes,<br />
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Not got any offical photos yet to show off, but here are a few taken by family and friends of my wedding day on the 28th May:<br />
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Mark and I had a fantastic day and the rain held off when it mattered!! Thank goodness!<br />
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Just wanted to do a very quick post to say a big THANK YOU to those of you who have taken the time to send Mark and I a card and/or pressie. You are all so kind and we really appreciate it. <br />
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We have not opened any cards yet, as we are saving them for the Wedding Day/following day, which is why we haven't thanked you yet. We will eventually, I promise!!<br />
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Thanks also to those of you posting your well wishes on here.<br />
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I am currently feeling surprisingly chilled out, despite my big day tomorrow, so enjoying it while it lasts!! lol<br />
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Sorry for the severe lack of posts recently. Wedding preparations have been keeping me extremely busy, and I have had to take a short break from Pear Tree Designs Challenge Blog, where I am on the DT, in order to finish off my Wedding stationary!!<br />
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Anyway! SURPRISE BLOG CANDY TIME! <br />
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I thought as it's my Wedding Day in 3 weeks time, and then my surprise Honeymoon organised by my wonderful Fiance, I would do a <span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;"><em><strong>Surprise Blog Candy</strong></em></span> for all my lovely followers!<br />
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What I would like you to do is the following:<br />
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<ul><li><strong>Guess where I might be going on my 2 weeks honeymoon using the clues below:</strong></li>
</ul><ol><li>I have had to have 2 jabs consisting of, Tetnus, Diphtheria, Polio and Hepatitis A.</li>
<li>The flight is direct and between 1 and 24 hours long (not sure how helpful that is, lol)</li>
<li>It's somewhere I've not been before, so that rules out Tenerife, Orlando, New York, Chicago, Dallas, France, Portugal, Zante-Greece and Norway!</li>
</ol><ul><li><strong>Become a follower if you're not one already.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Post the picture below on your blog with a link back to my blog for me</strong></li>
<li><strong>Post your answer below <em>(maximum of 2 per blog please!) by the 13th June @ 12pm.</em></strong></li>
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The <strong>first one</strong> to guess the location will win. I will announce the winner sometime between the <u>29th-30th June.</u><br />
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Lots of luck, and please feel free to give me any Wedding Day advice!! I am pretty stressed but excited about it! :o)<br />
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This weeks challenge is for you to make a card/project to do with <span style="color: magenta;"><strong>Mothers Day</strong></span>!<br />
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Here is my DT card:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week our sponsor is <a href="http://ididitcreations.com/blog/?page_id=30">Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More </a>and they will be offering the lucky winner a fab prize!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Challenge 41 is up and running over at <a href="http://peartreedesigns.blogspot.com/">Pear Tree Designs Challenge Blog</a> and this week we would like you to make a <strong>Happy Birthday card/project</strong>!<br />
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I have soooo many birthday's coming up in the next few months, I am never going to have time to make them all with all my wedding stuff I still have to do!! Moonpig.com will be my saviour, as much as I hate buying cards....!<br />
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Our sponsor for this week challenge is <a href="http://cardmadfairys-creations.blogspot.com/">CardMadFairy's Creations</a> who very kindly gave the DT a few images to play with. I have chosen All Dressed Up, available over on our sponsors blog for a bargain price of 99p!<br />
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Here is my DT card:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All enteries must be in by 4pm on Sunday, and you may submit up to 2 cards/projects only!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Good luck all and hope you have a fab week!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/133/9C1C356CEAA8015B5FFDEDC0330D92AE.png" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03887400859179127736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2133843916820408692.post-38441990754248527822011-03-20T20:40:00.002+00:002011-03-20T20:42:14.855+00:00Happy Birthday Jack!Hi everyone,<br />
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A friend of mines son is 6 next week and she asked me to make him an <span style="color: orange;">'Anng - The Last Airbender'</span> birthday card for him, and this is what I came up with after scanning Google for quite some time!! Thanks to my rather handy Craft Robo I was able to cut out the writing! My Fiance Mark helped me make the 6 badge in Aangs hand on Paint Shop Pro, and do all these cool effects. I am useless with that program, far to many buttons!!!<br />
I have used the decoupage craft for Aang so it looks as if he is popping out of the page. I am pretty pleased with it! I just hope he likes it too! Apparently it will be going up on his wall - bless.<br />
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