2 cappucino's, 2 latte's, 2 slices of banana bread and a fruit scone..

Now before you think I had all of the above myself let me set you straight! After I dropped the mutts (don't tell them I called them mutts!!) off at DDC I met my friend Annette at a new coffee shop called D'Lish...how's that for a name!! I had the cappucino's and ONE banana bread and Annette scoffed the rest. Said she didn't have any breakfast....hmmmmm....must remember to use that one next time LOL. We were only supposed to meet up for an hour but in the end we went to Country Baskets and Flower Scene to get bits for a project Annette is starting. Of course I couldn't let her spend on her own so I bought some ribbon cuz I ain't got none LOLOLOLOL! Just jesting with you...

Here are a few jars of ribbon I've collected over the years! Before the ribbon was in the jars they were in drawers and bags all tangled up. My mom...the Judy...spent hours on one of her trips separating all the lengths into colours and stuffing them into the jars. How's that for motherly love LOL?! My friends will know that thats not ALL my ribbon...I do have some more in drawers and boxes but those are nice and tidy on reels. I've also got 2 racks behind the door with spools and 2 wooden rails above the radiator filled with spools. I think I have an addiction...I'm a ribbon addict...and proud of it ; ) I'll take a picture of the ribbon tomorrow...gorgeous colours and very reasonably priced at £6.60 for 3 rolls, each with 20 metres.

I made 7 cards today woot woot!!! (6 of one design)...the most I've made in ages in one sitting. Very chuffed with myself :) I'll post them tomorrow with all the details.

Thanks for stopping by.

Catch ya later x

24 hours later...

This is what I woke up to today...how fickle is the Scottish weather???!!! The water has resided in the back yard though it is still a bit soggy. It was pointed out to me by Fee that photo 3 in the post below needs a bit of photoshop done to it! Wasn't sure what she meant until I clicked on it... LOLOLOL ... didn't notice the steamy mound on the left. My apologies if anyone else spotted it and was put off their breakfast/lunch/dinner!

I had a lovely lunch with my friend Jean today. It had been ages since we'd seen each other so there was a lot of catching up to do. Steven joined us for a bit before we went our separate ways.

I made this Nikki card the other night...I'd been wanting to use this image for ages. I'm just glad I don't have as many dogs as she does...I have enough to do with my two LOL. I coloured her in with my Prisma's, Sansador and stumps...check out the grass...I did that all by myself! I saw a tutorial for grass on SCS by Paula Tracy...her colouring is stunning...and it was pretty straight forward. The cs is Bazzill and ribbon and button PTI. The ribbon wasn't the right shade of brown so I coloured over it with my Copics! Of course I had to add some glitter so the bow on one dogs got some as did Nikki's sweater. I wish I looked this glam when I took Ruby and Rocky out LOL.

Glittered bow and man-made (or should I say woman-made lol) grass!

Here's a closeup of the button...I love PTI buttons ... this is the first one I've used. I'm afraid to use them in case I have none left LOL...how pathetic is that!

That's it for me for tonight. I've got a free day tomorrow...dogs are in Doggy Daycare and I'm meeting up with my friend Annette early for a quick coffee then it's nose to the grind stone. I'm hoping to have some news for you very soon ; )

Catch ya later x

New goodies...and more rain!!

I'll start with with bad...I know I go on a lot about the weather here but is it any wonder when you wake up to this...

We have a Waterboard pump beside our house and because of all the rain one of the pumps broke down and instead of pumping the water away it all just flowed into our back yard. These pictures really don't do the flood justice! At least it wasn't the sewage we had a few years ago...I won't even start to tell you what was floating around!!!

Enough of that...how about this... much more exciting than rain lol. I met up with my SU! friend Elaine on Sunday at Braehead to pick up my Circle of Friendship stamps and Old Olive ribbon I had ordered. I got to meet Elaine's 2 month old daughter Erin who was beautiful. She was sleeping very contentedly so I never got a cuddle but next time I'm going to make sure I give her a little nudge so I can! Then on Monday I met up with Fee at Silverburn...don't I get around lol...to pick up my goodies that I'd ordered from Papertrey Ink. It's quite expensive to get things shipped from them so 3 of us went in to share the costs but I don't really think it was much cheaper. I got Everyday Button Bits stamp set, Hibiscus Burst grosgrain ribbon and a roll of twine. When I get to play with everything is the $64,000 question!

I'm going to see Fleet Foxes with my friend Pauline. We booked it so long ago I can't even remember what songs they sing LOL. I'll let you know tomorrow. I'm off and running....

Catch ya later x

Feeling rough...but it's not what you think...

So...how's your weekend been so far? Mine's been pretty good...Saturday was the wedding and need I tell you the weather wasn't nice? But that didn't stop it being a beautiful day. The ceremony, in Bothwell, was lovely...there was tears and laughter... the bride was beautiful as was my friend who was wearing a beautiful pink dress (which shocked a lot of us when she walked into the church as she wears either black, cream, navy or burgundy!) A mini bus was arranged to take those who weren't driving to the reception at The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh. I was going solo (it's a long story!) and I didn't fancy the drive back from Edinburgh so I hopped on the bus with the others. There was drinks to keep us going until dinner...although I had a glass (plastic cup lol) of champagne on the bus, I stuck to water the rest of the night as I was driving back from the church. The meal was delicious and the speeches entertaining. Then came the band...I don't know who they were but they were fab. I didn't take part in the dancing much (another long story!) although I did a mean Conga in between courses lol! If anyone has been to an Italian wedding they'll know they're very lively : ) There was a lot of Gay Gordon and barn style dancing going on which I definitely made sure my bum was firmly fixed to my seat. I'm surprised there are no serious injuries when these 'dances' are going on as they look extremely dangerous and I swear it's an excuse for people to fling each other about..bodies were flying all over the place!! I managed to get back on the mini bus about 12:30 and was home in my bed for 1:55am....and that my dear peeps is why I'm feeling rough...nothing to do with alcohol but lack of sleep. Sorry it's nothing more exciting lol. I did forget to take a picture of the wedding card...I had it boxed and wrapped before I realized.


I did take a picture of a card I made tonight for my neighbor's granddaughter who is 3 this week.

I love these Penny Black images...I think she's one of my favourites and perfect for a little girl. I stamped her in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her with my Copics...haven't used those babies for a while and I'm sure they've felt neglected! The cs is Bazzil but I don't know where the pp is from...I've had it forever. The sentiment is computer generated and ribbon SU! For some reason the star doesn't look great but believe me in person it is twinkling bright : )

I'm going to try and have an early night tonight as I've another busy week ahead of me. I'm really looking forward to one day saying I've nothing much happening lol but I can't see that happening in the near future. In fact it's going to be the exact opposite.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Catch ya later x

ps There are hopefully going to be a few changes to my blog this week...hope you'll like them : )

It's going to be a white wedding....

Uh...no, it's going to be a WET wedding!! Poor Lucia, the weather is foul...not a nice day at all. Hopefully by the time the ceremony etc starts it will have perked up a bit. I'm just about to take the dogs out for a decent walk before I get all gussied up ... it will be a change to wear high heels and a dress instead of a waterproof and wellies lol!!!

No eye candy today...I got caught up in the card, deliveries and ironing yesterday so didn't get a chance to take a picture of the wedding card. I'll do that before I leave and post it tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow I'm meeting my UK SU! Demonstrator Elaine for a coffee and to pick up some goodies I ordered from her at Brae Head....woot woot...I'l post a piccie of that tomorrow too. I don't think I ordered much and my brain isn't allowing me to remember so I'll be just as surprised as you!

Catch ya later x

You can do it...B & Q it!!

I'm just back from my regular Thursday night with Sadie. She wanted new wallpaper so we spent an hour in B & Q! Not how I thought I was going to spend my night LOL. She was happy and that's the main thing. Because I was so good Sadie treated me to tea and a bluberry and cheesecake muffin at Rosso in Bothwell...yuuuuummmmeeeee : )

I didn't get much done today...I don't know how many attempts it took me to get the wedding card on the right track. The card is finished and the box is half completed but I should really have got it done and dusted and more besides. Then my neighbour phoned looking for some wedding cards...I didn't have any but when I was showing her my Nikki cards she loved the bride one so bought it! I sold my first Nikki card...woot woot ;) She also bought 2 baby boy cards and ordered 2 more wedding cards and a 3rd birthday card for her granddaughter who she's going to visit in Vancouver next week! Wish I was going {sigh}

I made this Nikki Christmas card last night...not very traditional colours but I like them. The pp is My Minds Eye from http://www.thepapercraftcompany.co.uk/ which I got when I was at Fee's last week. The ribbon is Papertreyink, image is coloured with Prisma pencils, stumps and Sansador. I also used my EK Success wavy border punch...love it!!

LMAO...do you think the snowman fancies Nikki???!!!

Catch ya later x

Red or black???

I had a busy busy day yesterday...so busy I was too pooped to post last night. I got some of what I said I was going to try and do - done! I finished off the 3 Christmas card designs that were in various stages of completion and managed 2 Nikki cards though they were both the same with the exception of the hair colour...does that count?? I couldn't decide what colour I wanted to do so I tried 2 and now I don't know which one I love more lol!

Here's a pic of the cards I finished off...

And here are the Nikki cards...

Red head or black???

One of the cards is for Steven's girlfriends sister (still with me lol??) who is a lawyer and just started a new job up North. She's got dark hair so I'll probably send her the black haired Nikki.

I still have the wedding card to make and it's a boxed one so that's what I'll get to tomorrow. I put Ruby and Rocky into Doggy Daycare twice a week now so I can get more done. Tonight will be finishing off a Christmas Nikki card and possibly making another : )

Some exciting developments have been happening over the last 2 days and hopefully I'll be able spill the beans to you very soon!!

Catch ya later