A night at the pictures.....

Tonight we are going out as a family which will be really lovely. don't get me wrong, its not that we don't actually all go out together normally, we do....its just we don't often either get chance to do the cinema due to cost or there isn't anything that we would all like to watch!









So tonight we are all off to see this!

I love Jim Carrey, always have done and I hope this film is as good as his others.

I think there is something very sexy and appealing about men that can make me laugh and each film of his ( apart from the Number 23 and The Trueman show) have had me roaring. The one that sticks in my mind most and still makes me die laughing is the one from Ace Ventura....in the rhino outfit ( do not watch if easily offended) ...I ache from laughing at this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7LrMoLba0c

I also love The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

So lets hope tonight is not a let down.

Sunday catch up.........

I didn't get chance to upload my photos yesterday, so thought i would today.

The first one is of a card I made on friday and just needed to finish by adding a pearl pin and a silver charm

Yesterday we had our monthly crop at Jills ( Cardinal Colours) and as always it was a fabulous day out with some very lovely company. Most of us were cardmaking yesterday and I was lucky enough to have a chance to try out some Promarkers and some Copics ( thank you so much Lynn and Linda, you are gems.) I have to say I got on better with the Promarkers, although the stunning array of colours that Linda had in her huuuuuge set of Copics had me feeling like a kid in a candy shop!

Here is a card I made yesterday using Lynn's Promarkers and a lovely Tilda image that Karen very kindly gave me in a huge envelope filled with stamped images ( thank you so much Karen, you are so kind).

I thoroughly enjoyed making this card and am looking forwards to finding some time this week to make some more.

We were celebrating Linda's birthday this month and Lynn bought along a beautiful display of yummy cupcakes that she had made and put on display in a gorgeous cake stand.

I made a Raspberryoffee Pie, its the exact same recipe as a Bannoffee but you substitute with Raspberries instead.

One tip I would give, if you decide to try it yourself, is to use frozen rasps, its so much harder trying to spread caramel and then the cream over them if they are fresh and soggy, the frozen ones are still full of flavour and sit nicely behaving themselves whilst you do the rest of the pie. I also use the Nestle ready to pour Caramel, its soooo much easier than faffing about boiling a tin of condensed milk for goodness knows how long. T o finish the pie off after topping it with whipped up double cream, I crumble up a Cadburys Flake and crumble across the top. Yummy!

Whooo Hoooo!

Its crop day today and I am soooo looking forwards to it! A whole day of playing with paper and catching up with some very special friends, not to mention sitting in a purpose built studio and being surrounded by delicious stash in a rainbow of colours! What more could a girl want?
Hope you have a great weekend too...xxx

A dash of lime........

I have been fiddling and faffing about last night and today with a couple of cards and thought I would share them with you here. For quite some time now my favourite colour has been shades of teal, turquoise and a liberal splattering of lime, I love the freshness of it and if you open my wardrobe door you will be met by a sea of these colours. For my birthday my sister gave me the most gorgeous light teal handbag from Next and my best friend, Sue , gave me amongst other things, a gorgeous interchangable watch set, it has 4 straps in varying colours, but so far hasn't made it away from the turq strap! I have teal/turq crocs( and I don't care that lots of people hate them!!! My feet feel fab in them!!) and have recently bought 2 lovely lightweight teal scarves...so yes, you could say I LOVE it! Anyway, I digress....so I decided to make some cards. I was drawn straight to those colours and this is what I came up with.



I love the cheeky little Magnolia Tilda Snowman, he is sooo cute and I can see him appearing on several cards for Christmas in an array of colours this year.






The other card is just a blank at the moment, not sure what occasion it will be for, but both cards are very sparkly with lots of Stickles on.














After I finished the cards I wanted to make some jewellery and was totally inspired by the cards and the colouring in them. I made 2 more Bag Charms( based on the design of the Blue and White one from the other week) with some of the new beads I bought a couple of weeks ago and also made a silver and lime nugget bracelet with a toggle clasp on it, so quite a productive day really.






I also got all the kits sorted and packed for this weeks classes at Jills ( Cardinal Colours).....I really think I may *need* to get me some more of those delicious E-Line Prima crystals and Pearls tomorrow or thursday night whilst I am there....well it would be rude not to wouldn't it???? Right, I am off to do the washing up....and maybe make something else beady.....

A few bits to share.

Yesterday being Halloween was also my Mum's Birthday and I thought I should really make her a card as I am trying my hand at cardmaking now! I bought some of the Magnolia Halloween stamped images on ebay and set about colouring them in, making a character to signify each of her 4 grandchildren( and as my sister is expecting then the cauldren is for her little one who is still cooking lol!) I used some of the new Basic Grey Eerie papers and also some Bazill cardstock and the end result was this, which I am really pleased with and my Mum absolutely LOVED :) The card when folded up measures 6" x 12" so is quite large but sits nicely when its opened up and stands like an easel.










And these are just a couple of older layouts with and autumny theme or colour.

Hope you are all having a nice Sunday, I am just off to do the ironing....oh deep joy! At least the rain has stopped hammering down outside for a little bit.

Happy Birthday to a very special Mum...and Happy Halloween to you all!

Image heavy....sorry.....xxxx

Just a quick fly through tonight. Just got home from a halloween birthday party at my Mum and Dad's house. Its my lovely Mum's birthday today and we always ALWAYS have a halloween party for her, normally its held at my Sister's house, but what with one thing and another we decided to have it at our parents house this year instead. We bundled round there earlier today and put up decs everywhere, took along pumpkin lanterns and giant cobwebs and spiders and then came home again. We changed into our costumes and then invaded them again dressed as witches, pumpkins, funky fairies, pussy cats and scary skeletons. For birthday tea we have had some delish jacket spuds, homemade chilli ( my sisters) and all the trimmings followed by cupcakes, birthday cake and other goodies. Unfortunately I have just remembered that sitting in their fridge is a giant choccy gateaux and some profiteroles that I totally forgot were there, so I guess a visit down there will be on the cards for tomorrow he!he!he!

.......hope to catch up tomorow..xx