Go Ape!!

Yay - Jaffers is visiting from Scotlander which means a time for madness and a little danger. So a day out at Go Ape! at Delamere was planned, for me Jaffers and my sister (Jo). We had a blast although it was a bit scarier than I thought it would be. Not so much the height but the fact that you had to keep attaching yourself to the wires (long loves the tree!). So if you got it wrong it could have been game over!!

Jaffs all strapped up and ready to go:

And still they mess about!

Don't look down!!

I thought the zip lines would have been the worst bit but they were the best - waaaaahooooooo!!

But that wasn't all we did. When we'd finished - it took a couple of hours it was off to a local pub for a quick snack. Then we headed into Chester to show Jen the tourist highlights.

The suspender bridge - that's what we've always called it!!

Of the course the clock

But it was so hot we had to go shopping. We all went into New Look in different outfits to the ones we came out in!! We did pay for them. Then I danced in the bubbles in my new frock.

That evening we had a BBQ at Jo's, with a little help from Barney (Rubble)

So all in all a fun packed compeltely bonkers day. I loved it all, thank you girlies xxx

Acetate and Glitter

The last of my cards from the kit from Make the Moment Last. Here I had fun with acetate and glitter. The butterfly is a Heidi Swapp stamp (thanks Jaffers) and the glitter is from Crafter's Companion, as is the glue which is a lot cheaper than the Art Institute glitter and does the job just as well as it dries clear.

The flower is a transparant sticker from Remarks decorative stickers, find them here and these glitters and micro beads are from Stix 2

Fun with felt

As well as the 3 layouts I did for Make the Moment Last I also managed to make some cards, mainly featuring some of the fancy pants felt, which takes ink really well.


Loving the big felt scrolls

Some of the leftovers from the centre of the shapes - well I couldn't let them go to waste.

Paper flower with some felt added as highlights - including the greeting which felt that has been stamped onto.

Loving the 2-tone effect on the felt word, just by adding some ink.

7 little hearts turned into a flower

Thanks again to Jackie and Kim for giving me great goodies to play with.

A day at The Craft Place

Today I've been doing a demonstration at The Craft Place at Brimstage Hall. I had a great day with Rhiannon and Kerry. Here's a few cards I made prior to the demonstration. These are featuring the Cute Companion stamps

Say hello to Poppet from the Wish Upon a Star set - I just love her.

Here's Tim from the Wonderful News set with a little birthday present.

And last but not least Florence from the Wonderful News set. The frame is a 4" insert from the Cute Companion CD and it makes really quick and easy cards.

Look what I made

I'm surprised I got so much done with all the galavanting we've been up to this weekend, including Sunday lunch at the Gumstool Inn - thank you Jack and Martin for looking after us!

The lovely Jackie and Kim at Make the Moment Last let me be their guest designer this month and sent me a great box of goodies to play with and boy did it go a long way. Here's 3 layout I did with the kit:


I love this picture of my dancing friends Jean and Shirley.



Me the last time we had Sunday lunch at the Gumstool Inn


Anna on the same day

Pie and pretties

Another weekend of pure bliss. Yes I've been off to visit my wonderful friend Anna. Gone are the days when we used to spend the whole weekend crafting. These days we seem to spend as much time eating out - it's a hard life!

For lunch on Saturday we went to the local pub who do the most amazing 2-in-1 pie. Half with the filling of your choice (chicken with leek and tarragon in our case) and half with cauliflower cheese. The pastry is melt in the mouth and their Pimms and lemonade isn't too bad either.

So here's the pie before we demolished it.


A pretty flower in the beer garden

Anna enjoying the sunshine

And me - not sure what my hair is doing behind my ear.

We also managed to fit in a small shopping trip in the village and went out to an engagement party at one of Anna's neighbours and had a fab time.

The "C" word!

Yes, I mean Christmas. I've had a commission to do for the Practical Publishing Christmas Bookazine - 10 cards, 5 decorations and a project, using the Quick Cards for Christmas CDs and stamps from Crafter's Companion.

I've heard all sorts of ways that people try and get in the mood for Christmas in May, including drinking mulled wine and getting the Christmas tunes on the CD player. For me it was putting the air-conditioning on full blast in the car, to get that frosty feel.


So as the bookazine isn't out for a while, I can only share a sneak peak: