New Member welcome

Afternoon all

Want to welcome a new member to my blog Vicky thank you for choosing to follow me so appreciated.

Tiles are going on the bathroom walls today looking good so far, Dave our plumber/bathroom fitter is working very hard and hopefully we should have a fully functional bathroom by Tuesday next week.  Our elderly next door neighbour whom I keep an eye on phoned me yesterday asking if I would like to use her shower, oh my god it was bliss much better than a strip wash at the kitchen sink.

I have been looking at accessories for the bathroom so am off to buy a cupboard, toilet roll and soap holders that fit on the wall I also want to look at new curtains but until the floor is done and I figure out what colour I chose (can't remember now) then I will have a better idea of what I want also want a blind.

Picture of tiles

Bella is cowering under my computer desk as a lot of noise in the house am about to feed her the calming tablets that I got from the vets.   My Sarah is over the moon she had a tax rebate come through of £1,500 so I might get a good present this year lol, have told my gang that I want the geli plates kit so hopefully I might get it.

My new sky hub for my broadband came today as I have been having a lot of trouble with my old one keep dropping of line and saying that connection could not be made, mind the old one was over 10 years old so about time for an update.  So far so good.

My card today is using the Angelica CD by Crafters Companion I had cut this little ballerina out ages ago and put to one side and today I thought I would use her, all the backing papers are from the CD. 

Am off to have some lunch and will then be back to do a blog hop to check out your wonderful creations.

Loads of love

 

Alison xx

Wednesday Creative Inspiration Challenge -239 Poppies or Red Flowers

Hi All

This is my third and last post for today, is it not miserable outside getting dark already and its only just after 3.15pm.    Hopefully there will be hardly any fireworks tonight but will wait and see. 

The bathroom is beginning to take shape didn't take any before photo's but I do have an in-between picture with our workman Dave hard at work.

 

At the moment all we have in the bathroom is the toilet thank goodness or lord knows what we would be using for a loo.  I have Toby to thank for a wonderful smell (not) he has just been in his litter tray phew!!!

 

 

I have made a card to enter into Wednesday creative inspiration Challenge  239 and the theme is poppies and or red flowers, as you can see I have used poppies.

 

 

 

Thank goodness my back is starting to get better not as many painkillers today back on the normal dosage that I take all the time and off the morphine now which just makes me float with the fairies lol. 

 

Right that's it from me today, will be back blog hopping later but am going to give Bella a huge hug as she has been such a good girl today whilst the floor in the bathroom was being dug out the noise was awful but bless she stayed with me in my craft room under the desk and actually went to sleep.

 

Love to all

 

Alison xxx

 

 



Besties Challenge 3 November Pink or Silver

Hi All

Just wanted to get this card onto my blog so that I can enter Bestie Challenge which is Pink, Silver or both. I have decided to go with both

I  have used a Bestie Image which is stunning loved colouring this one in.  Used a doily die on silver miri backing paper was from a magazine, ribbon, lace and pearls were from stash.

 

I really enjoyed making this card.  I have now made 60 Christmas Cards I have to send out about 40 to family and the rest I try to sell at various craft fairs.

 

Well I will back shortly to do another challenge the card is already made but wanted to post them in separate posts to make it easier for linking.

 

Love to all

 

Alison xx

Bearly Mine Challenge Number 111 - Anything goes

Morning Peeps

How are you all today, it is very noisy in our household as the floor in the bathroom which is solid is being drilled out ready for the wet room floor and the shower drain to be put in Bella is hiding under my desk and Toby is sitting in the chair with me watching me type.

I am entering the card below into the Bearly Mine Challenge blog number 111 which is anything goes I have used a Crafter Companion Image from the Angelica range and turned it into a small easel card with butterflies around the outer edge and ribbon and small beads hope you like it.

Do you know my favourite word at the moment is Well I think I begin nearly every sentence with it or so it seems must break the habit.

I am off to look at some other challenges and see what is required and will be back later to do a bit of blog hopping.

Loads of love

 

Alison

A quick update on Toby and another Christmas Card

Hi All

Just a quick update on Toby Tubs he is running around like a maniac pinching Bella's treats I thought the anaesthetic would have slowed him down a bit but ohh no there's no stopping him.

Bella is cowering under my desk at the moment panting away when I was at the vets I got some stuff that is supposed to calm her down but its not working and the fireworks are going off every few minutes as bonfire parties are going on around us.

Our bathroom at the moment just holds a toilet, no sink, bath or shower so a wash at the kitchen sink it is then, picked some tiles up tonight that I had ordered so can't wait to see them up. 

I have been sitting at my desk most of the day putting inserts into cards and then putting them into cello bags ready to sell.  I also finished another card off tonight which I started to make at Rachel's on Saturday.  The card is from a freebie that was in a magazine can't remember which one so here it is

 

Well that's it from me tonight have a date with a cup of hot chocolate and my kindle

reading The Dark Witch by Nora Roberts

 

Goodnight and God Bless

See you in the morning

 

Love Alison xxx

Anything Goes

Afternoon everybody

Thought I would quickly jump onto the computer to highlight a card I made to enter the Paper Take Challenge with an optional theme of Christmas Cards, and Crafty Sentiments this week which is anything goes with the theme for the man in your life.   I started to make this card when over at Rachels at weekend when we had a fantastic afternoon catching up and making stuff or at least I did not too sure about Rachel as I kept interrupting her cannot cut a straight line to save my life lol.

These images came as a freebie in a magazine can't remember which one I just added some backing card and embellishments rather cute don't you think

 

Am off to sort the veg out for tonight's dinner and brown the meat off ready to go into the oven.  Have also got to go the vets to pick Toby up as he had his little bits chopped off (ouch).

 

Am I being a bit thick here can't find the link to add my card to the crafty sentiments challenge so perhaps I won't be entering that one until it appears. lol

 

I will be back a bit later to do some blog hopping. 

 

Loads of love

 

Alison xxx

 

 

 

  

 

 

Here come the boys

Thought I would enter another challenge and this one is Here Come the Boys and the theme is Rocker Cards I think I have only made one Rocker Card in all the time that I have been crafting so this is way out of my comfort zone, not really happy with it but I think it's because it is way out of my usual style of card.

Fireworks are being let off again tonight and Bella is shaking like a leaf bless her I have tried to drawer my main curtains in the living room which are blackout curtains and very thick to muffle the noise but don't think its helping perhaps when I take Toby to the vets will get something to give her to calm her down, there is also a shoot going on in the big estate near us so as soon as she hears them shooting she wants to come straight in.

I used a Jayne Netley Mayhew CD to make this card have had this CD for years but hardly ever use it not sure why because when I get it out I think to myself must use this CD to make cards then it goes back on the shelf to collect dust until the next time I think about it.  I used a couple of Marianne Creatable to do the leaves and the bird the sentiment was done on the computer.

 

Am off to help sort the kitchen out I usually just supervise and get in the way lol

 

Will be back blog hopping shortly.

 

Love Alison xx