DIDLEY SQUAT AND STEVE'S WELLIES

Hi Everyone

Happy Saturday!!

Hope you have all had a good day .. .. no doubt all still cheering over the football result last night!!  LOL!!!

What have I got to share with you tonight

DIDLEY SQUAT

No time to make anything to share  .. . .. all wedding work and happy excited couples today and then I am off out in a bit .. .. so sorry!  Nothing to declare!!

I was hoping to have a "you tube" link for you to our local three day music festival which started yesterday called Burtfest .. .. my youngest son and the band he is in "Star From Ivy" were headlining on one of the stages last night.

I was doing a search to try and find a link but all I could find at this stage is this picture my son had taken of himself .. .. as you can see wellies were needed.  Hopefully he won't mind me having stolen this photograph to post here !!!

I love his photographs .. .. he see things to take pictures of that just pass me by.

As you can see his wellies are super clean and sparkly .. .. that is because the were brand new!!

The festival is a three day event and I really hope the weather improves for them.

But for me it is bath time and get your glad rags on!!

See you tomorrow .. .. hopefully with something I have made!

Love

and Steve's wellies

ANOTHER HAPPY COUPLE

Hi Everyone

Friday is here .. .. yay!!!

The weekend will be starting as soon as hubby walks through the front door and the football will be on the TV tonight .. .. not that I will be watching .. .. just listening whilst beavering away at the dining room table (hope the old Cuttlebug squeak doesn't cause too much disruption LOL!!!).

As time is very short at the moment I have gone with another clean and simple wedding card tonight. 

This used:

Image:  Digistamp Boutique
Backing Papers:  Raspberry Road
My Trusty Sewing Machine
ProMarkers
Diamond Stickles
Ribbon, pearls and flower embellishment from the Stash Box

I am also going to enter this into the Digistamp Boutique Challenge for June.

Off to set my stall out ready for the Cuttlebug session and I'll catch you again tomorrow.

Sorry it is short and sweet .. .. or probably you prefer it that way.  LOL!!!

Love

HAPPY COUPLE

Hi Everyone

Hope you have had a good day .. .. mine has gone far too quickly today and I am not as chuffed with my production as I was yesterday.

Lots I want to get off my list before the weekend so tomorrow had better be exceptional that's all I can say!!

Tonight's share is a simple little wedding card .. .. love this Happy Couple!  They are probably my favourite wedding couple.

This used:

Image and Sentiment:  LOTV
Backing Papers:  DCWV "Wedding Prints" Paper Stack
Martha Stewart Punch:  Valentine Lace
ProMarkers
My Trusty Sewing Machine
Diamond Stickles
Gems and Ribbon from the Stash Box

and that is me for today.

I hope you all have a good evening.

I will be on bow tying duty  -   and lots of them!!

Love

I'M BEING TORTURED

Hi Everyone

I hope your day has been good.

Mine has gone really well, and another few days like today and I will be a very happy bunny!!  Though I do have to admit to being tortured.

What by?

Well .. .. I wouldn't say that I am a huge chocolate fan .. .. but hubby was been really naughty and bought me a huge bar of Turkish Delight Chocolate.  Mmmm...

So far I have managed to leave it in the fridge unopened "all week".  But every time I go into the fridge it stares at me and I am sure I can hear it whispering "eat me, eat me" LOL!!!

Anyway, I think this bar of chocolate must have been on my mind when I started creating tonight's share .. .. and then I just carried on with the theme .. .. ..

This used:

Image and Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat
Backing papers:  Nitwits
Nellie Snellen Punch:  Frond
Woodware Punches for the Flower
Nestabilities:  Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles
My Trust Sewing Machine
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
ProMarkers
Glossy Accents (yes I risked a bit tonight)
Diamond Stickles
Brad, gem and ribbon from the stash box

No struggling to find the heart tonight folks!!!

Edited to say that I am also going to enter this card into the Sweet Stampin' Challenge where this week they would like to see some stitching on your project.  I think there is the odd stitch or two here LOL!!!

So that is me for today. Have a lovely rest of Wednesday and did you notice I haven't mentioned the weather once (well not until now!!)?  I think I am going to ban that subject on my blog for a while .. .. it just isn't worth mentioning LOL!!

Love

JUMP FOR JOY!

Hi Everyone

A little later than I intended to be .. .. but hey ho!!!

We have actually managed a day without rain today .. .. in fact early this morning we had sunshine .. .. but sadly it didn't last very long :-(

Anyway, round to my share for today .. ..

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "3702J" Jump for Joy!
Sentiment:  Computer Generated using font "Good Dog Cool"
Backing paper:  Dovecraft "Sugar and Spice"
Nestabilities:  Classic Rectangle and Scalloped Rectangle
My Trusty Sewing Machine
Ribbon and Button from the Stash Box

and that is me for today.

Just time to get a bath and then type up a list of place names for adding to favour boxes tomorrow.

Lots I want to do tomorrow so I hope it is a "slow" day that lasts for ages (though I somehow doubt it will be LOL!!)

Have a lovely evening everyone.

Love

BIG CATCH

Hi Everyone

I hope you have had a good day.

The sunshine of yesterday didn't last too long here and we are back to rain again today :-(

A share today that uses one of my favourite Woodware Stamps.  I just love colouring this image.

This used:

Image:  Woodware "FRP010" Big Catch
Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat
Backing Papers:  Cuddly Buddly
Sizzix Die:  Stars
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
Martha Stewart Punch:  Embossed Zig Zag
ProMarkers and Chalk for the Rosy Cheeks

I was really tempted to add glossy accents to the wellies but just as I was about to apply it I had a nasty flashback of the last time I did that .. .. .. and my image bubbled .. .. so I cowarded out LOL!!  

.. .. ..  and for those who were struggling with the heart yesterday . .. .. it was hiding in the middle of one of the purple flowers.

Sorry if I gave anyone torture treatment!!!

Have a lovely evening everyone.  

Love

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

I hope your day has been good.  We have actually had some sunshine today!!  Woo hoo!!

I have been plugging away at catching up with your blogs and am getting there very slowly .. .. but wow!!  how busy and productive you have all been in my absence. 

Still a long way to go before I have caught up with everyone .. .. but I will get there eventually.

I have missed everyone's blogs but have also missed the snippet playground and my sewing machine. I love playing with my snippets and seeing what I can create and love my sewing machine too.  None of my wedding orders involve my sewing machine at the moment so to feed my passion I decided today should be snippets "and" my sewing machine.  So here is a snippet share for Pixie's Crafty Snippet Challenge this week.

Of course Sunday is my lazy day and I do not list everything I have used .. .. but if there are any questions just shout out and I will do my best to answer .. .. .. and I promise that there is a heart to find!!!  

Hubby's bread baking last night turned out to be very successful and here is a piccy of his creation.  

The idea is that you end up with a loaf where you can just break off what end up as little bread rolls or cobs (depending where you come from LOL!!).  This is something he saw on the TV the other evening and he did a fantastic job of recreating it.

I told him how brilliant it was and how nice it would be to have two or three of these on the Christmas table to have with our starters (we have lots sitting around our Christmas table).  Not sure if his face dropped a little at the thought of making three or not LOL!!!

Have a lovely evening everyone.

I'll catch you again soon.

Love

BLOG BREAK OVER!!

Hi Everyone

I am back!!!

My blog break is over .. .. and boy has a lot happened in the last two weeks whilst I have been banned from blogland!!

I have certainly missed seeing everyone's lovely creations and catching up with all the news and happenings that's for sure. 

The hardest part was the first two or three days .. .. but then once I got stuck into my mammoth "do list" I was OK.

When I instigated my two week ban I really thought I would be back a little earlier than this .. but even now can you believe my do list is as big as ever .. .. even though I have crossed a mountain of things off it.

I very stupidly thought my break would also give me chance to make a stack of creations for posting to my blog .. .. but no!  That never happened :-(

So what DID the last two weeks entailed in the House of Hearts?

Well:

• Three of my "happy couples" got married and I got to see two of the bride and grooms in their wedding outfits.  Bless!!
• A mountain of card orders done and dusted.
• Another lovely magazine commission completed and posted off.
• Loads, and loads and loads of wedding work.
• A trip to stock up on ribbon
• Hubby has been at home for some of the time so I joined him in the garden between downpours of rain and we have got on top of that.  We have our first cucumber and pepper making an appearance and my very pale skin might have even changed colour a little LOL!!
• Hanging baskets and pots all planted up.
• Lots of admin work completed including a foolproof workbook to keep me on track with orders and deadlines.
• Plus .. .. ..  most importantly .. .. .. special time with hubby.
• Then today .. .. my car passed its MOT .. .. yay!!!!

What a happy bunny I am.

So that is me and my busy two weeks .. .. ..   and now I am back with my share for today.

How weird that as I started my blog break I had done a week of red, white and blue .. .. .. and then I find today that the challenge over at Penny Black Saturday is red, white and blue.

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "4065K" Bountiful
Sentiment:  DoCrafts "With Love"
Backing papers:  Papermania "Portobello Road" (yes, my pack is still going strong)
ProMarkers
White Gel Pen
Ribbon and pearls from the Stash Box

I followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday so am also going to enter my creation into their challenge this week too.

This was the lovely sketch.

Thank goodness I haven't forgotten how to post to my blog!!  LOL!!

We have caught up on lots of cooking programmes we have recorded and Hubby now has grand ideas of cooking some recipes he has spied.  He has been buying herb plants for the garden and to start off the first of his "things I want to try" list he is just about to try his hand at making some bread.  I am looking forward to the smell of that and munching on it later!!!

I am on quiche duty (we make loads and freeze them for quick dinners in the future), a bath and then .. .. a good old catch up in blogland to see what everyone has been up to.  Woo hoo!!!

I have missed you all!!

See you later

Love

A SENSIBLE DECISION IN THE HOUSE OF HEARTS

Hi Everyone

No card to share today .. .. just a quick post to say that my blog and I are going on holiday for two weeks.

I spent this morning organising my ever increasing "do-list" and because it is so very, very long I have come to the conclusion that I need to be sensible and just work on getting on top of everything. Breaking away completely from blogland for a little while is going to be the only way I can do that.

So I am disappearing and am going to be super strong and stay away from blogland for a whole 2 weeks .. .. boy that is going to be so very hard .. .. but needs must.  No visiting, no commenting, no posting :-(   .. ..  oh dear I am getting withdrawal symptoms already.

Have a lovely two weeks whilst I am away and I'll be back on Saturday, 9th June .. .. the day my car is due for its MOT!!!  Eeeekkk!!!  It had better pass!!!

Love

RED, WHITE AND BLUE, 5 OF 5

Hi Everyone

Here at last.

I was beginning to think I wasn't going to get here.

So I will cut to the chase and just get on and share the last of my red, white and blue makes.

This used:

Image and Sentiment:  Hero Arts "CL158" Clear Design Cupcakes
Backing Paper:  Pink Petticoat
Nestabilities:  Circles and Scalloped Circles
Woodware Punches:  Daisy
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder:  Happy Birthday
My Trusty Sewing Machine
Pinking Shears
ProMarkers
Glamour Dust
Ribbon, brads and button from the Stash Box

and that is finally me for today.

Hope you all had a great day and the sun shone beautifully on you.

The weekend is meant to be gorgeous .. .. so who knows I might catch a few rays .. .. at last!!!

Have a good one!

Love

RED, WHITE AND BLUE 4 OF 5

Hi Everyone

Well I would have been earlier .. .. .. if I could have found the memory card for my camera sooner!!!

I take my pictures upstairs and then bring the memory card downstairs to do my post.  But sometimes I have to have a little search campaign to find where I put it when I finished last time.  The problem is I have "too many" safe places that I put it.

But tonight it wasn't even in a safe place .. .. but buried in the "do list" LOL!!!

Hubby said that I need to have a little box and tie it round my neck.  I somehow don't think that will be a look that will ever catch on .. .. or one I will be taking up!!

Anyway, pictures taken and sorted here I am with my penultimate (do you like that word Di?) red, white and blue number.

This used:

Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat
Backing Paper:  Nitwits
Sizzix Die:  Sewing Room
Martha Stewart Punch:  Valentine Lace
My Trust Sewing Machine
Diamond Stickles
Ribbon, netting, pearls and buttons from the stash box

I haven't used this die for at least 2 weeks .. .. so decided it needed another airing!!

Hope everyone has had a good day and that there are no stories of sunburn out there!!!  I haven't managed any sunshine or garden time yet.  All I could grab today was a walk down the garden whilst munching on my sandwich!!  

What happened to those dreams of being my own boss and sitting out in the garden with my sandwiches to catch a few rays .. .. .. I seem to have less time now than I did when I was going out to work LOL!!!

Have a lovely evening.

Love

RED, WHITE AND BLUE 3 OF 5

Hi Everyone

Another fantastic day weather wise !!!  Can't be bad can it?

I hope it lasts into the weekend.  

I'm a little earlier tonight as I want to settle into a mammoth Cuttlebug session and get as much as I can done before my lovely hubby gets home .. .. it must drive him mad squeaking away with each turn of the handle!!!  LOL!!

So my third red, white and blue offering

This used:

Image:  Penny Black "4129J" Game On

Sentiment:  Lili of the Valley

Backing Papers and buttons:  Papermania "Portobello Road"

Nestabilities:  Eyelet Circle

ProMarkers

Chalk

Cord from the Stash Box

and that is me!!

Time to go and get turning that Cuttlebug handle at super fast speed LOL!!!

Have a lovely evening everyone.

Love

RED, WHITE AND BLUE 2 OF 5

Hi Everyone

What a glorious day today has been .. .. I hope that everyone has had the same weather as we have had here .. .. truly beautiful! 

Well here I am as promised with the second of my red, white and blue creations.  This time more of a fun one!! 

A little late .. .. yet again .. .. as one of my "happy couples" have been this evening to collect the final part of their wedding stationery so another bare patch in the House of Hearts now the table plan, table numbers and a few last minute place names are gone.

Won't it be lovely if the weather is like this for them on their happy day!

Anyway, back to my creation for the day

This used

Image and bunting:  Digistamp Boutique

Sentiment:  Computer Generated using font "pass the chex"

Backing Papers:  Digichick Boutique "Joyful Heart Designs"

ProMarkers

and that is it!!!

Not too much to it .. .. but I love it all the same!!

There are coloured and non-coloured images in the digistamp set.  I chose to colour the smiley grenadier guard but I used the pre-coloured bunting flags.  

So that is me for today.

I promise I will be catching up with everyone soon.  Just one more happy couple with a tight deadline and I will then "perhaps" be back to a more normal routine .. .. if I can force myself to slow down.  I will probably be feeling lazy then!!!  LOL!!!

Love

PATCHWORK DAISY

Hi Everyone

I hope your day has been good.

The sunshine managed to make an appearance today .. .. and it was wonderful!!  Apparently we are going to have a few days like this .. .. so that will be nice.

I have set myself a theme for the next few days and am going to go all patriotic with "red, white and blue".

So here is 1 of 5 .. ..

This used:

Image:  Funstamps "FP110" Patchwork Daisy
Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat
Backing papers:  Papermania "Portobello Road"
ProMarkers
Josy Rose:  Nail Heads
Brad and Cord from the Stash Box

I really love this paper stack.  I think I am going to have to invest in another before it runs out!!!  Much happier with this make than I was with the spooky cat card from yesterday LOL!!!

Having said that though a few of you were very kind and actually said you liked it .. .. and others were just as spooked as I was!  Sorry about that!!  LOL!!

Bev from Majik Crafts (hi Bev xx) asked me where the cute little charm came from on my card yesterday.  Well I bought a little pack of them when I went to the NEC from a stall called Totally Beads and you can find them here (I was showing the other side of the charm yesterday).  But beware if you go and look.  There are so many fantastic charms and beads available you might rather not look!!!  Far more for sale now than I saw at the NEC .. .. and if searching don't miss the "next" button .. ..which I didn't see at first!! Doh!!

.. .. .. .. and please don't buy all the heart charms!!  Leave some for little me!!!

Sorry for being a bit late tonight.  We have had a dentist check up x 3 people .. .. but are really lucky because our dentist opens into the evening and we can get late appointments.

In fact we were really, really lucky because no-one needs to go back for a whole 6 months!!  Woo hoo!!

Right that is me for today.

I'll catch you again tomorrow with number 2 of 5 for my theme of the week!

Have a great evening.

Love