WEDDINGS & ANNIVERSARIES 3 OF 5

Hi Everyone

Well my internet seems to be behaving so I am going to post now .. .. just in case it goes AWOL again!!! LOL!!

Today's share is the third in my wedding and anniversary theme and is a wedding card.

This used:

Image and Sentiment:  Pink Petticoat "Happily Ever After" .. .. (not sure if this is still available)
Backing Paper:  Pink Petticoat "Perfect Papers"
Nestabilities:  Grand Rectangles
Glamour Dust
ProMarkers
Ribbon, Button, Pearls and Gems from the Stash Box

The ribbon I used is some of that magic ribbon that has a thread running through it so that it can be pulled and gathered up to make a sort of ribbon flower.  I am hoping to find some that is super thin as I think it looks really lovely .. .. ..  and a super fine version of it would be brilliant.

I have been listening to the radio whilst working and have been hearing of another proposed re-vamp of the education/examination system.  I do feel sorry for teachers .. .. I am sure they don't know whether they are coming or going half of the time from a procedural point of view .. .. let alone having to deal with kids too!!! 

But after an experience I had earlier this week I am sure things are going wrong somewhere.  

I bought goods that totalled £4.50 and gave the assistant £10.50 to pay for them as I wanted a £1 coin in my change.

The assistant gave me my change .. .. .. £6.50 !!

I offered the extra 50p back saying "I think this is yours".

The assistant replied with a confused look on her face "Is it? Yes, I think it is isn't it?  I'm not sure.  Don't worry your receipt will be printed off in a minute and that will tell us".

Excuse me but I didn't need a till receipt to tell me .. .. my peanut sized brain had managed to work it out already .. .. all on its own! LOL!!

Did I get a "thank you" once the assistant had decided it wasn't mine .. .. .. .. nah!!!!

OK .. . .back to work for me.  Invitation inserts next.

Have a great rest of Thursday.

Love

INTERNET PROBLEMS

Hi Everyone

Sorry  ... not been able to post until now.

I have had no internet connection all day.  

I tried all the technical stuff like unplugging cables and blowing in the holes but still it wouldn't work.  LOL!!!

Thankfully my emails come through on my phone but it was impossible to post from it.  The screen is just far too small and fiddly to use.

Anyway, hubby came home and tried all the usual remedies but ended up calling our internet provider helpline and they were able to look at the activity and could see where it had been "dropping out" all day.

Eventually with their help we found the problem was a "filter thing" and luckily hubby had a spare in the roofspace!  

So today's share has been delayed until tomorrow .. .. .. .. when hopefully all will be working again as it should.

I hope everyone had a good day and I'll catch you tomorrow.

Love

WEDDINGS & ANNIVERSARIES 2 OF 5

Hi Everyone

Sorry I am late .. .. it has been one of those days where I have chased my tail all day.

But I am pleased with what I have achieved so that's good.

My share today is number 2 in my weddings and anniversary makes .. .. and this one could do for either really.

This used:

Card Base:  Cut from Sizzix Die "Scallop #3"
Backing papers:  GCD Studios "Ella Blue"
Sentiment:  Hampton Art "10 - Love Is In The Air"
My Trusty Sewing Machine
Ribbons, Charm, Pearls and Gems from the Stash Box
Not sure who made the butterfly punch .. .. will have to investigate further.

I have had the Sizzix Die for the card base for quite a while now .. .. I bought it cheap a while ago but have never been able to find any envelopes that fit nicely.

But now I have my Scor-Pal there is no excuse .. .. it only takes a few minutes to make an envelope and you can do it with matching paper which is nice.  (Though I won't be wasting my Ella Blue papers on envelopes that's for sure!! LOL!!).

Well I hope you like it and feel it was worth waiting for.

Hubby is watching football at the moment and is well happy with how things are going .. .. come on England!!!

Catch you tomorrow

Love

WEDDINGS & ANNIVERSARIES 1 OF 5

Hi Everyone

I hope Monday has been kind to you and that you have had a good day.

Most people see Monday as the worst day of the week .. .. but I actually love Mondays as it means I have a whole week to make a difference!!

Monday always feels like a "fresh start" day.

I can hear you saying "That's alright for you .. .. you work from home" .. .. but I used to be the same when I went out to work too .. .. .. much to the annoyance of people I worked alongside LOL!!!

Anyway .. .. here starts my 5 day week of wedding and anniversary cards.

This one was done at the crack of dawn and in the post mid morning!!

This used:

Image:  Digistamp Boutique "Valentine Bird Collection"
Sentiment:  Computer generated using font "Scriptina"
Spiderweb Netting
My Trusting Sewing Machine
Glamour Dust
Gems

The spiderweb netting was stitched over some gorgeous red pearl card .. .. but as usual the camera never wants to pick out the bits you particularly like does it.

So for saying I made my card so early you would have thought I could have posted early .. .. but no .. .. table plan planning and table numbers have been the order of the day ready for a happy couple coming tomorrow evening.

Plus a few things off the list today .. .. can't be bad!

Have a lovely evening everyone and I'll catch you at some stage tomorrow with number 2 of 5 in this little mini series.

Love

SUNDAY SNIPPETS

Hi Everyone

Happy Father's Day to all those hard working Dad's out there (and the lazy ones too .. .. laziness is allowed today as it is Sunday "and" your special day LOL!!)

My day has flown by yet again but I made time to play along with Di's Crafty Snippet Challenge No. 25 .. .. gosh .. Di has been the keeper of the keys for nearly half a year!!!  Where did that time go?!?!  

The playground is super busy nowadays and so much fun thanks to Di and her hard work and wicked sense of humour.  If you get chance to play along sometime it is a great way to use up those leftover snippets from other creations (you know the offcuts we push to one side as we excitedly cut into a fresh piece of card or design paper).

Here is my offering for this week:

As you know I make the most of Sundays and am super lazy .. .. so no recipe list .. .. but if you want to know anything just shout and I will try my best to help.

I am setting myself a theme for this coming week as there is a need  for wedding cards and anniversary cards .. .. so that is what I will be showing on my blog for the next 5 postings.

Have a lovely rest of Sunday everyone.  It is now time for me to get in that kitchen and get cracking with the evening meal.

Love

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