Happy Easter....

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well and having a wonderful Easter weekend and the weather isn't too bad where ever you are.....we had snow showers on and off yesterday but nothing too much.
Although when I went to the Easter Vigil Mass last night with my family it was sooooo cold.....both outside and inside the church.....
I don't have any crafty things to show today but the whole family are going to my parents for Easter dinner and we have all chipped in with desserts.
My contribution (although I have never made this before)
BANOFFEE PIE

I'll let you know what they thought later....although I know I will be going for my mum's fantastic Sherry Trifle.....no competition there!!!!
So armed with this dish of mega calories, Easter eggs and the Easter baskets I made for the girls......Here

......I'll be trotting off  later to my parent's for a lovely 'noisy' (knowing our lot) Easter Sunday family day.......

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
Have a wonderful day whatever you are doing.
I will try and pop round to see you all tomorrow.

Easter Baskets....

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Today I have some Easter Baskets to share.
I saw this fabulous tutorial by Jenny earlier in the week and just had to give it a go.....
Please pop over to Jenny's blog and have a look at all her wonderful creations.....she really is very talented and her cards are gorgeous.
I made three baskets....
one for my daughter Brogan 

and one each for my nieces Chloe and Charlotte

I loved the way Jenny had chosen card to give a basket effect and as I'm a huge fan of Kraft and had loads of off~cuts on my desk this is what I plumbed for to make the actual basket although I have now seen quite a few of these sweet little baskets made with all sorts of beautiful papers around blogland this week....
The flowers are from my stash and the leaves are a punch that I've had forever. I die~cut the butterflies from glitter card and added gems to their bodies.
I decided not to add any ribbons, tags or extras as I was happy with just the flowers although I did put a flower arrangement on both sides of each basket.

I would like to enter these baskets into the following challenges:~
Jelly Park Challenges ~ Pretty Pastels Crafty  Creations ~ # 215 ~ Easter The Sisterhood Crafters ~ Easter/Spring Tuesday Throwdown ~ # 140 ~ Make Something Dimensional

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
Have a fabulous Easter.
And 'Thank You' Jenny for this wonderful tutorial.

Sailor Boy...

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
It's freezing here, so I've decided to tuck myself away in the craft room for a while.
Today I have a card to share for a little boy.

As some of my followers are aware male cards are not my favourites to make and I really struggle with ideas but these fabulous pre~coloured Mo Manning Toppers from The Hobby House are just perfect for me. This one is from a set called 'Sailor Crew'. I have teamed this little guy up with dark blue card for mounting and my favourite spotty papers from Craft Creations Ltd. The little garland die and the pearls are also from The Hobby House.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~
Creative Card Crew ~ # 32 ~ Masculine Twisted Tuesday ~ # 46 ~ Banners And Pearls Ooh~La~La Creations ~ It's A Man Thing Cupcake Craft Challenges  ~ # 235 ~ Cool Men

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
I'm sorry that I have not been round to see you all in the last week or so but I hope to get round and visit you all in the next couple of days.
Have a lovely day and keep warm.

Ribbon & Pins...

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Firstly I would like to say a heartfelt 'Thank You' for all the wonderful kind comments you left after the loss of my lovely kitty 'Pickle' so soon after the loss of my other kitty 'Onion'. You are all so lovely....and I really appreciate your kind words.
I would like to say 'Hello' and 'Welcome' to my new followers. Thank you for joining me on my crafting adventure.
And I have now signed up to BlogLovin'.....so if you want to follow me please press the button.
Today I have a Christmas tree decoration to share....
I know....I know it's Spring.....yeah right!!!....but as there's snow on the ground here I thought I would carry on with my 'New Year's Resolution' of trying to finish those UFO's in my craft box.....
And another UFO completed.

I bought this as a kit from the Knitting & Stitching Show in Harrogate and I can't for the life of me remember the name of the company. They had lots of colours, shapes and styles but I went for cream, green and gold. It's made with wired ribbons, cut and folded and pinned onto a polystyrene shape.....I was really impressed with how it turned out but boy did my thumbs hurt by the time I'd finished pushing all those pins in.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:~
Crimbo Crackers ~ # 37 ~ No Stamped Images ABC Christmas ~ F Is For Felt Or Fabric

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
I really do appreciate all your lovely comments.
Enjoy the rest of your day.

On The Move.....

Good morning everyone.
Well I thought we'd escaped the snow here but alas I was only hoping.
I opened the curtains to a blanket of the white stuff and it looks like a blizzard out there.
Anyway as it's Saturday it's time for a new challenge over at 
A Gem Of A Challenge
And our theme this week is
ON THE MOVE
(This could be interpreted in many ways such as a mode of transport, a moving element on the card or even moving house)
And here is my DT card

For my card I chose this fabulous pre~coloured digi image from Pink Gem Designs called Skateboard Andy. The papers are from BasicGrey ~ Archaic. I love these papers as they are fabulous for male cards and I so struggle with male cards.....I die~cut my stars using my new Nestie set. The pearls as always are from The Hobby House and the little sentiment is computer generated.

Please pop along to the main challenge blog and take a look at all the lovely creations the rest of my team mates have made for your inspiration.

I would like to enter this card at the following challenges:~

Brown Sugar ~ # 34 ~ Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew ~ # 32 ~ Masculine

Love To Create ~ # 57 ~ Anything Goes

Ooh~La~La Creations ~ It's A Man Thing

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

I really do appreciate all your lovely comments.

Have a fabulous Saturday.

In The Pink.....

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are well.
As it's Friday it's time for a new challenge over at 
Winter Wonderland
Our theme this week is
IN THE PINK
And here is my DT card

This week we are lucky to have two sponsors
Our first sponsor is
Crafty~Emblies

With a prize of a £10 voucher
and our second sponsor is
My Crafty Heart

With a prize of a £10 voucher

Please pop over to the main challenge blog and have a look at all the beautiful creations the rest of the DT have made for your inspiration and don't forget it is Christmas projects only.

For my card I used this cute Penny Black stamp called Xmouse Ornament which is one of my favourites. I coloured the image using Promarkers. The papers are from Craft Creations Ltd and I have used some silver Mirri card and some pale pink Bazzill card for mounting. The snowflake punch is from Martha Stewart and I have added pearls and gems from The Hobby House and the sentiment is computer generated.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~

Christmas At Sweet Stampin' ~ # 4 ~ No Red & No Green Christmas Cards All Year Round ~ Sparkle & Bling I Love Promarkers ~ Anything Goes Bearly ~Mine Challenges ~ # 78 ~ Anything Goes


Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
Have a lovely day.

Pickle....

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Well it's another sad day here for us.
This morning I had to make the sad decision to say 'Goodnight' to my other cat Pickle.

Some of you may know that we lost her sister 'Onion' in February due to a short illness.
Pickle had epilepsy and arthritis and had also suffered several strokes during her earliest fits but she was a fighter and it never altered her appetite.....only her Meow which seemed to vanish and was replaced by 'Aaachh' whenever she wanted anything......Bless her!!! 
Anyway she became ill yesterday and I didn't want her to suffer.
It was a very difficult decision to make but I know it was the right one.....even though it doesn't feel like it at the moment.
Here she is with her partner in crime 'Bertie'.

And below impatiently waiting for her tea.....
she had a mind here to inform me in no uncertain terms that she didn't like the salmon treats I had bought her, where upon we had a long conversation about contributing to the household finances with her 'Pickle Pounds & Pennies' from the 'Pickle Pension Fund'.  

How dare you!   Amused she was not....
look at that grumpy face.....
We will all miss her and I know I will be lost without my 'Girls'.......

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
Enjoy the rest of your day.