tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-303011192024-03-13T08:19:18.756+01:00Just-Jake (keeping all my balls in the air)jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.comBlogger791125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-73519998915829472142012-04-27T10:18:00.001+02:002012-04-27T10:21:29.161+02:00<span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Phew...! I might not post here any more but when I got a mail from blogger saying upgrade or you're gone by May I nearly fainted! After losing everything... and I mean everything, following a total hard drive motherboard failure, this is the only place with memories left... so sad about that, I couldn't let the old blog go. So hoping, really really hoping that i've done this right - after a right job trying to log in - and this is now here to stay, just for me in me maudlin moments.. ;-) This post is just a trial.</span>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-24314829470587194492010-08-23T23:09:00.005+02:002010-08-23T23:58:29.034+02:00Bad times....<span style="font-weight: bold;">It's all gone downhill since Friday....</span><br /><br />1) I've been really unwell. I've had the mother of all colds, an unbeleivably sore throat and bad head, and have felt totally wretched. I still do tbh, I still feel very under the weather - and now completely stressed as well :-(<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Because....</span><br /><br />2) Vin's stuck in Lanzarote and can't get home until tomorrow afternoon, well, it will be night by the time he get's here. Ordinarily, this wouldn't really matter, but right now it does as he has forms to fill in for this university place, funding to apply for - stuff which should have been done urgently yesterday and emailed back to them, but which obviously hasn't been done as he's not here to do it. On top of that it's now going to cost him a fortune to get back as we can't risk standby anymore... he's missed work, driving lessons....It's all turned into a nightmare, and I've felt sick with the stress of it all day. I'm gutted he's got to pay a huge flight home, but I can't do this on my own, he needs to be here if he wants to do the degree.<br /><br />With being ill, and all this going on, I've not been feeling very crafty, but I have started the Chicks album, and by keeping it very simple - as I intended to - I've managed to get a few pages done. The photos are not brilliant, I might try again when I feel better.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDD5qWeHfAW6JEBFkG-RHR008LgRViT2UEkE72dnaUjrO_AChqoC-iDkAl1bav4hUoIWFxAQynljnNDaVUotFf9ZSAClLFfvAgQl6lUqT_bRkF8jfRXt9e9a3sD0gy3fa-kf8Jw/s1600/chicks+album+001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDD5qWeHfAW6JEBFkG-RHR008LgRViT2UEkE72dnaUjrO_AChqoC-iDkAl1bav4hUoIWFxAQynljnNDaVUotFf9ZSAClLFfvAgQl6lUqT_bRkF8jfRXt9e9a3sD0gy3fa-kf8Jw/s400/chicks+album+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508721679398281314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqJEUuStR50BwoGIHBYofFo-0yyFzMwvFk4rfvrfZqNsChwf3eyHffdC5XqGz9c7I7eaypOpdjn7fZ9YzIqwgHjSJPSgiCJnfMKAqtby7T7WRsX5HeoFh4QWvzm6vWAx3GiFLow/s1600/chicks+album+002.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqJEUuStR50BwoGIHBYofFo-0yyFzMwvFk4rfvrfZqNsChwf3eyHffdC5XqGz9c7I7eaypOpdjn7fZ9YzIqwgHjSJPSgiCJnfMKAqtby7T7WRsX5HeoFh4QWvzm6vWAx3GiFLow/s400/chicks+album+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508722838132958562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfp8vPBrz6xXoaNQRR_wPDrzXq4FMEXxcAOfeBl5N8Et1IncVenO_2zdblf2UjvuL02vh3K8rTsmt94ukmDGjEfbT8OH6RULKEwz_i5TerdvxJDHtk6rdJ8FFgG-jB2G9U4gbiQ/s1600/chicks+album+003.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfp8vPBrz6xXoaNQRR_wPDrzXq4FMEXxcAOfeBl5N8Et1IncVenO_2zdblf2UjvuL02vh3K8rTsmt94ukmDGjEfbT8OH6RULKEwz_i5TerdvxJDHtk6rdJ8FFgG-jB2G9U4gbiQ/s400/chicks+album+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508722829842718914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwirAI1SUvE7zNHVWU5mr46CnL-aTZiPwsHLDdnXgNcpfQ4zWkOrqLSS8oD4XhVo5YAZoaPjD2P9Q1DaRfyOUsh3KQ5gNeOzI2mFJw4PdBbjgzbe0C0FqlYU32n7gXwbW3TBpUQ/s1600/chicks+album+004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwirAI1SUvE7zNHVWU5mr46CnL-aTZiPwsHLDdnXgNcpfQ4zWkOrqLSS8oD4XhVo5YAZoaPjD2P9Q1DaRfyOUsh3KQ5gNeOzI2mFJw4PdBbjgzbe0C0FqlYU32n7gXwbW3TBpUQ/s400/chicks+album+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508722827585114578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWOFx6yJECL7LTivBGiiGuPMjol0UHeFqLAa69hlmuSbvFvRLlAV-7T7euc8CLyrnvV4ktatI5PlAhCxChIjHXy81lV_oOiF4kJyw3PS3lkgAPVQeWzJzRz10ScmnCvv1ZtVNrw/s1600/chicks+album+005.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWOFx6yJECL7LTivBGiiGuPMjol0UHeFqLAa69hlmuSbvFvRLlAV-7T7euc8CLyrnvV4ktatI5PlAhCxChIjHXy81lV_oOiF4kJyw3PS3lkgAPVQeWzJzRz10ScmnCvv1ZtVNrw/s400/chicks+album+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508721710114143106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cH7Us3PLL79qsRkmuz_tRco5Y-qKcJuhE-1p1UbQAFelRW-OV46UlY9l2S1IHwT9RQ1OtatfNCrxSc45cXqbKy6uSbMVC0_QjAESGATeYB6WQGTmywqdl_aciwaw8f5O1cgxlg/s1600/chicks+album+006.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cH7Us3PLL79qsRkmuz_tRco5Y-qKcJuhE-1p1UbQAFelRW-OV46UlY9l2S1IHwT9RQ1OtatfNCrxSc45cXqbKy6uSbMVC0_QjAESGATeYB6WQGTmywqdl_aciwaw8f5O1cgxlg/s400/chicks+album+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508721705233850690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZ8PgEH4pbTTjNLMh8zDSUeejRlGXOO_-FC-6olN6wgwa24i7zTJwhWWWusQvLT33d-xoaHG38N9Ikr52pGkNT6_-3eKjrbBgO64tyOS-8NKU5IoVEha_wtu6enofU2pAqRW3UA/s1600/chicks+album+009.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZ8PgEH4pbTTjNLMh8zDSUeejRlGXOO_-FC-6olN6wgwa24i7zTJwhWWWusQvLT33d-xoaHG38N9Ikr52pGkNT6_-3eKjrbBgO64tyOS-8NKU5IoVEha_wtu6enofU2pAqRW3UA/s400/chicks+album+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508721696367603794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAnaIl4SDAlOTvi0yt15q2lsSegrvFTS64Uu-DKJLLongYNm2yk7HHctb4nKH2pTQOLjj9u4k3TM1WK3cwjneovz5-adZ4HfZelwKqIl1jgsVi9OXU16Exrjo9Nd6X1EAK8zf0w/s1600/chicks+album+008.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxAnaIl4SDAlOTvi0yt15q2lsSegrvFTS64Uu-DKJLLongYNm2yk7HHctb4nKH2pTQOLjj9u4k3TM1WK3cwjneovz5-adZ4HfZelwKqIl1jgsVi9OXU16Exrjo9Nd6X1EAK8zf0w/s400/chicks+album+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508721687065808450" border="0" /></a>Had to smile to myself using the TWIST TIE, i'm sure that's one of the things we laughed about on UKS... fancy me still having some of those tucked away - truth is I've got LOADS! lol.<br /><br />Over on <a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://scrapology-adventuresinscrapbooking.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scrapology</span></a> we are offering some blog candy in the form of lots of gorgeous halloween goodies, all you have to do is leave a comment and follow the blog... simples!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpbfzjvWjyI6cOKqHgAGqrte-_D-CwXOgd5bz9rHOpoS0DfQhPAlVHLBr1hXlb2TUqIfkFdeEFn-Rl71zvQUDX1Lu5DO3St9ttG93SJOpm7-q_5KAxBY8YqHwwi__6gMS4x8S9w/s1600/Halloween+Blog+Candy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpbfzjvWjyI6cOKqHgAGqrte-_D-CwXOgd5bz9rHOpoS0DfQhPAlVHLBr1hXlb2TUqIfkFdeEFn-Rl71zvQUDX1Lu5DO3St9ttG93SJOpm7-q_5KAxBY8YqHwwi__6gMS4x8S9w/s400/Halloween+Blog+Candy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508727770759715762" border="0" /></a><br />Plus there's still time to enter to win<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://scrapology-adventuresinscrapbooking.blogspot.com/2010/08/prize-for-august-scraplift-challenge.html">this prize</a> in the August scraplift challenge! Get over there!<br /><br />more soon<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-81755369189774329922010-08-20T22:15:00.007+02:002010-08-20T22:59:42.700+02:00All good here...The boy's on holiday with his mate, out visiting his sisters in sunny Lanzarote, but we heard today that he has an offer for uni, so when he comes home we'll have it all to do filling in a million forms and applying for every grant, bursary and scholarship going.... Wish us luck with that then.<br /><br />Here he is celebrating his success in his usual laid back fashion... way to go Vin!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZud8-xuuk55vVVi_aM2qJXt8tkrIzmKaDlHcU8P_dU-qghbTRRaxW73rQIZHL73ebPcU8EOWFDQ93sKW0uEQLiHMsu6dHZyMQubjWoztefraPBNazif6goqYX5IDxi_eFw0it4g/s1600/Vin+pool.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZud8-xuuk55vVVi_aM2qJXt8tkrIzmKaDlHcU8P_dU-qghbTRRaxW73rQIZHL73ebPcU8EOWFDQ93sKW0uEQLiHMsu6dHZyMQubjWoztefraPBNazif6goqYX5IDxi_eFw0it4g/s400/Vin+pool.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507593474760372450" border="0" /></a>I've been pretty busy this week, so not much crafting or blogging done, tho I did make my LO for September's <span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);" href="http://scrapology-adventuresinscrapbooking.blogspot.com/">Scrapology</a> </span>which will go out on the first monday of Sept. Still time to enter August's draw btw - there's also a fabby prize on offer and not many entries yet - so get in and have a go while you can, your chances are good!<br /><br />Today i've felt proper poorly... and no, family - it's not wine flu, before you ask!<br />I've not felt up to much but did dabble a bit with some stickles and stuff and made a pretty butterfly card - maybe i'll send it to myself... as a get well card lol. Sincerely hoping I feel better tomorrow anyway! I don't really do 'ill' very well...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6S2BFVwKtgN1CINkWp9s-18D4GELvr6olPY_GV1RXocUvZqUSZqreHznEAGdQGhTFgbihNvPFgdGuckeH_mdtNroAkWQ2SHeCI3nvNWz8wM5EV5ODnB0cjjA_M8wtV8Qe5crlkA/s1600/butterfly+card+002.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6S2BFVwKtgN1CINkWp9s-18D4GELvr6olPY_GV1RXocUvZqUSZqreHznEAGdQGhTFgbihNvPFgdGuckeH_mdtNroAkWQ2SHeCI3nvNWz8wM5EV5ODnB0cjjA_M8wtV8Qe5crlkA/s400/butterfly+card+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507595254329391410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-D-olKcMgx5KIEPUYSVLGemibuewpJ5BROYKw7tGZWxKdfmrgBvxT7CFYjcTyp0ivIcdKoEgRHuMHaV2jnjoB0ErkrXiZ8t_dO0t6PUoh2ILn4NvyH4myCQqcjwb9mOOOnKa7hg/s1600/butterfly+card+004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-D-olKcMgx5KIEPUYSVLGemibuewpJ5BROYKw7tGZWxKdfmrgBvxT7CFYjcTyp0ivIcdKoEgRHuMHaV2jnjoB0ErkrXiZ8t_dO0t6PUoh2ILn4NvyH4myCQqcjwb9mOOOnKa7hg/s400/butterfly+card+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507595252334178418" border="0" /></a>The secret garden's coming on fine and keeping Carlo busy... and as for me, well, tomorrow it's back to the chicks album, assuming i'm well enough of course!<br /><br />More soon<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-41098930988314678442010-08-15T15:13:00.007+02:002010-08-15T16:11:58.060+02:00you know when something sets you off...... for me it can be a set of colours which I like together, or a line of papers... a new technique, or some sort of embellishment that inspires me. Then I seem to get stuck using that thing over and over. I liked the colours of my August Scrapology LO and found myself looking for scraps to make a card with the same colour scheme, anyone else find they do that? A while ago everything was hot pink, lime and B&W together, now I seem to be a bit stuck in an autumny pallete. Dunno why tho.<br /><br />Today I have a LO using pix from our hols in March - I really can't wait to get back out there in a few weeks for a bit more of this :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcM4MX7q5SthJtp5EmRsS9vpWZ_G9Q4JebQJcUQFM55DfnJqPT7ZH8WQAIy7rzUbh3og6etsmY_5gBCp9zCIzsKviZfx5CaGiH_DhQmXmnN1Q34LLAeuV8HZ4oR4GP9BSvQRmRMA/s1600/fair+play.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcM4MX7q5SthJtp5EmRsS9vpWZ_G9Q4JebQJcUQFM55DfnJqPT7ZH8WQAIy7rzUbh3og6etsmY_5gBCp9zCIzsKviZfx5CaGiH_DhQmXmnN1Q34LLAeuV8HZ4oR4GP9BSvQRmRMA/s400/fair+play.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505632353577895986" border="0" /></a><br />Oh, and here's the card - using those colours I mentioned.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvoFlYK49wVgnzlVDSjcgijwGeAw5QQWGYyixS7S2fe-09gTOnPSW-hPBpxxPlJZ6U8wAf0yzA44Yz5lBZcjvFu9A_UkAAw1PnzihgWUakyNHdNurCwis1g14tXnaUi0G1xvakg/s1600/especially+for+ewe.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvoFlYK49wVgnzlVDSjcgijwGeAw5QQWGYyixS7S2fe-09gTOnPSW-hPBpxxPlJZ6U8wAf0yzA44Yz5lBZcjvFu9A_UkAAw1PnzihgWUakyNHdNurCwis1g14tXnaUi0G1xvakg/s400/especially+for+ewe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505632348210747090" border="0" /></a><br />I also have some news about <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/Scrapology"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Scrapology</span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span>- Jill at <span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.cardinalcolours.co.uk/catalog/index.php"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Cardinal Colours</span></a></span> is kindly sponsoring the blog and will be providing a prize each month for the LO we like best! All you have to do is enter, obviously, and sign up to follow the blog! This month (AUG) the prize is a 'Craft Mates, ezy locking caddy!!' So if you wanna win this fantastic tote get over to Scrapology and check out the <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://scrapology-adventuresinscrapbooking.blogspot.com/2010/08/is-for-apertures.html">A is for Apertures</a> post!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQmy2NVIxDl6PRTBvdoGcwOAbpi7eXOriTA9RErtc9ObPlEhVucqMDviMUagjJnGYO4FBfsvJLJ-OMo4cqUHIsXEwfBo3XgsJloFmsxm68o_5qjlBEBP3oBsRQB-DAB6xoJR2aA/s1600/caddy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQmy2NVIxDl6PRTBvdoGcwOAbpi7eXOriTA9RErtc9ObPlEhVucqMDviMUagjJnGYO4FBfsvJLJ-OMo4cqUHIsXEwfBo3XgsJloFmsxm68o_5qjlBEBP3oBsRQB-DAB6xoJR2aA/s400/caddy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505627829679185602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />New prizes every month! C'mon and play!<br /><br />more soon<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-90400537220243226592010-08-14T01:03:00.003+02:002010-08-14T13:32:05.149+02:00rain rain go away!Are you fed up of the rain? I know I am. The other half is too... he's still trying to complete the patio up the top of the garden, fitting it in after work and any odd hours he has and his efforts are being severely hampered by this sodding weather. Mind you, what's the rush? Just read this morning that we have this weather to look forward to until November.... erm... and then what? Sudden blue skies? I don't think so, Mr Weatherman!<br /><br />Well, at least if he gets it done we might sit out NEXT year.... Just don't know why I couldn't have been born somewhere else... like Spain...or the desert... or anywhere warm and dry *sigh*<br /><br />As it's all glum out there, I'm in here making things so there's an upside I guess.<br /><br />Yesterday I made a card for <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/">Daring Card Makers</a> - I do love their challenges :-)<br /><br />You had to put a TREE on a card, lol.<br />A tree of all things...! Anyway, I made a baby card in the whimsical style I seem to be developing of late... I actually made a Christmas card as a well - being the obvious thing, but it's a bit rubbish, prob be confined to the bin or the back of a drawer later. I was quite disappointed in it anyway.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_jN_WWsZU0PNxrMBZq_51-zmiXx4d04831Mk07UPFJwziEOaBuQrdunPieAwzCe-ygorvyG6fNg4GcNyh5uBdmB_KP-daDxhtvfYfmietRHRrLjGLUxmQ7jX73bz4UxfV1JWyQ/s1600/DCM+tree+card.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 389px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_jN_WWsZU0PNxrMBZq_51-zmiXx4d04831Mk07UPFJwziEOaBuQrdunPieAwzCe-ygorvyG6fNg4GcNyh5uBdmB_KP-daDxhtvfYfmietRHRrLjGLUxmQ7jX73bz4UxfV1JWyQ/s400/DCM+tree+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505221807987216530" border="0" /></a>And then this morning, I made another card loosly based on this challenge at <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://getsketchy.blogspot.com/">Get Sketchy.</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span>I think if there were no challenge blogs i'd never get anything done.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmvHXyqxIXOOmdl7mIsOqjuP2Ubbw9zyWF8Elr5wJAOAMN8M5PoQLQePaMzD-Fhy7eZjaA5A4rgCxBg7-RFBdyAFs-Vcc7vwJFvduLP86R_g6wlGzjrExq76cDuonhTAN7rfxxQ/s1600/boat+card.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmvHXyqxIXOOmdl7mIsOqjuP2Ubbw9zyWF8Elr5wJAOAMN8M5PoQLQePaMzD-Fhy7eZjaA5A4rgCxBg7-RFBdyAFs-Vcc7vwJFvduLP86R_g6wlGzjrExq76cDuonhTAN7rfxxQ/s400/boat+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505226756190699858" border="0" /></a>And talking of challenge blogs, you still have two weeks to get your LO done for <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://scrapology-adventuresinscrapbooking.blogspot.com/">Scrapology</a> if you're playing along this month - New Challenge up first monday of September :-)<br /><br />I'm trying to eat healthily for the next four weeks for my holiday... I made my favourite seafood pasta last night and I'm having baked trout with lime and coriander tonight. Tomorrow it'll be salmon in chilli and garlic - I might lose a few pounds but i'll look like a blummin fish by the time I get there!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67C40AxmaKczC7_rllaYz3G0xUBwsxN5aBmvkyw7cvfzh0qexAr9NCDTLWUdiWeJSrAn2o05kr_bLHoygk3ANZjOYxwPl3nNg5048-sc_WP1rC3GguCt39ueVIqgdzvbIzV1sOg/s1600/Seafood+Pasta.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67C40AxmaKczC7_rllaYz3G0xUBwsxN5aBmvkyw7cvfzh0qexAr9NCDTLWUdiWeJSrAn2o05kr_bLHoygk3ANZjOYxwPl3nNg5048-sc_WP1rC3GguCt39ueVIqgdzvbIzV1sOg/s400/Seafood+Pasta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505221334956138594" border="0" /></a><br />Anyway, happy (wet) weekend everyone<br />More soon<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-78546943898713105272010-08-09T09:04:00.003+02:002010-08-09T09:11:23.818+02:00Scrapology is go!As I mentioned yesterday, I am part of a new venture in scrapping - a lovely friendly blog, offering a bit of inspo and fun on a monthly basis. Sooooo.... if you've lost your mojo recently - as many of us on the DT have of late.... pop along and join the adventure with us! There's only one challenge a month so you have plenty of time to join in, and we'd LOVE to see your work, we can all support each other and get some scrapping done together :-) You can link to your blog, or email us with your LO. Details on the blog -<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://scrapology-adventuresinscrapbooking.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Scrapology</span></a></span> - come and check us out, here's mine :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Zavvrb-WDpFbKJIxAUqd8OdKNxQMEd7EeV4CUlK3DagEDc_NL_Ag2aRWee7hiVN0GzozqzBWMCMu92_TrnzM22-hBDl0dmL2IhyphenhyphensMhTFpkhrSc02u9vkKmZF_Gi6zZSeSvo9Dw/s1600/Week+1+Scrapology.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 390px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Zavvrb-WDpFbKJIxAUqd8OdKNxQMEd7EeV4CUlK3DagEDc_NL_Ag2aRWee7hiVN0GzozqzBWMCMu92_TrnzM22-hBDl0dmL2IhyphenhyphensMhTFpkhrSc02u9vkKmZF_Gi6zZSeSvo9Dw/s400/Week+1+Scrapology.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503304038864730274" border="0" /></a><br /><br />more later<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-25005888112861582332010-08-08T17:24:00.008+02:002010-08-08T19:33:13.617+02:00news and viewsI am surrounded by Leo's in my life. My brother, sister, daughter, son, grand daughter and son in law were all born under the zodiac sign of the Lion so as you can imagine, July and August are expensive months for us.<br /><br />I actually sent my sister a card from <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.moonpig.com/uk/default.aspx">Moonpig</a> because this company is a favourite of our family as we like to personalise things where possible, however I couldn't resist making her a little card too and as she's fanatical about her allotment and mad on gardening in general, I knocked this up for her this morning:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfni_nwwMsELe3IfZv6Im7RCndTKm0Y5C702pTFeFwUGzerPyRfhFC4usHxFfk3reU8vcVSeHp7x1Xd7Az_IHbKUuwlukkg7pR2quvyBxZc4F5P4cvMceED6-uRanMnoSV5Chp6A/s1600/grow+card.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 385px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfni_nwwMsELe3IfZv6Im7RCndTKm0Y5C702pTFeFwUGzerPyRfhFC4usHxFfk3reU8vcVSeHp7x1Xd7Az_IHbKUuwlukkg7pR2quvyBxZc4F5P4cvMceED6-uRanMnoSV5Chp6A/s400/grow+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503064123030758930" border="0" /></a>Other news is Carlo has cleared the top of our garden which was nothing short of a wilderness tbh, and has started making a new patio. We've had the millstone for years and always intended making a water feature of it with pebbles and a fountain, something like this......<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ADE_KQ78OGDhhUdg_eGu1HbU7cPg_bYbegmu-FF80hKc0QxJ8zQjLobsJipdUZC4hdQmCQZrx8RahbEtzLExjp0I_iMyuu2pWUhr6lTPemb2gRIx4YaufRUfnAl28Z9FYnBpww/s1600/Pebble+Water+Feature.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ADE_KQ78OGDhhUdg_eGu1HbU7cPg_bYbegmu-FF80hKc0QxJ8zQjLobsJipdUZC4hdQmCQZrx8RahbEtzLExjp0I_iMyuu2pWUhr6lTPemb2gRIx4YaufRUfnAl28Z9FYnBpww/s400/Pebble+Water+Feature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503065739153929714" border="0" /></a><br />.....but since we never got round to it, he's decided to use it as a centrepiece and build a circular patio instead. This is up the top of the garden and is bathed in sunlight morning and evening now we've had the tree surgeon in to blitz the huge ugly sycamore which has blighted the garden for years. I am SOOOOO happy about this! We're going to make it really lovely up there, paint the wall and put all our pretties we've collected on our travels on show so when we sit down to relax we can remember all the lovely places we've been and all the nice hols we've had. It won't quite be the Med, but we can pretend ;-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiZRzKi2Tb44kyFLEV6wsVMUHZA2dmOGDdcSLh_flIFFyAwk_cP-D0TQzXejth0y8QS1WBIZ2pe53BfP3f3dHzZyk209P00A7epQby3LT3A2BNqI9t5OJ1QAaamH5NcukXrrC_g/s1600/patio.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiZRzKi2Tb44kyFLEV6wsVMUHZA2dmOGDdcSLh_flIFFyAwk_cP-D0TQzXejth0y8QS1WBIZ2pe53BfP3f3dHzZyk209P00A7epQby3LT3A2BNqI9t5OJ1QAaamH5NcukXrrC_g/s400/patio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503090301642162546" border="0" /></a><br />It's nowhere near finished of course, but at least it's started and i've completely abandoned the idea of keeping chickens altogether now.... don't want to share my tranquil area with a bunch of noisy messy hens do I!<br /><br />And my final piece of news is that I've been invited by some friends to join a new blog where we will be offering up some inspiration and asking people to share their ideas with us too. It's been a while since I was involved in anything scrappy as a few months ago I took a big step back from everything crafty and gave up all my DT's and commitments due to overload and burnout. I totally lost my mojo and with it all interest, and well, basically I just needed a break, but I'm back crafting again - even blogging! - and I think i'll enjoy the challenge, so I hope you'll pop along to <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);" href="http://scrapology-adventuresinscrapbooking.blogspot.com/">Scrapology</a> - Adventures in Scrapbooking... when it goes live tomorrow to see what you think of our new project :-)<br /><br />more soon<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-38539882060730737902010-08-07T14:19:00.015+02:002010-08-07T16:51:51.915+02:00Chicken Talk!At work we took part in the 12 day experience - friends on facebook will have seen the pix. On a pre-arranged day an incubator arrives from<a href="http://www.livingeggs.co.uk/CareHome.html"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Living Eggs</span></a> containing 10 ready to hatch eggs... and within a couple of days you several have gorgeous fluffy chicks!<br /><br />They can't guarantee how many, but I understand it's usually around 6-8. However, in our case all 10 hatched, much to the delight of the residents and staff. I began recording their progress from the day the eggs arrived, and I've decided to put together a scrapbook album so the residents and their families can reminisce about the event as often as they like.<br /><br />I intend to keep it very simple:<br /><br />1. to save time, because much as I love the resi's, most of it will be done at home and my time with my family is precious to me.<br /><br />2. The vast majority of my residents have some degree of dementia, and clutter on a page can be very confusing for them. If I want them to look at it often ( and I do) then I need clear, clean lines and nothing way out or whacky.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmClddJpZ3pFySyy_r9p5VI5WSsHCs7Y5XQ-tSd58EVd2j7lCV0wUzftQ-QW6_H3oYYpA6fw0R24upZTyYTyG734Om4yT_u6YWfgI87oeJJx_RfB9QY5u6-OO_qUv6z7MOmu2cw/s1600/DSCF9637+copy+sized+for+blog.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmClddJpZ3pFySyy_r9p5VI5WSsHCs7Y5XQ-tSd58EVd2j7lCV0wUzftQ-QW6_H3oYYpA6fw0R24upZTyYTyG734Om4yT_u6YWfgI87oeJJx_RfB9QY5u6-OO_qUv6z7MOmu2cw/s400/DSCF9637+copy+sized+for+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502654367431574578" border="0" /></a><br />To keep it coordinated i'm sticking to a fairly simple monochromatic colour scheme, but to add a little fun i've chosen a few simple embellishments, and will use stamps throughout to carry the reader from page to page.<br /><br />Just hope it turns out ok, and they love it as much as they love the chickadees themselves!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2StzE7_hPJZUQ6sPiC7yjlLvBqF7c3XKFAAVlHCjfEnREn8NGGjeFM5shKU6H1VU83B5e9Kn1lE9tvAJEgv33K2sr2mm9DfVCkLmLsV9hRtedqEjC3P0-AeCE6f2Opo91Q4RLcw/s1600/chicks+june+2010+002.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_mfnfraJ-COSJYWuxYc8-zZcpZW6vadRivRZIT4N6P-I2DNDX75o0S2BunnE0-ytxPR18bbUYXW25odwYXd-Y6jog6OpVvgVb1aN8J7llDbnqBrXqIkcms4GZlQ7oMeftzjIW3A/s400/chicks+june+2010+109.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502650084518203106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHv0l4oOegoKGFfTY1fCEco3QqagDHQiIKjKKAF3wO_4Nc1R6UpUT4s2K_3-0XpLY4i7DwfVlKb2Y0rwgyXXKXOq6a330Mh33vDheQOYUQf-wo4gsjX2O9KMaA93_yFO4bTtdng/s1600/knolls,+chicks,fete,pearlyqueen+034.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHv0l4oOegoKGFfTY1fCEco3QqagDHQiIKjKKAF3wO_4Nc1R6UpUT4s2K_3-0XpLY4i7DwfVlKb2Y0rwgyXXKXOq6a330Mh33vDheQOYUQf-wo4gsjX2O9KMaA93_yFO4bTtdng/s400/knolls,+chicks,fete,pearlyqueen+034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502652995414547154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwI6gIDkugF5RFKjGd1QrdUqTfDROOnD1F-ws-QTMEs83NFcURVQGmNJtGnZ0vnyaS4w1UhB0ZCVaW9kqgDX0yRtoO05zGa85Scj1TkbNbzH_RHXqt2j7rz7yOxfhCBInN2pvfg/s1600/knolls,+chicks,fete,pearlyqueen+082.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwI6gIDkugF5RFKjGd1QrdUqTfDROOnD1F-ws-QTMEs83NFcURVQGmNJtGnZ0vnyaS4w1UhB0ZCVaW9kqgDX0yRtoO05zGa85Scj1TkbNbzH_RHXqt2j7rz7yOxfhCBInN2pvfg/s400/knolls,+chicks,fete,pearlyqueen+082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502653544802423266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdGGvWcdZmGaYipfYvwff0YkkO8z3fcwkIl9uUcYb0VdalAf6rk-CtLZhUX9LM_fw6aHM7-C2FCcy-gyLwvOJMaB9Eru_nZCRwmzmN6ByCBuI8MhGBoeq5oblV3kX9ogMEUy8_w/s1600/knolls,+chicks,fete,pearlyqueen+070.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdGGvWcdZmGaYipfYvwff0YkkO8z3fcwkIl9uUcYb0VdalAf6rk-CtLZhUX9LM_fw6aHM7-C2FCcy-gyLwvOJMaB9Eru_nZCRwmzmN6ByCBuI8MhGBoeq5oblV3kX9ogMEUy8_w/s400/knolls,+chicks,fete,pearlyqueen+070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502653539353858530" border="0" /></a>I've also been busy cardmaking, and can't believe how much i'm enjoying crafting again... mind you, let's be honest, the weather's been naff so i'm not interested in being outside. I read that Summer's on it's way back, and next week's gonna be nice again, so might as well take advantage of the bad weather to catch up on projects indoors while it's grim!<br /><br />I made this this morning, just a quickie card for <a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/">DCM's</a> latest challenge. I have a number of August birthdays coming up, and Peridot is the birthstone for August born folks, so this will no doubt be useful for someone. Thanks to Debra for the stickers, told you i'd find a use for them one day even if the oldies couldn't!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SU2roAHGMqknep_ovCu0kFRGgllky8N2FKleZdjFmHvvVm5sBUDcX-SzSDpKvlbPdy0yQKl3h3NyYRK3K9i2yfPYWsxzBjNKYiWvvG1EKd2wXiTe9yqd0j4bJUCqOiHqHAk9dg/s1600/perdot+card+for+DCM.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SU2roAHGMqknep_ovCu0kFRGgllky8N2FKleZdjFmHvvVm5sBUDcX-SzSDpKvlbPdy0yQKl3h3NyYRK3K9i2yfPYWsxzBjNKYiWvvG1EKd2wXiTe9yqd0j4bJUCqOiHqHAk9dg/s400/perdot+card+for+DCM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502656309068339330" border="0" /></a>And this for <a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2010/07/sketch-75.html">Card Patterns sketch no 75</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsQj6V9sp956w__7pJlbwWKh4Fc9UGWT2RNOAjI6XecNvmvY7Xh26zO-jhY146RYFsNLwmDQnafapiB5JvWajualTetQ10-rfProFAxrpgNhiZGZyr1d4GG0nmO0soHha12jKsw/s1600/sketch75.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsQj6V9sp956w__7pJlbwWKh4Fc9UGWT2RNOAjI6XecNvmvY7Xh26zO-jhY146RYFsNLwmDQnafapiB5JvWajualTetQ10-rfProFAxrpgNhiZGZyr1d4GG0nmO0soHha12jKsw/s400/sketch75.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502680334474936274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPW4vzv33rjJTnmZ_eWnhQyCkvzMaxpd9noYHF7NbsGr2CCFpGqcEENmmdO7J5nMllJJ9wPMGfWJ31UVEcF9yyxhkyrsTrgwCGvKUEpwAB-JD_RgsiP6PCxwDJUY1fwFiGaWGLpw/s1600/card+patterns+75.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPW4vzv33rjJTnmZ_eWnhQyCkvzMaxpd9noYHF7NbsGr2CCFpGqcEENmmdO7J5nMllJJ9wPMGfWJ31UVEcF9yyxhkyrsTrgwCGvKUEpwAB-JD_RgsiP6PCxwDJUY1fwFiGaWGLpw/s400/card+patterns+75.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502679746970590594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />more soon<br />have a lovely weekend everyone!<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-44983362710438048402010-08-06T16:56:00.005+02:002010-08-06T17:41:24.249+02:00get the flags out!!!I made a layout at last, lol!<br /><br />I have my lovely friend <a href="http://www.amomentintime-craftycooper.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Lynn</span> </a>to thank for getting me back in the scrappin saddle...And now i'm back in the craft room, I find i'm enjoying it again. Maybe I just needed a little break, who knows... but in the last three days I've made two layouts and a card - not bad for someone totally without mojo last week! :-)<br /><br />I couldn't resist making a LO featuring the gorge little flags I see everywhere lately. Obviously, mine are home made, though i'm sure some enterprising soul is selling miniature bunting for layouts on ebay or etsy. Come to think of it, probably the big manufacterers are too, but as I had some old diamond patterned paper kicking around it was easy enough to cut some out and chop them in half, and they were perfect for the pic of my little grand daughter Jen being the clown that she is and making everyone round the pool smile.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrdPrmzRa5pVTJEtikDBtLnpFSLJXXpWh9AFNhvQcmbRV5NoJUTN3hb_wHTII7vXOtGbqZoO3e8lpEfqAIynVyGdSzL0PcibWKxtgcERaga34oXgVRCDxgS5xiJIUAVSrGKgptQ/s1600/Really+Silly.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrdPrmzRa5pVTJEtikDBtLnpFSLJXXpWh9AFNhvQcmbRV5NoJUTN3hb_wHTII7vXOtGbqZoO3e8lpEfqAIynVyGdSzL0PcibWKxtgcERaga34oXgVRCDxgS5xiJIUAVSrGKgptQ/s400/Really+Silly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502313263651506178" border="0" /></a><br />Thanks for popping in!<br />more soon<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-22851767352263638722010-08-05T00:55:00.001+02:002010-08-05T01:16:13.409+02:00Daring Cardmakers, Nat's challenge.So much for getting back to blogging! No sooner had the idea come to mind than everything went crazy and my time disappeared again - how typical!<br /><br />Anyway, I have managed a couple of things. One thing I really wanted to do was to find time to get back into making cards... I'd barely started to learn this craft when it all went pear shaped and my hobby time got put on the back burner... but... I'm trying to change that now. With this in mind I thought a chllenge would help, so hopped over to <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" href="http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/">Daring Cardmakers</a>, as I always like their ideas. With luck I'll try a few more challenges from other sites this week as I find putting a card together comes easier at the moment than making a whole layout - although I HAVE even managed one of those!<br /><br />Here's my card for <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" href="http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/">DCM</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDzfB_MYiBFm1xZ3CMzfAkhaAKh6Ud4MtWZ6727wsE_fF_4Wx0qlWo1deTI8uYOy8DskjgTOdkVPyWxfHAqpQiTdMP5yMd2VwvuQ1yi6ECzXeCTs9wOrRAz2p6_0mioIRC0ugLQ/s1600/daring+cardmakers+august+week+1+022.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDzfB_MYiBFm1xZ3CMzfAkhaAKh6Ud4MtWZ6727wsE_fF_4Wx0qlWo1deTI8uYOy8DskjgTOdkVPyWxfHAqpQiTdMP5yMd2VwvuQ1yi6ECzXeCTs9wOrRAz2p6_0mioIRC0ugLQ/s400/daring+cardmakers+august+week+1+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501696335095110034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwn7-yrBQZKxLKPcKuCcnIi5OOyExuWiJVZQ4xP_EHg0G9Vi_a92-_YS_vNDLbo-bn9dw0uEOP4snYTtanxFJL5C0qWC-779ToqEC1Txp_An27kTJTVrSUAVnaXDzP3zSwpHzrlQ/s1600/daring+cardmakers+august+week+1+019.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwn7-yrBQZKxLKPcKuCcnIi5OOyExuWiJVZQ4xP_EHg0G9Vi_a92-_YS_vNDLbo-bn9dw0uEOP4snYTtanxFJL5C0qWC-779ToqEC1Txp_An27kTJTVrSUAVnaXDzP3zSwpHzrlQ/s400/daring+cardmakers+august+week+1+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501696339828000322" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The theme was sister or friend... and as it's my sister's birthday on the 10th - and she is without doubt one of my very best friends, I had no prob having a go with it :-)<br /><br />Thanks for popping by<br />more soon<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-39397637803947278932010-07-31T20:59:00.012+02:002010-08-01T00:30:34.621+02:00Canal FestivalWe popped along to the Canal Festival today. I wouldn't say we are exactly moping with Vin away at Sonisphere... and Don and all her lot out in Lanza with the girls...but the idea of a colourful fun afternoon surrounded by water and boats was a welcome break, so we jumped in the car and shot down the bypass after our jobs were done.<br /><br />Apart from the barges, there's a lot to see. Loads of country crafts, stalls and entertainments. Carl loved the little boats powered by candles, and I loved the bright rag rugs and basketware. We walked along the tow path for a while looking at the narrow boats, and stopped to pet daft dogs excitedly running the length of their boats barking at everyone in a very important way :-) We had our lunch there too from the hog roast... hot pork rolls with apple sauce, crackling and coleslaw, and Carlo had a highly potent scrumpy while I sipped a delicious fruity Pimms.<br /><br />There were birds of prey, and I snapped a lovely photo of an owl who had the most beautiful orange eyes, and we cracked up at the tractors who all bore a sticker proclaiming them Old Farts... made us feel quite at home, that did!<br /><br />Anyway, here's a few pics from our day out. I might even shake myself into making a mini book of the event - such a colourful day out deserves recording. Just hope I can hold that thought.... fingers crossed anyway.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsERHKaZxDAe12B__ypD3tPFgdqZMSATvHN5ARX3AN_km_MKZcL6UKlQgpa3o0yGw-FEe_6fxKKAJOxRdg9qiN2v6s_Hrk9w5PSfG8pLf7IBf87UdzrCKt6xH_91kyzxfFJ_bOgw/s1600/29th-30th+July+10+canal+festival+001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsERHKaZxDAe12B__ypD3tPFgdqZMSATvHN5ARX3AN_km_MKZcL6UKlQgpa3o0yGw-FEe_6fxKKAJOxRdg9qiN2v6s_Hrk9w5PSfG8pLf7IBf87UdzrCKt6xH_91kyzxfFJ_bOgw/s400/29th-30th+July+10+canal+festival+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500196413051615938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-nsk1X3hJ1t9c1KMOAGAfr0_O_O-mcoLI0iYtO6K3DZIe19SKvhWfiYDu0GD7s78RA9PnwhVO4WOwHUIa33S0Yx82eIUUbTogo9g5QwVtie-1LkvJEYV5HB8MXwRoq-pm2eTng/s1600/29th-30th+July+10+canal+festival+026.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQIZhMepRtI2NTdtmwxPdQPoy5S9vXT6No7WNSvlGuDAagsPshSJCKsFjGd-3KMiIwVlojU9iMJvdqOeKvzRAeOLJzBxi4prZidaLOd6TiM3e1gQ7Uk_End504mCpEs1PSN8qXQ/s400/29th-30th+July+10+canal+festival+049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500197783615649538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt37_JmA7wqau_NKdJu263jWv0H3PcejrMT_HKJnRyuBLfpfBglcueLH3TVkoNUfWQIuvGR_AIRbooMmU538hyh87F4ckEXzwKbiS_Z3nwfWlXEx4IgFnve0HztwA5GFB4mjREIw/s1600/29th-30th+July+10+canal+festival+050.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt37_JmA7wqau_NKdJu263jWv0H3PcejrMT_HKJnRyuBLfpfBglcueLH3TVkoNUfWQIuvGR_AIRbooMmU538hyh87F4ckEXzwKbiS_Z3nwfWlXEx4IgFnve0HztwA5GFB4mjREIw/s400/29th-30th+July+10+canal+festival+050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500197785486981746" border="0" /></a><br />anyway, enough for tonight :-)<br />More soon<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-36929649505792301172010-07-27T08:54:00.006+02:002010-08-01T10:02:35.506+02:00It's been awhile........it's been several months in fact since I blogged.<br /><br />I haven't blogged because I've really not been doing anything crafting wise, I've been busy outside, have felt pretty down on and off...and also because I got too caught up in facebook - which sucks a lot of time if you let it... and I confess I did.<br /><br />In the months I've been away I closed the blog down to visitors, but I had an emal recently asking if I'd like to become part of a new project - which really interested me - and so out of the blue I got the kick up the bum I needed to get back to crafting, and as a result, hopefully, blogging :-)<br /><br />As I have nothing creative to show, I'll show you me being an idiot, along with with my nutty sister and my darlin Carlo, last weekend at the <a href="http://www.britishmusicexperience.com/">British Music Experience</a> if you haven't visited this expo at the O2 yet, you should. It's a fantastic place, stuffed with music memoribilia, costumes, instruments and info - you can also dance the decades! Which as you can see, we did ;-) But where is my son and his friend... who we took to celebrate his 18th birthday....? Hiding, obviously! Oh the shame... mum dad and godmother/auntie doing the twist in front of hundreds of tourists.... ha ha - bet he was glad there were plenty of places to lose yourself inside!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" >British Music Experience Video Removed</span><br /><br />more soon!<br />hugs<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-43176118717640835722010-03-20T20:42:00.011+01:002010-03-21T15:55:36.237+01:00home at last!It's been a busy busy time!<br /><br />Had heaps going on with work stuff, family, and my dad especially, but all's good now, and we've also had a lovely holiday with the family in Lanzarote, and in fact only got back 24 hours or so ago.<br /><br />I'd love to have something crafty to share today, but sadly there's been no time. I wish there had. I do still love to play with my pretties when I can, but sometime's there's just no way and i'm learning to accept that, if reluctantly.<br /><br />Have a few holiday pics tho, mainly for the family, but feel free to have a gander if you've nothing more interesting to do.<br /><br />THE DOGS!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhK4kgbpB4wI_6bFx7C7B1m3qrzeCzLhBjsi_WWsqj0BAqtPsGV3Unh6aoqw2_rNWP2bzdOXVih0r5gyyFehtN1c55H5Y-RL5ewYvWPcSjiKfQK6FgfHfP0aql4466Waw7CPUnA/s1600-h/Copy+of+my+hol+pix+lanza+mar+10+236a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhK4kgbpB4wI_6bFx7C7B1m3qrzeCzLhBjsi_WWsqj0BAqtPsGV3Unh6aoqw2_rNWP2bzdOXVih0r5gyyFehtN1c55H5Y-RL5ewYvWPcSjiKfQK6FgfHfP0aql4466Waw7CPUnA/s400/Copy+of+my+hol+pix+lanza+mar+10+236a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450824410318604722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgaObbvOZlqtutEHxeXz-5gVEEA1WP4jSEV3IbNVRf-pgLAucuOJ7mjZ9AO7uEatikj_wrcmB5xiCF2kKv6d4iO1BwWyGcapwmf97dmMcthgHwa06HhwQMMfD5f5ltvYFN55emA/s1600-h/my+hol+pix+lanza+mar+10+236a.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqabtOzuC9W-8CgIA9JYamzDpfupkQP0ONc1x1p1Tt1DfMBxbFbTrAPwOkZRvW4cFKdLPmohY-P3YuoiZzse8jn3Oqgctc7_aejFMZ4AWUy_vX3YtAA4cUFeUEWGO09UioKVmGcw/s1600-h/P1010349aa.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqabtOzuC9W-8CgIA9JYamzDpfupkQP0ONc1x1p1Tt1DfMBxbFbTrAPwOkZRvW4cFKdLPmohY-P3YuoiZzse8jn3Oqgctc7_aejFMZ4AWUy_vX3YtAA4cUFeUEWGO09UioKVmGcw/s400/P1010349aa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450823973133101250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFOlz7UWm6tgddRXRrdkN8_IIv9zENEL1AoboJpP6EipNrTNh9cGfgdYpqXAnnNXidRxW1BOTR9s8FEOctR2YlRLyPksK43FlAVjntYo21zc1r-kQAoVF2tm-y6_mykOe-rH34A/s1600-h/my+hol+pix+lanza+mar+10+232.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFOlz7UWm6tgddRXRrdkN8_IIv9zENEL1AoboJpP6EipNrTNh9cGfgdYpqXAnnNXidRxW1BOTR9s8FEOctR2YlRLyPksK43FlAVjntYo21zc1r-kQAoVF2tm-y6_mykOe-rH34A/s400/my+hol+pix+lanza+mar+10+232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450824731687098130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And the lil PEEPS!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VZjMspIYW4Hd_eZOT-HeJ9QbVJKxqdrZF2HKUy1mneAh9J5Jzqz7cdBHZHf37H3nkxVzyU_Rmulavl9L_udJthTtCr2IYextFCTXK4ctWaEwuE3LW7Goa8ukZ4yWuFclXWkbgA/s1600-h/connor+for+lally+for+FB.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VZjMspIYW4Hd_eZOT-HeJ9QbVJKxqdrZF2HKUy1mneAh9J5Jzqz7cdBHZHf37H3nkxVzyU_Rmulavl9L_udJthTtCr2IYextFCTXK4ctWaEwuE3LW7Goa8ukZ4yWuFclXWkbgA/s400/connor+for+lally+for+FB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450825526394618242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6pRYI3cwBkuL-exsmeFrIcAYohtnzdHzc4qgalWXjQmkKFBKV98uRhErifUkVuasERLeM8rXvnSkmU4Yvnc46gwVrjkCHRpnaNBUKY-MNZ_HCkTGuhBg2ReHNLCaihOEd8Qzrg/s1600-h/my+hol+pix+lanza+mar+10+175.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6pRYI3cwBkuL-exsmeFrIcAYohtnzdHzc4qgalWXjQmkKFBKV98uRhErifUkVuasERLeM8rXvnSkmU4Yvnc46gwVrjkCHRpnaNBUKY-MNZ_HCkTGuhBg2ReHNLCaihOEd8Qzrg/s400/my+hol+pix+lanza+mar+10+175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450826111544763330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_hKnPN5nOhrMrzAQErIuJ1C-4JwT5hdHNbojkkDFHVtS4WW3Xr0ncfzvrQoLFwA1ET-STAjgWcZpKKFRPZXOmjIICaHjaRU6aQDVoWPvdJDii41la-BLhYbTKMY40ylvpWFfbA/s1600-h/P1010367.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_hKnPN5nOhrMrzAQErIuJ1C-4JwT5hdHNbojkkDFHVtS4WW3Xr0ncfzvrQoLFwA1ET-STAjgWcZpKKFRPZXOmjIICaHjaRU6aQDVoWPvdJDii41la-BLhYbTKMY40ylvpWFfbA/s400/P1010367.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450826703358667874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayTVOhTsjKNqJoGute4NcRDjvUIivc9tzGBqRF1JMF9wuM4ijmGsz3O8bs2lcTww6s46i8oAPrE-cI5i3BJiapAxVxGB2_f-7gZtHOKcYJ-iGBwLCoUu3Wcp1gpINrxYmXtb7FQ/s1600-h/P1010406.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayTVOhTsjKNqJoGute4NcRDjvUIivc9tzGBqRF1JMF9wuM4ijmGsz3O8bs2lcTww6s46i8oAPrE-cI5i3BJiapAxVxGB2_f-7gZtHOKcYJ-iGBwLCoUu3Wcp1gpINrxYmXtb7FQ/s400/P1010406.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450826880345446962" border="0" /></a><br />more soon, luv to all<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-73841387437145325772010-03-01T21:52:00.007+01:002010-03-02T08:07:32.653+01:00third month already!-1st March already... Surely that's not possible?<br />Where does the time go?<br /><br />At work we held our third theme day of the year. In Jan we did Burns night, in Feb it was celebrating Chinese New Year, and as I'll be away on annual leave for Paddy's night later this month, I decided to do St David's Day instead. Yellow napkins, daffs on the tables, Welsh food, a quiz, some history of the great man himself - they loved the story of David and the leeks in battle, lol, and a CD of a male Welsh Choir. I can't pretend I don't enjoy our theme days. I think I probably enjoy it more than the oldies, but it is a lot of work getting it right.<br /><br />Anyway, we've been doing a lot of preparing during craft Club. We made daffodil brooches out of egg boxes for the ladies, and leeks for the gentlemen, out of crepe paper. I've got photos of them all in their daffs etc but obviously I can't put them up here in case the PC brigade see it and come and arrest me ;-0<br /><br />Here's our <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/learnwelsh/bigwelshchallenge/news/welsh_cakes.shtml">Welsh griddle cakes</a> tho - and very nice they were too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWiOKUZC5XnPaOcAEW3ez7hKseXg4TP69BGpfBUaGFmOzwJ9BxGVLwD1EVRpMCOuOyXb15BjLOmPbQxqvqp4kWiqLoB0j-PXoV_4lCIfhX0CtXA6KXKzIHpg4MAoOiI0LJkjnqhA/s1600-h/st+Davids%27s+day+1+march+2010+012sized.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWiOKUZC5XnPaOcAEW3ez7hKseXg4TP69BGpfBUaGFmOzwJ9BxGVLwD1EVRpMCOuOyXb15BjLOmPbQxqvqp4kWiqLoB0j-PXoV_4lCIfhX0CtXA6KXKzIHpg4MAoOiI0LJkjnqhA/s400/st+Davids%27s+day+1+march+2010+012sized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443791544899787938" border="0" /></a><br />and a few of the daffs and stuff, they did look lovely in them...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbibq5zFJCxdWloYMmimErCRtzEs578TmrLSzxmK45jueEhr86KI_rplap1JgiODiprbLjmjw2o8Co5S3ZjD7P7WkYBudRnTVOri8Hk2bykH1Q1jF2nJFYhyMF-matZBwoDxINgw/s1600-h/st+Davids%27s+day+1+march+2010+013sized.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbibq5zFJCxdWloYMmimErCRtzEs578TmrLSzxmK45jueEhr86KI_rplap1JgiODiprbLjmjw2o8Co5S3ZjD7P7WkYBudRnTVOri8Hk2bykH1Q1jF2nJFYhyMF-matZBwoDxINgw/s400/st+Davids%27s+day+1+march+2010+013sized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443791733635186930" border="0" /></a><br />And a quick lil card to mark the occasion.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNT8CC-nPUPfqGs_WBI3vcJ-f3VpovyA6KPuMwq5FSF8SuM7IAfwhqda3G0pvq5KpeT0NRJOVKNR_6D_S27LQ6si4tKkmcQSfU0EuKOfnb4zyaBpm8c6WXal3T_05RovrhbGwyA/s1600-h/sized+card.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNT8CC-nPUPfqGs_WBI3vcJ-f3VpovyA6KPuMwq5FSF8SuM7IAfwhqda3G0pvq5KpeT0NRJOVKNR_6D_S27LQ6si4tKkmcQSfU0EuKOfnb4zyaBpm8c6WXal3T_05RovrhbGwyA/s400/sized+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443792230674018162" border="0" /></a><br />So... I hope all my Welsh friends enjoyed their special day, and hope the rest of you had a fab time doing whatever it was you did today... Me? I'm off to watch the box. I'm knackered after all the excitement! ;-)<br /><br />hugs<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-2893386875415767542010-02-27T09:55:00.009+01:002010-02-28T01:04:21.878+01:00Is it summer yet?Feeling all Summery?<br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Nah, me neither, so it honestly lifted my spirits to see<a href="http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/"> Daring Cardmakers</a></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color:red;"><br /></span></span>challenge this week. Don't know about you, but nothing says 'Summer' to me louder than finally getting my flip flops out, so naturally I made a card using a cheeky lil pair of my fave footware :-)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mD3j08aRHCHeHsI4S2FbhgLEDCyKKElHKI8eiWFcl-04PP7CAP8dSESOJFwIGBKhhlbT4h9Gm0tAV7JVZp9ayDru-3HDO1RGi9qA-s-shkp6oSt26EKAexo3hy2zbuCCrnJW3w/s1600-h/DCM+flip+flops.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mD3j08aRHCHeHsI4S2FbhgLEDCyKKElHKI8eiWFcl-04PP7CAP8dSESOJFwIGBKhhlbT4h9Gm0tAV7JVZp9ayDru-3HDO1RGi9qA-s-shkp6oSt26EKAexo3hy2zbuCCrnJW3w/s400/DCM+flip+flops.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442987621394557554" border="0" /></a>And because I was <span style="font-style: italic;">so</span> inspired by the idea of sunny skies (...and also because I'm off to the Canaries on holiday myself very soon for a bit of much needed sunshine and sangria...) I made two cards on this theme! Get me!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61QjrV31JU8a7CIcniGxR9HtKHznfIY-3Fhy1HkCjr3XRiyK0ZVUvmzti5xbG4miDk5MGPylKQs9w0YPP5GI3ksAeK6-__g2tuNBiQRY1scYI4pjubGgI34FfyNYlZ-Vzm6JZpw/s1600-h/chillax+card.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 387px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61QjrV31JU8a7CIcniGxR9HtKHznfIY-3Fhy1HkCjr3XRiyK0ZVUvmzti5xbG4miDk5MGPylKQs9w0YPP5GI3ksAeK6-__g2tuNBiQRY1scYI4pjubGgI34FfyNYlZ-Vzm6JZpw/s400/chillax+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442987804918097842" border="0" /></a><br />I also spotted a summery looking little bargain on my shopping trip to Hemel yesterday, tho i'm sad to say I found no nice holiday bits to pack, even tho I looked very very hard! What I did buy was this brill set of acrylic measuring cups in the pound shop - absolute bargain, and even better as they match my kitchen's lime green colour scheme :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodlxj4LD9HBWgUP3oIT-frMahNIJzj9R6BrP3rctQ1AQP3MnhwytBCW5yj9OA0wei-KSUFRGsa5HkepAyafQ_IhrE_8cMD9atp0yiPF35Io8_senKf1JnA4pSNLO_YAhVdSUDvQ/s1600-h/DCM+summer+and+ducks+012.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodlxj4LD9HBWgUP3oIT-frMahNIJzj9R6BrP3rctQ1AQP3MnhwytBCW5yj9OA0wei-KSUFRGsa5HkepAyafQ_IhrE_8cMD9atp0yiPF35Io8_senKf1JnA4pSNLO_YAhVdSUDvQ/s400/DCM+summer+and+ducks+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442988808923456162" border="0" /></a>This is actually really good because I've found I'm always having to bypass great recipes if the ingredients are measured by the cup or half cup - being a bit dim in this department I personally having no idea what that relates to in ounces etc - but hey! No more! My handy little set here will do me for many a year I reckon - and all for the princely sum of 99p!<br /><br />I've also been playing with the robo a lot today and cutting lots of mats and frames out - as is evident on these latest cards. Oh the fun i've had poking all the holes out... I just can't tell you, you must try it for yourself... ;-) but I like the result, so I guess it was worth the time. And mess!<br /><br />Hmmmm what can we say?<br />Roll on summer eh?<br />Happy days to you all whatever your weather<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-32680191815332245142010-02-24T23:29:00.010+01:002010-02-25T00:34:29.209+01:00is it any wonder I get nothing done?<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://365cards.blogspot.com/">365 Cards</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">:- ..."find inspiration in modern styles..."</span><br /><br />Ok, I freely admit i've taken a bit of a licence here.... ;-) Definitely nothing classy or stylish about this tongue in cheek card - but I do see it as <span style="font-style: italic;">contemporary....</span> - ok, at least of modern design then, lol. And I've sort of scraplifted Kristie's design too, just turned it on it's side, and more or less followed the plan :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLWESQuamLZfBSW4Aj6CEDYGtB9SoJCS0tGa7W9sWfMskPsS7i-OrafDOgkSuya6maKmDCRy0jCIxjH-8kApAGpnbWVJm1kJ3YMjB9VcrdN2AYQliIqHzZPDXqv10tkOmfs8E5A/s1600-h/you+crack+me+up%21.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 351px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLWESQuamLZfBSW4Aj6CEDYGtB9SoJCS0tGa7W9sWfMskPsS7i-OrafDOgkSuya6maKmDCRy0jCIxjH-8kApAGpnbWVJm1kJ3YMjB9VcrdN2AYQliIqHzZPDXqv10tkOmfs8E5A/s400/you+crack+me+up%21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441939556113638674" border="0" /></a>Anyway, it's impossible to do anything with the pup in here..... Look at her!!<br />I'm trying to write at my computer... and she's having none of it...<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Sausages Mum! Play sausages! C'mon!"</span><br /><br />She's under my feet, under my chair, nibbling scraps of paper and blossoms on the floor, worrying at wires... she's a proper nightmare.<br /><br />The only way I can get a picture of her at all is to use the 'sport' setting on the camera. And even then they're blurred - because she's a blur!<br />love her to bits tho... She's my baby :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnFVLa5wYs98oGp21Tbv6-mVza31C8nJ6sbZPzw4iIW5bfTz-LW6zZR7BwkFRCHLof4vm_VRC9ErcptvXazMekusnjvjmWNxJgPfQMyqyxN-gor6HdoZWCLhmEHFRf-UIRgGE6w/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnFVLa5wYs98oGp21Tbv6-mVza31C8nJ6sbZPzw4iIW5bfTz-LW6zZR7BwkFRCHLof4vm_VRC9ErcptvXazMekusnjvjmWNxJgPfQMyqyxN-gor6HdoZWCLhmEHFRf-UIRgGE6w/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441565674704663874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwQkkMycaNC4TcP8B0Mc3RjXzXk83y1ALp1nD58WSZ2zPwMh-SE3wcEXugT8K7hbri-kn-15x119rTRDnYWP5wdhD1js26o21_VyIEZeqevecA2wHT2rsETF2K-LKWVGOXQuPGQ/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuU6hbJ4a5kAqiavTrvvNN9jnDXGHLK-4KX4v8f6J4fhHt2KSFRQE8sq5vu8UyONlRbNz-BG0I20HVT3d4fYhg3MdBhlfIvvi8FHWxBb6lFlxZRx_29Cy9gMqQztnjGuqU5y91g/s400/8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441565194030934290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hR_-SE9UnshGbjjnLMKL1NAI47W9GzGHWr4xWdmReYg7oVxDn8CA5i51PbXsItAOsoubXY57Tv2Rz4Bif-W54nW-y0fCHCl9zsdaCyuft4hO7ZL31u8aV6roP4n9qVRwfkTrtw/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hR_-SE9UnshGbjjnLMKL1NAI47W9GzGHWr4xWdmReYg7oVxDn8CA5i51PbXsItAOsoubXY57Tv2Rz4Bif-W54nW-y0fCHCl9zsdaCyuft4hO7ZL31u8aV6roP4n9qVRwfkTrtw/s400/9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441565100648095794" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5_-8vtQ-_AiPl6olupcKb0PvFHKOt18Z_d5wvIxjEMtTHi5nVLbdB_3tQhS-STUI-pEhMhjudU8ZMBlMs209ZNi-1umtwy_wdAqNBQR8OpVIj4JQ8EFOZsiQufnRi4QIKF6G6g/s1600-h/10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5_-8vtQ-_AiPl6olupcKb0PvFHKOt18Z_d5wvIxjEMtTHi5nVLbdB_3tQhS-STUI-pEhMhjudU8ZMBlMs209ZNi-1umtwy_wdAqNBQR8OpVIj4JQ8EFOZsiQufnRi4QIKF6G6g/s400/10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441564898758229058" border="0" /></a><br />til next time, take care and thanks for popping by my blog :-) x<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-17061781634076934622010-02-23T00:52:00.003+01:002010-02-23T01:14:02.061+01:00and there's more!Guess what? More snow! This was completely unexpected as the good old Beeb got it wrong again... but we woke up to a white world Monday morning, and then it went on to snow pretty much all day. I was thrilled, as you might imagine.<br /><br />Fortunately, or rather, <span style="font-style: italic;">unfortunately</span>, I had more to worry about as I'd been awake most of the night with the mother of all colds which hit me like a ton of bricks and left me very tired very fed up and very very sorry for myself this morning. I've felt rubbish all day, and even without the snow I could never have gone to work. I just felt too damned ill. Anyway, Carlos has now brought me home some meds and ultra balm tissues and while I feel no better in myself, it's nice to know he cares enough to go back out in the snow to get them, bless him.<br /><br />So I haven't been up to doing much today. Basically just rested as I was so knackered, but I did make a card later, based on this week's <a href="http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/2010/02/cps-155-part-1.html">CPS sketch, # 155.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFs5f3t5OfFNp_5j1wa1OCaS4rPZ4dYXTcj3wi7gKp1m0Rv_mHa-zUwVbv5GMX7fFUiFDvj4eh4s3kUN185POs13MlsrgTt8e5fpvn5eMRlPFjEERxyItiVGIVEP0S4G83G0z6XQ/s1600-h/Card+positioning+systems.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFs5f3t5OfFNp_5j1wa1OCaS4rPZ4dYXTcj3wi7gKp1m0Rv_mHa-zUwVbv5GMX7fFUiFDvj4eh4s3kUN185POs13MlsrgTt8e5fpvn5eMRlPFjEERxyItiVGIVEP0S4G83G0z6XQ/s400/Card+positioning+systems.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441224267668216706" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I keep thinking about making a layout but somehow it never happens, I think if it does it will have to be in a different size, I just don't have room to store any more 12 x 12's!<br /><br />Hope to feel better soon, take care all til next time<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-79516565480478041082010-02-21T19:46:00.008+01:002010-02-22T00:21:33.408+01:00Is it too late to hibernate?Blooming weather! I'm fed up of being cold, and I can't wait for my holiday. Totally given up on trying to lose weight for it tho - it's just not the right time of year to starve yourself is it? Today I baked a lovely crusty parmesan and tomato loaf, and we had that with huge bowls of spicy turkey and spinach soup... real stick to your ribs grub!<br /><br />I'm stll tweaking the old pc after yesterday's operation, but it wasn't as painful as I expected. The new XP sp3 went on fine, although we had to completely format the drive instead of just fixing the prob as we'd hoped. No matter, i got rid of a lot of junk and it's running faster now, but I lost ALL my address book in the process, along with all my links and fave's which for some reason didn't save :-( Just saying, so's you don't expect any funnies from me... not unless you mail me first anyway lol.<br /><br />Haven't had much time to craft, tho you'll notice i've played about a bit with the blog. That black background was doing my head in!<br /><br />I did makea couple of little cards today - One for <a href="http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/">Card Patterns, Challenge # 52</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiv3X4frW_duxrnX2ARoz3uvsFoQ3TpwgB5HfWZl8NC8IA0RU_LFXZr52goY9QShii7wVBRwjjnZR-wyvdfJ0TdepiiWxUSl-oVXZkqBCfS0dGuL0mXmlv2brCVleMqFYEv91yfw/s1600-h/card+patterns+001+for+blog.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiv3X4frW_duxrnX2ARoz3uvsFoQ3TpwgB5HfWZl8NC8IA0RU_LFXZr52goY9QShii7wVBRwjjnZR-wyvdfJ0TdepiiWxUSl-oVXZkqBCfS0dGuL0mXmlv2brCVleMqFYEv91yfw/s400/card+patterns+001+for+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440773097317109234" border="0" /></a>And another quickie based on the challenge over at <a href="http://sweetstopsketches.blogspot.com/">The Sweet Stop - Think Spring!</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17wIcozQLY1H6Oxrfb-eVSVNK6lskMpJCYN_2H9ldRi4d_Iy_nUDvvHSuNvQeIxrCzu47EGH9QIPTOJkp095cYe4UO4mgsDb9S-EDPce5fZl5277rTBrU6VQgFCQU_m821qgZRA/s1600-h/card+001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17wIcozQLY1H6Oxrfb-eVSVNK6lskMpJCYN_2H9ldRi4d_Iy_nUDvvHSuNvQeIxrCzu47EGH9QIPTOJkp095cYe4UO4mgsDb9S-EDPce5fZl5277rTBrU6VQgFCQU_m821qgZRA/s400/card+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440840213281170754" border="0" /></a>It's kind of hard to do anything with a 5 month old puppy constantly scrabbling to get on your lap tbh, and this little shadow is never far from my side since she discovered the stairs... honestly, my craft room is tiny enough as it is and now i've had to move a bed (and half her toys)in here it's even worse!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6jd-gjRl9XQohMWjb4MGGwwY79MaIXGdX9YHtsXjB5Wj26CovPLFhcKVtu6YRuqaQAIw_RU64zJKIDX7AUtbnpN_ND3Kl1ZMKGIF1B30Q4q-7BpgRMIMBHaS4g7lSt31SpC0yQ/s1600-h/puppy.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6jd-gjRl9XQohMWjb4MGGwwY79MaIXGdX9YHtsXjB5Wj26CovPLFhcKVtu6YRuqaQAIw_RU64zJKIDX7AUtbnpN_ND3Kl1ZMKGIF1B30Q4q-7BpgRMIMBHaS4g7lSt31SpC0yQ/s400/puppy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440776017359602978" border="0" /></a>Anyway, hopefully more tomorrow. I've got a bit of a cold and don't feel so great so it's bath book and bed for me I reckon.<br />Til next time...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-43956953876753167222010-02-20T00:48:00.012+01:002010-02-21T21:34:02.771+01:00Total Blowout!Dear Dear... overeaters anonymous, please contact me, I think I need your help. Ate the mother of all meals tonight... and you know what? it was deeeeelishious!<br />Seems I am in a rebelious mood. Take note those that need worry.<br /><br />Two cards today, but it appears I get lazier by the week as I've done nothing else, shame on me.<br /><br /><a href="http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/">DCM</a>, Winter Birthday card theme:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsS71W-0CUaAw4oj7ityKj3CMAul8dO1vdrZcuoMwW3AtoGAjG2f-Y9SVCNlCfNkoTYYljWE8kJYw1Pvu9JEcTuaK71iBwCr5xhFRaDsbU6tLFEtWNdJGQBWE3bcpyUwxCDrR8Q/s1600-h/DCM+winter.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsS71W-0CUaAw4oj7ityKj3CMAul8dO1vdrZcuoMwW3AtoGAjG2f-Y9SVCNlCfNkoTYYljWE8kJYw1Pvu9JEcTuaK71iBwCr5xhFRaDsbU6tLFEtWNdJGQBWE3bcpyUwxCDrR8Q/s400/DCM+winter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440106578843541874" border="0" /></a><br />Very simple but it's actually quite sweet irl.<br /><br />And one that I made for my stash of 'might need one days':<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxzR5Cn4-n0iUPMGGtrZKoVFUZMo3wTfUkQzzzKsSt8o1pYmtQU03B3nHrfIwWdhTiIgWD6JtzWugAx61LpMR1XEz1Zq1ib2o5yYmdGZmWDzIDavYIATeRR8RP0d82c-G8Dk-Ng/s1600-h/space+card.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxzR5Cn4-n0iUPMGGtrZKoVFUZMo3wTfUkQzzzKsSt8o1pYmtQU03B3nHrfIwWdhTiIgWD6JtzWugAx61LpMR1XEz1Zq1ib2o5yYmdGZmWDzIDavYIATeRR8RP0d82c-G8Dk-Ng/s400/space+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440107466024786546" border="0" /></a><br />On this one I used some of <a href="http://www.digiscrappingqueen.com/blog/">katie's doodles</a>, check out her new designs on the lilypad, she's always got something fab on the go.<br /><br />My Bargain of the week?<br />This mini spidery tripod - makes photographing cards so much easier! Guess how much it cost?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15jfYPNqgg1okXLSSUebjJQoIUX1QWMc8xOrXNXAjcWvBWD7uiySebjVJDnOUiY172xlxYM2ujT7dfFOFVExNxCq8lUj3mk5o8ueBiXjfLvrQ2lUqVvArnUB1wFh7SeCUZU-pkA/s1600-h/spider.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15jfYPNqgg1okXLSSUebjJQoIUX1QWMc8xOrXNXAjcWvBWD7uiySebjVJDnOUiY172xlxYM2ujT7dfFOFVExNxCq8lUj3mk5o8ueBiXjfLvrQ2lUqVvArnUB1wFh7SeCUZU-pkA/s400/spider.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440108814178479986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">99p!</span> Gotta love those pound shops eh?<br /><br />Pray for me tonight pls, got a man coming to wipe and install a new OS tomorrow... Talk about jelly legs! I'm terrified!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/85/B61835FAEB2906AF2F2BAD754B76E2A8.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" /></a>jakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-32086677588181717282010-02-14T21:06:00.012+01:002010-02-16T09:21:59.434+01:00Can you say Happy New Year... in Chinese :-)Finally got to use the new stamps!<br />But I haven't really had much time to play today, as apart from it being Chinese new year, it's obviously also Valentine's day, and I do have a honey or two to think about...<br /><br />Actually tho, i've had a lovely day. Our treat was to see Avatar, which we absolutely LOVED! and boy do I want one of those swishy tails... and erm, I have to say, I want it now! Carl thinks it's so funny that I was completely fascinated by the tails all the way through the film... but I just thought it really clever how they managed to convey how the Na'vi character's were feeling by the activity of their tails... and I don't think that's particularly funny at all. Having owned cats all my life, i'm used to judging their mood by their tail movements and have managed to avoid being mauled many a time by an aggravated cat just by watching for that angry flick which comes nano seconds before the strike lol :-) Any cat person will tell you that!<br /><br />We've also cooked (and scoffed) a massive roast beef dinner and very naughty gooey brownies.. yum yum... and drunk wine, lots of wine, and well... just done the whole valentines thing, as you do ;-) xx<br /><br />But I managed to squeeze in time to make one little card. It's a Happy New Year one for the Chinese New Year, which incidently, this year is the year of the Tiger.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEm47wuatIzK3Fx5UC91OGD4VQLI4adISkMGvyPBsfGVu2qBFDa9FYVVpJKrh4jZhCmVRdGolBLrXTyJbKRMtXTYgj4PsJyc4B8KAmqghvHUhv8UAEx6VBaTTbWcsLzRJLbBmTCA/s1600-h/chinese+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEm47wuatIzK3Fx5UC91OGD4VQLI4adISkMGvyPBsfGVu2qBFDa9FYVVpJKrh4jZhCmVRdGolBLrXTyJbKRMtXTYgj4PsJyc4B8KAmqghvHUhv8UAEx6VBaTTbWcsLzRJLbBmTCA/s400/chinese+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438753569191738050" /></a><br />The translation for these words comes from <a href="http://translate.google.com/#">Google Translate</a> which is a fab lil tool to have around<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCjegzOt6JLelWDUSTkkAMNR7D5hE2nqn_9U6Md3PAY0L8hyphenhyphenSw8cVf3GIu4Stsuk7NN7TBmtMLbfCVZ-4nQQbFo8gapXXJo1ycRSM9-FyutU4Ug0e778eZm54ysPVGm_vmDJnLA/s1600-h/chinese+new+year.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCjegzOt6JLelWDUSTkkAMNR7D5hE2nqn_9U6Md3PAY0L8hyphenhyphenSw8cVf3GIu4Stsuk7NN7TBmtMLbfCVZ-4nQQbFo8gapXXJo1ycRSM9-FyutU4Ug0e778eZm54ysPVGm_vmDJnLA/s400/chinese+new+year.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438195994818316466" border="0" /></a><br />and the card itself was inspired by <a href="http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/">papertake challenge #34</a><br /><br />Cherish the rest of your valentines day - and remember to enjoy yourself... as the old song says...it's later than you think ;-) xxxjakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-43094633122388183992010-02-13T13:08:00.009+01:002010-02-14T01:57:17.081+01:00heart to heartI've been having a heart to heart with myself this morning. Giving myself a bit of advice. If I was a friend i'd give me a kick up the bum, because God knows I need it. Hopefully some part of me will have listened, and by tonight the mess all around me will have been (at least partially) sorted into some order and I'll be able to move and find things again. I can't use the Robo, I can't use the cuttlebug... even the scanner's buried... it's a disgrace and so am I. How does it happen? No one sets out to deliberately sabotage themselves do they? No one thinks "right, if I just dump all this crap on the side I'll bury all the important stuff and then I can have all sorts of fun searching for my new stamps/best scissors/ paper piercer/ heat tool...." <br /><br />I mean, I can't even SEE my cuttlebug! It's not like I lost a pair of tweezers... I lost a whole MACHINE for God's sake!<br /><br />But I'm on it. I am. <br />I am really really ON IT today!<br /><br />On a teeny lil corner of my desk... the only part that's visible... I managed to make a card for<a href="http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/"> Daring Cardmakers heart challenge</a>. It's here<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qdwDbjaE0FhBFFdvv-88E206u60Tu6oUhJr3PkrVqFjcHuaWc_MFFweZZqa7a15UU14viU0ht9gnGEZti-DobPUVsodiyNvJst4wsV3I3JEwg2qzWg7xjKOCPLUg5PnsjEYs8Q/s1600-h/DCM+card.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qdwDbjaE0FhBFFdvv-88E206u60Tu6oUhJr3PkrVqFjcHuaWc_MFFweZZqa7a15UU14viU0ht9gnGEZti-DobPUVsodiyNvJst4wsV3I3JEwg2qzWg7xjKOCPLUg5PnsjEYs8Q/s400/DCM+card.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437705662992632546" /></a><br /><br />And these babies are what I'm going to reward myself with later when all the trash is cleared and I can actually USE them! It's Chinese New Year tomorrow, but we're celebrating it on Monday so I have a little time to make something hopefully. Depending on how the big tidy up goes of course!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEv7gn5cwF1W2StOKg4huA_Cv9FntVi-vvqjFaIYhcH69NImVWqY9Mq6czgPjyIX4tGbAYAqyu2LVN01WpaH7f_5K-adj_v1SyrcMLyWbiYgL2MRwU1Gf9D1C_Ehwt6LNIDeBJw/s1600-h/stamps.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEv7gn5cwF1W2StOKg4huA_Cv9FntVi-vvqjFaIYhcH69NImVWqY9Mq6czgPjyIX4tGbAYAqyu2LVN01WpaH7f_5K-adj_v1SyrcMLyWbiYgL2MRwU1Gf9D1C_Ehwt6LNIDeBJw/s400/stamps.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437705873740685682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nYkhXsrGOqKjkQMpfus9JbYhCeB7dsUQHirfePFL83GxQknpVyymu_GbdNhF0NfjU3QbKHETdPHBXVGJ5dANXTEIn5Zs9l2PSZVajETVQsGHED5mn_Y5XzOw9nDH8rvAJ_PdcA/s1600-h/stamp.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nYkhXsrGOqKjkQMpfus9JbYhCeB7dsUQHirfePFL83GxQknpVyymu_GbdNhF0NfjU3QbKHETdPHBXVGJ5dANXTEIn5Zs9l2PSZVajETVQsGHED5mn_Y5XzOw9nDH8rvAJ_PdcA/s400/stamp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437706283620586306" /></a><br /><br />Have a great day guys whatever you're up to<br />more from me tomorrow - I hope! lol :-)<br />jkxxjakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-61418591020022827782010-02-12T13:24:00.006+01:002010-02-12T14:13:22.038+01:00what a week!Just after publishing my last blog post - a week today, I lost all internet access. Sat on the phone for hours with very helpful BT people in India, 4 different ones to be precise, to no avail. No internet for me, although the broadband signal was allegedly fine... no wireless access for Vin, no Bt vision TV for Carlo, or indeed anyone in the family. This went on for days. My pooter whizzkid buddy couldn't find anything wrong either, tho Bt insisted it must be a software issue. We checked everything. Tried re-installing windows over the top, but obviously couldn't connect to download anything useful. What a palaver! Eventually decided to order a new Windows disc but even had trouble there as I refuse to buy Vista because of all the probs people have had, and let's be honest, Windows 7 is too new to really know... so it was Windows pro sp3 I needed, and can you find that anywhere...? <br /><br />Actually, you can. In germany of all places! Anyway, after all sorts of fannying around transferring everything to an external HD, suddenly it all decides to play nicely again!! Grr! I'll still install the new disc when it comes... but honestly - it probably WAS BT all along! How damned annoying. I wasted all sorts of time... blew several gaskets... I could go on, but you get the picture I'm sure.<br /><br />Anyhow. I'm back. Back with a card for<a href="http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com"> CPS #153</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8chpsjPO2WE_nAzk2KlShg7JuvOIbdm44OlXVswDVpj1me0ceFglQspheOedzaS7mD7L_yrck-HYlIAle49dTAlf-BTb3lOKL8ynleO3osKrqNHAua8vyKpze-_ca2vd2K2Ue1A/s1600-h/CPS001+sized.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 385px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8chpsjPO2WE_nAzk2KlShg7JuvOIbdm44OlXVswDVpj1me0ceFglQspheOedzaS7mD7L_yrck-HYlIAle49dTAlf-BTb3lOKL8ynleO3osKrqNHAua8vyKpze-_ca2vd2K2Ue1A/s400/CPS001+sized.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437342167937135794" /></a><br /><br />and a pic of the gorgeous (huge) bag of cream and white antique lace and broderie anglais I inherited yesterday! I feel a few LO and cards coming on using some of that!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YJ5zV4cdkzKpeLjkgeOGGXc_7mtl3w9X9LiBKIGHjVrPI7D7Zq2A0Pj8foajSu0nOFCfgaJ5cxWnIiKTpvbQXY5zM7QWb_rUf8BNfLT0cNKGN3vuAAPdIO0zqGxwb84Ba4HsKA/s1600-h/antique+lace.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YJ5zV4cdkzKpeLjkgeOGGXc_7mtl3w9X9LiBKIGHjVrPI7D7Zq2A0Pj8foajSu0nOFCfgaJ5cxWnIiKTpvbQXY5zM7QWb_rUf8BNfLT0cNKGN3vuAAPdIO0zqGxwb84Ba4HsKA/s400/antique+lace.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437342594190147186" /></a><br /><br />Happy weekend everyone, thanks for popping in.<br />jkxxxxjakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-32402229314981201072010-02-05T01:01:00.001+01:002010-02-05T16:06:57.551+01:00whatever came over me?I always enjoy the challenges on <a href="http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2010/02/feburarys-birthstone-amethyst.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daring Cardmakers</span></a> . Friday's my day off so I usually spend some of it crafting or doing something I like to do, and the last couple of weeks i've popped over to DC first thing to check what the new challenge is. This week the theme is 'Amethyst' so I decided to go with the colour and teamed it with lime and soft teal as I like the combi. It's a real detraction from my usual style but hey ho, give it a go is my new motto. <br /><br />Not sure who'll end up with it tho - it's awfully girly for my lot! They've also got a FAB giveaway going on.... and wouldn't I like to win it lol! They've teamed up with <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://www.craftobsessions.co.uk/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Craft Obsessions</span></a> to give a Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch and Stamp set as a prize, so pop over and scope the rules of the draw if you fancy having a go yourself... but please don't win it! Coz erm....I wanna do that! :-)<br /><br />Ok, here's my frothy card:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxQgXCDPsXEOFpWETqzGlD3TQ79Vzvd0Xk4J2TTOw0e2gaT4vZp_HRUsZqPuEMQjy_lbdHtwM86Bd-rccNc-tCCvHp1xmImNON6D9NBNiJ9_NrTBxTPgxIy0DTbSwTPhEvdp4WA/s1600-h/daringcard+amethyst+.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxQgXCDPsXEOFpWETqzGlD3TQ79Vzvd0Xk4J2TTOw0e2gaT4vZp_HRUsZqPuEMQjy_lbdHtwM86Bd-rccNc-tCCvHp1xmImNON6D9NBNiJ9_NrTBxTPgxIy0DTbSwTPhEvdp4WA/s400/daringcard+amethyst+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434773983362626498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />have a fab weekend everyone, hope the sun continues to shine on you all<br />thanks for popping in<br />jkxxxjakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-44300876090206717192010-02-05T00:14:00.004+01:002010-02-05T00:34:10.940+01:00minus 10...Yep, that's me. Minus 10lbs. Lost since my D day on the 4th Jan. <br /><br />Go Me!!<br /><br />Don't worry tho, i'm not in any imminent danger of fading away... there's plenty more where that came from more's the pity. But it's a good start. All I have to do is keep it off and keep at it. Wish me luck with that then ladies.<br /><br />Just one lil ole card today. This one for the <a href="http://365cards.blogspot.com/">365</a> challenge to use a large heart on a card. This'll do nicely for my anniversary card for Saturday. Carl will either not notice that i've cut the heart out on the music paper upside down... or be far too polite to mention it... Doh! Why didn't I notice it til I scanned it! losing my sight as well as going senile now.... ye gods! is there no help for me?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jdWuVWxnrfEaDahXsOMv0NtyuZBgaCBeRk48KIuItg_sh1KOhctHVz7uxaYGhe4cv0MwxpPZqrisuOtPX7VdbMknE1mdni0uMK8o9dP5XYA0nIgbdYk7OaRhPTIRmjn3LZb76A/s1600-h/365+anniversary+.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jdWuVWxnrfEaDahXsOMv0NtyuZBgaCBeRk48KIuItg_sh1KOhctHVz7uxaYGhe4cv0MwxpPZqrisuOtPX7VdbMknE1mdni0uMK8o9dP5XYA0nIgbdYk7OaRhPTIRmjn3LZb76A/s400/365+anniversary+.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434534779271244818" /></a><br /><br />Anyway it's late and i've had a long old day<br />Hugs to all, maybe more tomorrow. <br />Hoping to use some new stamps I have my paws on!<br /><br />thanks for coming by<br />jkxxxjakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30301119.post-27162083381990221062010-02-03T01:21:00.007+01:002010-02-03T02:08:32.376+01:00funny how things changeIt amuses me how much I enjoy making cards these days. I mean, I <span style="font-style:italic;">never </span>used to make cards. I couldn't understand why anyone bothered to. I know that sounds totally ridiculous, but all I can say is, I was stupid. I was even a little bit snobby, like I thought people who scrapped were somehow better than card makers... <br /><br />"oh no", I'd smile, "I don't make cards..." <br /><br />"Noooo... I'm a scrapbooker see, it's what I do..."<br /><br />Honestly...! What a plonker!! Of course, I'm embarrassed now.<br /><br />But don't despise me - because people change. They wise up. And I love making cards so much now that the truth is I'd rather make a couple of cards than a page any day if I happen to find myself with little spare time. That might have something to do with the fact that I have a gazzillion pizza boxes crammed full of layouts that no one ever looks at tho, to say nothing of the dozens of bulging albums getting dustier by the day on my groaning shelves. Also, I absolutely can't afford new products, new papers, or new anything, but with all my old stuff kicking around and a few odd scraps of ribbon I can make a nice card without breaking the bank. I'm not saying that i'll never scrap again... it's just that right now i'm having more fun with something else - and isn't that what hobbies are supposed to be all about?<br /><br />So, two today for this weeks <a href="http://colourq.blogspot.com/">ColourQ challenge</a>. This is another challenge site i've just found and I like the look of it - love me a bit of colour, I do!<br /><br />The first one I took a bit of a liberty with... so I made another to comply a tad more :-) <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_VND97m1lIvak59SE_xVRy68HVTz_EX3rZOVKxFqu2TW8N8XTWgtwlxHC0VBfP1rj-E-DxCFYOajswb5g-SzFAcKRYXLUVcGLHZIBjYxd7Kw7T4j5tseVazuIQ_9WZaPKhNZHQ/s1600-h/all+of+a+flutter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_VND97m1lIvak59SE_xVRy68HVTz_EX3rZOVKxFqu2TW8N8XTWgtwlxHC0VBfP1rj-E-DxCFYOajswb5g-SzFAcKRYXLUVcGLHZIBjYxd7Kw7T4j5tseVazuIQ_9WZaPKhNZHQ/s400/all+of+a+flutter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433814709830367906" /></a><br />The butterflies wings actually stand up, but you can't really see that in the first pic.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdq6FhGJB3u8abSE4c1kDlWtovDdrT-kh04-pNkP14NWEIUPL52LFmsOXVi1c4TZimZRwoKN8k5g8dVE76nuqUVMXUBaB_rk21ckbJNiqOK7B-kna2Rt-ctCC0TVfcUONQV5jaCg/s1600-h/colourQ+card+3+section.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdq6FhGJB3u8abSE4c1kDlWtovDdrT-kh04-pNkP14NWEIUPL52LFmsOXVi1c4TZimZRwoKN8k5g8dVE76nuqUVMXUBaB_rk21ckbJNiqOK7B-kna2Rt-ctCC0TVfcUONQV5jaCg/s400/colourQ+card+3+section.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433814517240559538" /></a><br /><br />And this is the other one. It'll probably be my anniversary card to my Carlo, as we're celebrating 23 years this Sat... or is it 24...? we can never make up our minds!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_s7FI_4nLnEz2CzGc3IVfUHQc5pfPCIascoRn08BQysnEdc2kHUC9VlcbWnfMFSHF3N3EshTnO8am3vONuPpUhkn_om_NrRCGxvMzOrjhUbdeIJfDhbcX1m2brJB2WN2WxZ5Pg/s1600-h/colourQ+card+mark2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_s7FI_4nLnEz2CzGc3IVfUHQc5pfPCIascoRn08BQysnEdc2kHUC9VlcbWnfMFSHF3N3EshTnO8am3vONuPpUhkn_om_NrRCGxvMzOrjhUbdeIJfDhbcX1m2brJB2WN2WxZ5Pg/s400/colourQ+card+mark2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433814380446316290" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks for popping by<br />jkxxxjakeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03453347118040438754noreply@blogger.com3