Crafti-n-est...she came back!!!

It has been a while since I created anything crafty...heaving my expanding backside off the couch and clearing away the after eights just seems too much effort lately!!!

However...Tis my Dad`s birthday today

"Happy Birthday Dad"

Only another 4 years until retirement now!!!

So had to create a card for him obviously and came up with this little card...stamp was courtesy of Craft Stamper Magazine a couple of months ago and its the first time I have used it, isnt he cute...



Also managed to complete a couple of layouts too...

Me from Halloween this year...



Ella and Mia from Christmas Eve last year...



And my favourite place to shop...



Had a bit of a play with my Pro Markers too.....

Off now to dose up on Lemsip...always happens either Christmas or New Year bloody winter germs!!!

Merry XBox!!!

I told you I would be back, even after falling asleep on the couch after tea, funny I always thought my insomnia was stress or at least work related but that doesn`t seem to be the case, I have suffered far more with it while I have been off work the great thing is I can catch up with sleep when I want too.

Okay so I bought the kids an XBox for Christmas as a joint family present, they got other stuff too but they decided that they wanted that and a bundle of games between them!!!

So this is Christmas morning.....

Hellloooooooo...........


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Kids!!!

Was a hit anyway even though the neighbours probably didn`t think so when we got LIPS out...I am awesome apparently...according to the xbox anyway...in real life I am tone deaf!!!

Mia isn`t that interested in the xbox unless she is singing with me but looks pretty cute all the same...



...and finally Ella...who until very recently would shove on a pair of trackies and a football shirt...OMG look.....



Its all down to a boy!!!

Who has been texting her and phoning her all over Christmas...aw young love...I am not complaining she actually looks presentable when we go anywhere.

Off now for a "sleepover"...Mia is arranging!!!

Its All White...

Really!!!

Warrington had a white Christmas, like most of the country I think!!!

This was last Wednesday yes I have been a terrible blogger because I have got a really bad case of the I can`t be bothered doing anything...I am on holiday and I have to sit on my backside daily and watch crap films on Television, stuffing chocolate and drinking Balieys!!!

Well that was until today...I have been productive today...Honest!!!

Anyway me and the kids in the snow messing about last week, have ordered these free from Jessops. You get 40 free prints when you register online...Bargain, can`t wait to scrapbook these either!!!

And I took this picture last week and was shocked by how much Mia looks Like Ella in it!!!

Okay one blog post down one to go...honest will blog again tonight...I have been productive and I have the pictures to prove it, watch this space...Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas.

Ho Ho Ho....

...Its almost Christmas!!!

Wow the weeks are really flying by huh...can`t believe how rubbish I have been at keeping up with my blog lately...no excuse really!!!

Have however been preparing for Christmas, in fact I think I have prepared more than the good old fat guy in a red suit himself, been running five Christmas craft classes a week over the last five weeks, each one different and have been constantly covered in glitter or inhaling spray paint!!!

Made these wreaths in a class last week...they started out as cheap and nasty ones from the pound shop that we beatified and turned into simple elegance itself...with just a few baubles and a can of spray paint!!!



This was my class today...the one at the Fire Station...where there are real firefighters, got chatting with a couple of them today about the work they do, really interesting... made these little pouches from a sheet of 12x12 and filled with little gifts...



This is my class for tomorrow...a mitten hanging decoration...cute or what, wanted to do some mitten bunting but would have run out of time in the class...going to try that out at the weekend though...



Made a couple of bracelets last week too, well made lots but ran out of wire to make jump rings...got to shoot to Hobbycraft in the morning.

Very excited this week...off to watch The Courteeners on Wednesday...they are playing in Warrington how cool is that and I can`t wait.

Off to bed now though, need to get comfy with my quilt around me!!!

Its Official...

Christmas must finally be on it`s way, not only have I seen the Coke advert on Telly, not only is there a Christmas Shop in Warrington...yep complete with tinsel in every shade imaginable...I finally started my Christmas shopping today...what`s that...only 23 days until Christmas...Holy Crap I had better get a move on finishing it then!!!

I hit the very wet streets of Manchester today and made a big dent in my credit card, that I will probably spend most of next year paying off and then the joy starts all over again...Oh I am going to be so much more organised next year....Oh yes...I am doing my Christmas shopping in January and I am going to be one of those smug people that you really hate in October when I can cheerfully say oh yes all my Christmas shopping is done and it is all wrapped up too....Yeah right and I just saw another little piggy flying by the window...or was that really Rudolph out training for the big night!!!

Had a funny week, insomnia is back with a vengeance, went to bed at 6pm on Monday night and slept until 7am Tuesday morning and haven`t really slept since....my body is tired but my mind is just so awake, I have never been more organised or prepared for classes...even my students have commented on that!!! Had a good week though so far...taught at the fire station on Monday morning and they had an emergency call while we were in the building...I think some of my ladies were a little disappointed that they didn`t see the firemen running to the appliance in various states of undress...it was all very calm and professional...these are the guys you want in an emergency.

Taught this card on Tuesday....and I love it, even if I do say so myself...

Folded.....



Opened out.....



And a little close up....how sweet is that bell...



Also managed to complete a layout of Mia last night...not scrapped for fun for a while and have really missed it, but I have new stash...thanks to one of my students who bought a pile of new gorgeous papers into my class on Tuesday for us to split...I love my job!!!



Not one of my best pages but to be honest I really couldn`t find a perfect paper....wanted a pink and red one but hey we can`t have everything!!!

Off now to lay in bed probably to worry about Ella who left the house this morning armed with a suitcase and no mobile phone...how on earth did we ever manage without them...on a school trip to Menai...She returns Friday...probably with half of the Menai Strait in her suitcase!!!