Sad Monday

its official - Today is apparently the saddest Monday - its must be right as Ken Bruce (radio DJ)  told me. To be honest not sure its actually any different to any other Monday but what do I know. I do know however the weekend was FAB and it was down to these lovely ladies Steph, Lis, and Nicky 

One of the sketches I managed was this from Sketchy Thursdays I flipped the sketch

 Beautiful Christmas Candles

Will share some more laters as I am cropping twice more this week and really need to prepare for them

So after such a fab Saturday we followed it with a great Sunday mainly chilling and a trip to the cinema to see The Kings Speech - I know it has rave reviews but wasn’t sure it was my cup of tea - have to say I LOVED IT and am ashamed to say I never knew anything of the story and it is a GREAT story

Sue xx

almost the weekend

Well it is for me as Doug is off on Friday so we will be out for our usual Rotary breakfast meeting  and then on to - well we aren’t sure maybe West-field Shopping Centre then we don’t have to worry about the weather.

So today I have to have a bit of a clear up and make a shopping list for the tapas Doug is going to cook on Saturday for my lovely guests  Steph, Lis, and Nicky - they seem pleased at the thought of tapas I have explained they are guinea pigs and Doug has never cooked them before!!!

Not sure that the tapas is really that important - what is is the FAB company I will have I am so looking forward to it. I always feel so inspired after scrapping with these girls. I must remember to take a picture as these girls are pros - they do NOT travel lightly!!!

Yesterday I managed the FABULOUS sketch 137 over on Creative Scrappers 

Model Son!

a bit tongue in cheek as he SO isn’t.

And the buttons which seemed like a good idea at the time were a pain is the ar$e!! lol 

Sue xx

Walk this way

We were so pleased that Sunday was a bright and sunny day - cold but fab for doing another London Walk - we now have 2 books so this year we can do even more. Plus I get to try out my new camera. We drove up to Ladbroke Grove tube - parking is never a problem on a sunday as we can park for free in the pay and display so we parked up and set off. The book called the walk “A Tale of Two Tribes” not sure why but think its a reference to past racial tensions. 

Anyway we set off through to 
Wornington Green
housing Estate which is dominated
 by this 

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with this beautiful
mews next to it

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We then turned into 

and confidently!! walked the wrong way - how dense are we? Anyway a quick map check and a bit of reading - the book has some great stories and we were back on track

I loved Portabello Road - we walked the whole length of it - FAB

 and then around the corner into Notting Hill

We mooched around here for a while had lunch then set off into Kensington Park Road - a fab road with gorgeous houses - and where, I have just read
in Chris Evans book, that he used to live. Loving theBiography BTW

Walk completed the book said we had done 4 miles but with our detours and the fact we walked up Portabello Road again we probably did 6 miles.

I am currently browsing my book for the next one

Before the weekend I managed the FABULOUS sketch over on Sketchabilities 38

New Toy

Sue xx

..back into the groove

So Christmas and New Year are way behind us now and I am well and truly back into ‘normal’ mode. House is empty all day chores that were missed are now being caught up on and the rain has set in - see normal!!! I am NOT moaning I like normal it makes Christmas and New Year so much more FUN
I have been scrapping a bit - taking me longer than usual to complete anything...need more practice methinks - plus once I have scrapped I am having a bit of a love hate relationship with my blog - Its driving me mad, it seems to intermittently allow comments - what good is that! On the other hand I LOVE the mac blog - it’s easy to use and it’s different. So please bare with me I am trying to solve it with the mac techie guys think therein lies the problem - they are techie and I am a complete bozo!! Hey ho will keep at it. Thanks to those who have emailed me and told me about the problem too xx

Back to scrapping my FIRST LO of 2011 I used the sketch over on Twisted Sketches the twist being TIME

 When the camera comes out - it is time to mess about

Kaisercraft

Off out to lunch today - so no more scrapping but plenty of chatting

Sue xx

Sponge Bob Square pants

seems to ROCK in our house - not sure I GET it myself - anyway been meaning to scrap these photos for ages - the boys ALWAYS love meeting SBSP. Even Doug likes Patrick ??

and another LO - Don't believe what they say about Florida - it was colder than home!!! They were covering up all their plants to protect them from the frost!!! Typical don't you just hate it when you are on holiday and the locals say - oooo its not been as cold/wet as this for over 10 years!!!

So had a bit of a card making day today - I am so behind with the challenges on Carolyns however I figure better late than never so here is my effort for the Rubber stamp challenge Accessories and then for Food and Drink.





LOADS more to do isn't it a pain sometimes when real life gets in the way of crafting!!

and its nearly the weekend so have a good one everyone see you next week xxxx

seem to have cracked it

more by LUCK than judgement sadly - although I have learnt so much - especially to do with itunes *wink* and I have managed to download the Comic Relief video - oooo how I love Andy Pipkin!!!!

So apart from spending FAR too much time on my new mac I have also been busy - these are the exploding boxes I made for Mothers day - 1 for each Mum - got to be fair!!

and technical hitch sady I LIED I am now back on the PC I think I will have to move to the macs own blog!!! flippin thing yeah I can add photos but they they are all on top of each other - handy!!!

So Mothers Day - I got the QK magpie storage oooo it is so LUSH black and pink and so dinky. Both boys made me layouts instead of cards - I will post them another day I was so chuffed with them. We had a lovely lazy day Doug cooked a fab Jamie Oliver menu of pork and pears GORGEOUS!!

We also spent some time playing on a web cam - so silly and yet so fantastically funny - especially when Em joined in with a web cam (she MADE Matt go and buy her one) AND a dressing up box FAB FAB FAB deeley boppers, red wigs and red noses oooo and VERY rude flash cards I am sure she doesn't use them at Nursery. I also got to see her tiara - the one she uses to clean the loo!!! Then it got better Lise joined in - still not sure why she was wearing a vest but we did have lots of childish fun -Well when Lise was concentrating and NOT watching Duffy and eating biscuits!

I have also been having a good play with my cricut I have mainly been messing about but have been impressed with the results - lovely flowers and letters. Just need to get used to the settings so organised as ever I made a note of each paper type and what setting I used lol I so love a list.

What a failure!!

yeah so I posted text BUT alas NO PICTURES - how sad is that a blog with no pics (and I had a GREAT one of Em from her BIL *wink*) Anyway a blog with No pics just isn't happening so I am back on the PC FOR NOW!

....and news well as you know I have a mac!!! yeah yeah I know all he weather jokes!!! I have been on the BIGGEST learning curse EVER since Sunday - so much to learn BUT all in all I love it - I am trying NOT to use the PC as practise makes perfect and all that...mmmm we'll see lol.

I have been so busy lately I haven't even been dipping into blogs (and when you are as nosey as me!!!...thats really hard) I have been making my CJ's 2 on the go at the mo - still doing wedding stationery - although I do limit that to a set time every day depending on orders we are currently doing 2 hours solid a day. I am also doing card orders and sadly I WANT TO SCRAP!!! no time at the mo! Talking of CJ's this is the 2nd of mine one that has now been completed - the lovely Lythan, Net, Rach and Jane have been BRILLIANT and shared their FILMS THAT MAKE YOU LAUGH with me.

Sue




and now Lythan

Net

Rach

Jane

and back to me


so just how fab is that!!!

Ok back to work - BFN xxx