Think Pink!

Jaq at A String Of Beads has done!!

Dare 67- Elemental

Our inspiration this week comes in the form of 'Elements' We were inspired photographs featuring Earth, Air, Fire or Water. Go to Collectively Yours to see our take on the 'Elements'.

Materials:
Stampers Anonymous Stamps; Autumn Leaves Stamps; Tim Holtz Distress Inks; Chipboard Letters.

Woo-Hoo!!! Feeling better!

Finally feeling better after my stinking cold the other week- Hooray!!!
I have started getting stuff done again- nothing exciting but after laying in bed for 4 days and feeling like warmed up left overs it felt very satisfying!
~I posted my Christmas ATC's to queenofstash.
~Cut Halloween shapes and posted them off to a friend *waves to Scotlandshire*
~ Started planning for my Advent Swap.
~ Sorted the tip that was my craft deskout!!
~Used my new Fancy Pants stamps- ooh they are wunnerful.
~ Did a WHOLE LO!!!!

You'll note an absence of any housewifey type dutes on this list :O)
Bwahahahahaha

*SWOON*

Oh my look at these beauties *swoon*from my fave QuicKutz shop CraftsULove such yumminess must NOT go unbough *grin*

Autumn is come....

.....and we are celebrating all things autumnal at Collectively Yours.
This was my contribution, a house for little people to shelter them from the cooler days!

~Doodlebug House
~Daisy D's Autumn Papers and Cosmo Cricket Gretel Papers.
~Basic Grey die-cuts Mellow
~DoodleBug paper Frills

Beautiful Beadiness!!!

My hat goes off once again to the multi-talented Miss Jaq who has uploaded another selection of her beautious beads! These little beauts caught my eye as well as all the others (I cannot lie!!)
Jacquie you are disgracefully skilled with glass and flame but I'm so very glad you are!!! See the rest of this beady deliciousness at A String Of Beads.

Gorgeous Girlies!!!

The girlies at 'It's a Creative World' have come up with a simple FABULOUS way to publicise Breast Cancer Awareness Week!
They have celebrated boobs in all sorts of joyous and creative ways.
Get over there to see the work and feel good about your boobs!!!

*Squeals*

I'm in love with 12x12 acrylic *sigh* Gorgeous, gorgeous GORGEOUS stamps from Fancy Pants- I tell you I'm in LUST!!! So they are expensive but by jingo look at these beauties and you get 30+ stamps in a set and full of Grungy Goodness!!!
*drums fingers*

Willow getting comfy

Willow getting comfy, originally uploaded by ktfsj.

Miss Willow likes to snuggle up in the evenings after a hard day fuffling!!!
That nose gets a HARD work out all day long and a pup needs to get her strength back! Keeps my neck lovely and warm too!!

Christmas ATC's

I went for a vintage look with my ATC's as I do love a 'bit of vintage'. I used Basic Grey for background and distressed the edges with some sanding and Distress inks. I used images from these papers from Making memories and Flair Designs.

Women

• Women over 50 don't have babies because they would put them down and forget where they left them.
• One of life's mysteries is how a 2-pound box of chocolates can make a woman gain 5lbs.
• My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely.
• The best way to forget your troubles is to wear tight shoes.
• The nice part about living in a small town is that
  when you don't know what you are doing, someone else does.
• The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.
• Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.
• Sometimes I think I understand everything, and then I regain consciousness. I gave up jogging for my health when my thighs kept rubbing together and setting fire to my knickers..
• Every 7 minutes of everyday, someone in an aerobics class pulls a hamstring.
• Amazing! You hang something in your closet for a while and it shrinks 2 sizes!
• Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like... "You know, sometimes I forget to eat!" .....Now, I've forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name and my keys. But I have never forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat!
• A friend of mine confused her Valium with her birth control pills...she has 14 kids but doesn't really care.
• My body is not all that communicative but I heard from it the other day after I said "Body, how would you like to go to the six o'clock class of vigorous toning?" Clear as a bell my body said "Listen bitch.....do it and die."
• The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing and then they marry him.
• I read this article that said the typical symptoms of stress are - eating too much; impulse buying and driving too fast. Are they kidding? That's my idea of a perfect day!

There's a nip in the air....

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....which makes me think of scarves and knitting and Christmas and Halloween!! All these yummy patterns are at one of my fave knit shops Pavi Yarns.

New Dare Time!!!

This week we are celebrating summer! I had to go back to 1973 because let's face it this year wasn't the greatest of summers was it??!! I kept it very simple without embellishments because the paper is so bright and detailed. I used a cutout technique on the paper. First I laid the photo on the paper and marked where it crossed over the larger flowers. I then used a craft knife to cut around these flowers so I could overlay on the photograph to form a frame.

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
Other: QuicKutz Revolution Washington Font, Abigail Font and Circles

Chuckle

September QuicKutz

Newbies from QuickKutz!!! Hooray!! Little men!!! Awww!
I've been waiting for the Monograms for the Revolution since archie and I saw them in soem QK books the other month and now here they are!!

Rusty Pickle?!

Love, LOVE, LOVE these Mayflower papers from Lily at the Scrapshed and I FABULOUS!!!! I love vintage/ shabby chic style papers and I have a definite THING about red!!! LOL
I also received one of the Doodling Templates and diligently created my own scallop edge piece of 12x12 paper *smug grin*
FAR too many nice things in that shop!!!!

Lush, Lush,Lush,lush ,LUSH!!!!

Just by chance I found he MOST delicious site full of yummy 'things' to drool over!! Especially the Christmas houses which are SO frosty and wonderful!! We chortled about the deadly German Glass glitter that was used and much use was made of dodgy german accents at this point!! So go to the Inspire Company for some eye candy!

Collectively Yours

Collectively Yours is back after the holidays!!!! And we are celecrating (tee-hee) all the little ones going back to school!
I have a bit of a backlog of school portraits that I intend to crack on with! I don't want them to end up looking the same- a danger as I tend to choose papers with complimentary colour schemes. I hope to reflect some of my children's personalities in the LO's. They are a lovely way of recording how much children change year to year- I think because they are wearing the same clothes and they are posed in the same way- the facial changes as they grow are MORE noticeable than in informal photos.

Patterned Papers: 7gypsies; Daisy D's Moda; K&Co Amy Butler.
Stickers: Creative Imaginations.
Letters: Various QuicKutz Alphabets

Stashilicious!!

My Order from Artbase and Scrapshed arrived this week Yippee!!!!
So I'm hosting a Halloween ATC swap and my Making Memories Halloween stickers arrived- so lovely! Also I'm taking part in a Christmas ATC swap so I had a few Chrissy things arrive too!
I'm loving the Ranger Paint Dabbers which I am slowly buying useful colours from Scrapshed and I was spoilt with some delicious Rusty Pickle May Flower papers which I will stroke first before using!!

Heroes!

Ok I'm slow coming to this but we've been dutifully watching since Heroes started on BBC2- and OMG we LOVE it- totally hooked!!!!

Here's a kt stylee assessment- full of depth as usual *snorts*
Hiro and Ando are so sweet!
Peter Petrelli is lovely (but what's with the wonky lip!!!)
Claire- UGH put those ribs away!!!
Anthan Petrelli- sleezy but GORGEOUS!!
DL- I'd snog him!!
Niki- kick ass!!
Isaac- cute but why is he hanging out with weird skinny- poppy eyed woman?
Mohinder- I like, especially the way he talks!
Matt- he's lovely!
Mr Bennet- scarey creepy guy.
The Hatian- He's creepy but I definitely would!

Hiro is my all time, hands down fave cos he's so dedicated, enthusiastic and kinda wacky!!!!
Go Hiro, Go!!!!

Pink Chilluns and the Fur Child!

Recently the 'Crew' have gone back to school with much wailing and gnashing of teeth!! Mind you I don't blame them - it was a very laid back Summer hols and it is hard to go back to the routine of school! In preparation for school clothes were bought, 2nd mortgage was taken out for shoes (tee-hee!), last minute panic buying sessions to Woolies for pens, pencils and other forgotten sundries and they were ready! And the deed was done which left me and Willow on our ownsome! We are getting into a routine with the school run and walkies. I must say- this walkies business is not the chore I imagined it would be- I actually .....enjoy it *gasps* :O)
No really- there are a pack of dog owners who go to the park near us and it's a joy to go and chat.
Willow has puppy pals she rolls around with (feet and ears flying!) and she meets the older dogs and learns how to interact with them properly! I meanwhile chatter away to the owners who are a great source of information and sometimes comforting words- when I am a panicy puppy owner (remember this is my FIRST dog!)
My Miss Willow is getting BIG!!!! Must be because I keep feeding her-Hmmmmm maybe reduced rations will stunt the ever growing chilluns too and save on the clothes bill??!! AS IF!!!!!!!Hee-hee!!!!
As well as walkies- snoozies seem to be a big part of the regime- very strenuous but we do our part!!

Ooooh!!!!

I saw mention of these and had to go have a shufty!
KI Memories are bringing out this beautiful looking cardstock- due out in October- I can't wait!!!

So Clever!!!

Saw a shadow puppet video on Dolly's blog and it's so clever!!! Go to Dolly's blog and click on the vid link- fantastic stuff!!!

In a similar vein is a Vid my Sis sent me -flipping amazing stuff!!!

Making Stuff!

It was Niece's 17th birthday yesterday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!) and I made her a card and sent her Brother a little something as I was horribly LATE for his birthday (July was a lost month what with Willow arriving!!) Sorry Nephew- hope you like the pressy!!! *mwah MWah*

Sunday Morning (just!!)

Does anyone know where I put my Doodlebug House??!!
I have the urge to decorate it and I cannot find it :( Slightly worrying is that I found the package but not the house *puzzled look*
OK have vague memory of taking it ti archie's house ages ago so I would have had it in my bag- off to look!
I mean there's not that many places in the Old Oak Tree for it to be *sigh*

Go Go Stash

So stash shopping has been fairly scarce recently- I was mojo-less in July due to Pup's arrival!!! However I have LOVED receiving my ScrapaGoGo kits each month- what a treat they are!! A real kick start for the flagging creativity!
Here are June's and next month's kits! I love the mention of 'glitter paper' in Spetember's kit- YES!!!

A True Friend

I was very honoured to be asked by Correna to submit a LO for the A True Friend blog - a blog that celebrates our pets.
Having become a pet owner recently I admit I was nervous about scrapping my first LO of Willow!
Of course I say pet owner like WE own Willow but as time goes on I suspect that the opposite is true!! Note for example WHERE Willow has made herself comfy!! Should one of us sit down it seems to be an open invite to become a doggy lounging post for Missy W!!!
I captured this lovely moment of Willow relaxing on 'The Blonde One's' lap, something they both enjoy! Soon after Willow was fast asleep and snoring contentedly- now that's trust!

Patterned papers: Cosmo Cricket Gretel; Basic Grey Recess.
Other: QuicKutz dies and Finale Grande alphabet; Ranger Paint Dabber; Chipboard Frame; Autumn Leaves stamps.