Busy, Busy, Busy

I've not been here for a few days to post as I've been with my yongest sister. We've been sorting out her wedding stationery and such. I had a couple of nights at her's too. Other than that, things are quiet around here. I'm busy Christmas crafting now, so will upload piccies in the New Year. I'm hoping to fit in some card challenges and more in between the rest, so watch this space still.

Hope you're all keeping well.

Take care

Love and hugs

Hello

Hi everyone, I am still about. Quick catch up on me, then I'll bore you all with my crafting.

I had 2 weeks work at Ely Cathedral and had such long days I was shattered. Then, after a week-end away when I went to the Scrapbook Show at Ally Pally, I came down with a viral infection, so I've been off work for nearly 2 weeks. I'm still not fully recovered, but I'm getting there. Due to that and the fact that I temp, my job had to be given to someone else. I'm now waiting to hear if I have a job at one of the colleges in Cambridge starting Monday and going until Christmas. It'll mean very long days, so don't expect much on here if that happens :(

Well, that's me. Now my craft. To start with, here's the stash I bought at AP

My niece ~ QUEEN OF THE CASTLE

My eldest nephew's birthday card

My youngest nephew

My new patio furniture

My youngest sister and her O/H one month after getting together

25th Wedding Anniversary Card

Members Sketch Challenges on 3C's ~ do a LO, Card and ATC using the sketch and 'extras' as stipulated in each challenge.

Sketch

LO

Card

ATC

Sketch

LO

Card

ATC

Mum's Birthday Crafting

Exploding Garden

Framed LO

DLO of a view of the village I grew up in

Birthday Card

Mum & I at a wedding in the early 70's

Sunset on the Norfolk Broads

Tractor Fire

Sunset

My cousin Sandra

Thanks for taking the time to look. Please feel free to leave me a comment to let me know you stopped by. I'm hoping to do a blog hop this week-end, so if I do I'll pay you a visit to see how you are and what you've been up to.

Love as always, Sarah xxx

Someone's Been Crafting

I did a LO a while ago titled 'Craft or Sleep?' and I had comments telling me how tidy it looked. Well, I'd just had a major sort out before I took the photos so that's why.

Here's proof that it doesn't always look like that:

And yes, it does spill onto my bed too!!!

So to answer my LO question 'craft or sleep?' definately CRAFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Bit of A Bright Sit Down and Tee's Challenge Part 1

Good morning everyone and how are we all? For me it's Monday lunchtime and the sun's been out to warm the air. Yesterday we managed to sit outside and eat lunch (jacket pots, burgers (yes, mine were veggie ones) and salad). It was a chance to try out my new patio furniture and here's one of the chairs.

I did warn you it was a bit of a bright sit down in the title of this post!! LOL One of my sisters is going to see if she can get me a yellow parasol from B & Q while she's out today ~ woohoo!!!!! It'll look so much better than the blue/green floral one we used yesterday.

Aargh............ just had a midgie crawl over the computer screen. Shouldn't complain really cos it probably means Summer's here at last. I just hope they don't get into my craft stash like last year :(

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On Charmed my friend Tee set the challenge for the next 4 weeks. This is what she said:

For my first challange I would like you to do a Scrapbook Layout, it can be any size you wish to do, and either a single or double layout, the choice is yours.

The extra bits are as follows that I would like you to use within your layout.

1. Please use foam on your layout.

2. ribbon to also be used

3. Visible Journaling and please make it more then just a title.and please feel free to add any other embellishments you wish to use.

My take on it is this:

1. I've hand-cut pink funky foam for the title and distressed it using white acrylic paint.

2. I've put a strip of ribbon along the bottom and up the right-hand side.

3. Visible journalling for me was the easy part as I love to do this.

The chipboard arrow is from a Bo Bunny pack and I've painted it with copper acrylic that I've mixed with white. Ive also added white acrylic paint to the paper to layer the photo on

BTW, spot the spelling mistake!!! LOL

Watch this space for my take on part 2. I haven't even started it as she only set these challenges yesterday.

Right, I'm off to get a drink and do some crafting. Catch you all here soon.

xxxx

Crash and More

My computer crashed on Friday night! Panick stricken I called PC World to ask for help and heard an automative voice tell me to ring a £1.50 a minute number and was told the call could last for 20 minutes!!!!!!!!! £30? No way, so I hung on and spoke to a very nice gentleman who helped me within 5 minutes on the normal rate number. Even then, I was told that I would have to do a system re-boot, loose everything and re-install all the programmes again. I was so grateful that I'd spent hours a month ago putting all my craft things and photos onto CD-Roms. The only thing I think I lost was some photos of Ely Cathedral, but I can always go and take more. Any excuse to act like a tourist around my home town.

After giving my work placement a great review, I think I've just done my last day there :( My supervisor decided that they wouldn't need me on Wednesday as they've got a work experience lad in and I'm off Thursday for my sister's graduation. If they get on ok Thursday without me, then I won't be back. Most of the staff that I've come to know had already left for the day, so I've not been able to say goodbye to them which is a huge shame. I'm hoping that the agency will be able to find me something else by Monday if I'm not going back. I was getting used to having the money each week and Ally Pally's less than 13 weeks away!!

Did you see the canvas I decorated for a family friend? I got home tonight to find Tim had sent me a really lovely thank you note. As he's a very talented artist (I have one of his paintings hanging in my dining room), I was so nervous giving it to him and never got to see his reaction when he opened it as it was still wrapped when we left. I'm so pleased he liked it though.

Well, that's me for now. Crafting's been on the slow to stop side these last couple of weeks. Hoping to have something to show you soon. Take care all of you.

Love to all xxxx

An award, a job, holidays and a catch up

Thank you to everyone who is kind enough to visit me and leave me comments. You are all so lovely. I've also been lucky enough to receive some wonderful awards from some of you. They can all be seen lower down on the right. Here's the latest award I've received from my blogging and forum friend Emma. We're all asked to pass it on to 3 fellow bloggers, so after deliberating for ages, I'm passing it on to Tee, Juliet and Shell.

I hadn't realised how long it had been since I blogged. My life changed overnight almost 2 weeks ago. I saw a job advertised on the JobCentre website at lunchtime one day and applied. In just over an hour I was in an interview and half an hour later, I had the job which started the following morning. Was great, but so quick. From being someone who didn't work and could choose how I spent my days, I became a full-time working lady with no spare time at all! What's my job? Well, I'm employed by an agency and at the moment am a customer services administration assistant. It's ok and should last until the end of June after which, I'm hoping that the agency will be able to find me something else.

Went away at the end of my first week working. My youngest sister's in Birmingham studying and invited me to stay with her for the Bank Holiday week-end. We had such a fantastic time. I went to my first all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet followed by a waltzer ride at the fair. I do have a few photos of that week-end (not many as the weather was mostly dull and rainy and I was too busy enjoying myself to keep snapping away!). Some of these piccies will be on my photo blog in the next couple of days. I got home Monday evening very tired and sad to have had to leave as I was having a great time.

I really want to do some blog hopping, but I'm too tired for that tonight and must do some crafting tomorrow. I will visit you all soon I promise. I'm so looking forward to next Monday (9th) as I'm off to Tee's for 3 days.

Hope you're all keeping well. See you here again soon
xxx

Clacton-on-Sea

I've added some photos of Clacton-on-Sea to my photo blog.

I'll be back later to add to this blog as I'm off to do some crafting now.

What a Fantastic Day

What a great day I had on Thursday with my youngest sister. We went for lunch, did some shopping, then fancied going to the seaside to have a bag of chips by the sea. We looked at the map and decide to have a change from Hunstanton and Great Yarmouth, so went to Clacton-On-Sea. We had such a laugh, took some piccies, had our chips and finally got back to hers at around midnight!I arrived home today to some parcels. A glittergirls embossing tool I 'won' on E-Bay, my Ellison order and a purple crop-a-dile and eyelets in a purple case. I'm stopping out more often if that's what happens when I get home. Also, last night I 'won' a standalone printer, so I can print my photos, Dottie and sayings out as I want. It also scans and is a B & W photocopier. I got it for more than half the price I've seen it in a shop and on-line.

My crafting's taken a back seat this week, but I will hopefully have things to show you by Monday. I did manage to cover some chipboard and make a start on a mini journal book for me. Now I've got my crop-a-dile, I'll be able to punch the holes and finish the covers and intro page. I intend completing a page per week for a year or so. Should've started it in January really, but better late than never.

Is There A Table Under There?

Has someone been crafting? No not just someone, Tee and I!! Tee is just a wonderful person and such a great friend. I am so blessed to have her in my life. I had the most fantastic time with her and her family. They all make me feel so welcome. Her DH even came back from the shop with some of the lacto-free milk I have at home (I really fancied a latte earlier and came up in a rash!). What an absolute darling he is.

Tee and I coffeed, browsed her favourite IRL craft shop, talked, laughed, cried (with laughter), crafted, drank wine, slept and crafted some more. What else did you expect to read? LOL

I'm so looking forward to having Tee come and stay with me sometime. Will be great to return some of the fantstic hospitality she showers me with.

Love to all who have taken the time to read my ramblings xxx

I'm Going Quiet - for once!!

Hi everyone, I'll be going quiet for a couple of days as I'm off to see my great friend Tee. We plan to chat, laugh, shop and craft. We've tried to tell her DH know he'll survive me being there, but I'm not sure he's convinced LOL. He could be right as I know how we were before when he was working away. Is he ready for me? Maybe not, but I'm going anyway! I just hope the winds die down a little for my journey. If not, I'll be driving slower, but getting there safely I hope.

I'll report back when I'm home Thursday, I'll hopefully have piccies of my crafting and who knows what else to show you?

Take care and mind the wind xxx