an apple a day...

Good morning everyone did you all have a brilliant day yesterday...well I didn't go to get my wallpaper as I had a look on a couple of more sites and there's some fabulous other ones, I really must stop looking lol...pick one and stick to it I guess, I did take my Dad for coffee he deserved it I think after the running around he did with me yesterday, when we were coming out from coffee we decided to go to Town but me and my two left feet had something else to say, I tripped and caught the leg of my trousers and you know when you hear the rip and feel a draught don't you...I have ripped the whole crutch out of my trousers, very drafty, so a quick trip home and a change and we were off again, but it made my Dad chuckle that I'm so much of a klutz I managed to rip the groin out of my trousers, luckily its the seam so they can be mended...right onto my card for today which is for our new challenge over at Colour Create, this time its our wonderful Sharon's turn to choose and she chose Fuchsia pink, Green and white...now I'm not 100% sure what fuchsia pink is so hope this fits the bill...this gorgeous little girl is of course from Mo's Digital Pencil and is called For Teacher Girl isn't she amazing, only Mo can do faces with that much expression, I coloured her with distress inks and really think the colours of this amazing Basicgrey Sweet Threads paper are just perfect for her...this one is called Spring Tote...lush isn't it...the fabulous sketch is from Crazy 4 Challenges Challenge and I'm also entering this for the Creative Inspirations Summer challenge Stampin' for the Weekend My favourite things challenge (my favourite things are paper, ribbon and Mo's images)...Im having a craft day today as Im off down to the farmhouse at the weekend for a week, theres so much to do, so I need to get something pretty ready to show you while Im away...whatever your doing today have a brilliant one and if you have time pop on over to Colour Create to have a look at the fab creations from the rest of our team
Mina xxx

theres nothing like a bit of retail therapy...

Good morning everyone, well we are still waiting for the heatwave to hit and still live in hope for a bit of it anyway...yesterday was much better than the day before thank goodness, I managed to keep both feet on the ground and no falling down and got tons and tons of stuff for the house, did you know there's loads of sales on at the min, well I didn't and why didn't anyone tell me then lol...I managed to get loads of the smaller stuff, like curtains, poles, cream light shades that I'm going to customise and loads of other stuff...my poor Dad was fed up with stopping the car and me 'just popping in here for a look' bless him...right my card for today which is for the digi teams new challenge at Crafts and Me challenge which this time is our wonderful Mona's choice and she chose Birthdays...this beautiful creature is a preview of the new digis that will be out soon on Crafts and Me, she is called Child of Healing, isn't she stunning...I coloured her with distress inks and used this beautiful doubled sided paper from Prima, its called Happy Birthday Jill and is from the Celebrate range...I finished it with some lush coffee coloured ribbon and a sentiment cut from the paper...the fab sketch is from The Sweet Stop challenge although I had to jiggle the sentiment and angle a bit so hope it still counts...I'm off for a bit more retail shopping today, I found some fab paper for a feature wall in the dining room so even though its a little expensive I only need two rolls so can justify it, well in my mind anyway...when you have time pop on over to Crafts and Me challenge to see what the other digi girls came up with...gorgeous work as always, have a brilliant day everyone
Mina xxx

ever wished you hadnt got out of bed?...

Good morning everyone I hope your all well and happy today...boy did I have one of those days yesterday...the days that should definitely be spent in bed...everything I touched fell to bits, I tried my very very hardest and everything I tried to make went wrong, I even fell down the stairs (just the last two so nothing more than a bruised ego) and stepped off a chair when I was changing a light bulb (I know not a good idea when your having an off day), I even set fire to my toasted sandwich lunch...after that I just sat huddled up on the sofa just in case anything else happened lol...oh well today can only get better (maybe I shouldn't have said that)...anyway onto one of the cards I managed to make and even though I'm not happy with it I thought I would show you anyway as I love this little fella, isn't he just a fab image for a boys card, hes from The Stampfairy and is called Tommy Sports1...as soon as I saw this paper at the weekend I knew I would use it for Tommy, its perfect for him isn't it...its from Echo Parks Sweet Summertime collection and is called Citrus Circles...I coloured this little fella with distress inks and paper pieced his hat and jersey with the reverse of the paper...I finished with some string, ribbon and buttons from my stash...the lush sketch is from Sunday Sketch and Stamp...I'm taking no chances today and heading out its too dangerous staying indoors lol...whatever your up to today have a safe and sound one everyone
Mina xxx

yo ho ho and a bottle of lemonade...

Good morning everyone, did you all have a wonderful weekend...there's still no sun here and I'm beginning to think its gone for good from here...well at least the car boot sale stayed dry but thick heavy clouds and really dark, there wasn't many goodies to be had but I found two cornish ware type red and cream striped flower pots a large one and a smaller one for an amazing 50p each which I'm going to use as fat vases for flowers, I hadn't the heart to haggle at that price...oh and my Dad bought some duck eggs for his breakfast and got chatted up by a very pretty older lady while he was having his coffee lol...by the way did you all check out the candy winners below?...right onto my card for today and I totally love this amazing little Nellie Snellen Hands up image isnt she so cute with her pirate hat and her little pirate cat, I coloured them with distress inks and tried to giver her a darker look but I'm not sure it worked, I cut them out and raised them above each other...the amazing papers are from the BoBunny Vicki B 6x6 paper pad, amazing colours in this pad, they are mixed with chocolate and look fab together, the paper pad and stamp cutie are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I finished with a sentiment from my stash...isn't this sketch lush but I cant remember where I got it from but I'm entering this for the Just Us Girls challenge, CES challenge and The Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge too...I have loads of DT work to catch up on today so a locked in my craftroom day I think...whatever your up to today have a good one everyone
Mina xxx

and the winners are...

Evening everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic day...I have some winners of my 300,000 hit candy to announce...drum roll please...the top prize winner of all those fantastic goodies is according to Mr Random thingy is no 55.......

JANE JOHNSON

huge congratulations Jane...could you contact me before Thursday and I will arrange for all your prizes to be winging their way to you asap

right now on to the two runner up prize winners of 25 papers and some of my lush yummy ribbons...the winning numbers are 54 and 84...

MELANIE

ALIZABETHY

as above could you please contact me before Thursday so I can arrange for your goodies to get in the post asap

I hate just being able to give to a few but look out because Bunny Zoe's monthly candy will be next weekend so there is more chances to win then...enjoy the rest of your Sunday everyone

Mina xxx

car booting...

Good morning everyone, did you all have a good day yesterday...hands up everyone who thought I would buy papers and ribbons yesterday as well as the card I needed...well...er...your right...I bought loads of paper and loads of ribbon, including some lush rich paper that doesn't have a name on oh and some fantastic charms...anyway you will see everything over the next few weeks...my poor Dad sat in the car while I was in the craft shop so I didn't have a lot of time for a good mooch but did have time for a little chat with the lovely April and a little giggle as usual...ok who nicked the heatwave from us, it was warmish here but dull and rainy as usual, oh well we are off to a car boot sale today so the skies will open no doubt, and our gorgeous Daughter is making us lunch...ohhhhh I love it when plans work out don't you...I will tell you if I buy anything at the boot sale, I'm looking for some mismatched cup and saucers for the old dresser I found in the shed, thought they would look nice and country...oooohhh and if anyone sees gingham fabric, not white and red but that creamy colour and dull red if you know what I mean...right enough waffle onto my card for today which is for the Crafts and Me DT, I used this gorgeous stamp I have had for ages and never inked up (I know shocker eh), its by Molly Harrison and is called Roses of Fire, I coloured her with distress inks and glittered her wings up...the lush papers are from the K&Co Julianne paper pad and I finished with some lush seam binding and a few cut out roses...the fab sketch is from Cute Card Thursday and I'm also entering it for the A Spoon full of Sugar challenge and Crafty Calendar challenge too...right I'm off get ready for booting, whatever your up to today have a fantastic one
Mina xxx

a reminder and just a little bit of colour...

Good morning everyone what are you all up to today? anything exciting...well my gorgeous Phil is off marshaling again so I will have to make my own entertainment...did I tell you that Phil bought himself a tent so he could stay overnight when hes at the racing, well I would go with him but I'm built for comfort and unless the tent has a real bed, en suite and room service I don't think its for me...I will just have to drag my poor Dad out today instead, I need a trip to my local craft shop Crafter's and Co, I haven't been for ages and they sell the fab card I use for my blanks so I feel the urge to visit, oh and of course a few papers might just fall into my basket too of course lol...my card for today is for the Sugar Nellie DT using this gorgeous little A Cherry on the Top Manga stamp, isn't he so cute in his chefs outfit, I coloured him with distress inks and teamed him up with this amazingly colourful My Mind's Eye paper, its double sided and from the Bloom and Grow range called Bijou Birds Green, the pink is the reverse, I added a ribbon, loads and loads of colourful buttons and a sentiment to finish...the fabulous sketch is from Simon Says Stamp challenge...I wanted to remind you all that my candy closes today so this is your last chance to join in, if you haven't already of course...I will report back as to what lush papers I bought and whatever your up to today have a fantastic one
Mina xxx

how many is too many...

Good morning everyone, ok now whats up with the weather, seriously would it really destroy the great scheme if we were to have just a little bit of sun...when I met my Dad yesterday every single time we went to get out the car it tiddled down...my Dad reckoned it was just waiting for us lol...well his colour choice of ipod is out of stock but will be back in within five days and hes busy sorting out all his cd's for loading, I have a feeling I'm going to be busy lol...my card for today is for our new challenge over at Just Magnolia & hAnglar and sTanglar challenge which this week is the fab Pop's choice and she chose the perfect challenge, Butterflies,,,now for those of you who don't know I love using butterflies, but just how many is too many I ask myself?...the gorgeous Tilda is from the Butterfly dreams collection and called Beautiful Tilda isn't she so pretty, I love that little ruffled skirt and her gorgeous wings...I coloured her with distress inks and teamed her up with these lush papers from the BoBunny 6x6 Gabrielle paper pad, perfect for this challenge and I love the colours in this pad, the Tilda and pad are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, I finished my card with these gorgeously glitzy butterflies from Anita's...the lush sketch is from the Stamp with Fun challenge...I wrapped myself up in my fluffy dressing gown with a hot water bottle last night and did loads of blog hopping and even managed to leave some comments and catch up with some challenge commenting too, aren't I a good girl lol...I'm hopefully going to do loads more today too so will catch up with everyone else today too, thank you all so much for the wonderful comments you left about the house photos, I'm so pleased you saw the potential that we did...I hope you all have a fabulous Friday whatever your up and if you have time don't forget to pop on over to Just Magnolia to see what the rest of our amazing DT came up with
Mina xxx

the best laid plans....

Good morning everyone I'm home at last, how are you all, well and happy I hope...I had planned to get the early coach even though it meant changing midway but the coach was late leaving and I missed my connection and had to wait over 2 hours for another would you believe, so I didn't get a card made for today so I'm showing you some of the piccys I took of the house...well what do you think?...it really is a typical Irish farmhouse isn't it and much much bigger than I remembered this is the side view...the car doesn't come with it, that's ours
this is the side and my gorgeous Phil taking away some mouldy carpet from the door as it was making me queasy, bless him...do you see what I mean about the 'garden', it can hardly be described as that can it lol...the side bit and the front porch are extensions as the original farmhouse would have been two up two down I think...the house has a really wonderful warm feel to it
this is one of the 'roads' leading to the house, the hedges are full of honeysuckle, holly, wild roses and brambles, so loads of blackberries come Autumn...there's a couple of outbuilding which we had a little mooch in and found a tin full off old bills and letters from 1978, some beautiful coloured crockery and a really retro old kitchen dresser which I think is in desperate need of a makeover
this is the view from the main bedroom and all the 'girls' coming to have a look at the daft English folk mad enough to take this on
I picked this photo as it not only shows the rank wallpaper that has to be striped off asap but the depth of the windows and walls, I dont think it will be hard to keep warm with walls this thick do you...Phil went to work and left me measuring windows and floors, do you ever get the feeling your not alone?...I looked up and the farmer who owns the cattle and his son were standing at the gate watching me and grinning, I nearly jumped out of my skin...he waved at me and I just waved and shouted hi...I will keep the rest of the photos and post them when we do the house, that way we can do a before and after reveal...oooohhhhh Im getting all changing room arent I...thank you all so much for your wonderful comments while I was away, I promise I will catch up with you all soon...well Im off out with my Dad today to pick up his ipod (he decided on Blue and thinks the lime green one I have is sickly...what a cheek)...whatever your up to have a fab day everyone and I would love to know what you think of the house cause we love it to bits
Mina xxx

green roses and blond hair...

Good morning yes its little old virtual me, don't you just love technology, its so brilliant isn't it...I'm away but all the work I have posted is being shown up on time (well hopefully)...btw I asked my Dad if he would like an ipod for his Birthday and he asked me whats an ipod, so I showed him mine and explained all about it...he was gobsmacked that you could get so many songs on that 'teeny tiny little thing' and how exactly do you get them in, I left it at I will load them for you Dad you don't need to worry about that, I have visions of him trying to ram a cd into this teeny little thing lol, so he decided he would love one, as hes hard of hearing I think it will make his music much easier to listen too without deafening everyone else don't you...I asked him did he wanted a pink one lol...my card for today is for the Sugar Nellie DT, this is the gorgeous Goldilocks from the Homegrown Manga range, just look at all that lush hair, shes a dream to colour and I used distress inks for her...the amazingly yummy is from the Crate Paper Cottage collection and is called Bloom, those roses are stunning aren't they...the fab sketch is from the Truly Scrumptious challenge...well Im on my back today so normal service will be resumed asap...whatever your up today have a super fantastic one
Mina xxx

up up and away...

Good morning everyone I hope your all well and happy, well I'm travelling back tomorrow so lets hope there's no drool situation or singing to the ipod lol, one day I'm going to get thrown off a coach for drooling you know...my card for today is for The Teddybo challenge Bling it on...this little beauty is called Bea's balloon ride, isn't she so gorgeous, I coloured her with distress inks and glittered her balloon...the lush papers are just perfect for her aren't they, they are from the Kaisercraft Seaside 6x6 paper pad from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I cut some of those lush blossoms from the paper and scattered them around and finished with a few pearls sprinkled about...the fab sketch is from The Corrosive challenge, I love the simplicity of this layout don't you and it means you can really let your imagination run wild...right wish me look re the drool situation and take care of yourselves...have a great day
Mina xxx

oh no its that dreaded red again...

Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic weekend and I didn't spoil your Sunday too much with the holiday snaps...I'm still away but am posting again, thank goodness for technology...when I first saw the challenge over at Whiff of Joy challenge I thought oh no way as its Strawberries and cream and you all know I struggle colouring red it just goes everywhere, I'm sure it has a life of its own, but I like to do things out of my comfort zone so decided to have a go...I love the Whiff of Joy city girl shes so elegant and beautifully drawn...I coloured her with distress inks and the papers are a mix of gingham's from scraps to a sheet sent to me from a lovely friend, I added a bit of my twirly ribbon thingy (that's a technical term) and a ceramic sentiment...the fab sketch is the June sketch from CLP challenge...I really enjoyed making this card and love the monochromatic look of it...have a wonderful day everyone
Mina xxx

aaaarrrgggghhhh run away its the holiday photos....

Good morning everyone and yes its that time...many apologies but its holiday photo time, count yourself lucky I didn't post all 65 of them lol...the first one is the view of the little harbour we were staying in, isn't it beautiful and of course I had to do the arty shot through the trees didn't I
this is the view from our balcony the lower bottom corner is where 'that girl' was sitting plucking herself...uuuurrrrggghhhhh right next to the pool what a minger

the last one has to be of my gorgeous Phil doesn't it, this is him chilling on the balcony...I know it looks like hes doing a rude gesture to me but he wasn't honestly...right that's it see it wasn't too bad, sorry there none of me but there was only one taken of camera shy me and your not seeing that as it was taken by surprise...I will be back tomorrow with a card and no more holiday piccys I promise...enjoy your Sunday everyone and dont forget to tell your Dads that you love them and a Happy Fathers Day to them

Mina xxx

a sunny day or shopping...

Good morning everyone I'm still away but you wouldn't know it would you...In wondering as I type this if Phil would fancy a little trip to Dublin as he only lives about 30 mins away and I fancy a house shop, I suppose it depends on the weather as we wouldn't want to waste a sunny day with shopping would we, well defo not Phil anyway...my card for today is using this stunning image I think shes called Mary Tapping and she is of course from Mo's Digital Pencil, I just love that face don't you, I coloured her with Distress inks and these amazingly sugary feeling papers are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...they are from the Echo Park Springtime paper pad, don't you just love these colours it reminds me of a bag of sweeties...I finished with a stamped sentiment, purple ribbon and a few buttons...the sketch is a lush one from Sketchy Colours challenge and I'm also entering this for the Simon Says Stamp challenge too which is a Bingo challenge, I chose Shape, Ribbon and sentiment...well fingers crossed for a sunny day today and whatever your up have a fantastic time everyone

Mina xxx

groovy baby...

Good morning everyone...wwwooohhhooo Friday again and almost the weekend although our weekend will be busy, are you up to anything nice this weekend?...this card really made me smile as it reminded me of my lovely Phil's old passport, it wasn't an old one but if you have seen piccys of Phil he is a little follicley challenged but the photo in the old passport was of him with long red hair and it always made me go 'groovy baby' and always made me chuckle...this card is for our new challenge over at Just Magnolia & hAnglar and sTanglar challenge, this week its our lovely teamie Michelle's choice and she chose one of my very favourite things, paper piecing, in case you hadn't noticed I love doing this, I really think I'm addicted to cutting out you know, even when I was small I would cut out all the paper dressing dolls from comics etc and if I didn't like their clothes I would trace them and draw and colour my own, crafter's start young don't they lol... this gorgeous little Edwin is called Cool Edwin and I used these fantastically coloured new BoBunny 6x6 VickiB paper pad papers, I'm so loving the fab bright colours in this pad, the pad and Edwin are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I used some Thicker's for the groovy and added a mix of buttons to finish...the fabulous sketch is from Mojo Monday, I'm also entering it for the Crazy 4 challenges, Papertake weekly challenge and Pear Tree Designs challenge too...if you have time pop on over to our Just Magnolia challenge and have at all that lush paper piecing...have a brilliant day everyone
Mina xxx

its a double day...

Good morning everyone well I'm off on my travels again and will report back with photos as my camera went into my travel bag last so I wouldn't forget it...I will wear my glasses so there's no weird photos of strange looking cow like objects lol...my card for today is for a double day its time for the Mo's Digital Pencil Blog hop and the theme this month is our wonderful host for this month Heidy's choice and she chose to make your own flowers you should have come here from the amazing Debbie's blog and if you didn't please hop on over and start of at Heidy's, don't forget as always you will get a chance to win one of two $5 vouchers so make sure you leave our lovely team a comment as you cant win if your not in...I used the stunning Rat a tat tat image for my card and coloured her with distress inks, the papers are a mix of gingham and vellum from my stash, I love using up scraps don't you...the large rose flower is made from a white organza ribbon and the other two are punched from vellum, I added a sprinkling of Kars sparkly gems to finish...this was also made for our new challenge at Colour Create challenge and its my choice of colour combo this time, I chose Blue, Grey and white and the extra option is use vellum but of course you don't have too...the next stop on the Mo's Dreamteam hop is the lovely Kerttu who I'm sure has something lush to show...don't forget if you have time to pop on over to Colour Create to check out the teams lush makes for my choice, Im also entering this for the Scrapbookaholic by Abby Smile challenge and the Spoon Full of Sugar Splish Splash challenge too...have a wonderful day and enjoy the rest of the hop everyone
Mina xxx

yes yes yes about time too...

Good morning everyone and yes yes yes my internet is working again, well so far so fingers crossed, I did loads of blog hopping last night and caught up with some of your fantastic work I had missed...not a fraction of what I need to do but its a start anyway...you will be pleased there is no more mysterious marks on my arm although its still very red and bleedy but I still don't have a clue what caused them, I dont have any animals and Phil is 100 miles away, but keep on guessing everyone I love hearing them lol...I would love to have natural coloured linen curtains in the farmhouse but when I went hunting for linen omg how surprised was I at the price so if all you surfers out there come across some reasonably priced material sites that deliver to Northern Ireland let me know will you, because I refuse to take out a second mortgage for curtains lol...right now onto my card for today which is for our new Digi Teams Crafts & Me challenge, I had a little bit of a senior moment (now no sarky comments please lol) and got my weeks confused, this weeks challenge is Bling...thanks goodness I glittered this stunning Sara Burrier Messenger image up a bit as I think it still fits the theme, well just anyway...I coloured him with distress inks and teamed him up with this lush Basicgrey paper, I haven't a clue what its called but will find out and report back...I used some brown ribbons, a tiny heart charm, buttons and a sentiment stamp to finish...the fab sketch is from Sketch Saturday...I'm off to pack a bag for going away tomorrow night and I wont forget my camera I promise...have a wonderful day everyone and if you have time pop on over to the Crafts & Me challenge to see what the rest of the digi girls came up with
Mina xxx

better late than never...

Good morning everyone, how are you all doing?...I hope your all well as there's a lot of colds and flu going around...I was just having a think about my Mum this morning and thanks to some of your fab comments was thinking about all those wonderfully wise and daft things our Mums say to us that we don't cherish until its too late sometimes...do you have any wise or funny things your Mums said to you as I would love to know...I woke up yesterday morning to two big deep scratches on the inside of my upper arm, bleeding and everything...now I have been known to sleep walk, which is something Phil worries about when hes not here, I think he feels one night I will take a dive of the top of the stairs or go for a walk outside and has visions of me tramping down the road in my jimjams...I cant figure out where these gouges have come from or where I must have caught my arm, twice...weird or what?, maybe it has something to do with the full moon...its a day for philosophy today as I would love to know how my Dad can ring and ask if I will go with him for bread and coming back with his loaf and three bags of shopping for me when I needed nothing at all...now that's even weirder isn't it lol...anyway enough waffle today's card is late it should have been posted yesterday but I couldn't get on to post it and had to wait until now...its for our new challenge at Bunny Zoe's Crafts challenge, wow thank you all so much for entering last month for my choice of lace, we had an incredible 457 entries...the challenge this month is Fairies...I really wanted to use this fantastic Michelle Perkett studio Flower Goddess digi so decided with a little help from a Martha Stewart butterfly punch I would add some wings to this beauty to make her a fairy, I coloured her with distress ink and made some of the flowers 3d...the beautifully bright and summery papers are from the Wild Rose Studio 6x6 paper pad Cherry Cupcake of course you can get the papers and image from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I finished with some lush satin ribbon and a satin ribbon sentiment with a few teeny punched butterflies...the fab sketch is from Sunday Sketch and Stamp challenge and I'm also entering it for the Stamp Something something punched challenge too...when you have time pop on over to our challenge blog to check out the rest of the DT's lush work...I haven't a clue what I'm up to today except I'm not going shopping because I really don't want another three bags of shopping...have a great one everyone
Mina xxx

suffering withdrawal symptoms...

Good morning everyone I hope you all had a fantastic weekend...I'm seriously suffering from withdrawal symptoms from lack of blogging now and I had to stay up until 1am to get this posted, I'm missing my nightly blog hopping and its driving me nuts...if it isn't sorted out soon heads will roll...and it wont be mine lol...well Sunday here was so so quiet, the only thing we did was go to our local pound store and bought loads of cleaning stuff, I think I get this from my Mum, she was obsessive about things like having loads of toilet roll and kitchen roll and if she saw a bargain in them or cleaning things she would buy at least 6...she always said when I asked her why she did it it was 'just in case'...I never did find out when the just in case time was, but if the nuclear winter ever hit we were sorted for cleaning lol, I still miss my Mum's wicked sense of humour...right now my card for today is for the Bunny Zoe's Crafts DT...now how sweet are these two on their swing together...they are from the newest Whiff of Joy collection and are called Friends forever Nora & Ben, I coloured them with distress inks and used some of these amazingly coloured papers from the new Bo Bunny 6x6 paper pad called Vicki B, lush lush designs aren't they, I finished with a ribbon, some pearls and a gorgeous Prima flower...the fab sketch is from The Sweet Stop challenge and I'm also entering these for the Fairy Tale and Stamp with fun challenges...if I remember I'm going to charge my camera up fully today to take with me for piccys of the house to show you all (one of you remind me on Tuesday or Wednesday please as I'm going down on Thursday), I hope you dont all have this picture in your head of a chocolate box cottage because its not that at all...and I'm hopefully going to get some crafting done today fingers crossed...whatever your up to today have a brilliant one
Mina xxx

half full or half empty?...

Good morning everyone how are you all doing today, I'm still struggling with my internet connection and getting maybe two hours off and on all day long, so all I can do is ask you to bear with me while it gets sorted out...I went to that furniture shop I found last Saturday to pick up the furniture and you will never guess...even though I put a deposit on it someone other than who I dealt with sold it to someone else...gutted or what...but I think I'm more the glass is half full kinda girl as I just thought of what my Mum would have said, it wasn't meant to be girl and something better will come along, well you never know do you...the guy looked a bit shocked when I said it was ok as I would keep looking, mind I took my money back anyway lol...my card for today is for the Sugar Nellie DT and using the amazing Nancy which is one of the new Adorables, look at that amazing face and smile...isn't she just beautiful, I coloured her with Distress inks and teamed her up with this amazing My Minds Eye paper from the Life Stories collection called Antique flowers, gorgeous isn't it, I used a bit of kraft card too and the tags are cut from a sheet of the same range of My Minds Eye...I added a bow and a few buttons to finish, the gorgeous sketch is from the Create4fun Challenge the Craft your days away monochrome challenge and I'm also entering this for the Papertake Weekly anything goes challenge too...no Sunday lunch today but a lovely lazy Sunday with Phil, maybe a bit of mooching about you never know...whatever your doing today I hope you have a fantastic time
Mina xxx

clinging on by my fingernails...just...

Good morning everyone well its actually evening here because my internet connection is off and on so I'm posting this now just in case I cant get back online...thank you all so much for the good wishes for my Dad but hes tons better today thank goodness I was getting worried as things like that have a habit of spiralling in older people don't they...I'm off down to Phil next week for a few days to do some measuring of windows and floors, I forgot to tell you about my conversation with a farmer last time I was there, I was having a good look around while Phil was chatting away to him, I turned to him and said 'whats that over there', he and Phil looked at me like I had gone crackers or grown another head and the farmer said, too slowly I think...'a cow'...well I never pretended to be a country girl did I lol...talk about feeling stupid, in my defence though I didn't have my glasses on...I promise...maybe I shouldn't wander off on my own while I'm down there, well without my glasses anyway...right onto my card for today, I was asked by the fabulous girls at A La Card Monkey challenge to be their Guest Designer this week and how lucky am I that I got this stunner of a sketch to play with
...now as you know I don't really do clean and simple and think this is as close as I come but I really enjoyed playing with this one...I used these two gorgeous little kids from Mo's Digital Pencil for my card, the boy is called Harvard and the gorgeous little girl is Fridays child...how sweet are they together and while I was colouring them with distress inks the sentiment came to me...I couldn't resist lol...the papers are from Panduro Kitchen garden Tilda 12x12 paper pad, I have had this ages and ages and still use it for the stunning fresh colours...right now I'm off shopping with my Dad today as Phil is away marshaling a motorbike race and then maybe a bit of crafting...whatever your up to today have a fantastic time
Mina xxx

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Good morning everyone...did you all hear the screaming from wherever you are lol, is anyone else having problems with their internet...first it was dodgy on Wednesday then it went off for two hours during the day and three hours last night and when it is on it is taking ages and ages to load even the simplest site...I haven't a hope in hell of commenting and even to have a look its taking ages, every site I seem to go has a glich on it, I even went onto the Docrafts forum to see if anyone there was having problems and their site was down too...so thousands of apologies, I'm not ignoring all you lovely commenter's, just struggling to comment at all and it is driving me mad...cover your ears...aaaaarrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh...right that's my rant over, well for today anyway lol...my Dads stomach upset isn't clearing up and I'm worried he might get dehydrated so I think a visit to the Docs is needed, although dragging him there might be a problem...you know the way people say about us women gossiping, well every time I turned around at the supermarket yesterday my Dad was away chatting to someone or other, the staff (they all know us and talk away to him), his Brother and sister in law were there so they had a good gossip too, I have threatened to get a leash for him cause he keeps wandering off, for a elderly disabled fella he can disappear from my side pretty quick, I quite often find myself talking to myself, I even started talking to a stranger about what cheese he wanted yesterday thinking it was him and he was standing laughing his head off around the corner lol...ok onto my card for today which is for our new challenge at Just Magnolia & hAnglar & stanglar challenge which this week is a gorgeous sketch by the wonderful Jacque...I chose this wonderful Lying Tilda from the new Sweet Rainbow collection, isn't she gorgeous, I coloured with distress inks and teamed her up with more of these lush papers from the K & Co Julianne 6x6 paper pad...I bought these both from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I cute some of those lush flowers from the same paper for decoration and punched out a couple of Martha Stewart butterflies to finish...I cant get enough of this K & Co paper pad...right I'm off to ring BT and shout as someone just for them to tell me its not a problem with my internet, if you hear a crash its my laptop going through my front window...have a wonderful day everyone
Mina xxx