Gloomy...

...that's the only way I can describe the weather today....and I'm glad that I didn't have to go out in it. I've spent a big part of the day putting together the decoupage that I cut out a couple of weeks ago...and I've run out of silicone. Now do I nip to a little local craft shop tomorrow and pay an extortionate price for a very small tube....or order online and wait a couple of days for it to arrive? If I order online I just know that I will find that other things will have inexplicably jumped into my shopping basket. It must be some sort of phenomena that happens to all crafters. I've finished yet another challenge card and son has taken a photo of it....I'm now waiting impatiently for him to upload it as it has to be in by tomorrow at 5.00 pm. After all this crafting I'm tird but my head is spinning with ideas for cards..so much so that I can't really think straight.
Eldest son is coming over tomorrow with my "new" camera phone....Woohoo!!! Hopefully I will be able to take pictures with it better than I would a camera....so... me thinks it will be big hints for crafty stuff for Christmas instead of a camera. Hmm.. what should I hint at? A cuttlebug or bigshot sounds a good idea to me. Won't hold my breath though...best laid plans of mice and men and all that.

Saturday challenge

I've got another challenge card here for the Saturday Challenge#5. It was a sketch plus you had to use white pink and brown. The white and pink wasn't too much of a problem..but the brown was. I managed to unearth some brown backing paper and then thought I would add some flowers. Got pink and white, but I wanted a brown one as well. Don't have any brown ones, so I ended up colouring an orange one with a brown ink pad. Quite pleased with the result. Photo taken by by my youngest with his camera.

Both the backing papers and the image were free downloads from Crafts Beautiful

Flowers and ribbon from stash.

Kids!!!

Just as I was looking to a fairly quiet day of crafting, along comes something to hinder me. One of my boys (the 24 year old) accidentally left the freezer door open overnight. This has meant that I have spent most of the day defrosting and cleaning. While I had to do the freezer I thought that I might as well do the fridge as well...as you do. OK...sorted....so now I can look forward to the rest of the week crafting. Yes.......and no. My eldest has phoned to say that can I make a dozen or so Christmas and birthday cards for Sunday. Now I know that there are many crafters among us that would not find that a problem.....but I have M.E. and there might be days when I don't even know what day it is, never mind concentrating on making cards. I've told him that I will do my best though. Well I've already got a few made with the challenges so I might be able to manage it. If not tough....it's not all down to me though.....he's making some as well.

On a brighter note....my eldest is giving me his mobile phone. He's getting a new one so that means I can have his. I might be able to take some decent photos with it. I have some of the pictures he has taken with it and they are really good quality. It has an anti shake facility which is the main problem for me when using a camera...again something else that the M.E. is responsible for...when I'm having a really bad day some people think I am drunk. Wouldn't mind so much but I don't even drink!

Blog candy!!

It's Michelle's turn to for the High Hopes blog candy Hop....and she's adding some extra goodies to celebrate passing 10,000 hits.

Kadoodle Stamps are giving away another lovely stamp.

2 challenge cards

Here are 2 more challenge cards that I have managed to get done this week.....aren't I good, 4 cards in one week!

Papertake weekly challenge..Dawny's sketch #1

The quality of the picture is awful.....I ended up having to scan it in the end. It looks black but it is gold mirri card.

Poinsettia by Tracey Miller and the sentiment, I think, is from Woodware.

Ooh la-la-creations challenge sketch #22...Paper patchwork.

Papers and sentiment by Paperartsy.

I'm fed up....

....with AOL. My slide show is back..I think.....I'm going to remove it anyway. Most of my pictures have been transferred to the new hosting site....but it wont let me stayed logged in.....and I can't do any editing with it. I can't even keep all the tags that I've spent hours doing.....that's no good to me. At least with AOL pictures you could just upload the pictures and then edit them. I got so fed up with it today that I decided to download them all to my computer and then upload them on to Picasa. Then Aol decided it wasn't playing nice..(nothing new there then)...it kept shutting down halfway through the download so I had to keep rebooting...so now, I have only got about half my pictures downloaded to the computer and no tags.......GGrrrrrrrrrr!!! I will still have to edit any new pictures before uploading to Picasa though. Why do they have to go and mess things up? I was happy with the way things were...I knew what I was doing..now it's all change and something new to learn.
Son has finally took pics of my 2 cards that I have done for challenges and says he will put them on computer in the morning. I hope so..at this rate I won't get them entered. I tried photographing them myself, but as usual they turned out really bad. Even tried scanning them..a bit better but not much.
I have updated my ATC's....there is a link on the right hand side ......over there>>>>>>>>
That's all October done so now it's time to start the November ones.

Today has been very cold but not as wet as yesterday. It looks as though this cold spell will be with us for a few days yet. I have three jumpers on and the central heating....very low...I'm dreading my next lot of bills. It's lovely when Theo sits on my lap..he's always lovely and warm.
Right....I'm off to get my hot water bottle filled and the extra fleece blanket on my bed. It's the warmest place to be. Hopefully I will have a couple of cards for you tomorrow.

A Quickie....

Just to let you know that there is more blog candy out there. I'm still waiting for son to take piccies of my latest creations.

Vicky has candy as she is nearing 5,000 hits and her birthday on the 18th November.....
Happy Birthday Vicky.

Suzy has a beautiful WOJ stamp up for grabs.

Elin has a lot of candy..you've got a choice here..pick one..or pick 'em all!

Bev and DT members have candy to give away....choose just one.

Elaine has candy..again to celebrate her upcoming birthday...Happy 40th !

Brrrr...

....it's been cold....again....but on the bright side I got 2 more Christmas cards done. haven't taken a piccy yet though. They are for blog challenges....getting into those now. Makes you think a bit and takes you out of your comfort zone. Even if I don't get them photographed in time for the challenges it does mean that I'm getting my Christmas cards sorted without any panic!
It's shopping day tomorrow and the weather forecast is for cold and rain. I hate the cold....but I hate the cold rain even more. There's no swimming this Friday, it being half term, I wouldn't really fancy going with a load of squealing, splashing kids being there anyway. Let them have their fun by all means.....but leave me out of it! Might even get some more cards done instead.
The slide show of my cards isn't working. I think this is because it's an AOL one and they are shutting down their picture hosting at the end of the year. I have a Picasa account so I think I may transfer all my piccies on to there. I've quite a bit of tidying up to do on the computer. Some things need sorting and sending to my external hard drive..and I really need to update some of my links on here. I've been a bit lazy with that I think.....too busy reading the wonderfully inspiring blogs.

Another....

...cold day here in South Yorkshire, but at least it has stayed dry. I do know that some places in the UK have had snow!
Guess what?...youngest actually uploaded the piccies of my cards....Yay!
So here are my 2 cards for the blog challenges. I don't really know if I have done this right..but here goes.
The first one is for This Thursday It's throwing a curve..and though a very simple and quick card, I think there are definitely curves on this one.

The pyramage image from La Pashe.

The next one.....(I know...2 in one week!!) is for Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. A sketch by Donna. I've never followed a sketch before so I hope I've done this right.

Backing paper from Crafts Beautiful magazine.

"Emma the Hugger " image and sentiment from Tracey Miller.

It's been...

.....a beautiful sunny day, but very cold. I had to go to the local shop for essentials...cat food, bread, milk, etc. Well actually I didn't need cat food, but it has been on offer for the last couple of weeks so I have been stocking up while it's cheap. Every step was painful. My feet are causing me a lot of pain at the moment...even walking about the house, which hasn't bothered me before.
I've managed to get 2 Christmas cards done today with a lot of hindrance from Theo..surprising that he didn't get his ears or paws cut off. The inspiration for them has come from me being determined to try and complete a couple of cards for challenges. I can't put them on yet as I'm waiting for youngest son to take piccies and upload them for me. His camera phone takes much better pictures than my camera.....(could be that I'm useless with a camera though). At least I have 2 less cards to make for Christmas now.
He still hasn't uploaded the pic of my card for the forum challenge yet....it will be too late if he doesn't get a move on!


Blog Candy

Vivienne at Crafting Haven is celebrating 10,000 hits with blog candy.

Leonie is also celebrating 10,000 hits!

And don't forget Kadoodle Stamps are continuing their stamp give away with a new stamp this week

I wish the weather...

.......would make it's mind up. Today's weather started showery....the sun came out and was quite pleasant....but now the rain looks as if it has settled in for the night. If it continues tomorrow I'm not going anywhere..a good reason to stay at home and get some cards done. I spent 2 hours last night cutting out loads of Christmas decoupage.....just got to assemble it all now. I hope I've got enough silicone....if not I will have to resort to 3d foam pads....prefer silicone though.

Clocks.

Here in the UK the clocks go back 1 hour tonight...(or rather very early Sunday morning). ..and an extra hour in bed tomorrow morning. It means darker mornings and darker evenings....and a sure sign that winter is only just around the corner. Today's weather has been very wet, windy and cold....brrrr! I hate the cold!
Time I think to stay put indoors and do lots of card making....ready for Christmas. You never know, if my mojo doesn't dessert (sp?) me altogether I might get well ahead this year...I wish!!