So long..... *EDITED*

....farewell, auf weidersein, goodbye!! That's from me to you as I'm going to take a little blogging break. As some of you may know by the little countdown on my sidebar, I'm getting married 4 weeks today and have quite a bit still to do, add to this Christmas preparations and the fact that my hours at work seem to double at this time of year, plus...I'm becoming an auntie any day now (my sister-in-law was due Monday just gone and we jump every time the phone rings!) as you can imagine, all of this has resulted in absolutely NO crafting time whatsoever and no mojo at all. I haven't even been able to join my lovely DT buddies with their challenges this week :-( So to stop feeling guilty and sorry for myself I thought I would just take a complete break from blogging, ease the pressure and come back mid February fresh from my honeymoon, maybe with a few piccies to share! If I get a spare day and can muster up a card I'll show that too!

Thanks for all sticking with me and I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a great New Year!

*Edited to add, thank you for the christmas cards and messages. I just thought I'd show you my beautiful little niece 'Lulu Blossom Todd', born on Christmas Eve (10 days late) at 7"9 and she's sooo cute and gorgeous! Mum and baby are both doing really well!*

Just for a laugh....!

I saw a link to this post on the lovely Rach's blog and thought I would give you all a laugh!! It asks you to show what your desktop looks like - messy or otherwise, well here is mine, more of a 'floor-top'! Hee hee! I still love it! You might need to click on the photo's to see but I've 'tagged' them so you know what's going on and that it's not just a heap on the floor - there is some organisation believe it or not! I've also shown you the cupboard space this takes up - who needs shoes?!! We're hoping to move after the wedding, so who knows? I could have a swanky craft room to show you!

Lovely prezzies!

Morning! This is just a quick post to show you the lovely goodies I got for my birthday! I'll just show you the crafty prezzies as I know that's what you'll be interested in, rather than, for example, my new cherry print wellies - love them! Hee hee!
Anyway, firstly, my sweetie Jamie got me these (with a little nudge in the right direction!) Now I just have to practice and get the hang of them!

Then I got this little package from my lovely Truly Scrumptious 'boss' Sharon, thank you! I love this card and your colouring is beautiful!

Last but not least, this arrived from the very talented Stacey, I commented on these papers saying how gorgeous they were and now I have my own to play with! Thanks so much!

I'm off to have a play now, hopefully back later with a card to share! Have a lovely Wednesday!

And the winner is......

I'm back! Booo! It was lovely though, thanks for all the nice messages!

It also means it's time to announce the Penny Black Saturday 1st Birthday Bash winner!! I've used Random.org and here are the results........

True Random Number Generator
Min: 1
Max: 72
Result: 68
Powered by RANDOM.ORG

which means the winner is

Diamond Dolls Crafty Space!!

Woo Hoo! Congratulations! Drop me an email Diamond Doll and I'll get your goodies out to you! Thanks to everyone who played along with our celebrations!

Hopefully I'll be back with a card in a bit and try and kick start the ol' mojo!

Candy closed!

Hi everyone! I can't actually see them yet as I'm still away, but I'm sure there is lots of lovely entries into the Penny Black Saturday Birthday candy and it is now closed! I'll be back to draw the winner in July 1st - keep your eyes peeled and good luck!!

I'm off now!

Hi! Just a little note to say I'm off on my holidays now, 2 weeks in Crete, I am so ready for it! See ya!

My weekend!

Hello! I hope you all had a nice weekend! I just thought I'd show you how I spent those rainy days - I got started on my wedding invites! I've been tinkering with a design for a few weeks and make a couple of drafts then decided on this one using some Stardream black pocket cards, Stardream silver and Stardream ivory paper all from PDA Card and Craft, they're so good if you need stuff in bulk and the delivery was really fast! I then printed onto the shimmery ivory paper with a Pink Petticoat design. I printed it quarter size so I didn't lose any of the pattern (it also made it the right size to cut out!) I haven't done the inside yet until I know all the details and I still have 30 evening invites to make but they will be the same as this (maybe in landscape) but in a postcard style rather than folding. I also need to make little acceptance cards to go in the pockets. So here is the 50 day invites - I'd love to know what you think, thanks for looking!


Supplies-
All paper & card - PDA Card and Craft supplies
Design - Pink Petticoat 'Flourishes' in Putty from the 'Lolas Boudoir' collection
Ribbon - Ribbon Oasis
Buckles - Ebay (I tried to find the seller as they were such good value but it's been deleted!)
Text - made on the computer with 'Chocolate Box' font
Gems - Create-n-Celebrate

A bit of a catch up!

A couple of weeks ago I received this cute award from Diane, thank you!!! I love it! I have to pass this on to 10 people, aggghhh, I don't know how to choose! I might come back to it!

Also, I'm in print! That sounds better than it is! Last month I got an envelope with some ribbon and Papercraft Essentials magazine with a note saying it was a thank you for being in the readers gallery, 'how did I manage that' I thought as I hadn't sent anything in! But it was a card I sent off as an entry to a competition about 2 years ago!! I'd just discovered Pink Petticoat and not even started blogging and my card isn't anything like I would make now! The title says it's a selection of cards sent in this month ~ how funny! Oh well, it's still pretty cool!

And last but not least, I was lucky enough to win Fran's yummy blog candy and I thought I would show you the pretty card that came with it (I've pinched the photo from her blog as it's better that what I took!) It's so gorgeous in real life too and so well made! Thanks Fran!

Awards and crafty shopping!

I've had this fab award given to me by my lovely PB team mates Tracie & Domi! Thanks ladies! If you've not yet had this, feel free to grab it just for coming over!

Also, I've had quite a fun day at the Make It show, lots of the stalls were the same as each other but it was still nice to get lots of bits without paying P&P! I felt a bit of a loser eating my little cheese and pickle sandwich from the cafe on my own but it was nice to come and go as I pleased! And it goes without saying I spent a little too much, but in my defense, I have been saving up! Here's my stash - coming soon to a card near you!

Thanks for visiting, I hope you're having a nice weekend!

Cat in a box!

Just a quick post - how funny is this?! I hope you're having a nice weekend!

Cat in a Box - watch more funny videos

Very exciting news!!!

Ooh, I'm so excited!! Sharon was running a DT call for the new Truly Scrumptious challenge blog, and she's asked me to be on the team!!! Woo hoo!! I've just had a look at my team mates and can't believe I've been picked with them - they're amazing!! Challenges start on wednesday 18th of feb and will be running every other wednesday, I hope you'll join us!!

Tagged!

I've been tagged by 2 fellow bloggers (Sandra and Mel) and here's the rules: Go to Pictures on your PC, select the 6th album and the 6th picture, upload it to your blog and explain what its about, then select 5 people to do the same! I couldn't have chosen this better myself, I love this photo! Jamie hates posing for photos and this is one of the few I've got with us together when he isn't pulling a stupid face! (He'll kill me for putting this on here though!). The story is, we were at my friends Mark and Laura's wedding in July last year and about 5 mins later, I fell flat on my face in front of everyone just as we were about to throw the confetti - not good!!

Now for the tagging! I'm going to choose Pauline, Kath, Dawny, Nikki and Marlene! Don't worry if you don't have time, just a bit of fun! I hope you've all had a nice weekend!

Top 10 of 2008!

While I was doing a little blog hopping, I saw this on Terrie B's gorgeous blog and decided to give it a go (the lovely Kath has too if you want a look!). Basically, have a look through the cards you've made this year a pick your favourite 10. It's so interesting to look back at cards you'd forgotten, also, some of the one's I chose are quite different from my usual style! Here goes!

So there you go! No real reason for why they're my faves, they just are! Thanks for looking!

Hello!

I just wanted to say that I'm still alive but havn't had any time for either crafting or blog hopping so I'm just going to take a little break and I'll be back on January 3rd with the new Penny Black Saturday challenge. By the way, this weeks challenge is a Multi Fold card, the DT cards are stunning and I'm so sorry I havn't been able to join in with them.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone!

Tilda & Friends: Time to Decorate!

It's all getting very festive this week on the Tilda & Friends ATC challenge, it's time for Christmas decorations! We're putting ours up on the 7th this year, but usually take them down on new years day as by then we are so fed up of Poppy climbing the tree and knocking off all the decorations! I decided to use the top half of this Alota stamp for my ATC, the glitter doesn't show up too well (when does it ever?), and the foil paper photographs rubbish too! Even so, I hope you like it!

Supplies-
Stamp - 'Bugs Decorating Tree' from Alota stamps coloured with Whispers, Sakura Stardust and Stickles
Papers - stash
Gems - Create & Craft
Snowflake punch
Also I thought I'd show you my new toy! I've wanted a sewing machine for ever but was put off paying over £100 for something I'll just use for fixing hems or making cards, and then I saw this red beauty in the John Lewis gift catalogue and it said 'Beth - buy me' so I did! It was only £49! It came today and I love it! Now I just have to learn how to use it!!

I think we all deserve a laugh!

Dawn is having a wee challenge on her blog - with a difference! "All you have to do is take a photo of your crafting space/room and if you're in the photo even better (and if you have any furry crafting buddies I would love to see them too~!!!" I couldn't be in it as I was taking the photo, so Poppy kindly took my place! As you can see, I have the worst craft space ever (yes, this is my spare room floor!) and should win on pity alone!! We were hoping to move this year but the flippin' 'credit crunch' put paid to that and our house wouldn't sell so we're stuck! I say 'we' as Jamie is always asking me to put it away but I can't possibly!! Bless him!

Also, do you have snow where you are? I have never seen snow like this in October, especially in the south! Here's the views from my house, it's so pretty!


One more thing, I've just finished a cross stitch I started a couple of months ago and I thought I'd show you! I got it off Ebay and I think it applies to lots of us!

Thanks for stopping by and listening to my waffle!