I am on a winning streak!

Found out this morning I won the draw on Paper Squares for the circle sketch challenge. I am so chuffed! Also my sister Esther won too!

Made some very nice carrot and cinnamon cake today, from James Martin's recipie book. It was very simple to make, and the boys love it!

Yogurt lolly making season has started! With all the lovely weather we've been having it's nice to give the children something cold when Luke gets home from school. I got the idea from Martha Stewart last year, and they were a real hit. She has a similar recipie here. Just get some yummy natural yogurt with fruit in, squeeze some lemon juice in, mix, then pop in your lolly molds. If you'd like to be a bit more fancy, use different fruit yogurts and dollop alternate spoonfools into the molds for a stripey effect. Or wizz up some strawberries and layer this with the yogurt too...the options are endless! and addictive! - but a healthier option!

Discovered a whole new artform...

I am always interested to discover new ways people use their creative talents. Today I discovered skin creating! As in background images to download onto your mobile phone to personalise them. Came a cross a website that was free to join where you can upload your own designs so that they can be downloaded onto your phone, and can be made available to others too!

I used a picture of one of my a topper I made a long while ago and some text. i've realised that the background is too light for my phone as the font colour on my phone is white...been trying to change it but can't figure out how, I'm off to look at the manual!

Here's my first design...

Download: Rejoice in the Lord always

Black, white and a colour - Ink stains.

Inspired my sisters go at this challenge of Black, White and a Colour from the Ink stains forum, I've had a go...

Ingredients: Ink distressed with Brilliance pad, Anna Griffin and Anita's stamp, prima flowers, vintage button and gingham ribbon. Fiskars large scallop scissors and a daisy punch, then hand doodled dots in the centre on the card underneath and some crystlas in the centres of the stamped flowers.

Paper Bag Album - Remember when...

Finished it at last, do you ever find it hard to know when to stop!?

I kept doodling! Also, now you can see where my recent scraps have come from!

This is a commission for a hen present, the lady's friends will fill the album with pics of her throughout her life, so I've put blank tags for captions and glassine envelopes on the pullouts for extra photos.










Ingredients: PP by Anna Griffin and TLC, flowers by Prima and Blooms to Go, lettering by Quickutz, twill sentiment by MM (I think), brads from Readicut (I think), butterfly stamp by All Night Media, Feather stamp by Rubber Stampede, Corner stamp by unknown, corner punch by Xcut, glassine envelopes, ribbon, vintage button and hand doodling.

Paper Squares, circle sketch #2

Had some scraps on my table to use up, so here's another go at the Paper Squares circle sketches...

I deliberately cut the card so that it could stand up easier, as I found my first card rolled slightly.


Ingredients: PP by Anna Griffin and TLC, Brenda Walton sentiment, Grossgrain ribbon, Prima flowers, Fiskars scallop scissors and shape cutter for circle.