Good morning one and all, it's been a while since my last post but to be honest I've not made anything for a while.  As well as being unwell (again!) our time is somewhat preoccupied with the puppy and trying to get organised for christmas!

Well it's team Gem's turn to set the theme for this weeks Charisma Cardz challenge and we would like to see 'NO CARDS!'. 

I saw a fabby decoration whilst blog hopping a while ago and thought I've got to have a go at that!!  Well you know I got so frustrated with it, I had it pulled apart about 4 times before actually getting it round lol!!  I must admit to not fully following the tutorial just trying to d it from memory, in the end I HAD TO follow the tutorial!!

if you would like to have a go at making one of these for yourself, you can find Sarah's tutorial and much better pictures HERE.

Here's anothe piccie, it doesn't look round in the piccie but I promise it is (now!), and for some reason the ribbon looks blue below, but it is green!! 

Not so sure I'll be making any more, but who knows with practice they must get easier/quicker to make!!

We have fab sponsors with great prizes and lovely examples from the rest of the girls on the blog so please go take a look.

We have a mad day at work today, it's christmas lunch day, so we have over 300 to feed!!  Then I have to dash to see my youngest in her nativity play, she is Angel no.3!!

Charisma Cardz - Snowflakes

Good morning, boy it's been a while!  I seem to have neglected my blog just lately, I've made a few bits and pieces but Jacobie (our puppy) is taking up my time, we do like our cuddles lol!).

It's time for a new challenge at Charisma Cardz and the theme this week is 'snowflakes', let's hope we're not seeing any of the real thing any time soon heh!?!  Although it looks pretty, I don't like walking around looking like a dork in case I slip over, oh the embarrassment!!!

For my card I have used a ready coloured topper which I printed from my Newtons Law ~making greetings cards cd, easy peasy no colouring for me!!!  paper is from the Daisy and Dandelion christmas collection pad, charm and ribbon are from my stash.

I so can't believe christmas is getting so close, it's scary and at the moment I just can't see us being ready!

We have fab sponsors offering super scrummy prizes (as always) so please pop on over to the blog and join in.

Charisma Cardz ~Cutesy!

Good morning, can you really believe it's Thursday again so soon?!  Which means it's time for a new Charisma Cardz challenge, our theme this week is 'Cutesy', which shouldn't be hard now should it?

For my card I have used some of my Forever Friends 3d stickers, which were on 3for2 in the Range.  We have a local store now, so only 20ish minutes instead of nearly an hour is great!!  Mind you it's a much more scaled down version, I managed to come away only spending £20 which I thought was very well controlled lol!!!!

We have fabby sponsors with great prizes as always, and we also have a mini DT call out, so pop on over to the blog and take a look.

Have fun!

Introducing our new family member ~Jacobie

 We picked him up yesterday lunchtime and he is simply adorable!!  10weeks old and a little bundle of fun, that is when he's awake!!!

posing in his lovely new jacket!!  Very smart don't you think?

bringing me his new toy!

and this was my pair of sleeping beauties last night!!!!

he sleeps anywhere at the moment bless him!  His fave place is at or on my feet, he is asleep on my feet now, and gets disturbed every time I have to answer the door to the trick or treaters!!

first jab was this afternoon and he was an absolute star!

Charisma Cardz ~Anything Goes

Soooooo....... late with this post, but here we go!

This weeks Charisma Cardz challenge is 'Anything Goes' so yes you can make and enter absolutely anything you like!!

We were lucky enough to use Saturated Canary images (which you can get here)if we wished to choose and use one, and omg for me it was a must, these images are gorgeous!

I chose Nevaeh, she's so pretty and innocent looking!  I don't know why I chose green for her dress but love how it's turned out.

Fabby sponsors and prizes so please check them out on the blog.

A good day doing nothing!

Well it's been a lovely birthday day, I've been thoroughly spoilt, love all of my pressies and have money to treat myself with to.  We haven't really done anything, except eat and watch a dvd, but it's been nice being all together!

Thought I would share a piccie or more!

Here is one of the 2 handbags that I received, this one is for fun days, the other is more grown up lol!!!!

My youngest and I spotted a lady in Morrisons with the exact same bag and we just loved it.  Not being one for going up to strangers and asking them where they got things I managed to track them down on the internet, they are part of a range called Crazy Gang Guinnea Pigs and they are so much fun,  may have to have a few more bits yet!!!

We just love our guinnea pigs, here are our 5 girlies!

Left to right : Denise, Tasha (Natasha), Boots, Fluffball and Baby Stripes!  ~We also have 2 boys and 2 bunnies!

My birthday cake here was made by me, but decorated by hubby, it has choccie icing, mini rolos, white choccie chips and marshmallow pieces, very calorific and very yummy!!!!

so with eating the cake I will definately be needing to use my new toy!  My vibration plate!  I used one of these at our local beauty place several times before we went to Disneyland, and after finding out they weren't that expensive decided to have one of my own.  Oooo... it shakes and wobbles every single part of you, fingers crossed it will reduce my wobblyness if only by a little bit!  It does say 10mins is the equivilant to 1hr at the gym but I'm not so sure!

40th Birthday

No not mine lol!!!!  Although it is my birthday today, the big one comes next year for me!!

I actually share my birthday with my brother-in-law, but he arrived one year earlier than me!

So here is the quick easel card that I made for him.  It's only very basic but gets the point accross!!!

Hubby and I went on our usual 'yearly' trip to Norwich, we normally go on my birthday but this year I got us tickets for the theatre and the show finished on Saturday.  We went to see 'All the Fun of the Fair' starring David Essex aka Eddie Moon in Eastenders!  I liked the show, but didn't get tingles like you do when a show is really fantastic.  Although I must admit to welling up at one point when Levi (David)'s son was accidently killed by his friend (in the show of course!) and then they sung 'Silver Dream Machine' which I remember from my childhood and had everyone cheering!  We were told that David would be signing programmes etc at the stage door afterwards, so yep you guessed it we had to wait.  I mean when the chance is there you'd be daft not to heh!?!  To me he didn't come accross particularly friendly, myself and another lady asked if we could have a quick piccie, but he wouldn't look at the camera's not even for a split second, saying he couldn't do all this multi tasking!  I know there were several people there and he wanted to get as many signings done as possible, and they did have another show less than 3 hours later, but still he could've looked up!!  But managed to get a few ok=ish piccies!

 attempt at a picture with him lol!!

So with birthday shopping done, some more christmas presents purchased, we rounded off our day with a meal at our favourite restaurant Pedro's a mexican I have loved for many years and introduced Matthew to exactly 10 years ago.  They never fail to deliver the most scrumptious food set in a fab atmosphere, such a shame it's not closer, but then maybe that's a good thing!!    

 a sneaky sangria!!!!!