There's a party goin' on right here...

...well it's there actually - everyone's invited!

I'll see ya over there!
Hugs,

It's a dino-tastic kinda day...

As you know peeps, we live in Wales - land of myths, magic and maybe a dino or two...
You didn't know that? Well it's true...

See? Now d'ya believe me?

So what does every good dino-spotter need?
A dino-spotters notebook of course...

Heehee - you can grab you very own Little Musing's Finn right now for free - yep, he's this weeks Friday Freebie and you can get him in an outline version now too, so you can colour him in all by yourself!


Happy dino hunting...



**No dinosaurs were harmed in the writing of this blog post.

We gotta love thang goin' on...

...over at CCT this week and I just had to ink up this gorgeous li'l girlie (fanks Dawnie!)...

These gorgeous papers (new obsession perhaps?) can be found right about here at Dies to Die For - very scrum!

It's a post n' run (well, not actually run - me? As if...) from me today I'm afraid, I have 4 million and 2 things to do. Oh no, I just blogged so it's only 4 million and 1...

See y'all t'morrow!

I must apologise peeps...

...y'see I really hadn't intended to make you suffer yet another card with that paper on today (I've tried to make it up to you by using one of the new Sarah Kay images), but yesterday I stumbled across this challenge blog. I had to make this card!
Lemme explain...

One of the reasons I'm soooooo happy to be a part of Stampavie is the fact that as a child I loved Sarah Kay - I even had Sarah Kay wallpaper in my bedroom. And pink gingham curtains...See where I'm going with this? The Moving Along With the Times theme for this week is "Childhood Memories" and every day until 1988 I woke up to Sarah Kay and pink gingham (what happened in 1988 is another story**...)

So there's my childhood memory card - it makes me smile :D Thanks to all over at MAWTT for the fabby inspiration!

Hugs,

**Another story... 1988 was the year my brother got a Boglin. Anyone remember them? If not have a looksie here... Pretty vile lookin' yeah? Trust me, the reality of them was even worse - they were made of the most disgusting feeling slimy rubber you could ever imagine and had eyes that glowed in the dark. I can't even begin to describe the nastiness of them. The arrival of that Boglin into our family stopped Sarah Kay and pink gingham being the first thing I saw every morning...my brother found it utterly hilarious to place the evil creature on my pillow every night. Right in front of my face. So that when I woke up I was staring right into it's glowing-eyed, revolting face. Some of you know that nowadays I'm a troubled insomniac.
Is it any freakin' wonder?

A quick n easy "how-to"...

I had a few emails asking how yesterdays Sarah Kay card was made, so here's a quick li'l picture "how-to"... I am not claiming to be the "inventor" of this card style (before you start any abusive emailing!), I'm just showing how I made it. Mine is a 6inx6in finished card, but it's easy to adjust to get the size you want.
So here goes...

Start off with 2 pieces of 12inx6in card - this will make your card base.
We'll be splitting into 2 camps for the remainder of these instructions - the "I love my scoring board" camp (you'll be green) and the "I'm basically just a bodger" camp (you'll be red). No prizes will be awarded for guessing which camp I reside in...

"I love my scoring board" camp:
Skip on over to the next step...

"I'm basically just a bodger" camp:
Fold both pieces of card in half...

"I love my scoring board" camp:
Score both pieces of card at 3in and 6in on the long side.
Fold as shown in pics (use your bone folder - you know you like perfect creases)

"I'm basically just a bodger" camp:
Fold the front bit in half.
Like in the pics.
Nah, don't bother with your bone folder, just use your nail...

"I love my scoring board" camp:
You're now going to attatch the two pieces together to make one card.
Apply your chosen adhesive to one of the cards - you need it on one of the unfolded 6inx6in pieces because these are the bits that will be stuck together.
Make sure you line them up perfectly before you actually stick 'em - wouldn't it be awful to bodge it now?

"I'm basically just a bodger" camp:
See how the two pieces are stuck together in the pic to make one 6x6 fancy-lookin' gatefold card?
Do that.

And yay!!! you have your card - was simples, yes?
Now all you have to do is decorate and embellish it beautifully - let me know if ya make one :D

Hugs,

*Groan* - it's one of those "far too many pictures" kinda posts..."

Must admit to having a li'l giggle to myself when I saw this weeks Crafty Angels "What's Your Colour" challenge - y'see this week I'm most definitely Neapolitan ice-cream colour (yes, I know that's actually three colours, but this is my blog and over here I make da rules...), it is incredibly likely however, that next week (maybe even tomorrow) I'll be a completely different colour!
Thanks for the fab inspiration girls :D

So today one of Stampavie's soon-to-be-released Sarah Kay stamps came out to play with me - isn't she gorgeous?! This is Isabelle & puppy Coco - all the CHA 2010 releases will start shipping out to retailers at the begining of March, it'll be here before you know it!

More of that Pink Paislee paper I'm afraid - don't worry though, it's destined to become like all my other obsessions and pushed to the back of a drawer very soon...

And there's one of Stampavie's utterly perfect Rachelle Ann Miller sentiments inside - Tracy has these in stock at Dies to Die For here :D

That's it from me for now peeps, am off to eat huge amounts of chocolate...
(not for any reason, just fancy some!)

Hugs,

I am such a Muppet...

...even after the clearest intsructions ever from Cheryl, I still can't get the Random.org pic up properly (actually I don't think I'd even make it as a Muppet - I'd end up a Fraggle*...).

Soooooooooooo, here's who won...


Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

3

Timestamp: 2010-02-07 20:03:03 UTC

Which I make to be Diane W. :D
If you email me your addy hun, I'll get your li'l Valentine on it's way asap.

Have a good night all,

*Anyone else Dancin' their cares away after hearing a Fraggle mentioned? No? Ah, just me then...