Wednesday 31 December 2008
2009 is fast approaching !!!!!!
Thursday 25 December 2008
Thursday 11 December 2008
Apologies
Wednesday 10 December 2008
Good Morning
Tuesday 9 December 2008
2 sketches 4 you
Images are Joanna Sheen Messy Rabbit
Ribbon from stash
The image has been coloured using brush markers & the little "Wish List" on the left hand side is infact raised using silicone. Sorry my photos are crap at the moment as my camera is heavy & I find it difficult to balance the weight in order to get a good pic.
Ok I'm off again as I've got a workshop to host at 1pm & currently sitting here in PJ's, sipping coffee...
Happy crafting
Lorraine xxx
Our Buddy
Monday 8 December 2008
Penny Black Challenge
Firstly I do apologise about the lighting whilst taking this picture but it is now extremely dark outside & really didn't want to wait till tomorrow.... already 2 days behind.
Well this week over at Penny Black we were challenged to work with a sketch which I do love... I actually like this one so much that I think it will be used for a lot of this years cards as counted them up today & I have over 100 cards to send out & not a single one made yet... think I may have to raid the challenge cards to get me started but this is such a quick & simple layout that I could really batter these cards out in no time at all.... Thanks so much for that.... Image coloured using brush markers... snow using stickles & hats with cotton wool....
Image & sentiment : Penny Black
Papers : DCWV
Ribbon : Stash
Ok must dash now as dinner just about ready to come out of the oven & I'm starving....
Happy Crafting
Lorraine xxx
Saturday 6 December 2008
Tag You're It Challenge
Friday 5 December 2008
Good Morning Just
Thursday 4 December 2008
Papertake Weekly
2 sketches 4 you
Well there is a surprise that we have been given yet another fab sketch over at 2 sketches 4 you set this week by the very talented Laura... how do these girls manage it week after week?
They have us scratching heads over what fab products to use & looking for the most delicious ribbons etc that we have in our stash... no wonder we love them so much.
My card this week has been kept very plain & altered the layout slightly as it is for a very special lady who sadly lost her mum at the weekend & is now due to celebrate her birthday this weekend... Don't think there will be much celebrating going on... For this reason I wanted something that did not say Happy Birthday or anything but thought that these colours were a little bright without being too in your face to help brighten her day...
Papers, ribbons & alpha by Heidi Grace
"4U" & heart rub on by Doodlebug
Flowers, button & gems from my stash
Doodling is with a white Sakura pen & the flowers on the alpha have been highlighted with a Sakura clear glaze pen...
Sorry about the quality of the pic but I'm not great at keeping the camera steady at the moment & the lack of light is unbelievable at the moment... to get this amount of light I have a main light & a spot light on the card... like so many others awoke this morning thinking the ground would be snow covered as forecast but no, just another dull day to look forward to....
Happy crafting wherever you are.
Lorraine xxx
Wednesday 3 December 2008
Good Morning
Monday 1 December 2008
Fab 5 @ 2sketches4you
Wow what a start I've gotten to this week... due to my shopping expedition yesterday I didn't manage to log onto my computer and for to open my emails this morning and read your lovely comments was amazing... Yes this is the first I knew.... that I've actually been chosen as one of this weeks Fab 5 over at 2sketches4you....
St Andrews Day....
Saturday 29 November 2008
Daring Cardmakers Challenge
Out & About
Friday 28 November 2008
Sunshine
Thursday 27 November 2008
2 for the price of 1....
where the challenge was to design a card using your favourite colours which for me are natural earthy tones....
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Award Time Again
Well what a lovely start to my day placing another fabulous award on my blog, this time received for the gorgeous Sharon who just also happens to be giving away some yummy blog candy just now.... so it's well worth paying her a visit.... hurry though it ends on November 30th...
The sentiment behind this award is truly amazing. This is it:
This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships!These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind blogger's aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight blogger's who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.
What a wonderful sentiment and an elegant award.
Now I have to pass it on to 8 people. So difficult with all the deserving blogs out there. Anyway, this is the 8 I chose:
Gayle, Ann, Cynthia, Dawn, Terrie B, Chris, Ana, Chriss
Phew, I'm glad that is by with as it's so difficult to choose just 8 people.
Well I'm off to get myself on the go for the day & see what challenge I can meet today as I don't have anything done yet. After doing my workshop yesterday then decided I would pop to the supermarket for a few things so had no energy left last night to do anything. Buy hey presto today is another day... and I'll be back before you know it.
Happy crafting
Lorraine xxx
Tuesday 25 November 2008
2sketches4you
Monday 24 November 2008
Tag You're It Challenge
Saturday 22 November 2008
My Apologies
Thursday 20 November 2008
2 In 1 challenge
Well this week the challenge this week over at Rainbow Lady was wings and the challenge over at Daring Cardmakers was birds, so I decided to use this card to kill 2 birds with 1 stone (pardon the punn)...
I am very late for both these challenges but better late than never & it clears the way for getting some more done. That is in addition to the prep I am doing for a workhop I have on Tuesday... Oh to have to make so many cards, how do we manage... me thinks because it gives us the excuse we need to sit playing with paper & cards all day long..
Papers & swirls from Creative Imaginations (highlighted with some stickles)
Flower from my stash.
Happy crafting me blogland buddies
Lorraine xxx
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Penny Black Challenge
Look what I got...
Tuesday 18 November 2008
Stamp Something
Monday 17 November 2008
Sugar Nellie Blog Candy
Tag You're It Challenge
Yippee !!!!!!!!!!!!! I've managed to join in a challenge...........
Well we all know what a hard task master big mamma Kath is & this just goes to prove it.... Here I am poor little me trying to recover from my surgery & what does she do ??? Oh yes she has to be the one coming up with this weeks challenge. Now can you imagine the trouble I would get into if, over a full 7 day period I could not come up with a design to show my support for her... Exactly I had no option... Mother hen has decided it's time to give me a kick up the butt & get me on the go again... (we all love her really & this kicking of the bum is one of the many reasons why we do).
To be truthful my tag was actually finished by lunch time on Friday only to discover that my dear beloved husband had taken the camera to work.... what good is that to me ??? Well by the time he arrived home at 7pm it was too late to take a pic... Saturday I was in Musselburgh for a demo day & yesterday was spent in my PJ's recovering from the day before.... Alas today has arrived the start of a new week & with new challenges for me to accomplish... Yippee.....
Happy crafting to you all & I hope to see more & more of you over the next few days...
Lorraine xxxxx
Papers & embellishments by Creative Imaginations (purchased as a kit from QVC) funny thing is they are based in Huntington Beach which is where my hubby comes from... do you think I might be able to visit their factory next time I'm visiting the in-laws???? Oh that would be fab.
Thursday 13 November 2008
Another Award
Even though I've been a bad blogger over the last few months due to my health the amount of support I have received from you all is immense..... and just today I have collected another award from the lovely Gayle who may I say texts me every single day without fail to check on my progress (many a time she slaps my fingers for being bad) she also makes me laugh....
I am supposed to pass this on to 5 other bloggers, but instead of doing that this time I would like instead to nominate all of you who have given me so much support.... you are all such fab people & I just love the simple layout of this award & the lovely bright colours which we all need at this time of year as autumn / winter is very quickly approaching...
This award brightened my day so please accept it from the bottom of my heart with much thanks & take it to your blog today....
Love ya all loads & happy crafting... I'm off now to get on with some more samples... promise I will try & get some pics uploaded asap.
Lorraine xxxxxxxxxxx
Wednesday 12 November 2008
Sakura...........................
I've been bad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As my recovery is progressing more day by day, I've managed to make it out for lunch at the weekend with my lovely hubby & my mums friend also took me out for a little jaunt in the car...
In addition to that I've been making samples for a demo I have on Saturday at Ashby Designs in Musselburgh then have some workshops after that for 4 weeks so I really do have lots to do & it all takes time as I don't move the quickest at the moment.....
As soon as I get a minute I will get some pics posted but in the meantime I'm going to put up another post with some fab news............. I really am jumping with joy at this one....
Happy crafting
Lorraine xxxxxxxxxxx
Saturday 8 November 2008
Another Award
Well how lucky am I to have been given this award during my recent period of ill health...
It was presented to me by the gorgeous Anne-Marie quite a while back now (September actually) but this is the first I've gotten around to putting it on my blog...
Thank you honey for putting a huge smile on my face during my hour of need. I was supposed to pass it on but I would imagine that everyone has collected theirs by now but if not please feel free to collect from me...
Happy crafting
Lorraine xxxxx
Monday 3 November 2008
Idol 2008
Well done Brianna......
Lorraine xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My new house....
It's not done to perfection as I can't put anything heavy on my lap so I had to do all the measurements & cutting out on top of a cushion that was there to protect my wound...
HOSPITAL NEWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Right ovary & tube....
2. Sample from left ovary....
3. Very large tumour.....
My poor wee belly is becoming shrinking by the day as the swelling is going down but hey won't be long before I can pile the pounds on (need at least a stone....)
Well the good news is that everything that went to the pathologist was tested and there are absolutely no signs of any malignancy....
YIPPEE ................... the final all clear has been received so no more worrying now....
Love ya all loads
Lorraine xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More hand made cards.....
I'm never much good at getting my pictures uploaded in any particular order so I just have to accept however they appear....
Anyway, here are some lovely handmade cards that I have received since going through my surgery. This cutie here showing showers of love coming my way was sent from the lovely Gayle. She has been a god send to me over the last few months & texts me every day to check on my well being ( as well as sending me chocies)...
As for this next little beauty (you may already have guessed who this one is from) yes she does have a very distinctive talent....
Were you right ??? It's from the gorgeous Kath who is yet another very trusty friend who has provided me with an immense amount of support over the last few months.... I'm so honoured as the stitching detail is all done by her own fair hand... Hmmmm wonder if she is expecting a birthday card from me later this week???? I think she deserves it, don't you !!!!!
The next 2 cards are from non-bloggers who attend the same craft group as me. The first here is from a lovely lady called Christine who I have known for many years now & it's lovely to know that she is thinking of me although I haven't seen her for almost 2 months now....
Tuesday 28 October 2008
HELLO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday 12 October 2008
Another Brief Farewell
I have to be at hospital for 8am tomorrow morning & will hopefully be out of surgery by early afternoon. I've surprised myself today as I'm still relatively calm which is just not like me & is very unexpected. I have the happy pills on hand though just incase I need to take them....
Thank you all for all your well wishes that I have received over the last few weeks and they have done a lot to keep me going in my down periods. Although she doesn't know it yet I am going to ask Kath to put a bit on her blog to update you all on my behalf so you can pop over to her blog for more details over the coming weeks...
Well I had my final demo yesterday at the Hobbycraft store in Glasgow & what a shock I got whilst there... You will remember my good friend Ann who is currently awaiting surgery for breast cancer, well I turned around and who was standing right there in front of me but Ann & her fabulous hubby. How shocked was I, definately the last person I would have expected to see but no..... all the way from Glenrothes they came to visit me.
Ann herself goes into hospital this coming Wednesday 15th Oct for her surgery & she just thought it would be nice for both of us to see each other before our surgeries... I could have stood & cried in the middle of the shop. Now you all know just how much of an amazing lady she truly is.... Please send out special thoughts & prayers for her over the coming weeks & months as she still has a bit to go after surgery as it's more chemo or radio for her....
THANK YOU ANN........ YOU'RE WONDERFUL.
Best of luck Kath for the SECC & although I can't get in to see you during show time we will sort something out so Mum or Rob will come pick you up & bring you out to visit me... will sort this out with you over the phone.
Well off to get organised now & will try to blog later, if not be good till I'm back.
Happy crafting
Lorraine xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Wednesday 8 October 2008
Stamp Something
Yummy, the challenge this week over at Stamp Something is "Fancy Folds", hmmmm what to do!!!! Well here is the finished product. I've been doing so many spring cards etc of late that I wracked my brain for something else & decided upon this as it's a style I haven't done for about 2 years now & it's amazing how you forget & move on....
Because I went back to basics on this one I had loads of fun. The paper has been highlighted with stickles, some ribbon to hold the folds together & little water coloured image in the centre. Basic but pretty.
Happy crafting
Lorraine xxxx
Tuesday 7 October 2008
Daring Cardmakers Challenge
Monday 6 October 2008
Sweet blog award
Yet another fabby award I received whilst in the depths of despair over my ill health, this time from the wonderful Chris . Now when I saw this award I immediately thought of one person and I think it was something to do with the colour combo... I would like to present this award to Gayle who like many of you has been a tower of strength to me over the last few weeks... I know she has already received this award but I simply must give it to her...
Happy crafting
Lorraine xxxx
Smiley Award
Just wanted to share this delightful award with you all, which the fabulous Kath passed to me recently. Well a few weeks back now but I was too ill at the time to deal with it. It has made me smile today and I would like to pass it on to Holly for sharing all her creations with us...
Happy crafting.
Lorraine xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Penny Black Challenge
Saturday 4 October 2008
Tag You're It Challenge
The challenge set this week by Tag You're It is that of "Altered Fabric Flowers". For this one I had a good old rummage in my bits & pieces. The tag was cut using my Fiskars shape cutter plus & template, this was then distressed with inks. On top of that I added some mesh just for added texture & depth. The leaves were cut from green foil and the flower were cut from pretty fabric that I got from Mei Flower. The brown cetres are cut from suede with some gold stickles rubbed over the top. The tiny green leaves were cut using Fiskars mini punches again from green foil & finished off with some hessian.
I truly enjoyed doing this challenge & the fact it made me rummage made it all the better.
Happy crafting
Lorraine xxxxx
Friday 3 October 2008
DATE OF OP !!!!!
Will have to do as much as possible over the next week then MIA again for a week or two then business will resume as normal.... YIPPEE !!!!!
Happy crafting & thank you all again for all your wishes that have been sent to me. Each and every one of them is warmly appreciated.
Lorraine xxxxxxx
2 sketches 4 you
Woohoo my 2nd challenge in 2 days. Not bad going for me of late. Not exactly happy with the end result on this one but hey just need to keep working at getting the mojo back then I'll be fine. I decided to take the opportunity to use my new Fiskars christmas stamps which I received a few weeks back but had yet to use (decided I better get used to them as I have to demo them next Saturday). Moved away from the traditional Christmas colours as this year I am going for bright for a change so out came my cats eyes & off I went. Finished off with some Fiskars eyelets & gems. Once I've made a few more cards using these stamps I think they'll become one of my favourites as there is quite a variety in the pack to choose from.
Thank you to Kazan at 2sketches4you for providing me with this wonderful sketch to give me inspiration.
Happy crafting
Lorraine xxxxxxx
Thursday 2 October 2008
Paper take weekly
Another Beauty
Just had to share this beautiful card with you all that I received from my partner in crime Ann. This is my very good friend who herself is going through the mill at the moment, much more so than me, yet still she took the time to create this beauty for me which I will treasure deeply forever.
This was very welcomed as I've had to cancel my Fiskars demo at the SECC as I will be in my recovery period at the time... however I will still be doing my demo at Hobbycraft on October 11th which is a small consolation to me.
Thank you Ann & happy crafting to everyone else.
Lorraine xxx
Keeping Busy
Even gave me the excuse to get the big tub of Stickles out & play to my hearts content. I know these are nothing exciting but they have kept me going of late so I thought I'd share with you all so you know I haven't just been sitting back sipping coffee......