No Cards - A Picture of our Kitten in the Tree

Well friends the last day off the year and in fact the decade.....is it really 10 years since Millenium madness...and what a lot has happened......I have made some cards but they are for projects next week, so I am sorry, to tease you, but you will have to come back, tomorrow for the 1st one...off the year......
I thought I would post a picture off our Kitten, who has no name yet, so names please.......and a surprise Candy for the Winners......our Cat Poppy had 3 kittens in August and as yet no homes have been found so I guess they are staying, there are 2 girls and a boy, all black and white...this girl is very clever she opens the door and lets herself and here brother, sister, Mum, and 2 Aunties in.......this is the 1st year that I am sure our tree will not be up until 12th night (Brian is threatening to take it down today.....yikees, I am afraid to go to the shed....), as you can see it is pretty wrecked....LOL......so we are looking for 3 names, 2 for girls and 1 for a boy, the boy is the quietest off all, our present cats are called Pip, Poppy and Baby (Baby was raised by me as a kitten, as her mother was unfortunately run over, a couple off days after she was born, so hence the name...).

Remember also you have until Midnight on the 3rd off January to enter The Stamp Man, blog hop, (post below),  I am amazed at all the entries all ready, there are 400 brads and also a surprise for 1 other......I don't think that the stocking will be going up the loft this year....LOL.....

Have a fabulous "Hogmany" and raise a glass at the BELLS to friends Old and New.....Much Love Avril xxxx

The Stamp Man Blog Hop Candy and Award Event

Today The Stamp Man is celebrating with a Blog Hop Candy and Award Event, running from 27 December until 3 January 2010, 1st off all if you have come from Tracy you are on the right track, if not please go back to The Stamp Man, and follow from there, you are picking up letters for a word or a phrase......My letter is "O" and you wll find the next letter at Kay's blog.......You must visit every blog to collect the letters and once you have the word or phrase, you are to e-mail it to Jill at thestampman@btconnect.com with your answer, please Don't leave your answers on any off the blogs

For more information about the New Award from The Stamp Man, pop over and check out how to go about getting this award.......

There are prizes at each station, and here there are 400 Assorted Brads up for grabs, HERE  I love Brads, especially now that I have my crop-o-dile, and no longer have to do the Ping thing...LOL.I will also be picking a name for some Surprise Candy too.....so come on start hopping girls......

There is so much exciting things going on at The Stamp Man today and you do not want to miss this opportunity for a bit fun, with your blogging buddies and a wee release from the kitchen...LOL......we were to choose a project that we were particulary proud off this year, and I have to say that my style has changed so much since joining blogland, I have learned so much and know that I have so much more to learn and can't wait until 2010 and the projects that you girls come up with for inspiration......I have choosen the 1st Calander I made, which I loved, my grand-daughter Sinead laid claim to it many months ago...LOL.  I used the Patchwork Pals kit, that I really love and by coincidence QVC have a TSV today off Patchwork Pals, which I hope they have on again later in the year, for obvious reasons.....as I wanted to collect them all, how could they have a craft day 2 days after Xmas.....BOOOHOO.......LOL.

Have a fab day at the bloghop girls and I am so looking forward to getting back to my shed and creating some new projects for the New Year.....Love to you all.....Avril xxxxxx

Winter Wonderland - Thank You Cards

A Very good Sunday Morning to one and all, I hope you ALL had a fantastic Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year, I for one, just want to get back to my crafting and blogging, but with all the family around, it is utterly impossible....LOL...also the snow down to my shed is still pretty deep here in Edinburgh, but I did manage to do a Card for my MUM who has a birthday on Hogmany, she will be 71.....I thought, I made it around our challenge at Winter Wonderland  this week, which is Thank You cards, could be for the Xmas Gifts etc, but I thought I would Thank my MUM for my life......could there be any greater thing...

I hope you all feel in the mood for crafting this week girls, should you have the time, and join us with this fresh new challenge, our girls as usual have come up with some great projects, also pop over and give our Guest DT Marianne support, we have loved having her as our Guest she is a very talented crafter

Also pop over and see the changes that are coming your way at Winter Wonderland, next year.....

I will be back later on with the Blog Hop for the Stamp Man, so until then, have a great day. Much Love Avril xxxxxx

Merry Christmas, Santa has been, Yipee....

Merry Christmas to all of MY Friends on Blogland, Santa has been here, but as yet there is not stirring from the rooms above, so thought I would take this opportunity to Wish You ALL a very Merry Christmas, I have not cards as the snow has been too deep to get down to my shed, the cards for my family here are stuck in there...LOL, well they can maybe do for next year.....

I will be back on Sunday, with a Blog Hop for The Stamp Man, so drink, open pressies and enjoy your time with your families as I will do with mines, the Dumpling is made the Turkey is ready to go in the oven and I have my grandson, son, daugher and hubby here, what more can a girl ask for.....

Love You ALL, and here is to many, many days and years off friendship, I would also like to thank everyone for their beautiful cards and gifts, I will treasure them forever and ever and am so very touched.  I hope I did not miss anyone out.

Love Avril xxxxx

Let it Snow at Tuesday Taggers

A Great Tuesday Morning dear friends, I hope you are all getting to grips with the Christmas Celebrations, I am slowly catching up, but have to spend another day shopping, pity the money is running out, LOL.......we have a 2 week challenge for Tuesday Taggers, which unbelievable is "Let in Snow" and the snow is pouring out off the sky as I write this, we have a £15 voucher for the Craft Barn  for the Winner of this challenge, so if you are not too sick of the Snow, put it on a Card, a Tag, even a New Years Card.......whatever takes your fancy and enter our challenge, pop over and check out the fab projects that us Girls have brought to you......I hope to be back before Xmas with maybe a challenge card, should I have the time, but if not, I would like to wish you ALL A FABULOUS XMAS........Love Avril xxx

Happy New Year at Winter Wonderland

A Happy Sunday Morning to you all, well only 5 more sleeps and Santa will be here, I am getting alll ickapicsited........LOL.  I managed to get some christmas shopping done yesterday, whilst driving in blizzard conditions, my car handled the snow beautifully, so we got home safe and sound if not more than a little sore, I am hoping to get things wrapped up today and get a bit of crafting done, still a few christmas cards to do.....where has the time went....Well today at Winter Wonderland we want to see "Happy New Year" projects.....we have a fantastic Guest DT Marianne joining us, so please pop over and give her your support, along with all our usual, talented DT sisters.....we have a new sponsor this week In Style Stamps, so get your proejcts in for a chance to win a fab prize.....I bought a diary from the £1 store and decided to cover it, this is did with some of the New K&Co papers that were a TSV recently on QVC, I used some free images from one of the craft magazine (sorry cannot remember which one, as I have so many, just bought another 2 yesterday, I think I am addicted to buying them too....LOL). I made a wee envelopes at the back, using a CD cover, for notes.....I know I will be using this next year for my blogging......and it only cost a £1.....hope you all like it.....Much Love Avril xxxxx

Challenge 2 - ECP Challenges

A great Friday evening,  to you all my dear friends,( I hope you are all getting ahead with your Xmas plans, and are not getting stressed....)  here we have the 2nd challenge at ECP Challenge, ( I would like at this point to thank everyone who joined our 1st challenge, everything that was entered was Awesome, so thank you)...we want to see one of the projects set out below:- (You can create anything you like - a card, scrapbook LO, altered projects, ATC...whatever. You can also interpret the projects to suit you).  I decided to go with the Christmas Bag, made out off a box that was given me at my birthday, I used a 12 x 12 Patchwork Xmas Paper to cover and make the handle....embellishing it with some gold tinsel, I used an Image from CDM again, as I just love these cute designs, you can obtain it from CDM, just ask Linnie for sheet 90.......I coloured the image with Marsh Green and Orange, and used glitter and gems from my stash, I am quite pleased how this bag turned out, so girls pop over and check out the awesome projects from our DT, and take part in our challenge, which is open until 31 December.   We are again being sponsored by the Cutting Cafe, who have a fabulous range of digital images, so remember you have to "Be In It too Win It"...   I am also going to enter this into Passion for Promarkers, who wanted "anything but a card", so I think this qualifies.....

Christmas Bag -http://www.easycraftprojects.net/Projects/4258christmas_bag.pdf
Stockings - http://www.easycraftprojects.net/Projects/3027felt_stocking.pdf
Calender - http://www.easycraftprojects.net/Projects/5994calendar.pdf
Recycled Glass Jars - http://www.easycraftprojects.net/Projects/797recycle_recycle_recycle.pdf
Picture Frame - http://www.easycraftprojects.net/Projects/4150picture_perfect.pdf
 

Jolly Old St. Nick at Tuesday Taggers

A very good Tuesday morning my dear friends, and this week at Tuesday Taggers we want to see "Jolly Old St. Nick" on your projects, you can't have christmas without him, can you.....LOL....As we had the bloghop to celebrate his birthday, we decided to Dedicate a Challenge to him.....we have a fantastic Guest DT Suzanne, join us this week, pop over to her blog girls and give her your support, also take a look at all the projects that our talanted bunch off girls have made for you this week,   I have used another "Gift Image" from Christine, thank you again my dear "Yorkshire Pudding", I have truly loved using the images you sent me, as you can see by my projects......thanks for looking girls, my bottom is still a bit sore, so I am stuggling to get round to you all, but know that you are in my thoughts.....Hugs Avril xxxx

Challenge 15 - Sophisticat - ANYTHING XMAS

Another card from me this morning girls, I hope I don't bore you, this time MY Challenge this week at Sophisticat, which is the last off the year is ANYTHING XMAS, I know that this is the last push on the Xmas Cards before they have to go out in the post.....I really need to get down to writing mines, but wait a minute, do you have to sit to do that.....LOL......thanks to all who have sent me a Xmas Card, each and everyone is totally amazing and I am going to sort out a couple of Card Keepers, in the New Year, so that I can treasure them forever......I used to moan (in a jokey way, off course) that I never got a Home-made card, but this year WOW......thank you all, now onto my card, I made a Rocking Card, for the wee girl next door who will be celebrating her 1st Xmas, she is just so gorgeous, I made a rocker card and covered it to hopefully look like a bib.....not sure if that worked, I used the Baby's 1st Xmas Stamp that I bought from the fabulous Janet at Pink Gem Designs, I know you all love her stamps, as I have seen them around Blogland, but this one is sooooo cute, I embellished the bib with goodies from my stash, in real life the card looks so much better, but the light is just not good for taking pictures, maybe I should be asking Santa (in the year Dot) for a Super Duper Camera.....LOL. So pop on over to Sophisticat and take part Lisa has sorted out some goodies for the winner......Off to finish my last DT project, which I am teasing you with, cos you won't see it until Friday.....can you guess.......Love you All, Hugs Avril xxxxx

Green & Gold with Cute Daisy May

Morning ladies,thank you all for your good wishes yesterday, I have been working away all week on my DT projects and have 1 still to complete,  as promised I am here with my entry for this week challenge at Cute Daisy May,  this week we want Xmas Green and Gold, I have used another awesome image from Linnie's images, I am so lucky to be allowed to play with these brilliant images, have to get to know the names off them, but honest they can be yours to play with too, get over and take a look at the challenge, as usual I am working with a talented bunch of girls, that I have admired from afar, since I joined, blogland...I used an embossing technique that I saw on Dawn Bibby's show on Tuesday, using a Stix, glue stick and gold embossing powder, I really enjoyed this and unfortunately you will be seeing quite a lot in the future...LOL....have a great Monday everyone. Hugs Avril xxxxxx

Nativity at Winter Wonderland

A Fab Sunday Morning to you all, do you want to own 3 Digi Kits from Regina Easter at the Cutting Cafe, if the answer is yes, then you want to join us at Winter Wonderland, this week, we are looking to see "Nativity" on your projects this week, now that posed a problem for me, I found some decoupage sheets, cut them out and glued them and realised there was no Baby Jesus.....so out came the peel offs for babies, I found a Baby in a Cradle and mounted it onto card and coloured it, leaving the Baby Silver.....also used some free colouring pages on the internet to find the Stable.....so I think that I got all the elements of the "Nativity" in.....I always send a "nativity" card to my best friends Mum and Dad, so this will be going to them.....hope you like, please pop over and check out my DT sisters projects, you will get the inspiration to take part,( also check out our Guest DT Vicki, pop over and give her your support)  I know you will....so head on over girls, have a fabulous Sunday girls, the count down is on to Xmas now.....and I have no shopping done yet.....but Brian gets paid on Friday so next weekend will be dedicated to doing the shopping.......Hugs to you All, Avril xxxxx

Apologies and Thank You's

Morning ladies, it is 3.31am Sunday Morning and I am up and in pain, so thought I would do a quick post. I am so sorry for being away most off the week, I really have been suffering this week, with the dreaded Fibro, it is attacking me in all sorts off places, making, sitting, standing, walking, just impossible, to top it all I went off to my shed on Friday to do some DT work and slipped on the stones, have to really think about bringing my crafts into the house, as it is getting dangerous for me to even go to the bottom off the garden, I will wait until after Xmas and get something sorted out.....I am lucky that poor Kenny has not got a job at the minute (not so lucky for him), as he is on hand when I need him, poor lad, that is not what I gave birth to him for....but he is a good lad and I am lucky to have him, sorry for the moan, I will be back later on with some DT cards. Thank you to everyone who has visited me this week, I have tried to get round everyone, but if I have missed you out, I am so sorry, I also have thanks you to give to:

Joey

Jan

Janet

for their birthday cards and gifts that have came this week, thank you girls, I love you all for your kindness, also a thank you must to to Angie, for the gorgeous scarf that came in the post yesterday, which was her blog candy, Angie, I love it, it is so soft and warm, both in colour and feel and I will wear it and treasure it always...

One thing I am sure off no matter how bad a day I have, I always get cheered up, reading my blog and I am so grateful that I entered blogland and found all you inspiring people, who give me the urge to carry on crafting....so thank you for that, sorry if you are all depressed now, but I will be back later on a cheerier note with my DT cards for Cute Daisy May and Winter Wonderland, so please stop by and see what I have made this week. Hugs Avril xxxxxx

Cute Card Thursday-CH90-SEW BEADY (my 2nd Guest DT card)

Morning ladies, I am sorry I have not been around, I have been suffering with the dreaded Fibro, but to the extennt that I have had to lie on my Stomach......this is such a pain at this time off year when you really cannot afford to loose days....anyway I do do have a card to post, this is my 2nd Guest DT card for Cute Card Thursday, Ch90 is SEW BEADY,,yes they want to see beads on your projects.....I have used another gorgeous image that Christine sent me, I decided to make it in to a Shaker Card,(sorry about the picture, in real life it is truly lovely, but my camera is not good with silver bits....does anyone know the secret of this?.),  for my grand-daughter for Xmas, this image reminds me off her....I used some off my Kanban cardstock from last year and some beaded embellishments, I hope you like it girls, and I am hoping to get down to my shed and play today, I have not been down since Sunday and I am having Withdrawl symptoms......

I also have a thank you to Christine and Shirley, who sent me cards for my Birthday, thank you so much my dear friends, I love them and will keep them forever.......I have been so lucky to meet so many wonderful friends on blogland and I will thank god daily for heading me this way, although I think Dawn Bibby has something to do with it....LOL.....

Xmas Trees at Tuesday Taggers and the Winner of MY image fort the BLOGHOP

Well ladies another thank you for all your good wishes that kept coming though yesterday, I really appreciate each and every one, The Hop at the Taggers on Sunday was an overwhelming success, thanks mainly to all off you for taking the time to hop along with us.....so Thank you again.....

This week at Tuesday Taggers, we want to see your creations to include "Christmas Tree", as per usual, our DT's have come up with spectacular projects again, also this week we have a Guest DT playing along, so please pop over and give Lisa your support...I know that we are all probably getting a bit sick of Xmas cards (well I am not, I could make them all year round....LOL) but very soon the last posting day will be here, so get out your crafting goodies and take part in our Challenge this week......

Tommy is a wee star again and has choosen the winner, isn't he fab doing this 1st thing in the morning before he has his breakfast.....

The Winner of my Santa Image is:-

Charlotte

Twinkle for Xmas - Cute Daisy May

Well ladies Monday has finally arrived, what a fantastic weekend I have had, receiving loads of presents and cards from my wonderful friends on blogland, and my family, also I won the Scraf on Angie's blog, which has just topped everything off.....

This week at Cute Daisy May we are having a "Twinkle for Xmas" challenge, I have used the adorable image from Sheet 90, which can be purchased from Linnie at CDM.....I used different colours from my normal, I used a Coral Promaker and made different shades with it.  I had a page from my       and used a Bronze gel glitter pen to go round the outline of flowers on the paper...I cut a circle of glitter card with my trusty Slice machine to put my image on, I used my snowflake corner punch and gems to finish the card off....our DT's have made some stunning projects, so pop over, check them out and enter this weeks challenge, please.......I am entering this card into A Spoon full of Sugar CH80 for their challenge of "Non-traditional" xmas colours, also Paperplay Challenges CH44 want "Xmas WITHOUT Red & Green" so I think this fits....hope you like my alternative colours.....

Now the Winner of my Candy for last weeks Blog Hop is NICOLA, pulled out of the Santa hat by my grandson Tommy...well done Nicola and thank you everyone for taking part........

Sophisticats CH14 - Verse & Flowers (No Image)

As Promised my entry for  
 my DT project at Sophisticats, this week our Lisa has picked the theme "Verse & Flowers - No Image".  I decided to do a Calander for my best friend, using some Grunge Board, I have used my Alchohol Inks and Spritzers to do the backing.  I used a Verse and some words, from a K&Co kit that I have rarely even looked at, I used my Crop-a-dile to put the gromets in to hang the ribbon from and used flowers and buttons from my stash.  I hope you like this, I got right messy with the inks, but had a fab time making it.....Now do you want to be a GUEST DT at Sophisticats in the New Year, well then this is your chance, get your entries into this weeks challenge, and may I say at this point a huge Thank you to all the challengers from last weeks challenge, what an amazing amount of entries we had, our challenges are just going from strength to strength and that is all due to YOU...as always I hope you like my project.

Thank you all for my birthday Wishes, Cards and Presents

Good Morning my dearest of Friends I would like to Thank you ALL for the birthday wishes you sent me, whilst hopping around at the Tuesday Taggers, blog hop yesterday, I have just had the time to read all your lovely good wishes.

I want to say a Special thanks to:

Stef (yes, yours was the 1st to arrive, but I am a good girl and waited until my birthday to open)

Wilma

Cheryl

Lisa

Teri

Lyn

who all had my postman beat a trail to my door all week, getting me more and more excited for the big day...I have never had so many cards and presents to open in my whole life, and I loved all the crafting goodies you all sent me, I hope I can do justice to everything you sent me, and I cannot wait to get to my shed today to play.....Lyn I will be looking for hints and tips.......or those stamps and images will turn out all girly...LOL....

I did not open my cards and gifts until later in the day, when I woke up, my 1st priorty was to get the Blog Hop up and running and I want to thank all my fellow DT's for all their hard work and support, without whom the blog would not have happened....I thank everyone who has taken part and you still have until tonight to take part, my candy will be announced tomorrow morning along with my challenge project for TT.....

Tommy had his football in the morning and the poor wee darling and his team got beaten a very astounding 10-0, so he was not a happy bunny when he came home, I was then banished to my shed, whilst, my Hubby and daughter put up balloons etc, ect, there was a balloon trail all the way from my shed....from my family I got some PJ's (which I live in all the time), Patrick & Lisa Swayze (autobiography), Jewellery and vouchers to spend in my local craft shop.....my best friend Patricia, gave me an awesome bag and jewellery, Nikki (My Older daughter) sent me through fabulous cards and a totally awesome Candle Holder that she made, thank you Nikki you really are very precious to me and getting more talented by the day....my younger daughter Mhairi and Allen, brought my Mum and Step dad through and there were more pressies to open....Clinique facial things from Mhairi and Allen, a Top (which I wore yesterday, as I got into my size 8, skirt, that my Mum bought me for Xmas 2 years ago, and I could not fit into it then......), I got an ornament, and funny bits and pieces (like a Dumpling, and Pear Cider) - see Christine told you I was the Edinburgh Dumpling.....my Aunt and Uncle gave me a voucher for Dorothy Perkins.....and then their was the Candles to blow out on my cake.....(have not had a bit yet).....so in other words, dear friends I was spoiled rotten......We then went off to Winter Wonderland, where I consumed 3 Mulled Wines and Mince Pies (mmmmmm), the kids went on some rides and then it was home for Brians Home-made Soup and Chicken Casserole....I have not lifted a finger in the kitchen all weekend....there is even some soup left for my dinner today...LOL, and right to the end of the day when my OLLY got through to the Final's of the X-Factor, how great can a day get.....my finger was on re-dial, for him, and as it was my birthday, I was allowed...LOL....

 

You will be fed up seeing me here today, as I have my projects for Sophisticats and Cute Daisy May to post, and also the Winner for the CDM Blog Hop last week, so please come back, and see what I have for you all, I love you ALL and thank you again for making my day and my time here on blogland so very, very special for me......

Santa's Birthday, Tuesday Taggers Bloghop & HO!HO!HO! at Winterwonderland

Good Morning ladies and today is the Birthday of  the great Santa Claus.......and we are celebrating with a BLOGHOP at Tuesday Taggers, so are you in the mood of a bit of fun and a chance to win some prizes on the way, then you have come to the right place....it is easy,  all the DT's and Special Guests have bought a great Image from Teri's Delicous Doodles, Teri is one of the most fantastic and talented designers, which I am sure you will agree with, and to be in with a chance of winning the image above which off course is "Santa Claus" leave a comment here on my blog, you have to collect letters to make a word or phrase, which at the end of a blog we want you to e-mail at tuesdaytaggers@gmail.com, please don't leave the answer on the blogs......if you have come from  Tracey, you are on the right track, if not please go back to Michelle and start at the beginning....we have lovely sponors joining ust at the hop today and presented us with great prizes for the winner of the hop, so thanks girls for joining us.....the letter you need from me is B, now on you go and hop onto Jill, thank you for taking part and Enjoy yourselfs....I will annouce the winner of my Image on Tuesday when the challenge for next week is posted.....         .

I have used this card for my DT card at Winterwonderland.   This week is HO!HO!HO!, the DT's as usual have came up with superb projects so come over and check them out and enter this weeks challenge.....

I am off to enjoy my birthday, we are off to Winter Wonderland in Edinburgh, which is fabulous, and the German Market has the most Amazing "Mulled Wine" yum..........

1 Card for 3 challenges

Hi girls, well I have had a busy day in the shed today, I had 2 days of creating nothing, and had to move my MOJO into place today.  This card is for CH1 at Cards for Men, (this is a superb new challenge blog, with fabulous DT's who have done an amazing job) they want a Xmas card for a Man or a Boy, I used and Image from sheet 46 at CDM, this image could be yours to play with too....I am also entering Dare U 2 Digistamp, CH27 who want to see Red, Green and a Neutral colour, I am also entering into Fab's Big Christmas Challlenge, he wants us to use FREE PAPERS, from a craft magazine.....I am not sure which magazine these papers came out off, as I have loads and for the 1st time ever, this year, I have been using the free papers a lot....I am also entering into Pink Elephant's "Colour me Wonderful" CH43, where they want to know which medium you use and love, well mines is off course my trusty "promarkers"hope you like this girls, the picture is not as clear as I would have liked the sentiment at the top of the sheets is "Holiday Magic".

I hope you come back tomorrow girls to celebrate a very special birthday.....with a blog hop, with the Tuesday Tagger girls, some fab prizes up for grabs, not to be missed.....Love Avril xxxxx

1st Challenge for New Challenge Blog - EASY CRAFT PROJECTS

Well the day has arrived and we are at our 1st Challenge for ECP, the theme for this week is "Turquoise", I made a Tree Ornament, using my trusty Acrylic Paints, I painted it about 10 times (no kiddin) to get the right colour, the image is from our sponsors The Cutting Cafe, who very kindly gave us some images to play with, I coloured the snowman with Promarkers and glittered him up, decoupaged his Scarf and Hat, and mounted him onto White Glitter Card, I added some bows and bells, and snowflakes and gems from my stash, I quite like this, and my tree is  going to have my 1st Ornament on it next week...LOL, our new fantastic DT have made some great projects so once again I am asking you all to pop over and give me your support......if you can off course....Thank you and have a great day, hope you are all looking forward to the weekend, I turn 47 this weekend, which means I am moving nearer to the big 50......

Girly Swirly Challenge 89 for Cute Card Thursday, Guest DT

Well good morning ladies and as promised I have a Special Card, away back in August, Caz, from Cute Card Thursday approached me to be a Guest DT for 2 weeks in December, (so I now have a new badge on my sidebar, how great is that), this is the 1st of the 2, which is for CH89 "Girly Swirly", I bought this PB stamp to make invitations for my nieces 30th birthday at the end of January (but Nikki has been good enough to agree to do the invitations, for me), she is having a Holywood theme party, complete with Red Carpet, Paparazzi and Awards, how cool does this sound, so I am hoping that there will be some nice ballgowns in the January sales.   I used the stamp for this challenge, to test it out, used papers from HOTP, peel off swirly and glitter card, also a swirly white ribbon made into a bow from my stash, I hope you like this and forgive me teasing you....I had a great night last night with my friend, we ended up chatting so much over coffee when we first met that we left now time for a meal, so we had some nibbles and more coffee (well Patricia had Wine, but I was driving), she just made her Train home to Dundee by the skin off her teeth, I guess we should make more effort to meet up without all the family being present....LOL.  Hope you all have a fab Thursday, I will be back later on to catch up on all your projects. Love to all. Avril xxx

Santa's Little Helper for 6 challenges

Afternoon ladies, a nicer day here in Edinburgh, and I am getting excited, as I am meeting my friend of 42 years for tea at 5pm.  Patricia and I met in Primary 1 in 1967, her birthday is the 5 December and mines is the 6 December, so we have always made time to celebrate, which over the years has got harder, as 7 years ago, she married Brian's brother Dom, so when we meet, there is the family and their demands around, so I am really looking forward to a good girly gossip.

I have just finished this card which I hope fits 6 challenges, CH10 at Crafty Catz Weekly, want to see "Angels or Fairies", so I used Tilda (I have named her Santa's Little Helper) which Christine sent to me a few weeks ago, thanks again, my dear friend..Character Cafe, TCCFF7,  have a colour scheme, the closest I could get to the colours were my promarkers (duck egg blue, Moss and Rose Pink), which I hope meet their requirements. CH39 at Creative Card Crew, want to simply see Christmas,
CH19 at Kaboodledoodles want to see Snowflakes, (which is in the backing papers and I have added some peel offs, for extra sparkle). CH2 at 2 Red Bananas want to see a Christmas/Winter Card and last but not least Stamp With Fun CH35 want to see a Xmas project....WOW, just as well we have commas, or I would be out of breath, LOL. Hope you are all having a great day girls, and remember to put a spot in your Diary to Celebrate the birth of St, Nick Blog Hopping, with the Tuesday Taggers on Sunday 6 December.....also I am back tomorrow with a special card, but the rest is a secret, well it is the time for secrets and dreams.....Love YOU ALL. Avril xxxx

1 Card for 2 challenges

Afternoon ladies from a Wild and Windy Edinburgh, I have here a quick post for 2 challenges, 1 at Tellens Place their CH2(this is a fab challenge blog that is just started and there are loads of goodies to be won, go over and check it out if you have not done so already),  is asking for Green and Red, as is Incy Wincy Designs CH20.  I have used a CDM design that I bought last week, as I thought it was too cute for words....I have used papers, gems and embellishments from my stash, I hope you like it.  I will be back later with another post.  Till then, hope you are all having a great Tuesday, Hugs Avril xxxx

Tuesday Taggers - Christmas Carols

Good Tuesday morning dear friends, and thank you so much for everyone who joined our HOP yesterday, my left leg, was tired out by the end off it...LOL.

We want you to sing along with the Tuesday Taggers this week, yes, get your voices into tune and away we go, and I think with all of singing along to the X-factor we will make a great sound......for our "Christmas Carols" .We have a fantastic guest DT with us this week, please sing a huge Welcome to Angie, and if you have not already seen Angie's blog, you must, as she is one off the most talented people I have ever Cyberly met...Our DT's have also come up with fantastic projects as always so pop over and check them out.... I have went with my trusty Morehead boy and girl singing, I made the card quite simple, they are singing "Silent Night" in honour of me loosing my voice this weekend...LOL   .I want to thank you all for taking part in our "Festival of Light" last week, what awesome entries we had for that, Good work Girls and keep up your support it is greatly appreciated.

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 Also we are going to have a Bloghop on Sunday 6th December to celebrate the Birthday of our dear friend "Santa Claus", well we celebrate the birth of Jesus, so now it is Santa's turn, keep checking our blog for details nearer the time......Love your all Avril xxx