I Made the Top Spot.....

I logged on this morning to a nice surprise.... I made the Top Spot this fortnight over a SWU. Thank you for saying my card was good enough to receive this award, as I know there are so many creative people out there.

Congrats to the ladies that made the DT request- can't wait to see your creations for some more inspiration at SWU.

Heavens, isn't this weather pants! I don't think its stopped raining all night. Even Bella wouldn't go out this morning- I had to get up at 5 as she want to go out- she barely poked her head through the opening of the patio door & did a 180 degree turn & went back upstairs to bed! Mind you it seems to have stopped a bit now, its still pretty grim though, and Bella's gone AWOL. Just the perfect sort of day to hole up in my sad room & create a few cards, or I suppose I should write some Xmas cards ready to send out!

Whatever you are doing, hope you have a good Sunday

Teresa x

The Secret Crafter Challenge

Thought I would enter these before it was too late for the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge this week. The theme was Christmas trees, anywhere in your creation.

Here's mine- I made these using a die cut pack from Kanban & a set I got from Hobby crafts.

Products used:

Die cut images; papers & card from stash; oval Nestabilities; mirror card; Cuttlebug embossing folder; SU border punch; gems & glitter glue from stash; snowflake punch; SU stamp for card inserts; 3-d foam pads.

Something a little different for me, not to use stamped images -but I saw them & liked them as they were something a little different.

Hope you like,

Teresa x

Non Traditional Christmas Card....

The challenge over at A Spoonful of Sugar this week is to create a non traditional Christmas card, by not using red & green.

I made this card using a sketch from Create 4 Fun.

Products Used:

SU Seasons of Joy stamp set; SU Elegant Eggplant & whisper white card; Elegant Eggplant ink pad; SU Stick & stamp with ultra fine glitter for the accents; Martha Stewart punch; gems, card blank & organza from stash; Cuttlebug embossing folder.

I am trying to make some Xmas cards to send out and have got down the boxes from the loft with all the ones I have made over the past couple of years, to send them out and make a bit of room!

I am struggling to get into the Xmas mood at the moment, so am sitting here with my second glass of Baileys! Mind you a few more glasses of these might help!LOL

Hope you like the card, catch you later,

Teresa x

SWU Challenge..

Thought I'd forgotten how to do these!!

The challenge over at SWU this fortnight- the challenges have been changed from weekly to fortnightly, is a recipe challenge. I had to think about this one a bit, but this is what I came up with...

The challenge is to use- 2 x patterned paper; 3 x brads; 1x stamp

Items Used:

Merry Moments DS papers; Tree Trimmings stamp set; Old olive, Choc Chip & Rose Red ink pads; red ribbon & gold cord from stash; Old Olive card.

The icicles were from a project Monica made on the on-line SWU classes.

The team at SWU are also calling for a new member on the DT team- who knows, might stick my name down!

Temp job going OK- very muddy,with all this rain, as its basically a building site & we are feeding out of a portacabin. Its nothing if not challenging!!

Only couple weeks left & then will have to see what happens.

Well catch you later, as got some work to do to take in tomorrow, as trying to catch up, as had no computer for 3 days- think I'm cursed with them!

Keep warm & dry... catch you later

Teresa xx

YEAH!!!!!

Yeah!!!... I am back on line, after a week with no broadband connection. I have been going blog hop crazy as not been able to get on line all week!! The very nice BT engineer has just left after getting us back on line!

It has been good in one way, as I have been catching up with all the TV I don't normally see, as I'm up in the craft room in the evenings, but it meant I had 50 odd emails to plough through!

I suppose I could have put the time to good use & caught up with some card making, but I honestly couldn't be bothered- not the attitude I know, but hey ho! Also it has been quite a busy week with me starting my new temporary job, having to get up at 5 am to be on the road by 6.30 am to be at work be at work by 7/7.30 am- hard life isn't it!! I have to get up then to get hubby up for work , else he'll sleep on, and then we fight to see who gets in the bathroom first!

Thank you to the lovely crafters who popped over to Mum's new blog- she is over the moon that she has some followers- now all she has to do is to start uploading her piccies!

Well catch you later, as I have the housework to finish, as I had to put it on hold whilst the BT engineer was here.

Hope you all have a good weekend,

See you soon

Teresa xx

At Last........

At last I have managed to get my Mum up & running with her own blog!!!!

She has been very resistant as she doesn't think she would have anything to keep her blog updated with or that her cards that she has made would be up to what she has seen on other blogs! She is so wrong, as her cards are great- all she needs is some encouragement. Maybe some kind crafters would help me out here & take a peek at her blog, once she loads some pictures, which I know she was going to do over the next couple of days.

She has recently retired and is now doing the things she would like to do- and with some persuasion from me, making cards & crafting more(sorry Dad, she's starting to take over the spare room like I do at home!LOL)

heres her blog...Angies Attic

Some good news on the job front..... I have a temp position as Catering Manager at Coulsdon College till the end of term at Xmas, with a view that if everything works out, that there could be a permanent position for me when the new term starts in Jan. Whoopee!!

I would like to give a big thanks to Sally who I have been working for at the Agency, for putting me forward for this job, and also my hubby for putting up with me, while I have been looking for another job. Also to all those people who have been encouraging me, not to give up.

Catch you later, as off to get a cuppa & watch a bit of Children In Need.

Teresa xx

Boo to You....

Well Halloween is officially over in our house now, as just taken down all the decorations from the front porch. We had a record number of trick or treaters last night- some really cute ghosties & ghoulies, and some not so good ones!! LOL!

I love Halloween, just so I can decorate the porch, buy lots of sweets( I have an excuse to buy them for the trick or treaters, not just for me, honest!), and to make endless cards, that I really don't know what to do with afterwards! I'm just a big kid really!

I hope you all had a good Halloween, and enjoyed it as must as I did! Bella played her part well, being a black cat! We couldn't get her in till after 9pm - we were worried as there were fireworks going off around the road, but she came in when she was ready!

Catch you later...

Teresa xx