• Just Celebrate…

      Morning, can you believe it is nearly the end of July?   Monday morning see’s the introduction of another challenge over at   ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS   where the new theme is Celebrations   We are sponsered this week by…

  • Boozy Brian is Back !!!…

      CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK Hello everyone thank you for visiting again, and I apologise for being so quick to return your fabulous comments. Things are quite hectic at home with the boys home for summer holidays. My husband is off…

  • New Challenge at Artistic Inspirations…

    Well what a glorious week we have had. The boys have had a fantastic time in and out of the garden and paddling pool. We have managed to avoid any sore pink bits, and just had a bit of heat…

  • Home Sweet Home

      Good Morning to everyone, and to my new followers. Thank you so much, I have only just noticed that I have a few more over the last week, I hope I will make it worth your while x  …

  • Sarah Hurley……Pink Sparkles

    Hi it’s July and time for a brand new challenge with   SARAH HURLEY     PINK SPARKLES   We were tasked with making a pink and sparkly creation, and this was a real challenge for me as I don’t…

  • Raise your Glass…

    Hello, here is my second post today to introduce the new challenge for the month of July over at   CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK The sponsor kindly giving a wonderful prize of a $20 gift certificate is the talented artist Heather Valentin…

  • It’s Monday – Anything Goes…

      Good Morning, and hello to my new followers, and thank you.  I hope you all have had a lovely weekend. for a change our weather was glorious on Saturday, and ventured over 70 degrees. We visited Blarney Castle, about 45 minutes…

  • Cross Stitched Sampler…

    Hi, I have taken this opportunity again to record another of my projects that is not card or paper related. I have again been wanting to do this for a while, but never actually gotten around to it. I have…

  • A special project for a special birthday…

    Afternoon, slightly different post, but I have been wanting to post this for a while now. But you know what it’s like when you now that you have a photo somewhere but just can’t find it…….well that’s what has taken…

  • New Sketch at Sunday, Sketch & Stamp

      Good Morning, hope you are enjoying your weekend, the weather with us has been disappointing, so much so we shut ourselves in yesterday afternoon and watched a DVD – unheard of for us usually on a Saturday afternoon. Anyway…

  • To Dad….

      Afternoon, just though I’d share a quick post with you this afternoon.          I just wanted to show off the card that my son Tom (aged 11, nearly 12!) made for his Dad for Father’s…

  • Life is what Happens…..

    Hi again, my second post of the day…….I know, you don’t see me for ages, then I post twice !!   This time we are offering you some   MIDWAY INSPIRATION over at the CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK CHALLENGE   Our sponsor…

  • All things grow better……………

      Monday again, and it seems like ages since I last posted a card – do you get that sometimes, when weeks just pass by in a blur. I was back in Wales last weekend visiting friends and also had…

  • Happy Birthday Sarah….&…. Birthday Blog Hop

    Good Morning  SARAH HURLEY  and, on behalf of the team we would like to Wish you a Very Happy Birthday I am so pleased and excited to kick off and declare this  ***special celebratory blog hop well and truly open  ***…

  • New sketch challenge

    Hi being Sunday its time to introduce another sketch at   SUNDAY SKETCH & STAMP   #160      This is a perfect little sketch to get you out of a fix, as I discovered myself this week. I am…

  • Just Celebrate…

    Good Morning, and welcome to our new challenge at    ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS where we would love to see your SHAPED CARDS. When I’m around and about visiting you all, so  many of you are inventive with your card blanks, so…

  • All that’s Gold…

          Can you believe it is the end of the month again, where did May go?   It is time to introduce another challenge over with Sarah Hurley, and the theme was set by our team mate Candice.…

  • Football Crazy…

      Hi, me again for the second post today. Hoping you all had a wonderful weekend. We added a couple of new fish to our aquarium, then spent Sunday in the garden again, and managed to tackle a huge chunk…

  • For the Guys…

      Morning everyone, how was your weekend. It was very productive with us here and we managed to get lots of jobs done in the garden. The boys climbing frame was finally repaired after the destructive gales and few weeks…

  • Something a bit different….Quilting

        I have something a bit different to share today. I wanted to post this project mainly to have a record for myself….so forgive me if it is a bit indulgent ;-).     I made this for my…

  • Fairy wishes…

      Sunday morning at I hope we can inspire you to join in our new sketch challenge over at   # 156 – SUNDAY SKETCH & STAMP   Francesca has given us this super sketch, that would equally make stunning…

  • Be Happy….

    Well this Bank Holiday has been a long coming….and the promise of lovely T-shirt weather at the beginning of the week, has been shattered again. oh well, onto all things crafty then, and today ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS this week we are…

  • Nought’s & Crosses …

      CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK     We are sponsored by Milk Coffee Digi Images, and we have been lucky enough to have a couple of gorgeous images to use with our theme this week.   This month we want to…

  • New Lookbook volume…

    Morning, some exciting news to share with you, the new volume of Sarah Hurley’s online magazine, The Lookbook, is now available and can be viewed here I played a very small part in this volume and have a couple of…

  • Challenge #154 – Sunday Sketch & Stamp

    Good Morning, just a quick post from me this morning as I’m preparing sunday roast and rhubarb crumble ……yummmmmm!     I wanted to share with you my card made for the   SUNDAY SKETCH & STAMP   challenge blog…

  • Monday Inspiration for CBN …

      My second post of the day is for the   CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK CHALLENGE     There is still time to enter our ANYTHING GOES challenge, and as expected we have had a overwhelming response already. I caught up…

  • A Ladies card for Monday Morning …

        I would like to saya thank you for my new followers, I have had a little flurry of new visitors and I am so pleased that you have popped over to take a look at what I do…

  • OH WOW……..Some FAB News…

      Morning All Just a super quick post from me today, until I get round to visiting your blogs later this afternoon….. but I have some news that is just so exciting for me that I had to share.  …

  • Monday Inspiration….Floral Steampunk…

      CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK   Monday Inspiration   Well. Monday morning again, did you all have a lovely weekend? I had a very lazy weekend for a change, and we didn’t leave the house. Saturday rained all day, so the ‘boys’…

  • A basket of Flowers from Humphrey… & DT CALL

    SUNDAY SKETCH & STAMP   sketch #152   Its Marie’s sketch this week, and its a superb little sketch to use and I was able to make this card quite quickly as I didn’t have much time this week. Also…