365

I know, two posts so close together but it was easier to start a new one for this. I've been rubbish at updating my 365 so here are some now....

25.2: The first time I saw my work in print
26.2: The rainbow of tickets I bought.

27.2: My lovely bubbly bath after my first day at school.

28.2: My handsome Jakey with his concentrating face!

That takes us up til the end of feb I'll do the rest in the morning

Night xx

Pimp My Album

I decided the other day that a possible way around my current lack of subject matter/photos was to redo some layouts. I was unsure at first whether I should or not, would I regret taking them apart, should I keep them to show progress etc, but it all became clear once I actually went through my albums. Some layouts I felt I had no attachment to, I had never really been happy with. Others, although not my style now, meant something because I was happy with them when I did them or really loved the papers at the time. So the choices were quite obvious. So these are two layouts I have 'pimped'!

I used loads of my new AC and Bella Blvd papers as well as lots of other bits and pieces. I only wish I had taken before and after shots so you could see the improvement!

Hope you like!

B xx

ATB

Just a quickie for all those of you who asked about the ATB tapes. I just noticed that they are now on the Indigo Mill website and are only £3 for 5 rolls, such a bargain when I saw Dymo tapes at £6.99 for 2 rolls (daylight robbery!!) Anyway tea's ready.

Happy shopping
B xx

Spoons

Evening everyone, have had a lovely day, will share more about it tomorrow, I have lots of photos.

I just wanted to share with you something I found courtesy of MissNatz's blog. It's non craft related but I thought it was brilliant. If you know someone with ME/CFS (the piece talks about a different illness but the concept is the same) its one of the best ways I have ever come across of explaining how it really feels. You can find it here .

Sorry to come over a bit serious but I really did find it brilliant and I do believe that people need to know more about it.

Anyway, I'm going into the school again tomorrow so I need to get my sleep in to save up my 'spoons' (read it you'll know what I mean!!)

Night xx

Trend Setter

Well it seems I've managed to start a bit of an ATB tape craze, so I thought I'd better show you something I've done with it. I was supposed to be doing a class with some friends tonight but it didn't happen due to a last minute emergency so I made the most of the unexpected free evening by getting well and truly stuck into my new stash!

I realised I hadn't scrapped the dogs in my family yet so I did this layout about how my brothers dog, Molly and nephews dog, Stella just don't get on. Even though they are both collie's and love the same things, they keep right out of each others way!

I am loving the colourful papers from American Crafts, they totally got my juices going. Bar the Thickers, everything I used on the layout is new, but that wasn't hard (you've seen everything that I've had delivered over the last 2 days!!!

Gonna do more tomorrow.

Night xxx

All Things Bright and Beautiful

I arrived home today from the dentist to find not only 3 parcels had arrived but also this months SI, typical though that I didn't really have time to play with it!! There were American Crafts papers from Sarahs Cards, the funky Character collection....

A few random beauties from the Backyard, Moda Bella, and Romance Collections and a fancy pants one...

And then the bright and funky Craft Fair collection.....

Parcel 2 was my Quirky kit, cute huh? It goes with the week 11 SLYMI challenge on UKS so I might hang on and join in with that.....

Parcel 3 was my much searched for ATB tapes which were a complete bargain from Indigo Mill, Steph even let me have them before she'd got them on her website. They are lush and sooo much cheaper than Dymo...

With my current obsession with storage, I needed a way of storing these so I found this in Asda, which was just the thing for the job and it was less than £2!!
So it's been a pretty good day, the dentist was far less traumatic than my last few appointments and the best news was that I don't have to go again for 6 months, a relief after going weekly for most of this year. That and not having to go to the hospital for a whole month sounds like extra scrapping time to me!

Anyway time for tea

TFL xx

Up Beat

When I woke up today and saw what a miserable day it was the last thing I felt like doing was going to the hospital but it had to be done so I dragged myself out of bed. The appointment went well but I ended up having to park so far from the department and when I got there I had to do a step test and walking test so by the time I got home I felt yuck. So haven't felt up to much the rest of the day, I was even supposed to go out tonight but just felt too rubbish so cosied up in bed nice and early to watch Mistresses. Anyway, there was a ray of sunlight in my day... my Stampin Up goodies finally arrived!!!!!

I bought StazOn, clear buttons and some Stampin Around wheels....

Some fabby tab stamps with a matching punch which I am gonna use on so many mini books!

A big pile of stamps, my fave is the Polka Dot Background stamp which is gonna be soooo useful.

And the best bit, a complete collection of the inks which were completely FREE!!

I've been especially looking forward to the Polka dot stamp coming cos I really wanted to make these labels for my customised storage, I cut the owls from the scraps of wrapping paper left over and covered them with glossy accents. Am leaving them to dry overnight and will stick them on tomorrow.

Anyway, am trying to relax as much as possible now as there was a little concern this morning as my resting heart rate was well over 100!! Luckily I have reflexology in the morning which is guaranteed to chill me out, unfortunately it is followed by a dentist appt but I hope it will take the edge off it.

Night xx