Two Awards, A RAK and A Box!!

Still busy with buckets of water!!! My Brother is here at the moment trying to sort out a temporary measure but is struggling so it looks like we're going to have to put up with it until the Plumber can fit us in!! When I was catching up on my blogging last night, I visited Andrea's blog and she has made a card which is so apt for me at the moment.....it really did make me giggle, so please take a look and tell me what you think!!!

I received some lovely post yesterday from Sue who kindly stamped me some images and look at the gorgeous folder she made to put them in. It's beautiful Sue and thanks so much!

I also received two more awards!! This one is from Fran and was awarded to the Tilda and Friends Forum and I've been informed that as I'm a Member, I'm entitled to it!!!

The second award is from Zoe......

.....thank you so much girls. Makes no difference to me if I've received the award before, because I always feel touched that people consider me when handing the awards out!

The PTW challenge this week is a box tutorial by Claudia. I know I'm late again completing another challenge as the new one will be set tomorrow but thought I would have a quick go while the boys were out this morning. To be honest, I'm not happy with the finished article as I think it's too plain but at least it will do the job!!!

The actual box was really quite simple to make and looking at it now, I wish I'd used patterned card, however, couldn't find two of any pattern which tells me I should do a bit of shopping!!! I've used Bazzill c.s. in a turqoise and lime green and used my Cricut to cut out the flowers. The letters are stickers from Sue Dreamer. Brads are from my stash and ric rac ribbon is from Doodlebug. Did get a bit adventurous and made some dividers for the inside and used my SU punch to make the tabs. Fixed these onto the dividers with eyelets from my stash. Anyway, it serves a purpose because I have received loads of lovely images from all you kind girlies out there so I can now sort them and know exactly what I've got!! I can even fit Sue's image folder in the box as well!!

Time to stop now for lunch......hope you all have a good Sunday!!

Happy Blogoversary To Me!!

THIS IS NOW CLOSED........WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER TODAY! ***** THIS POSTING WILL REMAIN AT THE TOP UNTIL 09 DECEMBER. FOR NEWER POSTS, PLEASE SEE BELOW ***** I just can't believe it's a year ago that I started up my blog and thought I was sat there talking to myself!!! and I am so thankful for all the wonderful people and friends I have made over the past year - you're such a great bunch of girls!! So, as promised, have got some candy to share with you all. This includes a Lippy Chick Flip Book for altering, High Hopes stamps, Cricketer stamp, alphabet stamps, ribbons, flowers, brads and embellishment kit (all from Poppicrafts). All you have to do to help me celebrate is leave a comment and mention my blog candy on your blog and that's it!! I will draw a winner next Tuesday 09 December and in the meantime, will leave this posting at the top of my blog. Oh, and by the way, this is open to everyone as I will post internationally. Hope you all have a great day!

Last of the Whipper Snappers (for the moment!!)

Morning all......is it morning already?!! Had a very hectic night.....got woken up at 1.30 am with the sound of vomit bouncing off the landing carpet!! Sam wasn't very well and didn't quite make it to the bathroom so spent most of the early hours of this morning trying to clean the landing carpet, the carpet in his bedroom, washing bedclothes and cleaning him up!!! Eventually got to bed at 4.30 am then was woken at 9.15 this morning by Sam asking me if I was getting up because his tummy was empty and he was hungry!!! Got to love 'em!! Anyway, at least he's feeling better. Got to try and phone the Carpet Cleaner in a minute and order Sam a new mattress as his is ruined....oh the fun of being a Mother!! Back to business now, here's a card I made during the week with one of my new Whipper Snapper arrivals. I don't know how often I will use this stamp but it was a case of "ooh, it's so sweet, I've just got to have it!!" I've coloured the snai...

I've Been Busy!!!

It's funny what happens to me when I lose my internet connection so I can't do any blogging.........I end up doing some crafting!!!! Well that's what happened yesterday afternoon and evening....my internet connection kept flicking on and off probably due to all the bad weather we experienced. Not quite so windy today but the rain is continuous! I actually finished my Easter Egg bags yesterday whoo hoo!!! Well, I say finished, I've got three more to put together but I have coloured the label and everything but I need to go to Asda and buy some more creme eggs and I'm not going anywhere today because I'm due a parcel delivery....hopefully, my camera! I hope you're ready for these photos....I was just going to put one picture on but thought hey, I had to suffer making them, they should suffer looking at them!!! The photos aren't very good I'm afraid and I'm proud to say that not one chocolate egg was harmed during the making of these bags......in ot...

Mandy said…

Jo, box looks great, really like the way you have made the dividers to go inside.

Mandy

13 April 2008 at 14:09

Tarasdesigns said…

great box, great idea as well to put the dividers in it!

hope your plumber gets to you quickly

Tara x

13 April 2008 at 15:39

~Denise Lynn~ said…

Sorry to hear that there's still trouble with the plumbing...too true about Andrea's card. That gave me a giggle too! Hope the plumber rescues you soon. :)

Love the box! What a neat idea too. I need to find a way to store all my images and that looks perfect! Love the colors, a great display piece too. Great job with the challenge. :)

13 April 2008 at 16:06

Andrea, said…

Fab box Jo, I love the colours you have used and your card is so sweet, the Tilda is a real cutie.
I hope your toilet is fixed now!!

13 April 2008 at 16:50

Dawn Wheeler said…

Brilliant box Jo ,love the colours and the dividers ,Dawnxx

13 April 2008 at 17:36

Jilli said…

The box is great and I love the dividers. The colours are great too.

13 April 2008 at 18:43

Jackie said…

What a good idea for the box (it's lovely by the way!) Now I'm using my leftovers I keep finding stamped images and am gathering a nice pile on my desk LOL

13 April 2008 at 22:15

Maureen said…

Love the box - the colors are so pretty! And what a great idea for an image box!!

14 April 2008 at 02:48

Richelle said…

Wow....what a cute box! love the cricut flower.
Richelle

14 April 2008 at 05:30

Crafting Queen said…

Great box, like the idea of the dividers.

14 April 2008 at 07:56

Mrs Mayne said…

Lovely box Jo and I love the dividers - great idea! Thanks for joining us for the challenge1 x