More Birthday Cards and One From Me!!

Hi all, couldn't believe it, got another four cards in the post this morning. It's so funny because Sam is so intrigued by the postmarks and eagerly waits to hear which country they've come from....he loves it and I love the cards!! But first a card I made for a swap....got to put it first otherwise I'll forget what I've used on it .....I'm desperately repeating it to myself in my head before I forget...well, I am at that age now!!

The card base is layered with Bazzill c.s. and Karen Foster DP. The lime green c.s. has been run through the Cuttlebug with Stylized Flowers embossing folder. Oh, I've also added some mirricard (of course!!). Tilda has been coloured with Prismas and Sansodor with Glamour Dust added to her wings and the flower, and then layered onto the same c.s. as before. Flower is Prima, sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and sticky gems are Papermania. Wow, I remembered! Will definitely have to start writing it down in future!!

Have been busy trying to clean up the house and also doing the food shop as Tony has now confirmed his flight details! I won't have alot of time to do much tomorrow as I've got to take Lewis to Bovington for his Tae Kwon-do grading so trying to get it all done today. At least it's hot and sunny here today so the washing is drying. Tony lands quite early Monday morning so I'm hoping that will give me enough time to get the boys to school and glam myself up a bit. I've got a big surprise for him which I will share with you tomorrow and no, Vanessa, it's not what you're thinking.....dirty mare!!! Talking of Vanessa, I'm blaming her totally for my lack of blogging last night! Decided to give her a quick (?) phone call and then get on with visiting blogs, but three hours later, we're still talking and yawning! At one point, I thought she'd fallen asleep on the phone!!

Anyway, back to my beautiful birthday cards......

Monika's Card

Shary's Card

Karen's Card

Caz's Card

Hope you all have a great weekend!

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!

Birthday Blog Candy!

THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED. WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER LATER TODAY. THIS POST WILL REMAIN AT THE TOP UNTIL THE CANDY COMPETITION IS OVER. FOR NEWER POSTS, PLEASE SEE BELOW. Well, the goodies finally arrived in time for my birthday so can now show you what I have on offer. There are three stamps - Skater Ian from The Greeting Farm, Parateddy from Elzybells and the elephant from Rachelle Anne Miller. There is some lilac jute, a pack of blue fibres and a pack of pink fibres, a selection of lilac ribbons in their own organza bag, lace, crochet flowers, a bag of blooms from Poppicrafts and a bag of spacers. All you have to do is to leave a comment and then spread the word by putting a link to my candy on your blog. I will leave this open until Midnight June 14 and a winner will be announced the following day. I've had a great day even though I was working - good company and good fun - and my evening has been really relaxed. Would like to say a special thank you to Maria, Andrea, Jose and

My Surprise For Tony!!

As promised, I'm back to let you in on my surprise for Tony tomorrow! Don't know where to start with this but maybe a little personal history first. When I married Tony in 1996 I was a UK size 14. I've always had to watch my weight and never been naturally thin but was never vastly overweight either. In March 1997 I fell pregnant with Lewis and that's when the trouble started.....the weight piled on and after he was born as well because I wasn't eating properly and just grabbing food out of the fridge when I had a spare five minutes.....oh, the joys of being a new Mum! Then I got pregnant again with Sam and even though I didn't gain much more weight during pregnancy, I made up for it afterwards! Am I boring you yet! It took me ten years and many failed diets to finally get serious about losing weight so I started my diet in January this year and this is the evidence....... please do not show the first photo to small children or animals as it may scare them !!!!!

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