Nightmare day

Have you ever had a day when you can't wait to get to the end of it. Well today was that day! All I can say is that I have been chilling out and switching off as much as possible. I am now ready for the big glass of wine and very big bar of chocolate but so far being unusually good.
I am hoping to make a start on a challenge from Rainbowlady's blog. I knew Cynthia through the crafty cow forum and have been desperate to try a challenge but never felt I could do it but now with lots of encouragement from your lovely comments about my cards I am going for it.
I am going to start putting links on my blog to which blogs I frequent, firstly it is easier to find you all but also everyone can see who I go and chat too. So hope it's ok?
I completely missed a cyber crop from UK scrappers I only realised at around 7pm by which time it had almost finished, I had even accidently registered myself. I will defimitely do it next time as I feel ready to try out new techniques, hence looking at all your fab work on your blogs...
Anyhow this is the reason i have no cards etc to share as yet but hopefully soon I will.
Thanks for listening to my waffle ;)

My Nan's card

Result

I have finished my nan's card and sent it with my parents, who are meeting up with my aunts and uncles who are celebrating my nan's 80th. I can't believe she is that age as she still acts the same as when she was 60 to 65 years old.
I am going to attempt to try some challenges as I have a little time on my hands (unusual) so keep an eye open and let me know what you think.
However at the moment you get to enjoy my nan's waterfall card instead. She does like the colours on the 80th slide/picture but it isn't something I would usually use but that is half the fun. I have used pink petticoat images, craft robo'd the 80 and found an image of the mouse which is very cute. Papers were from many diff places and I wish I knew... Also got my shelving unit (very exciting) to put away or make neat, all my craft stuff. So will be able to spend more time, rather than spending hours trying to find that paper, glitter or whatever else I have to trawl through millions of boxes for...
Hope you are all able to have a relaxing weekend, I will stop talking now...

My 7 Random Facts

Thanks dddeeebbbzzz will have to think carefully not sure what to share...
well here goes:

1. I am a 'Maid of Kent' due to being born in Canterbury.

2. I nearly appeared on TV show 'WACADAY' but couldn't make it due to bronchitis.

3. I have a tattoo in the shape of some musical notes to represent my musical love and to celebrate getting through my injection phobia.

4. I am very sick if I eat cooked eggs on their own i.e. boiled, poached, omelette, quiche etc.

5. I wanted to be a Musician or Archaeologist until I was 18 years old.

6. I can play the flute, 3 sizes of recorder and have had lessons to play the piano and violin.

7. I get...sorry where was I? oh yes easily distracted :)

I have tagged the following (apologies if you have been tagged before or you don't wish to be tagged)

1. Jazzy1972

2. Enfys

3. mandijane

4. jay670120

5. rattytatty

Just to let you all know have taken a photo of my nans card and will put it on here tomorrow. Can't wait she is at a particular milestone and the chosen gift is brain training on a nintendo DS from the family. She loved playing it at Christmas apart from shouting 'No I said red' at it, when the DS allegedly 'got it wrong'. Hope you are all having a fab weekend!

Weekend is coming

Woohoo weekend is here and couldn't come soon enough! I can't wait to play with my new stuff. I have got to finish the card though as my parents are taking the cards and pressies down to her in Kent on Sunday so have to get into gear.

I wanted to respond to my friend Debs who wrote about her love of the 'laws of straightness'. She likes to craft very differently to me which is good as I think we tend to balance out the universe that way!

My way of crafting or visually making Lo's is to have no laws at all, it is to be free using wiggly, wavy, spirally techniques. I have photos that have lives of their own and fall to the side rather than sitting straight.

I also like defying the 'laws of straightness', ( I am a very defiant person when I want to be, ask Debs) having circular items with 'crazy and leaning' text. Admittedly I don't do it all the time and as you can see from my cards I conform when making cards to sell or knowing that people would prefer to have a card that's not too radical. However let me loose and the curls and waves come out, I am almost drawn to them in fact. Hence I am soooooo excited by the new delivery yesterday as it has the scrolls and wiggles. I am a wiggly wavy person!

Whatever way you are though, embrace it through your craft and enjoy it whether it be straight or curvy.

Woohoo!

I got a delivery today so very very excited and can't wait to play. I took a couple of pictures to show exactly what I got. I really need to craft this week as it continues to be very stressful through my ICT hat. I am hoping that things can be sorted soon, or retirement at 33 is going to start looking good. Why is it that at school I don't want to see another laptop brought to me that's not working and yet the first thing I do, when I get home is open the laptop and start typing on here or my forums???? I have found cardmaking and scrapping a really important way of switching off from work and relaxing. I do like work especially in the classroom the children are brilliant and love chatting to the friends/staff I have made there. Had a fab time after work when my friends and I went into town had a coffee, chatted and generally watched the world go by. What more can you ask for?

MIce????

Today much better and more chilled although others may not have thought so... (dddeeebbbzzz) I have realised that weekend is going to be hectic so will need to get into gear. Thinking of my nan as it's her birthday at the weekend and need to finish off her card. I have to find a good mousey image. Aged 6 I made her a mouse badge (crafty even then) which said 'Mice are nice'! Ever since then my nan and I have had a mousey connection and I have made her a mouse cross stitch with the mouse poem (see below) I have found mice broaches, mice ornaments and mice games.
I am looking forward to finalising her card.

MICE

I think mice are rather nice;
Their tails are long, their faces small;
They haven't any chins at all.
Their ears are pink, their teeth are white,
They run about the house at night;
They nibble things they shouldn't touch,
and, no one seems to like them much,
but, I think mice are rather nice.
By Rose Fyleman