Here is a card I made for a friend who is like a second mum to me although the backing papers look purple they are actually blue,I used nesties and a tilda image which was given to me by my buddy Hazel,Snowy Owl from the Docrafts site.I coloured the image using crayola pencils and baby oil to blend and promarkers.My friend loved the card btw,thanks for looking hugs Andrea xxx

As promised but a little late here are my 2 latest scrapbook pages of Hope,I'm glad there aren't many more pages to do as I am running out of ideas!!Wanted to do something different for a background so weaved some strips of paper together.For the red riding hood one I found some scrapbooking papers in a magazine,so used them.Have lots of birthdays coming up so really want to make some cards,guess I'll have to do them when Hope is bed at night!!!Thanks for looking,hugs Andrea xx

Where has this week gone?Have managed to make a couple more scrapbook pages but haven't had time to post them on here yet...maybe later!!!The weather has been gorgeous here this week and to top it all off my oh has just booked our holiday to Devon in July...so something to look forward too.It will be Hope's 1st holiday :o) but my oldest daughter is staying here,so will miss her loads,at 18 she doesn't want to come so am leaving her to dog sit,plus she is staying with her grandparents for a few days.Anyway hope to be back on later with my new pages,hugs Andrea xxx

Well only managed to make the card,the scrapbook page is nearly done but just needs to be put together and glued etc,so maybe post that tomorrow!!!The card I made for a work colleague of my oh who very kindly gave us some toys for Hope,just wanted to say thanks so hope they like it????(excuse the glue please...took photo before it dried!)

And last but not least had to post this adorable photo of Hope that my 13 year old daughter Jamie took of her sitting in her highchair....she thinks she is the bee's knee's sitting in there :o)

Thanks for looking,hugs Andrea xxx

Hope

Morning...what a gorgeous day the sun is shining,the oldest 2 girls have gone back to school,so its just me and Hope at home,I am hoping to complete another scrapbook page today and a "Thank you" card,so hopefully I shall be posting them on here later on tonight? Enjoy your day,wherever you are,hugs Andrea xx

Super Candy to be won!!!!!

Incase you didn't know Katharina is giving away not one but TWO Whiff of Joy summer kits by Elisabeth Bell as blog candy...how lush is that?So get over to her blog to enter,closing date May 1st,Good luck everyone,hugs Andrea xx

Argh finally managed to get back online now Hope is sleeping peacefully,this is only the 2nd night in her cot,bless her...she looks so tiny :o)anyways here is the first card I made today it is for a friend who has just moved house got the download from http://www.pollycraftdesigns.co.uk/epages/es110425.sf got some fab stuff on that site,so please pop along and have a look!!!

I wanted to make a card using a new stamp I got today from http://www.sillymonkeycrafts.co.uk/index.php,think he looks so cute and just had to have a play,I used watercolours to colour him in and a "birthday wishes" stamp from stampin up,bow,gems and flowers were from my own stash.This is something totally different for me...and I am liking it!!!

Next is a scrapbook page I made a few days ago,Hope is wearing a really pretty dress from M&S which my friend bought her when she was born,had just bought a flower punch from stampin up so thought I'd use that and add little gems to the centre of the patterned paper flowers,the butterfly I bought from ebay and the rest of the bits are from a QVC kit I got several months ago.Also used my bigshot to cut the corner shapes on the photo.

And finally I wanted to show you the card my 13 year old daughter,Jamie made today to say "Thank you" to her friends Grandma who took them out for the day yesterday,J used my "Flowers" stamp from Funky Kits and stamped it onto a nestie,she then coloured it with watercolour pencils,she then added 2 bows and a "Thank you" sticker.I thought she done a pretty good job?

Thanks for looking

Hugs
Andrea xxx

Hi Everyone,hope you are all having a lovely weekend,its bright and sunny here in Suffolk although the wind is a little cool...have been crafting today but haven't had time to upload my photos to the computer...so will try and do that later on or tomorrow...Hope permitting!!!!Anyway enjoy the rest of your weekend,hugs Andrea xxxx

Here is the latest scrapbook page of my daughter Hope,loving the green colour and its also my other daughters fav colour,used papers from a QVC item I bought ,all chipboard letters and flowers were from the pack as well.Thank you for looking,hugs Andrea x

Scrapbook page about my daughter Hope

Here is the 2nd scrapbook I have made to celebrate my daughters life,the 1st one I had made via a well known photographic centre but after that have made my own,although the 2nd one was just a small booklet that would hold 6x4 photos,this is the 1st 12x12 album I have made,I shall just pick my favourites to post on my blog.Thanks for looking hugs Andrea xxx

Here is a card I made for a dear friend of mine,Hazel I wanted to let her know I was thinking of her at a difficult time,I used

stampin up papers and "Thinking of you" stamp and the "Flowers" stamp from Funky kits,gems and ribbon from own stash.Hope it said it all?

Thanks for looking hugs Andrea x

Here are a couple of cards I made for Pops over at Poppets place the cards are for a charity she supports who sends cards to children who are ill,this is very close to my heart and I hope they bring a smile to someones face?

Stamps "Daisy" and "gorjuss girl sitting" both from funky kits

"Thinking of you"stamp from Stampin up

"Just because" stamp from docrafts

Papers "stampin up and from stash

flowers,brads etc....stash.

First post

Well here goes my first ever post on my blog....scarey or what????Please bare with me while I try to figure out how these things work and how I add my work etc...it might take me a while?Anyway hope you all enjoy having a butchers at my blog and my cards/scrapbook pages.Thank you for looking hugs Andrea x