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HI I'M SAM I'M MARRIED TO TREVOR I HAVE 5 CHILDREN JOE AGE 12, RYAN AGED 10, JESSICA AGED 7, RUBY AGED 3 and amy who was born 22nd feb 2012 I HAVE BEEN CROSS STITCHING SINCE I WAS 14 AND I'M NOW 32 LAST JUNE I DECIDED I WOULD TRY MY HAND AT CARD MAKING AND SCRAPBOOKING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT TAKES MY FANCY

Thursday 27 October 2011

first christmas card for this year

 
well here it is the first of the christmas cards for this year i have made
i used some stamps i bought of ebay for the images coloured them in useing promarkers and added some glitter and used the backing paper from some free forever friends papers i got with a magazine

Tuesday 25 October 2011

my scan

hi another non crafty post but just had to post went for another scan and we found out its another girl i'm so excited yay

Saturday 22 October 2011

not a crafty post

well its been a while so just thought i best post its not a crafty post but hopefully the next one will be and not be as long waiting for it ive just had no time for crafting also found out i'm pregnant again (well i'm actually 22 weeks now ) but been suffering with sickness up until about 2 weeks ago so now i seem to be over it back to the crafting

Sunday 28 August 2011

birthday card

i've got some birthdays coming up so i thought i best start making cards so heres one of them the image is off a  polka doodles  cd called double sprinkles of kraft  i coloured it in using promarkers

cross stitch w.i.p. update

ive been stitching on vibrant butterfly lately and i actually feel like im getting a lot done

Saturday 13 August 2011

update of my cross stitching

been doing some stitching lately so thought i would update my blog
here it is

another card

here is a card i made using a tilda stamped image and coloured in using promarkers

Friday 22 July 2011

candle i made for my mum

here is a pic of the candle which  i did for my mums birthday which is today

Monday 4 July 2011

what ive been doing lately

well here it is what ive been up to latetly first off  i made another candle this one was for my auntie  both the pics are of the same candle just different views of it



second of all ive finally got back into my cross stitching as havent done any for ages so heres an update of that as well

Wednesday 22 June 2011

my second attempt at scrap booking

heres my second attempt at scrapbooking its of my 20 week scan from my youngest daughter ruby who is now 2 years old

Monday 6 June 2011

another card

its been a while so heres a card ive made and hopefully the next time post wont be as long a time away as this one has been

Monday 4 April 2011

trying new things

well ive been wanting to try out putting images on to candles so heres a pic of my first try not to bad for a first try

Saturday 2 April 2011

todays crafting

haven't got much crafting done lately so thought i would try doing a bit today i manage to make a card using papers from the pampered pets range

i've also managed to get a bit more stitching done on my dwarfs (playball)

Sunday 27 March 2011

mothers day

heres the card i have made for my mum for mothers day ihope she likes it

Thursday 10 March 2011

cardmaking

here's a card i decided to make last night its woodland folk (a5 framed card decoupage pack ) it has everything in it you need to maake the card apart from foam pads it took me about an hour to make this i think its so cute.  When i had finished there are loads of spare bits and extra bits to make more cards well worth the money i paid for it

Tuesday 1 March 2011

started a new project

i've got to the stage with my haed projects where i don't really want to pick them up and stitch at the moment think its because they are so big and i haven't finished anything for a while so i have decided to start a new project that is not going to take so long
its called playball  here is a pic of the kit

 

Monday 7 February 2011

my first scrapbook page

well i finally have had a go at doing my first scrapbook page  its not turned out to  bad so  will definately be doing more of these
i used  photos of my youngest daughter ruby from the day she was born (christmas day 2008)

Saturday 29 January 2011

qs vibrant butterfly (haed) progress so far




here is the other haed design i am stitching at the moment this design is by jasmine becket griffith made in to cross stitch chart by haed (heaven and earth designs)

Sunday 23 January 2011

langsuir cross stitch progress so far

well heres my progress on languir not a great pic as took with my phone as i have  lost my usb cable for my camera still got a fair way to go with this one

Wednesday 19 January 2011

what i am stitching

here are pictures of what i am stitching at the moment these are both  from the heaven and earth designs  which are taking me a while to stitch as i am a slow stitcher  as soon as i get a chance will put pictures up of my progress


NEW TO BLOGGING

I'M NEW TO BLOGGING AND DIDN'T THINK I WOULD GET THIS FAR I AM HOPEING TO KEEP IT UPDATED WITH MY CROSS STITCH  WORKS IN PROGRESS AND CARDS I HAVE MADE ALSO SCRAPBOOK PAGES ONCE I START DOING THEM AND ANY OTHER CRAFTS I DECIDE TO HAVE A TRY AT