MIA

Okay so I have been MIA since the beginning of the year.  I've not really made any cards or anything.  For some reason I just haven't felt like it!  I have been playing with my beads again. I really must take some pictures of my creations.  For some reason I seem to have a liking for bracelets however I don't wear them!  Maybe I need to start.

So the UK has been covered with a blanket (a deep blanket in some parts!) of snow.  We didn't have much until the end of this week, in fact I think we had more last night than all week.  Today I went out and about with my dad taking some photos with my new camera.   Click on them to make them bigger - they look better!

Did someone say it was snowing??

You looking at me??

Footbridge over the River Welland

River on the left and road on the right.  Dad said he has never seen the river frozen as bad as it is.

My favourite photo.  This was where my dad spent many years as he lived to the right of this tree with my grandparents.  The houses are long gone but the tree still lives on.  Wanted to get a bit closer but it was SO cold!

On the way home we took a detour and ended up here.

My Time to Craft #73

This week's challenge over at My Time to Craft is "brown and blue".  So, here's my card.  I used SU stash again with those Trendy Trees, sorry but I do like them!!

I saw a card on a blog (sorry I can't remember which) and I more or less case'd this card that I saw.  It was lovely however I turned it around a little and added some images on the paper.  Such a simple layout but I like simple some times!

Supplies: All SU.  Trendy Trees, Chocolate Chip ribbon, Bashful Blue DSP, A Bit of Birthday Cheer, Bashful Blue and Chocolate Chip ink, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip cardstock.

Happy New Year!

Just another quick post to wish everyone a Happy New Year before I go out and celebrate!! I hope 2010 is a great one for you all.  

My Time to Craft #72

It's the last challenge of 2009 over at My Time to Craft and the theme is "anything goes".  I made this card on Christmas Eve when I had some time to spare although I didn't photograph it until yesterday as I wanted to use my new toy.

I used all Stampin Up goodies again.  I used my new Bella Bleu papers together with Not Quite Navy and Kraft card.  I also used my fave stamps, Pocket Silhouttes.

Supplies: Pocket Silhouettes, A Bit of Birthday Cheer, Bella Bleu DP, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White and Kraft card, Not Quite Navy ink, Eyelet Border punch.

Christmas

It's all over for another year.  I hope you all had a wonderful time and Santa bought everything you wished for.  He definitely bought what I wished for, a D-SLR camera, a Nikon D5000 to be exact.  I love it!  Now I just need to learn how to use it!  I took quite a few photos on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, here's just a couple that I've been playing about with.

Here's our Christmas tree.  It's the best out of the bunch of a few!

A close up of one of the baubles.  The tree looks white in this picture but it's actually cream.  I need to play with the settings to see if I can make it look warmer.

A picture of a place setting at the table.  Yes I made the crackers and the little gift bags.  I'm sure I took some photos of those close up, I need to find them.

Well I hope you had a fabulous time and here's to the New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Just a quick post to wish a Merry Christmas to you all.  I hope Santa is good you all!

Christmas Cards

Here are the last lot of my Christmas cards.  All were made using SU goodies and were either case'd from others on SCS or made using ideas from SCS.

Supplies: All supplies SU