Any one there

I'm just taping on the monitor screen to see if anyone is out there. Hello you there lol

Its has been months since i last posted and i feel bad because this year i so wanted to keep up with blogging. I guess i am just bad at it and its not like i can't stop for 30mins to write a post .

So what has been happening in my world since i last posted. Well at the end of January begin of February i was poorly with a really bad virus which really effected me. Thank god i have a really good Dr who has know me since i was little and really help me out.

Then in February Mum and Em both had Big birthdays a week apart from each other. As the best Sister/daughter i got them both a Kitchen aid which they loved. I did tell them i was getting them so they could choose the colour. When we first made some cakes with the boys they loved it and just sat watching it go round. I'm hoping Dad might get the add on bits to make ice cream.
One of Em's friends said she would babysit the boys so we could go out to Celebrate both Birthdays. We all got dressed up and went to the local Chinese. The food was so nice and we all had a great time  and now i cant wait till we go back again.  When Em and George got home and said by to Ems friend George went to check on the boys. He went to see Archie first and he could not find him in his room. Looking under the bed and everything. George was getting a little worried now so then went into there bedroom where Henry is sleeping at the mo (long story) only to find Archie had walked into there room with his blanket and cat and got on the bed and gone to sleep. This is not normal to Archie as he never gets out of bed. When Em told her friend the next day she said she heard something but never went to check. That was the first time Em had let someone babysit not sure she will do it again lol

Ok so on to this month which is going to be a busy one as i am going to Sarah's cards retreat again for the weekend. This will be my third time going and i really enjoy it. Meeting different people learning new things and of course the shopping. I all ready have a list of what i would like to buy, it mostly consists of Amy Tangerines new range Yes Please.

Then the week after the retreat i am going to Art From The Heart for two days to take a class with the amazing Dina Wakley. I cant wait i love Dina and i have taken her classes before and they where amazing. Dina has her own way of stamps and stencils which i love and i am waiting to get her new Silhouette stencils to come in. Also Dina has got a new book out called  Art Journal Freedom which is full of amazing techniques and projects.

Hopefully i will be posting from the retreat and after i get back from Art from the heart so keep watching out for those posts

Happy Birthday Jenny

Wish I had wings so I could come and be with you today to celebrate your 34th birthday with you. But I know u are looking down on me while I celebrate your life. I think of you every day and will never stop loving u. Happy Birthday Jenny xxx 

Santa Claus is coming to town

I just love listening to Christmas music don't u?? I put it on at the begin of December till the end of the month. Last year I got Michael Buble Christmas album and this year I got Now Christmas with all the old fav songs on.

I am glad to say that I have now done all my Christmas shopping and have even wrapped it. This bit I must admit I hate doing and would gladly get someone else to do it.

This year like every year Em and G are coming with the boys they stay Christmas night and go home after Boxing Day. Christmas is so much better now with the boys. Archie is at that age were he knows more and is very excited about Santa coming. We have now started to bake on Christmas ready for Santa to come and try are yummy food we have made for him but we must not forget Rudolph he gets a carrot.

Anyway I don't know if people really read my blog but if you do I want to wish u and your family a very Happy Christmas have a great day xx

Ok so this is take two as the first post did not save for some reason. Maybe blogger is angry as i have not blogged since october. I am so bad as i really wanted to try and keep up with it this year.

As you can tell i have missed November in my Art Journal Calender. I have got the background colour down but nothing more then that really. I really need to go back and catch up on it. You will be happy to know that December is done and i have all ready started to fill it in. I decided to go with green and red as my colour scheme.

 I used a Holly background stamp from the Dylusions range which are amazing. There is stamps, stencils, inks and now even a journal in the range. All this is made by ranger but it is designed by my amazing friend Dyan Reaveley at Art from the heart If you have not had a look at these products yes you must. You will be addicted to them right away.

Scrapbook Remix

Look what i have signed up for, which started today 



Yes the amazing Shimelle is doing enough online work shop. This one is about remixing you old scrapbook paper with new stuff and i can tell you this i have got loads of old paper. I cant wait to get stuck in and see what comes out of this class. Will hopefully be posting some Lay outs which i do, so keep a look out for that

October Calendar Journal Page

Wow can you believe October is here all ready. It only seems two mins since i last did September, but saying that i was running behind on last months. 

So as it is the month for Halloween i decided to go with Orange black and a bit of purple in my colour which i think all go together great. The banner and paper are from a Digital download from rhonna which i got last year. The scary people are from Stampotique range which i am now addicted to thanxs to Kate Crane who is on there design team. So everytime i see her she has more stamps to show use.

This Saturday i am off to Art From The Heart for there pre-veiw day. In which they show off all the up coming classes and if you book on the day you get 10% off. Also the Great Northern Paper craft show is on at the Show ground so might have to pop in there.

Drawing Faces

Today i had the pleasure of spend it at Art From The Heart With the great Kate Crane. I was meant to take the first drawing class but had to cancel so when it came up again i sign up right away.
We played a game were you draw a bit of the persons body then fold it over and pass it on. This was really fun and some of the drawings looked good at the end. Then we tried drawing with are no denouement hand which mine is my left hand and we had to draw the person next to use. I had the pleasure with drawing Michelle but it did not come out to well.

So here is my attempt at drawing a face/body. I decided to go normal and added hair as some people did not have any and others but rabbit ears on. I need to add a quote or writing to it before it is a fininshed page tho.

As you may guess when you go to Art From The Heart you alway end up buying something, well i do anyway lol So here are some photos of what i came home with.