Week not going quick enough :S

 Well just a few days left now till Vikkie comes to visit again and I cant wait. I have missed her loads since visiting hers in the Easter hols and it will be so nice to spend some quality time together again. We have a few things planned - going to visit her dad, fish supper on the beach (weather permitting lol), bowling, Hobbycraft shopping and a weekend in Edinburgh and while I am at work I am hoping it will be weather that she can sit outside n chill in the garden with a book (not literally CHILL like :S)
The new papers came and I went online for inspration before cutting into them as I was slightly traumatised at the thought. I spied a YouTube

 by a lady called Suzie McGuire and copied quite a bit of her album as it was so lovely. I have attached a few pages to let you all see.
Anyway best go as I dont have much news to tell
x

Star Book

 Hiya :)
 I have been making a star book the past couple of evenings and I finished the pages tonight. Have no idea about the front cover yet but thought I would publish the pages as they stand.
Hope you like ;)

Been a while :S

Havent been blogging for a while so thought it was time to get back into the swing of it again. Has anything been happening?? hmm not much really. Havent done huge amount of crafting but I have some new paper I am waiting for (ordered them this morning) which I am gonna use to make a mini album for my bestest friend as a surprise. She has been pretty supportive lately and listened to a lot of wailing from me over various things and I want her to know how much I appreciate it. She has problems of her own to deal with and I guess I dont take them into consideration all the time, which is pretty selfish of me. Anyway this morning when I got up I went online and ordered papers I know she loves with the intention of making her an album, so I cant wait for them to arrive.
I decorated a couple of wooden letters that Vikkie sent me and I also have altered a notice board in the past week, apart from that I havent been doing too much crafting.
Vikkie is hopefully coming over in 2 weeks for 6 days but we are both a bit worried that the volcano in Iceland erupting will put a halt to our plans, I will just be keeping my fingers crossed.  A big worry is that Isla wont get home tomorrow as she has been in Barcelona on a school trip and I am hoping that she gets home safe and sound according to plans tomorrow evening.

Anyway that is enough rambling for today x

New Obsession?? (perhaps)

Okay I could strangle Vikkie, I blame her entirely!!!! I think I might become obsessed with these journal pages, I have done another couple and although perhaps not as nice as the first 2 at least I used my own ideas and not lifted anything from anywhere else.   The next problem is I think I might just HAVE to buy more stamps to use on these pages, as I'm sure you can understand it would get pretty boring if each page has the same fonts or background images :P
Anyway here are the latest 2 for you to have a look at x

The weekend

Well yesterday was National Scrapbooking Day (or so I was reliably told).   Unfortunately I did no scrapbooking although I did do a couple of altered journal pages. Vikkie has been well into doing these so I thought I would give them a go to see what the fuss was about. Well it was me that ended up having the fuss lol. Being the drama queen that I seem to be, I found the whole thing a bit messy and stressful, although I was pretty pleased with the results. The first one I borrowed the idea for and adapted slightly from a youtube video done by Rach0113. Her work is amazing and her stash must be amazing too as she always seems to be using different stuff. The 2nd one includes a Delta Goodram song and I found it a lot less of a strain to do, I must be getting the hang of slapping paint about or lightening up or something.
We had a bit of a drama yesterday too as Isla ended up in A&E getting her leg glued and steri-stripped as she managed to fall and gouge quite a deep and sizeable hole just below her knee. Hopefully her birthday today will go a bit better.

TFI Friday

I have no idea what I am gonna do next week when I have to work a whole 5 day week, what with holidays and school inservice days lately, next week is gonna be a culture shock.
This week has been pretty uneventful. Got to see the family photos we got taken the other week and I have to say I was pretty pleased with them, and many more nice ones to choose from than I thought there would be as I HATE getting my photo taken :S
On the crafting front I havent done anything since the fairy canvas. I have spent the past few days sorting out my craft supplies and thanks to a new storage box for my paper and card I have freed up a drawer and have now managed to get everything I might use in one room and not in a seperate cupboard where I tend to not look and find stuff hidden away when it is all too late. I am feeling very organised and hopefully I will get some crafting done this weekend.
Right off to work I guess :P
byeee x

Another canvas

Did this canvas tonight (just hope it aint too pink :O ) and I had to include my most favourite thing ever  ............... a glittery butterfly trail :)

Holiday Monday :)

Feel a bit less bi-polar today :)
Anyway I was off to Hobbycraft nice and early this morning to get some art stuff for Isla's birthday. Had suggested to her I would buy an easel in an effort to blackmail her into keeping her room a bit tidier (honestly she would live in a hovel if I turned a blind eye). So on the promise that she would try harder it was decided that we would get her one.  On looking yesterday online I was a tad horrified at the price and on further contemplation I decided that a free standing one might be hazardous to her bedroom carpet (I just had visions of acrylic paint splatters :S ) so today I went for an inbetweenie type one, can sit on the desk also doesnt look silly if it needs to be left on the floor (have to have my "not enough floor space when bedroom is messy" bargaining chip). I also got her some oil paints (which she has never tried before) and some palatte knives. I was really good and didnt buy much else to be honest although the acrylic stamps sets, especially the alphabets were calling out to me but I managed to resist.
This afternoon was spent crafting mostly. I altered a canvas which I am quite happy with. While I had been rummaging in my stuff I discovered sticky foam leaf shapes in autumn colours so I decided to do an autumn themed canvas (with a fairy as the focal point). Anyway here it is.

Sunday

I have nothing more inspired for the title of this post I'm afraid. Went to church as Iona was doing the bible reading, ate lunch, sunned myself  on my new sun lounger (very comfy) for an hour, got help importing images for the cricut (thank you x ) made a tag or two, cooked supper and ate same, imported a pic solo and made a card. Now I am in bed as I feel like crap for the second night in a row.

Hope everyone had a more inspiring day than me x