Bugaboo Freebies

The gorgeously generous Jodie from Bugaboo is giving away 3 absolutely gorgeous stamps to celebrate 300 followers... if she reaches 500 she will be giving away a mini set..

Woohoo



*hugs*

G xxx

Easter.. is.. WHEN??!!??!!???

Um...

Who moved Easter to this weekend and not next weekend?

Wasn't it supposed to be placed so that I could craft some with the kids in the hols next week and still have plenty of time to send them off to people?

Who moved it?

Come on...... who?

LOL Ok I know I've not been so well but to get it out by a total week?!?!?

Hm.. had to try to rush some more cards through to send today and tomorrow....

...so if these look really crud it's not because I'm dire at making cards... only that I had to rush

...innit ;)



Hope you liked my rushy makes lol

*hugs*

G xxx

Failed Experiment

I wanted to make a nice bright card... so I did, but ringing in my ears were all the times people said to me

'Be less measured'
'Be more spontaneous'
'OMG you're so tightly wound, take a chill pill!'

..ok , so the last person was a bit blunt lol....

So I had all the bits ready to stick and I thought 'Attack! Attack! Attack it with your craft knife'

...so I did....

....and this is the result...



...fail fail fail...

Epic fail!

Next time I'll just do my measured and safe approach... the only thing that got distressed the other day was me ;)

*hugs*

G xxx

Let's Make Easter Cards

It's been a while since I made anything with my subs copies of Let's Make Cards so I decided to have a bit of a play today. I don't usually get a great deal of inspiration from the actual magazine as most of the cards look too 'unbalanced' to me

Yes, I know....I Have A Problem.....lol

So...

This card went wrong when I realised after sticking the backing paper on... that the card opened on the left hand side! *sigh* ... Idiot! ... so I had to cut the front off and stick it on a premade white blank card lol...

I think it's my favourite of the 5.. can't put my finger on why though :)



This one I made in my 'old faithful' way of 'wonky backing paper, some gems and a topper' lol....

I know...I just can't help it.... Clone Cards R Us ;)



This one I played about with for ages before it actually took shape.. I think it worked in the end... it even has ribbon on! Wey-heyyy hehe



These 2 I'd like to call 'My Thrifty Cards' ... I cut the rectangular cards for the above efforts into my 'usual and measured' square shape (after all.. Can't Be Having Irregular Card Shapes Can We?) and was left with little long cards... so I took a deep breath.... and Put Some Of The Topper..... Over The Edge

*pants heavily at The Huge Change Of It All and ends up feeling really faint*



I think the Thrifty (aka Cheapskate) cards actually worked rather well.. the second ones are on a slant as the backing paper was that way... so I told them they had to Work Uphill.... they didn't mind, I gave them chocolate :)

I hope you like them!

*hugs*

G xxx

Carmen is Da Bestest Friend ever!

Isn't it funny how you can feel soooo close to someone you have never met?

My Carmen is one of them there those people...

She actually listens to what I have to say (Well, ok, type/text.... although I get the urge to actually phone her sometimes the thought always goes away lol.. people that talk to me In Real Life tend to change their opinion of me straight away :( ... )

This is usually either because I don't sound as Bouncy as I do when I type (No S*** Sherlock, lol... I don't actually have much energy lol so of course my voice sometimes sounds flat and depressed... excited chat takes it out of me lol....)

Or... if you catch me on a Bouncy-ish day... people are usually really amazed that A Person Like Me can speak with such a plummy accent ...

Anyway, I digress from my Carmen-Love.... :)

She seems to Be Me, if you see what i mean... the same worries, the same quandaries, the same everything... she seems as generous as me and I'm sure has been taken advantage of just as much as me...

I loves her....

I loves her completely to pieces....

She bought me my first Promarkers the other day...and today.... I get a Ninja Hug Bracelet!!!!!

Lookee!



I can now wear it every day and Feel The Love even if I'm not on the PC... I can hear her talk to me even if I'm not well enough to be on the PC and am in bed feeling a bit sorry for myself... saying Hey Gaily, I likes ya and can;t wait to chat with yas again.....

I loves you Carmen!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmwah! (specially for Carmen not nobodies elses, ok??!!??! lol)

Think it's Time For My Medication..... ;)

G xxxxxxxx

Free Today- Mia Giveaway

Jane is giving away her latest gorgeous digi of Princess Mia free for one day before it is available to buy on Squigglefly tomorrow. Very very generous of her...



I hope you'll all join me in wishing 'the real' Mia a very happy birthday and continued good health after so much poorliness...

xxx

Stupid Promarkers!

Blooming things!

Ok so they are doody and colour in fabbytastically, but.....

After being so excited at getting my first set of 'non poundland' pens (lol).. I came down to earth with a buuump....

This was coloured in with a promarker that *looked* as though it should be face coloured... rest was coloured in ages ago waiting for a lighter colour to turn up lol...

...yet poor Tilda looks sunburned! lol.... or very, very embarrassed...



Look... the colour suggests lighter... no?



I tested all the others and they ended up the same colour as on the side... bah....

...I'll have to buy a whole set of skin tones I think....

Anyone want to buy some dodgy cross stitches to finance more promarkers? lol