And here she is......

I actually never came back to show you a card and this time I'm here to introduce you our little Lilubel born on the 19th october... She is just a little precious and we are all over the moon xxx

Have all a great day xxx

Almost a year already.................

So this is it, it's almost been a year and My how time flies!!! Like Ethan said "Mummy this year has gone by so quickly"!!!!! So we have all settled in our french live, the boys absolutely love it here and were very happy with their new school where they have been welcomed with opened arms. Such a relief for me who was soooooooooooo scared for them, it's always difficult for them to change school let alone in another country!!! They have done ever so well and the 3 of them are going up a class next year. Soooooooooooooo proud of them... They are now on holiday -since the 1st of July- for 2 months!!!!

As for me, I have never been sooooooooooooooooooo happy and now know I made the right choice... I have got back the very first love of my life whom I met when I was 16 and he was 21... 18 years ago we went our separte ways but have never been able to find what we had together with the people we choose... Our baby girl is due on the 31st of October!!!! As for crafting I have just started again and will soon have to start on the birth announcements!!!! Anyway I promise to be back later on with a card!!!!

Have all a wonderful day...

And off we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is our big day and I'm getting butterflies in my stomach!!! How weird... After all I'm just going home!!!! So very excited too though. Now I will just have to wait and see what life has in store for me...................... I'm leaving you with a picture of my little Musketeers...

Love

Just had to change the design of my blog for that cute little witch as this is one of my -many- nicknames!!!!!!!! She's soooooooooooooooo adorable with her little pumpkins!

Have all a wonderful day!

Love

Packing!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok I was supposed to post a few things BUT I have been soooooooooooooooooo busy with packing stuff. I've been snowed under boxes!!! We're off on wednesday and the boys cannot wait. Tristy Pooh wants it to be only one day left before we go -everyday I get "I'm dressed now Mummy can we go to France!" and the 2 others are very excited about "becoming" proper french!!! Bless them...

Now for the crafty side of this post! These were made for the teachers -18 all together!!!- for Christmas. The box in a bag were filled with homemade fudge and the "pocket" card with toffee cookies in every single one of them -I could actually make the all lot with my eyes close now!!! They were a success and I had to hand the recipes over to the greediest ones!!!

Something else I made for Aidan's teacher as all the other ones already had one at some point throughout the years! I made this out of salt dough and hand painted it with acrylic -diluted with lots of watet- before putting 3 coats of "yacht" varnish on both side. The little pencils sticking out of the bag were made with wooden skewers. She loved it.

Enjoy the rest of the week end -who knows we might get a bit of sunshine if we're lucky!!!

Love

Long time...........

Well I suppose it has been a while but I have been dealing with family issues and not very much to craft -apart from here and there when I needed to!!!- or do anything else really. The 3 musketeers have kept me busy too and the 4 of us are now getting ready to go back to France for good... So a very exciting time but also very stressful -which would explain the migraines!!!! lol...

I will try and post a few things I have made but there isn't that many... Enjoy the Sunshine and have a fab week end...

Love

Poorly boy...

Bad enough to have a sick child but even worse when it's on a Monday... My poor little Tristy pooh has been feeling poorly since Friday night -although he was fine Saturday and until Sunday late afternoon- and last night he was sick again so I was at the doctors' first thing in the morning and the poor little lamb has got a ear infection... He's fast asleep now which is definitely not like him to sleep in the afternoon!! I just hate to see them like this especially because Tristan is usually full of life and a right little wriggler too... At least I get extra cuddles...

The whiff of joy challenge this week was a great sketch. I had so much fun with it until I realised that I stuck the papers the wrong way so I had to rotate it... OOPS... Don't if it'll count but here is what I came up with. The Sentiment is Stamping Bella, The Papers are from Paper Salon, Card stock from S U and the usual bits and bobs...

I have also been tagged by Gina.... The rules is to share the 4th picture of your 4th folder on your PC. Well my 4th folder was some pictures of the kids' school plays which I cannot put on the web so I went for the next folder and here is the piccie... This little cutie is my Parent's Lassa Hapso (spelling?) Tommy in Tristan's pyjamas!!!

Enjoy your Monday -if anyone can... The sun is still shining down here but it's a bit chilly...

Love

Rainy days....

So I suppose this is it for the nice weather then! We had our week of summer last week and it'll probably be snowing next week... I hate the rain... Still, I have Ethan's play at the school this afternoon and that will cheer me up -although I know I'm going to cry again!!! He's been singing along all week and it's apparently very good. They also got him to say a few things in French -well that's cheating and especially so because the teacher had him translate what he was suppose to say! lol... Bless....

Here for the card... This is the card I made Little H for her 11th birthday last Sunday. She absolutely loved it. She's a bit of a tomboy so I couldn't go with pink but still tried to keep it "girly"... The cute stamp is from High Hopes and fitted perfectly as she used to play with bugs and all when she was little. The Papers are from DCWV, the sentiments and card stock are from S U and bits and pieces from my stash.



Hope you have a great day despite the weather being so horrible...

Love

Yummy Greens...

And that is not the vegetables -YUK!!- but just the lovely shades of green which I sooooooooooo love and over at the Whiff of Joy challenge, it was all about green... I added some brown -love this combo!- and I had loads of fun with it. The image -thank you Sue- is from Whiff of Joy, Sentiment from My favorite thing, Paper is American Crafts and the rest from my stash...






Last night I also had the lovely surprise to find out that I was the challenge winner of the High Hopes stamps challenge! I'm soooooooooooooooooooo exciting as the stamp is super cute and they are one my favorite stamps too... YIPPEEEEEEEEEE...

Have a great day...

Love

Mum's the word....

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Mums out there -and myself too :op-... Have all a great and relaxing day -whatever that is... My sweet little neighbour H' - who is also turning 11 today, Happy Birthday Poppet- asked me if I could make her mum a card, I let her choose whatever she wanted on it and here is what I came up with... It also actually fits the challenge over at the Spoon Full of Sugar as this week is all about "Gems"... The image is Magnolia -thank you to my lovely friend Sally- but I'm not sure about the wall though -oops-, Papers from Basic Grey and bits and pieces from my stash...

Enjoy the sunshine and have a fantastic day...

Love

Bad hair day...

Happy Friday everyone!!!! The week end is finally approaching and with such lovely weather I'm pretty sure it's going to be a good one too! Oh and it's mother's day too!!!

Yesterday was my sister's birthday -21 and a few extra years!!! And even though I don't think she wanted to be reminded I still made her a card... My sister is a hairdresser, a very good one too but one that never takes the time to do her own hair and it's always up in a mess, I just had the perfect stamp for her. This cutie is from High Hopes and so is the sentiment. I know she will have a giggle and also that she will get me back next month when it's MY birthday! At least I can still say that I'm 3 years younger than her... The challenge over at High Hopes is to make a card without using Patterned Papers and My this was a challenge! But here it is...

Inside...

Joyeux anniversaire encore une fois a ma grande soeur...

Have all a great day and enjoy the sunshine...

Love,

Sunny Tuesday....

Hello everyone. What a gorgeous day it is down here and hopefully it is going to stay like that for a bit longer as everyone is in such a good mood. Unfortunately we all know it is not going to...

I received the other day a new stamp from Lelo designs. Our Ethan is mad about Dragon and I thought I could start on his birthday card now so he will get it on time -that'll make a change! I also made this card for the Friday Sketchers challenge. I only wanted 2 tones of colour -green and blue and just added some ornage for the balloon to stand out. The Papers are from Piggy Tale, the brad is from Basic Grey, Buttons and Ribbons from stash... I accidentally left it laying around in my room and when he saw it he said " WOW Cool, who is that for!?!?! Can I have one of this for my birthday?" All I could say was "We'll see".... Oops!



The inside....

And.... Not sure what the stain on the side is doing there as it isn't on the card!!?!?!

I'm off to enjoy the sunshine... Have all a great day.

Love

Party time!

Happy friday everyone... Finally, the end of the week and today is my baby's 5th birthday. This morning he opened a couple of his presents and his cards. The cowboy Billy one was a hit and even more so because Mummy made it too... Aaaaaawwwwwww... Here are the little "party" bags and sweet pouches I made to match his card. The tutorial can be found on the SCS website. It's party time....



Enjoy the rest of your day....

Love

First challenge!

Good evening... This is the Spoon Full of Sugar challenge sketch and it was so much fun that I will definitely take part in some more. Tomorrow is Aidan's birthday and I've used the cute little "cowboy Billy" stamp from Pink Cat Studio. I just love this little guy who actually reminds me of our Aidan with his round little face.. .Aaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwww... Of course I have used my fantastic new promarkers to color him -I soooooooooooooooooo love them that I just couldn't stop colouring in! ... The papers are from Crate Papers, cardstock from S U, brads from Basic Grey and some buttons to replace the flowers on the sketch. I have kept it quite simple as it is a boys card and I have actually rotated it, I must admit that wasn't deliberate but I think it still looks fab like that... Done now the inside and the matching enveloppe...








I'm pretty sure Aidan is going to love it. I have also finished his little bags and pouches but I will have to post them tomorrow as I still have to go and wrap all his pressies...Good night all... And maybe tomorrow the sun is going to shine...

Love

It feels like spring...

Hello everyone.... It's such a beautiful day outside and to make it even better I received today my promarkers! YIPPEEEEEE!!! Which means that the pile of ironing is going to have to wait again I'm afraid... I also received the papers from Tracy at Dies to die for and I've started the pouches for Aidan's birthday. All I have to do is decorate them. And you know what I am going to use to color the images, dont' you??? I'm off to play :o)

Have a great day and hope the sun is shining too where you are.

Love x

Dreaded Monday

The dreaded Monday is finally over... If there is a person out there who likes Monday then I would love to meet her or him. And it's getting cold again too... That's why I have decided that next winter I will hibernate and come back out in the spring. Sounds like a good plan to me.

Hope everybody had a great week end. It was over in a flash like I predicted and on top of that, I had the very traumatic job to go to Toys'r'us yesterday to get Aidan's presents for his birthday. Don't get me wrong I love picking presents for them, I just hate shopping BIG TIME... And I was so tired last night that I missed another episode of Supernatural. I love this tv programme.

The card I will show you today was made for my mum for Grandmother's day -in France- last Sunday. My Mum absolutely loves cards and I feel so bad for not sending her more... The image is from Sugar Nellie, papers are the gorgeous Sultry range for Basic Grey, card stock and sentiment from S U. I think the ribbon brad is from Bazzill but I actually don't remember where I got them from so if anybody know where I can get them please let me know as I would love to get some more... Anyway she loved it and I hope you will too...

Wow a second card!!!! Well same stamps, same papers but different.... This one is for my Mum's sister. They have similar taste so nobody's jealous...

Happy stamping everyone...

Love x

Nasty bugs.....

Yes, the weekend is finally here... Mind you it's usually over in a flash before you even have the time to say "weekend"!!! Most of the Mums at school think I'm crazy to like the week end so much but I do... Yes the boys drive me absolutely up the wall but I enjoy being at home without having that "shool run rush" in the morning.... It's just nice to relax before the storm anyway as the house is usually a bomb site by Saturday Lunch time! This afternoon Ethan is off to London with his Dad to see a football match so it is going to be just me and the two little Muppets... The weather is quite nice so we'll probably take a walk to the park...

A big thank you to the lovely Suzanne for the gorgeous images she sent me this morning and she also put some beautiful brads with them too... And not to mention the stunning card she made. Thank you so much, you're a Doll... Go and visit Sue's blog and see her beautiful creations too, you'll love them. I also ordered some promarkers this morning and I just cannot wait to get them and have a play.

My card for today is for my big sister. She was ill last week with the gastric flu... Poor thing, with four boys to look after this was the last thing she needed!!! The stamps is from High Hopes, papers, cardstocks and eyelets are from S U, some brads and some ribbon to finish it off too... Hope this will cheer her up...



Have a great week end

Love x

Spidey to the rescue!!!!

Happy Thursday everyone... Well today has gone pretty cold again but at least it's not raining or -worse- snowing. Had enough of that for this year I think. The kids absolutely love it but I hate it especially when it turns into ice and all that slushy mess. YUK! Today I'm going to share some piccies of my little "Tristy Pooh" who has gone to preschool in his Spiderman outfit. It's book day and they could go dressed as a book character. We have loads of dressing up outfit but Peter Pan was the only one from a book and it was far too big for him. On top of that he loves this one and wouldn't have it any other way... This spidey costume was offered to Ethan when he was 3 so it's 5 years old! I have had to mend it quite a few time but hey it is tough to be a superhero! So here he is in his swinging action...

I'm pretty sure he's going to have a smashing time... Have a great day too and keep warm.

Love x

Sunny wednesday...

Finally, the sun is back after a very gloomy day yesterday. I just couldn't believe the rain and that wind last night... When is spring coming, I can't wait any longer! Before I say or do anything else I would like to thank all the lovely people who have welcomed me back and all those who have emailed me. It has been highly appreciated and I can tell you now that it's soooooooooooooo good to back! xxx

I have got a few minutes while "Tristy-pooh" is watching Tarzan -again- so I'd better get on with a card! Aidan is very popular with the girls and would rather play with them than with boys! Probably had enough of his brothers at home... So he's a bit of a ladies man... Bless him... And this card was made for one of his (many) little "gilfriends". The stamp is from Sugar Nellie -so gorgeous and I absolutely love the sweet art ebony range. The papers and letters are from Basic grey, some ribbon, brads, flowers and I added the sentiments inside et voila.

Some really big clouds are coming this way now and I just knew it was too good to be true! YUK... Have a great day whatever the weather is like where you are.

Love x

Back to the land of crafting......

Yes it's me, after all this time without much crafting ... I have to admit that I have missed it sooooooooooooo much and now I have started I think it might take another big blow to stop me again! I won't bore you all with all that has been going on since last year so let's get started with my 1st card then. A few weeks ago it was Tristan's 3rd birthday - I still can't believe that my tiny baby is no longer a baby... where does all this time go!?!?! So I made him a little card with that cute little lion from the sugar nelly range and the sentiment is from S U. I think the patterned paper is from Bisou but I will have to double check on that one... Isn't he cute...



I am now going to catch up with all my fave blogs... Have a great week. Hopefully the weather is going to stay that nice too... We can only hope.

Love x

Billy is released

Yee ha!! Today we are releasing two new sets of stamps! These new stamps feature our little boy Billy dressed up in his favourite costumes and playing with his pet dog and frog. The Boy Background stamps coordinate perfectly with the Billy stamps and allow you to create some fun backgrounds and patterns to enhance your cards. Stop by the studio at http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/ to order these fun new stamps.

Billy's Word Search Contest WinnerThank you to everyone who entered this contest!The randomly selected winner of this contest is:Julie Detlef from Mansfield, OhioJulie has won the new Billy Plate 1 stamps!
Name the Cutie Patootie Contest WinnerSo many great names were suggested for this little guy! It was so hard to make a final decision.
The randomly selected winner of this contest is:
Sandie R.
Sandie wrote "I think Simon (as in Simon says be a super hero/cowboy or pirate. "

Congratulations to you both girls and I'm sure you'll enjoy your rubber... Have fun. Hope everyone has had a great week end and getting ready for the dreaded Monday!!!

Love xxx

Stamps for grab....

Happy Wednesday everyone! I have a little contest for you today with some Pink Cat Studio stamps for grab... Go on give it a go! You've got to be in it to win it... This contest will end on Friday March 28th at midnight EST. The winner will be chosen by a random draw of all of the entries and will be announced on Sunday March 30th. Good luck to everyone...



Have a great day...

Love xxx

THANK YOU...

A very BIG THANK YOU to all of you for your lovely comments and for the emails I have received for the past few weeks... They really cheered me up and were very much appreciated as it has been such a tough time for me... I am now much better but I still have a lot of things I need to clear in my head and forget them... Not easy and somehow rather painful but I'm trying to concentrate on the future as much as possible... Anyway my mojo is still buried underneath all that and I find it very hard to sit down and create anything at the moment...

Also a MASSIVE thank you to Kim for the beautiful card she sent me. It was a lovely surprise... Also Thanks to Sue and Donna for the gorgeous stamped images and cards they sent me... Sorry girls for the rather long delay in sending yours but they will be on their way this week... Thanks ever so much to Edna and Kaznac for awarding me too... It was so appreciated and you really picked the right time to do so girls... And finally I'd like to thank Melissa for being so understanding... I just feel like I have just been giving one of those speeches at some Awards ceremony! Lol...

I have a lot of catching up to do with all my fave blogs so I shall visit you all very soon... I can't wait to see what you have all been creating while I was "gone".

Love xxx

Issues...

Happy monday evening... Hope everyone's had a great week end... I am going to have to apologise for the lack of blogging at the moment but Mojo is still AWOL! I'm dealing with personnal issues at the moment- you know feelings, hows, whys and all that jazz - and going through a down phase... So not a very happy or inspirational time for me for those last couple of weeks... Should get back soon - hopefully...

Take care and enjoy life...

Love xxx

Easter is on its way...

Yay my connexion is back! It was actually nothing but I won't go into details and all I can say is that I'm definitely not a computer master! Ooops... Lol...

And I even have something to show you! Valerie challenged the Dt at Pink Cat Studio into making a Easter card with lots of flowers on and that is why I have chosen this gorgeous paper from Doodlebug. The card is not that great but I wasn't really in a mood for itt that day - too much on my mind I suppose and it's crushing my Mojo!.... Voila.



Stamp : Pink Cat Studio - Patterned Paper : Doodlebug - Cardstock : SU, Doodlebug - Flowers - Brads -Ribbon

Hope everyone have a great day.

Love x