Hi Everyone and a Happy New Year, I do hope eveyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year and got some lovely pressies.  I was very lucky and got a Nikon D3100 camera from my lovely Barry and herewith are some pictures I have taken with my new camera.

As the weather was so nice yesterday we went into Windsor had a lovely cup of hot chocolate in Costa and then walked past the castle, had to stop and take a picture of the castle soooo nice to see such a lovely blue sky for a change instead of wet and grey.

After we stopped and looked at the castle we went for a walk up the long walk, as you can see there was lots of other people doing the same, look at the sun, amazing what a drop of vitamin D can do for you !

After our walk up the Long Walk we walked back through the back streets and I had to stop and take a picture of this lovely lane and the pub with the hanging baskets oh come on Barry is saying not stopping for another snap are you  !!!!! I did warn him I would become snap happy!!!

We then stopped off on the way back home as I wanted to take some pictures of the trees against the sky as it was getting dark not bad eh ? Really pleased with the way the tree stands out against the sky.

When we got back it was time for a choccy or two I brought this snowman dish from the Range and he has been looking after the contents since Christmas - quick where is the one in the purple wrapper my favourite ummmm!

Barry likes the box I brought from M&S dont they look tempting ! Go on help yourself

Enjoy and thanks for popping by comments alaways welcome

Hi its been a while since I have blogged!!! been soooooo busy with work and Christmas shopping, making cards, talking of which I was asked to make 12 luxury cards for a friend within 7 days !!! Luckily I have had three days off this week and managed to get them done here is the finished card

I used the Tied Forever Embossing Folder and then used liquid pearls on each of the ties.  The Christmas Tree is a Spellbinders 2012 die which was very difficult to die cut, then I again used liquid pearls on each of the swirls on the tree, finished off with a red bow.  Shirley was very pleased with the cards, so much so she has asked me to make another bespoke card by the end of this week, good job I am off Monday as well!!

I purchased a breadmaker about 8 weeks ago and am very pleased with the results, whilst the dough is needing in the machine you can at certain times add different ingredients to the dough, so far I have added walnuts to wholemeal bread and made sundried tomarto and herb bread very yummy, my lovely man Barry enjoys the bread as well, especially with jam he loves jam. 

Here is a picture of my breadmaker and some bread I made yesterday.  Hope I don't get snowed in but if I do at least I can have bread !

Thanks for looking and comments always welcome.

A couple of Birthday Cards I have made ..........

I made this card using the new Do Crafts Art Deco pack of

backing papers and decoupage sheets, finishing off the card

with the letters and numbers sheet that also came with the pack.

This card is for Barry's son's girlfriend who is 21 on Christmas Day

Also..........

A Birthday Card for my dear Dad

For this card for my Dad I used an embossing folder with Happy Birthday written all

over it and the shirt stamp I brought at Newbury Craft Show in

July this year I happened to look in the bargain bin on

one of the stands and saw this for £1.00 !!! yes a £1.00

I stamped the shirt stamp onto stripped paper and stamped both

the pocket, collar and button line of the shirt again to decoupage these areas

and then added buttons to the shirt from my button stash

Am pleased with the way both cards have come out



Birthday Cards ....................

Well at long last here are two birthday cards I have made today.

This one is for a young lady who is 21 on 25th December. 

I used the Art Deco pack of papers and decoupage sheets

to make this card along with these lovely Art Deco

backing papers and numbers

my local craft shop, one of the backing papers that came with the set and u



Birthday Cards ...........................

1.  

A very busy weekend

Virginia Water in Surrey in the fall..........truly beautiful



Virgina Water Surrey in the autumn ...... truly beautiful


Here is a picture of Virginia Water in Surrey, I took this picture a couple of weeks ago walking the five mile walk around the lake, it is truly a beautiful place and this picture was taken at dusk.  I am really getting into taking photographs now and I have over 4000 stored on my Ipad!!!!

I am also getting into grips more with this blogging lark and have with the help of my dear friend Fiona's notes she emailed to me on how to put pictures onto the blog and also how to add a gadget which I have maanged to do also.......check out the picture of my Crafting Assistant !!! who loves nothing more than knocking the pens off the table with her paw and chasing the papers around the table !!!

Keep watching my blog will be posting more piccies now I know how thanks Fiona.  Some of my cards will be blogged I promise ! ttfn

I don't believe it !!!

Well it's day three of my new blog and I have managed to put my photo on !!! whoopee  Fiona you will be so proud of me !!! I can't remember what I did though !!! Well the sky is the limit now as they say! Keep watching my blog great things are bound to happen !!! hopefully.........

Well i have managed to.....

Hi guys

Well after a long day at work I am sitting in my chair with my iPad fiddling with my blog and I have managed to change the background to pink my fav colour and read two posts and publish them from Eunice and Fiona (I was listening to your tuition Fiona) ! Let's see if I can publish this post.  Next need to put in some pics better learn to walk before I can run !! Ttfn

My new venture!

This is all new to me this blogging lark ! I am sitting at my friend Fiona's computer and she is very kindly helping me set up my new blog soooooo exciting ! I look forward to adding pictures and some of my designs and hopefully when I get the hang of this my entries for challenges so watch this space and keep logging on to my blog !