Just a quick card ........

This was a quick card I made this evening,

sorry for the bad lighting in the photo's,

This is actually a picture with gold outline peel off sticker to make the whole picture.

the same goes for the lovely floral corners.

The butterfly is one I made myself with my beads.

Here is a close up.

The new is the butterfly and the old is the peel off pictures as I call them.

I am entering this into the following challenges -

Moving Along With The Times - Sketch

Crafty Creations - Summer Loving,

Flutterby Wednesday - Open Theme with a butterfly,or angel, or fairy,

Crafty Angels - Something Old, Something New

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Angie

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Busy Little Bee ??????

This is my own pattern and started out to be a butterfly,

but the more I look at it now, I think its a bee,

perhaps its the colours I used lol,

Not sure, what do you think?

Hope you all have a lovely weekend,

ours is a wet one here in Braintree, UK.

Just going to the library to see if I can find some beading books for patterns.

Hugs

Angie

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Wow Its Friday Already ............

I got some wonderful Waltzingmouse stamps in the post,

and just had to run up this quick card,

I followed the sketch over at Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge blog,

turned it on its side, used 3 different ribbons for the bottom and a piece of backing paper which was in my off cut bag.

I am entering this into the following challenges -

Waltzingmouse - Sketch

Craft Your Passion - 3 Different Ribbons

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

The Corrosive - Pink & Blue (hope there's enough pink n blue)

Cowgirls - Anything Goes

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend,

Hugs

Angie

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Having a lovely day ...........

I was taken to a boot fair this morning, so spent most of the day walking around,

I only had my youngest son with me, so it still cost enough lol,

The only thing I bought myself apart from a soft drink was a purse,

bought my sons a couple of games.

I finished this miniature bag yesterday, I did knit it a week or so back, but actually got around

to sewing it together and adding the hearts to both sides, this will be made into a keyring shortly.

Its now time to sort the boys out some lunch and then maybe get some crafting time, if I keep my fingers crossed lol

Thanks for stopping by,

Hope your having a great day

Hugs

Angie

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Another hat this time for a lady .........

This hat is from a free pattern that came with my knitting magazine,

and I used the free wool that came with it as well,

I do hate it when there is not enough wool for the pattern they give it to you for and also that the wool they give you has knots in it, now normally free items are for the person to use and like so they go and buy more of that item, so why send out rubbish.

I am going to moan at them for this lol, does no one believe in quality for the customer etc any more, I know that some do not even believe in the customers always right, or is it that was just way back when I used to work in a shop?

The customer was always right (no matter how wrong) and service with a smile.

I did however like the pattern and this one does not take very long to knit up, unlike the long slouchy one I had to do, see previous post lol.

Have a great day, hoping to get some card making done today.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs

Angie

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KNITTED LIKE MAD .... FOR NOTHING

I spent the last two days knitting this over long slouchy beany hat,

as my 3 sons decided they wanted one each and I thought omg one down two to go,

well they all tried this on, said it does look like the ones the other lads wear, but

we don't like it now we have tried one of them on,

so now I have a long slouchy beany hat that has no owner.

and a waste of two days knitting as well.

Oh well the good side is I do not have knit another two, lol.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Angie

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Good News ................................

Yay, my luck must be changing,

I have been asked to be a DT member on Stamping Vacations challenge blog,

starting on the 15th August,

So please pop over and follow us,

and dont forget to leave a comment and let them know Angie sent you

Back soon busy knitting at the moment.

Hugs

Angie

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Birthday Invitation ...............

Happy Weekend to you all,

Today Ellephantastic start another new challenge,

this weeks theme is invitation,

I used one of Helen's (the owner of Ellephantastic) lovely digi images,

called Marley & Charley Cheese,

the prize this week is some beautiful PINS from Vikki at Posh Pins.

I used a balloon backing paper which I found on one of my craft studio cd's,

and coloured the image with my pro markers, but need more so I can shading better,

Look forward to seeing your entries in our great challenge this week.

This is the invite my son Hayden used to invite his mate to his birthday celebrations today,

they are bowling as I type this, then we are all off to the beach, for fun, sea, sand, and footy, and then probably some amusements etc.

we are limited to the one mate as limited on car space.

This would also make a nice invite not just for a Birthday but for a wine n cheese evening as well lol.

I am entering this into the following challenges -

One Stitch At A Time - Use A Digi

Digital Tuesday - Happy Birthday

Papertake Weekly - Cutie Patootie (how cute do these mice need to be lol)

Crafty Creations - Happy or Sweet

Just Inspirational - Use a Digi Image

Right of to get the picnic food ready before they finish bowling,

have a great weekend everyone,

DONT FORGET TO ENTER IN OUR INVITE CHALLENGE AT ELLEPHANTASTIC

those pins are worth winning.

Thank you for stopping by,

Hugs

Angie

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Nearly fell of the edge of the earth ..........

This year is absolute rubbish for me,

I cant pray enough for it to sort itself out and give me a break,

as most of you know I have been ill since xmas and it has took several doctors visits,

specialist and hospital visits etc to get to now, and that is without the loss of nearly 6 stone in weight, I have finally got my tablets to take, so have started taking them today,

and not coped very well after having to put my dear furry friend of 16 years down on Friday,

and to top that all my dear was rushed into Ipswich hospital yesterday morning as while he and mum where out shopping he felt bad, they thought he was having a heart attack or stroke,

so he had to stay in the hospital overnight which was many miles away from me who does not drive, so could not even go to visit him, that hurt so much.

He came home this evening under the diagnosis of a heart murmur.

Have been to see him and gave him the biggest cuddle I could.

I have not crafted an atom and not even felt like it since sometime last week,

but thanks to few very dear friends, after the last couple of days, through their support

actually feel like staying on this planet now and actually getting back to doing some crafting.

Thank You ladies you know who you are, you mean a real lot to me.

I really do appreciate it all, and hope I can return the favour to you sometime

Hugs

Angie

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Sad Sad News ....... My dearest friend has gone to heaven

Scamp much loved friend and pet.

July 15th 1994 - July 16th 2010

We love and miss you so much.

I had the terrible thing to take my best friend ever for 16 years,

been there through thick and thin for me,

to the vets, we had to make the horrid decision and send him to heaven.

He had heart, thyroid, back leg problems and was kindest thing to send him to heaven.

No matter how much it hurt us.

Will always love you Scamp

Hugs

Angie

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Star Card ......... I think that is what it is called?

This card is beautiful,

and is not made by myself, but it was a birthday card from my Aunt Rita,

who has not been making cards for very long,

she also does not do computers, so I am posting this for her,

and entering it into the Shaped Card challenge over at The Craft Barn,

If she is lucky enough to win, I will pass the prize onto her.

It has 5 segments, and has lots of peel offs over the bottoms of the segments as well,

the backing paper is really cheerful.

it all folds up flat like the photo below to post,

and sits out lovely, a right eye catcher.

Thanks for looking,

Hugs

Angie

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Yippeeeee ITS MY BIRTHDAY Wahooooooo

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday to me,

lol, it is my birthday today,

and this is a wonderful present from my friend Val,

who has been a friend for over 25 years now,

She knows what I like and I am over the moon with this lovely gift,

It is a wonderful model of a Elvis Acoustic guitar.

I would like to say thank you to the ladies in the yahoo card group I belong to

for all the wonderful birthday cards I have been receiving as well.

Hope you all have a great day

Hugs

Angie

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Just run this one up this afternoon . . . .

This image has been sitting in my image tub since I virtually started stamping back in 2007/8

I coloured with a mixture or water colours and markers.

The challenges this falls into are -

Corrosive Challenge - Sketch

Papertake Weekly - Garden

Wild Orchid - Flowers

Creative Inspirations - Use oldest stash item, (image)

Cute Card Thursday - Summer

Stampavie and More - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Angie

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Guess what? ....... I can't shout or speak lol ........

I spent the day asleep yesterday, and woke up with no voice,

I felt absolutely terrible only came on computer for ten minutes maximum,

I can't shout or speak today, so my 3 boys are happy lol,

The photo's are 3 necklaces that I have finished this morning,

I had made the crosses last week, but could not finish them until the necklaces turned up,

which they did yesterday but alas I did not do anything, so this morning I finished them off.

The top one is done with multi colours beads,

the centre one is clear crystal type beads,

and the bottom one is made with rich red beads,

yet again I am selling these for my local RSPCA

only the postage does not go to them,

these necklaces are £3.25 each plus postage,

the necklace part is 18" long and has a small extension chain on it as well,

and the actual cross (which is not heavy) is approx 2" x 1.5"

Thanks for stopping by today,

love reading your comments,

hugs

Angie

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MASSIVE ELIZABETH BELL CANDY ...........

THERE IS A MASSIVE ELIZABETH BELL CANDY OVER HERE

IT ENDS ON THE 16TH JULY, I REALLY DID NOT WANT TO SHARE THE NEWS AS WOULD LOVE TO WIN IT FOR MY BIRTHDAY ON THE 15TH JULY.

BUT EVEN THO I AM ILL AGAIN TODAY JUST HAD TO BE NICE AND SHARE THE NEWS.

HUGS ANGIE

O My ........... so many UFO's ..................

Hello everyone,

On starting to do my harry potter cupboard out yesterday,

I realised that I have lots and lots of UFO's,

(un-finished objects - projects)

So what I am going to do over the next couple of days is get some of these done,

finished completely, photo'd, blogged and hopefully sell them as well,

I have to name just a few,

tea time monkey, (knit)

socks, (knit)

Squares for a afghan (crochet)

knitted key ring bag, (sew it up)

dish clothes (crochet)

Then on Thursday it is my birthday, and hubby is at home,

so we are going to go out while the boys are at school for dinner.

now you know the reasons for me going to be a bad blogger for a week.

Hugs to you all, I will be back blogging on and off when I can,

the above picture is a beaded keyring I made yesterday while watching the world cup final.

Have fun

Hugs

Angie

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My First beaded heart phone charm .....

I am going to be busy today doing out my harry potter cupboard,

its my knitting and crochet stash cupboard under my stairs, it is over full and needs sorting,

if there is anything I do not want I shall put it on freecycle for others to use.

But yesterday I made this beaded heart phone charm,

it is not as perfect as I would like but its pretty good for a first time,

I am really liking this beading, and want to get into more of it.

please let me know what you honestly think,

I will not be offended if you don't like it or have criticism, as it all helps me learn.

hope you have a super day,

thanks for your lovely comments love reading them all.

hugs

Angie

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Ellephantastics Roger with flowers .........

Good Morning everyone,

Thank you for stopping by,

It is our second challenge over at Ellephantastic today,

and it was my choice, so as it is my birthday one day during this week,

I choose the theme of BIRTHDAY

which gives everyone a lot of scope,

We have all used Roger with Flowers digi image from Ellephantastic.

please join in the fun with us, and pop on over and leave some crafty love for the rest of DT team.

I coloured my Roger with pro markers, (still trying to get used to these - have not got many yet)

add faux stitching around the edge and followed the sketch over at the sweetest thing.

I would love to see your BIRTHDAY creations over at Ellephantastic,

pop over and join in the fun, theres a fabulous stamp as the prize.

I am entering this into the following challenges -

Sketch - The Sweetest Thing

Stitching - Craft Your Passion

Red, White and Blue - Digi Tues

Stitching - Artful Inkables

Thanks for leaving a comment,

I love reading them all,

Have a great day,

Hugs

Angie

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Beaded Cross Key Ring ...

Good Morning, and welcome to a couple of new followers, its so nice to have new people,

please pop a comment and say hi, so I can pop over and say hi back,

I did not have time for any crafting yesterday as had a rough day, and do not feel like it will be much better today either,

so here is a beaded cross key ring that I made on Sunday,

it is the first time I have done anything like this, and found it nice and relaxing,

the pattern said 1 hour approx, well it took me nearly 2 hours,

but I have not done anything like this before and also was watching the tennis in between as well.

one side is lilac and the other side is clear, and the sides are lilac as well.

Thank you for stopping by,

I truly appreciate your comments,

I have been in touch with the doctors and it is going to be about a week before I get results now.

I really want them to hurry up as I just want to get better.

I will be back as soon as I feel up to doing some crafting again.

Hugs to you all,

Angie

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Its not a card ....... Its a money box ...........

This time I made another money box out of a pringles large crisp tube,

I cut a slot in the plastic lid for the money,

covered the outside in the green paper my youngest son chose,

who then helped me use my whisper pens colouring the rock star stamps

then we cut them out and stuck them randomly around the tube.

I am entering this into the challenges over at -

The Creative Cottage Challenge - No Cards Allowed

Creative Belli - Alter It

they are both new challenges starting today, as I did not have a card to post this morning,

I was going to post this money box and it worked well for these two challenges,

my son is already starting to save money so it is working well.

Thanks for stopping by,

hugs

Angie

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Cherry Shoes ................................

Hello one and all,

Thank You coming by my humble blog today,

For my card offering today I made this large square card with a half front,

I used images and papers and butterflies from the Ooh La La Creations cd Shoes in Bloom,

I also used silver mirror board, white card stock, and stickles for the shine on the butterflies,

double sided tape, 3d foam pads,

I am hoping with these photo's you can actually see the 3d of the butterflies and the small shoe.

final photo is to show the card standing, quite an eye catcher.

I am entering this into the following challenges -

Bee Crafty - 3D (butterflies and small shoe)

Easy Craft Projects - Summer (cherries and shoes like these are summer)

Cute Card Thursday - Fruity (cherries)

Cas-tastic challenges - Sketch (started with sketch and added a little)

Thanks for stopping by

hope you have a lovely day,

Hugs

Angie

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New bits of jewellery made by me .... lots of photos

Hi Everyone,

I have been making the odd bracelet and ring here and there over the past few days,

so thought I would share them with you.

I am selling them with all proceeds going to my local RSPCA.

so if you are interested in any, or have a special order please leave a comment or email me,

angela_easter@yahoo.co.uk with Jewellery in subject line please.

They prices ranges from £1.50 to £3.00 and postage is extra.

Thanks for looking,

Hugs

Angie

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