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WOW time flies

2011-02-18T08:28:00.000Z

Bloomin heck how long since I last posted on here?? Mind you I don't think I have made that many cards since may which is sad, but head and heart hasn't been in it much. I have been making jewellery which I think ha slightly distracted one :) Been up to a lot though, My eldest son started college, my youngest son started Nursery and the middle son changed school...

Went to Knebworth -sonisphere- this summer with Ian and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, were very tired after the long weekend, not quiet got the ability to dance till you drop these days, I loved seeing rammstein play an outdoor gig, but my fav had to be Mr Alice cooper on the Friday, that man is amazing for his age and Papa Roach on the Saturday .Also went to London with my mum in the December to see A-ha play their last UK date ever on the farewell tour.They were the first band i ever saw live, and that was on their first world tour 25 years ago....OMG I suddenly feel very old, and they were absolutely Brill.

I am finally off to see Duran Duran later this year, never got to see them when i was a young duranie, and the foo fighters later this summer... can't Waite, so much to look fwd to , but the best thing that I am looking fwd to is Ian's return home after a long 4 months away...roll on April. Oh yeah and if you live around my neck of the woods, STAY OFF THE ROADS on Feb 22nd as I am having my first driving lesson for 20 years....lol
So that is pretty much the last 9 months in a nut shell. Thanks for stopping by
Hugs
Nicci
xxxxxxx

Sunday "TEA"l time

2010-05-30T16:28:00.000+01:00

Afternoon. It's a lovely Sunny if very windy Sunday afternoon here , perfect for drying the washing actually, any I'm off waffling at a tangent again. This is a card I made today, coloured with promarker pens in colours I wouldn't normally use. I am also going to be brave and enter it into my first blog challenge on passion for promarkers, who are celebrating their 1st birthday.

patterned papers are from one of the papermania capsule pads, flowers I made myself from a tutorial on the whiff of joy blog, they were coloured using promarkers too.

challenge :- Passion for promarkers

thanks for stopping by

hugs

Nicci

xxxx

a few more

2010-05-17T09:00:00.000+01:00

These are a few more of the May card mountain I have to make . The first one is for a friends son, using another Lili of the valley stamp. Their stamps are fantastic value, and I love the fact they have so many male orientated images. Having 3 sons a brother and the usual collection of male relatives I am sure you can understand why I was soooo pleased to discover this little company.Long may they thrive :)

This one was made for Ian from the boys, again LOTV stamp. The one I made for Ian is also a LOTV image

just forgot to take a pic of it , so will do that at some point.

Images were coloured with promarkers , top papers were some scrap papers I had and the bottom ones are from basic grey can't remember which pad though.

thanks for looking

nicci
xxxx

Birthday cards

2010-05-15T21:34:00.000+01:00

These are the 2 cards I made for Ian's mum for her birthday , the first one is a Lili of the valley stamp, and coloured with promarkers, check out the LOTV blog for some great video tuts on using promarkers

This one was made using a tut from the Whiff of joy inspiration blog, which is a wealth of new ideas, the image is by Elizabeth Bell and available at funky kits. It is one of my favs and I use it often.

Thanks for looking
hugs
nicci
xxxx

Me Time

2010-04-24T18:54:00.000+01:00

The past couple of weekends I have finally found a bit of me time to play , whilst marcus has been following his daddy round the garden digging up several of what his daddy had planted, in fact the other day I rescued my lilly bulbs from the lawn where Marcus had dug them out of the pot ! Anyway I digress. today I made these flowers following the tutorial on the whiff of Joy insperation blog, so easy and great messy fun to make.

and last weekend i managed to do 3 yes 3 cards.

one is for Ian's dad whose birthday is tomorrow and the others are for the multitude of birthdays I have next month .

nicci

xxx

Sunday afternoon

2010-03-30T13:59:00.002+01:00

Now don't all fall down in shock but, I actually managed to get 3 cards made this Sunday afternoon. The first one is a birthday card for my neighbour. The image is a stamp from www.liliofthevalley.co.uk, coloured in with promarkers and some generic scrap booking papers I had.

This one was made for my FIL birthday. It was made using some Tim Holtz alcohol inks ( i love them so quick and easy to use) the rubber stamp image is one of his too and some basic grey paper, quick simple and effective.

This one is for a very lovely Lady. Sadly on Friday dear Netties husband passed away.

Sympathy cards are not something I usually make, but I wanted something plain, simple and straightforward, and this came together so easily.

Now to start making the cards for the million and one (well it feels like it) that I need for May. I think it was 18 at the last count !!

thanks for stopping by

hugs

Nicci

xxx

Mothers Day cards

2010-03-15T10:19:00.002Z

These are the cards I made for our mums this year, The first one is penny black stamp coloured in with pro markers and copics, I even used the little sewing machine I asked for for Christmas, on it.

This one was made using Tim Holtzs alcohol inks. I got some for Christmas and like the sewing machine haven't had chance to play, until lately, and they are so simple, addictive and easy to use, It is hard to see the full effect of them in a photo as there is also some gold in the mix, which make sit look like marble when it catches the light, and my photography isn't the best, David Bailey has no threat from me LOL. The stamps are some do craft sets I had and they were blinged up with some pearls and twinkles from the hobby house.

thanks for stopping by

nicci

xxx

5 Year wait

2010-02-07T08:55:00.006Z

Not a crafty post this one but On Thursday Myself Ian and Nathan got on a train to London with a rough Idea of where we were going and hoping we could work out the underground map once we got there (HAHAHAHA). We had to get to Wembly arena as we had tickets for Rammsteins new tour. Getting off at Kings cross and not a clue as where to go next, we spoke to the nearest BR guy who told us get on this tube, off that tube, onto this tube etc.... Confused ?? doesn't even begin to cover it!. once in the Tube station we spoke to a nice BR lady who told us oh only one tube 5 stops along and get off, she even took us to the right platform.

We exited Wembly Park station to be greeted by the great sight of wembly arch and stadium

Yeahhh we had got there and so simple. See always ask a woman for directions :)
After a 5 years gap we were off to see Rammstein again, and wow what a show, the wait was most definitely worth it .

We had seating tickets this time instead of standing ( never again it felt so wrong to be sat down) and if we had been any higher we would have needed an oxygen mask....

Hearing is now back to normal and can't wait to see them again .

hugs
Nicci

xxx

Happy Christmas

2009-12-27T14:34:00.003Z

well once again I am late with my Christmas greetings. Hope you had a great Christmas, and wishing you all the best for 2010. Well the last few days of what has been an eventful year, this time last year I was in Telford and now I am sat in Bedfordshire. Still finding not a lot of time to craft, but we hope to rectify the situation next year (hmmm me thinks i uttered those same words this time last year !) I have attached a card I made for my mum's birthday, I did manage to make some Christmas cards this year, but didn't photograph them.

The stamp is from www.funkykits.co.uk and coloured with my prismacolour pencils, papers are basic grey and the twinkles are from www.thehobbyhouse.co.uk and were a fantastic buy :)

thnaks for stopping by

hugs and New year wishes to you

nicci

xxx

bits and bobs

2009-10-02T16:06:00.003+01:00

Not been up to much lately crafty wise, apart form buying something to put all my craft bits in tidily , (thank you IKEA) but did make this necklace. I bought the Turquoise nuggets locally and the tubes from a bead shop online, hope I remember where as I want some more.

The weather was so lovely today we walked to the shop. The walk took us over an hour as we got distracted by the leaf piles ... do you remember kicking your way through them when you were a kid walking to school... bet you still do now :) I know i do but i do have a nearly 2 year old walking by my side :). Yes my baby is 2 years old next Saturday !!!!! Where has the time gone ?? Any way a few pics from our walk this morning.I won't tell you about the piles of conkers that are everywhere.. including callum's bedroom !!!

Thanks for stopping by

hugs

Nicci

xxx

Birthday delivery

2009-08-25T12:14:00.004+01:00

Fell in love with this rubber stamp as soon as I saw it. I have made this for my friends daughter who is going to be 6 next month.

nicci

xxx

bevs amazing blog candy

2009-08-16T19:49:00.000+01:00

Bev is offering a truly awesome blog candy http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/2009/08/thank-you-collab-blog-candy.html

nicci

Life is a canvas

2009-08-11T10:13:00.003+01:00

Hi , have finally made a card after 4 months, I bought some pro markers early this year and am finally ( i hope) getting the hang of this shading jobby. I bought this rubber stamp a few months ago but when i heard the saying attached to the card and thought the 2 went perfectly together.

rubber stamp from www.funkykits.co.uk
coloured with pro markers, papers from K&Co

thanks for stopping by
nicci
xx

Back in blogland

2009-07-26T14:12:00.003+01:00

HMMMPPH second time lucky. I closed the screen down before I published my post !! DHHHRRR

Well am back here after the move, which went brilliantly. Just finding my feet. The boys did 3 weeks at school before they broke up for summer. They have the novelty of catching the school bus here instead of walking or riding bikes. I have unpacked all my craft stuff and to be honest going from a room to a cupboard is a bit of a pain so am keeping my eyes open for some suitable storage.

I haven't done any card making yet but have been playing with my beads. I have put up a couple of pics of some stuff I made this week. Have done some before we moved bu can't find where it is stashed at the moment , when I do I will post them too.

anyway that's all for now,

hugs and many thanks for stopping by

nicci

xxxx

Whiff of Joy

2009-06-12T11:36:00.000+01:00

please visit www.whiffofjoy.com and check out the beautiful new stamps.

nicci
xx

2 weeks and counting

2009-06-05T08:28:00.003+01:00

back of the new house

back garden of new house

playing in the sun callum and marcus

Hellooo there how are you. Hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather we have just had. We made the most of it in the garden and the boys in the paddling pool. On Monday we took a trip out to go and have a peek throught the windows of our new house and have alook at the garden to see if it looked as big as it did on google earth and it did...lol Well 2 weeks today and we will be on our way can't waite now to get resettled .

hugs to you

and thanks for stopping by

nicci

xxxx

2009-05-26T10:20:00.002+01:00

feeling a bit blue this morning as I just waved my friend off as she goes of to their new posting in Cyprus.

I love the moving around and living in different places - not been lucky enough to live any where exotic though i do keep dropping hints to Ian to no avail yet - But i really hate all the goodbyes, you think it would get easier over time but it doesn't, especially when it comes to saying goodbye to good friends.

Anyway 3 weeks and 3 days to go and we shall be on the move ourselves. It's going to be a long day as this is the first time we have done a one day move, it's the shortest distance we have moved unless you count the move round the corner in Northumberland when we moved from a 2 bed to a 3 bed house...

We have packed everything we can pack for now, just the essentials and clothes left to do, which we can't pack until the last few days.

It's half term this week, and Nathan goes back to school on the 1st June as he has his maths GCSE paper to do, Callum is on a PD day, so we are going down to Bedford to have a look at the house and drop Marcus's travel cot etc off at mums as she is having Marcus for a few days whilst we move. Its great mum will only be 20 miles down the road, and it will be great to meet up with old school friends who I am back in contact with...how great is friends reunited. Ian has recently got in touch with some old school friends too via this.

anyway enough ramblings
thanks for stopping by

hugs
nicci
xxxx

BOXES!!!

2009-04-29T09:36:00.003+01:00

Well hello there and good whatever time of day it is where you are.
Have started packing up the house , we sill have 7 weeks to go but it flys by , We had 16 weeks before we moved when we found out and it has flown past. I am now starting to feel like I am living in cardboard box city!! I packed my craft stuff up over the Easter weekend, Marcus and Callum went to grandma's and my mum came down to give me a hand. It took 8 hours to get it sorted and packed!!
I can not believe how much i have amassed over the past 5 years.
When we moved here in June 2004 I had a little crisp box and a carrier bag which was my sum total of craft bits... Now I have a room full of boxes!!!

Have googled our new address and looked on google maps, and WOW what a HUGE garden we have got. Good excuse for Ian to get the new lawn mower he has been eyeing up since last year, and again we have got a detached house, which if you are a parent of boys (especially teenagers and nearly teens) you will understand why I received this news with great Joy. They do not know how to walk quietly down the stairs. I swear they turn into baby elephants as soon as they put their foot on the stairs.

No pics to Post I'm afraid, all card stuff is packed away but have made a few jewellery bits which i will post when i have finished them off.

hugs and thanks for stopping by

nicci
xxx

Chill out

2009-04-03T11:20:00.002+01:00

I made this card for my mum. She has got a busy stressy time ahead at work in the next few weeks, so i shall send it to her at work.
The backing papers are basic grey can't remember which pad though.
The lion is roary from www.funkykits.co.uk and is coloured with prisma pencils and H2O's
The letters are cut using the hippy chic alphabet using chip board and painte with H2O's.

thanks for looking
hugs
nicci
xxx

Water Babes

2009-04-03T11:05:00.002+01:00

Thought I would show you a picture of the boys. The other weekend we went to sherwood centre parcs for the day , with grandma and aunty Ann and Uncle David. Great time was had by all. Didn't see much of Nathan and callum as they were off riding the flumes etc, Marcus spent 5 hours in the pool only coming out for about 15 mins to have something to eat. Everybody slept well that night.

hugs

nicci

xxx

P.S

2009-03-26T13:56:00.003Z

Forgot to mention we are on the move again at the end of June. We are moving to bedfordshire, which means Ian should be home a lot more than he is here and I can go to Stamparama in August as we aren't to far from Stevenage :)

hugs
nicci
xxx

mothers day cards

2009-03-26T13:37:00.003Z

think the title is self explanatory. Made these for mothers day. The template was from uk scrappers and cut on the robo, and the rubber stamps were from the Whiff of Joy stamps that my mum got me for my birthday

thanks for stopping by
nicci
xxx

I got one

2009-02-18T11:45:00.002Z

HI
I finally took the plunge and got my craft robo. It arrived last Wednesday and apart from doing a test cut on Wednesday night I haven't had chance to play with it. When i took saffi to the vets on Thursday i had to lift her into the car and managed to hurt my back and rip a tendon in my ankle! So I haven't been able to sit at a chair long enough to have a play, but today my back is feeling fine although my ankle is still very sore.Ian is back home tomorrow so I can rest my foot and hopefully soon will be able to post a robo card...
I am so glad I didn't buy tickets for the craft fair in advance for this weekend as i wouldn't have been able to go :( So instead I am going to have a crafty weekend with my mum as she is coming up for the weekend as it is my birthday on Sunday and I can't Waite as she has bought me the Whiff of Joy spring set :)
take care and thanks for stopping by

hugs
nicci
xxx

A great Loss

2009-02-17T11:14:00.004Z

Say Cheese

(marcus, nathan and saffi)

(my brother with Marcus and Saffi)

Well this past week has been the most horrid I can remember in a long time. Last Thursday I had to send our beautiful girl to the Rainbow Bridge. It was the last thing I could do for her as she had a stroke in the morning, and could hardly walk and was in a lot of pain. Everything happened so fast and the boys never got to say goodbye to her, and neither did Ian as he was teaching down in cornwall. I think we all went in to a state of shock for 24 hrs. It is still really hard to walk into the house and not see her there wagging her tail when you come in. The amount of scraps i have gone to chuck in her bowl and have ended on the floor because her bowls aren't there anymore is amazing. The silly little things that you do without thinking.

She is at peace and out of pain now, although it was the best and kindest thing we could do for her it still hurts.

RIP Saffie you were greatly loved and sadly missed

nicci

xxx

Snow fun

2009-02-05T10:53:00.002Z

Had more snow today and all the schools are shut much to Nathan's and Callum's delight.
Went down to Asda this morning to get Marcus his first pair of wellies and the only ones they had in his size were Pepper Pig. Poor child I hope he won't hold it against me for ever. Mind you when he goes out to play with sky, Kay and Charlie(female also) he will fit in well as they all have pepper pig wellies too. So they can call them selves the pepper pig wellie gang...lol ! Oh dear I think I had better stop here....
Thanks for stopping by and stay safe no matter where you are
hugs
nicci
xxx

Bevs Blog Candy

2009-01-13T12:44:00.002Z

http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/2009/01/its-candy-time.html take a wonder over to Bevs blog she has got some fab candy up for grabs as she has hit her 10,000 viewings, mind you it is easy to see why well done Bev , and good luck to all who enter
nicci
x

Last and first

2009-01-13T10:18:00.005Z

First may I start of by wishing you a VERY belated Merry Christmas (hope you had a good one) and wishing you a Happy New year and hope that 2009 brings you a quiet , peaceful and contended one. This is just a quick post to say yes we are still alive and still posting on here...lol Just..... and thought i would show you my last card of 2008 and first of 2009

This was made for my friend Amanda's birthday in December. I coloured the sweet and sassy image from http://www.funkykits.com/ with my prismas, and papers are by papermania.

This is the first one for 2009 and was made for Callums friend. The stamped image was coloured with the letraset pro markers (shh don't have to much of a shock as it isn't my pencils) Image again is from the sugar Nellie's range at funky kits. Paper was a freebie of the net and yes they are chocolate coins at the bottom. I raided them from Marcus's Christmas chocolate stash, they were made by Thornton's...

thanks for stopping by hope to see you again soon

hugs

nicci

xxx

some cards

2008-12-04T13:07:00.002Z

A christmas card finally made, well actually I have made a few. This one was made using HOTP papers, magnolia stamped images coloured in with the trusty prisma colours , and the letters cut out using the hippy chick alphabet on my big shot.

This is one of three I was asked to make, for someone who wanted cards for people who had a bereavement in the family. They are very simple cards, with a silver embossed card and white card embossed with snowflakes , then a rubber stamped image embossed in silver pearl.Gives a hint of christmas without being christmassey (?)

This is a card made from a cd i have. mounted on Black mirri card onto a gold card. I used some sticky jewels in black on the opposite corners then added the ribbon and bow

thanks for stopping by

nicci

xxx

Lesson learned

2008-11-16T15:41:00.002Z

I bet reading this title you think that i have done something incredibly stupid???
Well I haven't i have done something I am rather chuffed with actually...

After Ann Marie's lesson the other week I have had a few more goes at the bracelet she taught me how to do, but Had a play, using 2 colours as below...

and the using a few more rows of pattern to make more of a cuff bracelet.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs nicci

xxxxx

WOW

2008-11-13T09:28:00.006Z

.... 2 posts in 24 hours....lol I am on a roll, mind you i did try and send a post via my mobile phone but am still waiting for the code to come through so I can link my phone blog so that it will post them on here ! ok here is some jewellery bits i have made and my cute model.

this one above is my first successful attempt at bead stitching. I was taught to do it by Ann Marie , if you click on her blog link you will see some of her lovely examples, so big hugs and thanks to Ann Marie for her patience. Have made 2 more but will take pics of those later .

Below is my lovely little model who tests out my jewellery for me to make sure that the links, knots etc are firm...

And some not so cute pictures of the little monster !!

Wet Wipes - a whole brand new packet - what can you do but take a picture of the little monkeys

Mummy's bag of shredded paper was a good thing to throw around whilst she was off making a coffee, obviously the knot in the bag was not Marcus proof !!

Hugs and thanks for stopping by

nicci

xxx

Still Alive

2008-11-12T14:27:00.003Z

OMG 7 nearly 8 weeks since i last updated this how bad am I . Ok so down to the nitty gritty waffly stuff. Whats been happening.............

Well the boys went back to school, broke up for October half term and have gone back again. Nathan has started his duke of Edinburgh award , in fact he is up the Wrekin today orienteering, rock climbing and litter picking ( yes this is part of the environment section of the scheme). Callum is plodding along, he has been doing pottery at school these past few days making a candle holder for the Diwali festival that they are learning about in school. He is also practicing hard for the version of grease the drama group is putting on next year .. I so can't Wait to see him in that and I will most definitely post pictures as and when. He will also be assigned his part in the christmas school play soon, and as he is in year 6 he will have a part rather than being consigned to the choir like the other 4 years.

Marcus, well he has turned one, is running round like an Olympic athlete. I am thinking of signing him up with the government as a spy as that boy can shift so fast and silently it is unbelievable. His speech is coming on great he is picking up words wonderfully. His favourite a few weeks ago was "ohhh Buggerrrr" which he picked up very quickly off his daddy!! Well i shall post some pics as it gets boring with just words, these are from Marcus's first birthday

Nathan has to try everything for size and this time his bum is to large and it got STUCK!

Birthday wheels from Grandma

The card was cut out for me by Maz on her craft Robo(thankyou hun ) ( iwill get myself one of theses one day ) the image is stamped and then enlarged in PSP and coloured in using prisma pencils

grandma

YUMMMMMM (favourite word at the moment, every food thing is YUMMM even if it is YUK) Cake !

I WILL be back again soon hugs and thanks for stopping by

nicci

xxxx

2008-09-18T14:31:00.002+01:00

Hi there Bev has got some great blog candy to give away again

http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/2008/09/its-candy-time-whiff-of-joy-candy.html

click on the link to go take a peak

nicci
xx

Get well soon

2008-08-28T16:30:00.003+01:00

I made this card last night for a friends baby granddaughter who is very poorly in hospital at the moment.So whilst your passing through if you can spare a little thought or a prayer for her it will be gratefully received and appreciated

thanks

nicci

xxx

I made the images from some dies i had

Just Like A Bus

2008-08-26T20:22:00.003+01:00

Nothing for ages then 3 at once...lol These are 3 cards i made for my mum to give to her 3 friends who are going into hospital over the next few weeks.To keep things quick and simple i used the same image coloured in with prisma pencils just used different colour ways. Still have a few more to make 2 more get well cards ( seem to be having a run on them at the moment) a birthday card or 2 and a thinking of you card. I have also had a chance to play with myBeads so will post those later on.

The summer holidays are nearly over 7 more sleeps to go. Uniform is all sorted and ironed ready for Monday . Ian is away on his usual 3 week jaunt to Cornwall, I should just be getting back into the old routine when he comes home again.

well that's all for now folks, will try to keep a bit more on top of this blog now normality is nearly back upon us

Hugs

and thanks for stopping by

nicci

xxx

new Nathan

2008-08-15T12:18:00.003+01:00

Nathan finally got his hair dyed today , i didn't know what to expect but was plesantly suprised, it doesn't look that bad, can't you tell he was woken up at 9.30 to be ready to go over to my friends house for 10.15 lol he still hasn't woken up

I am hoping that Ian will be home from work early today or that Marcus will go down for a nap this afternoon as i WANT TO PLAY with my beads.

hugs

niccixx

Another week gone

2008-08-14T21:27:00.003+01:00

and i didn't even notice. Mum came up to stay last Friday and to pick up her new kitten "Poppy" She was supposed to be going home on Tuesday but we all came down with a stomache bug on Saturday, except for mum who was kind enough to Waite till we had all got through Sunday before it was her turn. At least it missed Marcus. So mum didn't go home until today. It was nice to see her, we WERE going to have a crafty weekend, but that went out the window, but i did manage to make a get well card for Ian's mum as she went into hospital on Tuesday to have her toe fused (OUCHH) and today i made a card for my mum to give to her friend for her 50th birthday, Boy was that one a pain to do, i knew what i wanted to do with it but would it do it !! it even broke my paper trimmer !!!! Had a visit from the lovely Ann Marie on Wednesday aswell as she was on business in this neck of the woods, anyway will quit my wafflings now before i send you all to sleep, attached is get well card for Ian's mum

hugs

niccixx

p.s only 17 more sleeps till school starts again

the past 7 days

2008-08-08T18:40:00.005+01:00

Last Saturday we went to Nottingham to go and stay with Ian's mum and to help sort out the garden. Where there once was a big pond there is now a raised flower bed, covered with slate.

Ian and callum set to work rebuilding the wall in places and laying slabs around the edge

BOB THE BUILDERS ????

What do you do with a set of old pond lights ???

He must get it from his father !!

meanwhile on the Sunday Marcus got a little tired out from all the visiting and did the one thing we all wish we could do ...xbye for now

hugs nicci xxxx

new cards

2008-08-08T18:34:00.002+01:00

Made these cards for a friend who's mums' birthday is on Sunday, the original one I did for Nanny got a drink spilt on it, talk about want to cry at the time, but i think i prefer this one which is something completely different form the original

niccixx

oops

2008-08-01T20:33:00.000+01:00

forgot to mention Nathan had his ear pierced today as well

New Shoes

2008-08-01T20:24:00.004+01:00

Today we took Marcus to get his first pair of cruising shoes from clarks. he is a size 3. the sales assistance in the store were great and they even take a photo as a memento of their first pair of shoes. How sweet is that . He had a definite opinion on which pair of shoes he wanted , he was shown 4 different pairs and he kept giving 3 of he others back to me or his dad and picking the same pair to keep for himself over and over again.

niccixx

Jacqui's blog candy

2008-07-30T07:56:00.001+01:00

Jacqui (thecats whiskers) has got some great blog candy on offer for reaching 10,000 hits
take a look over at her great blog and enter the draw by hitting the link below

http://jacqui47.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-10000-hits-blog-candy.html

good luck
niccixxx

Thankyou BEV

2008-07-29T17:31:00.003+01:00

I got this from Bev last week but have only recently learnt how to do these things... TY again Bev for explaining so beautifuly

Introducing the Wylde Women Award to give to your favorite Wylde Woman blogger. Here are the rules:
1. You can give it to one or one hundred or any number inbetween - it's up to you. Make sure you link to their site in your post.
2. Link back to this blogsite (http://www.TammyVitale.com/) (so I can go visit all these wonderful women.
Purpose of the Award: To send love and acknowledgement to women who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy.

I haven't been blogging too long so I am gonna look like billy no mates here ...lol

and send it to Bev, Maz, Ann marie ,

thanks again Bev

niccixx

Great Aunt Tilda

2008-07-29T16:30:00.003+01:00

Put this card together today, has taken a scrapbook page feel to it. The only thing that is missing is the title Great Aunt Tilda Bognor 1800 and something ....
I coloured this image in to TRY and look like one of those sepia images as the image reminded me of one of those old fashioned photos you see from the early 1900's of the women bathing in their clothes.

Image : magnolia, cardstock DCWV paper HOTP, brads and rub on HOTP , everything else from my little (HAHAHAHA) hoard . Coloured in with Prisma pencils

truck racing

2008-07-29T15:10:00.005+01:00

What a nice peaceful day i nearly had on Sunday, Ian and callum went to Donington Park, to meet up with Grandma to go and watch truck racing, monster trucks and pick up racing.. Callum is mad about pick ups... They both came back rather well cooked as it was rather hot there , same as here really. Nathan was at his mates house over night so until about 4pm it was just me and the little man.

Then came MONDAY ARGGGGHHH . Nathan finally had his braces fitted, and boy did we know about it. I do empathise with him, as any one who has had a brace will know how much they make your teeth ache for the first few days because they are so tight but my word did he whinge about it ...I have come to the conclusion my eldest son is a big jessie when it comes to pain, and boy is he gonna suffer from man flu ...!!!!! I really don't know if i can handle this every 6 weeks for 3 YEARS!!!!!! OMG it doesn't bear thinking about... He wants his ear pierced but i am now thinking ok we have said yes you can have it done BUT where is mum going to go stay for the first few days after he has had it done !!! Me thinks i will go visit on my own with my mummy i am sure she will let me hide out there, mind you i bet it will be "Only if you bring Marcus" ohh yes and her new poppy cat .

WOW What a storm we had last night, it rolled in about 7pm, and i fell asleep just after midnight it was still rolling around. Marcus wasn't very happy about the storm , so we ended up putting some music on (as the rain was so heavy it knocked out the sky signal) and danced round the front room for a while which kept him nicely distracted through the worst of it . I can highly recommend Gabriella Cilmi's lessons to be learned album.

Today is cooler , and i feel so much happier now. I am not a hot weather person, warm i can do but hot ??? NAHHH

hugs
niccixxx

Blog candy

2008-07-26T22:41:00.002+01:00

Blog Candy is available over on the ever talanted Bev's all the things i love site

http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-candy-time.html
It's a fantasic prize and so generouse(SP) of her, but then again thats the kinda gal she is

CHEERS
NICCI

WOW Friday allready

2008-07-25T21:08:00.002+01:00

Where has this week gone ?? First week of the summer holidays has gone by, not seen much of Nathan and Callum as the weather has been good so they have been out most of the time, and having sleep overs in tents... seems to be the latest craze this summer. I think i am going to put an In/out board by the front door for them as I seem to constantly be answering the door to thier friends !!!
Marcus has been busy cutting another tooth , he cut it yesterday so that is 4 in 10 days !!
I haven't made any cards this week as haven't had chance to , but i have been sat colouring images in of the evening so have plenty just need the time to put them together.
hope you all have a good weekend
hugs and thanks for stopping by
nicci xx

And another one

2008-07-21T21:00:00.003+01:00

Marcus cut another top tooth today so that makes a grand total of 3 in a week !
Nathan went to the orthadontist today and had his spacers fitted, ready for having his braces fitted next week. The dental nurse told Nathan to make the most of this week, as it the last week he can eat toffee, chewing gum, jelly sweets, crusty bread and his finger nails (!) for the next 3 years....lol

Been a beautiful day today hope you all enjoyed the sunshine
byeeeee

niccixxx

new teeth

2008-07-20T13:40:00.004+01:00

afternoon,

as the post suggests Marcus cut his 4th tooth yesterday the 2nd one in a week, but this time he has decided to cut 4 at once!!! So as I am sure you can imagine his changes of moods are amazing(not as good as a women with PMT and no chocolate though). On friday i couldn't go out of his line of sight and if i did i was walking round with this human limpit hanging of my leg !!! Today he is a bit up and down, we are at the stage of his life where the word "NO" is coming into play, you know that phase that lasts at least ohhhhh 18 years ! When you tell him No now, he stops, looks at you then shakes his head, trouble is he moves the whole of his upper body when he does it, and looks so funny, and have to try not to laugh too much if he wobbles and falls over....

Tomorrow is officialy the first day of the summer holidays, I don't know what is wrong with Nathan as yesterday morning when marcus woke up again at about 8.30, nathan came in our room and asked if we wanted him to go and take Marcus with him as he didn't mind. I swear if I hadn't been lying down i would have fell down in shock....lol!!!! By 10am both callum AND Nathan were out of the house !! Shock horror Nathan is tuning into a typical teenager of a weekend if he has got his head off the pillow by 10am it's a miracle.

enjoy the rest of your Sunday

hugs

niccixxx

cards 4 teachers

2008-07-17T22:21:00.002+01:00

Have been busy tonight putting these cards together for callums teacher and his support teacher, really threw me this year as his teacher is Male. I also had a light bulb moment and decided to get the shrink plastic out and make some keyrings to match. thats the little image hanging over the card, have put glossy accents on them since taking this picture.

ta for looking
niccixxx

15M

2008-07-16T16:43:00.004+01:00

Look what Callum got today, he finally shut up long enough for someone to teach him how to swim, most of the family have tried but he knows better than everyone else who can all ready swim if you know what i mean!!! But well done to him .... at last.

Pink 'N' Black

2008-07-16T11:08:00.005+01:00

This was inspired by a comment Nathan made , about the magnolia images that i should colour some in as emos/goths . (or emus as i have heard them called on occasion) so here she is and the pink well nathan keeps saying he is going to have pink and black rubber bands on his braces when he gets them fitted.... he goes to get his spacers fitted next Monday!!!!

thanks for looking
Nicci xxxx

Image coloured with prisma colors (again) ribbon from craft fairy, flowers from Prima and the rest from the hoard. ohh paper a scrapboking paper freebie

purple "HAYS"

2008-07-16T11:03:00.002+01:00

hmm can see a colour theme developing here !!

Image Sarah Kay coloured with prisma colors, everything else from my hoard, background paper a freebie from somewhere

5 days left

2008-07-14T12:09:00.003+01:00

5 days of what left i hear you ask, of peace and quiet i reply, (well as quiet as you can get with a 9 month old in the house) peace from "mum can i have" "mum I'm hungry" "mum I'm bored" "Muuuum he's been in my room " you get the drift ??? 5 days till the summer hols start arghhhhhhhh.........
if over the coming weeks my posts start to become a little strange (what ya mean become ?) you know why....lol
anyway HAPPY MONDAY only 4 days till the weekend .....
hugs
Nicci
xxxx

pretty in pinks

2008-07-13T19:28:00.003+01:00

Image: magnolia coloured with prisma colors, paper freebie from a scrap booking site, flowers prima,
sentiment HOTP rubber stamp, all other bits from my hoard .

chocolate presant

2008-07-13T18:31:00.000+01:00

another card from my playtime..

image: magnolia coloured with prisma colors, cardstock DCWV, paper dovecraft fantasy papers, ribbon from hobby craft.

Tangerine Dreams

2008-07-13T18:22:00.001+01:00

I left marcus under the watchful eye of daddy today and escaped up to my little crafty cubbie hole to have a play.

image: magnolia coloured with prisma colors, paper HOTP, cardstock DCWV, ribbon from hobby crafts and brads from my hoard.

1 for you

2008-07-13T17:12:00.000+01:00

......... and 1 for me.

Meet saffie our 10 year old wimeraner and Marcus our 9 month old son. Both enjoying lunch in the garden on that rare occasion in the UK summer time of a sunny day.

Happy Birthday Clair

2008-07-13T17:08:00.001+01:00

I made this card for my friends 30TH birthday,.The image is a stamped "sugar Nellies" image , and the backing paper is from DCWV Pad, embossed with a cuttlebug folder.

Sarah kay

2008-07-13T17:01:00.000+01:00

This card was made for a friend using a Sarah Kay image, coloured with Prisma colour pencils and using card from my stash.