mothers day cards

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

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nicci
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I got one

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

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nicci
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A great Loss

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

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Snow fun

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
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nicci
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Bevs Blog Candy

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
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Last and first

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

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nicci

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some cards

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

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