Oh blogs!!!!

Things were calming down around here so I started to blog earlier and wish I hadn't bothered! I signed in and was greated with the opportunity to update my blog with ease - my foot!

I thought I would give it a try and lost so much, nothing worked and I still can't get things back to normal, even my very own tech guy has given up on it - he is so cross I didn't make a copy first!

Oh well this will have to do for now, I will try again next week. But in the meantime, I was crafting with my lovely friend Rose, yesterday afternoon and this is what we came up with, two lovely scrapbooking layouts, using the lovely Cottage Wall DP from Stampin' Up along with Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White:





Have a great weekend.

Happy crafting.

Carole
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Its been ages!

Hi Everyone,

We are back. The girls and I had a fab time and can recommend Ragdale Hall, health spar, for a fab girly time away. We were pampered, we had massages and facials, we swam in the pools and lazed around in the many different areas of the thermal spar. We couldn't believe the improvements made since we last visited.

I first started going about 20 years ago, I remembered being weighed on my way in, just wish I had been this time - I put on about 3lbs! The girls of course, lost weight, they attended the various classes etc, etc but I was there to "chill", and the scones were so nice and the wine tasted really good and their latte coffee's were just as good as Starbucks - whats a girl, who is chllin' supposed to do?

So back on the diet.......next month!

I've been out today to a crop that I enjoy, I didn't feel much like scrappin' and with all the card classes I've got booked for this week, I thought that I needed to design, so here is a little treat for you......



The cardstock and ink are by Stampin' Up, the other products were purchased on a mercy mission that I had to take on Friday, for my daughter! Well I had to "lose" myself for a few hours around the Bucks area - so I shopped!

See you all very soon, happy stampin'.

Carole
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A treat for my girls

I thought I'd just give you all a treat before I go away for a couple of days with my girls. We are off for a bit of pampering.........I can't wait!



I think this is a lovely layout for a card, whilst I'm away try and make one too using a similar layout!

See you all when I get back.

Happy crafting.

Carole
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Day Workshop

Hi Everyone,

Here are 6 ladies who can't believe they are the lucky ones who have managed to book a place on one of my all day workshops!

If you want to know what you are missing email me and I will put you in touch with any one of these ladies who will let you know exactly what you are missing!





My all day workshops have become more and more relaxed, with an extended morning session, great healthy lunch provided and an afternoon filled with fun, laughter and a few more card making ideas!

I can run a day workshop for any of you and you friends, just let me know that you are interested and we can organise a date.

Happy crafting.

Carole
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Precious

I said that I would try and get back to you with the scrapbooking page I did yesterday. I was hoping to complete it, but actually decided it was OK just like it was. I might journal later, you might recoginise the photo, its my youngest daughter Kim, she has been at University for a couple of years now and has spent most of her free time away from home with her boyfriend, oh yes she popped in, spent some time here but its not like I expected. I thought she'd be home regularly for longer periods etc, etc etc. Well it seems that I am now going to see even less of her now, she has been offered a really great job in France, for her "year abroad", the contract is for 54 weeks! Then she needs to spend 3 months in Germany before she gets back for her final year at uni. So I made this page, as I can't stop thinking about her, chosing one of her "facebook" photos and all I could think of was how precious she is to us all, me, Sarah and David. She is always happy, she tries to cheer us all up if we are down and now she is off for a whole new adventure. I look at this page and realise how difficult it is letting our children "go free", letting them get their own lives, but hopefully she realises how precious she is to us and will take complete and utter care of herself!

Enjoy the page, its simple, but simple is what I do best!




and Kim, if you see this, please take care, we all love you very much.

Mum
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