Yay! Many thanks to Kirsty for bringing these over in her suitcase for me....
Nice mmm-noms eh? :oD With any luck the leaf and vintage Christmas buttons will arrive in the post tomorrow - then my stash weekend happiness will be complete. hehe
In the meantime, I am off to start labelling these stamps and who knows, I may use them on the next ATC!
It's been a while since I could share pics of stash purchases... this may be the last such occasion for a while before I go on the "use what you have" diet.
But first up we have some lovely card blanks from IKEA:
They are pearlescent white and although the embossing is quite fussy, I think they would look great with just a little greeting and stamped image matted on kraft. I will be experimenting...
But for the less classic and clean Christmas style... well something modern and fun is required, or well... a few somethings, more somethings than you can shake a stick at:
And some somethings that I wasn't expecting to be playing with this year ;o)
Mmmm lovely stuff!
And for when Christmas has come and gone, I will be looking forward to playing with these:
Not to mention making that album with the Girl Friday set I have been hanging onto for some time.
But there you go, some pretties for the day.
I couldn't resist the latest digi kits from Nancy Kubo over at Little Dreamer Designs:
Will have to get playing. :oD
True Blood is on tonight (not sure whether I will stick with this show but rather liked episode 1 last week) and it's worth a watch.
Plus not so long ago I ordered some of this:
So that should cheer me up when I get it.
Also I may as well think about colours for the study/scrapping room - do I stick with a creamy colour - do I dare to think about this today... but do I go for something snazzier - I would love to have green somewhere in the house - but maybe cream is best for in there!
Oh well - let's hope tomorrow is a better day! :o)
So I spent the best part of Saturday night at Zoe's covering this little BG album in BG Blush - I am both happy (it looks lovely so far) and sad (I have no full sheets of Blush patterns left). I am really trying to resist googling the availability of Blush collection packs as I am starting to feel nervous at the thought of no longer having any of these papers. Gulp. I spent the best part of an hour online looking for a 6x6 pad of this paper on the off chance it is languishing in the corner of some retailer's shop... But no... not much luck there... then oh half an hour ago I noticed that one of the retailers had a number of Blush sheets reduced so I went and snapped up what was left that I liked, including a few sheets of the above red on pink pattern!
I spent less than £10 so think that was warranted, but if anyone spots the 6x6 pad anywhere give me a shout! I could still do with it. :oP
But I have also been good... I made a little card for a recent new arrival, just need to get it sent off! :o)
I have a mini-stack of new books from the library to start reading:
But which one to start first? I still have the German version of Dance Upon the Air on the go, but need to get these read and back to the library first. :o)
Then I have a couple of DVDs from Lovefilm to watch:
I know rather different choices, but that's the luck of the draw with Lovefilm.
Also at some point I need to finally transfer all my photos over from the cameras. Best carve out a few hours for that on Sunday!
And in scrapping news, tomorrow night I'm off up to Zoe's for our monthly scrap night - although she tends to scrap 4 or so pages while I veg in front of the telly and don't bother getting my stash out the boot for lack of mojo. But this time I have something in mind... I had the whim to make some mini-books - well that led me on a little hunt for some suitable albums, always late to the party I am, but Basic Grey and Cosmo Cricket were the albums I was after, but which one to decorate tomorrow night, I need to get shot of some Basic Grey collection packs too - and I've not even picked the photos yet!
Or one of these Cosmo albums (hopefully the last 2 will arrive in the post tomorrow aiding the decision!)
There was a fab project on the Write.Click.Scrapbook blog recently using the above Cosmo Ethan album together with the Girl Friday pack, so I am going to save that one to try my hand at that project.
Or maybe tomorrow is the day to use this sheer binder from Maya Road?
Decisions, decisions eh?
KI Friendship rub-ons!
Well so much for some fun creating today. I sat down to try using these rub-ons again before contacting KI re the problem, and as you can see, I didn't get that far!
Hopefully this is a unique problem to this batch and not a new "feature" of KI rub-ons as I've never had an issue with them in the past.
Ho-hum...
So the card I did finally make did not feature the rub-ons I wanted to use and instead looks like this:
Nothing spectacular but I was feeling rather ticked off after battling the rub-ons!
So that marks card 100 of 209 - need to do a bit more catching up to be on target again...
But think it's back to the Sims 3 now!
Well I'm baaaaack from Florida and the scrapping/shopping holiday extravaganza. :oD
Managed the drive from Gatwick in good time and got home around 2.30 - have been mooching and unpacking ever since, and when I say it's taken me a while to unpack... you'll see why:
And that's just the main stash... {yikes}
There were some serious punch purchases made by all... no idea if there are any Martha Stewart border punches left in the Orlando/Tampa area but we managed to snag a few of them and the new EK Success punches!
I managed to get a few Papertrey Ink stamp sets I wanted, and got them delivered to the villa - so much better on the pocket than trying to get them to the UK!
And some nice things just flung themselves at my basket in Michaels clearance aisles... and er, other scrapbook shops! But the loss of AC Moore's was felt by all - I loved that store as an alternative to Joann's and Michaels.
I mean, it didn't look like much at all when it was going into the suitcase... but my word I have no idea where I'll stick it all now that I've unpacked! :oS But I am really in the mood to make something with the new stuff tomorrow once it's all found a new home, need to keep awake to hold the jet lag at bay - it was a bit of a bumpy ride home complete with turbulence and what felt like huuuuuge air pockets (comparable with a Disney ride) so didn't sleep much on the plane and have been awake ever since!
Oh and I nearly forgot, I had a bit of a spree in Sephora and Bath and Bodyworks (nabbed a few of their votive candles) and of course Yankee Candle - they had a lovely Strawberries and Cream swirl candle I've never seen before that smells just like Sweet Tomato's strawberry lemonade tastes! Basically fab! And the black cherry one is rather similar to cherry coke (the good stuff you get in the States not our version, oh and I was pleased to see Coke Zero has a cherry version and to me it tasted like the real deal - I don't really like diet coke with cherry as it doesn't taste the same...).
Right off to start sorting and then to bed I go!
And some pics:
Some yummy stash arrived that I hope to play with soon - 2 new Martha punches and some papers. :)
Plus I made a card with my new Big Shot die!
Now it is time to get back to some retro In Death reading - I was so envious of Tree starting the In Death series and having those 20+ books to look forward to, that I just had to get the first one out of the library to reread how it all began. :o)
Of a certain variety at the moment!
Yes, I succumbed to another promarker spree for some more useful shades (I'm talking browns and greens here - naturally the colours needed for owls!) and while I was at it I added a couple of Momento dew drop inks to the mix.
And OMG I think I may have finally found that shade of shocking pink I was after. The PTI Raspberry Fizz cube was too mulberry, and didn't look at all like the pics I'd seen when I came to stamp it, then my opera pink Versacolor is too purpley pink and a bit washed out... and well now I think I have found The Shocking Pink Ink!
Ta -da ----------> Momento Rose Bud as shown by the stamped owl above! I just need to try it out with those AC Metropolitan papers and of course my Sassafras Lass heart papers.
Anyway, off to watch TV then some more chapters of my book before bed.
Mmm, a lot nicer in real life - I was only taken by a few...
I went for the more versatile designs, but they had to be fun! ;o)
And where's this evening's card project?
Well, I finally managed to get a CD wallet thingy and have been sorting and sticking my Nestabilities into it. The long dies only just fit in between some pages, but it'll be fine. They're all together for now!
And after sorting those out, I tackled my unsorted ribbon bags so I have all my spotty ribbons nicely bagged together since I seem to be addicted to spots right now!
Not necessarily brown paper ones tied up with string either, but as long as they contain something nice, I definitely *heart* them!
Because this is what arrived for me today:
Mmmmm I think I've filled my bird quota for the year... well maybe the month! I wish I could play with them tonight, but am off out to see a play with some family friends at 7 so no playtime at all....
And the other thing that arrived....
I got them from Amazon and thought some would be great on pages and cards, the rest nice for mailing stuff!
Something for those Banana Frog Fans among us arrived through my door today.....
A couple of the brand new stamp sets! :oD They can all be found here on the Banana Frog blog. Will definitely be looking forward to playing with them soon! In the meantime it's Masterchef in 10 mins or so and I need to decide whether I'm planning on doing anything creative this evening, or just getting back to my book... hm... the book is kind of winning out right now. LOL
Oh yes indeedy, the first sneak peeks at a new October Afternoon line are out at their new blog. I will definitely be adding some of this line to my shopping list!
The return of the apples! With cherries this time. :oD
Excuse any typos as currently drugged up to the gills with Tylenol bright blue cough medicine, Advil blue liqui gel ibuprofen and Sudafed decongestants!
Yes, indeed, I have reached The Cold stage of that awful virus that is going around. Ugh it is so not pleasant and I don't know whether I even feel up to sitting down with my journal later.
But to cheer me up (well timed or what?) I received my little order from Make The Moment (complete with full sized Whispa! Mmm save that for later when I can taste choc again).
I just had to get these journaling card books by Nancy Kubo that she designed for Prima:
There's a boy set and a girl set, and here are two that I really liked:
Anyway, off to huddle under the duvet for a bit until the ibuprofen kicks in!
Literally.
Last of the American Crafts purchases and scrapping spending until I sell more stuff!
So I have my Winter and Christmas cardstock packs ready to make card blanks - I suppose this means I should really get on and start making those cards eh?
I love those little Adorn it stickers too - the red and teal ones are in my stash and much used! And of course, I had to top up with some more AC papers.... they are just so nice!
Right well, not long to go now until Grey's Anatomy and Brenda is back in The Closer tonight at 11 p.m. on More4! Can't wait - even though I've seen both the Grey's and Closer episodes already. LOL They are that good!
Is going to have to start on her Christmas cards!
There's not much room in the Christmas stash storage area for all this lovely new KI Festive...
ZOMG it is so nice!
And the only solution seems to be {gasp} to actually use it! :oO
Oh and for those interested, my KI Festive creative kit came with 2 sheets of each normal paper in the line - and one of each frosty paper. So you will get the whole lot of papers if you go for the kit. I know previous creative kits usually didn't do a whole line.
And the accents in this line are just gorgeous! The chipboard and the dimensional stickers. Wow. I will have such fun playing! Oh and let us not forget the frosty lace snowflake cardstock.
The Sassafras chipboard stickers are seriously cute, and great for a card for this month's UKS card challenge! Oh so autumnal.
And in other news, I am totally loving the new single from Sia, Soon We'll be Found. I love it, and she also sounds a bit like Camille who sang the Festin song in Ratatouille! But yep, it's a lovely song for the playlist.
Right, off to watch new Heroes since I have to play taxi service between that and the new Medium episode!
This week I have a couple of creative projects that I need to get done... and I am thinking somewhere in the midst of that I need to get using this little stash I've been hoarding!
At some point I am going to have to chop it up! Plus I am expecting some of the new snowflake lace cardstock in my big KI Festive order! Yummy!
Plus after listing a Scarlet Lime kit on the Market Place at UKS earlier this evening, I've realised that I should really have a clear out of unopened/unused stash and put it up for sale since I've not managed to use it yet! But that is a project for another time.
In the meantime I really need to make a start on reading my library books before they are due to go back. I am off to try and immerse myself in the latest Katie Fforde and in order to do that I HAVE to switch the PC off! :o\
This is the last of the great big stash spends for a while... well... hopefully a loooong while!
This and the majority of the accompanying stash from the new KI Festive line! {huh}
I am just making up for the fact KI had no FESTIVE release at all last year, so technically this is last year's purchase! ;o)
Someone fell off the no-patterned-paper band waggon with spectacular fashion today when she ordered one of these:
And erm.. some AC cardstock packs!
Whoops indeedy!
Things ain't been so great on the PC front, and all troubles finally culminated in Dell at LONG LAST sending out an engineer to replace my "faulty" video card.
I honest to goodness hope that that's an end to the problem and I never need tech. support from Dell again. :oS
Anyway, have finally seen why it took me ages to get home today - a Merc managed to drive all the way into a rather prominent Indian restaurant this afternoon, and traffic has been held up quite a bit as a result. Hope no one was hurt as the pic I saw was just astounding. We just thought it was normal weekend traffic madness, but the queues were just as bad at 8 p.m. so something must have been up.
In slightly happier news I finally received some Scrapbook Trends and Cards Mags to read (April ST and May ST and CT) and have the next instalment in Nora's Blood Brothers series to tuck into this weekend, if only it were warmer and sunny! I'm back in jumpers and jeans it's that cold.
Oh and lookie what arrived today to play with this weekend - who knows?
Scarlet Lime May kit... I may manage to get back to a creative mood after all this aggravation with the PC.
Was hoping to have a relaxing evening tonight watching Enchanted (at long last!) before the Apprentice, but have been on taxi duty and will be on taxi duty later on as well...
But I had a nice surprise waiting for me when I got in from work... smiley stash, the stash that's been on your wishlist ages and you've finally got it in your hands! :oD
In the meantime I have made a teeny dent in my card backlog:
Here's hoping tomorrow is another smiley day as it's gym weigh in time... and it was TGIF's last night for tea!
Lookie what arrived today, just in time for my crop tomorrow!
My new apple KI lace cardstock, and further additions to what is becoming my Animals of Farthing Wood stamp collection, I just couldn't resist the Maya Road rub-ons either!
So I need to do some crop packing for tomorrow, and once I know what I'm doing I can then unpack some of it and hopefully catch up on a few cards... hopefully!
Oooh I really know how to live it up don't I?
Well I've just got in from the gym, and have a couple of nice parcels waiting for me... my Artbase order from yesterday containing the new shade of KI orange peel cardstock (Strawberry), more Green Tea (can never have enough of that shade) and some Seabreaze as Bazzill are discontinuing that shade! :oO How dare they discontinue any of the orange Peel, it's bad enough that the Places We Love texture is going completely, loved the Carrot, Cottonwood and Clover shades especially, but no more... I feel the need for a petition to be started!! Imagine if they ever try to touch Green Tea or Olive or Teal, Splash... hm, one angry angry scrapper! The KI shades are the easiest Bazzill shades to match to paper lines I think, so many of them just go with whatever paper... Doodlebug has some nice Bazzill colours but many are just too in ya face, and I wouldn't know where to start in bog standard Bazzill shades, so I always go to the KI shades first...
Anyway, you can see the reason I need to do a big sort out of my Bazzill and make sure I have enough Seabreaze to keep me happy for now... I could become even more obsessive and ticked off!
So moving on from the obsessive anal cardstock geekiness, I also got a fab package from Bev at Banana Frog crammed with some of the new stamp sets to play with and a rather nice selection of Jenni Bowlin and Rouge de G. papers... I shall be playing this weekend, that's for sure!
And my star purchase of the week (so far) are the new MM ledger alpha stickers, love the teal ones!
So once my cardstock is all sorted, I should be ready to get back to some cardmaking tomorrow night. No gym tomorrow as I had a good weight session tonight and I really need a night to myself that doesn't start at 9 p.m.!
Finally a card, yes, five days late, and I have plenty of catching up to do this weekend with the other 5 CAD cards I need to do, not to mention a few sketches and oh, who knows a layout? Eeee... adventurous or what?
So back in time we've gone to the 11th of Feb, can't believe how fast the week has gone by, and the challenge was to use brown, pink and white - I ticked all those boxes... in fact I think those buttons look a bit marshmallowy - mind you that could be the lack-of-chocolate-endorphins-addled-brain talking there... still no chocs for me since Lent began... :oO
On the stash front I am starting to make a list of CHA purchases I wouldn't mind having! October Afternoon seem to be scoring quite well on the list with their new stamps and apple motifs... yeah, apples must be the new owls for me.... hehe And Bambi fawns seem to be in as well... nice, it's a regular Animals of Farthing Wood theme I'm going to have on my cards in future. :oD
Also I really want my fiskars scallop border punch, like NOW...
Anyway, back tomorrow, when hopefully I'll be all caught up again!
I forgot to mention the other day that I'd actually managed to do CPS sketch #50 and a CAD card all in one...
And today I've finally managed to sit down and catch up with the latest Sketch This Card - OK it's a bit of a loose interpretation, but it's an interpretation nonetheless!
Quite a simple one, just brown cardstock, the back of some KI paper, Hambly tree rub-ons and a touch of stamping. :o)
Right back to sorting out some photos... I am currently trying NOT to go and buy a set of Sassafras Las owl stamps on ebay at the moment... I just really, really want them and can't believe I missed them when they originally came out... travesty! Would rather get them with some other stash at the same time... in fact I am liking one of the Sassafras Las font sets too... would go so well together!
Although I managed to schlep to the gym after work and only just burn 700 calories I am feeling less than wonderful this evening... I really wanted to make today's Card a Day entry, but just don't have the energy left, hopefully tomorrow night I can play catch up.... :o) You never know, my Nestabilities dies might arrive, which means I could very well play with them and these pretties that arrived today....
Oh and remind me, February needs to be a "saving" month... not a "spending" month. Really, it does.
...On quite a bit of the Love Elsie line!
Love the Toby line especially with those colours and the travel theme - very cute but usable too - and clear stamps? Why yes, I think I will add some of those to my wishlist!
Also the KI website has been updated with the new stamps coming in Feb and I am totally overjoyed that the disco and bubble letters are going to be available! In fact love all those fonts!
Also love the calendar stamps, the gift tag icons, greetings icons and wow KI color dye inks! Mmmm they look scrumptious - but will have to be judicious about which colours I will deffo use... as I haven't much space for ink at the mo!
Not just stamps, but the Celebration line is up. Surprise was my favourite as it goes so nicely with colorful - just loving that range again! I'll probably get the odd sheet from the other ranges and mix n match it up with what I already have from KI - love the new additions in embellishments - but must only buy what I know I can use!
But with this amount of stuff on offer for each line I bet next Christmas' journal entries won't be lacking product! Ha!
It's not like I even need wedding stuff, but if I were to, I'd be looking no further! There are some lovely non-weddingy papers like the favours one. Nice!
And for little chaps - so hard to make cards for them sometimes:
I have until March and May to fully compile my wishlist - paper by paper with the aid of a broadband connection! hehe
Anyhoo, best get back to things and stop browsing delectable future purchases!
So with the show soon to be under way, just what has caught my eye and threatened my purse strings so far eh?
Er, think that's more than enough to be getting on with!
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