Update...

Today I'm mega busy working on my new class for A Trip Down Memory Lane. As I was taking photos of my work in progress for the class a little earlier, I thought I might also take some photos of my Christmas rug and show you the progress since the last photos :)

I have finished all the little tiny bits now. The sequins and "candies" which are spread among the larger motifs...

Last time I took some photos I had just finished the house. Since then I have done the gingerbread man, the tree and the big candy cane. I spent quite a lot of time on this over the weekend as I really want to get it ready in time for putting up the tree. Still doubtful, and I will need to work a lot/fast if I should make it...but I have some hope so far...

Okay I'd better get back to my ATDML class, I have instructions to write, photos to edit/pick and a supply list to sort out...

For sale: super cute Sassafras chipboard

For sale: These are all brand new Sassafras chipboard packs. I have a few of each so just ask away if you want them and I will let you know when I have run out. (Please read the WHOLE post if you're interested, so you see all the details - thank you ) They seem to sell for about £3.99 in the UK, so I thought I'd ask £2.50 per pack...

Fawnd To You: *** SOLD OUT ***



Happy Place: *** ONE LEFT ***



Hog Heaven: *** THREE LEFT ***



Woodland Whimsy: *** ONE LEFT ***




£2.50 per pack. Buyer pays for postage.

UK 1st class P&P:
1-2 packs of chipboard £1.00
3-4 packs of chipboard £1.50
(anything else, please let me know and I'll get back to you)

Payment by PayPal only please.

I will normally post the same day or next day, depending on when I receive payment etc.

If you want to buy one/some pack(s), please leave your e-mail addess in the comments section and I will get back to you asap. First come first served and all that :)

Thanks for looking :)

Stories In Hand...

This is what my desk looks like right now LOL! I signed up for the "Stories In Hand" class by Jessica Sprague a while ago when the registration opened. But then I was a little late in getting my album so I never got the chance to get started on this until Friday when it turned up. The class involves a LOT of cutting and printing so I'm very busy with that at the moment...

Finished...

I did it, I finished my little Christmas project! I actually wasn't sure whether I'd get it finished for the blog post today as it took a lot longer to make than I first thought...

Here's my finished advent calendar using a cheap baking tray and magnets. The principle for this is that you remove all the magnets (all the little date squares) and store them on the back of the sheet. Then on the 1st of December you add the first square to the grid and so on, until you have added them all and it's Christmas.

The tray calendars that I have seen so far have all been based on a 5x5 grid and counting down to the 25th of December. This didn't really work for me as I celebrate Christmas on the 24th of December. Time to think. After a while I came up with the plan of making the 24th square double the size. Just like the bought cardboard calendars that you can get in the shops, that quite often have a bigger opening for the 24th.

I used the "Christmas Dreams" and "Jolly Lil Friends" kits by Mindy Terasawa at Designer Digitalis to create it.

I'm not sure how well it shows up in the photos but there's lots of yummy Stickles glitter involved etc :)

A Little Project...

I've been told that my album *should* arrive today - yay (...she says quietly not to jinx anything LOL!) And in the meantime, while keeping and eye out for the parcel van, I'm working on a Christmas project which has been very popular in the scrapping world now for a good two years. I started off with this yesterday afternoon...

And then I have been doing a little bit of this...

I'm not finished yet so no photos of the finished project yet - sorry! I'm going to try and work on it a little more today so we'll see if I can get it ready and take some photos for tomorrow. No promises yet though :)

Liberty - you asked about the "calendar bit" on the patterned paper in this post. Yes it's a stamp. By October Afternoon I think... Let me just hunt in my stamp box... Right, found it, it's called "Mailroom" and the code is ST-318 and it is indeed by October Afternoon. Hope that helps :)

...and you know what, just as I was hunting through my stamp box, I got interrupted by a knock on the door. My album is here!! It might not be lime green, but a chestnut brown will work just fine too. :) So a big thanks to Jeannette once again, I'd almost given up hope on getting one!

Thank You Jeannette...

What a day it was yesterday. I was trying to source the American Crafts 6x6 album that I wrote about in yesterday's post and it proved to be a nightmare. After trawling though 10 (!) pages worth of Google searching/shops and checking every single one (!) it quickly became obvious that it was not a case about getting a green album...or even a blue at a push...but about getting ANY American Crafts 6x6 album at all.

Then I found a black one. Yay! Site showed 2 items in stock. Placed my order and was soooo relieved. Until a few hours later when I suddenly had a WorldPay refund (=confused) and then a few minutes later a mail from the shop saying that "sorry they don't have the item". I was very disappointed. And I really hate it when shops charge you and then "discover" that they don't have something...it just really gets on my nerves LOL!

Anyway, in the meantime Jeannette posts a comment saying that she's found a site with the albums (even if not in the right colour) so off I go on a hunt. They do indeed show as "in stock" and I quickly order a chestnut/brown one! I don't really want to say "yay" yet...not until I actually have the album in my hand this time LOL! But a big THANK YOU to Jeannette for the link - you probably saved my day trying to get this album :)

Right, I'm off to watch this week's slide show by Cathy Zielske. Thursday means new week for the class and a new great slide show by Cathy. I'm leaving you with yet another page (I've been Cuttlebug-ing!) I have done following one of her sketches for the class. A page about when mum & dad came to visit:

Desperately Seeking...

I need help by you great blog readers please. I'm desperately seeking an album and I can't find it anywhere in the UK no matter how long I have been searching :(

Has anyone seen this around anywhere please:

American Crafts D-Ring 6x6 album in green/lime. I'd go for the blue one at a push.

Please...anyone? I'd be so very grateful for any tips! Thanks in advance :)

I Enjoyed This...

Time for some more from the class by Cathy Zielske. I really enjoyed this layout assignment as it gave me a chance to use some old photos which I thought really suited the layout design. These are photos from the house where I was born and grew up in Sweden. So many, many nice memories! :)

Oh and yes, the text is blurred at the end of the journaling. I thought it would be very nice for the future (when you might start to doubt details) to put the address and phone number on the layout. But that's of course not something I want to have all over the internet LOL! So apologies for the blurred-out last few lines.

I still have the whole of this week (Thu last week to Thu this week) to catch up on in class. All I have managed to do so far is to put two photos on my desk. Not much in terms of getting the assignments done, right? *Need to find some time*

For Sale: Bind-It-All...

*** NOW SOLD - SORRY ***

Okay, I have never sold anything on my blog before so this is a first. If you're interested, please read all the post to the end so you see all the information - thanks :)

For sale: Bind-It-All machine with accessories. (From pet and smoke free home) This is what's included:

The machine :) This has been used and very loved by me. I take extreme care with everything I own and this literally looks like new :)

...I mean I have even kept the original clip that goes on the front etc :)

...and the machine will come in the original box (told you I look after my things LOL!), protected by polystyrene etc :)

...it has the original CD and instruction booklet with it.

...and the handy size guide for measuring your wires and for setting the machine to the correct wire sizes.

I will also include something which you do not normally get with the machine but you have to buy separately. The handy spacer bar. This is used when you use your smaller wires so that you get the pages cut correctly. I'm adding this in as a bonus.

Please note that, just like when you buy a new BIA machine, it does not come with any wires.

Now to the important information:

Payment is by PayPal ONLY please.

Cost: £30 + P&P

If you want to buy it, please leave me your e-mail address in the "comments section" and I will contact you asap. If more than one person is interested, I will of course go with the first person who's posted. So don't delay if you want it.

Depending on the time of receiving payment, I will either post the same day or next day :)

Thanks for reading & please let me know if you need any more info :)

Stepping Away From Christmas...

Loving Christmas, it's hard to not go for things Christmassy when you're picking among digital kits to use and some have yummy Christmas items amongst them. For my third project for the Lilypad BYOC I decided to step away from the Christmas items. Instead I decided to go for one of those general greeting cards which can be so handy to have a few spare of at home...

[Supplies: Fuzzy Wuzzy Alphas - Amy Wolff, Happy Happy Joy Joy Paper Pack - Amy Wolff, Graphies - CD Muckosky, Festive Sparkles - Jenna Desai, Just Pieces - Kaye Winiecki (all from the Lilypad)]

Hope you're all having a great weekend! :)