Completed...

Right... here we go... *drum roll* The final layout is done...

Not the final layout ever or anything. Just the final layout which means that I have caught up on Shimelle's Something From Almost Nothing class. And it feels great! Even greater that it's the second class within a week which I have picked up and finished off even though it would have been easy to give up. If you have some unfinished class lying in a corner gathering dust, I really recommend for you to grab hold of it and try and finish it. The feeling of having it completed is so good :)

The prompt for this final page suggested to use a transparency somewhere on your page. I cut a Fancy Pants transparency in half and layered it over my blue Bazzill cardstock and then built my layout on top of that. The photo isn't the best as it was totally impossible to take a photo of the layout without getting something reflecting in the transparency. But hey...!

This Is A *Good* Week...

I'm so on a roll!! *excited smile* A roll to complete projects which "should" have been finished already. Earlier I posted about this class which I sat down and finished. And to accomplish that was such a great feeling that I decided to tackle another such project while I was on a roll.

I never quite got to finish Shimelle's latest class (Something From Almost Nothing) which was run about a month or so ago. The last two prompts came just as I'd had my two lots of surgery and I was totally unable to even sit up or use a computer. So naturally I couldn't finish my last 2 layouts while the class was still running. But armed with good feelings from finishing the Jessica Sprague class the other day, I went straight onto this class. I have one more 6x12 page to do and then I have completed the class :)

It Feels Great...

You know when you have this project... And for some reason you don't quite finish it... Something comes up and you can't finish it on time... And then it kinda lies there on a shelf and the longer it lies there the more stressful it becomes and the more it troubles you that you have not finished it?

I finished one of those yesterday afternoon!!! Yay!

A while back... In February or March I think it was... I took an on-line tablet class by Jessica Sprague. Something happened the last week of class (which I can't remember at the moment - typical!) which made me not being able to do that last week as the class was running. Over the next week or two I caught up on 6 of the 7 days worth of assignments. But one was left. The BIG layout assignment of the week. I never had the time to sit down and watch through lots of video segments while following and making my own layout. So it's bugged me ever since. I just wanted to get that ONE "little" thing done so I had completed the class.

And above is the evidence that I have now officially finished the class. And it's such a *GREAT* feeling too :) Not only the finishing-feeling but also I'm really pleased that I sat down and took the time to do this as I learnt some pretty cool techniques too :)

Sometime it's sooo worth doing those things that it's easy to put off or give up on completely...!

Birthday Card...

I've been playing with some pretty digital goodies by CD Muckosky this week :) If you're wondering, these kits are available to buy at The Lilypad.

To make my card I used one of the cool divided tabs from the pack above...

And also loads and loads of flowers from this pretty kit! I really love the leaf sets she's made with the cute coloured stripes across them :)

[Supplies used: Marked Alphas - Amy Martin, The Stationery Story - Amy Wolff, Divided - CD Muckosky, Groovy Garden - CD Muckosky, Paint Me Happy Paper Set - Rachel Young (all from The Lilypad)]

I also added a few other bits and came up with this hybrid card in the end. Grattis means Congratulations in Swedish and I think it will make a nice female birthday card for someone.

I Really, Really Can't Wait...

Last week the UK prices were finally revealed...

On Monday it became available for pre-order...

And on May the 28th it's released...

As soon as the presentation video was released back in January, I knew I wanted it. Well actually I knew way before then, hearing all the rumours earlier etc. So I went on a mission to see if I could get enough money in my PayPal account to cover an iPad 32GB. And after a lot of Ebay'ing my "iPad fund" was ready already by the end of March. Since then it's been a long wait. Finally on Monday I could place my order.

And now it's just, what seems like a very loooong time, to wait until the 28th.

I'm sooooo excited!!! :)))

Summer?...

Anyone seen summer about? The sun is shining here at the moment (so I have already taken the chance to go out for a morning walk) but the rain clouds are coming in fast and it's supposed to rain most of the day here :) And 10 degrees in May isn't really fun is it?

The layout above was done for Shimelle's cybercrop a while back. Photos are from a short vacation to Germany with Mum & Dad in summer 2008 - we had a great time :)

Looking forward to the WW meeting tonight. Pretty sure I will stand more or less still but I'm very happy with this as I had a mega loss of 2 kg last week (about 4 1/2 pounds). So even doing that over 2 weeks is pretty good.

I'm back tomorrow with some news of something I'm really looking forward to...

Wales...

A few weeks ago we booked a night at a spa hotel in Wales, for last Saturday. We sat off early on Saturday from home and had a very nice but very, very cold day in Wales. We got to the hotel early and spent an amazing hour and a half in their hydro pool, sauna and steam room. Just what we needed after a cold afternoon out :)

I have finally got all the 434 photos downloaded from the camera and here are just a few of them. The first few are taken as we drove from the hotel through Snowdonia on Sunday morning. All are taken through the car windscreen at speed. I really thought they would just turn out to be a blurry mess so I'm rather pleased that they are as good as they are.




On the way home we stopped and visited a place called Bondant Garden. Really beautiful and great for a nice long walk. My parents had been there a few years ago when they visited Wales and recommended it to us. They really weren't wrong. It was so pretty there!













We really enjoyed our little mini vacation and have decided that we must do something similar very soon again. :)

Love...

And my hybrid card making continues this weekend... :)

This time I have used this cute collab kit by Kay Miller and SMJ Designs. I guess it's originally a Valentine's Day kit but seriously it's never the wrong time to tell someone that you love them :)

This is the card I made. Unfortunately the light is terrible here (what a cold and wet weekend it's been - brrrr!) so they photo isn't the greatest...

[Supplies: Follow Your Heart - Kay Miller, SMJ Designs (from Kay Miller Designs)]

And this is the cute kit that I used. You can get it from Kay Miller Designs. A great place to shop if you ask me :)

Now can someone please tell the weather that it's supposed to be MAY and that we'd like some sumery weather please :)

Another Birthday Card...

I've been playing with making more hybrid birthday cards. Again a Swedish one...

[Juju's Garden by Lliella Designs (from SSD)]

Allie from Lliella Designs have released yet another cute kit. And see ---> birds! Love those birds :) So I just had to do something using that kit. If you're interested you can find the kit here.

This Kit Is So Cute...

As I have said earlier, I have been playing a bit with making hybrid cards again this week. It's ages since I have had the time to sit down and do that, so it's made me really happy. :)

First up was this super cute kit by Kay Miller...

Sweet, eh? :) If you can't resist it just like me, it's available here. Go on, you know you want to LOL! Those pandas are just the cutest. I'd love to have them as digital stamps too - that would be so great :)

Anyway, so what did I do? Well I find that the most common cards of all that I need (and never have any pre-made!) is Swedish birthday cards. So I decided to change that and hopefully I'll be able to make myself a few to have ready whenever needed :)

[Supplies: Beary Berry Sweet - Kay Miller (from Kay Miller Designs)]