Creative Scrappers Sketch #64

Dont you just love the sketches on their site!! This was my first as a design team member and its a gorgeous sketch with so many ways to change it, add embellies and make your own - go check it out, the rest of the design team have made some stunners!! Remember the little sneaky peek i gave a while ago.....well that was for this layout/sketch! Thanks again to Kristine for taking me onto the team - im loving every minute!! :D

No piccies to share yet but the window ledges outside have had a coat of Jasmine White paint and the door its first coat of Mailbox Red....its starting to come together (i love the sound of dh pulling into the drive and the crunch of stones under the tires!) hehe simple things! :D

The Weekend!

I thought, with it being Saturday, we would get a lie in this morning.....i suppose just after 7.30 isnt bad but another hour would have gone down a treat! lol
We headed out first thing to Hamsterley Forest. Its the only time ive been but the boys have been with Daddy before so they knew all the trails etc. :) We walked only half as far as we could have as the boys would rather play on the climbing bits and throw stones into the water......we also played pooh sticks which was really cute!! (especially concidering the water was moving VERY slow!!) lol
After catching some rays, getting lots of fab photos and having a picnic we headed home for tea which was planned as giant yorkshire puddings, mince and veggies..........but since we were having such a fab day we headed off to Pizza Hut instead.......(via B&Q to get the paint for the front door - feng shui says red is a very lucky colour so red it is - or will be when i take the awful raspberry colour back and get a RED RED!!) lol

No crafting today so nothing to share sorry, im too busy drooling over the Papertrey order the girls are placing this month, anyone else wants to jump in give me a yell............its the price of your order, plus 15% for customs, your share of the postage (which is split between everyone equally) and then postage to get them from me to you. As i said, if anyone would like to pop an order in with ours send me an email debbie@countryheartandhome.com :)

Wahoo i made the Bo Bunny Design Team!!

Im so excited!!

They told me last night and wow do you know what its like trying to get to sleep with that kind of info going round in your head and knowing you cant tell anyone until its announced!! 3am i finally fell asleep - i was driving dh nuts as i kept having to get up and read, giggling, saying i was too excited to sleep! hehe! Im sure now i can share my entries for the try outs and i cant wait to start work with the rest of the team, other new designers and returning girls too! :)

Go check out the announcement on the Bo Bunny blog - i promise im not joking!! lol

They requested 1 card....1 layout and 1 otherAll made using the U Bug Me range and Alisa papers :) The album itself is a Bo Bunny one too!
You cant even imagine how much i have been happy dancing around the house today!! lol

ok, and breathe Debbie!! ;)

This weeks Pencil lines sketch is fab - go check it out, the girls have joined forces with My Little Shoebox for August so there is an absolute mass of inspiration! Tthis is my take on the sketch...
The sun was shining yesterday (novelty for the North East!) so i took the boys down to our favourite haunt for ice cream sundaes! Chocolate for the boys and banana split for me - sod the diet its not often the sun is out! lol
We had loads of fun, Ethan got his hair cut into a mohican, we played in the park, we even called into the church to organise the boys christenings (it was closed so no progression on that one!)

Lots to organise, lots to do and today im doing it with a renewed bounce in my step :D

Hospital, Monkeys and Couch!

Handmade cakes and sign (PTI holiday treats stamps)
Ok so ive had to stick a pretty pic at the top here before i launch into the hospital talk as some people have those blog banners that bring up which blogs they have visited and also the first photo - i didnt want Jakes ear to be the first thing someone sees if they are having lunch or tea so heres something pretty to keep you going until you read my proper post!! lol

Today we had to go back to the hospital so that the dressings could be taken off Jakes ear. Poor little soul sat as good as gold and even let the nurse cut his hair so she could get the sticky plasters unstuck! lol It was a little bigger than i anticipated (thankfully i didnt pass out, even though i felt woozy!) but the nurse said it should heal and leave just a small scar. Hes now home and playing on the wii saying it doesnt hurt (he now has a much smaller dressing so i think hes just happy his whole head isnt still wrapped up!) Back on monday to get the stitches out!

Ok onto the more ungory stuff! lol

Bo bunny have a fab sketch this week drawn by the gorgeous Shanna Vineyard - go check it out and take part, they have some goodies up for grabs!The papers are all from the Bo Bunny U Bug Me range, the small stars are glossy accented to make them shine, the large stars are fastened on with PTI buttons and it is all inked and torn to within an inch of its life. The photograph is of my little cheeky monkey running away as i try to snap a photo! :)

Ive been busy with the Papertrey On My Couch stamps too - how cute are these!! Seriously adorable and that little kitty is just the best!! Cant wait for the sneaky peeks of this coming months new additions :D

Plastic surgery and buttons bits!

lol what a title! No it wasnt me having plastic surgery! lol It was Jacob, poor little mite has always had an open pore on his ear/face. Its always been really small and no bother but the last year it has been filling up to bursting point and being generally yucky so he was booked in for surgery yesterday. He was a little trooper and thought it hilarious that the doctor drew on his face (ive told him NO to doing it at home!!) lolYou can see on his ear where they drew a circle round the area and the start of the arrow behind his ear where they would take the skin from for the graft (thankfully not needed).

Here he is post op and feeling a little sorry for himself.....right before i picked him up and he threw up all over me! lol Dont you just love their timing!! ;)

Between nursing the sick and general housey stuff, mass clearout still in progress, I have applied for a job as assistant manager at a local charity shop. Its only 18 hours per week but Ethan starts school in sept so it means i will have some extra free time. Also first time on the wii fit today in 39 days, only put on 1lb but it felt a lot more once i started those hulahoops!! lol 30 minute workout overall so not bad.....must keep it going this time!

Ive managed to play with my new button bits stamps some more! I love them! I think this one is my favourite I have made a whole little set with different sentiments etc to use as general 'thinking of you' type cards :)

Creative Scrappers sketch # 63

Again the design team have pulled together an amazing selection of layouts. Go check out the Creative Scrappers blog for the full sketch and details for this weeks challenge :) Here is my take on it ....I love this sentiment and knew i had the perfect photo of me and Ethan visiting my mums :)

Its been a pretty quiet weekend here. Ben is at my mums for the holidays, Scott is at Stuarts mums for a week (was picked up yesterday) and DH went away for a boys weekend camping and flying helicopters! Its just been me, Jake and Ethan! Eating rubbish, watching rubbish and getting rid of rubbish! We had had a mass clearout and their bedroom is so clean (i mean you could eat off the floors kinda clean!!) they are even picking things up saying they dont want it messy anymore - im hoping ive turned a corner with them!! lol
I just want to give a quick recommendation to the film Seven Pounds too. I wasnt that into it at the beginning and it was a little bitty (storyline here there and everywhere!) but once it got established i sobbed...........and i mean noise, tears, snot, everything!! Ooh it wasnt a pretty site and i was thanking God i only had the 2 boys with me and they had fallen asleep earlier! lol

Colour challenge 13 and cuties!

Today is the final day again for Dawns colour challenge (i really must mark down the day its updated as im always the last to upload!) This is the first time i have played with my new Button Bits set of stamps and they are so much fun! Im going to make a whole set to go in a little notelet folder - simple pressie but too cute!!

Im having a mega blitz in the house, the dresser (yes the big one i painted!) has gone to a lovely lady on freecycle. I have masses of stuff in the cupboard at the top of the stairs bagged and ready for the first fine Sunday (carboot sale). I have lots of bits to go to the tip and im going to put a complete blanket ban on buying anything else for the house - im such a 'faffy bits' hoarder...........you know, little picture frames, candles, trinket bits.....nothing major but lots of little bits! argghhh.....NO MORE!!

If youre on facebook then youve probably already seen our new additions........George and Max! They are the most adorable, cuddly and cute little lop eared rabbits. They have been a long time coming and are finally old enough to leave their mummy so are now here at their new home *love*