Help

I'm having the white screen problem with comments, that I have seen people mentioning but can't go look at the comments about it cause I get the white screen hehe thought I might be seeing the light for a second there but it's only the dreaded white screen. When I click on comments in mine or some other blogs the bar at the top (you know the ULR  (or is it URL) one) says blogspot rather than blogger.

Hehehe I just typed F instead of B then and it came out Flogger - yes I do feel like flogging the computer sometimes hehehe Anyway any help would be appreciated. x joy

oh I just went and changed my comment setttings to a pop up window and I can now see mine but what about everyone else's?

Whoot Whoot Another Play Day

Hello - it's Wednesday and I have been lucky enough to have another play day in my craft room - Yippeee. Well actually it hasn't all been play cause I have done the washing and tidying but in between I have been popping into the craft room and creating. Hehehe having lots of fun as I go.

I am entering a new challenge today - one I haven't entered before - I stumbled across this challenge while looking at one of the lovely blogs that I stalk daily Molecraft by Helen, she is so talented! Anyway the challenge is over at Sketch N Stash. Ohhhhh I like the sound of this one - you have to use up some of your stash yay cause I have a never ending set of draws full of stash, bits and pieces that I cut off from other creations. So here is  the sketch

And here is my card

 The lovely background paper is from Kaiser and it is brand new, one I brought while I was in Brisbane before Christmas, as is the stamp which I got from my lovely friend Kerry, who brought two of this one by mistake (oh that reminds me i had better remember to pay her for it ). But all the purple is from the deepest darkest depths of the stash pile. I know it's not Christmas time and I shouldn't be making Christmas cards but how could I just put her away and not ink her up at least once? Anyway she will go into the stash for next year. I have coloured her with watercolour pencils and added some snowflakes and a Stampin' Up Sentiment.

This is the inside view - using up more scraps as this is the bit where I cut the circle out for the front.

And finally a close up of the detail - I forgot to mention that I added flower soft and stickles to the edge of her dress and her Santa hat.

Ok well i hope you like it, but now it is time for all good housewives and Mummy's to head to the kitchen and start cooking a yummy dinner for the adoring family,  I am heading in the other direction hehehe only kidding - I had better go do my duties.

Have a happy day x joy

Back again - twice in one day WOW

Hello again, as promised here is my Penny Black Saturday Challenge for this week. The theme is anything goes, which I am pleased about as I didn't think there would be another Christmas theme again for awhile. I have been wanting to make a little book containing all my Christmas stuff in it for awhile - you know the stuff I mean, card lists, recipes, memories etc. So here it is :

It is just an ordinary  A4 note book that I have altered.

This is my inside page - just some fun stuff about all the things that I love about Christmas. Plenty more to do, so I will share it with you as I go.

Anyway I forgot to tell you in my first post of the day - that we had drama's here in the Smith house hold yesterday. My big boy Ashley (13 year old) fell off of his bike at the skate park and broke one of his wrists and sprained the other one. Ahhh the joys of children, although this is our first (and last hopefully) broken bone - which is not too bad considering he is 13 and Benji is 9. He is feeling very sorry for himself but lapping up all the attention. He has to go back in two days to have a new plaster put on once some of the swelling goes down.  

Ok well it is diet coke o'clock here in Smithyland so I am going while it is still nice and cold.

talk soon x joy

My Craft Room

Hello, welcome to Tuesday (Opps I nearly said Wednesday then - I don't know what day of the week it is hehe) anyway here I am again this time with a little look at my nice, clean and sorted craft room (I wonder how long it will stay that way). Hubby is back at work again, on his 8 day rotation so I don't do reno's when he isn't here - I catch up on the Mum jobs around the house, like cleaning and washing. Yesterday I had a huge spring clean in the craft room - which was long over due!!!!!!!! Here is the end result:

That's a sneaky peak view of this week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge you can see on my desk. All the things that I use regularly are in the little draws in front of my chair, like double sided tape and stuff.

The tall skinny draws on the floor holds most of my wood mounted stamps. Then the plastic draws on top of the book shelf hold my smaller punches and sizzix dies. The big blue plastic book holds my bigger punches with my stash box next to it. The draws on the bottom shelf holds my Christmas  wood mounted stamps. The wheely trolley just holds bits and pieces like stickers, rubons, peeloffs and gems.

My big shot and sewing machine are right in my reach. You can see my new stash of Stampin' Up stamps on my desk.

These zipped folders  on the top hold all of unmounted stamps and the boxes next to them hold cards and templates with a box full of flowers on top of them. The wire and plastic draws here hold bits and pieces.

  .

This area has all of that bits and bobs stuff, embossing powders, pins, brads, eyelets all the little stuff with ribbon and lace all in the large plastic draws on the edge. See my paper scarecrow on the top shelf  - I made him for last year's show here in town. Sorry the photo is a bit blurry. 

And then this wheely trolley holds my ink pads and paper pads and alphabets - I swing it round to the front of the desk when I am working. The draw at the edge of the photo hold all of my ribbon and lace.

Boy oh boy looking at these photo's make me realise just how much shit we crafters have - don't tell hubby I said that cause he has been trying to tell me I have too much shit for years. hehe anyway it is all useful shit and I love it all. I will be back later to show you my project for Penny Black Saturday. talk soon x joy

Oh my goodness - it's Saturday already

Hiya, I can't believe it is Saturday already - blah where have all those days gone?????? I'm sure it was only Monday yesterday!!!!!!! We have been busy - so I guess time does fly when you are having fun. We popped over to Emerald on Tuesday morning and did a spot of shopping then had a llllloooonnnngggg swim at the motel pool because it was sooooo hot then had a relaxed evening eating pizza in front of the tv. Then a spot more shopping Wednesday morning before going to see Alvin and the Chipmunks at the movie's with the boys (nice family time) then began the four hour drive back home again. But all in all a good time was had by all.

I have been trying to do a little something in the craft room each day but while Frankie is on days off we have also been back into the renovations. OOOOHHHHH my goodness - we have had so much fun NOT hehehe. We are working on Ashley's Room (13 year old son) and have given he and his younger brother the option of choosing their colour scheme (note to self - don't do that again) Ashley wanted black walls haha - like that was going to happen. So we had a long chat about decorating rules hehe and we compromised and he chose blue - ahhhhh safe colour you are thinking - NO - this is a 13 year old we are talking about. He chose the darkest of blue's and a black ceiling aaaaaahhhhhh - back to the compromising table again and we decided on a denim blue with a white ceiling - aaaaahhhhh a bit safer, but the colour ended up way darker than the colour sample so this is the result :

A bit dark for my liking but he loves it - and by the time we get all the white built in cupboards and desk put in, I'm sure it will tone it down a bit - I hope anyway. Still lots more to do - as our house is an old Queenslander it is all tongue and groove walls - so lots of gap filler happening. Frankie is currently sanding and cleaning the old windows, so they will be brilliant white as well - ooohhhh the fun of it all.  

Anyway I have had a little play in the craft room and here is what I came up with for the current challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies Challenge - it is your favourite LOTV stamp - yeah right as if I can pick my favourite - PLEASE!!!!! My favourite changes every day hehe - and I even have another wish list of my new favourites that I have to have. hehehe

I have also started a Christmas book - to keep all of my Christmas stuff in (like recipes and card lists etc) so  I will show you that in the next day or so. Ok talk soon x joy

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Hello, and happy Monday to you. It is a Monday but for us it feels like a Friday, as hubby goes on his 6 days off today - so it feels like it's the weekend tomorrow yay!!!!!! He works eight days on (24 hours a day) and then 6 off - so he gets a good break and is refreshed for when he goes back. It is even more special today as we are heading off for a little get away tomorrow to Emerald which is about 4 hours drive to do some shopping, some eating (we don't have any of the major take aways here) and to see a movie. It is always good to get away. Although it would be nice to go somewhere cool as it is still above 40 degrees cel here. I put the thermometer out on the lawn the other day just to see what it was and it was a whopping 53 degrees c. blah

Enough of the whining though - I have a card to share with you. . . . . . .

And I'm excited cause I like it hehehe - I had so much fun with this weeks challenge over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge - they give you a card and you Case-it. This is what I came up with. I used Penny Black Stamp "Fish Dreams" and yes it is one I love cause I never own a stamp that I don't love, which is coloured with watercolours and layered, along with some snippet papers from my stash (sorry I don't remember what they are) and some star punches and a bit of bling.

The inside view.

Ok well I'm off now as I just heard one of my favourite sounds - the little noise a can of diet coke makes when you open it ssssppppiiiisssshhhhhhhhh - that means hubby has just got a nice cold one out of the fridge, so he had better of gotten me one otherwise there will be trouble hehehe

talk soon x joy

Crafting under the air conditioner

Hello, happy Friday to you and a big wave hello to my new follower Jules from Always with a Heart - I have to admit that I was very excited to see Jules follow me as she is a bit of a guru of mine - have you seen this ladies blog - OMG - it is amazing, and I stalk it every day. If you haven't already had a look go have a little peak  here - I am sure you will get some inspiration.

This is another card made with my huge new stash of Stampin' Up stuff - I should take a photo and show you how much stuff I actually brought, hehe ok I admit I gave the Credit Card a huge work out but I just had to have it all!!!! I'm sure you know what I mean!!!!! And I have another few pages of wish list wants from the current catalogue as well. Maybe I should get a job to pay for it all but then I wouldn't have time to play. Anyway on with the card - here it is

 Very different from my normal cutsie style - I know

 The inside view

I used a Stampin' Up image from the Faith in Nature collection, some lovely Bo Bunny paper, my Cherry Lynn swirl die, a bit of bazzill and ribbon from my stash. The inside swirl stamps are kaiser. Anyway I hope you like it.

And finally a little thought for my blogging friends in the UK  - while you are all battering down the hatches with wild storms and cold weather we are suffering a heat wave with 42 degrees celcius here today but nothing the airconditions can't cope with - I just hope everyone stays safe in the wild conditions over there.

Ok talk soon x joy