LOVELY BLOG AWARD

Good evening from a wet & cold Sussex, its been raining here most of the day, so lots of crafting has been done, lol!

I have been given this lovely award by my Little Claire teamie, Mary , thanks Mary! You have to give this award to five blogs that you love and inspire you. I know that most of the Little Claire DT have been given this award, so I am passing on this award to blogs that I also love and visit often.

Georgia - my lovely daughter who makes the most wonderful cards & creations.
Hazel - my best friend, agony aunt and the person I laugh the most with, thanks for being there!
Maree - my lovely cuz in Oz. Who is more like my sister and who I wish lived closer, lol!

Clare W - for being a good friend/teamie and mad woman, lol!

Lisa - a fellow teamie, who always stops by my blog, leaves me wonderful comments and whose creations inspire me!

Also, I have to list three things that I love :

(1) My lovely Girls, I am so blessed to be their Mum. They brighten up my life with smiles, giggles & fun!

(2) My childhood Steiff 'Hammie' Hamster Toy, I have had him since I was five, he is so precious!

(3) Crafting - my hobby that lets me play with colours, images, flowers & buttons - heaven and has allowed me to meet such wonderful friends.

You also have to show a picture you love and explain why!

This is of my lovely mum aged about 17. I love and miss her beautiful smile!

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your evening!

hugs

Heidi

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Creature Comforts - Craft's Beautiful

Here are my cards that were chosen to feature in 'Crafts Beautiful' - October Edition. The top one is in a poly bag, so sorry if there is a glare to the photo. I really love playing with these stamps, they are fantastic to stamp up and colour in.

Once again, thanks to Gill & Steve over at Little Claire's for choosing my cards. If you like these new stamps, you can buy them now via the link, with postage starting at £1, what good value!

Thank you to all of you lovely peeps that have left me messages and emails today, I have been inundated and am so grateful for you taking the time to leave them for me.

Enjoy your weekend! I am hoping to get some challenges done, kids permitting!

hugs

Heidi

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OMG I am so Excited!!!!

I am sooooooooo excited! Three of my Little Claire's cards are featured in Crafts Beautiful - October Edition (Pages 36 & 37), out to purchase today.

I was so chuffed to of been chosen, a great big thanks to Gill & Steve. I really loved using these gorgeous images, I am sure you will too! Pop on over to the Little Claire's shop via the link above, and take a look at all of the wonderful things to buy!

I will upload the photos of my cards later!

Am off to celebrate!

hugs

Heidi

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MAWTT Weekly Challenge # 60 - 'All That Glitter's'!

Good morning, it's Thursday once again, time for Moving Along With The Times weekly challenge. It's my mate Hazel's challenge this week, and we want to see lots of 'Glitter' on your creations. I have used the image 'Kokeshi Dolls by Sylvie's Designs' , my photo doesn't show up my glitter unfortunately, if you look hard enough, you should see some, lol! Do pop over to the main blog to see what beautiful creations the other DT have made using some Stitchy Images.

Our sponsor this week is :


They are offering 5 digital images as the prize, so get spreading that glitter! You have until next Wednesday, 25th August @ 8pm to enter our challenge.

My Card Recipe:

Black Swiss Dot Cardstock
Daisy Bucket 'Black Tie Affair' Paper
Little Claire's 'Big Pointy Frames' Dies
Hero Arts Sentiment
Prima Turquoise Flowers
Black Jelli Dots
Large Dotty Button from Papermania
Kaisercraft Turquoise Stones

Am just off out with the girls shortly, going to visit some friends and have lunch.

Enjoy your day!

hugs

Heidi

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WOYWW!

Good morning peeps! Lovely sunny day here in Sussex today, so nice to see the yellow thing in the sky again, its been a while, lol!

It's Wednesday and time to share What's On Your Workdesk! Do drop on over to the lovely Julia @ Stamping Ground and share yours. Us WOYWW will then pop on over to have a nose.


My desk, as always, is very active! Buttons, new Little Claire Stamps, Doodlebug scrummy rub ons and my Bind-It-All are liviing on it today. Have been binding up a few books for Georgia to use as scrapbooks, she will show you her finished results on her blog soon. Also the top photo are of two little owls that she has given me, if you know me well, you will know that I just love owls, so these little fella's take pride of place on my desk.

My other photo is of some wonderful little stamps that I purchased at Stamparama @ Stevenage, I could have brought the lot, but was very restrained for me, lol! They are so lovely to stamp up and a pleasure to colour in!


Am going to have a really lazy day today, well am going to try! Have mountains of housework to catch up on and lots of cards to make. I love having my girls home, but we have been on the go so much recently, I am so looking forward to having some ME time, when they go back to school in two weeks. Anyway, whatever you do, enjoy yours!

Thanks for popping in,

hugs

Heidi

xxx

AWOL! I do have an excuse ....

Good evening, am so sorry that I have been a bad blogger this week, I do have a good excuse, lol! I have been very busy making samples for my Little Claire demo's at Stamparama @ Stevenage. After a two hour car journey and only got lost once, (Watford is such a pretty place, lol!), I had such a fabby day working with Steve and met lots of you lovely bloggers. Big hello, especially to Julie, Cazz & Julie. (Julie, hurry up and get your blog up and running, I want to see your creations, lol!)

Here below are a couple of pics of the day.

Pictures of my cards to follow. I was such a good girl, I didn't spend too much, only some goodies from the LC stand. Yes, some stamps and Promarkers came home with me, not that there was much left at the end of the day, it was extremely busy all day, but great fun!

Have to go attack my ironing mountain, I have been putting it off for a few days, have been out and about with the girls shopping today. Enjoy your evening! I will be back tommorrow with my WOYWW, see you then,

hugs

Heidi

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MAWTT Weekly Challenge # 59 - Hazel's Sketch

Good evening, here is my DT card (late again!)with no excuse other than I have been busy decorating the girls bedroom and generally trying to keep them busy, before I get those wonderful words 'Mum, i'm bored', lol! My dear friend Hazel, has come up with a wonderful sketch over at Moving Along With The Times , with the theme being open. The DT have been lucky enough to play with some of the sponsor's images, I have used 'Emma on a Swing'. Our sponsor Whimsy Stamps who are offering as a prize, 5 Digital Stamps, so hurry up get those creations made and leave us a link to your blogs. You can also enter by email, just send to the mail address on the sidebar of the main blog.



My Card Recipe:

Turquoise Bazzill Cardstock
My Mind's Eye 'Quite Contrary' Papers
Nestibility Die
QK Swirl Die
Scallop & Oval SU Punches
Craftwork Cards Sentiment
SU Flower
Jelli Dots & Pink Stones from stash

Off to watch Martin Clunes & Dawn French before I fall asleep, have a lovely evening!

hugs

Heidi

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