One Little Word

With thanks to  

Lisa

  for drawing my attention to 

One Little Word by Ali Edwards 

I now have my 2014 word...

Although I wasn't playing along last year, my "me" word was shine.

I chose the word shine mainly in the scrapbooking world as I wanted to be out there.

I think 2013 has done that for me and I am now working with some very talented ladies.

1. December Sketch Challenge winner over at Sarah's Cards
2. February winner of Have I Got Scrap For You (UKS)
3. January Scrap Map winner at CCW
4. February Scrap Map winner at CCW
5. Layout published in Scrap365
6. June guest at Punky Scraps
7. Just One Manufacturer winner at S J Crafts
8. Became a Counterfeit Kit DT Member
9. Following on from #6 - DT member :) 
10. DT member on Use You Words 
11. Asked by the lovely Jen to be part of her Wearcrafts Design Team

So, in 2014, I resolve to be better, more organised and more determined than ever to quickly resolve situations instead of dwelling on them - amongst other things!!!

All that is left to say from me for 2013 is...

A Quick Card

Here's another one of those projects I've been putting off 

as I couldn't bring myself to tackle the required details that had been asked for.

I am determined (from now on) that I will tackle things as and when then come in

 rather than wait until the very last minute to panic.

So with 4 days to go until the deadline for this card, it is complete.

I do hope the buyer is happy but more so that the recipient likes her

40th birthday card!!!

and with 5 days to go until DD's 15th birthday,

 I'd better keep that little promise to myself and get making...

A Winner!!!

I hope you have all had the most fabulous of Christmases.

I have spent many a relaxing hour with my wonderful family and have actually enjoyed not eating and drinking as much as I would normally.

However, with all the festivities and the pre-Christmas hustle and bustle, I completely forgot to choose a winner for my caption competition.

So without further ado, the winner, chosen my my daughter for their caption

"Venice is wheely cool"

is

 JULENE

(please get in touch with your address so I can get your prize in the post) 

CKCB Charades Song

(This post is part of  Counterfeit Kit Christmas Charades, if you want to play along,

 please go back to the beginning)

So, you chose ...

How many words to do you think are in my title?

Click on one of the numbers below

Two         Three         Four

and use one of those songs as your layout title.

Have fun!!!

I will show you my creation tomorrow...

CKCB Charades Book

(This post is part of  Counterfeit Kit Christmas Charades, if you want to play along,

 please go back to the beginning)

So, you chose ...

How many words to do you think are in my title?

Click on one of the numbers below

Two      Three      Four 

and use one of those books as your layout title.

Have fun!!!

 I will show you my creation tomorrow...

CKCB Charades Film

(This post is part of  Counterfeit Kit Christmas Charades, if you want to play along,

 please go back to the beginning)

So, you chose ...

How many words to do you think are in my title?

Click on one of the numbers below

One      Two      Three      Four 

and use one of those films as your layout title.

Have fun!!!

I will show you my creation tomorrow... 

Santa Baby!!!

I'm really not a one for Christmas layouts but the challenge over at 

Punky Scraps

for December is just far too Christmassy to get away with it!

Just look at this mood board...

...to take inspiration from.

We would also like you to use the following on your project;
mix of alphas
2 staples
fun photo

As I didn't have any Christmas photos printed, I have gone digi for my layout this month.

I am no expert at digi layouts and I'm still getting used to the new software I got months ago.

Here, I have sprayed, stencilled and cut out without getting so much as a dab of paint on me - some days are just so much better like that! 

Anyway, have a great time playing around with that mood board and don't forget to link up.

To all you Punky followers out there, have a wonderful Christmas and I'll see you in 2014!!!!

Remember...

...THIS?

Last year I made it for my sister as her and 3 friends are in a book club together.

She loved it and, back in April, asked me to make 3 more - one for each of those friends.

They were to be Christmas presents for them this year.

Well I had all the time in the world to make those gifts and kept putting it off until another day.

That day became today, the day before I needed to hand them over!!!

Once again, last minute panic but I got there and now all three are ready in the requested colours...

I feel a New Year's Resolution coming on but then, would I stick to it???

Bag IT

With only 19 days until Christmas morning

Have you wrapped up those pressies yet? Or have you been putting it off?

This year ALL my giving gifts are being wrapped in brown paper and decorated with ribbon and stamps.
If you're like me and have a cupboard full of brown paper bags
(with all good intentions of making that mini book) then here is an alternative use on how to use those them to wrap those special
Christmas gifts...

est voila....

Thanks for joining me today, hope to see you again soon.

3 out of 3

And here's the third...

...another of hubby, this time wrestling a Gator!!!

I just love the new Daily Grind Collection, there is so much that can be done with it.

I never thought I would be able to use it with some of my photos but it did just fit in perfectly.

If you want to see more of the collection or fancy some of your own, hop over to 

Wearcrafts 

and check it out.

Don't forget I have blog candy to give away on the 15th of this month.

Details on how to take part can be found HERE.

2 Out Of 3

Yesterday I was telling you about the Christmas Crop and shared 1 out of 3 layouts I completed using  the fabulous new  

Daily Grind by Sn@p

available from

Wearcrafts

Today I give you 2 out of 3

"Dreams Do Come True"

This tells the story of a bar named Rock'n'Roll Ribs.

It is owned by one of the members of Iron Maiden and my husband was like a boy in a sweet shop when we surprised him with this visit at the end of our Florida Road Trip.

We had made it quite clear to him that there wasn't enough time to detour when we knew all along that we would have plenty!!!

He was even more in his element when he realised that they also sold Trooper Beer (at a premium!)

Bless him!!!

 I'll be back tomorrow with 3out of 3...

Christmas Crop

I always love a crop but the Christmas one (even though it was in November) is always extra special.

Yesterday was no different and even though there were only 8 of us, we all had a great time doing what we like to do.

It also gave me 6 hours to play with some more

Daily Grind 

goodies and I managed 3 layouts which I will share over the coming days.

The first is "Mistery Tour" spelt that way because it tells the story of a cycling trip along the river in Tampa, Florida. It was a very hot day until we happened upon a very refreshing and welcoming path that sprayed water mist. Imogen and I cycled through a few times whilst Nick just watched un-amused from the sidelines!

Thank you for coming by today and don't forget there's still plenty of time to be in with a chance of winning some blog candy.