If I were a rich (wo) man....

la la la la la la la la would I be any happier.... probably not :-D and as I hardly ever remember to play the lottery I guess there's not much chance of me getting rich any time soon... but if I feel like singing then that's good enough for me.
I did just that this evening....spending time with DG and my niece scrapbooking over the weekend definitely put a smile on my face (will show you some pics of their creations later in the week) they were so funny. Kids just seem to have such a unique view of things and I roared with laughter at some of the pages they did. Oh it certainly did me the world of good having that laugh and I was buzzing tonight... yes me!!! buzzing...lol
So I turned on the karaoke machine (okay I can hear you groaning) but I find singing therapeutic... specially when no-one else is listening.
I sang to myself (saddo...lol) for an hour and I enjoyed it soooo much I think I should do it again real soon... either that or I need to get out more!!
On top of that my mojo seems to have returned with bells on so today I'm not complaining (phew bet you're glad to hear it)
I got my hands on the new digital atc kits from Lisa's Altered Art and they are so cool.
I have worn out my fingers with all my previous doodling and journalling so 'doin it digi' was a welcome change. There are two digital atc kits to play with and the Christmas one really rocks my boat... tis BEAUTIFUL.

I can see this kit being one of my all time favourites :D

Hope you all had a fab weekend.

hugs

Chris xx

One more sleep....

'till the big man with the beard and the red suit comes to visit and I'm sooooooo excited my tummy is full 'o' butterflies. Am I a believer... YOU BET!! Don't you know if you don't believe in Santa you don't get any pressies... I believe.. I believe... I BELIEVE rofl.
All shopping done... pressies wrapped and I am going to have a fun day today after I've had me a nice relaxing ... full of bubbles... nice smelling... warm as toast bath and put me glad rags on. May even do up me face to go visiting and pressie delivering :D
I am sleeping at DD's tonight because as DG says.... Santa won't come if I'm not there... awwwww bless :D
Okay 'nuff waffling and some bits and pieces to share specially as I didn't get round to blogging earlier cos of pressie buying, food shopping and the like, so much to do... so little time just like all of you probably.
So first of all some mini cards I did with my alcohol inks, and women stamps from The Queen's dresser drawers, the background text stamp was a gift from my pal Chriss so I don't know who's stamp it is but I love it.
Next the last of my Crimbo cards to share with you this year... I know you are probably sick of the sight of them by now heh heh!!
A girly one featuring Ellie from Cen's Crafty bits

with handwritten sentiment... bling :D ... and Christmas glitter...

and a more masculine one featuring Joe, watercoloured and holding his own Christmas star...

using some of my favourite Papermania papers and covered chipboard to add the sentiment to.

Now before I leave you in peace :D a couple of awards to share from some special girlies...

This one from Dawn

The rules are to give it to five others, who shall give it to five others.
Link the one you got it from, and also the ones you give it to - then let them know.
And there is more... You have to write down five things you are addicted to.

I award this to....

Beate , Sesga , Sandy ,Viola , Gayle and Heather

Ok Ok I know that's 6 but hey it's Christmas so I'm allowed...lol

and the five things I'm addicted to :_

Coffee ... keeps me awake

Bling!! ... makes me smile

Crafting... keeps me sane

Spending money on crafty bits....ooooer

My Grandson.... He puts the light in my life and fills it with fun :D

Finally I received this smashing award from the lovely Suzyb... "Gift of the Gab award"... speaks for itself doesn't it...lol

Well I really can't help the fact that I often have verbal diarhoea... I just can't stop my mouth or my fingers (when typing comments etc) from running away with me. Hey you should be inside my brain... I'm sure there are little fella's in there working overtime to make sure the cogs are well oiled and able to keep running :D

Suzy forgot the rules for this one...lol... so I've no rules to follow so I'll just pass it on as Suzyb did to fellow bloggers who have entertained me with their own chattering online and off and they are :-

Chriss , Terrieb , Sharon , Debbie and Kath

I could go on and on all day BUT I will have to stop there or else I won't get round everyone I've got to deliver gifts to today or have time to beautify myself in readiness for the big day... so I send you all a wish for a Fabulous day tomorrow and hope you all have heaps of fun :D

See you soon

hugs

Chris xx

SOPPY ABOUT CHRISTMAS....

Yep... that's me!! Especially when a certain little gentleman presents his Nanna with a lovely little lady like this :) DG won her in a raffle and thought about me because my favourite colour is red and I like angels....awwwww sniff, sniff, sniff. Aren't they the times in your life when everything seems worthwhile :D You betcha!! This little angel certainly brought me much joy and warmed my heart.
So now it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.... la la la la la la la in our place... tree was up last week after much persuasion from my little man, and the dust came off the baubles and other little bits scattered around the room to delight me for another year. Think I'm still only 8 inside :D I'm like a kid in a candy shop... lovin' it...lovin' it... lovin' it.

Christmas cards are being made... not as quick as I'd like but I'm getting there, this one courtesy of Cosmo Cricket goodies and some tiny buttons and rub on sticker( share gifts from by buddies Chriss and Karen respectively xx)... and as it says on the card... I do...

BELIEVE in Santa....rofl Well who else is gonna bring me a stocking laden with gorgeous goodies for Crimbo but the man himself and anyway after watching Miracle on 34th Street earlier with DG how could I not believe in Kris Kringle eh!!

Can't show you pics of everything cos I will have to share layouts after Christmas so hope you enjoyed my little sneaky peaks :D

Now as promised last Monday I have some little RAK's to share and just to make it fair I used Random.org to pick out some numbers :D So this time the winners of some crafty goodies are as follows:-

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:10 2 9
Timestamp: 2008-12-08 01:29:42 UTC

Which translates to Karen(no2) Shashi (no9) and Kristen (no 10) and as soon as I get some addresses the postie will be a busy little guy :D

Have a great day all

hugs

Chris xx

Christmas tag... (weekend taggers challenge)

Well I've been going to join in with the weekend taggers challenge for a while so I've succumbed this week. The lovely Kath has set this weeks tag challenge which is Red and Green. Well seeing as my favourite colour is red... how could I resist... I just had to make one :D
I used Ellie again from Cen's crafty bits... but this time just the outline printable so I could colour her in myself and colour a matching sledge which I filled with handcut snowballs :D

I love the fact that you can print out smaller images onto A5 or A6 paper so that they fit in with various projects such as this tag, atc's and inchies as well as cards. I also added my bling and ribbon on top of some red netting to give it a feel of luxury and I'm going to use this tag on one of DD's Christmas pressies :D Need to make lots more for DG's gifts too so think I had better get cracking...don't you :D

Have a fun day

hugs

Chris xx