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Just a quick post tonight, well this morning as it is nearly 2am and I need to get to bed!

There just don't seem to be enough hours in a day, I am sure someone has nicked a few of mine, about 6 in fact. Do you ever feel your days are getting shorter?

If you visited on Wednesday you might remember seeing 3 word albums all taped up ready for decorating, and if you have a memory like mine you might not. rofl

This is the picture from Wednesday (WOYWW)

and this it what it looked liked covered with yummy limited edition Bo Bunny papers from the Jazmyne range. As you have probably already guessed I just love these papers.

and here it is in all it's glory

complete with lots of ribbons, flowers and bling

It is now coming up to 2.45am and I need to get some shut eye as I have another busy day, ahead. Thanks for popping by have a great weekend hugs Lynne x

Friend Word Book

Yesterday when I showed a pic of my workspace for WOYWW my WIP was a FRIEND word book.

A few of you mentioned you would like to see it when finished.

After covering all the letters with Jazmyne glittered papers from Bo Bunny I inked all the edges with Eggplant and added several colours of contrasting spotty Bo Bunny ribbon by making bows on some of the letters and through the three rings.

Lots of bling and flowers as requested by my customer

as the book is an order I can not show all of the page as I have now added the pictures.

I now have an order for a BABY word album to make for a little boy.

Today was Ava's first morning at nursery, she had been for a visit last week with her Mum and Dad and today they left her for two hours. I don't know who would have the longest two hours, do you? Here is a little picture of her already to go.

Anything Goes Week 8 - STARS

It is Tuesday evening and that can only mean one thing, it is time for another challenge over at ANYTHING GOES this weeks theme is STARS and it can also be stars and stripes too.

If you want some inspiration why not pop over and have a look what the DT have made this week?
A big THANK YOU to everyone who joined in last week with sparkle and shine we all like a bit of bling don't we? I have not manged to visit you all yet but I hope to over the next few days.

Life has been a bit hectic around here for several weeks now. I have still been crafting although I haven't been blogging and have neglected my blog :-( Things should, I hope start to settle down a little now and I will post some of the items that I have been busy making. Thank you to those of you who have emailed to see if I was ill and wondering why I have not blogged, you are all so thoughtful.

Here are a few pics of a HAPPY word book I made for my cousin and his wife who have just celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary.

I have kept the colour scheme to white and silver using Sandylion and Making Memories papers.

I have left lots of space for more photos to be added.

Don't forget the theme for our July ATC swap is 'SEWING'

I would just like to mention a couple of crafting friends that I bumped into over the weekend who I had not seen for ages, Brenda and Kath. It was lovely to see you both again after all this time and I can't wait until September, take care ladies and look after yourselves. Lynne xx

Last night I spent about half an hour trying to publish this post before going to bed, so here goes, fingers crossed. L

Happy Word Album

I have made another word album this time for a Golden Wedding Anniversary. This is for my sister in law and her husband. I decide to make it all gold and cream. First of all I painted around the edges of each letter in metallic gold metallic acyclic paint, and allowed to dry. After the paint had dried I taped all the letters front and back and covered in a assortment of cream glittered, flocked and embossed papers from Catterbox.

I punched some hearts from cream opalescent paper with a large MS heart punch. Then made a quick heart template by drawing round one of the punched hearts and cutting out slightly smaller. I then used the template to cut out gold shimmer card to back the punched hearts and decorated with gold Viva pearl pen.



I edged two sizes of E line Prima paper flowers with gold Stickles. When the Stickles had dried I layered a medium size flower on a larger one and made a centre with a cream paper rose also edged with gold Sizzix.









I cut an punched an assortment of gold and cream shapes to make the embellishments, champagne glasses, cherubs, hearts, labels etc.









Finished of by adding ribbon to the book rings. Happy Anniversary Pat & Bill hope you have a lovely time. Lynne x

Happy word book

It is Ava's 1st birthday next week, instead of a birthday card I have made a HAPPY birthday book.

I started off with a blank grey board word book from Bo Bunny


First I covered each letter front and back with DCWV papers from Nana's nursery stack for girls, inked the edges in pink chalk.

Doodled around the edges of each word on the back and front with a black fine liner added a few embellies and ribbons.

On the 'H' one birthday candle, crown, flower and Ava in silver glitter letters.

For the 'A' I stuck a Bo Bunny sticker on a piece of card to strengthen cut out close to the edge and mounted on some green contrast card and cut leaving a border mounted on 3mm foam pads decorated with a few punched flowers added 3 little organza ribbons and threaded some Bo Bunny spotted ribbon through a button slider.


'P' is for princess...




and the next 'P' a picture of Ava in her Halloween costume a black swirl with one of my favourite Viva pearl pens. Ava loves looking at books and our photo albums she always laughs when looking at pictures of herself.

and 'Y' completes my 'HAPPY' birthday book




Now to make a gift box for my book and a birthday cake...

Thanks for looking, keep safe and warm.