I've been tagged by Kaz

Kaz has tagged me, so I better behave myself and play along with it LOL

Four places I've worked:
1. Supermarket butchery department after school
2. Printer who printed dirty mags!!
3. Driving Instructor
4. Concrete Company (present)

Four places I've lived:
1. Mum and Dad's
2. First house
3. Second house
4. This house (can I also include my caravan when on hols?)

Four places visited on holiday: (in reverse order)
1. Norfolk
2. Portsmouth
3. Lanzarote
4. Barbados

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Cuddled up in bed with hubby
2. 7.30pm on Saturday with the winning Lotto numbers
3. Supermarket sweep in a craft shop
4. Thorntons shop with the keys and as much choccy as I could eat/steal! LOL

Now I have to nominate four people so:

1. Kathy
2. Joanne (Angelnorth)
3. Janice
4. Linda

DCM - Charity Begins at Home

Rachel Booth is the GD this week and her dare.....?

Let's go Charity shopping
or Op shopping (as we call it in Australia)

I DARE you to visit your local Charity Shop & make someone else's TRASH your STASH!

My Trash was a necklace found for 50p. I also used cut off cream ribbons from the shoulders of a jumper that they add to stop it falling off the hangar in the shop and a button from an old pair of trousers.




Background paper is Crate Paper 'Chickadee' from their Birdie range. Blooms were from Dunelm with a Prima in the centre. The peg was a left over from pegging the Christmas cards up. And I have a secret to tell you..... shh... come closer I can't say this out loud. I used peel offs for the flower on the tag and the greeting down the right hand side. I had to say that quietly because all who know me know how much I really don't like them any more. I bought and used sooo many when I first started making cards and have loads and loads of sheets sitting their in their own drawer. I really don't mind when Freya raids these to be honest!

Sorry it's posted at the 11th hour but I only went shopping for the necklace last night on my way home from work and sat down after tea this eve to make my dare.

Thanks for another great dare ladies.

I feel like I'm being stalked!

Ever get the impression that someone is keeping an eye on what you're doing...?

The visits to my blog continue by the 'certain person' (today at 16:17), but at least they no longer leave me silly comments.

Oh, how tempted I am to publish their IP address. Wonder if they'd finally stop then...?

I bin bakin'...

The bubbly babes are having a recipe swap with the theme of 'chocolate'. It can be cake, muffins or cookies. I love home made muffins of any sort, whether it be blueberry, summer fruits, carrot and orange..... schlurp!

So of course I had to rise to the challenge. I chose my recipe, complete with 'mystery ingredient' which will only be revealed after the swap has been completed. There is a naughty rumour that it's something you can grown at home. Well, yes, you CAN grow this ingredient at home but it's legal!!

I've added a photo of the finished article, although there is one less on the plate now as the 12th muffin had to be taste tested (by moi of course!)



Mine are made with wheat and gluten free flour as I can't have wheat, but normal plain flour would work just as well.

Golden bears on the Craft Robo

The lovely Kathy (DCM Kathy) sent me details on how to make circle teddies using the Craft Robo. So Thursday night I sat down to have a go. This is what I came up with...




I created a simple template on the Robo for the circle and added Freya's friend's name then 'welded' them both together before cutting. This is the first time I've done anything like this and I'm really pleased with the result. Freya has two friends called Ellie, hence the two cards, I'm not going mad! (at least I don't think I am....?)

DCM - A Golden Moment

Gillian's mid week dare goes as follows:

This time we are giving you just One Word as the inspiration for your card making and that word is GOLDEN You can use the word in any way you like - the word itself doesn't even have to be on the card, for instance you could make a card in golden shades, or maybe inspired by the seasons of Spring or Autumn which both feature lots of golden colours. Or maybe you could make a card to celebrate a Golden Anniversary, and of course Gold is a great colour for Christmas cards.....
It's up to you - just go for Gold




The background paper was printed from a website of freebie papers (Canon I think) onto some lovely pearlescent ivory which gives a golden sheen. The semi circle is matt gold self adhesive paper onto which I've put half a Dunelm and half a paper daisy bloom. The centre circle is handcut. The tag is backed with some of the rest of the blooms and finished with a brown organza ribbon.