Happy weekend

Hi there!
Well, it has been a happy weekend for me. I've been lucky enough to have both my boys around me this weekend. They are growing up so fast, and I treasure every minute I spend with them. It won't be long before Lewis leaves home, and it only seems like yesterday when he was learning to walk and talk...... sigh...... another sigh...... And Nathan starts secondary school in September. He is no longer my baby!

I have been blog hopping again. You girls are so talented. I'm feeling very inspired by Anderjackie (Jackie Anderson). Her layouts are so gorgeous.... absolutely beautiful. Her blog is fairly new and I, for one, am so glad that she has started her own blog. I just know that I will be learning loads from her. Hugs to you Jackie!

The hilarious Kirsty Wiseman has a link to a competition going on at Tonic Studios if you fancy it. You have to design your own punch, and the chosen design will be made into a REAL punch. How cool is that?! Pop over there and have a go.

The lovely Shimelle Laine has a link to Banana Frog where you can view her new tutorial on stamping uaing glitter. She also is asking us to let her know what tutorials we would like her to do next. I've asked for ideas on how to use acetate. I have loads of acetate shapes, but don't know what to do with them. If you have any thoughts, please, please let me know. I so want to have a go at using acetate on my layouts.

Hope you are all fine-n-dandy, and life is treating you kindly. Chat soon, Marie x

Layouts to share

I am soooo bad... really, really bad! I'm such a hopeless blogger. Please forgive me! I have even been 'told-off' and 'tutted' at by Kirsty Wiseman, a Goddess Scrapper. I bow my head in shame. I spend hours, yes hours, on the internet getting inspiration from all you wonderful crafters, and I can't even keep my own blog up-to-date! Pooh! All I can do now is try my very best to type a little something every now and then.... Yes, I'm going to drop the rather sinful title of 'Bad Blogger' and become 'Miss Blogger Extroadinaire!'.... Hmmm, keep your fingers (and toes) crossed!

Now, today has been a good day. So good in fact, that I'm even contemplating buying a couple of lottery tickets for Saturday's draw. Why a good day I hear you ask? Well, first of all, I won £2 on a scratch card, then I discovered that I am one of the winners on the Banana Frog May blog hop (blimey, try saying that when you're tiddly!). So yippee for me! I get to choose a set of Banana Frog stamps.... Wowser!!! Thank you Banana Frog. So, I'm sure you will be nodding your head in agreement when I say that today has been a good day.

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the fantastic Scrap-A-Mia retreat organised by Claire and Margaret at Creative Moments, in Yeovil. It was absolutely BRILLIANT... am trying to think of a better word than 'brilliant' but it's too late in the evening and my brain hurts. It really was 100% great. The line-up of teachers was amazing - Shimelle Laine, Kirsty Wiseman, Cleo Jarvis, Ifa Zainon, Jane Dean, and Claire herself. I learnt so many new tips and techniques, I've come back totally inspired, and can't wait for the summer holidays when I get a whole 6 weeks off school (being a teacher has its perks, you know! He he!). I am going to be scrapping, scrapping, and scrapping! I just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone at Scrap-A-Mia for making my very first retreat totally wonderful.