What a fabulous weekend we all had with family driving from far and wide to attend the naming ceremony of our granddaughter Daisy. My good friend Claire was the celebrant and gave a wonderful ceremony which everyone enjoyed. Daisy was her usual adorable and charming self with loads of smiles and cuddles for everyone. After the buffet, which I slaved and fretted over getting right for days, I hadf time to get out my camera and take a few photos of those who attended. I used the new Ballroom Blitz kit from Designs by Angel to create the first few layouts of the day. Here are the first two!

Wow, have you ever wanted a scrapbook kit which can do just about any style of layout? Nature's Garden from Designs by Angel has just been released. these layouts were created with the kit and I cant wait to use it again! The first layout was a lovely little boy who loved to be photographed. The second is my daughter and husband at a ball The third was a tinkerbell dress up photo session The fourth was a photo taken of me at a weekend away. Here is a discount coupon if you want to purchase from http://www.prettyscrappy.com/ In addition, the extra kit elements which you see below are available free to download for a limited time by clicking on the preview. A quickpage based on the first layout is free to download at www.scrapdragon.co.uk where you will also find the sampler Why not visit other design team members and collect all the elements and freebies which are available. This will make it Mega kit! ANGEL CINDY KAY HELEN LISA Follow the blog train to collect all parts - enjo

A friend forwarded this to me and I just had to share it with everyone. I guarantee you will remember the tale of the Wooden Bowl tomorrow, a week from now, a month from now, a year from now. A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered. The family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth. The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess. 'We must do something about father,' said the son. 'I've had enough of his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor.' So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There, Grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner. Since Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wo

They say all things happen for a reason. However, we dont think of that when someting goes wrong, we only look on the downside. Two weeks ago I couldn't upload my new kit to my online digital scrapbooking store. I tried several FTP packages but gave up. Then It wouldn't let me log in to adminster the store. " The computer said no !" I left for a few days until I received and email from a customer ( I dont get many, customers that is not emails) who stated hat she had ordered items but did not receive the download link. Oh dear, there really was somethng wrong with the site and I didn't know how to fix it. What I did know was how to create a new site, the previous one was three years old and I must admit it had lots of unnecessary files in the back that I was unsure whether I could delete or remove. I also wanted to update the design but was unwilling to mess up a live working site. You know the old saying, "if it's not broke dont fix it", well not i

I have always wanted to visit Roslyn Chapel after I read about it in the Holy Blood and Holy Grail, which was the more factual book predating Dan Browns Da Vinci Code by about 20 years! Finally we got the chance to go and see it and Although I was initially dissapointed that the roof was still covered by a large steel canopy to protect it and you couldn't see the true outside shape. Once I realised I could go up on the scaffolding walk way and have a close up view of the roof and other carvings I was glad I went. The second Photo we found when walking down to the where the house was and the bridge. It was part of a tree growing and the wall had been build around it. It looked very much like the guardian beast of Roslyn and I was overjoyed to have found it tucked away from the main tourist area. I will be going back !

Apologies for the lack of freebies on the blog of late but I have been creating my biggest every digital kit titled "It's a Girl Thing" in aid of Breast Cancer. I am making all funds from the sale of the kit over to charity. Anyone who sponsors me (see the button at the top of the blog to my Just Giving page) will receive a link for the kit download. I have been a labour of love developing the kit in a range of pinks. It has twelve background papers, two complete alphabets and loads of elements and words. The kit will be published shortly when I get all the uploads and links working, but to tempt you I have included a free sample of the colour swatch I have been working with on the kit. You can have these four papers FREE by clicking HERE . Enjoy and check back for the rest of the kit!

Its not often we get to go and vist our granddaughter Daisy. AS my mum and dad are away visiting my sister in Portugal, we didnt have a cat sitter for our three pampered pussies, so we could go down for the bank holiday weekend. We fed the cats and left them a pile of cooked chicken as a treat, then drove down to Manchester on Saturday. Daisy was adorable. she is finding her voice and insisted on treying to 'talk' to us. She definately recognised her grandads voice as every time Allan spoke she whipped around her head and gave a beaming smile. We mananged loads of cuddles and then had to come home again. Just in time to pack up and sort through my ebay sales. I have sold loads of clothes and some craft items to find my need for photography gadgets! I didnt take these photos of Daisy. The white High Key photo was done in a studio and the other was taken by my daughter Lyndsey, but I thought I should share my beautiful granddaughter!

When I woke up with my left eye swollen shut. When I prised it open it was very red and sore. I felt like Quasimodo. That sort of things happens occasionally when O get run down or have been very busy. Just in time for a bank holiday weekend then! Not only is it a long weekend and I was looking forward to going out for a bear or two tonight but we are off to visit baby Daisy in the morning. Then I went down stairs and made a cuppa. Allan got up and went to refill the kettle and a bit of plastic fell off. When we looked the inside of the lid had corroded and the plastic was turning to powder. A new kettle was desperately needed, we had had that one for about nine years so we cant complain. But I felt sick when I realised I had just had a cuppa tea from that which meant drinking corroded plastic! As I have just started Cheryl Johnson's Painting with Light the sequel online photography course I took my camera to work. As soon as I got there I was asked to take a photo of

Last weekend a few of us went off to Cheryl Johnson's Photography Bootcamp held in Saffron Walden. Armed with my trusty Canon 450D SLR and a bag of lenses I started on a nuge learning curve on photography. What a brilliant weekend it was. A great bunch of friendly people made the weekend spectacular. A few individuals wanted to know about digital scrapbooking so I created the top layout with a photo of Lainey taken on Friday evening. I thought her daughters would like her made into a fairy for fun! The next photo was shot with a very patient and stunning young model as we learned how to use studio lighting and set up. I only wish I had similar photos of my own children as they were growing up. I am going to get this one printed for my photography portfolio. I have hundreds of photos from the weekend and will post them eventually. This is just a taster of the sort of skills we learned. I was so impressed I signed up for the next online course Painting with Light the

You would think that in National Scrapbooking day I would use the excuse to create new scrapbook layouts. But as every in my own contrary fashion. I went back to card making! I have as few to make one for a wedding and a couple of Birthday cards. I was just trying to get back in to the hang of them as I knew I had a pile of wedding invitations to complete. I love this little dressed up Sugar Nellie stamp, which was painted with mica paints and then added a handbag brad and stickles. The background is Making memories paper. I might have to play with my Sugar Nellies again, I have a few more birthdays on the horizon and need to practice my advanced colouring in :) The other card is a wedding card which I like clean simple lines. Used my cuttlebug embossing for this one and some bazill bling. I am still working on my Charity Digi kit which is one of the biggest I have ever done. This will be available free to those who have sponsored by Race for Life. It will also be availabl