My VERY Favourite Pocket Letters :o)

We all like happy mail & those who read my blog will know that I have recently got into making Pocket Letters (which are a sort of cross between ATC's & scrapbooking...with little goodies included) & you can imagine how excited when I received 3 envelopes in the post addressed to Nanny Tracey.  My 3 adorable grandchildren had all made me a Pocket Letter.  You can see that we are a crafty family & all love art & craft & are always creating something :o) 

This one is Ryan's who is 10

This one is Abigail's who is 7

& this one is Bethany's who is 4

I've nearly finished the ones to send back to them & will post pics when they are finished.  I hope your all having a great Saturday & enjoy the rest of the weekend :o)

Wedding Photos & Card

I hope you've all had a lovely weekend :) I've been catching up with crafting & today we went to the In-Laws for dinner so that was nice (no cooking/washing up).  

I've got a few photos of my son's recent wedding to share with you:

Craig & Zoe & my granddaughters Abigail & Bethany (who were flower girls) & the 3 bridesmaids

Stuart (my youngest & bestman), my grandson Ryan & my hubby Mark

Me & my 2 sons (Craig, groom & Stuart, bestman)

Ryan & Abigail xxx

& here's the wedding card I made:

I used Pink Petticoat paper, the image was from Birdie Brown on Etsy & coloured with ProMarkers.  I finished the card off with die cut hearts, pearls, gems & ribbon.

I would like to enter my card for these challenges:

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Bling with Ribbon

Cute Card Thursday - Clean & Simple

Critter - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes 

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Bingo (Ribbon, Pearls, Image)

Die Cutting Divas - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking & have a great week :D  We're holiday this week so I hope the weather is nice so we can go out & about.

Some Photos of the New Baby :)

I thought I'd post a couple of photos of my new granddaughter (see previous post for details) who was born yesterday :)  I'm sure you'll agree she is a real cutie (& so are her brother & sister).

Ryan was so excited to meet his new baby sister

Abigail was just a little bit apprehensive

Thanks for looking :) I hope you're all enjoying your weekend (don't they go way to quickly!).

Just Dropping By...

Monday means a new digi release at Paper Pretties & this fun image called AaaaAAAHHH (I think I've got the right amount of A's & H's lol). I coloured him in with Prismacolor pencils & baby oil, the paper is digi from Designer Digitals (I think) & I finished off with 3 buttons & a computer generated sentiment.  

The challenges:

Bearly-Mine - For Men & Boys

Our Creative Corner - Cut it Out

Wee Memories - Live, Love, Laugh

Little Claire's - Anything Goes

Crafty Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Fuzzy Wuzzy - Birthday Wishes (& Animal)
Scrap-Creations -Animal Antics
Corrosive - Button It Up
Tuesday Throwdown - Buttons
Flourishes - Buttons

This week I was so excited when I got my Cardmaking and Papercraft mag cos my lil grandson Ryan (aged 5) is featured making a Mother's Day card (he is crafty just like his Mum & Nanny lol) & I am just so proud that I have to share it with you :)  Have a great Monday everyone.

Sentimental Sundays Challenge - Let It Snow!

I hope you're all having a fabulous weekend, I can't believe how close Christmas is (& how unorganised I am lol, though I am getting there).  I felt extra Christmassy yesterday as I went to the Christmas Spectacular at Thursford (a Christmas variety show) which was fab :)  

Anyway... on to the challenge at Sentimental Sundays this week which is "Let It Snow!", so a good opportunity  to get on with those last minute Christmas cards (of which I have lots!).  My card is made with a Snowman stamp I've had for years (sorry can't remember make/name) & the image coloured with Twinkling H2os.  The papers are digi & the sentiment is from Raindrop Echo's New Christmas Sentiments  available from Whimsy Stamps; there are some fabulous designs in this set & perfect for last minute cards. I added a sticky ribbon, flowers, brad, staples & gems.  There are gorgeous cards from the rest of the DT team & don't forget the free sentiments every week too!

The challenges:

City Crafter - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

ABC  - J is for Jewels (& Gems)

Totally Gorjuss - Snow!

Pixie Dust - Let It Snow!

Frosted Designs - Ribbon

Digital Tuesday - Baby It's Cold Outside

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Christmas Card

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

On the subject of Snow - here are my 2 Grandchildren Ryan & Abigail having fun in the snow :)

Something New For Me...

This is my first scrapbook page (I know you can probably tell lol) which I made for this week's For Fun challenge which is to make a Goodbye Summer Scrap Page & I did enjoy making it, mainly cos it meant looking at photos of my 2 gorgeous grandchildren & I was also able to use some foam stickers that I'd had for ages too.  The papers I've had in my stash for ages & I finished off with some word stickers & I made a pinwheel with a gem for the centre.

I'm entering this page for these challenges:

Charizma - Hot, Hot, Hot!!!

Crafty Sentiments - Summer Inspiration

Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes
By the Cute & Girly - Indian Summer

Have a great Wednesday - I'm off to the dentist for more root canal treatment & absolutely hate the dentist & am feeling sick already :(

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Today my grandson Ryan is 5, he is such a lovely little boy & is absolutely crazy about cars. I made him a word book of his name & put lots of cars on the front (there are cars on the inside too). This took me ages to make, it was fiddly getting the letters lined up & choosing which cars he would like & where to put them... but it was worth it as he really likes it :)
The template & papers are from Scrapbooking Mad (link on the left side of my blog). Ryan is on holiday at the moment & has had a great day today at Lego Land (he also loves lego as you can see from the photo).

I'm entering his card for the Incy Wincy challenge which is "For the Little Ones" & Die Cut Dreams which is "Celebration Card with a Number on".

Another Valentines Card!

This Valentines card was made for my amazing lil grandson Ryan (Abigail's big brother). I make him a card most weeks but always with cars on (& especially Peugeots lol) so I thought for Valentines I would ring the changes, hopefully he will like it (We have bought him a few toy cars so he won't be completely car-less).

The papers are from Hot of the Press, the dinosaur was a free download from Pollycraft, it's not on the site anymore but there is a fab birdie download on there (& lots of other fab stuff) & the challenge on their blog is love so this fits. I added more Dazzle Dust & covered a chipboard heart. The Jehkotar challenge this week is not to use a stamped image & the Lili of the Valley challenge is for "Men" so hopefully a boys card will count :o)