Jubilee Proms...

After our tea, and for our final treat of the day, we headed to the Royal Albert Hall for an evening of jubilation for the Queens jubilee concert hosted by Russell Watson.
The evening exceeded my expectations as we were seated in a box and it was just like last night of the Proms.


Conducted by the charismatic Jae Alexander, played by the Royal Philamonic
Orchestra, and supported by the London choral society, Welsh male choir and Military wives, Russell was the perfect host.
With classics like Jerusalem, Amazing grace, Zadok the priest, Greensleeves, We'll meet again, the horn pipe, Land of hope & glory and Rule Britannia it was a rousing evening and made us both proud to be British.


A perfect end to a fabulous day in London...best of british...
I did take some video with my new camera, but need some lessons on posting to You tube!.. Once I have mastered this I will upload some links..

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Thinking of you mum.....& Thanks x

Yesterday was Mothers Day, couldn't post my card as it is part of the FF challenge this week....so here it is...my mum had a well earned break this week so was away for Mother's Day, I'm hoping to catch up with her this week in between wedding stuff!... an update on the wedding bits!...

Y cake ~ cooked & iced (carrot cake, chocolate cake, lemon cake & fruit cake!)

Y favours ~ decorated (awaiting filling with sweets

Y menus ~ complete

Y camera's ~ decorated & tagged

Y cake knife ~ decorated
Still to do ~ Table Plan, Name cards, Table Numbers, Decorate cake, Cupcakes!!... my list to do keeps growing!

I'm so glad that I have never had to do this for myself.... off now have a great week...will pop back with some photo's later in the week. hugs Tx

St Patricks challenge & cupcakes!

Tomorrow sees the celebration of St Patricks day....so this weeks challenge over at FF was a St Patricks themed card....i've made mine into a wedding card, in conjunction with the fab horseshoe magnolia stamp.... i'm quite pleased with this as it is not mu usual colours or style!.... sticking with the St Patricks theme...here are some Guinness cupcakes made for a friends dinner party last weekend... truly scrumptious!..... so Happy St Patricks day...i'm sure lots of Guinness will be drunk tomorrow!

forever friends ~ st davids!

this weeks challenge got us all scratching our heads!....Theme this week is St David's ~ red, green, yellow, daffodils...all things to consider when challenged with a St David themed card. I'm not a huge fan of yellow so decided on the red & green theme. The next challenge was not to make it christmassy!..... so here we are, this paper was part of a kit from sarah's cards which has been in the 'kits to use' pile!

I've made a gift card handbag.

card ingredients:~

Y paper ~ scenic route

Y stamp ~ forever friends

Y sentiment ~ amuse stamps

Y blooms ~ sarah's cards

check out all the others here ...

forever friends black & white challenge

This week sees the challenge on Forever Friends as Black & White... not always the easiest topic but a great challenge which has been set by DT bud Nicki. As you can see I've designed a 'male' card with a football theme. I've used the Birthday Wishes stamp (minus the party hat & sentiment) and the football embellishments are cut from the 'For Him' forever friends paper pack. A very simple card ...check out the design teams here.....

Happy Birthday Libs....

Today is my gorgeous nieces 6th birthday...so happy birthday Libby.... to accompany her FF card i've wrapped her 'goodies' to compliment!....

Last night saw the conclusion of Whitechapel, which was fab (little biased as it starts RPJ!)...mmm, great 3 parter and showed some great scenes of London. Tonight sees the return of the 2nd series of Mistress's which i was hooked on last year, so i'm hoping that the 2nd series lives upto expectations, followed by the fantabulous Mad Men.

Enough of TV...

on to cinema..this week sees the launch of Confessions of a Shopaholic, loved the book by Sophie Kinsella, but having seen the trailers i'm mixed on whether i'm going to see it...however with the mix of New York, Shopping and styling by Patricia Field, i'm sure that I will.

Now scrapping!.........at the beginning of the year i highlighted 3 ranges that I would be coveting in 2009...

"Sweet Celebrations and Spring Fling from the fabulous Bella Blvd company. I'm not sure who stocks this in the UK but will be actively seeking!...also Farmers Wife from the lovely Jenny Bowlin...check out these buttons! and finally for today....Neighbourhood from the scrummy My Little Shoebox."....thankfully my internet trawling days are over...Sarah over at Sarahs Cards is ranging all 3 ...how fab is that...I am now stalking the website until they move from coming soon to here!!!

forever friends birthday

This weeks challenge for forever friends is Birthday ... so here is my card. Tuesday sees my niece celebrate her 6th birthday, coincidentally this forever friends stamp see's the cake with 6 candles...

Card Recipe:

Y Papers ~ imaginisce ~ all kinds of happy

Y Stamp ~ forever friends

Y Velvet Ribbon ~ from stash

I have used this paper lots recently, but love it and find it really versatile for birthdays, especially as its dbl sided with some really fun colours...

Forever Friends ...1st DT!

well here it is ..... my first design team piece for Forever Friends. This weeks theme was 'Valentines'!.... i was a bit stumped with this as i didn't have any conventional FF valentine stamps etc.... so thinking out of the box i've come up with this!....... my other love Shoes! ....

Card Ingredients:

Y Papers & Pin ~ Heidi Grace

Y Stamp ~ Forever Friends celebration range

Y Ribbons & Bling from my stash!

thanks for looking...check out all the others ...here