I need sleep!!!

I need some sleep!!!

I am finding it very difficult to sleep at the moment...I just can't find a good position to put my arm so that it is comfortable. I've tried having it inside the quilt, on top of the quilt, resting on a pillow, under a pillow, bent and straight and none of them work. I keep waking up with pins and  needles in my finger tip and then I have difficulty dropping back off again. Of course if I'm awake then Graham MUST be awake too. 

Today's card was made using  one of the gorgeous Molly Bloom stamps - Sunshine Molly, buttons and papers are from my stash. The inside of the card has been decorated to compliment the front of the card. It is now for sale in my e-bay shop.

I have also been working on a gorgeous memory albumn for baby Eva so that her mum and dad can keep a record of her first year. I'll post loads of photos when its completed.

More photos of my new house.

Here is the main bedroom before ......

 

and after.

It is so relaxing and the view from the window of rolling hills filled with sheep is amazing.

Have a good evening

Lots of hugs

Hayley and Graham





A very proud Nana

I don't have a card to post today...just some fantastic news. My eldest son Gary and his wife, Jill had a baby yesterday evening. Baby Eva Louise is adorable and I am a very proud Nana and Graham a very proud Grandad.

Eva Louise - Born 17 July 2012 - Weight - 9lbs

Love and hugs

Hayley and Graham

XXX



It's raining again!!!!

It's been raining all day again..... I just want  a tiny bit of sunshine so that I can enjoy the garden. Graham has been spending a lot of time digging and thining out the overgrown areas and now I just want to spend some time admiring it. The immediate forecast is not looking too good so I am just going to have to keep admiring it from the window.

One good thing about this bad weather is that I am able to spend more time in my crafting room. Here is my offering today.

I made this using a stamp of a cute bear with building blocks and a sentiment from the Forever Friends Set - new arrivals. It is so sweet. Aahhh! Paper has come from my scrap drawer and buttons and ribbons from my endless supply. The inside of the card has been decorated too. It is now for sale in my web-shop.

Enjoy your evening
Lots of hugs
Hayley and Graham

On a Roll

Hi Everyone

I have had my 4th lot of physio on my shoulder today and now it is aching like mad. Just when I think it is begin to feel better then something happens to put it back again. It seems that I may have damaged the muscles in my neck and the top of my back too. All this from wearing a seatbelt ...but I would hate to imagine what would have happened if I hadn't been wearing it.

The weather has been terrible and has rained all day which has made the stream fill up again. Pusskat usually drinks from the stream but she doesn't like it when it has rained. The speed of the water can be quite rapid as well as quite noisy. When this happens she sits on the side of the bath 'mewing' for someone to turn the tap on so she can get her drink.

            Bathroom - Before                                        

 Bathroom - After

   

I seem to be on a roll at the moment with making cards and uploading them to my blog (lets hope it continues). Here is todays offering...

I used Magnolia Fairytale - Magical Tilda with Wand and coloured her using my copic pens. My scrap drawer has been used again for the background paper then I added ribbon, candi dots and a sentiment stamp and finished it off by adding lots of glitter. The inside of the card is decorated to compliment the front. It can be found for sale in my web-shop

Take care
Lots of hugs

Hayley and Graham

St Swithun's Day

St Swithun was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and according to tradition, the weather on St Swithun's feast day (15 July) will continue for forty days. I have my fingers crossed for some good weather and so far it has been great. The sun is shinning and Graham has been busy cutting the lawns (a mammoth job) in the garden. I feel a little bit guilty at not being able to help pull up the weeds but after damaging my shoulder in a car accident the most I can do is keep him topped up with cups of tea.

I have another card for you today.

I just love this rubber stamp from LOTV and used it as the main focus on this birthday card. Once again the papers are from my 'bottomless' scrap paper drawer. The wording 'goal!' was made by using the alphabet set 'Leftovers' by Papermania. The inside of the card is decorated to match the front and a blank area has been left so that a personal message can be added. This card is for sale in my web-shop.

Have fun
Hayley and Graham

Hi, I'm back!

It has been absolutely ages since I last visited my blog. I have sat down on so many occassions to begin typing only to be interupted by other things that are going on. It now appears that my life is beginning to settle down a little (not a lot!) and I may have the time to visit a bit more often.

The house is now almost complete and I will add pictures over the next few weeks to show you. I absolutely love it here in Devon, although it was a bit scary with all the rain that we had recently. The sweet little stream that runs through the garden came very close to over flowing but luckily didn't do so.

To begin with I would like to share with you a card that I made recently. I can't remember who the rubber stamp is made by (if anyone can tell me I can add the details later)and coloured it using my trusty copic pens, the green and purle papers came from my 'scrap drawer' (which seems botomless!) and Prima purple flowers. The little glitter butterfly came from cheap plastic bracelet that a saw in a local sweet shop. I always decorate the inside of my cards to compliment the front making sure I leave enough space to add a personal message.

This card is now for sale through my on-line shop. (link is at the top on the right)

Take care
Lots of hugs
Hayley and Graham.

Happy New Year

Hi everyone

We have had a fantastic christmas and new year in our new house. It was so nice looking out of the windows onto the rolling hills full of sheep. I have finally got the hang of lighting the log fire (Graham's rubbish at it) so sitting here in the cottage snuggled on the sofa with a roaring fire and PussKat curled up on her rug is all very idealic.

We have done quite well with the decorating and unpacking so now all that is left to do is the kitchen and 2 bathrooms. We have chosen the kitchen that we like and had a quote for it and now we just have to win the lottery (several times over)

Graham took lots of photos of the cottage when we first moved in and we are now taking photos of the rooms as we complete them (a bit like a before and after thingy) I am particular proud of two of the rooms that are finished. They are both bedrooms and were probably the easiest rooms to do. We have entered them both into a competition run by Lloyds TSB. If you click on the link below you can see them. our bedroom is under my name (Hayley Thorpe) and the guest bedroom is under graham's name (Graham Noon). You can vote for your favourite room just by clicking on the 'Vote' link and we get a chance to win some money to buy more paint. Yipppeee!

http://www.lloydstsbmyfavouriteroom.co.uk/gallery

have a great new year

Lots of love

Hayley and Graham