Sarah Hurley's Challenge - Christmas Decor xxx

Hello lovelies
Well its that time of the week for another of Sarah Hurley Challenges! this week the lovely Paula picked the theme of
CHRISTMAS DECOR

"Now this can be interpreted in any way - so it can be a Decoration for the home or a card that depicts the theme .. you choose.
As usual you can use any image to enter our challenge .. it doesn't have to features a Sarah Hurley product - but we will love you even more if it does !
The challenge is open until Midnight Sunday 19th Dec - so that gives you ten whole days to enter..and Sarah has a great prize for the winner."

I made this wee bauble using the Christmas Cheer Vintage papers, lots of glitter the odd gem and some ribbon!!

I hope you will join us this time and have fun making something for your wee home! Check out the fab Dt's creations for some great inspiration!

Hugs and Kisses
Melly xxx


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8th December Challenge xxx

Evening all
OMG how good is Corrie hee?
Anyways, its been so so cold again today! This morning it was -23 when hubby went to work and never got much better the rest of the day! Have you seen the news? The M8 has been closed, that's the main road between Glasgow and Edinburgh, for two days but they got it open today! It means I might get to see my wee Granny this weekend as long as it stays open!! Fingers crossed!

I keep my wee self busy making some wee cards and doing some Dt stuff! I made these cards for some wee special people! just hope they don't see them until there posted and land on their door!

I'm entering this into
The Sugar Bowl, Pear Tree Designs, Papertake Weekly and Stamps R Us

And this wee card I wanna enter into

Sweet Sketch Wednesday, Crafts and Me, Stamptacular Sunday and Daring Cardmakers

What do you think? Are they ok? One is for my big brother's Girlfriend Yasmin and wanted it to be perfect for her, well as perfect as I could do!!

Before I go tonight I wanted to share this wee picture that hubby took this morning before coming back into Lanark to work! This Hyndford Bridge(think its spelt right) and looks so picturesque and Christmassy hee!

Hee its lovely isn't it hee!

Today there is another prompt over on Christmas Crafting and this time its

"Write a letter to Santa/What do you want this year?"

Ohhhh ...... now this is such a hard one for me!!

My hubby has already asked me and my answer was ............... eh anything!! Yes lil me doesn't know or want anything really special this year so poor hubby has been stuck! I did tell him some wee stamps I wanted but apart from that I'm not bothered! For me just making it through this year with a much better year(if a bit painful at times) than last year! That has made my Christmas even more special and I hope next year will be just as good!

All I want for Christmas is ............ MY HUBBY and PUPPY hee!

Night night everyone

Hugs and Kisses

Melly xxx

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Hubby's Christmas Card xxx

Good morning
Hope all is well in lil blogland today??
I eventually finished Hubby's Christmas card last night after spending a good few days trying to get it right! Let's just say his face was a picture when he seen it hee! Thanks to Vix for the inspiration!!

Ingredients:
Dovecraft papers
Stamp - Paper Makeup
coloured with Promarkers
Lights from Ikea
everything else from stash

A wee close up of my lil Monster Nole

I hope you like my wee card?? I really loved making it and adding all the glitter and lights to make it sparkle hee!

Well, just a short post today, gotta get some orders finished but I'll be back later!

Hugs and Kisses

Melly xxx

Challenges

Cards for Men

Secret Crafter

Sunday Sketch and Stamp

Moving Along With The Times

Dutch Dare

Paper Romance

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7th December Challenge xxx

Evening everyone
Hows all out there in a bitter cold blogland?? Has the weather been OK where you are? Its been bad here in Scotland with temperatures down to -17!! Hubby seems to have been really lucky yesterday as the roads got so bad only an hour after he left Hamilton or he might have been stuck!

So I promised you I would show you the wee cards I made yesterday! I made two each of the 1st two cards but all for different orders! Hope you like them??

I wannna enter this into

I did it creations, Catch the Bug Challenge, Stamp Something

I wanna enter this one into

Rainbow Lady's Challenges, Passion for Promarkers and A Spoonfull of Sugar

And this wee one I liked to enter into

Cute Card Thursday, Papertake Weekly, Stamptacular Sunday Challenge and Lexi's Creations

Not done much today, been far to cold to do anything! So made big pot of soup to keep as all warm and then decided to make some gingerbread men but with shortbread as neither of us like ginger! Was fun using wee paper stencil to get the shapes perfect then use the scrapes for stars and stuff! And here's the end result ....

Ok so I'm totally lying! These are too too perfect and nothing like mine hee! This is mine

When they went in the oven they were perfect shapes but sorta turned into blobish men hee! But at least they taste good hee! Here's a little close up of my wee shortbread man!

Hubby said they taste good and I must admit they are so yummy! All buttery like when you were wee and nothing like those shop bought things hee!!

Did you all watch Corrie?? Oh how good was that wee crash?? But how mad were you that it was only in the last 2 mins!! Got more tonight, so we'll see whats happening and what we all wanna know .... Who dies??? Hee its not good TV without a good death hee!!

Night all, stay warm and cosy!

Hugs and Kisses

Melly

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6th December Challenge xxx

Evening everyone

Well its back!! The snow has been falling all day and getting thicker as the day went on, well the snow has never left here! I just love it! But poor hubby took two hours to travel a normal 20mins! The roads were just so bad and the police were closing the roads!

Anyways, I was loving watching the snow fall making some cards and playing with the dog hee! I made another 6 cards today but could only get a pic of one as the darkness was so bad! Will take them tomorrow to share with you!

I would like to enter this into some challenges too

Let's Ink it up, Ellephantastic Challenge, Mark's Finest Papers and One stitch at a Time

Today over on Christmas Crafting, the prompt was

"What's your favourite Christmas Song or Carol?"

For me its to hard to decide!! When I was young I made my Dad play the Wham " Last Christmas" record over and over again!! When I hear it I always feel all Christmassy! So I thought you might wanna hear it too hee

Another of my fave songs is "Have your self a Merry little Christmas"! I just love old blue eyes version, but when I'm feeling down i put on Luther Vandross's version and it makes me smile!



I have mu Christmas music on nearly every day in December, felling all cheery and getting all the Christmas presents wrapped! Or when doing our decoration of the tree but really I don't need an excuse to have it on hee! What about you? Do you have a fave song? When do you listen to your Christmas tunes??

Oh tonight is going be exciting ............ Coronation Street hee!! Yes sadly, I will be glued to the telly this week to watch the crash and the live episode hee! Wil you be watching as well? I bet you will only to see the crash itself hee!

Sorry just a wee short post, promise tomorrows will be a bit better hee! Have a good night whatever it is your doing!

Hugs and Kisses

Melly xxx

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The 5th December Challenge xxx

Hi everyone
Hope all is well in blogland? Has your Sunday been? We had a wee quiet one, getting the rest of the Christmas decorations sorted and putting up some wee fairy lights in the Conservatory.

I wanted to share with you the wee cross stitch we made at the last Craft Club.

I forgot how much I loved cross stitching! Been a few years since I've done it! I turned this into a wee card so I could send to my wee Granny! Lesley, who hadn't tried it till the club has got the "bug" and been getting wee kits to make stuff hee!

I wanna enter this in to some challenges

The Corrosive Challenge

The Crafty Pad

Saturday Challenge

Tuesday Taggers

So I promised you all some more wee pictures of my trees in the day light, but hubby took a wee pic of me too that I thought was nice! Don't really like my pic being taken but once and a while find one I like hee

What do you think? Not looking my best but still OK??? Oh yes I do have on my jammie bottoms hee!!

So this is our wee fat tree in the Conservatory, you can see the colours now! I'm thinking it might actually need some more baubles, a few wee spaces I spy! While we were hanging the other lights, Tillie was lying on the couch making sure they looked OK hee!!

Again this is our big tree, it looks really skinny in this picture but is rather big if you seen it! Also my hubby took me to get my wee bauble! Its like a wee sparkle Cinderella carriage hee!

I've nothing planned for tonight, what are you all up too?I might get all my gifts wrapped ready for posting to family and friends! I was hoping to have my Dt project ready but was still wet so I'll have it on tomorrow! Always a day behind with it hee!

Tillie is already wrapped cosy in her blanket snoozing and not even 8! Hmm must be a hard life for a dog hee!

Have a great day whatever you do and I'll be back tomorrow!

Hugs and Kisses

Melly xxx

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The 4th December Challenge xxx

Good evening

I hope you are all well on this bitter cold night? Have you had a good day? Did you do anything nice or was it just a relaxing wee day for some?? I had a blast today! This morning was my wee craft club and then ........ we got the CHRISTMAS TREES hee!!

Lovely hubby phoned the forestry while I as having fun at craft club and they said the roads were clear! Woop woop!! I was worse than a kid! The trees were gorjuss and very reasonable prized! A gorjuss 7ft 4 and a fat lil 4/5ft Fraser Fir are now adorned with my lil decorations at a cost of only £42 for both! Last years 5ft cost us £45 and died after only a week!!

Anyways, as I have probably mentioned once or twice, today was craft club! We made some lil Christmas trees, but with a twist! All we used was a we tub, garden cane, some plaster of paris to set it, material and some wee elastic bands to create ....

.... and this is what we made!

What do you think? Ok I know its not finished but its looking not bad hee! Needs some wee decorations and maybe a star!! The other girls were fab too! Lesley made hers with a gorjuss tartan and looked amazing!

Was fab time at the club, maybe just a little too much laughing going on(mostly me and the other Lesley or at Me) but a fab Saturday morning!

Once the club was finished hubby picked me up and drove us straight to the Forestry at Peebles, the roads were so icy at bits but such stunning views! Once we got our trees we headed back home to get some new lights then home to decorate hee! It took us forever to get them done as had to put hooks on over 120 bauble for the conservatory and check the 300 for the main tree! So the pictures aren't the best but .....

ta ra ....

Our weeish 7ft tree

one of my wee butterflies(of course)

My happy fat tree hee

I just love doing the tree, really makes Christmas come alive for me! All that's left is to put the outside lights up and then string some more in the conservatory! I'll add more pictures tomorrow so you can see the gorjuss colours on the trees!

Off now to see who wins Celebrity, yeah I have been watching the odd episode hee!

Thanks for popping by and for all your fab comments loved to read them all! Oh and the boots are ordered hee!

Hugs and Kisses

Melly xxx

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The 3rd December Challenge xxx

Evening lovelies

Hope everyone is well out there in blogland? Did the the weather effect any of you today? Nearly the entire train service was stopped here in wee Scotland and poor people were stranded! Wee souls that they are!

Well, I must admit the cold is getting to me just a wee bit tho but still loving the snow hee! We did get out today but not for my tree!! BOO HOO!!! The forestry is totally blocked and we cant get to it! Will try again tomorrow, phoning again first(clever hubby thought best to phone hee)! If all else fails we're heading to Harburn, near Livingstone! They do stunning trees a bit dearer but it was where we married, so maybe thats the plan hee!!

As I said we did get out today, got the essentials new slippers and jammie bottoms oh and bread and milk hee! My feet were frozen, think my boots aren't suited to this weather! More for looking good than keeping your tiny toes warm! So before doing this post I had a wee look to find some wee Winter Boots! Having really small feet, a size 2, was struggling! But after a while I came across these Merrell kids Snow boots! What do you all think?

Too young for me? What colour? Oh and do you think when they say "delivery 3-21 days" that it'll more likely mean they'll be here after Christmas?

The lovely Sarah has started a Christmas Crafting blog, with some fab inspiration to help you get set for Christmas! Not only that she's adding lil Christmas Journals Prompt for all those in need of journal hints! Wednesdays was

"What does Christmas mean to you?"

For me, its Family! My lovely hubby and mad dog! Our wee world and reflecting on the year we've had! And the lights, sparkle and cheer that the season brings! I'm still such a big kid at heart, my eyes the size of plates when I see the decorations! But lastly, I love the look on my love ones faces when they open their gifts! Always a surprise hee! What about you? What is Christmas to you??

Today's Prompt was

"Describe your Christmas Tree...."

Our tree is real, normally a Fraser Fur as I love the slightly blue tones of it in the light! This year we'll have two, our normal 6-7ft and a lil 4ft for the Conservatory! We both do they tree, well hubby puts on the lights and the high baubles and I do the rest! Our main tree is blue and silver tones and the Conservatory I picked traditional red, green and gold! We have some wee decorations that hubby has bought me, one for every year we've been together! Also we have a funny wee bone shaped one that we got after getting Tillie hee! What's your tree like? Real or faux? do you go for the traditional colours or something more modern??

Well, You'll be totally fed up now, reading such a long post! But I'm making up for the short post you'll get tomorrow! Its craft club in the morning and then fingers crossed we'll have our tree! have a nice night everyone!

Thanks for popping by
Hugs and kisses
Melly xxx

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The 2nd of December Challenge xxx

Evening everyone

Will I am still keeping my wee promise of my December Challenge!

Tonight I wanna share this wee song with you. You may have heard it on the telly for a the Christmas Movies ad, but this is the originally! It just brings a wee smile to my face and really shows what Christmas is all about hee! Well my kinda Christmas anyways!

I made nine wee cards today, 3 of each of the ones below! Thought I would be easier doing it that way then I get some done for orders and some for me!

I would like to enter then into some challenges too
Tuesday Taggers - Father Christmas
Cards for Men - Christmas Cards for men
I ♥ Promarkers - Christmas Trees
Passion For Promarkers - Old and New(old stamps new papers)

I haven't been doing much today apart from my cards, a wee bit of ironing this morning and then texting my wee friends!

What have you all been doing? Playing in the snow? Did you get to work or were you playing with your craft stuff like me??

We never had much snow falling but its been so cold all day!! Poor hubby was working out in it all day and was frozen when he came! But on the plus side the sky was beautiful today! I took some more wee pics for you all!

This was the sky at the side of the house just as it was getting dark

This was the icicle that was hanging when I opened the door this morning

Another of the night sky

And of course the puppy with her cover on the couch!

Tomorrow we were planning on going for our Christmas tree but I don't think we'll make it too the Forestry so maybe Saturday! I so love doing the tree and this year we'll have two, one in the Living room of 6 or 7ft as usual and and smaller one in the Conservatory! Oh and then all the lights!, I adore all the sparkle of Christmas! Hope you will all add your pics of your Christmas trees as you do them hee!

Will off to get ready for wee bit telly tonight! Benny's Restoration and then Misfits woop woop!!

Thanks for popping by
Hugs Melly xxx

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Sarah Hurley's Challenge - Gift Bag xxx

Good morning
Hows the snow where you are?? Still deep here but at least the main road is clear and hubby can make it to work today!!
This weeks wee Challenge was set my the fab Brenda of
"GIFT BAGS"
So after seeing the fab creation Debs made I asked her if it was okay to copy and she said YES hee! So here it is!!

I used the template that you can find here
Christmas Cheer Vintage Papers
Christmas Cheer Stamps
and loads of glitter ribbons from stash

I hope you like my wee creation, perfect for a table decoration on the big day don't you think?? Or even a wee piece of jewellery for someone special!

The Dt have made some great bags this week so remember and check them out!

Thanks for popping by

Hugs and kisses

Melly xxx

Challenges

Little red Wagon - Christmas Tag or Bag

Bunny Zoe - Christmas but not a card

Aly's Sunday Challenge - Gingerbread (house)

Christmas Stamping - Anything Goes

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Ps I'll be back later with my December Chellenge hee

Some awards xxx

OK so I know you will be getting sick of me but I've be meaning to say a huge thank you to the lovely Mel and Kat for these fab awards!! Thanks for thinking about wee me!!

Now I have to tell you 3 things about myself that you might not know

1. I was in the Navy
2. I absolutely detest EGGS
3. And I'm terrified of, not just a tiny bit but hugely,of snakes(cant even watch them on the telly!!

Now I've to pass them on to 5 of my fab friends

As I cant send them back to Mel and Kat, although you both deserve them too

1. Susie
2. Clare
3. Debs
4. Donna
5. Kathy

Well that was so hard! Wish I could have given it to you all!

I'll be back tomorrow with my wee Sarah Hurley post and hopefully my second December post!

Hugs and Kisses

Melly xxxx

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The 1st of December xxx

Hey everyone
Are you all OK?

Coping with the weather and not bored with it yet? I'm just loving it! Being a big kid at heart, this is my kind of weather!! Even trying to get through the snow to the shops this morning was an adventure for me!! It did reach up past my knees but its all fab!!

So with it being the 1st of December, I though I would(fingers crossed) try and do a wee post everyday before Christmas!! That's my plan anyway, we'll see how I get on hee!!

For the 1st wee post I thought I'd share some of the 200 odd cards I made for Christmas! The fab Lisa, used similar images from Pink Petticoat like these wee cute Penguins and when I found the wee shop I just feel in love with them!

A wee close up of the images



I just loved them and have used them a few times on my cards and plan to use them on my own wee cards to send! Well if I get them done, probably slightly behind hee!!


I want to enter these into a few wee challenges

A Crafty Little Place - Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday - Animals at Christmas
One Stop Craft - Christmas Cuties

Also tonight I wanted to share with you some of our wee Snow pictures. I thought you would love a wee peek into our mad wee world hee!!


This was first thing this morning just after the snow stopped falling

From our bedroom window at 8am

Last night before bed

Me and hubby before a fab snowball fight

and of course the mad dog having a play!!

I hope you all will start to add some of your own fab wee pictures throughout the month and keep a sort of diary of all your goings on!! I'm promising you all I will try my hardest to pop on everyday, only if its to say "SO BUSY" hee!

Oh I nearly forgot, I won some candy over on Sugar Nellie!!

Woop woop!!!!

Thanks for stepping in to my world and being a fab friends!

Hugs and Kisses

Melly xxx

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REMEMBER AND ENTER MY CANDY
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