Hi, well today is my 33rd birthday i have been spoilt by my wonderful hubby, he got me 5 assorted Nesties and Marrianne D die cut frames and shapes, an xcut border punch, a game, 2 pairs of Birkenstocks and there is still 1 more gift to come, he also made my birthday card!

Hello everyone, it has been a very hard couple of months, my granddad was taken ill, and sadly passed away on the 20th April 2011, we laid him to rest on the 28th, but as a family we are dealing with the loss, its made a bit easier knowing that he is reunited with my nan, and that he's not is in pain any more, and that he went peacefully in his sleep at home, R.I.P Thomas McCarthy.
On a lighter note, i cant believe that its been months since i blogged last, where is this year going?, anyway i may not have blogged much but i have been crafting, as you can see from all the new entries on here, please feel free to comment on anything.

One of the mum's at school was getting married so made her this from templates i made myself, and then in the draw i put a pair of sterling silver pink and white pearl earrings and a pink bag charm that i had made as well, just in case you were wondering pink is her fave colour, the box easel card went down really well with the other mums at the school, i was so proud of myself.

Here is another cat easel card, i sent this one to a dear friend, she loved it!

I had to hunt this stamp down, but im soooo glad i did i just love it! its such an unusual image, but it works, i once again opted for an easel style as the papers i had seemed to suit it, as the card ended up quite deep i was glad that i had purchased the Crafters Compamion envelobox board, which came in a set during a P.OT.D on Ideal world in April 2011, it made light work of making something that would exactly fit the card, i have stamped an coloured in the image several times, and will post the cards i make on here, when they are made.

This is the mothers day card i sent to my mum, i really love the easel style card, and lots of the cards i have made lately have been done in that style.

I just love this birds decupage, so i made an easel anniversry card with it.

I just love this image, the bunnies dressed up as bee's, so cute, this was sent as easter easel card.

This is the easel card i sent to my step mother for her birthday, she really liked it.

Here are the atc's i sent in for the CSF rs a.t.c. swap in April 2011, i was so happy with how they turned out, and also a card i sent wishing someone well.