Wot no crafting?

That is correct. I still have nothing crafty to show you. With a major choral concert, rehearsals, Slimming Word, huge announcements at work, Slimming World club and a family member's house move to contend with, I've not had a spare hour in the day (or night LOL!).

So you'll have to put up with another photo of non-craftiness again! I thought you might enjoy this glimpse of Tallis, one of our three dogs, enjoying himself on the beach. The photo was taken during our holiday on the Isle of Wight last month. Tally really did enjoy himself!

Failing successfully!

I think that's what I'm doing right now - failing successfully to keep a regular flow of posts on my blog. It is supposed to be a crafty-themed blog, and the truth is, I've got no new pix to show you that fir the category. I forgot to take pics of the 90th birthday word book I made. I haven't got round to taking a snap of my my most recent LO (it was from a class taught at PaperArts but was also going to be used for the UKS cyber crop, and I didn't want to post anything up before the crop ....).

So a photo from my happy snaps album it will have to be. I love stained glass windows and can't resist taking photos of them. I am always amazed at how well they turn out. No idea where this one is from, except that it's in a church on the Isle of Wight! (That's helpful, isn't it LOL!!)

About time!

I admit it. I have not posted for ages. I've not created for ages- well, nothing I've taken photos of, anyway! I have spent money on stash (went to the Hobbycrafts show at the NEC and came home with a Cricut cart, embossing folders, an MDF house book, book rings, blooms, magazines, some Promarkers and a few other bits and pieces). I have pretty much finished a word book for a rellie's 90th birthday - no pix yet, sorry. I have made some 'with sympathy' type cards for my mum to use, and for a friend whose lovely mum sadly died of cancer a few weeks ago. But no pix of anything crafty.

So I will have to show you a pic of something else, instead, I thought. Which is why you have a slightly arty-farty photo of some teasels posing against a background of The Needles, Isle of Wight. I've got to say, that holiday seems like sooooooooooooooo long ago now!

And yes, I have realised this is the unedited version - complete with wonky sea horizon! But you get the drift .....

Well, now, I had a bit of fun with this one. A True Friend had a new challenge (no 57, I think) all linked to pets and super-heroes. I thought this might squeeze in under the wire as James Bond used to be billed as an all-action hero kind of guy. So I've chosen a photo of Tallis enjoying his first visit to the seaside, rising from the waters ... ok, not quite in the style of a Bond Babe, but close enough, don't you think?!

Digi supplies from A Teets, A Cox (Frenchcafe), C Renee, East West Scraps, Lesley St Clair and House of 3.

A dog's eye view

I thought I'd share this LO featuring Tok (yes, him again, sorry!!!!). He's seen here contemplating the Needles during our holiday on the Isle of Wight. We were lucky to have a couple of days of decent weather during our break and this was one of them .... We walked across an area called Headon Warren and the views were great.

The page is made using Amagination's Esther kit, available from Scrap it Sassy (you can see the link to the right). It's one of two pages I've made from the kit as part of my CT 'responsibilities'.

Oops, I'm back!

Trouble with going on holiday is all the work you have to catch up with when you get back! That's my feeble excuse for not blogging recently. I will try and make amends for my absence, not that anyone cares whether I've blogged or not, I suspect LOL!

I'm not that happy with this particular LO, which is one for my Scrap it Sassy.com design team efforts, but I think I'd better stop agonising over it and move on to the next one I need to make with the lovely Esther kit by Amagination. I want to do the kit justice, so maybe if I move on and work with something completely different I'll achieve a more satisfying result!

http://crafterskitchen.blogspot.com/2009/09/amazing-blog-candy.html

I have to share this link to some most amazing blog candy - this has to be one of the most generous offers I've come across! So if you don't own a Silhouette, this might just be your chance ... of course, if you win it, you'll have to give it to me ha ha!!!!!!!

Two more pages before I go!

Before I go where, I hear you ask!!!! Off on a week's holiday - the first proper break we've had for years! I'm looking forward to so R&R, some treats and some nice long walks with the woofs. Oh yes, they're coming too!

So I've two pages for you today, both created with a kit I was sent as part of my creative team role at Scrap it Sassy. They have soooooooooooooo many designers on their books, that their CT peeps don't always get to use all of them. If there are any that miss out, you can volunteer to make two extra pages with one of their kits (that's over and above the two pages per kit, two kits per month rule).

The kit I used is called My Hero by Mis Foxys Designz, and it would be great for those of you with family or friends in the services.

Hope you enjoy! See you when I get back ......