Art journal cards

I've been catching up with these so here they are.

Quiet

No Regrets

Count Your Blessings

Get some one else to contribute

Surprise

Right Now

Junk Mail

I still have lots to do but i don't care as i'll get there in the end.

Don't forget about my give away HERE

Elvis

Today is the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Elvis Presley.
He was the king of Rock and Roll and the biggest legend of all time. All i know about this man is what i hear. I have seen some of his films but it doesn't really mean anything to me. The reason for that is that when he died i was only 4 months old. This was a huge loss in my lifetime that i will never remember because i was too young. I really don't know how i should fell about that. Its just one of those things.
RIP Elvis

My 200th post

I know its taken well over a year to get this far but who cares.

Anyway as this is my 200th post I'm going to give something away.
To be in for the chance of winning your very own canvas like these (note it will be slightly different and colours may vary) please leave a comment before midnight on Sunday.

good luck

I'm Inspired

Valleygirl is truly fabulous. Her stuff is so inspiring and just makes you want to do something. She is doing a daily card project, thats one card every day for 52 days and shes on her second deck already. You must go and have a look.

Its given me an idea so watch this space.

Blogging with out obligation

I just came across this Fab Idea while blog hopping and i think its great.

The idea is as follows

• Because you shouldn't have to look at your blog like it is a treadmill.

• Because its okay to just say what you have to say. If that makes for a long post, fine. Short post, fine. Frequent post, fine. Infrequent post, fine.

• Because its okay to not always be enthralled with the sound of your own typing.

• Because sometimes less is more.

• Because only blogging when you feel truly inspired keeps up the integrity of your blog.

• Because they are probably not going to inscribe your stat, link and comment numbers on your tombstone.

• Because for most of us blogging is just a hobby. A way to express yourself and connect with others. You should not have to apologize for lapses in posts. Just take a step back and enjoy life, not everything you do has to be "bloggable".

• Because if you blog without obligation you will naturally keep your blog around longer, because it won't be a chore. Plus, just think you will be doing your part to eradicate post pollution. One post at a time. . .

So will you join them and me?
To see more just click on the on logo and you can always get yourself one while you're there.

So from now on i blog without obligation
I blog because i want to

We've been Arty

Today Dom and i have been ARTY.
I am so behind on Emily Falconbridge's Art journal Journey that i thought it was about time i did a couple. As yesterday she posted prompt 32 and i had only done 12 it was about time. So i have done two more and i will post them later. Dom just did the one but he can do another one tomorrow. I'll post the photos as soon as i've taken them.

I have finally decided on my class for my next crop. Well classes. As mother is going to be on holiday there will not be a LO class this time unless i can think of one, so i have thought of something else that they could do in the afternoon if they want. Its not set in stone at the moment so i can always changed my mind for the afternoon class but the morning is set and I'm going to start on that ASAP. I just hope its as good as i want it to be. Well every has enjoyed what I've done so far so that bodes well. Wish me luck.

Time for Blogthings

You Are a Brownie

Decadent and intense, you aren't for the weakhearted. Those who can deal with your strong flavor find out how sweet you really are.

What Dessert Are You Most Like?

You Are Cereal

Playful and lighthearted, breakfast is likely your favorite meal of the day. (In fact, you're probably the type who sneaks cereal as a midnight snack.) Your culinary skills are probably a bit lacking... and you are a sucker for junk food. Some people accuse you of eating like a kid, but you prefer to think of yourself as low maintenance.

What Kind of Breakfast Are You?

More Brighton photos

Dom's sleep over

Last night Dom went to friends house for his first ever sleep over.
He was picked up at about 12pm yesterday and came home at 10:40am today. I was told that he was good as gold all the time they him. They even phoned me to ask what time he normally went to bed and if i minded him staying up later. They seem a really nice family and i'm happy for him to go again.
They went to the funfair and had McDonald's so he came home happy.

At the moment he's out playing (he's only just gone).
Tomorrow he'll be back at play scheme which is great fun and only on for 3 weeks so he's making the most of it. Last week they went Ice skating and swimming. This week i think its swimming twice. I have to sort out a pack lunch for him everyday and hes enjoying that as at school he has school dinners.

I just can't believe that the holidays are half way through already. Nearly time to sort things for the new school year.

Canvases

Here are the canvases that i did to teach at my last crop. I'm really pleased with them. The home one says "Home is where the heart is".
The love still needs a quote.
I will put details of how i made it on the Cropping With Friends Blog in the next few days.

What do you think of them?

Sealife Centre photos

Here are some photos of our day trip. Dom loved the Rays. When i started to take photos of the rays they were all there showing off it was so funny. The Giant Sea Turtle was so gentle.

We saw lost of others like:-
Seahorses
Starfish
Cushion fish
Cat fish
Dogfish
sharks
Baby rays (they were so cute and tiny)
Crabs
And lots of others that i can't remember.

We had a great day and even had time to play on the beach.

The plan was to go to the pub for dinner and then get the train home but that didn't happen as they stopped serving kids in the pubs at 5pm. I was not happy. So we ended up in Pizza Express.

All in all it was a great day. I will upload the rest of the photos soon

Naughty Turtles

This was taken when we went to the sealife centre in Brighton last month.

look what i made

Getting back to normal

Well i hope so.
Dom went away at the weekend for a few days with my brother and his wife to the Isle of Wight.
I stayed home as it was the weekend of my crop.
The crop was very quiet but we had a good day and everyone enjoyed themselves. I taught a fab canvas (that i will upload a pickie of as soon as i have one)
As it was my weekend of freedom i had a date with a guy i met online and have met once before. We have been texting and talking most days and get on really well. Anyway he ended up in hospital (no it wasn't anything that i did). He's fine now but has to take it easy for a while.
We will see each other as soon as we can.

Last day of school for Dom tomorrow. so that means he's home for SIX WEEKS. What fun.
Shouldn't be too bad this year as he is booked into a play scheme for 3 weeks of it. He will be picked up and dropped off everyday. It will be really good for him.

Saturday is my brothers birthday which also means its the anniversary of my mums diagnosis. Its been 3 years now. We never thought she would still be here now. So its a big family dinner then, i think its going to be Chinese.

Now i need to sort out a child free weekend to make up for this one. Wish me luck

Do i really have no life?

It’s been said that allegedly if you’ve seen over 85 movies you have no life. Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own blog, paste it in and put x’s by the ones that you have seen. Add them up........if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged!

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x ) Airplane

7 out 10 so far

( ) The Princess Bride
( ) AnchorMan
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
( ) Anger Management
( ) 50 First Dates

11 out of 20

( ) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie

17 out of 30

( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
( ) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer

21 out of 40

( ) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch
(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
( ) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks

23 out of 50

( ) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
(x) Robots
( ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
( x) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin

26 out of 60

(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
(x) King Kong
(x) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris

31 out of 70

( ) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
(x) Flubber

35 out of 80

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
( ) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards

37 out of 90

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans

40 out of 100

( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
(x) Bad Boys
(x) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Seven
(x) Ocean’s Eleven

44 out of 110

(x) Ocean’s Twelve
( ) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
(x) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

48 out of 120

( ) Curious George
(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( x) Christine
(x) E.T.
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan

51 out of 130

(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She’s All That
(x) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon

58 out of 140

(x) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3
(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
( ) X3

66 out of 150

(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
( ) Catch Me If You Can
( ) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls

69 out of 160

(x) Cruel Intentions
(x) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street*
( ) Old School
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax

74 out of 170

( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old Virgin
(x) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
(x ) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
( ) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

78 out of 180

(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
( ) Base-ketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
( ) Elf
(x) Highlander
( x) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X

81 out of 190

( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard

84 out of 200

( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
( ) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x) Waterworld

88 out of 210

( ) Kill Bill Vol. 1
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
(x) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness

89 out of 220

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
( ) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix: Reloaded

95 out of 230

(x) The Matrix: Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal

97 out of 238