A Krafty Christmas

As planned, we took the day off today to be with Pam and her hubby, but we had to cancel going to Gozo as it was still so windy. We instead went to Wied iz-Zurrieq and to Hagar Qim and Mnajdra Temples, which we still enjoyed of course. We're hoping for a nice day on Sunday to go to Gozo on that day instead.. so fingers crossed for that :)

I have got a card now, for this month's new challenge at

Sweet Stampin Christmas

The theme for this month is to make a krafty Christmas card.. I've never used kraft on my cards before so for me this was such a difficult theme... but only managed this!

Still love how it turned out ... The image is from Crissy's Digis of Whimsy Stamps which I coloured with my promarkers, beautiful border die is from Crafty Sentiments and the gorgeous poinsettia dies are from Spellbinders. 

You've still got two weeks to enter your card here as my card is for the mid-month inspiration.

Our sponsor this month is 

who are offering a fab £10 voucher and also 

with this fantastic prize!

Entering my card in these challenges today.

Love to Create 62 - BINGO (sentiment, ribbon, gems)

Top Tip Tuesday - NOT MACHINE SEWING

Simon Says Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Wednesdays Creative Inspirations 211 - RIBBONS AND PEARLS

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 44 - ANYTHING GOES WITH RIBBON

Thought to end off with some photos from today's day with Pam..

Here we are at Wied iz-Zurrieq... 

and here at the Hagar Qim and Mnajdra Temples.

Thank you for looking

xx

Easter Release - Delightful Flowers

Great celebrations in Malta yesterday.. and today as well! 

General Elections and a change in Government of 25 years!! woo hoo :)

 Me and hubby were in the streets celebrating too ...

and that was so much fun :P

Don't know if we'll be going out again today to continue with the partying, as this morning the new prime minister will be sworn in and all shops, all schools and most offices around the island are going to be closed!

Anyway, I'm sure you didn't stop here today to hear about the Elections, sorry but couldn't help myself to share!

So here is my card for today .. an Easter Card using one of the gorgeous new stamps released for this month at Crafty Sentiments. 

This time the new stamps are all about EASTER and the one that I am using is Delightful Flowers.

I coloured my image with promarkers, papers are digi ones and butterfly die is Memory Box.

The new stamps will be available for purchase from the store as from the 12th of March and you can check out the Inspirational Blog to see all the new gorgeous stamps.

I am entering my card in these challenges today.

Allsorts 197 - SPRINGTIME

2 Sisters Challenge 134 - PASTELS

One Stop Crafts 219 - SPRING

Cute Card Thursday 259 - SPRING FEVER

C.R.A.F.T. 197 - SPRING/EASTER

AUD Sentiments - EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA

Crafty Calendar March - EASTER EGG-STRAVAGANZA

My Mum's Craft Shop March - SPRING HAS SPRUNG

Thank you for looking

xxx

Some photos

It was Wednesday when I last posted anything on my blog! As I said, I was going to be very busy as I needed to sew me a costume to wear for a Boogie Nights party that we were going to yesterday. Thought I would share some photos since I don't have any cards to share still :)

So here I am enjoying my new afro wig before the party ha ha

And at the party dancing the night away!!!

With my friend

and with lots of nice people at the party

We really enjoyed it. Great night out !

And two last photos now to finish it off... totally different.. no wig or costume!

This was this morning and I'm here with my friend doing the President's Annual Walk for Charity. Lot's of people participating, over 13,000. It's always a lovely day out. Couldn't miss it even though we went home after 3.00a.m. after yesterday's party.

Thank you for looking and hope you had a nice weekend too.

xx

I'm Back and my Candy Winner as well

Hellooo I'm back, yes and I also have my candy winner ...Well finally you say! Sorry I've been away for so long but I've been away on an aeroplane ..

.. and we went to the Veneto region in Italy, staying in Treviso and also for one night at the Dolomites as well. Woo hoo yes we did, me and hubby with our friends. Had a great time, visiting lots of places, first of which was of course the beautiful Venice going on the gondola

and to St Mark Square

The next day we visited Padua

and the following day we went to Verona, where we went to see Romeo and Juliet's place.

Monday we travelled all the way up to Cortina d'Ampezzo, the Queen of the Dolomites and stayed for one night here. It was raining when we arrived

.. but not the next day... 

 ...beautiful sunny weather and so we headed off for a panoramic walk in the country.

At the hotel now, having a lovely meal with our friends.

 

 The last two days.. so quick ..

Wednesday we went to Bassano del Grappa.

A very beautiful place, had never heard of it before.

I really loved it here as well.

And for our final day, Thursday morning we went to Conegliano, which was very close to Treviso, just 20 mins by train. Here we walked all the way up to a castle and then enjoyed some time strolling around the place.

One last photo in Treviso before we left to board the plane back home, arriving in Malta at 7.00pm.

And that was it, a lovely relaxing holiday, which we all really needed.

I've got lots of catching up to do now, one of which is of course my candy winner..

and who did Mr Random pick up this time

No 27 and that's Margreet.

Congrats dear, please leave me a comment so that I can get out your prize to you asap. Thank you to everyone for joining in, for following me and for keeping up with me with my lack of blogging lately.. and yes hubby's hand is plaster free now! Not back to normal 100% but so much much better :D yay

Anyway, got a few DT Cards to do now, but will be definitely doing lots of blog hopping around very soon.

So I'll be seeing you soon

Big hugs

xx

Flower Power

Please click here for my Birthday Candy and here for the Crafty Sentiments Blog Hop.

Hello everyone, another sunny day here today, 28C .. quite hot ... looks like it won't be long before we'll be heading to the beach! Today I have my DT Card for the new challenge at Sweet Stampin and the theme for this week is FLOWER POWER.

I decided to use one of my LOTV stamps for this card, one that I hadn't yet inked .. how could I?!! :[

Well I'm so happy I used it today, I loved how it turned out, a very quick card it was too and perfect for a Mother's Day card which I needed. 

Image I coloured it with my promarkers, paper was a magazine freebie, corner die is Cheery Lynn and centre one is Spellbinders Nestabilities.

A close up of my butterfly.. its' one of those Dimensions stickers from Anita's, so pretty I think.

We are this week sponsored by My Favourite Things who are offering a fab $25 gift certificate and we also have our fabulous monthly sponsor, Joanna Sheen with another great voucher of £10 to spend in the store.

      

I thought I would take this opportunity to post a photo of me with Pamela, also a DT girlie at Sweet Stampin, who is in Malta at the moment for a holiday with her husband. We met last Tuesday for dinner and again yesterday for a coffee and a quick visit to my place.... My hubby came too for dinner (he's taking the photo) and we all had so much to talk about. It was lovely to meet up, will be remembering this time and looking forward to their next holiday on the island, when they come again.. I think they will  :D  

Some challenges now of course yay :D

Lili's Little Fairies - YOUR FAVOURITE CRAFTING TOOL (my Sizzix Big Kick)

Truly Scrumptious 80 - ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Ribbons 19 - FLOWERS

Card Makin Mamas 45 - FLOWERS

CES Challenge 85 - ANYTHING GOES

Joanna Sheen Challenge - FLOWER POWER

Paper Sundaes 119 - MOTHER'S DAY

Thank you for looking today

xx

An Injury ... and a Wedding Card

We didn't get to go out yesterday... hubby broke one of his hands while playing football in the morning and so the day turned out to be a rather unpleasant one unfortunately!!  My days are going to be so busy now with having to do everything by myself and at the end of the day I'm ending up exhausted!!! ...   I'm just so happy that at least I got most of my DT cards done for the next two weeks, so at least I don't have to worry about that!

Here's me hubby after coming from hospital yesterday ..

and this is a card I managed to do yesterday as well...  Wasn't much in the mood unfortunately but I needed it for a colleague who is getting married this Friday and so couldn't avoid it. ... 

A very quick one as you can see... luckily I had this beautiful stamp from Lili of the Valley, which I thought was perfect for what I needed, as since it's his second marriage, I needed something simple.

 

I am entering my card in these challengeses

Lili's Little Fairies Challenge - DIAMONDS AND PEARLS

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 151 - WEDDING/ANNIVERSARY

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards 11 - BINGO (No DP, Bling, Ribbon)

Thank you for looking. Sorry if I won't be hopping around much now... but I'll try ...

Big hugs

xxx

Some Photos and happy mail

What a nice sunny day today. The wind has calmed down a bit, kids had activities of their own, so off we went to the Strawberry Fest in Mgarr. Had never gone to this feast before so really enjoyed it. 

There were lots of home-made goodies to drink ...

and eat yum ...

... home-made jams

and even a stall with some crafts as well.

The strawberries and everything on this bag were made with ribbon...

..and these strawberry key-chains are knitted, so pretty.

 There was also folklore music and dancing.

And these ladies dressed in traditional costumes were working the Maltese lace.

Of course strawberries to buy,  just Eur2 for one box. 

.. and we also bought goodies to take home with us he he :D Lovely day, really enjoyed it!

 I want to show you now the happy mail I received this week from Shirl yay We did a fun swap and look at all the goodies she sent me, including yummy stuff, one of her gorgeous cards and a set of note-lets which she made herself as well. Thank you so much Shirl, am going to have so much fun with these xx