tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45898130806200153412024-03-13T13:32:54.852+00:00Purple Ali's PlacePurplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-10254141343234846782014-07-13T23:02:00.000+01:002014-07-13T23:02:05.841+01:00Photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't know why this one is sideways, it's the right way round on my PC</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or this one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I forgot to rotate the original of this one!</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_250892691"></span><span id="goog_250892692"></span><br />Purplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-27577421999286301142012-04-02T08:14:00.000+01:002012-04-02T08:14:59.823+01:00SorryJust a quick apology... Since my last post my computer had a nervous breakdown and would not let me access the internet. It has taken several months and lots of fiddling and eventually got my brother to set me up a new profile before it would let me back on the internet. So now the PC is working again but I think the truth of the matter is that it needs an upgrade! <br />
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Take care<br />
AliPurplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-13253365385046068822011-08-27T22:31:00.001+01:002011-08-27T22:35:07.010+01:00Catch up...Well now the kids are back at school I am trying to get more organised and will try to blog weekly. I think if I set a target of one post a week I might manage to keep to it! I also need to remember to photograph my creations before I put them in the envelope!!!!<br />
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June and July just disappeared in a whirlwind of activity. It all kicked off at the beginning of June with my niece Ava's blessing.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took quite a few photos on the day and used them to make mini albums for Graeme and Kyra and for Ava's grandparents.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The next day I took my Brownie pack raft building at Castle Semple. The girls had a great time and everyone ended up very wet. We finished up the evening with toasted marshmallows and chocolate biscuits!</div><br />
Then we had school sports day, a birthday party and Family Fun Night at my daughters school, so it was a very busy week!<br />
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The rest of the month wasn't quite so busy but with working extra hours before I knew it we were heading off on holiday! We went to Menorca. It was a lovely relaxing holiday but I did have to explain to the girls that sometimes you go on holiday to laze by the pool and relax!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"> The geckos proved to be an endless source of fascination for the girls, especially the night one fell off the wall and was caught by the cat. It used the gecko special ability and made its tail fall off. The tail continued to wriggle about on its own for at least 5 minutes keeping the cat occupied while the gecko played dead for a few minutes and then made its escape! A bit gross but totally fascinating to watch.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xhf1TnT15qY/Tlle887EQtI/AAAAAAAAAFs/JGTWu7-oBM8/s1600/IMG_1041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" qaa="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xhf1TnT15qY/Tlle887EQtI/AAAAAAAAAFs/JGTWu7-oBM8/s320/IMG_1041.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">This lovely beach was only 5 minutes from our hotel. It was quite a small beach but most of the beaches on Menorca are as it has lots of little coves and inlets along the coast. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Well I think I will call it a night for tonight, till next time take care</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ali</div>Purplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-34039811360520176572011-08-04T17:30:00.000+01:002011-08-04T17:30:42.013+01:00Life got in the way!!!Life has run away with my free time, what with working overtime, sports days, blessings, birthdays, assemblies and prizegivings, holidays - you name it and it has eaten in to my free time recently. But I can't really complain because some of it was fun!Purplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-46881688031964833632011-05-28T23:22:00.001+01:002011-05-29T15:47:07.623+01:00Where has the time gone?It feels like it was only a few days ago when I wrote my last post but it's actually several weeks!!! I really must get my finger out and try to get into the habit of blogging a bit more frequently but in my defence I have been very busy since my last post.<br />
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Peter had just started back to work after his stay in hospital when the kids stopped for spring holiday. The were back at school 3 days and then had a long weekend for easter, back for three days and then off for the Royal Wedding and May Day - it felt like they were never at school in April! For most of May I have been working extra hours to cover for a colleages maternity leave so have not had much time to myself. Anyway enough of my excuses!<br />
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We got the 8:40am train from Glasgow to London on the Thursday. No better way to get there - we were in London just after 1pm. Caught the tube to Tower Bridge and dumped our bags in the hotel. After a bit of a walk along the riverside we headed round to the London Eye. Not having a head for heights I took a bit of persuading but in the end they talked me round (also it's quite embarrasing when your 10-year old thinks you're a scardy cat). <br />
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After dinner at My Old Dutch (a Dutch pancake house in Holburn) we went to see Wicked. It was amazing and even Peter enjoyed it.<br />
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</div>On Friday we visited the Science Museum where Becky the adrenalin junkie talked Peter into going on a flight simulator with her. Apparently she spent most of the time flying upsidedown! We also had a quick trip into the V&A as it is just across the road from the Science Museum. Finished up with a lovely meal in China Town.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Saturday was Debbie's birthday (she turned 10). We had arranged to meet Peter's sister and her husband in the afternoon. We took a bus tour in the morning to show the girls as many landmarks as we could. We met Lindsey and Nick outside The Globe Theatre as that was one of the places Becky wanted to visit (she loves Shakespeare) After a quick coffee we went to see the ceramic sunflower seeds in the Tate Modern then headed over to Covent Garden to catch the market and some street theatre. Finished up with dinner in a great little Italian restaurant on the edge of Soho.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oe6idZUSIKc/TeJYzajV9kI/AAAAAAAAAEs/Zm2ypSsHPPE/s1600/IMG_0782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oe6idZUSIKc/TeJYzajV9kI/AAAAAAAAAEs/Zm2ypSsHPPE/s320/IMG_0782.JPG" t8="true" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The ceramic sunflower seeds at Tate Modern</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Anyway time to get to bed,</div>Take care,<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Ali</div>Purplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-64759957839805561122011-03-25T22:43:00.000+00:002011-03-25T22:43:38.928+00:00Monochrome<div style="text-align: center;">It's ages since I have had the time to blog. The last month has been particulary stressfull but things are starting to return to normal so it's time to catch up on my blogging.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">First things first I have decided to enter a card in the Ladybird Crafts Ink challenge blog - I've often thought about it but have either not had the nerve or the time but this week everything came together as if by magic!! My daughter Becky asked me to make a birthday card for her friend Chiara. Whenever they ask me to do this I try to incorporate the friends favourite colour. When I asked the immortal question this time I was informed black and white!!! Now I have never done a card using only black and white but I also have never been known to back down from a challenge. So I duly set to work and this is what I came up with...</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used my new embossing folder to emboss the black card and then went over it with perfect medium and white mica powder. Then I inked up my "Untamed" stamp that Debbie gave me for my birthday - I thought it was the perfect image for a 12-year old girl. I coloured the image with prisma colour pencils. A little bit of silver mirri, some white organza ribbon and a little happy Birthday stamp and voila!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Tuesday I logged on to check out the Ladybug Crafts Ink challenge blog and discovered this weeks theme was monochrome - fate or what!!! So needless to say I am going to enter this card. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What makes it even better is that Chiara loved the card and told me so in person when I picked Becky up from the party - I was so chuffed as it's always nice to hear what the recipients think of your cards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought I would also put up the photos of the Halloween costumes mentioned in an earlier post - I should have done it before now but time ran away with me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The costumes were designed to go with the masks that my sister brought from Venice thought the characters are from A Midsummer Nights Dream which we took them to see when we were inStratford on Avon last summer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now a little update as to why I have been a absent from the blogging scene for the last month or so:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been quite busy with work, Brownies and Sunday School since the New Year. But about 4 weeks ago my husband was complaining of a sore elbow when he came home from work at 7.30. It got worse very quickly and about an hour later he was in so much pain and starting to feel sick that he agreed to go to A&E. Up at the hospital the doctor said his temperature was up and that it seemed to be an infection in his elbow that was causing the pain. Because it had deteriorated very quickly they decided to admit him to give him some IV antibiotics. These had no effect and 3 days later they decided to operate to see what the problem was. It turned out that he had developed an abcess in his elbow. The infection caused him a few problems after the operation and he ended up in intensive care for couple of days. 2 further operations to clean out the abcess and masses of antibiotics later he finally got allowed home, with yet more antibiotics!!! It was the longest 2 weeks of my life. He has 36 staples up the back of his arm but isfeeling much better. All going well the staples will come out on Monday and life can get back to more or less normal. Who would have thought a sore elbow would have resulted in 2 weeks in hospital and 4 weeks off work!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well I'd better sign off for tonight as I have work in the morning and do need to get some sleep!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ali.</div>Purplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-83270211339390651622011-02-22T11:28:00.002+00:002011-02-22T11:48:44.476+00:00Ladybug Crafts Ink Blog Hop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ND8bLELrIcc/TWOhit2MKKI/AAAAAAAAAD4/Ta_ifbE1FRo/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" j6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ND8bLELrIcc/TWOhit2MKKI/AAAAAAAAAD4/Ta_ifbE1FRo/s320/untitled.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/?zx=f3c403824520947e">http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/?zx=f3c403824520947e</a><br />
Why not hop on over to the Ladybug Crafts Challenge Blog and join the blog hop, there are some lovely stamps up for grabs. So what are you waiting for!!<br />
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See you laterPurplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-54207385923086249042010-10-21T21:59:00.002+01:002010-10-21T22:23:31.232+01:00Where is the time going!!!<div style="text-align: center;">I am conviced someone has removed several hours from every day as there never seems to be enough time for everything I want or need to do!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Spent today feeling like a zombie and trying to finish off Becky's costume for her Guides Halloween party which is tomorrow night! It's a bit early but Guides are not on next week because of the Guiders Centenary Dinner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">All the Renfrewshire Guides, Brownies and Rainbows were at Lapwing Lodge last night for the centenary closing campfire and promise ceremony. Unfortunately the weather wasn't very kind to us and after being dry and clear all day it started to rain about 20 minutes before we set off and it kept it up all night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have finally remembered how to grab the banner and link into Ladybug Crafts Ink New Challenge Blog - I've only been trying since Tuseday!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2qAk3zUDJCI/TLxR01HiKcI/AAAAAAAADHc/29eOjetvmkg/s320/CHALLENGE_BLOG_PROMO2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/"></a></div><br />
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</div>Well I better head off now, I'm shattered and I still have a brain shaped jelly to make before I go to bed!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See you later</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ali.</div>Purplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-15833261364666265342010-10-19T09:15:00.007+01:002010-10-19T14:38:58.519+01:00Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge BlogCheck this out!! - I will post more details later.<br />
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See you later<br />
AliPurplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-78044919089739091482010-10-06T21:48:00.000+01:002010-10-06T21:48:21.668+01:00What a week!!!!You know that phrase - it never rains but it pours, well the last week has been a bit like that!<br />
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It all started last Friday. It was just another working day, or at least it was til lunchtime when one of the girls said she wasn't feeling well, had phoned her GP and was to go straight up to the hospital. We all thought she would be back in a couple of hours. At 4ish got a message to say she wouldn't be back in and she would let us know about Saturday. The computers had been acting up all day and then wouldn't let us in to any patient records - called IT to get them to fix it. They had to pull the database, which ment we couldn't access records, process dispenses, order lenses or do the banking!! At 5.45 they advised us to leave it til Saturday morning because it was taking longer than they thought!<br />
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On Saturday It finally advised the system was working again about 9.45, so we finally managed to finish off all the jobs from Friday and do the banking. All so found out that the girl wouldn't be in on Saturday and finally found out at 4.30 that she wouldn't be in on Monday - so I got drafted in to cover Monday (bang go my plans for a trip to town!) Was so tired I was in bed and asleep before 10 (that's unheard of!).<br />
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On Sunday was up bright and early and off to Sunday school - so far so good. Put the first load of washing on. 10 minutes later when I went into the kitchen the machine had stopped - thought I had had a senior moment so switched it on again while I made a coffee. 2 and a half minutes later the machine stopped and claimed it had done the whole cycle!! So all I had was a load of wet, dirty washing and 2 loads sitting waiting! My Mum in law very kindly washed 2 of them for me.<br />
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Monday was spent working, without even time to look for a washing machine, so trawled the internet when I came home. Found the machine I wanted at a price I thought was reasonable but website wouldn't let me order it!!!<br />
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Tuesday was spent catching up all the things I should have done on Sunday and Monday. First stop the hygeinist (something I really hate), then into town to get Brownie things at the Guide shop and get a birthday present for Linda in work. Managed to find a the washing machine and ordered it (it gets delivered next Thursday!). Made tabards for Fionas wheelchair dancing group. Took a load of washing up to my dads. Made dinner. Went to Community Council meeting (it was the AGM and as secretary I had to go to take minutes - but finally convinced them I am standing down). Finally got home at 9.45pm. It was one of those hectic, never-ending days and I' glad its over.<br />
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Today was a little better. Work was going OK til head office pulled a member of staff to cover Greenock, then it got busy and we hardly stopped all day. Finally got out of work just after 4.30 and made my train by the skin of my teeth. Made it to Brownies for 5.30 (though not sure how) for the promise ceremony. Now trying to type this while eating sausage sandwiches for tea - I know it's not healthy but at this time of night I couldn't be bothered cooking anything else.<br />
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Well that's been my week, I hope yours has been better,<br />
See you later<br />
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Alison<br />
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P.S. Will try to put some more pics of cards up tomorrow - too tired tonightPurplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-72426174826111326572010-09-30T09:12:00.011+01:002010-10-19T09:21:59.373+01:00Hoping for a better day<div align="center">Hey I think I'm getting the hang of this now. I have managed to work out how to upload photos and get them more or less where I want them. And today I worked out how to grab Kerry's banner for her Blog Hop next week :D </div><div align="center"><br />
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I am in the middle of making a couple of cards using her Winestool Nikki and Shopping Ruby Stamps, I will post them when I get them finished.<br />
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Took the girls to Mandors on Monday to get fabric for their Halloween costumes, I think I got off lightly this year - Queen Titania and Peasblossom from A Midsummers Night Dream - so no paper mache or paint!!<br />
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I thought I would give you some pics of previous years efforts so you can get an idea of some of the challenges they have set me in the past. Sorry about the sideways photos, they were right way up on my photolist!<br />
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A traditional vampire!<br />
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The dining room was out of use for a week while I painted these wings!!!<br />
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Happinny - a Pokemon character<br />
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I also did Mike from Monsters Inc one year but can't find the photos!!<br />
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See you later<br />
Ali<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2qAk3zUDJCI/TKM_hf7fh7I/AAAAAAAADBc/5K4Pi2w5EYQ/s200/Oct_5th_Blog_hop_banner.jpg"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2qAk3zUDJCI/TKM_hf7fh7I/AAAAAAAADBc/5K4Pi2w5EYQ/s200/Oct_5th_Blog_hop_banner.jpg"></a> </p>Purplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-59311044388088617822010-09-29T21:14:00.004+01:002010-09-29T21:44:58.401+01:00What a day!!!!Every have one of those days where you feel like you are chasing your tail all day? Well that was me today!!<br />Got up at 6.30 to the pouring rain, it was so dark I thought I had missread the clock, but no it was right. Dived into the shower, woke the kids, made packed lunches, shouted on Debbie again, made breakfast, shouted on Debbie AGAIN (that kid really likes her bed, if only she would go to sleep at night I might not have this carry on!!!) Left for work at 8.15. <br />The first hour at work was nice and sedate - it was the calm before the storm - from about 10 o'clock onwards it was all go (but not always in a good way). Got the cahce to go for lunch at 3.30 but as I finish at 4 I didn't bother. Ate lunch on the way home, got in at 5, changed int guiders uniform and left the house again at 5.15 to go to Brownies.<br />Got home from Brownies at 7.30, checked Debbies homework, helped Becky revise for her maths test tomorrow (her least favourite subject) and I am currently waiting for my dinner to cook.<br /><br />Sorry for the long rant. Wednesdays are always a bit hectic but today seemed worse than normal. Any way here are pics of a card I made a while ago for my husband.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wVJC66iSb-E/TKOj65PmvbI/AAAAAAAAABY/rpkf4k9kRxQ/s1600/2009_0319feb08-feb090124.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wVJC66iSb-E/TKOj65PmvbI/AAAAAAAAABY/rpkf4k9kRxQ/s320/2009_0319feb08-feb090124.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522437800280374706" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wVJC66iSb-E/TKOj6oCRWRI/AAAAAAAAABQ/__8Cgp0KixE/s1600/2009_0319feb08-feb090118.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wVJC66iSb-E/TKOj6oCRWRI/AAAAAAAAABQ/__8Cgp0KixE/s320/2009_0319feb08-feb090118.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522437795661043986" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wVJC66iSb-E/TKOj7pKMJ9I/AAAAAAAAABo/zugMZIa7fFE/s1600/2009_0319feb08-feb090125.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wVJC66iSb-E/TKOj7pKMJ9I/AAAAAAAAABo/zugMZIa7fFE/s320/2009_0319feb08-feb090125.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522437813142562770" /></a><br />It is a secret panel card that I made for valentines day.<br /><br />Well I better go and eat dinner before it gets cold - I might just be finished in time to catch Ugly Betty on E4+1.<br /><br />see you later<br />AliPurplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-38662773773136343672010-09-28T08:41:00.007+01:002010-09-30T16:34:34.622+01:00Help!!!!I feel so out of touch! There was me thinking I knew what I was doing on the computer but I have changed my mind. I am still trying to work out how to attach links/ banners/etc to my blog - when I look up the help menu I am still lost - is there a blogging for dummies book out there? If anyone can help it would be most appreciated.<br /><br />Anyway todays difficult task (apart from the housework) is trying to upload some photos of cards I have made. I keep forgetting to photograph my cards before I send them but I do have pics of one or two on the PC so I will give it a go!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wVJC66iSb-E/TKGePbdkR5I/AAAAAAAAABA/2n_rI1AGz_4/s1600/2009_0319feb08-feb090119.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521868606039934866" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wVJC66iSb-E/TKGePbdkR5I/AAAAAAAAABA/2n_rI1AGz_4/s320/2009_0319feb08-feb090119.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Well that one didn't end up where I expected but I guess practice makes perfect. This was a birthday card I made for my dad a couple of years ago, like most of you out there I find mens cards a nightmare!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wVJC66iSb-E/TKGfk-tGK7I/AAAAAAAAABI/WyVgwe5q80c/s1600/2009_0319feb08-feb090128.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521870075789192114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wVJC66iSb-E/TKGfk-tGK7I/AAAAAAAAABI/WyVgwe5q80c/s320/2009_0319feb08-feb090128.JPG" /></a> <p>Neither did that one, I think you can tell by the gaps where I wanted them to be but at least they are on the screen!</p>I will try again after a coffee maybe that will fire up my brain and I will be able to work out what I'm doing!<br /><br />See you later<br />Ali<br /><br /><br />P.S. Came back after a coffee and reading something on Kerrys blog and Hey Presto! I managed to put them where I wanted them. Why don't you check out Kerrys Blog Hop starting next week - http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2qAk3zUDJCI/TI4DKliTuXI/AAAAAAAACx8/F2Y1vvTMFlc/s400/blog+hop+banner.jpgPurplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589813080620015341.post-13599291022686107072010-09-14T10:20:00.003+01:002010-09-14T10:39:47.694+01:00First Post!Hi everyone,<br />This is the first post in my blog. I have been meaning to do this for ages to let me share my crafty creations with others.<br /><br />I make cards, sew, embrioder, knit, and do beadwork. I have even had a go at scrapbooking. I love anything crafty and creative and would quite happily abondon housework in favour of playing with glitter and glue.<br /><br />I will try to keep everyone updated on my life but I'm not promising a post every day - some days are just too boring for comment!<br /><br />Please bear with me as I try to work out how to upload photos, etc. In the meantime check out this little blog hop by a lovely lady I met recently at the CraftWorld Demo Day - she does some fab stamps!<br /><br />http://ladybugcraftsink.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Her cards are gorgeous and I would love to be this good.<br /><br />See you soon<br />AliPurplealihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540239563641538561noreply@blogger.com1